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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 5h

I've got an Itch! Have you? New horror from @manylittlewords.bsky.social 🙌 #booksky

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 8h

It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.

EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 23h

Ooo there's a station on this line called Bat & Ball. That sounds like a fun station.

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 2d

Ach yes, was sorry not to see you

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 2d

"Horror writers are the nicest people..." Great to see @timlebbon.bsky.social & @cgolden.bsky.social launching their intriguing new books at @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social this evening with @manylittlewords.bsky.social 📚🌃🤩

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SRL Publishing @srlpublishing.bsky.social · 5d

What's on our latest eBook sale?

THESE BEAUTIES

Get the below books, for just £1.99 each on our website for the next TWO WEEKS

See it, Buy it, Sorted x
#BookSky

'Selected eBooks £1.99 on our website' showing four book covers.
- The McQueen Legacy, by Stewart McDowall
- The Disappeared, by Amy Lord
- Not Quite Out, by Louise Willingham
- Black Widow, by Nicky Shearsby

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writerunboxed.bsky.social @writerunboxed.bsky.social · 9d

No matter how weirdly different our methods, our brains do something AI will never accomplish. Author Kelsey Allagood unravels the awesome weirdness, today at WU.

Your Brain Is a Story Machine

Note: When I wrote about being a neurodivergent writer last time, many of you told me it was the first time you felt truly seen. That meant so much to me. I realized I had more thoughts about it, s…

writerunboxed.com

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 11d

Welcome to autumn 🍁
#Sumac #Treesky

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 22d

Likewise Ren and the book looks brilliant!

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to @voidcricket.bsky.social on the launch of #AnUnbreakableWorld & @garethlpowell.bsky.social with #WhoWillYouSave! 🙌 🚀 📚 @forbiddenplanet.bsky.social

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Sep 7

Quite right! Thanks for sharing 😁

Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Sep 7

How about a little detour? 🌲🌳🌲
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Sep 1

"I think being a writer is a bit like being a linguistic archaeologist: you have to dig through layers of stories, but also layers of forgettings." ~ Elif Shafak

Wonderful and enlarging coversation between @leaypi.bsky.social and Elif Shafak.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

‘Literature can be a form of resistance’: Lea Ypi talks to Elif Shafak about writing in the age of demagogues

The Albanian author of Free and the Turkish novelist discuss the rise of populism, censorship – and how today’s conflicts all come from the unresolved trauma of the past

www.theguardian.com

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 27

I think the Bristol rain must be headed your way 🤞

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 27

I know - it's dry as a prairie out there isn't it?

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 26

Can't remember the last time I looked forward to rain, but here we are ☔

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 24

Very excited to read this! ✨

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

Out now: THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN, @caspargeon.bsky.social 's reality-bending SciFi that reads like a fable from another galaxy, and features an entirely non-human cast!

“Fearlessly creative, wildly imaginative” @garethlpowell.bsky.social

Buy geni.us/immeasurable

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'd also add The Absent Heart by @AliBacon - great historical fiction & especially for any fans of Robert Louis Stevenson

Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · Aug 24

Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book – and history lovers have plenty of new titles to choose from this year. BBC History Magazine rounds up 28 of the best history summer reads for 2025
www.historyextra.com/period/gener... @historyextra.bsky.social #Booksky 💙📚

28 of the best history summer reads for 2025

Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book – and history lovers have plenty of new titles to choose from this year. We've rounded up 28 of favourites from the year so far

www.historyextra.com

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 24

That's news to me!

Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wow, we beat Denmark on something sensible - excellent!

Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another good move from Denmark 🙌

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 20

Denmark to abolish VAT on books in effort to get more people reading

Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading. At 25%, the country’s tax rate on books is the highest in the world, a policy the government believes is contributing to a growing “reading crisis”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good.

Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · Aug 12

The class action lawsuit charging the AI giant with copyright infringement is rapidly developing despite an appeal from Anthropic, with two new firms joining to represent the interests of publishers and a full list of pirated books used to train Anthropic’s AI due September 1.

Authors v. Anthropic Copyright Piracy Lawsuit Speeds Ahead

The class action lawsuit charging the AI giant with copyright infringement is rapidly developing despite an appeal from Anthropic, with two new firms joining to represent the interests of publishers…

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · Jul 15

NEW BOOK KLAXON! My existential acid-western fantasy novella, For the Road, is coming from PS Publishing in August! In hardback and a limited signed, numbered run of 100.

You can pre-order here:

pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...

For The Road [hardcover] by Stark Holborn

A NOVELLA by Stark Holborn CATEGORY Acid Western / Fantasy PUBLICATION DATE August 2025 COVER ART Ashni Wilson PAGES 62 EDITIONS Unsigned Jacketed

pspublishing.co.uk

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Jul 27

One part of me watches the euphoria, the other watches Hugh Laurie... youtube.com/shorts/2GXzs... #Weuros2025

World's worst football coach #hughlaurie #shorts

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

youtube.com

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Heather Child @heatherika.bsky.social · Jul 20

What THE UNDOING OF ARLO KNOTT is about and why I wrote it... in under 2 minutes! As broadcast on
@cazzamartin.bsky.social's morning show on BBC Radio Somerset @bbcsomerset.bsky.social #booksky 👇
heather-child.co.uk/arlo-knott-i...

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