It’s every author’s dream for our books one day to be sold “by the foot”

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

I don't think I took a single breath during the first half of this book. 59 Minutes is one of the best stories I've read in a while, with a twist that is SO perfectly executed, I never saw it coming. Out on the 25th from @holly.bsky.social

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 #59Minutes from @holly.bsky.social and @orionbooks.bsky.social is gripping, terrifying and entirely plausible. Once you pick this book up you won't want to put it down. Published 25/9/25 #BookSky #BookBlogger Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/yjn352cn

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

This is why I struggle with "legitimate concerns," people have no actual idea what's going on

This is such an interesting, moving, inspiring interview with @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Any book suggestions? I’m looking for similar vibe to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Gatsby, The Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott, The Razor’s Edge, anything by Isherwood… any suggestions?! Novellas and thin novels especially appreciated as holiday ending soon!

Woman sitting near me in a train just announced that she’s farted.

In The Wake Of The Jazz is the best book title

My US ARCs (proof copies) of 59 Minutes arrived! My dog does not care AT ALL but I'm pumped! If anyone would like to read a free extract, please comment '59' below this post and I'll send it to your DM inbox, no obligation!

The end of days is turning out be such a fucking stupid era

Buying things with Focus Points.

Cannot wait to read this by @drjamesbailey.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/rights/scept... Fellow Muriel obsessives, it's our time.

I find the whole concept of this wildly uncomfortable.

Just reply with “59” and you could get a signed proof of 59 Minutes!

This is a first for me on BlueSky! I'm giving away a super early signed proof of 59 Minutes, months before publication. To enter, just make sure you’re following me and then reply to this post with '59'. A winner will be chosen at random on 30th April. Open worldwide. (Please like and share!)

The original Threads affected me so deeply that decades later I wrote 59 Minutes (out in September) with similar themes. For a long time, Threads felt *archived*… so it almost feels like this is confirming something terrible. Does that make any kind of sense?

This is a first for me on BlueSky! I'm giving away a super early signed proof of 59 Minutes, months before publication. To enter, just make sure you’re following me and then reply to this post with '59'. A winner will be chosen at random on 30th April. Open worldwide. (Please like and share!)

The new robber barons.

Please show me your favourite writing snacks! I bet they’re all healthier than mine…

“When people say that nothing happens in their lives I believe them. But you must understand that everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.” — Muriel Spark, Loitering with Intent.

📣 Applications for the @jerichowriters.bsky.social Spring Ultimate Novel Writing Course now close Sunday 9 March 📣 This time next year, you could have a completed novel, and I’ll be there to help you every step of the way. Apply now. bit.ly/UNWCSpring25...

I was part of the true-believer generation of journalists that let digital journalism eat our own faces. Fucking depressing now being part of the author generation that’s watching AI gear up to do the same thing, with the government holding the door wide open for the marauders.

Great prize here for writers who are also carers. Please share :)

Please tell me I'm not the only person who has a different book for every room in the house #booksky open.substack.com/pub/mserinke...

Jesus fucking Christ

Books read in December and January 📚 All five stars 🌟 59 Minutes by @holly.bsky.social Children of the Sun by @bethlewis.bsky.social The Trials of Marjorie Crowe by @craig-robertson.bsky.social Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune #books

In a festive episode that - true to tradition - is going out in mid-January @gillianmauthor.bsky.social and @holly.bsky.social talk to the brilliant @mserinkelly.bsky.social about getting (and staying) published, trends and lessons learned. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Important! We do not support the new exception to copyright in a consultation launched by the govt. Current copyright laws must be respected & enforceable. Pls write to your MP using the following link with letter. #AI #Writingcommunity #Publishing creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP?mc_cid=bd...

The FA Cup is the most adorable and inspiring of all football tournaments. These part time warriors!

Seriously, the fuck are we doing here?! So it's *not* a diplomatic incident when a foreign regime-connected oligarch is openly trying to undermine our government and judicial system, but it *is* one if our government quietly stops using his platform?! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

For writers this is mostly legitimizing theft that has already taken place (most of my stuff is already training data, taken from shadow libraries) but in any case it’s another blow to artists of all kinds, dealt by a British political class that seems to have always hated art

Another outstanding month of books. My recommendation for 2025 is "59 Minutes" by @holly.bsky.social; a fast-paced, tight-knit thriller that really made me think. If you're a fan of thrillers, this is an absolute must read!

For those that followed me on Twitter (RIP) this will be familiar but here comes my first BlueSky Arnold List… First, here’s the backstory!

No. This is nonsense. Generative AI isn't artificial intelligence, it's a theft machine, built on theft, sipping the lifeblood of our planet, vomiting out simulacrum of creativity and talent that is most striking its its uncanny valley hollowness. It is the corporate murder of creativity. A plague.

Just rewatched Scrooged. I didn’t remember it being total nonsensical chaos?! Some very *of their time* jokes too 😬

Give her what she really wants for Christmas: respect, bodily autonomy, the blood of her enemies and a hidden door that opens onto a secret library.

For UK reviewers, 59 Minutes is now up on Netgalley: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... US readers, more coming for you soon!

The kind of response that authors dream about. So grateful to Stu for his support and enthusiasm! 59 Minutes is now up on Netgalley in the UK www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

I loved this book!

Doesn’t everyone? 😩

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝟱𝟵 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀!!! If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? Publishing in ebook, audio and paperback on 25 September, 2025 (UK). US details soon!

#CoverReveal ⏳🎉 #59Minutes by Holly Seddon will be published by @orionbooks.bsky.social on 10th April 2025 and it sounds AMAZING! If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time?

Hi guys, my name is Jeff Techbro and I'm planning to DISRUPT the WATER INDUSTRY by shitting in your local reservoir

New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone

What's interesting about this trend for book marketing AI companies—who secure £Xmil in seed funding, get a write-up in the Bookseller, and will now wither away, leaving only a slime trail of AI generated goop across the surface of culture—is mainly what it says about capital’s engagement with books

Help me out please #BookSky 💙📚… What bookish Christmas presents can I ask for this year? I genuinely can’t think of anything (other than some books…obvs!!) and I’m being asked! What are your favourite bookish or book adjacent things??

I love the sleep stories on Calm but I’ve cycled through all the classic fiction ones on there. Anyone know a good source of more?

It’s nice to be here. I’m hoping not to fall into some of the traps I fell into on Twitter, so I’m being very thoughtful about who I follow. It’s also hard to sift through so if I’ve missed any authors or publishing people that I know, do give me a wave!