Erica Wagner

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I'm so proud to be on this fabulous list: amazing writers (ahem) and beautifully-designed books. What more could a reader want?

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it

An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

Defending trial by jury is crucial in a society where democracy is being eroded | The Observer

“Cutting ordinary people out of the judicial system, weakening the scope of jury trials, and leaning even more upon magistrates and judges, will reinforce a more technocratic system and only deepen public mistrust.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The @theobserveruk.bsky.social tagline never more apt —

I’m lucky — I’ve met Maria because I got to read an early draft of this remarkable novel. I can’t wait for you to meet her next year!

The field is crowded but @backlisted.bsky.social is an absolute stunner, now and always. Happy birthday! 🥳

JarrELL! Insane indeed. Here’s to more. ❤️

Happy birthday! 🎂

Beautiful piece by @vanessathorpe.bsky.social — you can David Hare on the great, great Tom in @theobserveruk.bsky.social — why not subscribe?

Oh, that's where I know him from

I’m so proud to be working with this amazing paper.

The Pillsbury Dough Boy float at the Macy's Parade

He is risen

new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped

But didn't the lack of quills make you *just a little bit* sad...? 😂

The story keeps moving on (alas) but @drjennings.bsky.social on X in @theobserveruk.bsky.social back in late Oct still worth a read: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.

In case you haven't seen @richove.bsky.social

There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.

my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner

Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to the people.

Techbros, through AI, are stealing fire from the people and using it to warm themselves.

What precious fucking irony that is.

Totally agree. And I’d like to see a triple bill of Eddington, One Battle and Sinners as a portrait of America -

Seconded. And this extract will demonstrate that it's not only fascinating but USEFUL.

Picture of author Erica Wagner from the Bookseller, with the words “Salt Publishing snaps up Wagner’s ‘anti-biography’ of engineer Washington Roebling”

So, some happy news from me.
May 2026. 😊

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I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges.

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Happy 56th anniversary to “Sesame Street,” which made its broadcast debut #OnThisDay in 1969.

WTF

Seconded. Always proud to work with @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social but this is a corker.

"Oh, for fuck's sake" in the style of a Mamdani campaign poster.