Juliet West 📚💙🌱
@julietwest.bsky.social
Author of BEFORE THE FALL (Pan Macmillan, 2014) and THE FAITHFUL (Pan Macmillan, 2017). Poetry in Magma (2024) Hippocrates Prize anthology (2024). Books, gardening, cats.
https://www.julietwest.com/
https://www.julietwest.com/
Thank you to West Sussex Libraries for choosing me as a champion in their centenary year. We are so lucky to have thriving libraries across the county, even in smaller towns and villages. Congrats on 100 years of brilliant (free) books! #amreading #libraries #writingcommunity
@wsccnews.bsky.social
@wsccnews.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thank you to West Sussex Libraries for choosing me as a champion in their centenary year. We are so lucky to have thriving libraries across the county, even in smaller towns and villages. Congrats on 100 years of brilliant (free) books! #amreading #libraries #writingcommunity
@wsccnews.bsky.social
@wsccnews.bsky.social
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
This is my writing space for the day. So happy to have finally made it to Gladstone’s Library. What an extraordinary place. And my room is amazing - look at the wallpaper ✨📚❤️
#amwriting #writingcommunity #libraries
#amwriting #writingcommunity #libraries
October 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is my writing space for the day. So happy to have finally made it to Gladstone’s Library. What an extraordinary place. And my room is amazing - look at the wallpaper ✨📚❤️
#amwriting #writingcommunity #libraries
#amwriting #writingcommunity #libraries
What a great piece - good advice for anyone, whether you write novels or just the occasional email ☺️
A friend’s advice to cut my tortured prose unlocked my career as a novelist | Andrew Martin
A friend’s advice to cut my tortured prose unlocked my career as a novelist | Andrew Martin
What he said was simple, but it achieved a kind of sorcery. For the first time, my dream of becoming a writer seemed possible, says novelist Andrew Martin
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What a great piece - good advice for anyone, whether you write novels or just the occasional email ☺️
Wow, I saw this young hobby at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and it was so bold. It flew around onto different fence posts so I could get pics at various angles ✨
#nature #birds #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#nature #birds #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Wow, I saw this young hobby at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and it was so bold. It flew around onto different fence posts so I could get pics at various angles ✨
#nature #birds #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#nature #birds #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
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Thanks to Phil Hewitt, Arts Editor at @sussex_express @Sussex_World for the interview - and a shout-out for my Chichester Literary Society event in January 2026! ❤️🔥
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
Coastal tensions and violence explored in new book
The dangers of extremism and the challenges of many of our coastal communities are at the heart of On the Edge (Old Barn Books), the latest novel from Nicola Garrard who lives near Petworth.
www.sussexexpress.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to Phil Hewitt, Arts Editor at @sussex_express @Sussex_World for the interview - and a shout-out for my Chichester Literary Society event in January 2026! ❤️🔥
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
Lovely conkers on an #EastSussex lane, including doubles and triples! When I was growing up in a seaside town, the local park had a couple of horse chestnut trees and the scary big boys always got to the best conkers first. These would have been unimaginable riches 🌱
#ukgardening #nature #autumn
#ukgardening #nature #autumn
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lovely conkers on an #EastSussex lane, including doubles and triples! When I was growing up in a seaside town, the local park had a couple of horse chestnut trees and the scary big boys always got to the best conkers first. These would have been unimaginable riches 🌱
#ukgardening #nature #autumn
#ukgardening #nature #autumn
August 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Evening sunflowers in a West Sussex field 🌱
August 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Evening sunflowers in a West Sussex field 🌱
August 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Message from the RSPCA ☀️
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Message from the RSPCA ☀️
Happy publication day to Nicola Garrard for her stunning YA novel On the Edge! It's a heart-in-mouth read for young adults, old adults, or anyone in the middle 😊Congratulations @nmgarrard.bsky.social @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social 📚
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
Please excuse me for blowing my own trumpet, but these #ontheedge reviews in @theobserveruk and @telegraph are just ⭐️⭐️🌟✨💫🤩
On the Edge is out this Thursday! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks #summerreading #surfsup🏄 #revolution #protest #devon #yabook #ukya
On the Edge is out this Thursday! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks #summerreading #surfsup🏄 #revolution #protest #devon #yabook #ukya
August 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy publication day to Nicola Garrard for her stunning YA novel On the Edge! It's a heart-in-mouth read for young adults, old adults, or anyone in the middle 😊Congratulations @nmgarrard.bsky.social @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social 📚
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
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This looks like an interesting #WritingCompetition 💜❤️😎 ... I wonder if I have a story without a home which fits this criteria 🤔😏
Anyone interested, take a look here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing...
Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🤞😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting
Anyone interested, take a look here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing...
Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🤞😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This looks like an interesting #WritingCompetition 💜❤️😎 ... I wonder if I have a story without a home which fits this criteria 🤔😏
Anyone interested, take a look here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing...
Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🤞😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting
Anyone interested, take a look here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing...
Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🤞😎
#WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting
What a remarkable novel - As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray (seen here with sleeping cat). I had never heard of the 1919 Iolaire shipwreck. This book tells the story in beautiful, humane prose. Murray is a magnificent writer - now to seek out more of his novels📚 #writingcommunity #booksky
August 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What a remarkable novel - As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray (seen here with sleeping cat). I had never heard of the 1919 Iolaire shipwreck. This book tells the story in beautiful, humane prose. Murray is a magnificent writer - now to seek out more of his novels📚 #writingcommunity #booksky
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Hello writers and readers! I'm thrilled to announce my new Substack: "The Writing Kit." 🖋️
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
Kit de Waal | Substack
Writer, professor, foodie, swearer, common person
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July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hello writers and readers! I'm thrilled to announce my new Substack: "The Writing Kit." 🖋️
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
Still laughing after seeing Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge theatre today. It’s a riot! 🧚♀️✨💕
Announcing the return of one of our most popular shows, A Midsummer Night's Dream🌸
And for those wish to stay in the forest a little longer, we'll be inviting you Into The Woods this December🌲
On sale to Priority Members now
Advance Members Thursday 27 February
Public booking Friday 28 February
And for those wish to stay in the forest a little longer, we'll be inviting you Into The Woods this December🌲
On sale to Priority Members now
Advance Members Thursday 27 February
Public booking Friday 28 February
June 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Still laughing after seeing Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge theatre today. It’s a riot! 🧚♀️✨💕
I went to this exhibition today. Wow. Breathtaking (huge) paintings! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in London.
#modernart
#modernart
A huge congrats to Francesca Mollett and Modern Art on a fantastic first solo exhibition: ‘Annual Honesty’, which is now open and part of #londongalleryweekendmustsee.
The exhibition is on view until July 19, 2025, at Modern Art in London (UK).
#francescamollett #modernart #grimmgallery
The exhibition is on view until July 19, 2025, at Modern Art in London (UK).
#francescamollett #modernart #grimmgallery
June 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I went to this exhibition today. Wow. Breathtaking (huge) paintings! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in London.
#modernart
#modernart
This evening I walked a disused railway line near Fakenham, Norfolk, and heard a cuckoo calling
#Springwatch #birds
#Springwatch #birds
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This evening I walked a disused railway line near Fakenham, Norfolk, and heard a cuckoo calling
#Springwatch #birds
#Springwatch #birds
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A three-year-old brought me a bit of black paper. "Look", she said, "I found a piece of night!"
We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.
We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A three-year-old brought me a bit of black paper. "Look", she said, "I found a piece of night!"
We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.
We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.
Eddie was happily relaxed on my lap until these foxes came on #Springwatch
#cats #catswatchingspringwatch
#cats #catswatchingspringwatch
May 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Eddie was happily relaxed on my lap until these foxes came on #Springwatch
#cats #catswatchingspringwatch
#cats #catswatchingspringwatch
May 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Open gardens weekend in the village of Fittleworth, West Sussex. It was absolutely beautiful, even on a blustery Bank Holiday Monday 🌱
#gardening #ukgardening
#gardening #ukgardening
May 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Open gardens weekend in the village of Fittleworth, West Sussex. It was absolutely beautiful, even on a blustery Bank Holiday Monday 🌱
#gardening #ukgardening
#gardening #ukgardening
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UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers
UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers
New Writing North’s literary venture The Bee includes magazine and podcast, and is supported by Michael Sheen
Writing and publishing in the UK is in crisis, with a growing marginalisation of working-class people whose stories and experiences are not being heard, the backers of a new literary magazine and platform have argued.
The Early May bank holiday has been chosen for the launch of The Bee, a UK-wide initiative that will include a website, literary magazine, podcast and outreach programme. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers
What a beautiful poem for May 4th.
From the anthology ‘A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year’ ed Liz Ison.
#poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #writingcommunity
From the anthology ‘A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year’ ed Liz Ison.
#poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #writingcommunity
May 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What a beautiful poem for May 4th.
From the anthology ‘A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year’ ed Liz Ison.
#poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #writingcommunity
From the anthology ‘A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year’ ed Liz Ison.
#poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #writingcommunity