I've read this book and it's EXCELLENT. You should definitely buy iy

If you're looking for short Christmas books to read this week, here are three of them reduced to 99p each. Enjoy! books2read.com/SnowIn books2read.com/CforC books2read.com/u/bxqar6

In May, Simon & Schuster announced a new award for unpublished authors of colour which included a two-book deal with six-figure advance 👇 #TheBooksellerMostRead

And Gen X.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

-Comes into your space uninvited, without permission -Greedily uses up resources preferentially - Forces a new mode of existence on you -Steals your own shit to sell back to you -Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings AI or colonialism?

How to use Canva (free) to make really pretty email designs. youtu.be/EYfHfaKGb_Q

To all the fabulous readers and bloggers if you’re doing lists of 2026 releases I’d be over the moon if you included my quirky little rom com. Thanks in advance! #2026books #upcomingbooks #anticipatedbooks #mustreadbooks #mustreads #BookSky

This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands

*Triumphant fanfare* Christmas book is UP on kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7G2R1HX

Here's my review of Night Rider by Sloane Fletcher. A thought provoking book with interesting character who have real depth.

All my friends on the chat group at watching Strictly. I am not. It's incomprehensible, but sounds like lots of fun.

Buy some books! Feed the giant lizard. You know you want to. #booksky #booksale #readsky

If you haven't read Magic, Maps, and Mischief yet, then now is the perfect time to pick up a copy! Read for found family, fully fleshed out characters who rarely get their moment to shine and a story filled with kindness and hope. Shares welcome! Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief

It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186: You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.

How to use #Canva to capture email addresses #tutorial. youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4 Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.

Sophie Kinsella's books were a huge influence on my writing. I'm so sad to hear she's died. I shall read Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret (my favourites) and think of her. #RIPSophieKinsella

I have another #buyastrangerabook offer. After the very sad news about Sophie Kinsella earlier, @clairedares.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books. I've put a selection together, but if there's one you'd like, get in touch. UK only

This seems like a very valid point.

Such a loss. Maddy/Sophie was a champion of her genre, generous to fellow writers and all around a good egg. apple.news/A8YcuwrK1QjG...

Here's my review of Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green. Splendid cosy fantasy. Maps, owls, tea etc.

Every streaming platform and studio WANTS a KPop Demon Hunters. Would KILL for a KPop Demon Hunters. But 99% of them would have never funded the proposal in a million years. That's the big issue now, IMO.

Join me TONIGHT with Gavin G Smith on the Creative Differences Livestream on TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 8PM GMT. Gavin's latest novel is ALIEN CULT, set in the Aliens universe and we'll discuss that and his incredible career! Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...

Today I shall start the wrangling and hoop jumping required to active a jacqui Lawson advent calendar when my ipad won't talk to my email properly. (Yes, I know it should be easy. IN THEORY)

I got an email with the header 'How to Ruin Your booksales'. I deleted it without reading, because I manage to ruin my booksales just fine by being myself, thanks.

The chillies I put in my omelette were spicier than I thought. And now I have hiccups.

Oooh. Look at my little book hanging out in cool company!

I'm taking some time off from writing. So I've spent today reading Wooing The Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis and it was excellent.

Ah, I seem to have reached the 'looking at the headlines and muttering swearwords' time of the evening.

On the latest Creative Differences, @jeevanicharika.bsky.social tells us about her book How Can I Resist You, how oversleeping once led to a breakthrough, and why she enjoys doing funky things in Canva and much more... LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2399041/epis... WATCH: youtu.be/ls0PNQqMWX4

I don't understand why AI is considered "different". AI-generated content should be held accountable to all existing laws. The AI companies should be held accountable, too.

THIS, a thousand times THIS

This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10

This is inspiring

The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.

Join us for a festival signing session on Satuday in Crystal Palace! Preorders now closed but you can buy Lokis on the day too!

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Good morning to all the human authors who write using their meat brains. A very happy em dash to you! 🥰

The following is a picture essay that reflects on a personal experience that informs my own understanding of what it means to lose your freedom of speech. folukeafrica.com/losing-your-...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)

After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!

This!

Suppose we'd better all donate more period products to the foodbank now that a charity that donated them to those who couldn't afford it has closed - an event *checks notes* celebrated by the lobby groups that every aspect of the UK press wants you to know is better at feminism than the rest of us

Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction.

Penultimate day of the #blogtour for RIPPLES THROUGH TIME visiting Bookmadjo, Chez Maximka (featuring a unique extract) and Sharon Beyond the Books - thank you all! RIPPLES THROUGH TIME – a #dualtime #romance featuring #Vikings, #buriedtreasure and #ghosts from the past! geni.us/ripplestime

A few months ago, someone asked me if you can do colour gradients in text in Canva. At the time, you couldn't. Now you can! Really useful if you want to do metallic text. youtu.be/UhoI0uwCfLI

This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history. The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.

#Festive #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kirsty Ferry #author#ThreeTwoOneof Christmas on the Isle of Skye | @kirsty_ferry @ChocLitUK @JoffeBooks I'm delighted to be joined by one of my favourite authors today, Kirsty Ferry with a bonus Festive #ThreeTwoOne for this week. Now, Kirsty doesn't have a new…