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Many thanks for getting back to me. I see the 10.03 from KGX arr Leeds 12.16 is cancelled though, this looks ominous to me... would it have become the 12.45 Leeds-KGX train - i.e. will there be a knock-on cancellation for that service?
@LNER Hi there, how bad is it currently at Leeds, genuinely? Hard to tell from online updates whether it's worth attempting to get the 12.45 to KX that I'm booked on. Is anything at all running leeds-doncaster? Thanks
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Itโs December 1! To officially kick off the 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar, hereโs a story about librarians, patrons, and one unusual musical instrument, from Robin Sloan. hingstonandolsen.com/2024/1-โฆ #ssac2024
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ANNOUNCEMENT! The Brutalist Ghost Stories project includes an Arts Council England-funded Emerging Writer Programme, and Confingo is looking to recruit three early stage writers for mentoring and help to contribute to an anthology of short uncanny fiction. confingopublishing.uk/thenewโฆ
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Bring along your problem story: the one that never seems to be finished, or gets rejected, or refuses to do what it is told, and practise working through drafts, problem-solving and polishing up with Rubyโs guidance and encouragement. #shortstories #writers #writingcommunity
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A few places left on this brilliant course
My @londonlitlab short story Bootcamp course is back! Postponed due to illness but now raring to go, this course is somehow both leisurely (lots of writing/breathing/thinking time) and intense (lots of feedback & food for thought). I'd love to have you๐ซตlondonlitlab.co.uk/course/shโฆ
My @londonlitlab short story Bootcamp course is back! Postponed due to illness but now raring to go, this course is somehow both leisurely (lots of writing/breathing/thinking time) and intense (lots of feedback & food for thought). I'd love to have you๐ซตlondonlitlab.co.uk/course/shโฆ
(*Trying not to hyperventilate*) Thank you so much @pattonoswalt - 5 months later - missed this at the time...
As it happens, film rights remain available ๐๏ธ๐ช๏ธ
Well, yes... but writing proper people with proper accents is always a struggle and I want to do some learning!
Can you name contemporary writers who "do" Yorkshire dialect well (i.e. without sounding like the old duffer out of Wuthering Heights)? Even if it's just a hint of dialect.
Always leave them wanting more! Thanks for everything you've put into the six issues - I've got some idea what it takes. Those six brilliant publications made the world better.
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Special Issue Call for Papers: โUniquely Canadian Cultural Narrativesโ
Submission deadline: 15 September 2025
For more information click here ow.ly/VToW50TKKZ0
#CFP @SFITAPJournal
Excellent thread. History isn't something that's "over" or that we "move on from". It creates everything that is today.
