Virginia Betts
@virginiabwrites.bsky.social
I’m Virginia Betts, a multi-genre indie author and actor from the UK. Author of sweary punk novel and beautiful poetry! I perform my poetry and write noir and gothic stories and a bit of urban grit. https://virginiabetts.com
I made the shortlist!! 😀😀#authorlife #pageturnerawards2025
October 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I made the shortlist!! 😀😀#authorlife #pageturnerawards2025
And absolutely no swearing from me!!
I'll be chatting to #Suffolk author @virginiabwrites.bsky.social Betts as part of the Ipswich Book Festival on Sun 5th October at 2pm in the Ancient House in Ipswich, about her first novel Burnt Lungs and Bitter Sweets. Come along & chat with us & ask her questions - it's all very informal & FREE!
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And absolutely no swearing from me!!
We reached a whole new level of stoooopid!
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We reached a whole new level of stoooopid!
Beautiful venue for the last night of our tour!
September 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Beautiful venue for the last night of our tour!
Good casting choice: Dennis Bowron as Dowding. Operation Radar final night in Aldeburgh tonight! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=O...
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Good casting choice: Dennis Bowron as Dowding. Operation Radar final night in Aldeburgh tonight! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=O...
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Please show your support for my petition to keep disabled people working and enabled!
Petition: Do not change Access to Work scheme
I’m concerned that changes to Access To Work could take away the ability of many people with disabilities to be able to work independently. Often the payments are not huge, but they make a huge differ...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Please show your support for my petition to keep disabled people working and enabled!
Hi all. I’ve been v busy with a play but here’s some disturbing news. I’ve had a blue parking badge 7 years under lifelong hidden disabilities. I’ve just been refused it time limit on new evidence. Based on a ten minute phone call!! #prejuduceagsinstdisability
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Hi all. I’ve been v busy with a play but here’s some disturbing news. I’ve had a blue parking badge 7 years under lifelong hidden disabilities. I’ve just been refused it time limit on new evidence. Based on a ten minute phone call!! #prejuduceagsinstdisability
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I’ve got tickets to see you in Woodbridge in November with @virginiabwrites.bsky.social We’re so looking forward to it.
September 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I’ve got tickets to see you in Woodbridge in November with @virginiabwrites.bsky.social We’re so looking forward to it.
I’m a finalist in the 2025 page turner awards!
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m a finalist in the 2025 page turner awards!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Please show your support for my petition to keep disabled people working and enabled!
Petition: Do not change Access to Work scheme
I’m concerned that changes to Access To Work could take away the ability of many people with disabilities to be able to work independently. Often the payments are not huge, but they make a huge differ...
petition.parliament.uk
July 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Please show your support for my petition to keep disabled people working and enabled!
Reposted by Virginia Betts
Another excellent piece from the @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call today from Tabitha Bast. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/10/t...
The Creation of Adam – Tabitha Bast
If you don’t know Etchy, you’ll know someone like him. He’s in the corner of the pub when we enter, and I put on a smile that’s tight around the edges. Etchy’s a couple of pints in already, t…
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July 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Another excellent piece from the @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call today from Tabitha Bast. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/10/t...
The final story in the recovery series from @urbanpigspress.bsky.social from @zaryfekete.bsky.social it’s been a privilege to edit this series! #recovery #flashfiction urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/13/d...
Disulfiram – Zakary Fekete
Each morning, my wife stands by the sink. I place the small white pill on my tongue, swallow two mouthfuls of water, then open my mouth…tongue raised, mouth empty. Some mornings we say nothing. Oth…
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July 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The final story in the recovery series from @urbanpigspress.bsky.social from @zaryfekete.bsky.social it’s been a privilege to edit this series! #recovery #flashfiction urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/13/d...
Another excellent piece from the @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call today from Tabitha Bast. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/10/t...
The Creation of Adam – Tabitha Bast
If you don’t know Etchy, you’ll know someone like him. He’s in the corner of the pub when we enter, and I put on a smile that’s tight around the edges. Etchy’s a couple of pints in already, t…
urbanpigspress.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Another excellent piece from the @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call today from Tabitha Bast. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/10/t...
Work in Progress: 39454 words!! The playlist is on, and I have done over 3K words just this morning. We have lift off! My tale of an accidental 90's popstar and his fraught relationship with himself, his wife, the world, (and Oasis) is another BritGrit Lit. My workplace:
July 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Work in Progress: 39454 words!! The playlist is on, and I have done over 3K words just this morning. We have lift off! My tale of an accidental 90's popstar and his fraught relationship with himself, his wife, the world, (and Oasis) is another BritGrit Lit. My workplace:
In the news today, oh boy! ipswichlocal.co.uk/newsletter-i...
July 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In the news today, oh boy! ipswichlocal.co.uk/newsletter-i...
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urbanpigspress.co.uk/short-fiction/ excellent flash from Jan Hassmann as part of @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call. The sty ‘window’ closes 5th July. Send me your truffles!
Short Fiction
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July 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
urbanpigspress.co.uk/short-fiction/ excellent flash from Jan Hassmann as part of @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery call. The sty ‘window’ closes 5th July. Send me your truffles!
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@urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery series: another brilliant story by Paige Johnson of @outcastpress.bsky.social urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/07/p...
Pink Tide – Paige Johnson
Some people say they lose their spark with the end of an era, an addiction, but I lost my shadow. I stare up at dusk’s spiral clouds like I’m waiting for a cyclone that won’t come. Like I’m a fiend…
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July 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@urbanpigspress.bsky.social Recovery series: another brilliant story by Paige Johnson of @outcastpress.bsky.social urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/07/p...
I'm one of the editors and I am receiving some amazing subs on the theme of Recovery. Here's one of my own and I'll be posting all week. Brilliant publisher, @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Make sure you check them out! urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/07/f...
Free Recovery:Await Rescue – Virginia Betts
This other me awaits recovery; FREE RESCUE from the cold, hard shoulder; hoping for discovery. This other me Is the long, thin, foetal twin who crawls beneath my skin, underneath my sleep, gr…
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July 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm one of the editors and I am receiving some amazing subs on the theme of Recovery. Here's one of my own and I'll be posting all week. Brilliant publisher, @urbanpigspress.bsky.social Make sure you check them out! urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/07/07/f...