ICYMI: Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

I wrote about short fiction for @thebookseller.com "Publishing is all about conviction, and holding your nerve. Publishers have to keep backing the short story as a medium, and investing in it.” - @anniemedz.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...

"I didn't like winning the Booker at all. Success can be a lot more challenging than failure. I was used to failure, like most writers are. I did failure beautifully, believe me. I didn’t do success quite so well." I spoke to Pat Barker about her @thebookerprizes.bsky.social-winning The Ghost Road:

Susanna Clarke 'sheds new light' on one of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell's 'most intriguing characters' in an exclusive short story. @laurenrbrown95.bsky.social on a triumphant return in @thebookseller.com www.thebookseller.com/news/susanna... #books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has appointed Lord Tim Clement-Jones CBE as non-executive chair, taking over from Tom Chatfield, whose term ended in January 2025. Clement-Jones will commence in the role on Monday, March 17th. 👇 #BookSky

“Brevity is the soul of politeness. In an industry that traffics in words, it can feel like rudeness.” Sloane Crosley on the art of saying “no.”

From small presses established in the 1980s to publishers launched after the pandemic, 10 small presses have been crowned regional and country winners of The #BritishBookAwards’ 2025 Small Press of the Year 👇 #Nibbies

I wrote this piece in today’s @thebookseller.com at #londonbookfair about our industry is in danger of sleepwalking into AI and some basic rules of engagement.

My fiction book of the month for @thebookseller.com for June 2025 is Charlotte Runcie’s incendiary debut Bring the House Down, which explores art, criticism and who gets to say what, and why

Very surreal to see my own novel included in today's Bookseller Agents' Hotlists, but hurrah! @mariliasavvides.bsky.social

Ahead of #LBF I'd love to hear from agents and editors about any trends you're seeing emerge in submissions... [email protected] 📩 @thebookseller.com

In @the-bookseller.bsky.social this week, my cover conversation with @dfdubz.bsky.social @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social about her excellent forthcoming book, "Six Conversations We're Scared to Have"

I'm back reporting for @the-bookseller.bsky.social on Thursdays and Fridays! Email me your juiciest - [email protected] (and apols if yours was one of the 5,000 emails I returned to😬I will be replying to ones received from today...)

The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential. Details in the link. Please share :)

This is awful to watch. Even more awful to let it go unchallenged. Pls complain to ofcom and share, if you can. Took me 3 mins.

My May book of the month for @the-bookseller.bsky.social is A Family Matter by Claire Lynch, a gut punch revelation of a novel

A joy to chat with the inimitable Rachel Joyce about her suspenseful new novel The Homemade God for @the-bookseller.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

Beyond the Spectrum has Lead Writer and Shadow Writer roles led by and for autistic writers. Delivering workshops and support. Workshop leaders must be Autistic themselves. Details in the link. Please share :)

I utterly adored this book so getting to interview Holly was such a treat — live on @the-bookseller.bsky.social this morning. 💖 www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

The news is out! We’re thrilled to be launching a brand new fantasy publishing imprint at Transworld. More details will be revealed soon 🏰✨ Our mission is to forge new paths in publishing and storytelling. We can’t wait to tell you more. www.thebookseller.com/news/fairylo...

For the Observer today I interviewed #Brassic creator and writer Danny Brocklehurst about the dearth of working class people in the TV and film industry… and of course, the last season for Vinnie & Co. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #165345: Getting published is hard enough. But staying published is harder. The literary world is filled with once-successful authors who can't get a publishing deal any more. That's why it's important to stay in touch; keep flexible; change, when you have to.

Whether you’re looking to support more northern indie publishers this year, or just looking for new recommendations for your TBR, check out our latest guide to what the Northern Publishing Team are reading in 2025 📚💖 ✨ Read the full article here: www.thepublishingpost.com/post/what-th...

Words To Live By Number 172

Publishing bestsellers is about more than tracking trends, says Philip Jones (@philipdsjones.bsky.social) in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky www.thebookseller.com/comment/publ...

Do you want to win money and mentoring to help you finish your manuscript? If you’re an SFF writer of colour answering yes, then we want to hear from you: www.futureworldsprize.co.uk/2025-prize/

For @the-bookseller.bsky.social I'm working on a state-of-play piece about self-publishing - what's going on, how have things shifted, are the boundaries between trad and self-pub blurring, etc? What roles are TikTok and new technologies playing in this? ETC 📩 DM me!

A brilliant interview in @the-bookseller.bsky.social from @laurenrbrown95.bsky.social with Rozie Kelly, about her debut novel #Kingfisher - publishing 3 April! www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

For @the-bookseller.bsky.social I interviewed Rozie Kelly about her exquisite debut novel Kingfisher, out with @saraband-books.bsky.social in April www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...

Fantastic to see @niamhsquared.bsky.social & her debut #OrdinarySaints featured in today's @the-bookseller.bsky.social as one of the top 10 books out in April. Big thanks to @laurenrbrown95.bsky.social! Limited proofs available & review requests open on Netgalley!

My April 2024 Book of the Month for @the-bookseller.bsky.social is Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Art should be funded like science. To properly fund art, you fund failure. Funding failure will give you occasional excellence. Creating any art with the aim of it being popular enough to make money, will give you consistent mediocrity. Arists need funding to play and fail because that's the process

My favourite thing about writing/running is that regardless of whether you feel like it today etc you will end up surprising yourself one random Thursday with a personal best / your favourite sentence you've ever written. To be able to surprise yourself like that feels so special

My Bookseller book of the month for March 2025 is Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley 💗 the others are my editor’s picks, about which I’ve shared more on my Instagram… Laurenbecca95

My next fiction preview for @the-bookseller.bsky.social comes out tomorrow and THANK GOD bc it means I can start talking about my new literary obsession/hyperfixation (my March 2025 book of the month)

What a joy it was to speak to Garrett Carr for today's edition of @the-bookseller.bsky.social about his magnificent adult fiction debut The Boy From the Sea, out with @picadorbooks.bsky.social on 6th February 2025. www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...