Louise Allen
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Award-winning author, lover of the long Regency, romantic, traveller and gardener
I've started a new series of timeslip mysteries set in the town of Welhampstead. The Alchemy of Love and Death is out now!
bookgoodies.com/a/B0FXXZFKSV
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Sarah Mallory
8 months ago
Next best thing to being there!
@lizfielding.bsky.social
@louiseregency.bsky.social
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Lake Garda, Italy : visit a Roman villa or two - Liberta Books
Amazing 1st century AD Roman villa, the largest in northern Italy, Grotti di Catullo, on Lake Garda and later Roman villa Desenzano del Garda
https://libertabooks.com/history/lake-garda-italy-visit-a-roman-villa-or-two/
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Nick Harkaway
8 months ago
This is superb.
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Robin Ince
8 months ago
As has been noticed by others, the irony of Meta happily stealing millions of authors’ words but refusing to open the door to have a letter delivered - will Lisa Nandy or Chris Bryant stand up for British artists or turn their eyes and kiss a corporate ring
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KJ Charles
8 months ago
Got my double sided placard ready for the
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
demo against
#MetaBookThieves
. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
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KJ Charles
8 months ago
Fab turnout at the
#MetaBookThieves
demo. Everyone comparing notes. "How many of yours did they steal?" Winner so far is Jenny Haddon, 55.
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KJ Charles
8 months ago
Excellent sign at the
#MetaBookThieves
demo
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
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Greg Jenner
8 months ago
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.
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Kate Johnson
8 months ago
Today I will be joining the Society of Authors in demanding that Meta makes recompense for stealing my work and that of millions of others to train its AI software. You can afford this. We can’t. What you did was illegal. Fess up, and pay up.
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They've got 200+ of mine in various languages...
#metabookthieves
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Julie (Mae) Cohen
8 months ago
Some great railway staff asked about my placard and wished us luck!
#DoTheWriteThing
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
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Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter
8 months ago
The existing copyright law is fine as it is. The suggested 'opt out' puts the onus on the small producers to tell the thieves not to steal their stuff - that's not a fair burden. If the AI companies feel it's 'too expensive' to follow the law as is, that's a problem with their business model.
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Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist
#bargain
#pricedrop
#Regencyromance
8 months ago
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Fraser Campbell
8 months ago
I've yet to have anyone explain coherently why forcing artists to "opt out" of their work being stolen is ok and workable, or indeed any different than me stealing my neighbour's car because they didn't opt out from their car being stolen.
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Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist
#bargain
#pricedrop
#Regencyromance
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KJ Charles
8 months ago
Oh this is good.
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday. Details and socmed assets at
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
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A love across two centuries for Valentine's Day - and a murder mystery as well
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Sarah Mallory
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I love how tenderly he is encouraging her. Just right for Valentine's Day
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A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all.
bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
10 months ago
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A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all.
bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
10 months ago
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Free book! Beach Hut Surprise - six novellas from six best-selling authors - free on Amazon from 12 - 16 February. Forget the weather, put your feet up and spend time on the beach with some very unexpected characters!
amzn.to/4jXQWcm
10 months ago
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@anglian-water.bsky.social
Do tell me why you think it acceptable to leave two households of over 70s with a blocked for a week.
10 months ago
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Have just reported a blocked joint sewer to Anglian Water & they have said they'll "investigate within a week". So they think it is OK to leave two households of over 70s without drainage for a week. Yet another useless water company
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10 months ago
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Sarah Mallory
10 months ago
"a little bit of everything to entertain" 🤩😍🌺https://raereadsbookblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/review-the-earls-marriage-dilemma-by-sarah-mallory-sarahmromance-sarahmallory-bsky-social/
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#Review – The Earl’s Marriage Dilemma by Sarah Mallory @SarahMRomance @sarahmallory.bsky.social
Thanks for stopping by! I’m thrilled to be sharing my review for The Earl’s Marriage Dilemma by Sarah Mallory today. A big thank you to the author for my copy. First things first let’s take a look …
https://raereadsbookblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/review-the-earls-marriage-dilemma-by-sarah-mallory-sarahmromance-sarahmallory-bsky-social/
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Free book! Beach Hut Surprise - six novellas from six best-selling authors - free on Amazon from 12 - 16 February. Forget the weather, put your feet up and spend time on the beach with some very unexpected characters!
amzn.to/4jXQWcm
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Rowan Coleman
10 months ago
I will never allow AI to replace human narrators on any audiobooks of my work. I’d rather not have an audio book. Human made art is an endangered species, & too many of its custodians are already enabling its demise for profit margins. EVERYONE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THIS. Art Is Humanity.
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Spitalfields Life
10 months ago
And so the degradation, decay, disregard and disrespect of the world's most famous bell foundry is allowed to continue without any check from those authorities who have the power to do something....
@historicengland.bsky.social
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Dr Tom Pickerell
11 months ago
As we approach Burns Night, it's worth reflecting on some important work done on haggis conservation.
haggiswildlifefoundation.com
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Haggis Wildlife Foundation
Haggis Wildlife Foundation. Official archive for documenting Haggis animals. Connecting Wild Haggis Animal Enthusiasts World Wide
https://haggiswildlifefoundation.com
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Liz Fielding
11 months ago
Who read Ballet Shoes as a child? Sophie Weston shares her memories of that discovery and a recent visit to the
@nationaltheatre.org.uk
to see their new production of the story. Pure joy.
libertabooks.com/books/repeat...
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Repeat Reading and Adapations : Ballet Shoes - Liberta Books
Re-reading Ballet Shoes and seeing a theatre adaptation of the favourite children's novel has @sophiewestonbks beaming
https://libertabooks.com/books/repeat-reading-and-adapations-ballet-shoes/
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Alison Hennessey
11 months ago
I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.
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Christina Courtenay
11 months ago
Just arrived - author copies of my recently reissued historical romance TRADE WINDS – and its ONLY 99p/c right now! Huge thanks to @ChocLituk and @JoffeBooks 😊
#adventure
#18thcentury
#FarEastTrade
#MarriageOfConvenience
UK:
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQV7TNWF
US:
amazon.com/dp/B0DQV7TNWF
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"A slow burn love story with two great main characters. 5 stars." Amazon.
bookgoodies.com/a/B0D78WBH8Q
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Out today! An enemies to lovers
#Regency
#romance
with a dash of humour, a touch of danger and the threat of betrayal
bookgoodies.com/a/B0D78WBH8Q
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Becky Wallower
11 months ago
The big news rom
#Pompeii
is out - new bath complex in private dwelling described in interview on BBC Today prog with
@pompei79.bsky.social
and Gabriel Zuchtriegel - and here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do
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Ultimate cute
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Alison Fisk
11 months ago
Enchanting Roman wall fresco of a lush garden, rich in plant and bird life. From a reception room at the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii. 1st century BC - 1st century AD 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
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c0nc0rdance
11 months ago
The Horniman Natural History Gallery features this stunning walrus. It was transported to England, purchased in 1886. There, the taxidermists, having never seen one in the wild, stuffed it until the wrinkles smoothed out. This is a fully inflated walrus, my friends. MAXIMUM WALRUS. (📷: Tom Natt)
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Louise Marley
11 months ago
Happy Publication Day,
@clarechase.bsky.social
! ❤️📚🎉🥂
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Out today! An enemies to lovers
#Regency
#romance
with a dash of humour, a touch of danger and the threat of betrayal
bookgoodies.com/a/B0D78WBH8Q
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Kate Mosse
11 months ago
Once more with feeling and a dollop of frustration … Taking our work without permission or payment is theft. thttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1
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British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1
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Still cold enough for another enormous muff
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Alice Roberts
11 months ago
Come north with me this evening for another wonderful episode of Digging for Britain - where we’ll dig into a civil war story at Bishop Auckland, delve into clues to a Roman crime and find out how ancient DNA is transforming our understanding of disease in the Middle Ages.
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Out on Thursday but can pre-order now
bookgoodies.com/a/B0D78WBH8Q
#Regecny
#historicalromance
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Sarah Mallory
11 months ago
Another book is in the bag! But read this one first, as the next is a follow up...
#Regency
#Romance
#Historical
mybook.to/EarlsMarriag...
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Definitely time for a serious muff
11 months ago
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The blue tits are beginning to investigate the bird boxes.
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11 months ago
A new week and another book is in the bag! But read this one first, as the next is a follow up...
#Regency
#Romance
#Historical
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