Brenda Beardsley
@brendapoet.bsky.social
Writer. Coffee devotee. Collaborator. Book lover.
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Fantastic to see that all six shortlisted books for the Booker Prize are published by independent publishers! 🙌
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Indie publishers enjoy full sweep of 2025 International Booker shortlist for first time ever
Independent publishers have swept the board for the shortlist of the £50,000 International Booker Prize for the first time, with women dominating three quarters of the nominations. Books from Fitzcarr...
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April 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Fantastic to see that all six shortlisted books for the Booker Prize are published by independent publishers! 🙌
www.thebookseller.com/news/indie-p...
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Map of protests in the US 🇺🇸
April 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Map of protests in the US 🇺🇸
Outstanding debut novel by Raki Kopernik! Well done! #unsolicitedpress#Authors #Writers #Fiction #WritingCommunity
#RakiKopernik
#RakiKopernik
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Outstanding debut novel by Raki Kopernik! Well done! #unsolicitedpress#Authors #Writers #Fiction #WritingCommunity
#RakiKopernik
#RakiKopernik
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Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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🎨✍🏾🖤 Today’s edition of 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆:
“I may be afraid, my voice may shake, but I’m going to speak up more.” - Cory Booker
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. #resist #amwriting #writingcommunity
“I may be afraid, my voice may shake, but I’m going to speak up more.” - Cory Booker
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. #resist #amwriting #writingcommunity
April 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🎨✍🏾🖤 Today’s edition of 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆:
“I may be afraid, my voice may shake, but I’m going to speak up more.” - Cory Booker
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. #resist #amwriting #writingcommunity
“I may be afraid, my voice may shake, but I’m going to speak up more.” - Cory Booker
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. #resist #amwriting #writingcommunity
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“[D]iversity can and should be about more than just plopping different faces into stories that are 100 percent Western in spirit.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @henrylienauthor.bsky.social recommends writers embrace diverse storytelling styles and structures. at.pw.org/CCLien3
March 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“[D]iversity can and should be about more than just plopping different faces into stories that are 100 percent Western in spirit.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @henrylienauthor.bsky.social recommends writers embrace diverse storytelling styles and structures. at.pw.org/CCLien3
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Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.
Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.
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2025 Year of Womxn Ebook Subscription — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/ebooks/p/202...
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#ebooks
2025 Year of Womxn Ebook Subscription — Unsolicited Press
Celebrate the power of womxn in literature with our 2025 Ebook Subscription! Each month, receive every ebook we publish that month —delivering a dynamic collection of stories, poetry, and thought-p...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
2025 Year of Womxn Ebook Subscription — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/ebooks/p/202...
#ebooks
#ebooks
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Be brave Creatives! Keep doing what you do ... (thanks, @sketchesbyBoze, Owl! at the Library, and Madeleine, of course!) 🥰 #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #kidlit
March 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Be brave Creatives! Keep doing what you do ... (thanks, @sketchesbyBoze, Owl! at the Library, and Madeleine, of course!) 🥰 #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #kidlit
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I'm fucked. And so are many, many others. This is why, even if the universities are not all shut down, I will become homeless.
February 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm fucked. And so are many, many others. This is why, even if the universities are not all shut down, I will become homeless.
February 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Donald Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.
Donald Trump’s Putinization of America
It’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Donald Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.
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🚨CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.
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CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
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February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🚨CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Grieving.
#poetry#resistance#writing community#MaryOliver
#poetry#resistance#writing community#MaryOliver
February 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Grieving.
#poetry#resistance#writing community#MaryOliver
#poetry#resistance#writing community#MaryOliver
Brilliant and chilling.
February 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Brilliant and chilling.
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Join us in congratulating the 18 semifinals for our chapbook contest. Their manuscripts stood out to our readers and editors! Congratulations poets!
@csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social
@csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Join us in congratulating the 18 semifinals for our chapbook contest. Their manuscripts stood out to our readers and editors! Congratulations poets!
@csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social
@csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social
Delighted with my first box of books from Unsolicited Press Year of the Womxn subscription. Check out these great titles from Liz Kellebrew, Kerry Donoghue,and Rosalia Scalia.!
January 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Delighted with my first box of books from Unsolicited Press Year of the Womxn subscription. Check out these great titles from Liz Kellebrew, Kerry Donoghue,and Rosalia Scalia.!
A day to settle in, read a book, drink a latte, and then take a nap. Alfie went straight to the nap. What books are you reading?
January 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A day to settle in, read a book, drink a latte, and then take a nap. Alfie went straight to the nap. What books are you reading?