Some odd reactions to this list of the 20th century novels which have sold best in the UK in the last five years. It doesn’t seek to represent literary merit; it’s a fascinating snapshot of where popularity and critical acclaim do and don’t overlap.

The Rubery Prize - international book award seeking the best books by indie writers, self published authors and books published by independent presses. Please share

Free, high quality online courses, open to everyone - computing, languages, literature, music, politics, design Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a great intro into a new subject area without the cost. Check them out, link below. Please share

Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.

All ready for my chairing gig this evening - I'll be chatting all things crime with @lizmistry.bsky.social and @heathercritchlow.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Bookshop. Would love to see you there. www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/an-...

🎉 Here it is! 🎉 The brand new cover for my podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson! 🖤🎙️ Join me every Tuesday for a new conversation with my amazing guests as we take a deep dive into their writing journeys, books and more. 🖤✨ Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G Apple apple.co/3RSKsxK bit.ly/3OtKrA3

Just saw a post from an author (I forget who, sorry!) talking about not being afraid to celebrate success. I agree but I also think one of the problems with social media is that people only post the good stuff, and it creates an unrealistic narrative. Sharing our failures is just as important. 🧵

What, you want me to sell you the right to have AI scrape my work? What's the offer? $2,500 a book? Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself lithub.com/harpercollin...

@hoffiecup.bsky.social and I are building some new presentations to encourage teachers and librarians to build more inclusive libraries and get more authentic, joyful representation in the hands of kiddos of all ages! Drop suggestions here for own voices books we should include!

This is really concerning for myriad reasons. @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social we started to insert a no AI scraping notice on our copyright pages going forward in 2025. lithub.com/harpercollin...

The Stockport Noir 2025 Lineup.

Spanish painter #EduardoNaranjo (b.1944) studied with #SchoolofArtsandCrafts until he entered #SchoolofFineArtsofStElizabethofHungary

HUNTED is a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick! Listen to us talk about it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What's everyone reading this lunch time?

Huge thanks to the talented Mr Rusel McLean for this!

If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.

Fuck yeah Bluesky

Looking for Crime, Mystery and Thriller authors to follow? Show your support by giving this handy starter pack a follow: go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa

updated Bookshop Starter Pack go.bsky.app/DopYboe

To avoid writing, I made a starter pack of crime, thriller and mystery writers. Go follow them all. go.bsky.app/4aZnMYP

If you’ve just joined Bluesky and you’re looking for writers to follow, well here you are 😁 Click on my starter pack and follow over 100 writers 📝 go.bsky.app/KZf9noc

Books can help. Love this article in today’s Post. When times get tough, I turn to Patrick O’Brian. (I am ready to board for my fifth circumnavigation.) But maybe it’s time to crack open Dorothy Dunnett instead? Who do you read in times of trouble? I need suggestions, friends!

A call to all un-agented authors who have written a sweeping historical love story. My submissions are open, and I am waiting to read your book. www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...

Hi there, to all of the recent new followers on here. Im very happy to connect with you. I’ll mainly be posting stuff about books, writing, movies, TV shows, food and random other good stuff. Look forward to chatting with you all! 😊

Hey guys, if anyone’s interested, issue no.7 of my newsletter will be coming out either tomorrow or Tuesday. It’s just me recommending books I’ve liked, old and new, along with movies, TV shows and other random things. Just sign up via my website: www.ameranwar.com 😊

ABIR MUKHERJEE chats HUNTED with Paul Burke on CrimeTime FM recorded at Liphook Get pod here pod.fo/e/268976 Apple.co/3znb7b5 HarvillSecker HaslemereBooks BloodyScotland Love Liphook Mulholland Books

Beautiful

Massive pleasure to speak w/ Yanis Varoufakis & Raoul Martinez on the Eye of the Storm podcast! Watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Be...

Lots of people know that prehistoric sea turtles got big, but it can be easy to underestimate just how huge these things got. The largest verified specimen of a modern Leatherback turtle weighed in at 1,433 lbs, but this Archelon would have been closer to 11,300 lbs. #scicomm #paleosky #paleontology

Ask for Mercy would be an excellent place to start if you haven't read a self-published book before.

GIVEAWAY! I'm going to give TWO lucky people five paperbacks of their choice - worth up to £50! There'll be one winner on here and one on twitter. Simply retweet and follow by 8pm on Sunday 22nd October for your chance to win! Here's what 5 paperbacks looks like, just in case.

Nothing good has ever come from banning books. Representation matters.

If you like the fast pacing of 24 and the high energy of a Mission Impossible, then Nowhere to Hide may be the book for you.   Nowhere to Hide (Alex Drayce #1) by Max Luther liveanddeadly.net/2023/10/16/n...

Really looking forward to getting my hands on this next month. It has such an old-school 2000AD vibe to it.

Also, Dominick Donald putting me alongside some crime writing greats is both humbling and flattering — and quite out of the blue. Not something I was expecting. Thank you so much, Dominick. Really appreciated. 😊

Dom Nolan being very generous about my debut on the other place. Love that he refers to my originally self-pub’d version (left) as the “mad hustle edition.” Thanks very much, Dom. 😊👍🏼

Hotel del Salto (hotel of the leap) has witnessed many horrors in its 100 years. Patrons have inexplicably leapt to their death, a young socialite was brutally murdered. Never visit after dark, for it is Columbia’s most haunted house. #31DaysofHalloween #WyrdWednesday

So, as well as having to hope the lawsuits in the US come down hard and heavy on the companies who've used my (and several others') books to train their AI, I also have to ask how part of one of my books has ended up on Spotify for paying subscribers, without me ever being told it was possible

There is a second-hand bookshop in Llangollen, where I grew up, that is inside an old cinema. The books form a towering warren. On rainy Welsh days - and there are oh, so many of those - there is no better place on earth. It's called 'Books', which makes me love it even more.

This week on #damppebbles... #R3COMM3ND3D returns on 1st Nov! ➡️ buff.ly/3PCz8oM Review of #ChainGangAllStars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ➡️ buff.ly/46RGdJ9 #WWWWednesday ➡️ buff.ly/48KkGns Review of #Fearless by M.W. Craven ➡️ buff.ly/3ZNlsfk #BookBlogger #whattoread #bookrecommendation #bookish

Hello Bluesky! We are a podcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We started back in September 2020 and have interviewed a whole host of amazing authors. Do follow us on here and on whatever podcast platform you use. And please repost this so that others can find us! Thank you! 🩵🩵

Doug Johnstone chats to me on Crime Time FM about the Skelfs and so much more bit.ly/48EREWb apple.co/3znb7b5 spoti.fi/3tjVaVQ Ggl bit.ly/45kCcLN @orendabooks.bsky.social

If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.

I will report back. www.theguardian.com/food/2023/oc...

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