Adrian Raffill
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Chief Wordwrangler at Caversham Writers -
https://cavershamwriters.substack.com/
Today is an auspicious day. It marks the beginning of my campaign to get George Saunders to present me with the Booker Prize he won for Lincoln in the Bardo. I will be taking no further questions at this point.
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5 days ago
Thrilled to get further recognition for The Fire In Their Eyes, and this time for “Visionary Fiction” - thanks to The Independent Press Awards for a “Distinguished Favourite” badge! Maybe all that daydreaming hasn’t been a waste?
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
#booksky
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Christopher Webb
15 days ago
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation. This is madness.
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Casey
15 days ago
Also we could have just believed 1000 women instead of going to war with Venezuela. That was an option.
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Andrea Junker
15 days ago
Following a white man to war because you disliked the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the dumbest acts of self-sabotage ever.
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Matilda Battersby
27 days ago
My latest for
@thebookseller.com
Thanks to everyone who helped with this one!
www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...
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Authors hit with 'deluge' of scam emails from fake marketers offering paid promotion
Authors are being hit with a "deluge" of scam emails, some of which appear to impersonate industry professionals, marketing agencies and famous authors.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-hit-with-deluge-of-scam-emails-from-fake-marketers-offering-paid-promotion
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Stephanie Bretherton
about 2 months ago
Starting to think, or even panic about, the Christmas shopping? Don’t forget books make wonderful presents! And for a thought-provoking, award-winning, fictional thrill-ride for the bookworms in your life, look no further…
#booksky
#giftsforbookworms
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Sarah Churchwell
about 2 months ago
Reupping this as BBC journalists now can’t even quote the censored statement of fact. This is appalling. Facts matter! Evidence matters! This isn’t even an opinion!
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Rutger Bregman
about 2 months ago
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Dan Snow
2 months ago
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them' Winston Churchill, 1936
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Menotti Minutillo
3 months ago
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Joanne Harris
3 months ago
Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
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Otto English
3 months ago
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain. Nobody with any sense or decency should be there. No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there. Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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Matthew Noe
3 months ago
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Stephanie Bretherton
3 months ago
Happy
#AdaLovelaceday
! And here’s to all the brilliant women who broke the mould and made it important and vital (if often overlooked ) contributions to the worlds of STEM ! If not from a scientist then from a punter who is in awe and has women scientist driving her novels…
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Just bought a couple of cracking reads for
#BookshopDay
from Alex at
@fourbearsbooks.bsky.social
in Caversham, Berkshire.
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
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3 months ago
Happy
#bookshopday
! Some of my happiest moments have been during launches or events in bookshops. And there’s still such a thrill from seeing your books rubbing shoulders with other wonderful authors on the shelves… or even better, in a window, table or till display!
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My local bookshop did a magnificent thing on Christmas Day in 2023 and they're doing it again this year.
@fourbearsbooks.bsky.social
are such an important part of our community, as are all indie shops to theirs, which is why we have
#BookshopDay
today to support them. Support yours!
#BookSky
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3 months ago
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Ride over to Henley with me on your 1970s Raleigh Chopper and hear all about memoir writing, Alan Davies’s White Male Stand-Up and Mick Herron on what plot is just an excuse for.
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
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My Week at Henley Literary Festival
Plus how to support your local bookshop on Bookshop Day.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/my-week-at-henley-literary-festival?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=38qpg
3 months ago
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Keith W. Dickinson
3 months ago
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎥
4 months ago
#London
, it's
#ESEA
Heritage Month. Join us for a reading from my memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" @guanghwabookshop on Thursday (tomorrow) at 6:00 with my friend @hsienc
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Susie Dent
4 months ago
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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Julia Carrie Wong
4 months ago
this exists it is called thinking
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Alice Roberts
4 months ago
We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.
humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
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Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all
Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...
https://humanists.uk/2025/09/17/rising-christian-nationalism-a-threat-to-us-all/?fbclid=IwRlRTSAM6AX1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmMiPCyrGk4r5Ad9mYFqaFKK0-X4Qe1WaUDkWU5TyvbVO-kE_lqEoOuAIDR6_aem_78xBK20IqDhI_w7uWrOirQ
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Something to look out for,
@louisaguiseauthor.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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No heating, no hot water… but I’m writing on gas 🔥 Read my new short story, plus reflections on Orwell, Didion, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of words. Also: the four-letter word we need to reclaim…
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#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting
#BookSky
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Plumbing the Depths of Language
A short story on the 'F' word, George Orwell on the decline of the English language, and our members enjoy our latest prompted writing session.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/plumbing-the-depths-of-language?r=38qpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 months ago
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Stephanie Bretherton
4 months ago
Well, I’m a bit speechless! But also absolutely thrilled, grateful and honoured, to have won an
#NYCBigBookAward
for The Fire In Their Eyes! Makes me wonder if I might actually be doing something right and all love, sweat, tears and years are properly worthwhile?
#bookaward
#awardwinningfiction
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What's the worst writing advice you ever heard?
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
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The Worst Writing Advice Ever
Don't do this.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/the-worst-writing-advice-ever?r=38qpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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There seems to be a degree of apathy on the subject of book piracy. Is this because it just isn't that much of a problem, or is it too difficult to fix?
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#Authors
#Writers
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Stephanie Bretherton
5 months ago
Yes, we know we may not be flashy, but we will keep on keeping on because we believe in what we’re doing and that authors deserve to be at the centre of the industry not at the bottom of the pile…
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Breakthrough Books
5 months ago
Breakthrough Books is the only publisher to arise from the Unbound ashes that’s author-centred and author-led. A “happy ending” growing organically not flashily. Maybe a good news story of trailblazing authors just isn’t headline worthy?
@observeruk.bsky.social
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Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
https://observer.co.uk/news/business/article/death-of-a-publishing-dream-how-the-unbound-revolution-became-untethered
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Why playing whack-a-mole with pirates isn't as much fun as it sounds. An author friend found copies of her book pirated online. Every author I'd ever interviewed were pirated on the same site. So I asked them what they thought and here’s what they said.
#BookSky
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What books have you re-read the most? And how has the experience of reading it changed each time, for better or worse?
#BookSky
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Is Rereading Your Favourite Book Really Worth It?
Yes, but there's a catch... Plus an upcoming author event and a discount on Stephanie Bretherton's books.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/is-rereading-your-favourite-book?r=38qpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Stephanie Bretherton
6 months ago
This is exactly what I write about and embody in the female characters of my novels!
#matriarchy
#booksky
www.newscientist.com/article/2488...
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Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived
Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehistory women were rulers, warriors, hunters and shamans
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488813-archaeologists-are-unearthing-the-most-powerful-women-who-ever-lived/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents
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Stephanie Bretherton
6 months ago
Blast from my own ancient past - just in case you thought I was hallucinating my 15 seconds in Noble House with a future Bond and a future Gimli
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Authors! Have you ever discovered a pirated copy of your book on a shifty website? What happened? How did you react/respond? Were you able to get your book removed and if so, how?
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#Authors
#Writers
6 months ago
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Nothing can possibly go wrong. It'll be a Doctor Who monster or the plot of
@brethertonwords.bsky.social
's The Fire in Their Eyes unfolding. There is no third option.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Unique ice, 1.5m years old, to be melted to unlock mystery
BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygwd6yj28o
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I interviewed the wonderful
@brethertonwords.bsky.social
for Caversham Writers about her new novel The Fire In Their Eyes. It's a superb story linking characters from 74k years ago to today amid an emerging biological threat.
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#authors
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Meet Stephanie Bretherton
The author of the Children of Sarah series talks to Caversham Writers - watch the recording
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/meet-stephanie-bretherton?r=38qpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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Kit de Waal
7 months ago
An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write. All details in the link below. Please share :)
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RSL Scriptorium Awards - Royal Society of Literature
Ten writer residencies presented to professionally active writers in need of a place to write.The 2025 Prize This year marks the inaugural presentation of the RSL Scriptorium Awards, inviting applicat...
https://rsliterature.org/rsl-scriptorium-awards/
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Louisa Guise Author
7 months ago
Caversham Writers' Summer Reading
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Summer Reads from the Caversham Writers!
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Caversham Writers' Summer Reading
Our members pick their recommendations and favourites
https://open.substack.com/pub/cavershamwriters/p/caversham-writers-summer-reading?r=1urt29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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RedScharlach
7 months ago
Never forget that
#SesameStreet
once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.
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Need some inspiration for your reading list? My writing group members share their all time favourites and recent reads. Also, what book(s) have you re-read the most? Catch-22 for me.
#BookSky
#writingcommunity
#books
#amreading
#amwriting
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Caversham Writers' Summer Reading
Our members pick their recommendations and favourites
https://cavershamwriters.substack.com/p/caversham-writers-summer-reading
7 months ago
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁
7 months ago
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Who Are We? An existential writing prompt by
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for Caversham Writers. This week's newsletter is out:
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? Oh no. I'm going to die. He's going to die. And the whole city is going to be vaporised.
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Stephanie Bretherton
8 months ago
Can I breathe now?
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Breakthrough Books
8 months ago
Happy
#PublicationDay
to
@brethertonwords.bsky.social
and The Fire In Their Eyes, book two in the Children Of Sarah series and the gripping sequel to the bestselling Bone Lines. Available to order from wherever books are sold, including our own webshop.
#Books
#BooksWorthReading
#Matriarchy
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Julie (Mae) Cohen
8 months ago
It’s paperback publication day for EAT SLAY LOVE, the story of three women who have nothing in common except for the man they are holding hostage in a basement, and which is really a story of female empowerment and solidarity. Happy day!
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Essential reading.
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Curtis Chin 🐵✍️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🎥
8 months ago
Thanks @imperialcollege for kicking off our UK Tour. So many friends from @michiganalumni @thewritinghabit @bcsbritishchinesesociety - thanks also to @fourbearsbooks and Adrian from the Caversham Writers group for beautiful Sunday reading!
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