Louise Soraya Black
@louisesblack.bsky.social
Author. Reader. British-Iranian living in Ibiza and London. 📚POMEGRANATE SKY (2010), THE WATER GARDEN (2021), DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA (2024). Winner of the Virgina Prize for Fiction 2009. Rep’d by @megancarrollagent.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
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If you enjoy atmospheric stories, lyrical writing (so I’m told) and family drama with suspense, please check out my latest novel, DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA, published by Muswell Press 💙📚 #booksky
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Estudio Lanterna is a fantastic arts hub in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, with paintings, sculpture, garden design and events. Delighted to see both of my novels, DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA and THE WATER GARDEN in their beautiful bookshop! #booksky #ibiza @muswellpress.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Estudio Lanterna is a fantastic arts hub in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, with paintings, sculpture, garden design and events. Delighted to see both of my novels, DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA and THE WATER GARDEN in their beautiful bookshop! #booksky #ibiza @muswellpress.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Are you gift shopping? DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA has been selected by Amazon as a Christmas holiday read - you can pick up an e-book this week for only 2.99! www.amazon.com/Darkness-Fal...
Darkness Falls in Jakarta
Darkness Falls in Jakarta - Kindle edition by Black, Louise Soraya. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Darkness Falls in Jakarta.
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December 16, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Are you gift shopping? DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA has been selected by Amazon as a Christmas holiday read - you can pick up an e-book this week for only 2.99! www.amazon.com/Darkness-Fal...
My lovely independent publishers Muswell Press are offering a 25% discount on a selection of their books including my latest novel, Darkness Falls in Jakarta. If you’re looking for Christmas gifts or a holiday read do check this out! #booksky
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Christmas is coming....
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December 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM
My lovely independent publishers Muswell Press are offering a 25% discount on a selection of their books including my latest novel, Darkness Falls in Jakarta. If you’re looking for Christmas gifts or a holiday read do check this out! #booksky
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This #GivingTuesday we are proud to launch our first ever Big Give campaign!
Supporting the #WomensPrize Trust’s Big Give #ChristmasChallenge will help us to reach 5,000 new writers giving them access to the tools and skills they need to share their stories and expertise.
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Supporting the #WomensPrize Trust’s Big Give #ChristmasChallenge will help us to reach 5,000 new writers giving them access to the tools and skills they need to share their stories and expertise.
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December 3, 2024 at 12:02 PM
This #GivingTuesday we are proud to launch our first ever Big Give campaign!
Supporting the #WomensPrize Trust’s Big Give #ChristmasChallenge will help us to reach 5,000 new writers giving them access to the tools and skills they need to share their stories and expertise.
bit.ly/WomensPrizeD...
Supporting the #WomensPrize Trust’s Big Give #ChristmasChallenge will help us to reach 5,000 new writers giving them access to the tools and skills they need to share their stories and expertise.
bit.ly/WomensPrizeD...
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Every year, GS provides Christmas Dinner for people who have been in the care system who may not have anywhere else to go on a day when family can be thin on the ground. Christmas Dinners are held around the country and they always needs funds, support and help. Details below. Please share.
The Gold From The Stone Foundation
www.goldfromthestone.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Every year, GS provides Christmas Dinner for people who have been in the care system who may not have anywhere else to go on a day when family can be thin on the ground. Christmas Dinners are held around the country and they always needs funds, support and help. Details below. Please share.
Starting to feel a bit Christmas-sea
November 26, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Starting to feel a bit Christmas-sea
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this is an outstanding and truly shocking story that has emerged from the current Inquiry module on infection control in hospitals.
read it and weep. and demand better.
read it and weep. and demand better.
Megathread from @catinthehat.bsky.social from the other place on what we have learned about Infection Prevention and Control in hospitals from Module 3 of the COVID inquiry.
‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
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‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
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Thread by @_CatintheHat on Thread Reader App
@_CatintheHat: COVID INQUIRY: X Megathread 🧵 As module 3 of the @covidinquiryuk draws to a close, I’ve been looking back at what we’ve learned about how it all went so wrong with infection control gui...
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November 26, 2024 at 4:03 AM
this is an outstanding and truly shocking story that has emerged from the current Inquiry module on infection control in hospitals.
read it and weep. and demand better.
read it and weep. and demand better.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is my worst nightmare
How about you?
Violets are blue
This is my worst nightmare
How about you?
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
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November 25, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is my worst nightmare
How about you?
Violets are blue
This is my worst nightmare
How about you?
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Megathread from @catinthehat.bsky.social from the other place on what we have learned about Infection Prevention and Control in hospitals from Module 3 of the COVID inquiry.
‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18607...
‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18607...
Thread by @_CatintheHat on Thread Reader App
@_CatintheHat: COVID INQUIRY: X Megathread 🧵 As module 3 of the @covidinquiryuk draws to a close, I’ve been looking back at what we’ve learned about how it all went so wrong with infection control gui...
threadreaderapp.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Megathread from @catinthehat.bsky.social from the other place on what we have learned about Infection Prevention and Control in hospitals from Module 3 of the COVID inquiry.
‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18607...
‼️Trigger warning‼️ for those whose lives were destroyed as a result.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18607...
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Hello! 👋 I'm a Literary Agent at @watsonlittle.bsky.social representing commercial writing across MG, YA and adult fiction & select non-fiction for all ages. More information about what I'm looking for can be found here: www.watsonlittle.com/agent/megan-...
Megan Carroll - Watson Little
Megan graduated from Goldsmiths with a BA in English and American Literature in 2013 and has worked at the agency since 2014, first as the assistant and now as a Literary Agent. She is assisted by Ann...
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November 23, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Hello! 👋 I'm a Literary Agent at @watsonlittle.bsky.social representing commercial writing across MG, YA and adult fiction & select non-fiction for all ages. More information about what I'm looking for can be found here: www.watsonlittle.com/agent/megan-...
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Edinburgh Young adult Fiction Prize — Scottish Arts Trust
For writers and illustrators of novels and graphic novels created for readers aged 12 years and older. All genres including humour, romance, drama, horror, queer, contemporary, realist, speculative f...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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Got out my work in progress this morning. Wondered whether I should re-write it all in the first person. Or in the past tense. Decided to go out for lunch! Happy Friday everyone.
November 22, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Got out my work in progress this morning. Wondered whether I should re-write it all in the first person. Or in the past tense. Decided to go out for lunch! Happy Friday everyone.
Santa Eularia, stunning in the sunshine. Clear blue skies, light breeze, shining water. 20 degrees. #mybluesky
November 21, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Santa Eularia, stunning in the sunshine. Clear blue skies, light breeze, shining water. 20 degrees. #mybluesky
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Updated version of the author starter pack. It is now one of those giant multipacks, with more flavours and varieties than you ever dreamed could exist in one place. #books #booksky #starterpack
November 20, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Updated version of the author starter pack. It is now one of those giant multipacks, with more flavours and varieties than you ever dreamed could exist in one place. #books #booksky #starterpack
If you enjoy atmospheric stories, lyrical writing (so I’m told) and family drama with suspense, please check out my latest novel, DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA, published by Muswell Press 💙📚 #booksky
www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Fal...
www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Fal...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
If you enjoy atmospheric stories, lyrical writing (so I’m told) and family drama with suspense, please check out my latest novel, DARKNESS FALLS IN JAKARTA, published by Muswell Press 💙📚 #booksky
www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Fal...
www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Fal...
November in the Ibiza countryside: clear blue skies, trees dripping with oranges, morning mists in the valleys, hot air balloons, breathtaking sunsets, deserted beaches, harvest of vineyards, hedgehogs roaming the night, bright stars. Enchanting.
November 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
November in the Ibiza countryside: clear blue skies, trees dripping with oranges, morning mists in the valleys, hot air balloons, breathtaking sunsets, deserted beaches, harvest of vineyards, hedgehogs roaming the night, bright stars. Enchanting.
Addicted. Result of a safari of scent - or “sniffari” - at Papaduk, Ibiza. My 11 year old son’s chosen scent was cookies, equally if not more addictive.
November 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Addicted. Result of a safari of scent - or “sniffari” - at Papaduk, Ibiza. My 11 year old son’s chosen scent was cookies, equally if not more addictive.
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We've still got spaces in this if you're just arriving and feeling overwhelmed...
We made a Starter Pack for anyone new to this place so we can find our people. Let us know if you want to be added to it
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November 19, 2024 at 10:28 AM
We've still got spaces in this if you're just arriving and feeling overwhelmed...
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Starter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8
#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Starter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8
#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
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The state of book bans in the state of FL. (Yes, I’m banned there A LOT)
Last week the FLDOE quietly published its (incomplete) list of 700+ instances of censorship recorded across the state during the 23/24 SY.
According to the list, 500+ unique titles were removed. 120+ titles were removed in 2+ districts. 35+ authors had 3+ books removed.
According to the list, 500+ unique titles were removed. 120+ titles were removed in 2+ districts. 35+ authors had 3+ books removed.
November 19, 2024 at 1:02 AM
The state of book bans in the state of FL. (Yes, I’m banned there A LOT)
Sunday late lunch Spanish style
November 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Sunday late lunch Spanish style
Moonlit beach walk with my son. Cala Llonga, Ibiza. Deserted, beautiful, mysterious.
November 17, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Moonlit beach walk with my son. Cala Llonga, Ibiza. Deserted, beautiful, mysterious.
Blue skies here in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza. Feeling hopeful! Have a lovely weekend all
November 15, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Blue skies here in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza. Feeling hopeful! Have a lovely weekend all
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Economic burden of Long Covid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
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November 14, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Economic burden of Long Covid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
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