Anna Davidson

I published my own…

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Wow (again).

Wow. Is that from publishers, or direct from the author?

Brilliant news for US readers! The paperback of my latest novel IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE is currently for $4 only! A crazy bargain! Dive into the secretive world of Pakistan's elite for only $4

"Compelling and Lyrical"
WOMAN & HOME

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*Just* in time to still be National Poetry Day we bring you our latest episode of Mostly Book Talk where we talk to Dr Julie Blake, founder and co-director of Poetry by Heart with lots of information about how schools can get involved #KidLitUK #UKkidLit @poetrybyheart.bsky.social

Publishing Services Are Now OPEN Week 10 - in which I deal with contract lawyers, insurers, and doing paid-stuff for other people

WoodPig Press is now open for publishing services. Alongside our traditional publishing activities, we’re offering high-quality cover design, editing and formatting from top-notch professionals to indie authors and small presses:

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#writing #books #booksky

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This is great - thank you!

76 Calls for Submissions in October 2025 - Paying markets This October there are more than six dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alway...

76 Calls for Submissions in October 2025 - Paying markets
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#SubOp

Surprisingly few Jilly Cooper fans on Bluesky?!

rest in peace #JillyCooper – or revel in parties up there if you'd rather. Thanks for making reading (and life) fun 💕

‘The Healing Power of Poetry’ letter from Good Housekeeping magazine

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Poetry: ‘Strength and power for healing and recovery.’

Letter headed The Power of Words

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! The power of poetry 👌 (Good Housekeeping magazine letters page.)

‘After only 5 years, long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children.’

Wake up, world, and look after our children. 🙌🏽 20-year-old Violet Affleck.

This is a great list

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem, what could be more playful than a shape poem. This one from my 1st collection Where Zebras Go Otter-Barry Books @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

Peter and Jane in the playground of a park are playing on a seesaw. Peter is on the ground and Jane high up

In the park
(Book 3a, 1964)

Artist: John Berry

We're having a splendid year September newsletter

This month: standardising PDF markup across the publishing industry; a glimpse into the monster-god’s HQ (aka Amazon); Booker shortlist; and a trip to magnificent Hamburg.
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Join Our Independent Press Directory - The Broken Spine At The Broken Spine, collaboration and community have always been at the heart of what we do. We believe in uplifting fellow independent presses, writers, and

Independent presses unite! Your £3 directory listing helps fund our #BrokenSpineAward—33% of every fee goes toward our £5000 goal for a poetry award in 2026:

OPEN NO-MIC POETY & SPOKEN WORD Featured writer A. K. Davidson Thursday September 25, The Queen's Arms Pub, Cowden Pound, TN8 5NP

This Thursday. All welcome. Masterminded by @revkevwrites.bsky.social

The book wasn’t for me, which is fine because it so clearly hit the mark for most other people! Not sure if I’ll give the screen version a go.

Just read a super book, Glitterballs, by @michelehowarth.com . Beautifully written, funny, yet at times dark story of a debauched pop star. Definitely a tale for our times.

This is the heart of it. The writing life is all about tiny wins - wins that feel tiny to you but are actually having a massive impact on other people’s lives, rippling outwards. You do brilliant work! 🤩

What a great collection! I queried your colleague Laetitia yesterday but I hope you share submissions where appropriate 🤞🏼

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement  - The Authors Guild Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...

Anthropic has agreed to pay affected authors a record $1.5 billion in a settlement, following its use of pirated books to train its AI. We'll share more details with members in the coming days.

Oh Hello Please Excuse the Mess While I Unpack Hey friends, guess what? I moved over to Ghost! I'd been on Substack for almost seven years, and frankly, it was time to go. If you're not seeing my newsletter r...

Hey, I left substack and moved to ghost. Find me here!

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Copyediting is my least favourite type of editing. (My favourite is line editing! Then structural/developmental editing. Then proofreading.) So I’m going to go to this webinar today to find out if there are ways to get it done faster…

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