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Anna Jefferson
@annajefferson.bsky.social
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Fiction writer/ playwright. Published with Orion and Penguin Random House. Rep’ed by C & W Agency. Artistic Director at New Writing South. All opinions my own.
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Women friends! Please could you take 15 minutes to fill out my questionnaire about what it is to be in our 40s/ 50s. It's research for a novel, all anonymised. Over 40 women have responded already. THANK YOU TIMES INFINITY x
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Are you a woman who was a teenager in the 90s? Does it blow your mind that the millennium was 25 years ago? Do you know all the words to Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance? If so, I need your help!
Hello! I'm Anna Jefferson and I'm a novelist. I'm doing some research into the reality of being a woman in our 40s/ 50s against what we thought it was going to be like. All answers are anonymised and ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.

Link below.

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Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Women friends! Please could you take 10 minutes to fill out my questionnaire about what it is to be in our 40s/ 50s. It's research for a novel, all anonymised and I will LOVE YOU FOREVER. Please forward on to any women in your life. THANK YOU xx
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Are you a woman who was you a teenager in the 90s? Does it blow your mind that the millennium was 25 years ago? Do you know all the words to Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance? If so, I need your help!
Hello! I'm Anna Jefferson and I'm a novelist. I'm doing some research into the reality of being a woman in our 40s/ 50s against what we thought it was going to be like. All answers are anonymised and ...
forms.gle
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Brighton people! I’d recommend signing up to this to find out what’s going on- v comprehensive listings guide x
Tonight In Brighton | TonightInBrighton | Substack
Plan your night with our listings guide to what's on in Brighton and Hove, with daily updates for live music, clubs, comedy, pub nights and more. Click to read Tonight In Brighton, by TonightInBrighto...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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What an incredible performance tonight of @thistimcrouch.bsky.social An Oak Tree with Ruth Wilson. I want to go every night now and see the other performers. If you can- go! x
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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So happy to make another donation to @readeasynnt.bsky.social from our charity anthology #UnBound. A collection of 11 brilliantly-innovative short stories from D20 Authors, including prize-winning tale #Catacomb by @victoriadowd.bsky.social 🤗
Grab your copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/UnBound-fant...
Screen shot of anthology Amazon page: From amateur sleuths to mathematical geniuses, heatwaves to catacombs, school days to parenthood and everything in between, this second anthology from the D20 Authors showcases 11 fresh new short stories for you to enjoy. Meet the resentful young man navigating his high school reunion; the amateur dramatics group baffled by a suspicious death in their midst; the theoretical physicist dreaming of exquisite discoveries; and the isolated archivist fighting to preserve her unravelling sanity… Compiled by best-selling author Philippa East and covering everything from cosy crime to uplit, historical fiction to the paranormal, this second multi-genre collection from the D20 authors has a tale for everyone. Contributors to UnBound have been longlisted, shortlisted and winners of a variety of literary awards, including the People's Book Prize, the HWA Debut Crown Award, The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, and the CWA New Blood Award. With this fantastic second anthology, the D20 Authors are delighted to be raising funds for the adult literacy charity Read Easy (CC 1151288), which provides free, one-to-one reading coaching programmes for adults, with the vision that every adult who wants to read, can. Contributors Ellen Alpsten Penny Batchelor Tom Benjamin Andreina Cordani Victoria Dowd Philippa East Tim Ewins Paula Greenlees Anna Jefferson Sarah Moorhead Cat Walker Immerse yourself in brilliant short fiction from some of the best authors publishing today, support Read Easy, and treat yourself to some great entertainment by grabbing your copy of this superb collection. Screen shot of the “thank you for your donation” page from read easy Screenshot from Skyehouse international film and writing festival announcing catacomb as the winning short story.
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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#metabookthieves #dothewritething
April 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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This Tuesday 1st April (no joke!). I originally gave this workshop at the @jerichowriters.bsky.social festival, and I'm delighted to be running it again. Do come join us! Full details in post below.
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philippaeast.bsky.social Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Nov 10
Very excited to be offering this online workshop on the Psychological Secrets of Character as part of the New South Writing seminars.
DATE: Tues 1st April 2025
TIME: 7.30-9.00pm
COST: £25
Sign up here! newwritingsouth.com/the-psycholo... and check out all the other brilliant workshops they run.
March 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Very excited for this! Hope to see some of you there! X
March 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Forthwrite Festival Crawley this Sunday- woohooo! Tickets start at just £5. lnkd.in/eu8zvsDv In partnership with @newwritingsouth.bsky.social

@kitdewaal.bsky.social @eveainsworth.bsky.social @dorothykoomson.bsky.social @umisinha-author.bsky.social @debialper.bsky.social @ujuasika.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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and another Indie Publisher directory page is up on the website now

The Wee Book Company, producing Scottish children's humour books

#publisher #IndiePublisher #Publishing #directory

www.indiepublishers.co.uk/2025/03/09/t...
Company logo with a Scottie dog surrounded by the words "The Wee Book Company, wee books with big voices"
March 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
annajefferson.bsky.social
We’re SO excited about this! x
kitdewaal.com Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Mar 4
Please come if you can and help make this festival a success.

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March 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60.

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NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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EXTREMELY HEARTENING PUBLISHING NEWS: for the first time, the Indie Alliance (an alliance of some of the best UK Independent publishers of which we're a founding member) has landed fourth in the top 5 publishers of 2024 @the-bookseller.bsky.social

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A table showing the top 5 publishers in the UK by volume, ranked: 1 - PRH, with a value of £389 million 2 - Hachette, with a value of £241 million 3 - HaperCollins, with a value of £165 million 4* - The Indie Alliance with a value of £92 million 5- Pan Macmillan, with a value of £90 million * The Indie Alliance has been listed as a sales alliance, as opposed to the other four big publishing conglomerates who are organised under a single company
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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You've got til Feb 28th to send me your 300-word (or less) gems - even the strange ones in all sorts of shapes and styles that you think no-one else but you could love! #FlashFiction www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...
Flash Fiction Prize - Fish Publishing
Flash Fiction Contest online from Fish Publishing. 10 flash stories (300 words max) will be published in the annual Fish Anthology
www.fishpublishing.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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@jenniegauthor.bsky.social Waterstones brighton 💙
January 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Writers, if you're in or near Brighton on Jan 12th come and join us for this day retreat including Q&A with the fabulous @annajefferson.bsky.social Only a couple of tickets left! Book through Eventbrite, Anna Maria organiser

#WritingCommunity #BrightonWriters
#WritingRetreat
Day-Long Writing Retreat Sunday Jan 12th 2025 10.00-17.30 Refreshments all day. 4.5 hours of uninterrupted writing time. Industry expert Q&A. Free and low-income pricing available. Central Brighton location & accessible venue. Supportive and inclusive environment. Meet like-minded writers. Average words written on retreats 5000
January 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize now for the "unputdownable" novel f RT on unpublished women. The winner will receive a £1,500 prize, and all shortlisted authors get a one-on-one consultation with a literary agent.

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www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize
December 27, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.

I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.

One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!

UK only.
4 shelves of books: Shelf 1: A Curtain Twitcher's Book of Murder; Sandwich; The Other Valley; Orbital; Sometimes People Die; The List of Suspicious Things Shelf 2: Ink Ribbon Red; Falling Animals; All the Colours of the Dark; Freakslaw; Leading Man; William Shelf 3: Anyone's Ghost; Bored Gay Werewolf; The Betrayal of Thomas True; Guilty By Definition; The Pairing; The Actor Shelf 4: The Last Murder at the End of the World; The Examiner; The Husbands; Helle & Death; Death on the Lusitania; The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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The Bluesky Directory is now huge. Something for everyone, please share.
kitdewaal.com Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Nov 12
If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Good news! Please share!
The Society of Authors (@societyofauthors.bsky.social) have put out an official statement calling on celebrities, publishers & agents to properly acknowledge, promote & recompense the expert professional authors (“ghostwriters“ & “co-creators”) behind “celebrity fiction”.
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Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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We are SO excited to announce Forthwrite Festival, celebrating women in writing, focussing on women over 50. Join us for inspiring talks, engaging discussions and creative workshops.Discover new writers, connect with like-minded individuals and be inspired by the diverse experiences of women writers
December 2, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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The Rubery Prize - international book award seeking the best books by indie writers, self published authors and books published by independent presses.

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The International Rubery Book Award
A prestigious award accepting self-published books and entries from independent presses. We are the independent and self publishers' answer to the Booker and Costa Prize.
www.ruberybookaward.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM