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Horse chestnut gorgeousness in our garden. Like my novel, it requires some structural pruning for its long term health. 😀 #spring #horsechestnut #writingcommunity

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Please cast your votes for the British Fantasy Awards. If you are a BFS member or an attendee of FantasyCon 2024 or World Fantasy Con 2025, you’re eligible to vote. Make sure your faves get recognised.

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At the Gaiety 2nit w @karenperrywrites & @lindasullywriter for Donal Ryan's moving & thought provoking play From A Low & Quiet Sea. 4 incredible actors performing intertwined monologues, & a really gorgeous simple backdrop that was like an abstract painting. If you love Donal's books, go see! 📚💙

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Forgot to mention that today is International Workers Memorial Day when we remember everyone who has died and/or suffered injury and illness from their work. "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." #Solidarity #JoinYourUnion ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

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Next to my poem 'What we leave'. The poem was commissioned by the artist Samuel Bassett for an exhibition he curated at Tremenheere Sculpture Gallery in Gulval, nr Penzance, Cornwall. The show 'The land will call you home' is on until 13 June. Free. Open Tue to Sat 11 to 4. #artnpoetry #commission

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Happy Monday #Booksky! The author interview today on the podcast is with Mary Watson about #TheCleaner. We discuss psychological thrillers, WhatsApp groups, writing tips & book recommendations. Link to listen: apple.co/3FVnUIv @alisonbarrow.bsky.social @bantambooksuk.bsky.social

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Another great story starter - who is going to sit on this bench? Who was last there?

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‘Inspiring, intimidating and inviting in equal measure’ – SoA Awards 2025 judges announced. Read the breadth of our prizes & scholarships here -

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Good morning. The sun is warm. The air is cool. The birds are loud. The scent of spring is off the charts.

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This is such a good piece and such an interesting phenomenon. He looks healthy & happy in both pics, and it’s his body to wear how he likes. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that the male gaze and female gaze diverge so sharply on which photo is more appealing.

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If you need to buy coffee for the week ahead you might consider us. We give up 3.5% of all our earnings before we make a cent and roast coffees from some genuinely world class producers. #speirgorm imbibe.ie/shop/

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Little pup, big dreams ❤️

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Anyone on here speak Belarusian by any chance? I need to know what 'Good morning' would be if you were on the phone and being slightly formal because you're tense and quite cross (but talking to a sibling) Obviously have Google translate, but, well Google translate... (Doing edits on the train)

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Members of our Writers Ink online writing group met up in Dublin and Cork this weekend - a whole bunch of them were selected for the first page pitch event in Cork! A coaching and mentoring group where we critique work every week but one of the most imp things about Writers Ink is community 📚💙🥰

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What a gorgeous weekend in Cork, just on the Dublin train now, but huge thanks to @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social for a wonderful event! This was my Saturday night - match the cocktail to the crime writer....🥰

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Stunning! Eldest was telling me that the UK and Ireland has 50% of the global population of wild bluebells 🤯

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This is one of meta’s usual obstruction-filled forms. To meet its requirements you must prompt one of its AI products to produce some personal data of yours. You have to then quote the prompt you used and give a screenshot of the full answer. This is meaningless baloney.

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Gorgeous! Can't wait to read, I loved Chocolate so much!

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So lovely to open Bluesky to this - thrilled you enjoyed Something's About to Blow Up!! If you've a teen you want to distract from a device, try this! Thank you so much for reviewing and posting! 📚💙

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Off to Cork tomorrow for the World Book Fest, and my First Page Pitch event, can't wait! 📚💙 Who else is going? Love meeting new writers and finding opportunities for them to showcase their talent. The ILF Dublin event Date with an Agent event is my baby too - the publishing day is fab 17 May 📝

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Hope you're all impressed with me remembering the genius 📚💙 I know 😱🤣🙈

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Oooh some fantastic books here, huge congrats to everyone!! 📚💙 (Fantastic is obviously my word for today)

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Facebook Memories this morning: the far-off, innocent days of 2022

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📚💙 Fantastic read! Trying to be more specific but spoilers 🙈🙈 Get your copy and you'll see!!

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If you are a marginalized author writing books about characters from marginalized groups. I need you to know that it may look hopeless right now, but your books are needed now more than ever.

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It’s a week until the 2025 #Curae prize shortlist is announced. This year we have a poetry category as well as fiction and nonfiction. There are about 7.5 million unpaid #carers in the UK and this unique prize seeks to shine a light on that vital role.

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Remember, if all my current followers recommend @PastPostcard.bsky.social to just one person, he will get really sick of hearing about us. Cheers, T.

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I saw Mrs P. on Saturday. She still gives me the willies. We exchanged feeble smiles.

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Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train. A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social. Please repost with your own caption.

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Scary times ahead this summer, with six weeks of writing workshops with an exciting range of guest authors this June and July! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sca...

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Both brilliant! And love these covers!

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If you're a member of the SoA and need some space to write, come along to Bedford Row!

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This is #WorldBookandCopyrightDay. The European Writers Council has issued this call to protect work created by humans europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2504_labelli... #worldhumancreatedbookday #irishwritersunion @societyofauthors.bsky.social @conorkostick.bsky.social #dontzuckourbooks Please share

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Today I met with @carolynharris.bsky.social in Westminster to discuss among other things my campaign with the @societyofauthors.bsky.social seeking answers on Meta's use of millions of pirated books to train its Llama AI. Carolyn is today asking a question in Westminster Hall on AI vs IP.

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Brilliant stuff happening in the House of Commons today on AI, for anyone who may have missed the discussion, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social podcast will fill you in on where we are up to today. More to follow on today's discussion 📚💙 open.spotify.com/episode/3w7Y...

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A historic early collection of William Shakespeare’s plays from more than 300 years ago are set to go up for auction in the UK — and they’re expected to be sold for between £3.5 million and £4.5 million. http://jrnl.ie/6684925

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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

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The ordering of visual elements according to their importance level. The engineering behind the trick is basically information hierarchy used by newspapers and magazines.

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buy your friend’s book twice, read one and give the other as a gift buy your friend’s tape twice, keep one and give the other as a gift buy two pieces of art from your friend, keep one and give the other as a gift spread someone’s legend rn however you can

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Wind farms provided 38% of Ireland’s electricity in the first quarter of 2025, new data shows. The March Wind Energy Report also notes a slight rise in demand, with wind meeting 33% of needs last month—slightly below the normal average for wind energy in March. More on #VMNews.

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Today on #EarthDay remember the earth belongs to all creatures, not just humans. If #habitat goes, they too will go. 🐿️🐧🦅🦌🐬🦩🦍🦒🐘🦥🐳🦦 A planet worth protecting. Happy Earth Day. 1/3🧵Thread

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If you're looking for a fast, taut thriller, @samblakebooks.bsky.social latest, #TheKillingSense is well worth it. Review here: www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...

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