Want to get broadcast? RADIO 4 commissioning round opens soon. Brief announced the week of May 13. Deadline for short proposals is the 19th of June. @writersguildgb.bsky.social @audiodramahub.bsky.social @audiodrama.bsky.social How to pitch: www.anitasullivan.co.uk/post/bbc-rad...

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On my way to protest at Meta’s London office. Why? Pirate site LibGen ripped 7.5 million books. Meta used this stolen content to train AI systems to write books #campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Writers and artists, here's a chance to tell the Government how you feel about big tech using your originated work to train AI and create content. Let's protect our work! (If you need help with the form see @alcs-uk.bsky.social for a guidance sheet... because we're worth it!) #AI #copyright

Writers and visual artists, here's a chance to tell the Government how you feel about big tech using your originated work to train AI and create content. Let's protect our work! (The form on the link is big, but don't be daunted follow ALCs guidance sheet... because we're worth it!) #AI #copyright

Great article from Katie Hims about the importance of BBC audio drama, now under threat. In addition Radio 4 are commissioning more serials in the few remaining slots so fewer opportunities and only for 'experienced writers'. How do you get experience if there's no space for you?

Loved Otherland by Chris Bush. Love, joy and the different ways of being or becoming a woman. Great script, brilliant dynamic ensemble production with music by Jennifer Whyte. Powerful and uplifting. Running at The Almeida until March 15th selling out fast. almeida.co.uk/whats-on/oth...

Happy #WorldRadioDay! Send a video message to Director-General Tim Davie + the BBC about why audio drama is so important to you, why you oppose their cuts and why we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...

BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉 👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣 This is GAME-CHANGING. And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊

Love this list, how it veers between dystopia and children's fiction. A cute cat followed by a rat in the face and things on fire, followed by a cute pig. Feels like the world right now!

Extremely excited that my new radio play Margaret White and the Alcoran of Mahomet will be on radio four at 2:15 on Wednesday 5 Feb and on BBC Sounds after that, please do you have a listen. I’m very proud of this one. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Just seven more days to catch this audio drama on BBC/ BBC Sounds. Beautiful eco-fable from Peter 'Jaws' Benchley. Free listening. Stunning production. #shark #jaws #mantaray #audiodrama #podcast

Relentless citizen activism + good science + good messaging + political leadership from legislators + youth involvement + civil disobedience by 19 elders + Vermont did it first => VICTORY Proud to have brought some of the science to the party. Damn! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...

Lots to learn from Rwanda www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Today, the Government launched its much anticipated consultation into Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Read our response writersguild.org.uk/copyright-an...

Found this in the street. Picked it up hoping there was a helpline number. Disappointed!

Remember that books are going to be harder to find. Public libraries might be something that they go after. I know that food is #1 priority, but knowledge should be in your top 5. Please stay safe and please educate yourself. #booksky #bluecrew

Amazing performance from Stephen Hart at the beautiful Fitzrovia Chapel. Sharing his story of survival, turning 'tell no one' into a forum for discussion and support. Coming back to Fitzrovia Feb 15th. www.shadoweddreamer.co.uk/dates-and-ve... #adoption #survivor #HIV #storytelling #showtunes

This poster in my local GP practice (NHS doctors UK). Their phone message starts not with a 'hello' but a warning they do not tolerate aggression or abuse.

This is me being interviewed about my favourite book when I was eleven. My adaptation of 'The Girl of the Sea of Cortez' broadcast today on Radio 4. (Peter 'Jaws' Benchley's other book). Young-me would definitely enjoy it, but might be miss the poor eel... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Need to rewatch UTOPIA aka a goddamn perfect show.

I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!

Loved this book since I was a kid, adapted it from my ancient copy. Amazing to hear it brought to life by a brilliant young cast & Afonica productions. (There's an interview with me 15 mins before broadcast on Opening Lines... ffs!😲) #audiodrama #Radio4 #scriptwriting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

AI systems have been trained using subtitles stripped from thousands of films and TV shows eg Breaking Bad, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Sopranos. Human IP & skill being stripped. Follow link to check if your work's been used #AI #Scriptwriting @writersguildgb.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

When you hear the final edit of your audio drama and you're moved to tears. My adaptation of The Girl of the Sea of Cortez by Peter Benchley. Wonderful audio design from Afonica Productions for BBC Radio 4. Image by AI #scriptwriting #audiodrama #climate www.anitasullivan.co.uk/post/the-gir...

Public service announcement! 📢Woke up early so made a playwrights starter pack! Far from exhaustive so please message me if you’d like to be added❤️✍🏽 go.bsky.app/MrCbp2Q #theatre #playwights

This was one of the first tweets I had go "viral" on Screenwriting Twitter many years ago. Here's hoping there will be more writers' rooms opening in 2025 for it to come handy again! 🤞🏼

Ahhh... peace and blue skies, how lovely. Oh. Hang on a minute. Is that... sex?

1/ We’re seeing an increasing number of AI-generated contracts for writers and we want to warn all writers against accepting these WGGB members are eligible for free contract vetting for UK based writers agreements - so if you’re ever in doubt please drop a line to [email protected]

My Radio4 audio drama The Mosquito is now available on BBC Sounds. A dengue carrying mosquito causes havoc at a climate conference. Here's the making-of-blog. From workshop to pitch to script. (Image via MidJourney) #scriptwriting #audiodrama #climate

The OTHER LIBRARY. Untold stories tour to public libraries. 16 books containing projects by disabled creatives. Dance, animation, documentary, music, art and a go-pro stuck on an assistance dog. #library #digitalarts #disability Not your average library www.freewheelerstheatre.co.uk/pro.../theot...

Buzzed about Bluesky. A creative community? Maybe? This is what I get up to. Writing to explore viewpoints. Sound beyond soundbites. Free audio drama, what's not to like? Hello! #audiodrama #climate #scriptwriting www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...