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📺 Just released by the BBC: a powerful video on the mission of the Internet Archive & the Wayback Machine. “A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish. 🔗 Explore: web.archive.org 🎥 Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k

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ICYMI: The Folio Society will publish a limited edition collection of Jane Austen’s complete novels to mark the anniversary of the author’s birth. The highly illustrated artisan edition will be published in September 2025 👇

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The White Rose of Gask – The Life & Songs of Carolina Oliphant 1 June, @innerpeffray.bsky.social – £15/£5 Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) is second only to Burns as a writer of Scots song. Discover more about her life & work: innerpeffray-library.arttickets.org.uk/innerpeffray...

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Megan Moroney’s songs, often written with collaborators, are full of artful and sometimes acidic depictions of heartache. But the atmosphere at her Radio City show was unremittingly jubilant, Kelefa Sanneh writes.

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“For me, fiction is a means by which to tease out and undermine the moral pressure I feel in everyday life.” Lillian Fishman discusses her story in the latest issue of the magazine.

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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

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A wonderful poem by Katie Ailes - Peace (for Gaza) || Spoken Word Poetry @katieailes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLix...

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Out today in delectable paperback: #DeadAnimals is the electrifying debut novel from award-winning poet Phoebe Stuckes. www.waterstones.com/book/dead-an... 'A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror' LUKE KENNARD 'A brutal, blistering horror story' CLARE POLLARD

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We're thrilled to have been honoured with two awards at the #IPA2025 (@ipghq.bsky.social): We are CPI Independent Publisher of the Year and PBShop Trade Publisher of the Year! 🏆 A huge thank you to our incredible team, our wonderful authors and our amazing readers! 🎉

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ICYMI: A group of authors from Brighton and Hove have released an open letter asking for the support of Hove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle over Meta’s use of the shadow library known as Library Genesis 👇 #BookSky

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ICYMI: Authors Jeannette Ng and Lauren Beukes have established The Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction with all proceeds going to The Good Law Project and The Triangle Project 👇 #BookSky

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A group of authors from Brighton and Hove have released an open letter asking for the support of Hove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle over Meta’s use of the shadow library known as Library Genesis 👇 #BookSky

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At a time when powerful forces in America are moving fast to break things like bedrock values, people’s lives and global trade, the theme of the Book Industry Study Group’s annual general meeting was to do the opposite: Move Fast and Fix Things 👇 #BookSky

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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."

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What is new adult fiction? Here are a few examples of books in this space: Saara El-Arifi's The Final Strife, Hannah Grace's Icrebreaker & Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six📚 Find out how to enter into the #NewAdultPrize 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a...

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Simon & Schuster has set up a new award for unpublished and un-agented fiction authors of colour. The winner of the New Chapter award will receive a prize that includes a two-book publishing contract with Simon & Schuster UK with a six-figure advance 👇 #BookSky

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Nothing says "preorder THE STARVING SAINTS you cowards" like some cannibalism spine poetry! BEES, omfg, BEES! Women! In! Peril! Last-minute brunch party! What feasts at night? Women, eating. Does this taste funny? Preorder now to get exclusive goodies! www.copperdogbooks.com/starvingsaints

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GALLEY ALERT! A tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents. Coming in June!

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How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? Join Margaret Atwood for a very special evening celebrating her long-awaited memoir, presented by Fane. www.fane.co.uk/margaret-atw...

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@canelobooks.bsky.social has fallen for @elianjmorgan.bsky.social's queer Welsh romantasy trilogy in a three-book deal. The first book in the deal will be published in April 2026 👇 #BookSky

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