Let me guess: the answer was “no”.

Paging @secondmentions.bsky.social for 'the runaway ruminant mammal': www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Exactly this. Brolin's priest was more like Ian Paisley than any padre I've ever met.

This! The suspension of disbelief was working overtime for any Catholic viewer.

Freelance writers! The deadline for my new editorial series is fast approaching - get your pitches in before noon tomorrow! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/call-for-p...

They planned a party game – not a murder... 🔎 We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪 Enter now: buff.ly/UQtU0dZ

Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.

we're all thinking it

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

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan

Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.

Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Art by @raafaye, insta

I did a good deed this morning to which the person responded with a '👍' and it's taking me everything I've got to remain the bigger person. (The existence of this post might suggest I'm not quite managing it.)

Update: we have sold a total of eight books this month. "The books go to their readers, one by one, quickly, slowly, halfway around the world or halfway across the city. There is no supply chain, only the postal network, irregular events, direct sales to bookshops, and local distribution."

Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.

Hooray! This is one of my favourite podcasts and it sheds a LOT of light on how authors feel about our industry. Every publishing person should listen to it.

Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.

That's it, I'm hanging up my blurb-writing hat for good after reading this.

I've emailed my MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social about this, as swifts are a beloved sight and sound here in Portsmouth South and it's obvious that all MPs should be supportive of swift bricks. What's not to like about a brick with a hole in it that could help bring swifts back from the brink.

people will tell you they don't understand gender fluidity then look right at a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald and call it "her" without missing a beat

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Seeing as it's her feast day, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Hildegard of Bingen gets a mention in The Riddle of the Fractal Monks. More about it here: www.jonathanpinnock.com/books/mathem...

Looking forward to catching up with some publishing pals tomorrow in London! Pls say hi if you're a Bluesky IPG-er.

I would like to negotiate a deal with the moths where they get to eat any one (1) of my jumpers, instead of taking bites out of all (all) of them.

How have I only just discovered that @gailmyerscough.co.uk has a whole Tricorn range? This changes EVERYTHING.

Snorting with laughter over my cereal

Trebubuchet

the scenario we all feared

Farewell to Allan Ahlberg and thank you for making me laugh incessantly with The Ha Ha Bonk Book as a child. www.penguin.co.uk/books/28187/...

I’m a day or two late to this, but my age verification is that I just looked for my glasses and they were on the top of my head

Pre-order 'Hafren: The Wisdom of the River Severn' through @waterstones.bsky.social this week to receive 25% off! Use code SUMMER25 Offer ends 31 July! 📚 www.waterstones.com/book/hafren/... #WPreorder

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I thought my career would involve driving an apple-shaped car but NO. 😤

I'm currently in the last chapter of this jaunty vacay and can confirm it's deeply troubling and I'm enjoying it a lot. Planning to volunteer for the next research trip to Area X.

Literally the very least we can all do is sign this petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Ahahahahhaa I’ve just discovered that the drivel on whether men are being pushed out of publishing is a whole FORTY-FIVE minutes long! How is it possible to discuss a non-question at such extravagant length???

they are unpleasantly chewy but quite nutritious

If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

If dangerous, why sweet?

Yayyy!

So proud of Gwyneth Lewis and the whole @calonbooks.bsky.social team! It was a privilege to edit Gwyneth’s incredibly moving memoir.

crying while sitting badly while eating while refusing to leave the house while forgetting how to human

I didn't come here to be called out like this. 😠

Roses are redde Violettes are blue Hieronymus Bosch Fisshe yn hats, violin, birde-man, giant shoe

Hooray for a new book from Gabby HC! I *loved* Cursed Under London, and I'm sure Booke The Seconde will be super too.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you

Age verification? I now say “I need my other glasses” several times a day