Reposted by Myriam FreyJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 29/08/2026One of the great (relatively) unsung masterpieces of 20th century European fiction, reissued by Penguin Modern Classics in November. 4263
Reposted by Myriam FreyNightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026nightjarpress.weebly.com/newsnightjarpress.weebly.comNewsAt Nightjar, we have published 97 authors since 2009. That’s 110 individual titles (some authors have appeared more than once, and one publication, The Invisible Collection , featured more... 13014
Reposted by Myriam FreyHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Because it’s Meta, you can assume that they know very well that the core market for the perv glasses is stalking (and — once they switch on facial recognition — repression) and this concern about ‘misuse’ is just Kabuki to stall calls for regulation futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comMeta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen. 38429
Reposted by Myriam FreyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026Hey, UK folks! Waterstones is having a 3-day pre-order sale (#WPreorder) that includes the UK paperback of Enshittification, which drops on Sept 1. Use SUMMER26 to get 25% off: www.waterstones.com/book/enshitt...waterstones.comEnshittification by Cory Doctorow | WaterstonesBuy Enshittification by Cory Doctorow from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. 27128
Reposted by Myriam FreyShani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians) @mom4medicare4all.blacksky.app · 15/07/2026hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-lo...hyperallergic.comGuerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon. 2434155
Reposted by Myriam FreyGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026No. Artificial intelligence is replacing creators with synthetic content. 49815
Reposted by Myriam FreyAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Yesterday I witnessed something extraordinary: the author Sarah Wynn-Williams sitting silent on a stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social. And she got a standing ovation. I hope the attempt to censor her backfires magnificently. I have just ordered her book. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festivalSarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm 48924343
Reposted by Myriam FreyDavid Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026On Thursday (16th April) join me and author @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for a live online conversation to mark the publication of 'FINDERS KEEPERS: The Secret life of Second-hand Books.' Free, and all welcome. If you haven't already been invited contact me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site 12118
Reposted by Myriam FreyKaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · 08/04/2026On the Ramblings today my thoughts on the third in a series of books about books by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social from @saltpublishing.com Hint: it’s brilliant! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/t...kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com“There are as many way to collect books as there are books to collect.” #finderskeepers #nicholasroyleOne of the best things for a reader is when a favourite author produces a new book (or at least I think so!) I was therefore very excited to discover that Salt Publishing were bringing out a new no… 32410
Reposted by Myriam FreyKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 27/03/2026We have moved, in my adult life, from "you can't trust Wikipedia because they don't even have any gatekeepers" to "we gotta rely on Wikipedia to hold the line because universities have been coopted" 8714226
Reposted by Myriam FreyNightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Special offer: order the four new Nightjars from the website & we’ll throw in two backlist titles. Offer lasts until end of March. Like or respond to this post to get the offer. As well as placing an order obvs. 23414
Reposted by Myriam FreyKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it. 208125674443
Reposted by Myriam FreyKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/02/2026the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades 8759531619
Reposted by Myriam FreyJake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Some are saying letting a bunch of total morons with unlimited money buy up the media to promote stories about how cool they were was bad but who can say. 14720
Reposted by Myriam FreyRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Petty, piss-panted, pro-paedo pompatus presented Peace Prize, paralleling pacifiers pushed into petulant pre-schoolers' peevish pieholes. 117711
Reposted by Myriam FreyAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Trump IS a mob boss. This is the worst of all worlds. Whether Venezuelans themselves will go along with his scheme remains to be seen. I somehow doubt it, meaning this is going to turn ugly very fast, while Russia and China laugh at American hubris. 1524251
Reposted by Myriam FreyHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 03/01/2026A lifetime of hearing US politicians solemnly intone about the glories of the constitution and the sacredness of law. Now they don’t even have the post 9/11 fig leaf. The whole vast military machinery is the plaything of a senile old man and his corrupt circle and most of them don’t care 436797
Reposted by Myriam FreyDave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Just a little something for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to read when they sweep my social media if I mistakenly get on a plane to the States… 46111
Reposted by Myriam FreyAlistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Never mind the giver nor the recipient, that trophy is all levels of nightmare fuel. #WorldCupDraw 8385
Reposted by Myriam Freyconfingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Thank you to Jonathan Coe (The Proof of My Innocence) for selecting Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle for the Observer’s ‘Writers recommend: the best books of 2025’ feature: observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/writers-recommend-the-best-books-of-2025 1278
Reposted by Myriam FreyRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Struggling to understand what all this means? Maybe you relied too often on (inaccurate &/or biased) #AI summaries, rather than using your little grey cells. I could draw a picture of it for you, if you'd like, but, to make up for all the graphic work I've lost to AI, my fee went up. 0265
Reposted by Myriam Freyconfingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 06/11/2025HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle, the third and final volume in his series of story collections inspired by cities in which he has lived. Fourteen stories, including eleven that are brand new. Available for £9.50 (plus p&p): www.confingopublishing.uk/shop 194
Reposted by Myriam FreyIan Potter @ianzpotter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate. 121177666871
Reposted by Myriam FreyVicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Miriam Frey's The Building Inspector is a gem. The boorish inspector leads us in and out of rented flats in a decaying block, oblivious to the quiet suffering of the tenants he intrudes on. But as it says on the back: 'His unsettling visits are nothing compared to what happens after he's left'. 141
Myriam Frey @dustynewrose.bsky.social · 01/11/2025My new short story colllection The Building Inspector is now available from @nightjarpress.bsky.social on nightjarpress.weebly.com 0165
Reposted by Myriam FreyNightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today. 0288
Reposted by Myriam FreyHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I mean, literally demolishing part of the White House to build some kind of Russian Imperial kitsch wedding venue? 2016 us would have said too on the nose 2304
Myriam Frey @dustynewrose.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Thank you so much to everybody who came. I could not have wished for a lovelier audience ☺️ 050
Reposted by Myriam FreyNicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063themanchesterreview.co.ukBest British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester ReviewA timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing... 13111
Reposted by Myriam FreyKerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I'm going to run a six week online 'Writing Psychological Thrillers' course. If you're interested, message me and I'll send you all the detailsmedia.tenor.coma man is smiling while looking through a doorway .ALT: a man is smiling while looking through a doorway . 011
Reposted by Myriam FreyNightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social · 04/10/2025It’s true. We are publishing a mini-collection by this talented writer. Normally we publish stories singly, in pairs. If that makes sense. Something made us break that pattern. 1247
Myriam Frey @dustynewrose.bsky.social · 04/10/2025My first collection of short stories is out this month (17 October) on @nightjarpress.bsky.social ! Very excited. And nervous. But mostly excited. 3267
Reposted by Myriam FreySerpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social · 16/09/2025'Masterpiece... you might just have found your new favourite author' #TheCourseOfTheHeart by @mjohnharrison.bsky.social, reviewed in the Big Issue. This new edition of Harrison's cult novel, featuring an introduction by Julia Armfield, is out now. www.bigissue.com/culture/book...bigissue.comThe Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occultBack in print for its 20th anniversary, The Course of the Heart refuses give away all the answers, or hardly any for that matter. 2206
