Sian Meades-Williams
@sianysianysiany.bsky.social
Freelance Writing Jobs newsletter 💌 Food and travel features writer🍝Yeovil Literary Prize winner 🏆 The Pyjama Myth 📖 Cats 🐾 Potatoes 🍟 she/her 💕 https://freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
New favourite novel draft note.
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New favourite novel draft note.
Glazing week in the pottery studio. Bertie was there to supervise.
June 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Glazing week in the pottery studio. Bertie was there to supervise.
Chuffed with my big bowl throwing this evening. 🍜🍝
June 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Chuffed with my big bowl throwing this evening. 🍜🍝
Obsessed with this website note. Gonna try it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Obsessed with this website note. Gonna try it.
The state of this.
March 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The state of this.
oh yeah, Top Gun style. I'm sure I know what this note means in my novel *set in Victorian London*.
March 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
oh yeah, Top Gun style. I'm sure I know what this note means in my novel *set in Victorian London*.
Made such a delightful mess trimming my bowls this morning.
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Made such a delightful mess trimming my bowls this morning.
I'm at the obsessive stage of pottery and throwing where I am gonna read everything about it. Clay is such a great book, if you have any interest in ceramics. It really digs deep into our connection with earth and why we make things. 🏺🍽️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
March 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm at the obsessive stage of pottery and throwing where I am gonna read everything about it. Clay is such a great book, if you have any interest in ceramics. It really digs deep into our connection with earth and why we make things. 🏺🍽️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
Celina is such a strange little book, based on true events, about a young girl who works as a chambermaid for Victor Hugo while he's living in exile in Guernsey. I really enjoyed the subtle power shifts throughout. The design is beautiful, too. 📝🧹 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
March 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Celina is such a strange little book, based on true events, about a young girl who works as a chambermaid for Victor Hugo while he's living in exile in Guernsey. I really enjoyed the subtle power shifts throughout. The design is beautiful, too. 📝🧹 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
My first Jilly! Look, apart from *that* scene, and the general awfulness of Rupert C-B (which has been dialled down enormously in the latest TV version of Rivals), Riders was such a good read. She's so good at plotting. 🏇🍆 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9780...
March 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My first Jilly! Look, apart from *that* scene, and the general awfulness of Rupert C-B (which has been dialled down enormously in the latest TV version of Rivals), Riders was such a good read. She's so good at plotting. 🏇🍆 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9780...
I loved Brandy Sour (what a beautiful cover), a short collection of vignettes about a hotel in Cyprus, telling stories of residents and employees through different drinks and liquids. It's such an original book. 🥃🏨 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
March 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I loved Brandy Sour (what a beautiful cover), a short collection of vignettes about a hotel in Cyprus, telling stories of residents and employees through different drinks and liquids. It's such an original book. 🥃🏨 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
Just a joy from start to finish. Every bit of me is in this.
March 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just a joy from start to finish. Every bit of me is in this.
Going to make a cup of tea in my brand new mug. I threw it, I trimmed it, I glazed it. I love it 😍🤩😭
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Going to make a cup of tea in my brand new mug. I threw it, I trimmed it, I glazed it. I love it 😍🤩😭
Well this is lovely. My feature on khachapuri in Kutaisi has been shortlisted for an Inspire Global Media Award! Wishing good vibes and pillowy cheese bread to all of the nominees. event.inspireglobal.travel/award-catego...
February 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Well this is lovely. My feature on khachapuri in Kutaisi has been shortlisted for an Inspire Global Media Award! Wishing good vibes and pillowy cheese bread to all of the nominees. event.inspireglobal.travel/award-catego...
Somehow I threw matching dinner plates today 😮😮
February 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Somehow I threw matching dinner plates today 😮😮
Also, The Park Cafe in Lincoln's Inn Fields over the road is my new favourite place for a little solo lunch.
February 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Also, The Park Cafe in Lincoln's Inn Fields over the road is my new favourite place for a little solo lunch.
Skipped work yesterday for an all-day poetry workshop at the John Soanes Museum, one of my favourite places in London.
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Skipped work yesterday for an all-day poetry workshop at the John Soanes Museum, one of my favourite places in London.
Ceramics class was so much fun today! Positively giddy at how much mess I got to make.
February 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ceramics class was so much fun today! Positively giddy at how much mess I got to make.
The Covenant of Water is pushing 1000 pages and yet it never felt like a slog. It's such a bold book, largely about medicine and colonialism, but with so much heart in it. 💧💊 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
January 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Covenant of Water is pushing 1000 pages and yet it never felt like a slog. It's such a bold book, largely about medicine and colonialism, but with so much heart in it. 💧💊 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
You know how those internet bores complain about the blurbs at the start of recipes? A Thousand Feasts is basically nothing but those AND IT'S BRILLIANT. 🥘🥓 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9780...
January 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You know how those internet bores complain about the blurbs at the start of recipes? A Thousand Feasts is basically nothing but those AND IT'S BRILLIANT. 🥘🥓 uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9780...
At the opposite end of the scale, Drift by Caryl Lewis is actually really quite sad, but it's so utterly beautiful. It has strong Clear vibes, and that was my fave book of '24. 🌊🚣♂️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
January 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
At the opposite end of the scale, Drift by Caryl Lewis is actually really quite sad, but it's so utterly beautiful. It has strong Clear vibes, and that was my fave book of '24. 🌊🚣♂️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
Look, if you're a bit sad about the state of things atm and you want something quite basic and lovely, David Nicholls is your guy. You Are Here was exactly what I needed this week. 🥾⛰️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Look, if you're a bit sad about the state of things atm and you want something quite basic and lovely, David Nicholls is your guy. You Are Here was exactly what I needed this week. 🥾⛰️ uk.bookshop.org/a/13196/9781...
Excellent spredges, excellent cat.
January 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Excellent spredges, excellent cat.
Pelican crossing.
January 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Pelican crossing.
I made this pot in my ceramics class and she is the cutest! I love her fat little belly.
January 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I made this pot in my ceramics class and she is the cutest! I love her fat little belly.