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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · 2d

Just bought it as well as the @saltpublishing.com 2025 story anthology. Looking forward to the reads!
@willwiles.bsky.social

Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 6d

Just started The Anechoic Chamber and Other Weird Tales (2025) by @willwiles.bsky.social published by @saltpublishing.com and based on a @raynewman.bsky.social endorsement

Three stories in and it’s really great. Stylistically diverse and highly addictive without resorting to pastiche 🤌👌👍

#booksky

Will Wiles - The Anechoic Chamber paperback cover

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 3d

Thank you so much for ALL your support 🦋
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · 10d

I look forward to reading it v soon (mentioned to my student teachers today too) 📚

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Nadiia Omelchuk🇺🇦 @ukrainianart.bsky.social · 12d

✨️Handmade Christmas tree🎄 decorations that will add warmth and light to your home. Made with love in Ukraine💙💛
You can order on Etsy or in DM📩
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...

Worldwide delivery🌍
Support Ukrainian craftsmen, it is very important at this time!🫂❤️
#SupportUkraine #madeinUkraine #etsygifts

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · 15d

My most recent newsletter is on research into retrieval practice and generative learning firth.substack.com/p/combining-...
A follow-up post on Monday! #education #edusky

Combining Retrieval Practice and Generative Learning

Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #121

firth.substack.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · Sep 7

10% off selected items in our sale (see the homepage) plus free postage on everything until the end of September. Happy shopping!

#BookSale
#IndiePublisher
#ReadersOfBluesky
#BookDeals
#BookLovers

Beautiful Books You Won’t Forget | Salt Publishing

Welcome to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishing houses. Since our founding in 1999, we have published some of the world’s foremost writers.

www.saltpublishing.com

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congrats, sounds brilliant

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · Jul 20

*NEW POST* The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education
A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date.
Fantastic work from @juanfernandez.bsky.social @ferreromar.bsky.social and colleagues

open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Beyond Neuromyths: Why Teachers Still Embrace Ideas That Don't Work

A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of educational misconceptions in the wild.

open.substack.com

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Jul 4

Congratulations!!! 🥳

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Jun 20

And this was part 2:
firth.substack.com/p/the-vital-...

Thanks for reading!

The Vital Role of Transfer in Education (Part 2)

Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #115

firth.substack.com

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Jun 20

This was part 1:
firth.substack.com/p/the-vital-...

The Vital Role of Transfer in Education (Part 1)

Jonathan Firth's Memory & Metacognition Updates #114

firth.substack.com

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Jun 20

I didn't post an update on my Substack this week, but I'm back on Monday with the third and final post on my series on transfer in education. firth.substack.com

An image of the forth rail bridge in scotland, with the title 'the vital role of transfer in education part 3' as a heading

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House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · Jun 19

The Education Committee wants to understand what is needed to secure a sustainable financial future for the Higher Education sector.

Share your views: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...

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CPS20lh @cpsychol20lh.bsky.social · May 19

I’m delighted to say that @edpsy.bsky.social has just published my article about @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-dartp.bsky.social @theatp.bsky.social on its blog! 🎉 @edpsydan.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to do this! edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/th...

The BPS Teachers’ toolkit – how and why it is improving pre-university education. - edpsy.org.uk

The BPS Teachers’ Toolkit provides a curated range of high quality resources to support teachers of all specifications and levels....

edpsy.org.uk

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · May 30

Read it last week, really enjoyed it! 📚

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · May 16

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

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Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social · Nov 20

Today we're thrilled to publish our latest piece: @abbykirby.bsky.social on her work teaching fic writing to middle schoolers! "It invites students not just to analyze the role of a text, but to partake in its deconstruction and recreation on their own terms." Read or listen to an audio version:

Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom — Fansplaining

Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.

www.fansplaining.com

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Holly Korbey @hollykorbey.bsky.social · May 6

The Bell Ringer is launching a book club, and I'd love for you to join us! The first book, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking, comes from experts like Dylan Wiliam and Paul Kirschner and is free to download. We start June 2! Get info here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/join-the-b...

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · May 3

Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform.

It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is.

You cannot out-Reform Reform.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 3

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

Starmer Plots Harder Line on Migration to Counter Farage Threat

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

bloom.bg

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · May 2

Scam-busting investigative journalist @nickstapleton.tv exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon. Taken from the upcoming summer edition of The SoA's magazine, The Author. #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing
societyofauthors.org/2025/05/02/t...

The rise of the AIthor - The Society of Authors

Scam-busting investigative journalist Nick Stapleton exposes the AI-generated books being sold on Amazon

societyofauthors.org

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · May 1

Thanks so much, Brad! Amazing to chat with you about this.

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Bradley Busch @bradleybusch.bsky.social · May 1

Huge shout out to @jwfirth.bsky.social. I just interviewed him about some of the key ideas in his book. I can’t recommend subscribing to his newsletter enough!

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · Apr 29

Many thanks for sharing, Paul!! And very useful suggestion.

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Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social · Apr 28

Is Metacognition Too Complex for Teachers? This question is posed by @jwfirth.bsky.social who then presents 5 simple statements to help all of us, not just teachers, better understand the concept. #EduSky
If I were him, I'd add one bullet about metacognitive skills.
open.substack.com/pub/firth/p/...

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you Sir @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social for acknowledging in today’s Parliamentary Debate on AI that #Metatheft of authors' copyright-protected works was ‘patently wrong’. #MetaBookThieves

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