Taylor: i'm in love and it's so great Lily: UH OH Florence: no worries, I will convene a coven and strip the flesh from his bones Rosalia: we all appear to be dead now

A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?

Q&A in @thelistuk.bsky.social list.co.uk/news/the-qa-...

The queen of feel good romance @jennycolgan.bsky.social is popping into the bookshop on the 18th to sign copies of her latest festive book, The Secret Christmas Library! She can only be here for half an hour, so make sure you don't miss her! For more information: tinyurl.com/FFTMCJennyCo...

@iammilliam.bsky.social check your email or if you have changed it, email me xxxxxx

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

New Substack day! on @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thatwrit...

Whoop! I just hit the Canadian Bestseller List for the Very First Time!!!!!! Which is awesome news because I am on my way there very soon, come say hiyah :) :) :) festivalofauthors.ca/book-author/...

Al eerder mocht ik van LS Amsterdam een kerstverhaal van @jennycolgan.bsky.social recenseren en ik heb daarvan genoten. Onlangs is de feelgood De verborgen kerstbibliotheek verschenen en ik deel graag de link naar mijn recensie met jullie🤗 Mijn recensie lees je via boek2musch.nl/2025/10/17/d...

in which I argue furiously that The Terminator is one of the great all-time romances

Oui, venez!!!!!! Nous aurons le nouveau livre en anglais et en francais pour vos cadeaux de noel :) :) :) :) xxxxxxx

I love this campaign, although my husband did point out that really, this is only true for him :) :) :)

New Substack Sunday: what should I read next, Jen? open.substack.com/pub/thatwrit...

This is missing ITALIA!!!! But yeah, we're out in lots of places :) :) :)

This lovely thing today is out wherever books are sold, keep an eye out for it...

Can't be the only huge new @catburnsglass.bsky.social fan this morning

Notes on the GOAT open.substack.com/pub/thatwrit...

The way she timed a line was perfection. "A shifty looking youth in plimsoles waggled my aerial and wolfed my gypsy creams but that's the comprehensive system for you"

Oh I love Taylor's new album with utter unironic joy. My spotify wrapped is going to be a mess again :)

[Listening to the Taylor Swift album at 2.5x so I can get this review out before everyone else] I have to say, her pitch is too high on every single song. Disappointing. Incredible breath control singing that fast though

Sitcom idea: ventriloquist couple living together, relationship frosty, discussing divorce, but their dolls are deeply in love and do what they can to keep the couple together.

A blog by @jennycolgan.bsky.social that’s worth a read. Plus, now everyone will want to do the ‘Test Your Jenny Colgan Novels Knowledge!' quiz. open.substack.com/pub/thatwrit...

In light of the unastonishing repeat news that Sarah Ferguson is a wrong 'un, here's my substack on the issue substack.com/@thatwriterj...

Friday evening at the Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival sees @jennycolgan.bsky.social & Lucy Mangan teaming up with @michaeljbooks.bsky.social to talk about their brand new "The Mermaid Collection" showcasing some forgotten gems! Anyone else heading along? #booksky

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

I cannot possibly be the only person who travels in and out of #Edinburgh a lot who isn't completely obsessed with this house for sale. I can't explain how very inside the airport it actually is. It's basically a departure lounge. www.rettie.co.uk/land-develop...

New Doctor Who books and audios feature the Fifteenth and Eleventh Doctors and River Song, while Target Books adapt three iconic two-parters @unamccormack.bsky.social @josephlidster.bsky.social @jennycolgan.bsky.social #DoctorWho Full details and pre-order links:

The finest response I've seen so far.

Happy Publication Day to THE TWO ROBERTS! The new novel from @damianbarr.bsky.social, a profoundly moving story of devotion and obsession, art and class “Crackles with creative rebellion” DOUGLAS STUART “We need love stories like these. Utterly absorbing” JACKIE KAY uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Morning! New substack is about GOSS thatwriterjennycolgan.substack.com/p/one-should...

And this is why I am currently unable to enter the United States 🤣🤣🤣🤣

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia x7 in Botswana x6 in Sudan x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia 🧵

A joyous cascade of amazing

It's great

I love how me and Kylie the moderator here look like we're making a low-budget film about identical twins one good one evil

Dear Almighty, I know I have been very bad so, please can I have the hell where I have to spend a sunny August at the Edinburgh Festival KTXBYELUVYOUSATAN

Connections is TOO STUPID to do today

“Driving the mobile library is such a worthwhile job. The people really make it special. They become like part of the family.” - Iain Mackenzie, mobile library driver in the Western Isles 🚚📚

Puzzling as to how the US Veep can feel safe bringing his family to a riot torn hellhole country without any freedom of speech. Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.

We can see the #arthursseat fire from Fife hope everyone okay ❤️❤️❤️

Edinburgh is more or less handling the tattoo, all the festivals, oasis, a bloody Orange walk wedding season and holiday season all falling on the same day and I rather love that they are throwing in the Red Arrows too 😆

The Observer takes on the collapse of Unbound - some truly shocking allegations, almost all of which I have seen compelling evidence of as a member of the Unbound author WhatsApp group and through my own experience of being published by them observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci! ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

Good luck Scottish kids getting their results this morning xxx

Incredible to try to promote a moral panic about the *West End*. I’ve lived in London for twenty years and the only person who has ever mugged me in the West End is the woman running the Diptyque counter at Liberty’s.

JOB ALERT! Canongate is looking for both a Publicity Assistant and a Deputy Publicity Director (maternity) to join our team, in Edinburgh or London. Full details for both roles are on our website, so if you or someone you know might be interested, please do take a look: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs

So weird- reading an interesting article in @thetimes.com about @mareetodd.bsky.social and the photo they used is my sign! I made that sign for a suffragette march in 2018. Loads of people borrowed it for pics. Nice to see it again.

OKAY it is the most beautiful day in Edinburgh so I am off indoors for an eight hour long John Taverner concert 🙄😆. See you in eight hours, hopefully completely transformed. Am wearing temple robes. #veilofthetemple

Twenty SIX years and forty two books in and I finally FINALLY get to use the word ziggurat!!! O Frabjous day.