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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Are you a UK #writer with published books or broadcast hours? Could you be missing out on secondary rights money? Join @alcs.co.uk if you’re not a member and please vote in in the current election! Let’s protect our rights and our money. If anyone wants to chat to me about it, drop me a line!

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Steph Morris @herr-morris.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

On the way to demonstrate against meta’s thievery with @tomwentworth.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social #dothewritething Last minute placard… Concrete poetry at speed

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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I'll be delivering @writersguildgb.bsky.social letter, about Meta's mass theft of writers' work to train AI, to Meta HQ today, along with one of my own. It's a day of action Make a noise - Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy - Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books #DoTheWriteThing

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Petition nearly at 10,000 signatures. Sign it, write to your MP, and - if you can - get to the protest at 1pm King’s Cross today. Meta stole my books and all my mates’ and we are PISSED OFF.

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SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work – The Society of AuthorsXFacebookInstagramVimeoApple PodcastsSearchShopping CartSearchToggle MenuToggle Menu CloseScroll ...

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/04/2025

Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!

Protest sign reading "I'd write a better sign but you'd just steal it"

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Heather J Fitt @heatherjfitt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Meta and LibGen stole my books and they should not be allowed to get away with it. I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

*runs into the room out of breath* You could say it's gone... tits up! *collapses*

A newspaper headline stating that Hooters has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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AJ West Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Proud to have signed this open letter. The UK Government must demand immediate answers from the #MetaBookThieves. They stole millions of books to feed their AI without asking, without paying. I want compensation. Where is the Government response? Silence. #DoTheWriteThing

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I've been asked, very nicely, whether there's a way to support the making of Broken Veil and Comfort Blanket and so on without necessarily signing up to the Substack feed... And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account. Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation... ko-fi.com/gralefrit

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Support Joel Morris ❤️. ko-fi.com/gralefrit

Directly support the making of more podcasts, more writing, and all sorts of good stuff...

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Important piece from Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini in today's @thestage.co.uk, raising some serious issues WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It’s back and wittier and more enjoyable than ever. How lovely to have truly literate crime solving on TV with a trio you really care about. Looking forward to the other two stories.

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

An incredible charity doing incredible work. We all talk about supporting new talent in the arts and creative industries. Here is a practical way you can do that RIGHT NOW.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site. If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

Mental health support
• Mind runs a support line on 0300 102 1234 as a safe and confidential place to talk openly. It also has an information line, on 0300 123 3393, for details of where to get help near you. And its welfare benefits line – 0300 222 5782 – supports anyone with mental health problems who is navigating the benefits system.
• Samaritans is there to talk to you for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call them on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org.
• The disability charity Scope has a forum where you can chat in a supportive atmosphere to people going through the same experiences.
• NHS England has an online mental health triage service.

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Heart breaking to hear about the BBC axing another continuing drama. River City always punched above its budgetary weight and had some great writers. I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.

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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Hello! I am doing a workshop on Writing for TV, specifically creating pitch documents for TV shows. That's treatments, outlines, one-pagers, bibles.... The aim is to DEMYSTIFY & build confidence. Online. limited places #Screenwriting #Writers pls share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...

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WRITING FOR TV: Pitch Docs

A 2.5 hour workshop to help you create impactful treatments, outlines, bibles & one-pagers & understand exactly what these documents are!

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Super tips here from the incomparable @annaruthjordan.bsky.social! She never waffles (and even if she does, it’s award-winning waffle! 😉)

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Phil Clarke @philmscribe.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Looking forward to tonight's motor vehicle awards brought to us by Ordnance Survey, more commonly known as the #OSCARS

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts. 'Structural edit' = rewrite your book 'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong 'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong 'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors 'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Brilliant pair of dramas by Marks and Gran on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this week. Atmospheric, human, moving & of course warm and humorous. Fab cast including many radio greats & sensitively directed by the incomparable Liz Anstee. Well worth a listen on Sounds. Search Drama on 4!

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If, as Sam suggests, he wants to make @bbcradio3 more music focussed that’s fine - commission new dramas alongside new compositions which interact or link them to Composer of the Week etc. If docs are staying, drama should too. It’s a travesty!

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC Listen to the full interview here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #SADatTheBBC

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Feedback - Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson on ending the 90-minute drama. Controversial song choice on Desert Island Discs - BBC Sounds

Andrea Catherwood speaks to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson about cuts to drama.

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Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I felt a large part of my remit as a BBC Radio Comedy Producer was to bring the next generation of UK writing talent (of any age). The steady attrition of BBC Radio Drama in recent times is an ominous sign that the BBC is losing sight of its essential mission. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

People of Greenwich do come along to this!!

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

1/ Our Member Network schedule for 2025 is now live + members can book ahead for all sessions Coming up in March are the next meetings of our Challenging Sexism and Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Member Networks

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WGGB member networks - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Writers from under-represented writing groups can meet, network, share experiences and discuss issues relating to writing and the creative industries in a safe space, thanks to WGGB’s series of member...

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It's @unesco.org #WorldRadioDay - the perfect time to remind you of the importance of #BBC #RadioDrama. Radio 3 is axing it. Radio 4 has cut most of it. So here's why radio drama is important to me... #SADatTheBBC @writersguildgb.bsky.social @equityuk.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Miranda Davies/Emmerson @mirandaemmerson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

For thousands of British writers (including myself) BBC audio drama was where we started, where we learned, where we explored what we could do. It's currently being dismantled, removing one rare and vital ladder for new writers in this country. #SADatTheBBC @writersguildgb.bsky.social

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Next Thurs 13 Feb is World Radio Day, but audio drama is under serious threat Share a short video to tell BBC Director General Tim Davie + the BBC why audio drama is important to you, the wider UK drama ecosystem + why you oppose their cuts More info 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Tough times for soap writers. Anybody who is effected can get in touch with the @writersguildgb.bsky.social in confidence.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We are delighted that the fifth play from our New Play Commission Scheme is now coming to the stage! A Tryal of Witches by Tallulah Brown runs at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds 10-25 March You can book here: theatreroyal.org/events/a-try...

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A Tryal of Witches | Theatre Royal

A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds own production written by Tallulah Brown. East Anglia, 1645, a hot and stifling Summer. The air is thick with paranoia and superstition. Matthew Hopkins, the self-appoi...

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Brilliant humans all round! Do watch when the video goes live!

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Wildly unlikely, but true. 28 Oct 1956 Joyce Grenfell meets Elvis Presley. “He called me ma'am. I thought he was pleasant, a bit of a roly-poly boy, but a good singer of his sort of hillbilly songs. We were photographed together. He put his arm round my neck and breathed down my ear-hole.”

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annalisa dinnella @annalisadinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Writing for radio is so exciting, collaborative, immediate. It demands a certain kind of imagination. Radio 3 is a rare space that actually cares what you have to say and gives you the time to - you know - author. And it reaches people in surprising ways. Shutting the door to this is terrible loss.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Society of Authors, writersguildgb.bsky.social and @equityuk.bsky.social call on the BBC to reverse cuts to audio drama at Radio 3. Sign our petition to save audio drama at the BBC- www.change.org/p/save-audio...

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Sign the Petition

Save Audio Drama at the BBC

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It seems the most recent commissioning brief for Radio 3 has removed all radio drama slots. I honestly don't know how writers are supposed to get started in traditional broadcast media with all these footholds & proving grounds disappearing.

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Sign for Olly and to save a really vital slot in the audio drama landscape!

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Today, alongside @equityuk.bsky.social + @societyofauthors.bsky.social, we have launched a petition calling on Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie to rethink plans to eradicate audio drama from BBC Radio 3 Sign the petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC www.change.org/SADatTheBBC

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Sign the Petition

Save Audio Drama at the BBC

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Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This is going to be fabulous @hightidetheatre.bsky.social with the wonderful Kelly Jones.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl has now pulled in 16.3 million viewers. Absolutely incredible.

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