Dubai, UAE travel advice: is it safe to visit right now? Britons have been advised to stay indoors due to risk of missile attacks in the wake of US/Israel attack on Iran ⬇️

SoA Chair Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, writing as @samblakebooks.bsky.social experienced first hand the damage that AI Generated content can do. An Al-generated dark romantasy trilogy was published on Amazon under her name without consent.

Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI | #JusticeForCreators samblakebooks.com/brave-new-wo... via @samblakebooks.bsky.social

Have you read the groundbreaking report launched by the SoA and partners about the impact of Gen AI - Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI? If you're a creator, you need to - and join your union to add your voice...

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

Good morning from Venice! It looks exactly like all the photos and paintings you've ever seen. I'm not sure why I'm surprised.

One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work

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How fab is this? Sent on Monday night 11.20pm, I hope it didn't keep u up too far past yr bedtime! Messages & reviews from readers are just so lovely ❤️ YOUR EVERY MOVE is a stalker thriller set in London & Cornwall, in the world of prime property, it's 99p on Kindle & was an instant No 1 😘

Thanks so much for having me on Sean! Was worried about your time so didn't get into the issue about Irish libraries not paying PLR on audio and ebooks, that's a whole segment of its own - you'll be hearing more about it soon I hope.

Huge congratulations to @samblakebooks.bsky.social 👏👏 Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, also known under the pen name Sam Blake, has been re-elected for a second term as chair of @societyofauthors.bsky.social Read: www.thebookseller.com/news/vanessa... via @thebookseller.com

News! Tis me with my other hat. Delighted to have the support of the board to continue for the next two years. Lots to do.

@julietemckenna.bsky.social one for ypu/your community

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Brunch y/day in The Bloomsbury Hotel, one of my fav places, with Dr Mary Black, one of my fav people, such a powerhouse of experience & good sense & who has an INCREDIBLE memoir coming nxt yr! Check out Splav: Adventures with my family on the River Sava preorder @kennysbookshop.bsky.social

The fab Mairéad Hearne looked at me aghast when I said I didn't know abt the transformative effects of Clarins Beaute Éclair - so what was the first thing I grabbed in the airport? BEFORE THE COFFEE!! All copies Your Every Move now signed in Term 1 WHSmith 😊✈️ 2nd week at No 1 - THANK YOU 🎉🥂🙏❤️

Your Every Move came out on 1st Jan and was an instant Irish Times No 1 bestseller! Here's a roundup of the coverage, reviews and fabulous windows...

Thrilled that Your Every Move is an instant No 1 bestseller, & what a week!! A stalker thriller set in the world of luxury property, it has something for everyone! And it's still 99p/ €1.14 on Kindle/ Thriller of the Month at Apple Books so you don't even have to leave the house to grab a copy! 📚💙

Fantastic launch for Your Every Move in Dun Laoghaire this evening, thank you so much to everyone who came! This is shortly after Edel Coffey realised we used her quote for the cover 🤣❤️🥂

Congratulation @samblakebooks.bsky.social 👏 The twisty, gripping #YourEveryMove is now a No. 1 Bestseller and it can be yours for ONLY 99p so don't miss out (& of course tell your friends!!) Pick up a copy today: amzn.eu/d/0sx4phP Inspired by: www.writing.ie/interviews/c...

Network Cork's first event of 2026 kicked off last night with a focus on Getting Published. A really insightful evening with plenty of wit, warmth, and sincerity in abundance. @networkirelandcork.bsky.social It was such a pleasure to attend with @samblakebooks.bsky.social (see alt for full panel)

I could pretend I avoid em dashes these days because I don't want to be mistaken for chat gpt but the truth is I just can't remember the keyboard shortcut.

I'm selling this work by the Northern School painter Reg Gardner. Dated 1974, his early impasto technique really gives the picture a rich form of texture. It measures 16 inches by 12 inches. £875. Please drop me a line if you're interested [email protected]

You should capture these data pronto @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @markpackuk.bsky.social Where’s that online safety act now? Why is it just left to OfCom? Why isn’t the “Culture” Secretary all over this? Why can’t we ban the porn site? Using children? No consent.

Fabulous news!!! YOUR EVERY MOVE has gone straight into the Irish chart at No 1 🎉🎉🎉🎉 So thrilled to see all the lovely posts and reviews, thank you so so much!! Could it be your weekend read? Order now, and it's only 99p on Kindle 📚💙 www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Every-M...

Of course forgot the 💙📚 or it might be 📚💙 but anyway, ahoy book people 📢📢☺️

✨Guess what?! YOUR EVERY MOVE is ONLY 99p on Kindle right now. A lot less than a ☕ Here's the link - please share with your friends and I'd be hugely grateful if you could leave a review 🙏 amzn.eu/d/gD8Wq7z 'A fast paced thriller that will get your heart pumping!' – Fabulous Magazine

🙏❤️ Breda Brown for this fab review at the weeked in the Independent - late posting because I've been in my editing den! "Your Every Move is a chilling tale, deftly told via an immersive cast of characters who hurtle us towards the dramatic finale." Thank you so much! 🙏❤️ Pic by Steve Humphreys

Just in case you missed it!! What can you get for 99p these days?!

Absolutely thrilled that Your Every Move is already an Eason Number One bestseller! Massive thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed and to everyone who preordered ❤️❤️🙏 It's in shops now and there are oodles of signed copies in all the shops so grab your copy now! 📚💙

Total bargain!!

Getting into Food Writing by Kate Ryan, Flavour.ie I fell into food writing by accident, which, when you speak to food writers, is how most of us got into it. It’s a rare thing for someone deciding on a career in food writing on leaving college, so, whether your 21 or 65 the good news is: it’s…

Officially out 1st Jan, Your Every Move should be on shelves today! 🎉🥂 @mariankeyes.bsky.social eagle eye spotted a review in @theguardian.com!!! 😲😍 "zippy chicklit/psychological thriller mashup with a dash of romantic suspense is just the job for a long winter evening"🎉 tinyurl.com/5t46xbcf

Black Cloud, Red Sea by Arlinda Rotate John Leitch, writing as Arlinda Rotate, on why he chose to use a pen-name when writing his crime thriller, Black Cloud, Red Sea . . . For me, it was a case of presenting my novel under a pen-name or pulling the plug on the entire project: it all happened on…

Food Writing So Good You Can Taste It by Dianne Jacob American author Dianne Jacob's book, Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Reviews, Memoir, and More, is an essential reference book for food writers and food bloggers that has won two international awards from…

My Christmas read, quite an incredible book - have you read it? Would love to hear your thoughts 📚💙

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

I have to place this in the context of the ongoing refusal across the political spectrum to do literally anything about infectious diseases like COVID. This exists as it does because of society's greater desire to pretend what's happening isn't actually happening.

And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

If you missed out on the Newgrange solstice livestream this morning you can find it here. Really worth it for the authoritative, evocative commentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgu...

Earlier this week, we gathered at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for the Dublin launch of DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by @pflonergan.bsky.social, published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social.

Just 2 weeks till Your Every Move hits the shelves!! 🥂 but also 😬 Blurb: Irish estate agent Rosie Kinsella loves her new job in London luxury property, but then she's targeted by a mysterious stalker& her amazing life turns upside down... You can preorder now! 🙏❤️ samblakebooks.com/books/your-e...

Loving the 'There you are now' greeting on the Insomnia app - and a free coffee perk, what could be better?! Getting to grips with a new story, love writing in cafes! This is joy in a mug, here's to getting energised 😊

More thanks! Book bloggers are so brilliant and so important, helping to bring books to readers ❤️❤️🙏🙏

Thank you so much Emma! "Featuring strong & intelligent female characters Your Every Move is written in the trademark atmospheric & glamorous style of a Sam Blake novel. Shady dealings, a malicious stalker & vivid descriptions... another sleek & contemporary psychological thriller."

House of Commons All Parties Writers Group winter reception this week & delighted to meet Ed Newton-Rex. The force behind Fairly Trained he's instrumental in showing how the unlawful use of copyrighted material by tech to train AI impacts the creative industries. With Anna Ganley, SoA CEO.

Highlights included seeing Kieran Marsh, shortlisted for Short Story of the Year and a member if the Writers Ink coaching and mentoring group, and discovering that my next book was in some of the goody bags!

Bit late with this! Very actually, but a fab night at the An Post Irish Book Awards last night and a brilliant winner for the Crime Novel of the Year, an author you might have heard of: Andrea Mara! The evening opened with former president Michael D Higgins and celebrated some incredible books 🎉💙📚

Feels like a day for this #painting. "Poolbeg, Kayakers, Sunlight" came out of monthly cycles past Scotsmans Bay where I would invariably stop and enjoy the views across Dublin Bay and wait for kayakers to paddle into my picture. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape