Alice Jolly
@alicejolly.bsky.social
Writer. New novel 'The Matchbox Girl' (about Dr Asperger) out from Bloomsbury Books in 2025. Rep'd by Eleanor Birne at Rogers, Coleridge, White. Oxford University whistleblower. Active member of Just Stop Oil.
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All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Fiction Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Fiction category at The British Audio Awards 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
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Just come off Times Radio interview with @alexisconran.com about wealth taxes and fleeing moguls (which was confusing, as the previous item was about skiing!). Always enjoy it when the interviewer is genuinely interested in getting answers.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just come off Times Radio interview with @alexisconran.com about wealth taxes and fleeing moguls (which was confusing, as the previous item was about skiing!). Always enjoy it when the interviewer is genuinely interested in getting answers.
Writers need a Class Action to compensate for work which has already been taken? Who will lead this? I am very worried that there is a passive 'what can you do?' approach to this. Meta is guilty of the greatest heist ever seen - are we really just going to sit by and let this happen?
New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Impact of Generative AI on the Novel
A report examining how literary creatives being affected by GenAI and what measures they want see implemented by the government to protect the UK’s literary scene.
www.mctd.ac.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Writers need a Class Action to compensate for work which has already been taken? Who will lead this? I am very worried that there is a passive 'what can you do?' approach to this. Meta is guilty of the greatest heist ever seen - are we really just going to sit by and let this happen?
Very excited that my new novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social has been picked by Dua Lipa as best new fiction. Service 95 recommends.
www.service95.com/books/the-ma...
www.service95.com/books/the-ma...
Book Review: The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly
Read our review of 'The Matchbox Girl' by Alice Jolly in the latest Service95 Recommends. Explore the book and buy now.
www.service95.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Very excited that my new novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social has been picked by Dua Lipa as best new fiction. Service 95 recommends.
www.service95.com/books/the-ma...
www.service95.com/books/the-ma...
Authors in America ...... go for it! We are relying on you!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Authors in America ...... go for it! We are relying on you!
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What’s going on at @ox.ac.uk ? Last year we funded a successful challenge to their exploitative employment of teaching staff. This year we’re funding a case involving rape and sexual harassment.
The similarities? Oxford’s “culture” of denial.
poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/h...
The similarities? Oxford’s “culture” of denial.
poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/h...
Harassment Findings Triggered The Fall Of Oxford Saïd’s Dean
A university probe upheld three complaints of harassment against former Dean Soumitra Dutta and partially upheld a fourth.
poetsandquants.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What’s going on at @ox.ac.uk ? Last year we funded a successful challenge to their exploitative employment of teaching staff. This year we’re funding a case involving rape and sexual harassment.
The similarities? Oxford’s “culture” of denial.
poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/h...
The similarities? Oxford’s “culture” of denial.
poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/h...
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Totally mature technology that should totally be involved in the provision of vital services.
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Totally mature technology that should totally be involved in the provision of vital services.
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Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
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Will be Caper Books in East Oxford on Wednesday this week (19th November) 7.30 - 8.30 pm speaking to Rebecca Abrams about The Matchbox Girl just published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Tickets below.
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Tickets below.
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Alice Jolly talks to Rebecca Abrams about her new novel The Matchbox Girl - Caper
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November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Will be Caper Books in East Oxford on Wednesday this week (19th November) 7.30 - 8.30 pm speaking to Rebecca Abrams about The Matchbox Girl just published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Tickets below.
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Tickets below.
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Very exciting. #TheMatchboxGirl finding its way out into the world.
Very exciting for @alicejolly.bsky.social that her new novel is in Dua Lipa's book picks:
www.service95.com/best-new-boo...
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The Best New Book Releases This November
November has rolled around, which means it’s peak season for cosy reading sessions, and this month’s line-up of new releases is more than delivering. From Zadie Smith’s essays on modern life to a r
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November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Very exciting. #TheMatchboxGirl finding its way out into the world.
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Total desperation from Darren Jones
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Total desperation from Darren Jones
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
Thanks so much. Yes @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social did a great job on this cover. As well as looking good it also cleverly represents several different aspects of the book.
Gorgeous window display at Daunt Marylebone for Alice Jolly’s The Matchbox Girl last week. really superb bit of design here.
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks so much. Yes @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social did a great job on this cover. As well as looking good it also cleverly represents several different aspects of the book.
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Heading to Daunts in Marylebone this evening for the London* launch of the mesmerising new novel by wife @alicejolly.bsky.social
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Heading to Daunts in Marylebone this evening for the London* launch of the mesmerising new novel by wife @alicejolly.bsky.social
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have certainly created a very beautiful looking book.
Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have certainly created a very beautiful looking book.
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Hey @dailymail.co.uk we fixed your newspapers for you 💋
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hey @dailymail.co.uk we fixed your newspapers for you 💋
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
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Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems
Daunt Books has acquired 13 books by five-time Booker-shortlistee Beryl Bainbridge 👇 #BookSky
Daunt Books acquires 13 books by Beryl Bainbridge
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October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems
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We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
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Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books
UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.
www.thebookseller.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Writers please spread far and wide. Six of my books were scraped by Meta (and the situation is much worse for many others). This cannot put right the past but it does enable readers to support publishers who value the work of actual writers. Thanks so much to those who have worked on this.
Info on Books By People here: booksbypeople.org
Books By People | Defending Organic Literature in an AI world
Books by People's mission is to safeguard human creativity in modern literature by helping publishers and authors to certify their books as human-authored, with a process readers can trust.
booksbypeople.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Writers please spread far and wide. Six of my books were scraped by Meta (and the situation is much worse for many others). This cannot put right the past but it does enable readers to support publishers who value the work of actual writers. Thanks so much to those who have worked on this.
Will be talking with Rebecca Abrams about my new novel The Matchbox Girl (about the real Dr Asperger) published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at 7.30 19 November at the wonderful Caper Books in East Oxford.
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Alice Jolly talks to Rebecca Abrams about her new novel The Matchbox Girl - Caper
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October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Will be talking with Rebecca Abrams about my new novel The Matchbox Girl (about the real Dr Asperger) published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at 7.30 19 November at the wonderful Caper Books in East Oxford.
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
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Do not wait for your books to be banned to join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Please stand up for our colleagues, our readers, and the freedom to read and write today.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Do not wait for your books to be banned to join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Please stand up for our colleagues, our readers, and the freedom to read and write today.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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'“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.'
It's called a market.
It's called a market.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.'
It's called a market.
It's called a market.