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Free Novel Competition for Women in the UK and Ireland

The Women’s Prize Trust has just launched DISCOVERIES 27. This is a writing competition for unagented and unpublished women writers in the UK and Ireland. Submit the first 10,000 words … Continue reading →

September 28, 2026 · Leave a comment

It Doesn’t Have to Start with Stealing – AI and Writers

The Society of Authors is calling on the British Government to protect and enforce UK copyright law. It’s not arguing we should turn our back on AI, just that the … Continue reading →

September 21, 2026 · 5 Comments

Brandy and Burnt Sausages: Mrs Finnegan Uncovers a Heinous Crime and a Way of Controlling the Weather

I not only endeavour to make this chronicle useful, I also aspire to transform the tedium of your day-to-day world with a little of the fizz we authors (published) call … Continue reading →

September 16, 2026 · 5 Comments

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