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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My problem with the current crop of Star Trek series, particularly Strange New Worlds, is that they're character-based.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Apple really has a problem finding movies that land (the less said about The Dink the better), but there are a couple of decent moments in this which all come down to Ryan Reynolds’ delivery.

Mayday movie poster: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh are surrounded by Russian military

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can't believe I made it to 79. I mean, holy cow!

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Handsome Spanish edition of my pseudonym’s Hereward novel just arrived from Desperta Ferro.

Two Hereward books with blood-stained warrior holding an axe in a shield wall

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Apple TV’s Slow Horses has been renewed for two more seasons, just as season six launches.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 16/09/2026

Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s has appointed Cate Augustin as publisher at Rachel Denwood’s new imprint. Read more 👇

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PRH Children’s appoints Cate Augustin as publisher at Rachel Denwood’s new imprint

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Peter Ray Allison @peterallison.net · 14/09/2026

Anyone thinking about #writing needs to read this. It was Mark's talk about the business of writing that kickstarted my writing career and he is absolutely correct about the three-legged stool analogy for writing full-time; I am a writer, journalist, editor, events organiser and games master.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 02/09/2026

GIVEAWAY, with @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social: one lucky UK reader wins COFFIN MOON by @keithrosson.bsky.social, his blood-soaked reinvention of the vampire novel. To enter: Like, Share and Comment on this post. UK only. Winner drawn at random on [closing date]. Good luck, and mind the moon.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“The desire to understand ourselves is engrained in our very nature. It’s powerful and addictive and everyone needs it. You can’t feed that yearning with slop.” #booksky

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AI Won’t Replace Writers

One simple fact the Techbros don’t get

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just about to start The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just finished The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson. First time I’ve tried any of his work and thought it was great. As brutal as you’d expect but a brilliant exploration of the mind of a psychopath.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@lunabelle.bsky.social What was the name of that US crime novel you recommended recently? I thought I’d made a note of it, but typically can’t find it.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When someone asks you to read their work: “If it’s bad, I’ll hate it. If it’s good I’ll be envious and hate it even more. Never ask a writer to read your work.” - Ernest Hemingway, Midnight in Paris

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Slightly reversed my view on Stuart Fails To Save The Universe. Episode 5 is a solid satire that will get MAGA people spitting.

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Paul Magrs @paulmagrs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s funny that they’re always asking if there’s *enough* working class people in publishing, acting or the arts generally but they never seem to stop to wonder if there are *too many* posh idiots?

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Scribe has won a four-way auction for Oxford Prof Jan Rosenow’s “urgent blueprint for post-fossil-fuel era”: Electrostates: How the Race to Electrify Will Redraw the World. It’ll be published in May 2028.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The first episode of this was very good. A crime drama with female rage directed at the Epstein Class.

TV poster. A woman’s face over the title: Furious

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Jack Reacher author Lee Child has turned his back on Trump America after decades in NYC and returned to England. “ I’m intensely sad my American dream is over — that mythic, legendary postwar America is definitively gone now.”

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Lee Child: ‘Moving back home as an older person is a nice feeling’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

The Reacher thriller writer has swapped Trump’s America for the Lake District. He talks about the joys of the local chippy and turning down Bond

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

US audiobook giant RBmedia has acquired the award-winning commercial fiction independent Boldwood Books.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Newly arrived. Proud to be a part of a great lineup of storytellers. #booksky

Book cover: UNEARTHED
NEW HORROR OF ANCIENT RUINS
FEATURING STORIES BY TANANARIVE DUE JOSH MALERMAN
ERIC LAROCCA
A. G. SLATTER
AND MORE!
EDITED BY DAN COXON & PHILIP FRACASSI

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you’re submitting to agents, get your first page in perfect shape. Sometimes that’s all they’ll read. They get so many submissions they whittle down the pile by immediately discarding manuscripts that don’t hit the mark immediately. You can’t afford to hook them later. Grab them from the start

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A writing rejection isn’t just a judgment on its value. Often it’s about finding the right time for your story. Motor City is in cinemas now. The script hit The Blacklist *20 years* ago. The BBC’s Life on Mars was rejected multiple times over seven years. When it was finally made it was a huge hit

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tens of thousands of books are published every week and a lot of writers worry they’re going to get lost in the sea of stories out there. Don’t be. It’s not a numbers game. Write what only you know — about the world, life, people. That’s your USP. You’ll find your audience.

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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Never beat yourself up over the first draft of anything. It’s designed to be a disaster. The first draft is there to tell your story to yourself so you know what it is. Stories are created through refinement over multiple drafts, like carving a statue from a block of marble.

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Jules @itsjustjules123.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

“To Kill a Mockingbird” has been on my reading list my whole life. For one reason or another I never got around to it. Finally reading it this week and let me say it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. 😭Highly recommended,and timely. #booksbluesky

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus & Scout on Swing

ALT: To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus & Scout on Swing

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