Catch you on Blue Sky: bsky.app/profile/dlchanson.b… #WritingCommunity

Happy holidays everyone! #kidlitart #holidays #penguin #illustrator

Thank you to @TheColoredLens for nominating my kooky story for the @PushcartPrize - very much appreciated! #WritingCommunity

Here's a dark little villanelle I wrote that's gained an honourable mention in the recent Dark Poets Prize, Edition II. Big thanks @darkpoetsclub!

Have you submitted your short story to our Creative Writing Ink competition? Entries close Friday 4pm GMT. creativewritingink.co.uk/com…

Social media has been so vital to us - for making many friends and hearing news, as well as sharing our own. But we simply can't justify being on this site anymore, however much we need it - and we'll be leaving at the end of the month. We do really want to keep in touch, so you'll find us other sites - and can you please, please sign up to our newsletter? (And pass this on, so others can, too?) New sign ups will receive a 15% discount, as an extra bonus! Here's the link - and thank you so much for the years of support and friendship: galleybeggar.co.uk/subscribe…

My online book launch for A Safe Place ✨ 8:15-9pm Tues 26th November, hosted by the fab @NivenAudrey from @Prop_Pencil *Psychological family drama with a pinch of darkness*

Thank you @darkpoetsclub for the Honourable Mention in the Dark Poets Prize II - and big congrats to the winner, Maddison O'Donnell. #poetry

Hard-hitting but tender and life-affirming, this fantastic poetic novel from the brilliant Ashley Hickson-Lovence is well worth reading and/or listening to as an audiobook. #BookRecommendation

Happy Halloween! 🎃 #halloween #kidlitart #trickortreat

Only one week away. 🎃 #kidlitart #picturebooks #halloween

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✍️ November 1st is the Fall Writing Contest Deadline! We’re looking for: SHORT STORIES, FLASH FICTION, and POETRY! If our judges choose your work, you'll win cash prizes! 🥇 🔎 Visit our Contests Page for details and to enter! ow.ly/KlAZ50Txovs

Well worth reading - especially for fans of Quantum Leap, busking, fate, the power of kindness and novels that invite you to use your noggin. #BookRecommendations

Might be a little late to the Mordew party but I'm very excited about this epic-looking novel from @alexpheby. Especially the post-cognitive toy theatre and the unnamed neurasthenic aristocrats! Available from @GalleyBeggars. #BookRecommendations

Shout out to @csecooney who has shown kindness beyond the call of duty. Thank you for the amazing book, it's much appreciated! #Kindness

DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📣 I’m over the moon to have been chosen to illustrate this sweet, beautiful picture book written by Marisa Ramel, coming to stores in 2026! A huge thank you to @charlesbridge and my awesome agent @FairbankLit for choosing me to bring this story to life! 😍

Massive congratulations to the winners and the finalists in the @FrictionSeries Spring 2024 Writing Contests!

I'm honoured to have been named a Poetry Finalist in the @FrictionSeries Spring 2024 Writing Contest. Big thanks to the judges! Thanks also to @KMoinetwrites for reading an earlier version & giving some brilliant comments/advice plus several others who've read it. #poetry

✨ New Event ✨ I’ll be in conversation with one of my literary heroes David Peace next month discussing, among many things, his mesmeric new novel MUNICHS. Click link for ticket info. Hope to see you there 📍: @WaterstonesPicc 📅: 7th October, 6.30pm waterstones.com/events/david…