Orion Fiction has won a three-way auction for “a subversive, darkly comic thriller” set in the publishing industry, from Birmingham-based writing lecturer Liam Brown. Fanfiction will publish in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky

I wrote a piece for @bookbrunch.bsky.social about literary agencies & succession. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

A terrific review in the Hindustan Times for K Anis Ahmed's 'fast-paced, deeply disturbing satire', Carnivore. www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/htcit...

The children’s publishing world was rocked this week as a book was released by a new author who wasn’t a celebrity. From the latest Private Eye, out now.

Guess how much of that revenue went to authors.

had a lovely evening with my friend, his five year old and his two year old and spiritually it was a bit like hanging out with your normal mate, his mate who's downed four strong coffees in a row and his other mate who's been on the lash for twelve hours

So great to see @juliangough.bsky.social's This Lake Is Fake (brilliantly illustrated by the peerless Jim Field) shortlisted for the Alligator's Mouth Award. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

Tragic story of how a BME solicitor's career, and basically whole life, was ruined due to a Daily Mail story, how the SRA contributed to that destruction, and how, now that he's been completely exonerated, there is complete silence from all sides. www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-poi...

Music, novels, children's picture books & now cosmology! @juliangough.bsky.social's extraordinary career takes a fascinating turn & this Irish Times piece recognises his foresight & how his 2022 predictions have been proved correct. www.irishtimes.com/science/spac...

Liz Truss tried her best but, as with so many things, if you want something done properly, you need to get the Americans to do it.

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.

Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing

🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country? Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades. What’s going on? 1/7 @thetimes.com Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...

'In fact, it seemed a lot like the barrel was upside down and being banged on the bottom to see if any dregs fell out. It was clear that if I wanted, I could be one of those dregs.' From Owain Mulligan's brilliant The Accidental Soldier, in Sunday Times magazine. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Great to see @faberbooks.bsky.social's announcement of When Tad Kicked Vlad, @juliangough.bsky.social's very funny & anarchic new picture book, which the brilliant Ross Collins is illustrating. greyhoundliterary.co.uk/blog/faber-t...

I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...

So disrespectful of him not even to apply a bit of rouge or eyeliner.

Happy publication day to @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social. Her fabulous debut Greenteeth is out today from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Kirkus has hailed it as 'full of magic but even more heart' in a starred review & there's a lovely interview with Molly here: thenerddaily.com/molly-oneill...

Finally, some good good news! Very excited to share the announcement of my next novel, #GoodGoodLoving being published in March 2026. Enormous thanks to Anna Kelly at #ViragoPress and Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social. #YvvetteEdwards #GoodGoodLovingTheNovel

Read this and the world will seem a better place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Tom Holland in the Times diary once more. The quote marks around “Fielder of the Year” seem to question the legitimacy of the award.

Delighted to confirm next week’s guest co-host. Actual comedy royalty… Rebecca Front.

Shortlisted for the @duffcooperprize.bsky.social A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) … And now in paperback!

Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.

Hey lovely people. Something exciting to announce. I’m launching my own podcast. It’s called 3 People with Rebecca Front. My guest each time tells me about 3 people who changed their lives. I’ve got a terrific lineup. Coming soon (March, I think) wherever you get your podcasts.

It is with great sadness to hear that the great Tim Radford has died. He was, unequivocally, the best science journalist, and a kind and generous man. I used his Manifesto for the Simple Scribe in lectures for student this very week. It’s faultless. www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

this interview - Lynn Barber on Marianne Faithfull - is the sort of brilliant, bonkers thing nobody writes anymore. It reads like a meeting of fabulous monsters www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...

Delighted that @hodderbooks.bsky.social will publish Owain Mulligan's The Accidental Soldier in April. His savagely funny memoir of the Iraq War has been called 'an instant classic' by Richard Curtis & 'a non-fiction Catch-22' by Matt Haig. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Published at the weekend, @katiemarshauthor.bsky.social's gripping & witty Murder on the Menu is out now from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social. www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Menu-...

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

PREACH, Ed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

imagine forgetting Liz Truss this quickly

Great to see news of @acochran.bsky.social's arrival at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social. He will do amazing things in 2025 and beyond. www.thebookseller.com/news/alex-co...

UK Folks. If you're concerned about the catastrophic impact of generative AI on the creative industries & the theft of artists/writers creations, then you REALLY NEED to complete the below online consultation form. This is your chance to say 'fuck off, this is not okay' www.gov.uk/government/c...

'McGowan is writing at the top of his form in this perfectly crafted novella. Warm, wise & often hilarious.' @the-bookseller.bsky.social on Anthony McGowan's The Beck, out from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social in March.

Do read @juliangough.bsky.social on children's books and the divide that emerged between picture and chapter books. His Rabbit & Bear books are future classics - funny and charming for children and parents alike. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

'Index, A History of The' really is a magnificent book title

A wonderful evening for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Such a great shortlist. I remembered fondly what happened 16 years ago, when @juliangough.bsky.social stole Will Self's pig. www.juliangough.com/journal/2008...

Massive away win for the little fella.

Remembering my wonderful friend & former colleague Robert Posner on what would have been his 74th birthday. Here is the tribute I wrote for Literary Review.