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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 05/06/2026

Oh, fuck no. That’s not remotely allowed.

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Dreamless is out today! Please enjoy this picture of me embracing my new book baby while Skeletor photobombs ❤️

The author holding a hardback copy of The Dreamless in front of a bookcase.

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

if you are using AI to 'write', you are only proving that you can't do what I do, and you have no intention of learning how to, either. And worse, you are fundamentally missing the point of writing, art, and creativity.

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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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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Next week I'll be chatting with the lovely people at Owlcrate about The Sleepless, so if you fancied listening in, go to thenest.owlcrate.com and sign up for a free account to watch the live feed, or catch the replay afterwards 😁 February 12th, 12pm EST, 5pm UK time!

Graphic featuring my face, the lovely Amber's face, and the Owlcrate edition of The Sleepless. 'Jen Williams, February 12th @ 12pm ET, YA Fantasy, Romance. Hosted by Amber.

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 22/01/2026

"Shared reading in the very early years is the most impactful way to build a lifelong love for reading." Our Director of Partnerships Julie Hayward shares the difference supporting families to get reading from the earliest days can make in this super article 👇 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

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‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading

The Noughts & Crosses author is among the starry ambassadors for the campaign – one of the initiatives aimed at addressing the reading crisis

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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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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

TonyInterruptor is out now (hardback, £16.99) "Is this honest? Are we all being honest here?" So good x

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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Come join us at the Birdhouse Brewery (SE24 9AJ) Thursday 7th August! Pints are £3.50 when you buy a book!

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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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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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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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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.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 · 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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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Eliza Clark event at Clapham Omnibus on Saturday 7th December - we’ll be there selling the books!

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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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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Today's thought by Tania: "I have to say, one of my favourite things that happen in bookshops is to see full grown adults, with no kids with them, giggling away whilst reading/perusing the childrens section." So, I'd like to know, which is your favourite children's book and why?

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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.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 (being nosy here, but, what is it that you're reading?)

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a girl sits on a bean bag chair reading a book and says these things are great

ALT: a girl sits on a bean bag chair reading a book and says these things are great

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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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Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Autumn, already?! Let us know, BlueSky, what’s your favourite book for the year so far? AND which book(s) have you been meaning to read, but not got around to yet?

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