Lauren Steele
@shteeeley.bsky.social
📚 Bookseller, Waterstones Manager 📔 'The Book Fairy' 🎓 MA, The Warburg Institute💻 lozlit 📖 The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner▪️she/her (views my own)
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The little calls for submissions from these guys are so good.
If you’ve ever watched a documentary about octopuses and immediately reconsidered who’s really in charge on this planet, we want your eco-art.
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions
March 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The little calls for submissions from these guys are so good.
Ive been off here for two whole months! What did I miss? Give me your book news!
March 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ive been off here for two whole months! What did I miss? Give me your book news!
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We are excited to announce the Ilse Schwepcke Prize (@theisprize.bsky.social) for a travel book by a woman writing in English.
Entry is free and open until 31 March. The winning author will receive £5,000.
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Entry is free and open until 31 March. The winning author will receive £5,000.
societyofauthors.org/prizes/other...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We are excited to announce the Ilse Schwepcke Prize (@theisprize.bsky.social) for a travel book by a woman writing in English.
Entry is free and open until 31 March. The winning author will receive £5,000.
societyofauthors.org/prizes/other...
Entry is free and open until 31 March. The winning author will receive £5,000.
societyofauthors.org/prizes/other...
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A soulful delight! Brilliant review of ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY @telegraphnews.bsky.social
'She sifts through each transaction she witnesses or experiences, and assesses its precise worth.'
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We're so proud to publish Gornick! ODD WOMAN is out 16 January 🌆
'She sifts through each transaction she witnesses or experiences, and assesses its precise worth.'
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
We're so proud to publish Gornick! ODD WOMAN is out 16 January 🌆
This frank memoir of old age is a soulful delight
In The Odd Woman and the City, Vivian Gornick writes elegiacally of life in her 60s, her love for New York and the oddballs she meets
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January 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A soulful delight! Brilliant review of ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY @telegraphnews.bsky.social
'She sifts through each transaction she witnesses or experiences, and assesses its precise worth.'
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
We're so proud to publish Gornick! ODD WOMAN is out 16 January 🌆
'She sifts through each transaction she witnesses or experiences, and assesses its precise worth.'
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
We're so proud to publish Gornick! ODD WOMAN is out 16 January 🌆
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Online shop is open again and we're back. With a ruined sleep schedule and a to do list as long as a Musk-esque ego, please be gentle... www.404ink.com/shop
Buy bestselling books — 404 Ink
Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
www.404ink.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Online shop is open again and we're back. With a ruined sleep schedule and a to do list as long as a Musk-esque ego, please be gentle... www.404ink.com/shop
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Line up for 2025.
Jan - The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social
Apr - Ghost Mountain - Pbk - @ronanhession.bsky.social
May - The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
July - Beasts - Lulu Allison
Sept - Celeste - Colette Snowden
Nov - Orca & Bird - Anna Chilvers
Magic!
Jan - The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social
Apr - Ghost Mountain - Pbk - @ronanhession.bsky.social
May - The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
July - Beasts - Lulu Allison
Sept - Celeste - Colette Snowden
Nov - Orca & Bird - Anna Chilvers
Magic!
December 30, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Line up for 2025.
Jan - The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social
Apr - Ghost Mountain - Pbk - @ronanhession.bsky.social
May - The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
July - Beasts - Lulu Allison
Sept - Celeste - Colette Snowden
Nov - Orca & Bird - Anna Chilvers
Magic!
Jan - The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social
Apr - Ghost Mountain - Pbk - @ronanhession.bsky.social
May - The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
July - Beasts - Lulu Allison
Sept - Celeste - Colette Snowden
Nov - Orca & Bird - Anna Chilvers
Magic!
Opening up to review copies in the new year! Excited to see what 2025 has to offer 📚 DM me 😊
a cartoon of a person surrounded by books with the words i want to read all the books
ALT: a cartoon of a person surrounded by books with the words i want to read all the books
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December 29, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Opening up to review copies in the new year! Excited to see what 2025 has to offer 📚 DM me 😊
Got the most beautiful book from @waterstones.bsky.social today 😍 📚💙
December 19, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Got the most beautiful book from @waterstones.bsky.social today 😍 📚💙
Nothing more to say other than I am so so lucky to have so many lovely local authors ❤️ a wonderful Christmas evening was had and I now feel so festive!! 🎄
December 10, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Nothing more to say other than I am so so lucky to have so many lovely local authors ❤️ a wonderful Christmas evening was had and I now feel so festive!! 🎄
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Galley Beggar Press is hiring!
We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending:
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/new-page-34
(Please do share!)
We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending:
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/new-page-34
(Please do share!)
Job Advertisement: Administrator — Galley Beggar Press
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Galley Beggar Press is hiring!
We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending:
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/new-page-34
(Please do share!)
We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending:
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/new-page-34
(Please do share!)
Day one of my Bonne Maman jam advent calendar 😍🥰
December 1, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Day one of my Bonne Maman jam advent calendar 😍🥰
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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Just a reminder that none of us are tech bros (we also have a no AI stealing clause on our copyright page going into 2025). You want to follow some exceptional indie publishing? Start here 👇
*AI not included
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
*AI not included
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
November 25, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Just a reminder that none of us are tech bros (we also have a no AI stealing clause on our copyright page going into 2025). You want to follow some exceptional indie publishing? Start here 👇
*AI not included
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
*AI not included
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
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Manchester in Translation posted my keynote speech for them where I discuss pitching literary translations to English publishers.
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November 24, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Manchester in Translation posted my keynote speech for them where I discuss pitching literary translations to English publishers.
My store is doing its first ever poetry night! Let me know if you want to sign up or sign up for tickets to watch! ⬇️
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November 23, 2024 at 10:11 AM
My store is doing its first ever poetry night! Let me know if you want to sign up or sign up for tickets to watch! ⬇️
www.waterstones.com/events/open-...
www.waterstones.com/events/open-...
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Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
November 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
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P.S. We have a 'toolkit' with all sorts of info about putting together a submission package
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/too...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/too...
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 AM
P.S. We have a 'toolkit' with all sorts of info about putting together a submission package
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/too...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/too...
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Hello Bluesky #booksky
A little about us... we're an award-winning independent publisher of literary #fiction and narrative #non-fiction. Our books inspire, inform, intrigue and entertain
We're a team of three, Sara, Rosie and @beckreads.bsky.social, based in Salford
Read more here:
saraband.net
A little about us... we're an award-winning independent publisher of literary #fiction and narrative #non-fiction. Our books inspire, inform, intrigue and entertain
We're a team of three, Sara, Rosie and @beckreads.bsky.social, based in Salford
Read more here:
saraband.net
Welcome to Saraband
Saraband is an award-winning independent publisher of distinctive fiction, nature and culture. We publish authors with deep knowledge of the culture, local landscapes, wildlife, folk traditions and hi...
saraband.net
November 21, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Hello Bluesky #booksky
A little about us... we're an award-winning independent publisher of literary #fiction and narrative #non-fiction. Our books inspire, inform, intrigue and entertain
We're a team of three, Sara, Rosie and @beckreads.bsky.social, based in Salford
Read more here:
saraband.net
A little about us... we're an award-winning independent publisher of literary #fiction and narrative #non-fiction. Our books inspire, inform, intrigue and entertain
We're a team of three, Sara, Rosie and @beckreads.bsky.social, based in Salford
Read more here:
saraband.net
Indie presses galore! ⬇️
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
November 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Indie presses galore! ⬇️
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
go.bsky.app/HwjSvKq
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This actually happened! In my befuddled astonishment on the night I forgot to thank the incredible @imogenrobertson.bsky.social & @francesowen.bsky.social who power the HWA & the judges chaired by Louise Hare. Still completely overwhelmed!
November 21, 2024 at 7:58 AM
This actually happened! In my befuddled astonishment on the night I forgot to thank the incredible @imogenrobertson.bsky.social & @francesowen.bsky.social who power the HWA & the judges chaired by Louise Hare. Still completely overwhelmed!
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this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰
November 21, 2024 at 7:48 AM
this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰
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HOW THE HELL IS AN OBSCURE BOOK I DISCOVERED IN A BOOKSTORE THAT I ENDED UP TRANSLATING AND FINDING A PUBLISHER FOR WITH NO FUNDING OR HELP FROM LTI KOREA
NOT ONLY NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD BUT ALSO NOW BEING READ BY DUA LIPA??????!!!!!!!
NOT ONLY NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD BUT ALSO NOW BEING READ BY DUA LIPA??????!!!!!!!
What To Read In November: The Books On Team Service95’s TBR Pile
<p><em>The team behind the <a href="https://www.service95.com/book-club/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Service95 Book Club</a> share the books they’re reading this month, from new releas
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November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
HOW THE HELL IS AN OBSCURE BOOK I DISCOVERED IN A BOOKSTORE THAT I ENDED UP TRANSLATING AND FINDING A PUBLISHER FOR WITH NO FUNDING OR HELP FROM LTI KOREA
NOT ONLY NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD BUT ALSO NOW BEING READ BY DUA LIPA??????!!!!!!!
NOT ONLY NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD BUT ALSO NOW BEING READ BY DUA LIPA??????!!!!!!!
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My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
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'View of the City from Mount View Road, Crouch End' (2022) by Alan Lancaster
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November 18, 2024 at 10:03 AM
'View of the City from Mount View Road, Crouch End' (2022) by Alan Lancaster
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I unfortunately have little patience for the Post 20 Books that have influenced you over 20 days. Let's face it, I'll get to say 3 at best so I'll do 12 now (we'll see if I can think of more later):
November 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I unfortunately have little patience for the Post 20 Books that have influenced you over 20 days. Let's face it, I'll get to say 3 at best so I'll do 12 now (we'll see if I can think of more later):