Candi M
@candisays.bsky.social
Writer. Tutor. Northern Writers Award. MA Writing and Wellbeing. Social History. Inclusion. Nature. Mudlarking.
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Candi M
@candisays.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Sooo excited that my book made the New Writing North Winter Bookshelf alongside some beauties. Check out all of their recommends here. 📚 #booksky #BookSky
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Thank you to all who have bought a copy so far. I'm nearly at my target for donating royalties towards some respite for young people.
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
'speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart' Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
Book Review: Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
www.northernsoul.me.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thank you to all who have bought a copy so far. I'm nearly at my target for donating royalties towards some respite for young people.
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
It's Carers Week 2025. How much do you know about the inner lives of carers? Find out more @carers-uk.bsky.social
From my collection, Burnt Ice Cream.
From my collection, Burnt Ice Cream.
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's Carers Week 2025. How much do you know about the inner lives of carers? Find out more @carers-uk.bsky.social
From my collection, Burnt Ice Cream.
From my collection, Burnt Ice Cream.
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Poets! Is your weekend empty of the traditional poetic pursuits? Out of absinthe? Lost the keys to your garret? Down to your last stale bread crust? Worry not. Help is at hand. The Ironbridge Festival poetry competition is open for entries. 1st prize? £300. pandemonialists.co.uk/ironbridge-p... 😊
Ironbridge Poetry Competition 2025 – Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists
pandemonialists.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Poets! Is your weekend empty of the traditional poetic pursuits? Out of absinthe? Lost the keys to your garret? Down to your last stale bread crust? Worry not. Help is at hand. The Ironbridge Festival poetry competition is open for entries. 1st prize? £300. pandemonialists.co.uk/ironbridge-p... 😊
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Our comment on Meta's use of LibGen, a notorious database of pirated content 👇
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ALCS comment on Meta and LibGen
It was recently revealed by The Atlantic that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of pirated material, to train its AI models.
www.alcs.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our comment on Meta's use of LibGen, a notorious database of pirated content 👇
www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...
www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...
Happy 6 month publication day to my first collection. 🎉‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
'speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart' Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
Book Review: Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
www.northernsoul.me.uk
March 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Happy 6 month publication day to my first collection. 🎉‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
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It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
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'Give yourself permission to write about anything that truly moves you, large or small, and be prepared to make a big creative mess on the page.'
Karen McCarthy Woolf
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
Karen McCarthy Woolf
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
March 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
'Give yourself permission to write about anything that truly moves you, large or small, and be prepared to make a big creative mess on the page.'
Karen McCarthy Woolf
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
Karen McCarthy Woolf
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
'speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart' Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
Book Review: Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
www.northernsoul.me.uk
February 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
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Submissions for Dust open this Saturday!
SUBMISSIONS for our next issue (unthemed, out in June) will OPEN 1st - 31st of March.
We can’t wait to read your poems! 🤩
Please note that poems sent before March will not be read.
Thank you! ✨
We can’t wait to read your poems! 🤩
Please note that poems sent before March will not be read.
Thank you! ✨
February 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Submissions for Dust open this Saturday!
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“Tech companies selling books, music, and movies have long treated digital purchases more like rental agreements.”
Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.
Starting next Wednesday, February 26th, Amazon isn’t going to let users download the ebooks they’ve purchased, forcing users to keep everything within the corporation’s proprietary ecosystem.…
lithub.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Tech companies selling books, music, and movies have long treated digital purchases more like rental agreements.”
Spent more time in the poetry section than the exhibition we visited at Salts Mill today. Excellent curation 👌📚
#poetry #poetrycollections #contemporarypoetry #saltsmill
#poetry #poetrycollections #contemporarypoetry #saltsmill
February 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Spent more time in the poetry section than the exhibition we visited at Salts Mill today. Excellent curation 👌📚
#poetry #poetrycollections #contemporarypoetry #saltsmill
#poetry #poetrycollections #contemporarypoetry #saltsmill
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This morning’s sunshine has reminded me of the word ‘philocaly’: a love of beauty, even in the smallest things.
February 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This morning’s sunshine has reminded me of the word ‘philocaly’: a love of beauty, even in the smallest things.
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A collage poem for #Februllage (a yearly arts project with prompts to make a collage a day in February). The prompt for today is ‘trees’.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A collage poem for #Februllage (a yearly arts project with prompts to make a collage a day in February). The prompt for today is ‘trees’.
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I love this and now I would like to have an orange.
January 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I love this and now I would like to have an orange.
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I'm looking for writers' starter packs to reach as any writers as possible about the Bristol Short Story Prize. Please share to help us find more great writers around the world!
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'm looking for writers' starter packs to reach as any writers as possible about the Bristol Short Story Prize. Please share to help us find more great writers around the world!
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We are OPEN for the next 10 days! Tell your poetry pals!
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January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are OPEN for the next 10 days! Tell your poetry pals!
atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...
atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...
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Shout out to all poets, writers, artists, activists, if you'd like us to boost your new books, music, art, fundraisers & community projects for 2025 please add to this thread, we're just making a list for our 1st show of the year & will share @roaring20sradio.bsky.social #sohoradio thank you
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Shout out to all poets, writers, artists, activists, if you'd like us to boost your new books, music, art, fundraisers & community projects for 2025 please add to this thread, we're just making a list for our 1st show of the year & will share @roaring20sradio.bsky.social #sohoradio thank you
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This is brilliant!
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is brilliant!
Sooo excited that my book made the New Writing North Winter Bookshelf alongside some beauties. Check out all of their recommends here. 📚 #booksky #BookSky
newwritingnorth.com/journal/new-...
newwritingnorth.com/journal/new-...
January 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sooo excited that my book made the New Writing North Winter Bookshelf alongside some beauties. Check out all of their recommends here. 📚 #booksky #BookSky
newwritingnorth.com/journal/new-...
newwritingnorth.com/journal/new-...
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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
I absolutely loved this book and you should all read it - simple as that - but please justify my editor’s excellent decision to feature it in Northern Soul’s Editor’s Picks by reading my review of Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin 🙏🏻❤️😅@writtenoffbooks.bsky.social www.northernsoul.me.uk/burnt-ice-cr...
'speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart' Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
Book Review: Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
www.northernsoul.me.uk
January 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A very Plathesque trip to Hebden this weekend with a diversion over frozen moors. Staying in the Plath room was a cool surprise too. 📚
January 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A very Plathesque trip to Hebden this weekend with a diversion over frozen moors. Staying in the Plath room was a cool surprise too. 📚
Burnt Ice Cream. Pushcart Nominated and a New Writing North Northern Bookshelf Winter choice. Available now from Written Off Publishing ✨️
January 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Burnt Ice Cream. Pushcart Nominated and a New Writing North Northern Bookshelf Winter choice. Available now from Written Off Publishing ✨️