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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I still get a thrill when I see one of my books in a library. Mostly I have to be bravely pleased for my friends when I just see theirs, so thanks to Canada Water Library for cheering me up.

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the 449th Anniversary of Black Shuck crashing into the service at St. Mary's Bungay, killing some people and then leaving to scratch the door of Holy Trinity Church Blythburgh.

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

BTW The Last Retreat is about A.I. Or rather machine learning and datamining. BUT I WROTE IT WITH MY OWN CALLOUSED HANDS. Given it's fiction though, isn't it just a hallucination? And so to bed...

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s what LLM’s currently sound like when they’re asked to write in a ‘literary’ register. It’s bad writing but then so much supposedly literary writing sounds like this. Like each sentence is someone hitting a tennis ball to see how high it will go, and usually getting it stuck on a roof

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Just when I thought i couldn't like her more...

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Calling all fans of Story of a Murder - you will LOVE @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social new book, Sleuth-hound about the man who became the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. Coming on October 20th but available for preorders!

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Amazing news from the publishing industry today as publishers and retailers commit to prioritising high-quality fiction by mid list authors over big names and ghost-written celebrity books!

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It's a constant in the Peanuts comic strip that Snoopy's purple prose racks up rejection after rejection, but I feel like a diligent literary agent could sell even a terrible novel written by a dog, if only for novelty's sake. Now, a SECOND book...

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Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We're doing a London launch for the latest two Sidekick titles a week tomorrow (a day before the deadline for our current submissions call)! Come join us.

Double Book Launch: Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampires Castle Ten Poets Prowl the Seas in Search of Plunder. Friday, 27th February from 6pm. The Angel, St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LE

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Looking forward to the crown-line of duty mashup

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Oh, the grand old duke of york He ██████████████████ He ██████████████████ And he ██████████████████

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Me: Well, that was entertaining, but perhaps Ed went a bit too far... Narrator: Ed had not, in fact, gone too far.

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Besides clothing, I'd love to see the typical possessions of different ranks. What tools, personal items, etc someone might carry.

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

So sorry to hear this. Only met her once or twice, but such a warm and generous person.

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

woah, google's AI overview having a moment there... Please supply your AI and false witness jokes below....

Google AI responds to query 'thou shalt not bear false witness' with an accurate citation from Exodus, and a nonsensical url where bible/bible/bible is repeated ad infinitum....

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Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚨 Only one day left to submit your entry to the Bloomsbury Fiction Mentorship Programme! 🚨 Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/bloom…

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be at #Clivedenlitfest2025 this weekend and in conversation with Ian Rankin and Anthony Horowitz. Please join us!

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Tom Dark @darkpublisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Really pleased we could make this happen.

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

So delighted to see these fantastic longlists for the HWA Crown Awards. Debuts, fiction and non-fiction to transport and inspire. A feast for curious minds... historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...

Covers of: The Wicked of the Earth by A. D. Bergin (Northodox Press)

Costanza by Rachel Blackmore (Renegade Books)

The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable (Bloomsbury)

Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll (Harvill Secker)

Murder in Constantinople by A.E. Goldin (Pushkin Press0

Winter of Shadows by Clare Grant (Black Spring Crime)

A Poisoner's Tale - Cathryn Kemp (Bantam)

Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis (Doubleday)

The Eights by Joanna Miller (Fig Tree)

A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike (Fig Tree)

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar (Picador)

A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith (Bloomsbury)

Covers of: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (Canongate Books)

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Small Museum by Jody Cooksley (Allison & Busby)

Man of Bones by Ben Creed (Mountain Leopard Press)

Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans (Doubleday)

Arthur by Giles Kristian (Bantam)

The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa (Fairlight Books)

Hold Back the Night by Jessica Moor (Manilla Press)

The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse (Mantle)

The Stolen Daughter by Florence Olájídé (Bookouture)

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Dialogue Books)

Time of the Child by Niall Williams (Bloomsbury)

Covers of: Lionessheart - Catherine Hanley (The History Press)

The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate)

The Endless Country by Sami Kent (Picador)

Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (William Collins)

Naples 1944 by Keith Lowe (William Collins)

Storm's Edge by Peter Marshall (William Collins)

Agent Zo by Clare Mulley (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Moederland by Cato Pedder (John Murray)

Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts (riverrun)

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts (Canongate)

The Grammar of Angels by Edward Wilson-Lee (William Collins)

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Katherine Mezzacappa @katmezzacappa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Oh what a great day this is! The Maiden of Florence has made the last 12 on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown award #longlist! #historicalfiction #renaissance #Firenze @fairlightbooks.bsky.social

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Really loved writing this - The Seeker of Lost Paintings, out now!

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Ned Palmer @cheesetastingco.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

This month's Cheese of the Month: Single Gloucester: bit.ly/SingleGloucester

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 11/08/2025

On LLMs:

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

John mulaney saying, “When a horse is loose in a hospital you gotta stay updated. The updates, they're not always bad, sometimes they're just odd.”

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The Pinch of Salt Path

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Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In my new novel, THE ART OF A LIE, Hannah Cole is struggling to run her confectionery shop in 18th C London after her husband's murder, and she believes an Italian delicacy called 'iced cream' might be the answer to her problems. So yesterday I made ice cream the Georgian way!🍦A thread...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I am finally reunited on a podcast with @rostaylor.bsky.social, where I basically just gibber away about what it's like to get stoned and lose decades of your life morejamtomorrow.com/episode/cann...

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Cannabis

Cannabis. It’s illegal in the UK without a prescription – and despite decriminalisation abroad, it’s likely to stay that way. When did people start smoking...

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Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I'll be interviewing two of the finest and funniest writers in the business - Cally Taylor and Mark Billingham - about their new books, in Wantage on Fri 20th June. Come along if you're in the area. Scan the QR code or call the number below for tickets. It's going to be great!

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 27/05/2025

Writers from around the world can submit scripts for BBC Audio Drama with cash prize, and attendance at an award ceremony in the UK to participate in the recording of their dramas for a world premiere. Flight and accommodation expenses are covered by the BBC. Details in link. Please share :)

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BBC World Service - BBC World Drama - The International Audio Drama Competition 2026: How to enter

How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Darth Vader: And now the Death Star is complete. It cannot be stopped Imperial officer: Yeah, pretty much Darth Vader: Why did you say pretty much Imperial officer: It's like so crazy unlikely that it's really not worth mentioning Darth Vader: Now I'm angry. You're making me angry

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 22/05/2025

Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :) spyonstage.com

Screencap of the spy onstage.com website landing page - red background, white title text on the diagonal low left to top right. Two figures casting shadows top left: a man and a woman in long coats. Bottom right: a broken bicycle.

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 20/05/2025

planning a child's birthday party for *next* saturday? this man's never done an ounce of domestic labor in his life and is already dreaming of how to outsource it

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

....aaaand I've now reached the age when the popes have started looking younger.

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