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Writer, translator & editor. Books, Earth and misc. musings. Someone Else's Conflict (2014) & #CliFi psychological thriller Riverflow (2019) pub @honno. 🌊🌊🌊

Wales, United Kingdom
Joined May 2014
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The #cover of my latest book #IsolationWard is announced today. I love it. Out 17 April @The_CWA @AllisonandBusby
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Author/campaigner @AlisonLayland on Tom Bullough's SARN HELEN, Welsh Book of the Year 2024. "More than travelogue, more than nature writing, more than a social history of Wales - a cry from the heart." @GrantaBooks #JackieMorris reviewsbywriters.blogspot.co… #ClimateCrisis #protest
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At @WritersReview1 we welcome new guest @AlisonLayland, who praises Tom Bullough's SARN HELEN, Welsh Book of the Year 2024 - #naturewriting, #landscape, #history, #climatechange and #protest. Cover art & illustrations by the excellent Jackie Morris. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.co…
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Thanks to California, climate change is on the front pages again. It always will be now. Climate fiction used to be speculative but that's changing... A look at two good novels, by @kevinbrennan520 and @AlisonLayland. mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/… #climate #fiction
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I hate it when this happens. 🀬 Wordle 1,276 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Always a thrill to see #SharpScratch out in the wild. Buy one, get one half price just in time for Christmas πŸŽ„ πŸ˜‰@Wstones_Arndale - pic thanks to Phil Painter @AllisonandBusby @The_CWA
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This Halloween we're stepping into the world of the uncanny and strange with Crow Face, Doll Face by Carly Holmes. Available in your local shop or online: uk.bookshop.org/a/3956/97819… #HalloweenReads #SpookyBooks #BookLover #bookstagram
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
We’re excited to share that we’re now open for #fiction submissions by Welsh Writers in two genres: Welsh Gothic and Fantasy! Send us your ideas by 5pm on Monday 6th January 2025 serenbooks.com/submissions/
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
Feeling newly inspired after hearing from @Birdie_Pictures & Matriarch Productions. My first ever TV pilot script, an adaptation of my crime novel #SharpScratch, has been picked for the next round of their Grass Routes Prize. Thank you!
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Suitably spooky reading for Halloween. Creek & I hugely enjoying this newly released collection of gothic short stories by Elizabeth Walter, LET A SLEEPING WITCH LIE. Strange goings on at the Welsh border . . . Out now from @SerenBooks, @Waterstones Wales BOTM! @Books_Wales
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Discover Elizabeth Walter’s chillingly remarkable talent with this haunting winter read πŸ“šπŸŒ™πŸ”₯ Shop now in bookshops and online. @Waterstones #WBOTM @Books_Wales @inpressbooks
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
We are extremely delighted to congratulate Faaeza, Chinyere, Mohini and all the contributors who have helped create our latest release MANY ROADS, out today. Books, Tickets and more information available here: linktr.ee/honnopress #NewBook #OutToday
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
β€œ a curious blend of brief encounter tropes … A woman caught between guilt and a fast-moving and perilous reality…delivers uneasy thrills” 😁 Lovely review for #TheCommuter #CrimeTime : To the Max: October Crime with Maxim Jakubowski | Crime Time crimetime.co.uk/to-the-max-o…
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
Join us on the 29th October in partnership with @NLWales to launch our latest title Many Roads, a collection of women's stories of courage and displacement in Wales. This event will be in person and streamed online. Tickets: linktr.ee/honnopress
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
COVER REVEAL Introducing the debut novel by Joanne Rush, DANCING ON KNIVES. A powerful story recalling the turbulent history of Eastern Europe. Coming to shelves in January 2025. Available for pre-order now: uk.bookshop.org/a/3956/97819… #ComingSoon #CoverReveal @LlyfrauCymru
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
Greenpeace needs your support against Big Oil's attempt to silence us! A SLAPP lawsuit filed by @EnergyTransfer threatens our continued existence as well as the future of all peaceful protest. RT and ✍️ to tell corporate bullies: I am with Greenpeace greenpeace.org/international…
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
🐝We're buzzing with excitement about @SirBenfro's haunting gothic novel BROKEN GHOSTS which is publishing in just under a month. To celebrate we're giving away an early proof copy! #giveaway 🧑Like this post 🧑RT 🧑Follow us UK only/18+ Winner chosen Tuesday 20/08 @ 12pm GMT
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Alison Layland πŸžπŸŒπŸ’š retweeted
Ebook of my new thriller #TheFestival is 99p for a few days! Think Glastonbury meets Stephen King. Libby discovers that this sunny festival has a VERY dark side... Reposts appreciated. ❀️ ow.ly/Jki750SCZgQ
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