Rona Halsall Author

The billionaires, the pirates, and the great book heist Sounds like a great title for a book or a film, doesn’t it? Sadly, it’s a reflection of something terrible that’s going on in the publishing world right now and, as such, there ar…

Meta have stolen eleven of my books to use to train their AI, without permission or compensation. These books are copyrighted so what they have done is ILLEGAL.

My fellow author explains it all in her excellent blog post.

jessicaredlandauthor.com/2025/03/21/t...

The billionaires, the pirates, and the great book heist Sounds like a great title for a book or a film, doesn’t it? Sadly, it’s a reflection of something terrible that’s going on in the publishing world right now and, as such, there ar…

Meta have stolen eleven of my books to use to train their AI, without permission or compensation. These books are copyrighted so what they have done is ILLEGAL.

My fellow author explains it all in her excellent blog post.

jessicaredlandauthor.com/2025/03/21/t...

If you enjoy listening to books on audible, the Fiance is in the Audible Credit Sale until March 24th.

You can check it out here: mybook.to/fiancesocial

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Stop giving your attention and money to the mainstream media and start supporting alternatives like:

Democracy Docket
The Contrarian
Meidas Touch

Please put other alternatives you like in the comments. Let’s build a great list of resources we can trust.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

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I live in the UK and I love your reporting. You always hit the nail on the head.

Thank for sharing x

Happy publication day @ronahalsall.bsky.social

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FREE SHORT STORY!
Yes, that's right, a free story to whet your appetite before my new book, The Soulmate comes out in just a week's time😊
To read the story, just sign up for my newsletter - this is the link: bit.ly/RonaHalsallN...
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To those joining Bluesky following the TikTok shutdown, welcome!

Bluesky allows you to follow large groups of people at once with the Starter Pack feature.

Here is a Starter Pack featuring MeidasTouch contributors, hosts, and staff!

I'm excited to say my new book, the Soulmate, come out 30th Jan!😊

You can look at the blurb here and pre-order if you fancy...👇

bit.ly/thesoulmates...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Start the year right by following a media mix that is citizen journalism and investigative journalism.

The world we want… we have to build ourselves from the ground up.

4 shelves of books: Shelf 1: A Curtain Twitcher's Book of Murder; Sandwich; The Other Valley; Orbital; Sometimes People Die; The List of Suspicious Things Shelf 2: Ink Ribbon Red; Falling Animals; All the Colours of the Dark; Freakslaw; Leading Man; William Shelf 3: Anyone's Ghost; Bored Gay Werewolf; The Betrayal of Thomas True; Guilty By Definition; The Pairing; The Actor Shelf 4: The Last Murder at the End of the World; The Examiner; The Husbands; Helle & Death; Death on the Lusitania; The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers

Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.

I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.

One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!

UK only.

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg In The Bleak Midwinter - Ciaran and Steve (cello and piano)

Presenting our 2024 BBC News/Channel 4 News musical Christmas collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins and I perform In The Bleak Midwinter. Wherever you are in the world, whatever you may be celebrating, our very best wishes. @c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @petroc.bsky.social

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

My publisher has been swapping new titles into #KindleUnlimited so I though I'd do a summary of what's now available FREE to #KU subscribers.😊

You can read the blurbs and links to Amazon on my website:👇
ronahalsall.org

My publisher has been swapping new titles into #KindleUnlimited so I though I'd do a summary of what's now available FREE to #KU subscribers.😊

You can read the blurbs and links to Amazon on my website:👇
ronahalsall.org

The Soulmate NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

I've just seen that my new book, The Soulmate, is up on #Netgalley for reviews if you fancy taking a look...

It's love at first sight... But can you trust a stranger?

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Try that with three dogs on leads...😱

I loved that book!

The Soulmate NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

I've just seen that my new book, The Soulmate, is up on #Netgalley for reviews if you fancy taking a look...

It's love at first sight... But can you trust a stranger?

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

I have a new member of the writing support team - Sandy, to the left. A Romanian rescue, 7 months old rescued from a kill station. She joins Maid - middle (failed sheepdog) and Evie, also known as Yoda -also a Romanian rescue.

Shop sales are a bit ouch compared to last year. Thanks Darragh.

Would anyone like to buy a book?