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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 9m

Super chance to hear two of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social authors @johnironmonger.bsky.social & @amylilwall.bsky.social reading from their fab climate fiction novels The Wager and the Bear & The Water That May Come. So looking forward to our couple of days in London. Bringing the 'fly' to London 🪰

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 8h

Don't miss the #smallpublishersfair25 readings and talks on both days of the Fair. Friday's readings take place in The Green Room (2pm-5pm); Saturday's readings take place in The Library (12.30pm-5pm). All are free.

Full programme for Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/readings-2025

Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 16m

💙📚 #booksky

Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 7h

Cats and books and afternoon tea! Find all of these things at The Curious Cat Bookshop in Frodsham tomorrow, Sunday 12th October, at 4pm ☕️🐈📚✨️
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Amy Lilwall – Author Afternoon Tea – The Curious Cat Bookshop

Location: The Curious Cat Bookshop, 50 Main Street, Frodsham, WA6 7AU Date: Sunday 12th October 3:30pm Arrival for 4:00pm Start Ticket Price: £10.00 Copies of the book are available, please visit th...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 34m

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 1h

📚💙 #booksky. Still time to join in!

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 3h

"This will be...a global legend".

Join author @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @lagoonii.bsky.social for the inaugural Fly on the Wall book club!
Discussing legacies, grief, & of course, polar bears, this cli-fi novel is a treasure trove.

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Book Club: The Wager and the Bear

Book Club Selection: The Wager and the Bear by John IronmongerGenre: Climate Fiction/Literary FictionSetting: Cornwall to Greenland, spanning 50 yearsSynopsisWhen young idealist Tom publicly humiliate...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 6h

One week to go! @johnironmonger.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary festival

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 23h

The Housing Secretary telling us how the Labour government are investing a record £1bn pounds to tackle homelessness in our society, as an additional £84m funding is announced today, on World Homeless Day.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23h

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 22h

He said something similar in speech to conference.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 1d

Quite right it should be dealt with exactly as any threat against any MP. So I'd dearly like to know what if anything has been done about this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK suspends councillor linked to account calling for Starmer’s death

Exclusive: Party investigates Northumberland councillor John Allen over alleged YouTube posts

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

And it shall be known as: ‘The Nobel Peace Prize (That You Don’t Know Because It Goes To A Different School.’)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social · 1d

No more forgotten people.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

£84 million injection to tackle homelessness

£84m cash boost to help prevent homelessness and support families this winter and immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation.

www.gov.uk

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 1d

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic... ‘bribery from Russia’ Zack Polanski tried to bring up on #Bbcqt but of course Fiona decided to close that down

Reform tries to distance Farage from a crook he was pictured with many times

Zia Yusuf said 'most people in the senior leadership team have never really heard of the guy'

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
As a teacher I can safely tell you the only poisoning going on is from the snake oil this man is peddling.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 2d

@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social author @rgrosvenorauthor.bsky.social is off to Scotland this weekend on a tour of bookshops and signings for new novel Witchborne. Pop in to Waterstones Dundee to say hello and get your signed copy! www.waterstones.com/events/autho... 📚💙 #booksky

Author Signing: Rachel Grosvenor | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Author Signing: Rachel Grosvenor today.

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 2d

"Identity, a struggle to survive against elements & disappearing of everything, including cities are well written. It poses questions about how you react to environmental consequences & can you rely on those you could before?" @loubookmarks.bsky.social

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#Review by Lou of The Water That May Come by Amy Lilwall #AmyLillwall @fly_press #TheWaterThatMayCome

The Water That May ComeBy Amy Lilwall review by Louise Cannon ★★★★★ Better late than never as they say. This book was well worth the wait as I waded through some family health issues, looking longi…

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 2d

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10... Sometimes I like to read an outside (of UK) view. Some of that money at least appears to be coming from a deal to make three Bollywood movies in the UK. I think Starmer deserves some credit for the strengthening of trading arrangements over the last year.

Starmer leads 125-strong delegation to India in bid to ‘turbocharge’ trade

The UK leader wants the trade mission, Britain's largest ever to India, to build on a recent deal between the countries.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 2d

"Are they [MRPs] any use to anyone at this stage of the Parliament? No! Do something more useful. Stop producing these polls. They're not magic."

Expert pollster @psurridge.bsky.social reflects on polls and electoral reform

Catch up on the discussion in full here 👇 www.youtube.com/live/ivRLHUb...

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 2d

We can't wait to meet new and existing readers at #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall. 💙📚 #booksky

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

Directed by @isabellekenyon.bsky.social and based in Manchester, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social is an independent publisher of political fiction, poetry & anthologies, and winner of Small Press of the Year (North) at British Book Awards 2024. Discover their books at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 Oct

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

Directed by @isabellekenyon.bsky.social and based in Manchester, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social is an independent publisher of political fiction, poetry & anthologies, and winner of Small Press of the Year (North) at British Book Awards 2024. Discover their books at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 Oct

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Northern Books @northernbooksblog.bsky.social · 4d

We've had the fantastic opportunity of interviewing the amazing @isabellekenyon.bsky.social of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

If you want to learn how to make it in publishing and the difficulties of running a one-person publishing house give it a read!

www.northernbooks.org/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Fly On The Wall Press

An Interview with Isabelle Kenyon from Fly On The Wall Press

www.northernbooks.org

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 3d

Me too.

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