if you are an old school historical romance reader, i am taking you ungently by the cravat and looking deeply into your eyes when i say: read this

i just think it's a skill issue if you need to use ChatGPT for *checks* help describing a potato www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

*gently pushes towards books by Ashley Poston*

Now would be an excellent time to pre-order Chris Smalls’s forthcoming book. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724036...

*gently pushes toward THE EVERLASTING and AGNES AUBERT'S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER*

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

do publishers know that every time they call books "clean" they risk manifesting me in their offices to hit them around the head with a baguette i am the first person to yell about how publishing's pursuit of adults as YA readers instead of teens is cannibalizing the age category but this ain't it!

*gently pushes toward THE EVERLASTING and HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR and EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES*

My coworkers at Hachette and I are unionizing!! I am so proud of all of the work we've put into this campaign. We are the largest union in trade publishing. Please sign our open letter to show your support and urge management to voluntarily recognize our union! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I have considered Moleskine to be outrageously overpriced for quite some time but using AI to generate a sketchbook cover betrays a level of hubris that is wild even for them. Those high prices and they couldn't be bothered to pay a human? Dump 'em. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

a very easy, small thing you can do to make the world every so slightly better is just talk about art and creators you like, be vocal when you enjoy something

*gently pushes towards THE MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN*

I think everyone should be a mentor to someone about something. It’s good for you and us.

what if, in these fleeting interactions, we recognized each other's mutual humanity?? what if we allowed authors to be eccentric introverts, as god intended, rather than public celebrities with media training, flawless makeup, and infinite endurance??

finally saw the video of an author being ""rude"" at bookcon and i fear there are a lot of unanswered questions here. like: what if we didn't demand the performance of joyful intimacy from total strangers?? and what if i smash your phone with a cartoonishly large hammer???

My recommendation for independent bookstore day tomorrow is that you go to an independent bookstore (or several), be very kind to the booksellers, and buy a book on their recommendation that you previously knew nothing about. Your life will be enriched.

*gently pushes towards like every book by Alix Harrow*

📢 ATTENTION: We're hiring for several new positions here at the Center for Investigative Reporting! 🧵

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

*gently pushes toward WE NEED YOUR ART*

i think we just need less of everything. less work, less new stuff happening, less being produced, less bullshit media, less technology. everything in the world needs to be like 30-40% less. except medicine. and sex.

Hello everyone who has contributed to our whistle-making efforts. Thank you for everything you have done for us. First, we are still printing whistles: if you need whistles we will happily send you between 100-3000 for free, no questions asked. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

*gently pushes towards books by Talia Hibbert and Kennedy Ryan*

I've always boggled that writers are expected to speak in public, yet get basically no support for learning to do so. So I cheer on Jackie Kessler and Emily Sachs, who are holding a free demo for a writer-specific Toastmasters club Sunday, April 19th: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

It’s almost like WE ALL SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN fortune.com/2026/04/10/a...

more pocket-sized books. more books that fit in coats like contraband and can be taken out to avoid eye contact in any situation.

Now send JD Vance to run the publicity team for the new Harry Potter series.

*gently pushes towards GIDEON THE NINTH and LUCKY RED and the upcoming THE DUKE, which comes out later this month and that i absolutely adored*

*gently pushes towards LUCKY RED and JANE STEELE and anything by Sarah Maclean*

*gently pushes towards THE DUKE, which comes out later this month and is so so good*

"sex doesn't belong in YA books" Listen, I learned more about birth control, menstruation, and how to get and give consent to different acts from Tamora Pierce books than I did from my school. There's a huge difference between smut and showing teens what healthy sexuality is.

*gently pushes towards the Artemis Fowl series and IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES and CITY SPIES and the extended Rick Riordan Presents universe*

*gently pushes towards The Legend of Eli Monpress series*

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

If you yearn for something positive to do, today is also National Black Bookstore Day! The National Association of Black Bookstores has a directory so you can find a Black-owned bookstore near you! Buy a book, help a community, do something good for the world. #booksky #romancelandia

*not a 1:1 but gently pushes towards TEA DRAGON SOCIETY and the upcoming THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS*

hey go buy a book from firestorm 😘

*gently pushes towards THE SKY ON FIRE and GIDEON THE NINTH and PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE and THE JASMINE THRONE and THE BLACK TIDES OF HEAVEN*

*gently pushes towards BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL and LUCY UNDYING*

“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest

Readers! What is the last book you loved by a trans author? And what is something you loved about it?

the sad reality: your favorite local haunts (that indie bookstore with the queer book club, the game shop that hosts tcg nights, the cafe with local art shows, etc) are always teetering on the edge of closure every single month. just a reminder to show these places love whenever you can.

*stares you directly in the eye and places THE EVERLASTING by @alixeharrow.bsky.social in your hands*

Do not pander. Do not dumb down. Trust your audience to be smarter than you. Trust them to be curious. Don’t erase your own voice for spurious bowing down to factors that bring nothing to the stories you need to tell. #Writing

A reminder that we are still sending whistles to anyone who wants them! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

anyways my guys, don't forget to nightshade your images in case someone else uploads them into this mess 🤗 (all my stuff is nightshaded and nobody can tell, it's gotten really good)

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Art matters. And what do we do with things that matter? We protect them. Here is information about H.R. 7661, a US book banning bill that explicitly targets books about trans people, and what you can do right now to help stop it.