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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 16h

Please can you help? 🙏 This petition is ongoing, every signature matters. Our outdated building regulations need to catch up with new tech so our environment and beautiful countryside are not ruined for future generations.

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 22h

This post made my day! 💙 Jane @janes-studio.bsky.social is so great to work with! So careful and professional.

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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · 18h

Humble thanks to Jane Cornwell @janes-studio.bsky.social for the many wonderful collaborations...and for this celebratory post! Happy National (UK) Poetry Day! 🎊 #nationalpoetryday #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #NationalPoetryDay I enjoyed illustrating this wonderful collection of poems by @lawrencemoore.bsky.social as it was like going on an epic quest with him. Please check it out #poetrycommunity Hardcover £9.99: amzn.eu/d/06nvd7Et

It took me a long time to illustrate his collection, mostly using pencil. The cover art features one of my favourite views of Storr on the Isle of Skye, with Lawrence and Matt in the foreground.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy # NationalPoetryDay 2026! I've followed photographer & poet @merrildsmith.bsky.social on Insta for a long time; it was a pleasure to work on this lovely collection of her photos and poetry: amzn.eu/d/0gCdg4bD Merril's 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟blog: merrildsmith.org/2026/09/28/t... #poetrycommunity

The cover of held inside the folds of time by Merril D Smith, features one of her lovely photos of the Delaware River, with a heron in the foreground, the title type is reflected in the river. The graphic includes a quote from her friend: "I have known Merril for some years but never realized she was such a poet and photographer! Many of the images in this book were taken at the Red Bank Battlefield, a place very dear to my heart. Her poem “In Memoriam: for the Unknown Soldiers at Red Bank Battlefield” captures thoughts I’ve often had as I walked the paths of history there. A lovely sublime read to be sure..." Karen Boucher

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day 2026! I loved working with Samantha Terrell on: Keeping Afloat, Confronting the Elements, On The Wing& For, On or After. DM Samantha @samanthaterrell.bsky.social for signed copies, or On The Wing is available here: amzn.eu/d/0iJZQ1Wi #NationalPoetryDay #Poetrycommunity

The front cover of On The Wing by Samantha Terrell features a watercolour painting of a single feather on a textured paper background, with Samantha's name and the title in bold capitalised type above. The graphic features a quote from poet Susan Richardson, "On the Wing offers poems that embrace a lovely stillness, all noise stripped away until you are left with the complex simplicity of undeniable beauty.
There is a purity of heart in this collection that embodies the very essence of hope, and through her extraordinary craft, Samantha Terrell delivers a truly sublime poetic experience. These are poems I will return to again and again."

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you to @janecornwell.bsky.social , outstanding artworker and publisher for this account of her work on my "Hedgerow of Voices" as part of her celebration of "wonder" for National Poetry Day:

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day! I love this year's theme! To celebrate, I am going to share some poetry collections I've enjoyed working on. DM Aidan @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social for a signed copy, or the paperback is £9 amzn.eu/d/04g82wVi, also available in ebook. #NationalPoetryDay #poetrycommunity

The cover and blurb of Why It’s Better To Be Struggling Half-way Up A High Hill On Your Own by Aidan Parr, features a photo of Aidan up a high hill looking into the distance, with green fields and clouds in the background. The blurb is: Raw, darkly funny, and fiercely honest, this collection cuts through the noise of modern life to uncover something real - something that bites, stings, and occasionally sings.

Aidan Parr takes readers on a journey through the grind of daily frustrations, the quiet heartbreaks of ageing and illness, and the absurdity of pop culture, only to throw it all aside for the wild freedom of moors, hills, wind, and solitude. These poems speak to anyone who has ever wanted to run for the hills (and actually did).

Whether he’s poking fun at celebrity nonsense, venting rage at bureaucratic madness, or capturing the sublime stillness of nature, Parr’s voice is sharp, human, and unmistakably his own. Beneath the sarcasm and bite, there’s a deep compassion and a fierce desire for truth in a world increasingly content with illusion.

This is poetry for people who think they don’t like poetry.
And for those who do, it’s a breath of fresh, bracing air.

Step out the door, feel the wind on your face, and start climbing. You might just find yourself along the way.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some things I wish I had known when I was a new writer: Being accepted by traditional publishers has less to do with skill than whether they think they can sell it. Just because publishers aren’t ready for a story doesn’t mean readers aren’t. Writing the book is the easy part. 🧵

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is National Poetry Day, I love this year's theme! To celebrate, I am going to share some poetry collections I've enjoyed working on. First up, Hedgerow of Voices by @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social DM Paul for a signed copy, or £5.99: amzn.eu/d/06M3wEuF #NationalPoetryDay #poetrycommunity

Paul's cover is a watercolour painting which features some of the 'voices' in his collection, including the gap in the hedge, the hare, a map showing the river Dove, and the North Star. I loved working on it.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please like and repost for a chance to win a copy of Bruises Like Diamonds by Smolke Hunter 💫

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"In the KDP online discussion forum, users speculate that the change is due to the increase in AI-generated books uploaded to the platform, with one noting the reduction in the limit is “still not enough [as] KDP is inundated”.' www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...

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Amazon reduces weekly KDP uploads from 10 to two per format

The Bookseller is the incisive and independent source of news and analysis for the book trade and publishing industry. Get breaking news, in-depth features, author interviews and book charts. The Book...

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please like and repost for a chance to win a copy of Bruises Like Diamonds by Smolke Hunter 💫

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#newbook #giveaway Bruises Like Diamonds 'arrives the way memory does... The pieces find each other slowly... a book about dignity when certainty has gone: how arbitrary suffering is, how strangely compassion turns up, how much weight one small kindness can carry.' www.amazon.co.uk/Bruises-like...

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Bruises like Diamonds

Buy Bruises like Diamonds by Hunter, Smolke, Armstrong, John (ISBN: 9798194975754) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

7 places left in The Starbeck Orion Workplace Verse Special Edition. Work that is NOT about workplace will be offered a place in the Not Advent edition, posting from 25th December. bsky.app/profile/thew...

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It is a privilege to help indie authors, to offer publishing guidance, trying to keep them on the right path. I enjoy working with clients who listen carefully to advice, especially concerning legal issues, copyright, and ethics. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 16/09/2026

Got to very edit the remaining 200 manuscript pages of a novel I translated in seven hours (or more). Thought it might be fun to livesky how a book is edited while I do it. A thread!

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

The @literacytrust.org.uk, the British Council and the National Year of Reading are teaming up to set a new Guiness World Records title for “the most people reading together online over 12 hours” on 8th October. Read more 👇

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Guinness World Records bid for ‘most people reading together’ to launch in October

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Did you know that if you have #Amazon Prime, you can borrow books from a rotating selection of #Kindle titles at no extra cost? If you're looking for your next read, check out Charybdis by Suzanne Craig-Whytock - a gripping dual timeline mystery that keeps the pages turning!

A promo graphic for Charybdis by Suzanne Craig-Whytock, featuring the book cover and a 5 star review by William Garvey: "Charybdis does a masterful job intertwining mystery with history. Add some murder, incest, drug addiction and, well, poetry, and Charybdis keeps you intrigued from page to page and conflict to conflict. The characters are well developed. The plot is flawless. I highly recommend Charybdis."

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m delighted to be in the current wave of iamb👇, with 3 poems, text and recording: In the Time of the Ice Saints (with thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social), Metronome (with a deep bow to Beethoven), & Late Snow. My thanks to excellent editor @markantonyowen.com #poetrycommunity #poemsaloud

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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New post from me at The Peachfield Press: new story published, reviews published, a mad swerve with the next novel, last orders for the Storybundle, and the @strangehorizons.bsky.social Vintage Reviews details again. peachfieldpress.uk/2026/09/15/t...

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Two novels, alike in dignity …

The past few months have been a blizzard of publications. Yesterday I had a story published, and a week or so ago I had a review published in Strange Horizons. I also had a month fielding requests …

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Monday morning responding to emails, including 11 requests for 'collaborative' work 😔 I am sorry, I can't work collaboratively. Design, typesetting and illustration are my job. I have bills unfortunately, like everyone else. I can send my price list, or links to resources to help DIY.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The #coverdesign for 'Forgotten Ships – The Second World War in Trawlers and Tugs.' It features an old photo, retouched in Photoshop. I left some scuffs in appropriate places for authenticity, used a cooling filter to add some colour. I chose a nice sans-serif type for the text. Hope you like it.

https://portopress.com/products/9781849957298_forgotten-ships

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A labour of love... Go To Sleep Toes, Go To Sleep Nose (Dèan Cadal Òrdagan Dèan Cadal A Shròn) by Gabriel Constans. My little nieces modelled for my watercolour illustrations. We had a lot of fun working on this together. Roddy G Maclean translated it into Gaelic for us.

The English and Gaelic covers of Go to Sleep Toes, Go to Sleep Nose, by Gabriel Constans, illustrated by me. Featuring two little girls, making their way to bed, carrying soft toys and toothbrushes, with a sunset sky in the background, stars emerging.

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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Looking for reviewers of Vintage #SFF! Do read the Strange Horizons announcement and get in touch if you have ideas for a review, a book, or both. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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A Note From Reviews

We are both proud and humbled that Strange Horizons remains one of the places where readers of SFF still know they can go to find regular, in-depth, and hopefully entertaining reviews of all kinds …

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Please imagine the 25-metre-high, 500MW hyperscale data centre planned for the fields to the top right of my photo, and perhaps you can understand why I am so angry. #madebyahuman #noAIslop

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm upset to learn that someone I worked with (without asking/telling me) commissioned and used an AI-generated book trailer featuring the book cover I designed and illustrated for them. I did not consider that someone would feed my work into AI; I am not happy for my work to be used in this way.

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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Me! I'll be there! On TWO panels! Also selling my books The Shetland Witch, Stories from The Shetland Witch and Radical magic. And ... I'll have copies of Dilman Dila's The Blossoming of the Big Tree to sell! Fresh from Uganda.

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My working process for a cover design job I enjoyed! A thread! 😀🎨✨️ I hope you like my work, please check out Kate's book, it is excellent!

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1. The story of a book cover: Radical Magic by Kate Macdonald. It is a brilliant story. The brief: a simple line art and block colour illustration, using a colour palette to complement Kate's Shetland Witch novels. Unlike my dog, I'm not telepathic, so Kate sent a sketch to help me get it right.

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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Radical Magic is out tomorrow! The Ebook is available everywhere. Order the paperback here! peachfield-press.sumupstore.com

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some pics from yesterday's sell-out book launch. John raised over £1000 for Sunflower Scotland, a Scottish charity delivering aid directly to frontline hospitals, medics, orphans & disabled children in Ukraine. sunflowerscotland.co.uk/donate-to-su...

John signing copies of his new release, in return for a donation to Sunflower Scotland.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

John raised over £1K for Sunflower Scotland yesterday! John explained his writing process, how the plot developed - and the inspiration for some of his characters! It was an honour to meet Oleg and Elvira, two Ukrainian war heroes. Congratulations on a brilliant launch John.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Busy prepping for John Barrett's sold-out book launch today at The Dower House, Edinburgh. Fundraising for Sunflower Scotland. We've arranged a second event at The Dower House, Edinburgh on 5th December from 2.30pm to 3.30pm, just before Christmas: www.corstorphinetrust.co.uk/events/book-...

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Very happy to share my cover art and design for Bruises Like Diamonds, a beautiful, thoughtful story by Smolke Hunter. 'To some were given diamonds; to others, bruises. And those who had bruises shone no less.' Amazon: amzn.eu/d/03Ef9UaK #BruisesLikeDiamonds #PhilosophicalFiction #DarkLiterature

Book cover art and design featuring a French building, with 'Le Grand Eternite' on the side, a village in the background, in the foreground is a black labrador, standing patiently beside a blue bicycle, and a tiny robin perched on the wall, as if waiting for the cyclist to return.

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here’s 'Down a Groove Well Worn’ from my latest poetry collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨ Book links (or pm me for a signed copy) UK amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 US amazon.com/dp/1068432330 CA amazon.ca/dp/1068432330 DE amazon.de/dp/1068432330 #poem #poems #poetry #poetrylovers #books

Down a Groove Well Worn

It starts and so often does from the heart of one,
ensuing embellishment fed from the sparsest crumb.
Small delicate seedlings, submissive to Yuletide wind,
may shrivel to dust long before any beat kicks in.

Tonight, though, is different, my seedling resistant kind;
with past apparitions and chance oscillations blind.
Despite precondition, my sense of elation strong.
When all other music fails, I shall try love song,

but now at the chorus, before me a choice is laid.
Potential rejection or future in half, unscathed;
pellucid with preference (wallflower persistence shorn)
duels firm non-commitment, seclusion by style and form.
To sing from the rooftops, soul frequency on display
or dig further inwards, entombed down a groove well worn.

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Up Hill Down Dale Walks @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've not been #writing anything for ages but some pessimistic #poetry comes to mind... 😁

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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm in the @sfwa.bsky.social Storybundle! Witches, Warlocks and Soothsayers, DRM-free ebooks of joy, and you pay what you want! $5 for the basic bundle of three (of which my novel The Shetland Witch is one). The more you pay, the more books you get! Do have a look. storybundle.com/blog/wizards...

A composite image of 16 covers of science fiction and fantasy novel sin the Witches, Warlocks and Soothsayers storybundle from the Science Fiction Writers Association.

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