Jill K Wilson

Thanks to @tomasjmurray.bsky.social for this

Eleanor

New books heading out today, first up “Eleanor”, Alice Loxton’s history of one of our forgotten queens. - Michael
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What a lovely surprise this was today! It is such an honour to see NEPHTHYS on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown 2025 shortlist. Many thanks to the judges, and congratulations to everyone on this list! 👑

I really did and meant to say before!

Huge congratulations Rachel ! I loved your book ! 🎉🥂🍾

Virginia Woolf looking pensively out a window

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. ”
― Virginia Woolf
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

Please, @theguardian.com, stop writing headlines that give credibility to Trump’s baseless medical misinformation. The way you’re reporting this makes you part of the problem.

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Solitary rose 🌹 🥀💐#September

Five great writing tips from author and CBC tutor Laura Barnett. ✍️

Have to say I went at the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it !

Have you downloaded our Author Care: A Toolkit for Authors yet?

As well as helping you navigate the industry, this toolkit shows how the principles of good author care can empower authors on their publication journey.

We'd love to know what you think.

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I’ve pre ordered this book so it’s going to be a lovely surprise when it arrives unexpectedly ! Very much looking forward to it !

Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.

'One friend was advised to retire a series because the average rating slipped below 4.2 stars. Every keyboard-licking troll who fires off a volley of one-star ratings for their own strange & probably sad reasons, has the power to affect a writer’s career”
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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

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Author Jojo Moyes on AI.

UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK

We have a desperate shortage of care workers. This has a catastrophic effect on the NHS too.

Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.

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Yes - totally agree- it was a great read .

I’d read this excellent post before but it was a timely reminder today.

@pierstorday.bsky.social at today’s protest, on the importance of protecting copyright law in light of the Meta’s scraping of unlicensed works to train their AI systems. #MetaBookTheives #DoTheWriteThing

Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social at the Meta protest 🔥

Coming this Friday to @frazzledlit.bsky.social, my interview with Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social about her debut novel REMBRANDT'S PROMISE (Eriu Book), which will hit the shelves in two day's time!

Here's a wee taster!

Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates

Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates

THE COMMITTEE WEIGHS IN I tell my mother I've won the Nobel Prize. Again? she says. Which discipline this time? It's a little game we play: I pretend I'm somebody, she pretends she isn't dead.

I love this devastating piece from Andrea Cohen.

AI is profiting from human creativity – isn’t it time creators got their fair share?

A fair deal for creators isn’t just about making things right, it is essential for the future of creativity and AI.

Find out more: societyofauthors.org

#PayTheCreator #MadeByHumans

This looks great!

Saw this picture on X and it prompted a thread! Which I shall now attempt to reproduce here…

🤣🤣 sounds like you had a ball - that apartment sounded amazing !

Morna - I loved your story, I didn’t realise you’d lived in Brussels !

Older woman in a gold dress and holding a handbag smiling with text reading: Being told you're 'too old for that' isn't part of ageing. It's ageism.

Have you ever been told you're too old to do something?

Being told you're 'too old for that' isn't part of ageing. It's ageism.

Find out more from our @agewithoutlimits.bsky.social campaign: https://www.agewithoutlimits.org/

Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85 Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize

Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85

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