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Literary agent. Always looking for something interesting. www.katebarker.net.
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John Crace
3 days ago
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nicolaās only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the drive | John Crace
Rather than being one of the shrewdest operators in British politics for a decade, it turns out Sturgeon was just too trusting
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/31/nicola-sturgeon-interview-peter-murrell-snp-politics-sketch
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This is⦠unexpected.
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Authors! Reminder to register your books for
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by 30 June:
www.bl.uk/services/plr
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Public Lending Right (PLR) - authors, illustrators - British Library
Published authors, illustrators, editors, translators or audiobook narrators could could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans.
https://www.bl.uk/services/plr
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Rachel Cunliffe
21 days ago
Perhaps the Labour Party could take 5 minutes out of its busy infighting schedule and let this be news for a bit
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Duncan Weldon
25 days ago
They order ballot papers by drawing lots in Australia. Yet more evidence for: Australia has the best electoral system.
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Tim Bale
about 2 months ago
Impressive (
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I Am In Print
about 2 months ago
Are you writing an unputdownable
#thriller
? Then it's time to put it down, book an
#agent121
and see what a
#litagent
thinks! 28 Apr
@katebarker.bsky.social
28 Apr
@litagentfran.bsky.social
29 Apr Nicky Lovick 30 Apr Clare Coombes Book:
www.iaminprint.co.uk
#thrillerfiction
#amwritingthriller
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ALCS
2 months ago
This week over 100,000 ALCS members will receive their share of Ā£34m. Let's celebrate the value of human creativity, something that isn't going anywhere š”šš³
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3 months ago
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Duncan Weldon
3 months ago
Mini thread. I have, for book research purposes, devoted quite a bit time to thinking about this sort of thing over the last few years.
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Duncan Weldon
3 months ago
Today at 16.00 on Radio 4. And then available as a podcast afterwards .
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Duncan Weldon
3 months ago
Rough rule of thumb: 10% *sustained* oil price rise adds about 0.4/0.5% to inflation and reduces GDP growth by around 0.1/0.2%
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Ed Newton-Rex
3 months ago
šØ It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. š§µ 1/4
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Tammy Salyer
3 months ago
#writerslife
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Dane Pavitt š¦š
4 months ago
So WeTransfer, which has been my go-to large file sharing service for over a decade, has decided they now own what you upload & can use it to train AI. Anyone know of any good alternatives?
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I hope HarperCollins haven't gone to print with the paperback of Andrew Lownie's book yet.
3 months ago
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Stephen Kinsella
3 months ago
Donald Trump's birthday is 14 June. Just saying.
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Prof Christina Pagel
4 months ago
ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult). I got my MMR about 10 years ago!
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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I thought Wuthering Heights was great. Looks incredible, good soundtrack, hot lead actors, sometimes really funny. All the drama. Who cares if itās not like the book.
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Robin Ince
4 months ago
Possibly 7th richest person in the UK but I think the point still stands
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Duncan Weldon
4 months ago
Delighted to have a Blood and Treasure extract in Foreign Policy today.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/b...
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How the British Empire Chose Canada Over Guadeloupe
London won the spoils of war from Franceāand lost the United States.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/british-empire-france-americas-history/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921
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Bruce Springsteen
4 months ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itās dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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Duncan Weldon
4 months ago
Someone should do a daily podcast this May on the General Strike one century on. 15 min episodes 4th to 12th May. (I will happily write and present this podcast if some organisation wants to pay me).
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Sarah Owen MP
4 months ago
Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams⦠In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles. We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabsĀ hit the lowest level in 15 years.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-loses-measles-elimination-status-warns-who-13499336
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Diedrich Bader
4 months ago
Wouldnāt have made it out of the VEEP writers room
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Kathryn Sharman
4 months ago
THE SECOND HOME (May 28th - please pre-orderšš»). A second book, a body of work. Iām so grateful I can do this again and really hope people enjoy this one. P.S. itās set during an August bank holiday heatwave ā a reminder that warmer, brighter days are coming!!! āļø
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Airport book brain! This is very good. Though I'd argue that we are suffering as much from podcast brain.
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Hayes Brown
4 months ago
"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times the median U.S. household income."
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Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, heās focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.zsS-._h1fsV1U1W4E&smid=url-share
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Happy
#PLR
day, published authors! If you aren't registered, DO IT NOW for next year:
plr.bl.uk/login
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Public Lending Right
https://plr.bl.uk/login
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Fantastic news - go Harriet!
#TheTraitors
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Charlotte Nichols MP
5 months ago
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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Sarah Owen MP
5 months ago
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isnāt just a lapse, itās criminal. Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account. Itās been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After āLapses in Safeguardsā
Elon Muskās artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said ālapses in safeguardsā led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-02/grok-posts-sexual-images-of-minors-after-lapses-in-safeguards?embedded-checkout=true
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Rob Ford
5 months ago
If the British government, and indeed other governments, canāt muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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Gina Rippon
5 months ago
Thank you - I was way out of my comfort zone! Here you go with the sprouts image!
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A few pics of
@ginarippon.bsky.social
ās highly entertaining talk on the neuroscience of Christmas with
@cosmicshambles.com
last night. Regret that I didnāt get a photo of the slide explaining why sprouts can be bad for the brain.
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Oh HarperCollins, what took you so long. New CEO?
6 months ago
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On ep 4 of Pluribus (which I really like). Is it about generative AI?
6 months ago
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The shortest day of the year is nearly here... great advice on beating the winter blues from psychologist Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive ā from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April
The temptation is to sit at home and hibernate, but beating the winter blues can be done. Hereās how to embrace the coldest and arguably most beautiful season
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/17/beat-winter-blues-advice-socialising-sad-lamps-celebrating-new-year-april
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Important thread.
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6 months ago
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Delighted for my brilliant client
@ginarippon.bsky.social
who has won the British Psychological Society award for Popular Science book of the year for The Lost Girls of Autism. Congratulations, Gina!
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
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Congratulations to the winners of this yearās BPS Book Awards | BPS
The BPS is proud to announce the winners of our Book Awards 2025.
https://www.bps.org.uk/news/congratulations-winners-years-bps-book-awards
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Basic Books Group
6 months ago
ā[An] excellent, state-of-the-art account of autism in girls." "Off the Spectrum" by
@ginarippon.bsky.social
Ā is a
@newscientist.com
Book of the Year! Read more:
bit.ly/4pF8U59
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The 13 best popular science books of 2025
Women's hidden extra work, positive tipping points and new thinking on autism ā there's much to chew on in this year's best reads, says Liz Else
https://bit.ly/4pF8U59
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Adam Bienkov
6 months ago
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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I Am In Print
6 months ago
Are you writing an unputdownable
#thriller
? Then it's time to put it down, book an
#agent121
and find out what a
#litagent
thinks! 9 Dec
@katebarker.bsky.social
11 Dec
@mariliasavvides.bsky.social
19 Dec
@amandapreston.bsky.social
Book:
www.iaminprint.co.uk
#amwriting
#thrillerbooks
#thrillers
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Duncan Weldon
6 months ago
You know what would be an excellent Christmas present?
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Great to hear Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald talking about her new book The Gifts of Winter on BBC All In the Mind with
@claudiahammond.bsky.social
- 17 mins in.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Asylum hotels and mental health
Claudia discusses the evidence for the mental health impact of living in an asylum hotel.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002m035
7 months ago
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The Empty City
7 months ago
NEW A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
(Substack) (Non-Substack link to follow.)
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A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-look-at-trumps-1-billion
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