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Some of my editorial work comes via Reedsy. Over the past year it's become completely overrun by people (I can't call them authors) who are asking for editorial help on manuscripts that have been generated by #AI. Often, what they want is for someone to make the text sound more human.

About reading the world A few weeks ago, on the day I turned 40 no less, I finished a project I’d been working on for some years now – reading a book from every country in the world. My motivation for doing it was t…

Some witterings about my recently completed read the world project #readingtheworld #readtheworld

I can well imagine! It was a much quicker read than I expected and so I’m already done with it, it didn’t quite work for me but I can see how it would in that situation!

That one’s new to me so looking forward to it.

Really interesting, thanks for sharing! I have read Darkness at Noon before and really liked it, but it was at least a decade ago and I’m interested to see what I make of it now.

A stack of books on a bookshelf including: Muriel Spark - Curriculum Vitae Isabella Hammad - Recognising the Stranger Arthur Koestler - Arrival and Departure Wole Soyinka - The Interpreters Ebba Witt-Brattström - Love/War (translated by Kate Lambert) Renato Cisneros - You Shall Leave Your Land (translated by Fionn Petch) Gabriel Garciá Márquez - The Autumn of the Patriarch (translated by Gregory Rabassa) Arthur Koestler - Darkness At Noon (translated by Daphne Hardy) Isabella Hammad - Enter Ghost Aristotle - The Politics (translated by A.T. Sinclair) Kamila Shamsie - Best of Friends Wole Soyinka - Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

Upcoming reads… #tbr #nowreading #readingsoon

A stack of books published by Charco Press, from the top: An Infinite Sadness by Antonio Xerxenesky (tr. Daniel Hahn) Restoration by Ave Barrera (tr. Ellen Jones and Robin Myers) On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia (tr. Padma Viswanathan) Chilco by Daniela Catrileo (tr. Jacob Edelstein) The Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldaña París (tr. Christina MacSweeney) La Lucha: Latin American Feminism Today edited by Carolina Orloff The World We Saw Burning by Renato Cisneros (tr. Fionn Petch) Cautery by Lucía Lijtmaer (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy) The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy (tr. Frank Wynne) Lexicon of Affinities by Ida Vitale (tr. Sean Manning X Is Where I Am by Sara Torres (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy) Apparitions by Margo Glantz (tr. Ellen Jones)

The best post day 🥰🥰🥰

I had to stop after a few paragraphs, it was too upsetting. It’s vile that vulnerable people are being conned into this.

I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. "Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

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That is actually ridiculous. There was definitely no 18+ content in there I promise!

Would you post something like this about a man? Regardless of politics, not cool.

I don’t know how to tell people this but more women/BIPOC/LGBTQ artists winning things and gaining popularity was not supposed to be a cute trend and then a return to normality. It was supposed to be progress that we continued making.

I slipped and ordered the 2026 *and* 2025 bundles plus a couple of extras. My poor TBR. Can't wait for the new Claudia Piñeiro in particular!

I hate this time of year, it messes with my brain 😭

A screenshot of the final page of A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau, including the words ‘The End’, marking the end of my reading the world project.

197/197 #readingtheworld #endofanera

A screenshot of the title page of A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau, my #readingtheworld pick for Tonga

ONE COUNTRY TO GO! #readingtheworld #tonga

The front cover of Shroud of Secrecy: the story of corruption within the Vatican by “The Millenari”, translated from the Italian by Ian Martin.

Two countries to go! #vaticancity #readingtheworld

Oh, you’ve got some absolute treats ahead of you there! Loved the Wharton, the Greene and of course the Ferrantes.

I am rather bemused by the “year’s best” lists that are coming out with a full two months of the year still to go

What wonderful news! Can’t wait to read it.

News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São …

Think I'm prouder of this than any of my own books: the collection translated for me from São Tomé and Príncipe back in 2012 is finally published in English ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/n...

The Brothers Karamazov not so much…

I find some Dostoevsky easier to read than people say. Crime and Punishment is basically just a whodunnit, I flew through it!

At this point it feels like they’re trying to make us incapable of thinking for ourselves on purpose, the better to exploit us.

Oh no poor cat! Hope he’s feeling better soon.

Been listening to too much History of England podcast, I’m up to the bit about Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots and I’m not gonna lie I kind of wanna have tshirts made that say Monstrous Regiment of Women. Thanks John Knox!

@theradr.bsky.social I believe this is your gem of wisdom

The front cover of Voices: Short stories from the Seychelles islands, edited by Glynn Burridge

Three countries to go! #seychelles #readingtheworld

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social

Hey, why do people struggle to understand nuance and complexity…