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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reading about Booker judging in the 70s-80s. I often think there’s a savagery to a lot of online discourse but publishing was quite a rough and tumble world in 1983 (read to the end)

The archive also unveils the pitfalls of using an Autocue: in 1983, the novelist Fay Weldon was chairing the judges, and used an Autocue to give a speech at the ceremony that mercilessly attacked the publishing industry. “We are the raw material of your trade. You do tend to forget it, you know. You forget that books need writers: that there are very few of us; that we are quite tough, but perhaps not as tough as you think,” Weldon said. “I think you’d do without us altogether if you could.”

Weldon had intended to end on a softer note, but the ceremony’s power was cut by trade-union action at 10pm and her autocue went black. In the archive, she recalls, “just before I got to the 'you are all honourable men' bit. And so because you are reading it, you don't know where you are, so I just sat down and said, 'That is really all I have to say.' So they didn't get that bit. And they were so incensed. And the head of the publishing union came over and hit my agent. It was a wonderful evening!”

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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The School Run is a Pick of the Week! 🤯 We’re truly honoured to have been selected for this week’s POTW hosted by Paulette Edwards. Listen now on BBC Sounds or tune in Sunday at 18:15 to hear it on BBC Radio 4! @jonnicholls.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social

The player for bbc sounds showing Pick of the Week hosted by Paulette Edwards, playing from 18:52.

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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are thrilled to share that we have been shortlisted in 3 categories at this year’s #Speakies! Wolf Valley for both Production & Sound Design and Best Podcast: Narrative, and 400 Strangers for Best Performance: Ensemble. Congratulations everyone! @jonnicholls.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Did not expect a Michael Rosen picture book to be quoted at a climactic moment in Goalhanger’s new geopolitical thriller, but it’s used very effectively!

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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Next up on BBC Radio 4! 🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♂️Premiers Tuesday 16 September at 14.15 A real-time comedy drama, recorded on the trot, and inspired by a true story. Jogging is good for you. But is it supposed to be this painful? Gareth’s son Joe is feeling down and clamming up. And now he’s refusing to go to school.

A doormat with two pairs of shoes sitting back to back: a pair of adult-sized blue Asics running trainers, and a pair of brown and black Vans hi-tops, which are smaller in size and appear to belong to a young person. Over them, white all-caps text reads “BBC/ The School Run”

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is pretty accurate. I never heard of copywriters specifically for jacket flap/back cover copy though. It’s usually the editor writing copy for ATIs & covers with feedback from other depts. Maybe big publishers can afford dedicated copywriters! www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

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How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade

From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Father of the year www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Japan
Man leaves young son on
Mount Fuji before ascending Japan's highest peak
Boy, seven, had complained of feeling tired so father left him with snacks and a soft drink and continued his climb

They told him to turn back, and after reuniting him with his son reprimanded him for leaving the child alone on an active volcano.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If I were to spend my precious audible credit on a booker longlist title, which one would I pick?

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Might text them back and warn them about fossil fuels.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Gotta hand it to them, this is very funny

The Sun newspaper’s exclusive edition front page, with the Sun masthead above the edge of the sun, and the moon labelled in the same font

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Muriel Sparklehorse @dannybirchall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Apparently, if you have a pair of those new Meta glasses, they're 100% safe for looking directly at the sun during the eclipse tomorrow.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

My Brilliant Friend ends very abruptly, doesn’t it?!

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cats do not have jobs; they have hobbies

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Tesco delivery man looked in my house and said, 'you still decorating, then?' and I laughed along but, actually the answer is no and I have been thinking about it all week

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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We are thrilled to announce that WOLF VALLEY has won Silver, Gold, and GRAND trophies from the New York Festivals Radio Awards. Silver for Craft: Writing, Gold for Craft: Sound, and both Gold AND Grand awards for Entertainment: Drama Program. #AwardWinners #StorytellersGala #NewYorkFestivals

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Calling any/all bee experts! (Technical term?) I have a bumblebee nest under my ground floor. Would it be possible to leave them for the summer, wait for the queen/colony to die of the cold then block the entrance so future bees nest elsewhere? Or would I be condemning baby bees to death?

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage.
A woman answers the door.
We have come for the child, says the hooded figure
So soon? she asks
It is time, says the hooded figure.
The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card!
What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure
We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading!
For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness
Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman,
the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them.
Do not cry mother.
I am a writer now.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

On the plus side, literacy rates are going down.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New episode of Total 90s Recall! It’s about L.A. Confidential, or should I say L.A. Controversial since it stars Kevin Spacey. We discussed the film, its themes, and how we feel about it in a post-Me Too era. It was one of my favourite films as a teen, so my reaction surprised me… shorturl.at/8WcWE

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I wish to be the artist lady with the chateau in the Président ads

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I'm genuinely interested in the BTS process of acquiring a self-pubbed novel. Are publishers making a specific choice not to edit, to give existing fans a new edition of the same text? Or is it straight economics - 'This thing's already selling/trending, the priority is to publish it again ASAP'?

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

TWO author fraud stories in the news today 👀

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today! The ultimate feminist road-trip movie, Thelma & Louise! We got to discuss it with Sarah Asante, a script consultant and former BBC/UKTV commissioner. lnk.bio/Total90sRecall

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Omg Vladimir on Netflix is so good and very funny. Rachel Weisz is a scream. It’s left me with a rare desire to read the book, and most adaptations fail at that

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Latest episode of Total 90s Recall is about Scream, in honour of film 7, out today. We talk gore, final girls, slut-shaming and gaslighting, moral panics and VHS tapes, plus we ask, is this actually the most 90s film we've rewatched yet?? Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Gmail keeps trying to “tidy up” and “improve” my emails with AI. It’s trying to simplify my emails but all it’s doing is giving me a complex

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I was very lucky to work on this scandinoir thriller with @almost-tangible.bsky.social last year, and all 5 parts are available to listen on Sounds now! 🐺 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Limelight - Wolf Valley - Episode 1 - BBC Sounds

A missing journalist, an isolated fjord and a chilling discovery.

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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

✨🐺Introducing the cast of Wolf Valley… We were beyond lucky to assemble this group of talented, multi-lingual audio drama adventurers – and we can’t wait to share their brilliance with you. WOLF VALLEY premiers Friday 23 January, 14.15 on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We’re all having to do a little cost cutting in these tough times

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen. You invented free indirect style, wrote the most vicious put downs, gave us the GOAT enemies-to-lovers plot, and wore the heck out of a bonnet

A D&D style moral alignment chart of the characters from Sense & Sensibility. In the lawful column from good, neutral to evil it’s Colonel Brandon, Edward, Fanny, in the neutral column from good to evil it’s Elinor, Mr Palmer, Lucy Steele. In the chaotic column from good to evil it’s Marianne, Mrs Jennings and Willoughby.
I hope you agree with my choices

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Little White Lies @lwlies.com · 15/12/2025

Absolutely devastating news about the passing of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle. What an achievement to make so many people’s favourite film, but from a range of six different titles. Here on the set of the superlative and unique The Princess Bride.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I was, over the years, an angel, pregnant Mary who gets rejected by the innkeepers (but a different girl got to play Mary with the Christ child), and more depressingly, the front end of a camel whose wise man brought the gift of myrrh.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Came up with a solution to avoid having to use the new Word Copilot. Found an old laptop with a copy of Word installed pre-pandemic. Tho the touchpad is broken, I can link to a monitor & mouse/keyboard and use that. Added benefit of having PC Word which has more functionality than Word for Mac.

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Has anyone had issues with a cat under-eating and losing weight? Otto gets hungry but only eats a bit. Have tried lots of foods, and now the blood tests have come back negative for anything nasty (thank goodness). Vet is unsure if dental issues explain it so I wonder if anyone has any ideas?

Otto, a tabby cat, curled up on a white bedsheet with his eyes squeezed shut

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We made a special episode to mark Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, about Sense & Sensibility (1995). We talk to costume designer Eleanor Bull about how filmmakers create character through costume, Emma Thompson’s script, Alan Rickman and much more! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This is such an exciting development. Storks live in urban areas all over the place except for Britain. Until now!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We are into the last 5 days of the #Creatives4Sudan auction. There are some INCREDIBLE lots on there. Please consider a cheeky little bid. EG on creative mentoring from @rashmiwriting.bsky.social #KeepEyesOnSudan app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

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ben driscoll @daisyowl.com · 24/11/2025

maybe i am going insane

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Second episode of Total 90s Recall is up on all platforms and it's about FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. @mollymerwin.bsky.social and I loved this film but we do have our critiques... Follow the links to have a listen! lnk.bio/Total90sRecall

An image using the Total 90s Recall branding and the film poster for Four Weddings and a Funeral, including the main cast assembled around Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell

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chloesackur.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

First episode of TOTAL 90S RECALL is out now! …Am I the only one who has overly developed thoughts about Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park? Am I too excited for interactive CD-ROMS? Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is standing in a dark room with the words life and uh behind him .

Alt: Jeff Goldblum wearing glasses and a leather jacket is standing in a dark room with the words life and uh behind him

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