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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As the awful transphobic guidance over toilets comes into action today, I just want to say to my trans friends that I'm sorry, and that trans women are welcome in my spaces and I will stand up for you if I witness transphobic behaviour.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Honoured and proud to announce I've been asked to be an Ambassador for the incredible, life-changing organization EmpathyLab @empathylabuk.bsky.social #empathy #schools #readforempathy #goallin

Heading reads "Proud to be an EmpathyLab Ambassador" over a photo of Jo who is a white woman wearing glasses and smiling at the camera. She has long grey hair and stands in front of a plain pink wall. Underneath is her name Jo Cotterill.

Text reads "Introducing EmpathyLab Ambassadors" and then there are photos of the following children's authors: Jo Cotterill, AM Dassu, Hannah Gold, Tom Percival, Sue Cheung, Bali Rai, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Jion Sheibani and Patrice Lawrence.

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Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Up now on my Publishing Peptalk substack including, What to put in your sessions, How to get work, How to control the kids (featuring a VERY funny story from the brilliant @sarahcrossan.bsky.social who does amazing school visits) open.substack.com/pub/abielong...

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How do I ACTUALLY do a school visit?

From getting them to doing them

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Two fun days at the North Cornwall Book Festival doing events to kids in a beautiful tent! Now in Bath (not in a bath) for an event tomorrow! Busy times 😁

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

BREAKING: A UN inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. All eyes are now on the UK Government who must stop indulging in genocide denial. It must fulfil its legal and moral responsibility by taking immediate, decisive steps to prevent and punish genocide.

Image shows Keir Starmer, David Lammy and Yvette Cooper with the words: don't be genocide deniers.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 09/09/2025

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin

Loch Lochy in sunlight with blue skies above

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/09/2025

For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.

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Series 1, Episode 1 - 'Melon buffet.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster

YouTube video by Taskmaster

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This whole thread so clearly explains ONE aspect of why being trans is so hard at the moment. "Tell me what rights they don't have" - HERE YOU GO.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Bluesky asked me to verify that I am an adult so that I can access "adult content" and direct messaging. I think I'll stay an unverified non-adult, thanks.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

There are ongoing discussions in various places about schemes to certify books have been written by actual people, as opposed to being AI slop. The Society of Authors is running a quick, simple survey to gauge opinion on this, open to members and non-members. societyofauthors.org/2025/07/11/h...

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Human Authored Survey - The Society of Authors

We're looking for your opinions on schemes which certify that novels or books have been fully created by humans. Complete our survey here.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Phillipson is being an idiot. Let’s keep the squeeze on. This letter now has 700+ signatures. Shall we get it to 1,000 before the Tuesday deadline? Then I’ll print it all out—with every name—and post it to her, plus copy to every supportive MP I know. Sign here 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...

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An Open Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities re the EHRC Code of Practice and Human Rights Risks

The Minister for Women and Equalities will soon be called upon to approve a new Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), f...

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Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I’m hiring an editorial assistant! Position will report to me and the director of our Graphic Novel program. You will get to work on childrens and our New Adult imprint. Apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/hachette-boo...

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Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I kinda think 23% is a decent number of people to identify the location of Iran. I'm willing to bet the UK population wouldn't do much better.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Our brains love the colour gradation in rainbows, maybe due to our ancestors searching for sources of water. Looking at plants helps us recover from stress & looking at something we think is beautiful causes dopamine release. I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿

An rainbow arrangement of garden flowers placed on white fabric

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Marcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

If (like me) you’ve been lucky enough that access to the arts has always been possible in some form or another - please help others to enjoy the same. If you can.

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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025

Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We made The Bookseller! 🎉THIS IS WHO I AM, illustrated by the amazing Ruchi Mhasane, will publish in Sept 2025. It’s a second gen immigrant story and a love letter to identity, home and belonging to two worlds. Cover reveal coming soon! #KidLitUK www.thebookseller.com/rights/ander...

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Andersen Press signs This is Who I Am by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane

Andersen Press has acquired This is Who I Am, written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane, the team behind the award-winning Dadaji’s Paintbrush.

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Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 23/04/2025

We're blown away by how much love and support there's been for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in SA and UK auction. We've got awesome donations from SF, fantasy, romance, horror and crime writers, artists, creators and one neuroscientist. Please share! Please bid! bit.ly/genrefortrans.

Screengrab of the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA charity auction. bit.ly/genrefortrans

Screengrab of some of the lots of the Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction bit.ly/genrefortrans including the novel Call of the Black Wing, a photograph of neuroscientist Bea Costa Gomez offering science consults for writers, crocheted hanging plant earrings and a custom hand painted fan

Screengrab of the Genre for Trans Rights auction, featuring various novels and a collectible Wicked & The Divine bit.ly/genrefortrans

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Just a reminder: -I'm closed to unagented submissions UNLESS you're a trans or nb writer in UK. Send me your mss until the END OF APRIL! -AGENTS! literary mysteries; lush prose; folk horror; upending genre, du Maurier-inflected, spin on the locked room, mash up w something like gothic, etc 💗

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a close up of a man wearing a white shirt and a white hat .

Alt: a close up of a man wearing a white shirt and a white hat .

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Adam Lavis @adamlavis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Thinking about running some mock writers’ rooms, just a one-day thing where six writers get together and try to build a new show from scratch. No pressure, just a way to see what it’s like to be in a room. Would anyone be up for that?

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 17/04/2025

Compilation of Protests Against the Supreme Court whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

Person holding a blahaj under a bunch of flowers whilst holding a sign with a background of the trans flag and in front it says "trans bites now"

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This also feels like a good time to remind folks that Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch (co-written with the awesome @gabriellekent.bsky.social ) is still available in hardback for all your witchy wisdom needs.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮 So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 16/04/2025

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

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UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Sending love to the trans and NB community today ❤️❤️❤️ #ally

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The more I ponder on generative AI and what it means for humanity, the more I realise: humans are designed to create. Life, art, music, buildings, whatever. If that very essence of us is replaced by a program, we are being sterilised. We must not give away our essence.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This really chimes with me. The short-form video reel is rewiring our brains.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

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Sign the Petition

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, 10% of all book sales 8-9 March go to the Women's Prize Trust, supporting their work as a UK charity to improve access to and appreciation of women’s writing for all readers, and discover the experts, thought-leaders, and changemakers of tomorrow. bit.ly/wptrust2025

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day, everyone!

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Authors Aloud is probably the main reason I'm still writing - over the years they have booked me into many schools to do talks and workshops, which gives me essential income because publishing pays so little ❤️ if you're looking for an author to visit your school, check them out!

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This evening I Zoomed a book club of over a hundred teachers in Turkey who had read my book "A Library of Lemons". An extraordinary experience that reminded me how we are really all just stories in the end. #Türkiye #stories

Computer screen showing zoom call in progress. Multiple faces of Turkish members plus Jo, a white woman in her 40s. Everyone is smiling.

Two copies of the Turkish edition of A Library of Lemons on a table with two cups of tea.

Two screenshots of the zoom call . 50 people holding up copies of A Library of Lemons

Taken from Instagram, a post showing the book along with a piece of text in Turkish and English reviewing the book in glowing terms.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Today I finished the first draft of a brand new play. It needs a bit of work, but it exists and I'm dead chuffed about it. #playwriting #scriptskyuk

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I don't suppose anyone heard the results of Five Seconds To Name today on Radio 2 (with Trevor Nelson)? I'm 100% sure it was Gabrielle but I had to switch off before they revealed the answer! #bbcradio2

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

PSA! Moving my batteries today...🤦‍♀️

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This. Today in Oxfordshire UK the sun is shining and I can hear the birds loudly proclaiming their existence. Not everything on this planet is about us ❤️

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 24/01/2025

"Why did you come to this time? To warn us?" The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?" "You're from our future-" "No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee." "To here? Now?" "It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Tomorrow I'll be in London watching four actors performing a script I wrote in an evening of rehearsed readings of new writing. I am SO excited! It's only a 10-min piece but it's the first time professional actors will speak my lines. Thank you Page2Stage London for the opportunity! #scriptskyuk

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Yes! Also: we have a weird blinkered view that eg a fiction writer MUST be an avid reader. Stories are everywhere. TV, YouTube, the corner shop, your nan - writers absorb the format and structure from all kinds of sources.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Fab book launch party last night for the final book in the stunning Scarlett & Browne series by Jonathan Stroud. Lovely to see so many author pals there including @kathrynevans1.bsky.social Sarwat Chadda and Laura Ellen Anderson.

Two women and a man standing together smiling at the camera. Jo Cotterill, White, 40s, glasses, white hair and a chunky necklace. Sarwat Chadda, Brown, bald, wearing a navy jumper. Kathryn Evans, White, glasses, pink jumper and pinkish hair. All three are wearing "WANTED" name badges.

Two women smile at the camera. Jo Cotterill (described on previous photo) and Laura Ellen Anderson, dark-haired with heavy fringe and pigtails, stripy top and circular pendant on a necklace. Laura holds an empty wine glass.

Jonathan Stroud, White, bearded, reading from a book, stands at at the far end of a room in a bookshop. He is reading from his book. In the foreground, we see the backs of people's heads as they listen to him, and someone is taking a photo on their own phone.

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Jo Cotterill/Kenrick @jocotterillbook.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Been wrestling with a screenplay today. I seem to have exactly the same problem with scripts as I do with novels: I get to the mid way point and suddenly the plan I had for the second half SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK ANY MORE. And then I have to STOP and re-plot and it's SO ANNOYING.

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