iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Say what you will about this app but at least people here don’t seem to be baffled by the idea that AI is built upon plagiarism

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We're joining the Creators' Rights Alliance (CRA) in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI. Fairness and transparency must be at the heart of the UK's approach to AI. Help our mission by signing the petition buff.ly/j7NooKw

Creators' Rights Alliance
Dear Prime Minister
Protect creators' rights
Sign our petition to Government
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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Next WEIGHTY TOMES and TASTY FOAMS = Thu 25th June! We'll have our (excellent) selection of books, and if you buy any, then you can get a £3.50 pint Birdhouse Brewery, Herne Hill - 630-9pm

WEIGHTY TOMES and TASTY FOAMS
Herne Hill Books & Birdhouse Brewery

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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Join us tonight for this month's Weighty Tomes and Tasty Foams! 630-930pm, Birdhouse Brewery, Herne Hill (and if you can't tonight, we're there roughly once a month)

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The Book Hotel @thebookhotel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We are delighted to announce the opening of The Book Hotel in Ramsgate! The bookshop will open inside The Falstaff Hotel from early March, and we will celebrate the full launch of the new-look literary hotel with a week-long non-fiction festival. Details to follow...

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Happy what-day-is-it, everyone! We are here, except on New Years Day, and then back to normal from the 2nd January And then... 2026 ??? x

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy nearly-Christmas, everyone! We're here today & tomorrow, then closed for 2 days, back on the 27th Thank you to all our lovely customers, and hope everyone has a good festive time x

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Treat yourself to some Autumn reading and you could win a £250 gift card! Every sale supports real independent bookshops, rather than one specific guy with a LOT of warehouses uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I've seen some articles in the last few weeks about 'performative reading' Seems to be a few journalists who have convinced themselves that (younger) people don't read, so they must be pretending to NONSENSE People are reading more fiction, and there's a real enthusiasm around - its a good thing!

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Some very lovely reissues this week - Mermaids collection (Penguin) & Weird Girls (Vintage)

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

'Paradise will be a kind of Library.' -Borges * * * The Library by Edouard Vuillard, 1911.

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Hope everyone having a good day! What are you reading? I've just finished The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - been out a couple of years, but only just got to it So good! Up next - maybe something silly

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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We are beyond excited to be producing a special edition set of The Copper Cat trilogy by Jen Williams @sennydreadful.bsky.social in association with @headlinebooks.bsky.social 🐉😍 This beloved backlist series will be available in hardback for the first time! 🥳

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The Sleepless is officially out in the UK today! 🐉🐉🐉 This book has been a wild ride, from writing the first draft in a loved up haze to celebrating its existence with lovely foreign publishers in Bologna 💖 It’s my twelfth published novel (can you believe??) and I’m feeling very proud today.

A pile of hardback copies of The Sleepless, on top of the author’s desk, which is looking remarkably tidy today

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Happy Wednesday, Clapham & world! Hope everyone enjoying/hiding from the weather

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 20/03/2025

Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. 👇 #BookSky

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'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day! Lots of great women represented in this collection - who are your favourites? (Fiction, non-fiction, new, old...) #InternationalWomensDay

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

And that means I get to share the amazing US cover for The Sleepless too! The light! The scales! The pink page edges! The SERPENT! 😍😍😍😍 The jacket was designed by Kerri Resnick, and Tom Roberts provided the amazing illustration. Out in the US September 30th 🐍🐉🐍 bit.ly/THESLEEPLESSGR

The cover of The Sleepless by Jen Williams, which features a giant golden serpent entwined with pink flowers and pink sprayed edges

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan. As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work". www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 06/01/2025

tech bros: we built a machine that can tell you stuff loudly and confidently! us: cool. is it right about stuff? tech bros: we cannot stress enough how loud and confident it is!

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Having said that, we might rebrand ourselves as ClaBksAI so that venture capitalists will throw money at us

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

AI is a big complicated subject, and obviously we’re not experts - but - we choose our stock very carefully, and we will always do it ourselves. AI can do a lot of things - pattern recognition, plagiarism & fraud seem like the main ones We will never stock anything we know to be AI-generated

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year, everyone! Thank you for all your support & tremendousness, and here's to an excellent 2025

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Anyone know what day it is? Anyway, we are here! Hope you're all having a good week and/or weekend

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas, everyone! Thank you to all of our lovely customers, have a wonderful holiday, thank you for all your support throughout the year x

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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Heading rapidly towards the weekend-before-Christmas! We're here every day up to, and including, Christmas Eve Hope everyone's enjoying December & looking forward to the holidays (or, you know, coping with December & looking forward to the holidays being over - that's ok too) x

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hope everyone is having a good December - two weeks until Christmas Day! That doesn't sound right, does it? We're here every day up to & including Christmas Eve - and we can still order in for you - often for next day - do ask if you want something we don't have on the shelves!

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hello to all our new followers! We will try to be interesting!

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 26/11/2024

I was going to put the bat down and step away from the dead horse, but now that we've been quoted in the Guardian talking about the AI dingbats, I want to just say a couple of things about self-publishing and the value of $5,000.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Coming in today... The Hungry Dark in paperback, AND Titanchild (the eagerly-awaited sequel to Talonsister)! Two excellent books by the wonderful Jen Williams @sennydreadful.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/p/books/talo...

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Elevensies time. Cup of tea and a page turner, anyone? What are you reading at the moment?

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Happy Bookshop Day! Thank you to all our lovely customers for all your support in the past, present and future Hope you're all reading something good x

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Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

So.. Autumn, already, huh? What’s everyone reading? Do you read different things when it gets colder and darker? (I’m reading a lot of 1930s/1940s crime, just started the excellent ‘Malice Aforethought’)

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