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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies. 🧵 1/3

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Simon Tisdall, the independent-minded journalist who was pivotal in ensuring the Guardian opposed the Iraq war of 2003, is sounding a loud alarm today… … en route to this arresting conclusion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Climate change and sustainability is part of the context for every school subject, and the brilliant UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education is continually creating new resources for teachers. Do share their fabulous new website with any teachers you know: climateeducation.org.uk

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The thread below is proper cat content! 👇 Our orange cat is also ‘emotionally intelligent’ 😁 (you can ask our dog about this …).

An orange cat lying on a table, pressing his head against a hand that is trying to use a computer keyboard.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

“People have every right to own property, but we must balance that with the demands of burglars to steal that property and sell it.” Fuck off. And tell your loser tech mates to fuck off while you’re at it. Cheers. Ta. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Last month, Kendall indicated she was sympathetic to artists' demands not to have their copyrighted works scraped by AI companies without payment and wanted to
"reset" the debate. "People rightly want to get paid for the work that they do," she said, and "we have to find a way that both sectors can grow and thrive in future".

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BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

BBC Radio 6 Music Guy Garvey's Finest Hour Now Playing Jacob Alon Liquid Gold 25

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Here I am, sharing a table with @londonbessie.bsky.social as part of Whitby Library's Litfest display. So many authors, so many events...

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder. Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh

Writing YA
Fiction
Tuesday 3 March
Online workshop
Discover how to write for a young adult audience in this two-hour online workshop with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I’m extremely proud of this. Proper science books for young people are a difficult sell, so it’s nice to get some recognition. Well done to brilliant writer Ben and all the team at DFB. (In case it’s not clear, I did the illustrations).

Screenshot from Instagram. An image which shows the cover of our book ‘Rewild’ with the following text:

THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2025

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR: FACTUAL
Explodapedia: Rewild

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.

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Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time

After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series

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Helen Cullen @wordsofhelen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

On July 23rd we have our first free workshop - writing children's fiction with Nero Book Awards Children's Fiction Winner, Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social. Register here to secure your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-ch...

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Writing West Midlands @writingwestmids.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Don’t consider yourself a writer? This relaxed and supportive workshop led by award-winning novelist Liz Hyder is perfect for those who want to try something new. 🔗 buff.ly/P5KWij3

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This is, in large part, pandemic revenge. As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do. They can't keep spewing carbon. They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying. They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Every creative in the UK should read this. Horrifying…

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Well-known rocks

Cartoon of 4 different rock types, three of them roughly pyramid shaped and faceted, the fourth is more sausage shaped. Caption under each in turn:
Fool’s gold
Idiot’s silver
Twat’s bronze
Arsehole’s aluminium

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Toot toot! Can’t wait for Oxford Lit Fest! x come and join us for bookish chat, inspiration, and much laughter!

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Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

If your books are among the 7.5 million pirated works on #LibGen, the resource #Meta has been using to train their #AI, you can at least send Meta a letter (using the @authorsguild.bsky.social's handy template) to state that they are violating your copyright. actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

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Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work

I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.

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ylglondon.bsky.social @ylglondon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor discuss their new book, Beyond the Secret Garden , which examines racial representation in British children’s literature. 25/3/2025 6:30 - 8pm Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

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Katharine Schopflin @schopflin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The thing about AI training on pirated works is that Meta and Alphabet know all about licences. They know what intellectual property is and they would deny service to anyone who required a licence to use their products and didn't pay for it.

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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 20/03/2025

NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:

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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Yeah, not interested in billionaires doing what they deem “good” with a small proportion of their wealth. Tax them out of existence and let’s have a society where the gap between the rich and poor is not so obscenely immoral.

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Fantastic shortlists! Congratulations to everyone on here! Top reads! xx

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James Corcoran @jamescorcoran78.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Someone clever did this to a lamppost on Coverdale road and now I am disappointed that every lamppost doesn’t have one

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Dr Scarybear 🏳️‍🌈 @jamiebear.uk · 10/03/2025

There’s a sweary version of What3Words! Why did none of you fuckers tell me about it? Anyway, I am here. You are not.

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Here, have some forest to brighten your day. Imagine the sound of chiffchaffs and coal tits, woodpeckers and robins…

Sun shining behind silhouetted pine trees on a forest track

Glimpses of fields and distant hills behind rows of trees. A misty and sunny day

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 09/03/2025

Many people - some of them on this website - have bemoaned how expensive an FT subscription is, ignoring the fact you can simply buy the finest Weekend paper for £5 a week. HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!

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Gill Lewis @gill-lewis.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Working on a thing! Looking forward to visiting schools and festivals and talking about the wonderful Welsh wildlife! The razorbills are back!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The Guardian, "Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza" Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which pertains to the protection of civilians in times of war, explicitly prohibits collective punishment Just waiting for all those supporting Ukraine to now also speak up for the people of Gaza

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Bonkers and brilliant time at the Nero Book Awards on Weds eve. Still buzzing…

Big room with a huge screen saying Nero Book Awards

Me next to the legend that is Bill Bryson after I told him I might kidnap him and take him back to Shropshire. I think it’s a smile of fear.

Me and the other three category winners along with my new best friend. Adam S Leslie to the left, Colin Barrett, Bill Bryson, me, and the overall Gold Winner, the ace Sophie Elmhirst

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Rob Biddulph @robbiddulph.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's #WorldBookDay next week, and I know a lot of your children want to go to school dressed as my characters. So here are my tips for dressing as Peanut Jones and her friends. Hope they are of use. Do send me any pictures of your charges in their outfits on the big day...

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Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

IT'S THE LAST DAY TO DO THIS! Takes 20 mins with this help from the AOI which is easily adapted to others not just illustrators.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Our petition with @equityuk.bsky.social and @societyofauthors.bsky.social to Save Audio Drama at the BBC has reached over 10,000 signatures Help us reach the next goal! #SADatTheBBC www.change.org/p/save-audio...

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

SIGNED BOOK NEWS! CLOWN TOWN Mick Herron's new Slough House thriller is out in September. Limited edition signed Indie Bookshop editions (with their own unique cover), are now available to pre-order. And what's more, you can get one right here, from us! biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

The front cover of Clown Town, the new book by Mick Herron. A man walks along a street in the rain, towards a belisha beacon. He's carrying a briefcase and in the background there's a bright orangey light.

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Wise words up on the wall of a Ludlow primary school. Lovely innit? x

Sign that reads ‘ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.’

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Magnifique. Wyndham meets Nigel Kneale but it’s also very much its own beast. Truly superb. Unsettling, beautiful, funny and wonderfully strange. Superb.

The front cover of the book Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie, winner of this year’s Nero Book Award for fiction.

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

‘What are you cooking mistress?’

Tortoiseshell cat close up - a very eager face!

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Claire Fayers @clairefayers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Do you know any young writers within reach of Abergavenny? The annual Youth Writing Competition has extended its deadline to March 3rd. There's an award ceremony and mentoring sessions as prizes.

Abergavenny Youth Writing Competition. Write a Speech.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.

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Steve Antony @mrsteveantony.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

My thoughts on the government’s proposal to allow AI into all of our houses of copyright to freely rob, recycle and resell our creative work unless we, the copyright owners, stipulate that everything within our respective houses are respectively ours. Links in profile to let your voice be heard.

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SAM BLAKE @samblakebooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

👇👇👇💥

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Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I’d recommend DuckDuckGo as an alternative…

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 11/02/2025

#ukkidlit Artists and authors please email your MP about AI it’s all written for you, just add your details creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP

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Safeguard Creative Rights in AI

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