Philippa East (Author)
@philippaeast.bsky.social
Novelist, rep’d by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social. Thrillers: #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.
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Hi everyone! I’m a fiction author with HQStories/HarperCollins and my books (psychological thrillers) are #LittleWhiteLies, #SafeAndSound #IllNeverTell #AGuiltySecret. I’m also a clinical psychologist 🤓 and trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Looking forward to joining you all!
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SoA Chair Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, writing as @samblakebooks.bsky.social experienced first hand the damage that AI Generated content can do.
An Al-generated dark romantasy trilogy was published on Amazon under her name without consent.
An Al-generated dark romantasy trilogy was published on Amazon under her name without consent.
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
SoA Chair Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, writing as @samblakebooks.bsky.social experienced first hand the damage that AI Generated content can do.
An Al-generated dark romantasy trilogy was published on Amazon under her name without consent.
An Al-generated dark romantasy trilogy was published on Amazon under her name without consent.
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This Sunday!
Journalling for a New Year
Online
Writing workshop
A new year, new writing! Journalling to find your own personal wisdom and explore paths to feeling good through creative writing activities. Sunday 1 Feb, 2-4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Journalling for a New Year
Online
Writing workshop
A new year, new writing! Journalling to find your own personal wisdom and explore paths to feeling good through creative writing activities. Sunday 1 Feb, 2-4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This Sunday!
Journalling for a New Year
Online
Writing workshop
A new year, new writing! Journalling to find your own personal wisdom and explore paths to feeling good through creative writing activities. Sunday 1 Feb, 2-4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Journalling for a New Year
Online
Writing workshop
A new year, new writing! Journalling to find your own personal wisdom and explore paths to feeling good through creative writing activities. Sunday 1 Feb, 2-4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
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Please 👃 if you're reporting news or ways for people to help to get help and you post either text or a graphic, add alt text.
There are many reasons that alt text is a necessary accommodation and it aids in searchability.
A ton of us need it.
In fact, QT and say "I need alt text" if you do.
There are many reasons that alt text is a necessary accommodation and it aids in searchability.
A ton of us need it.
In fact, QT and say "I need alt text" if you do.
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Please 👃 if you're reporting news or ways for people to help to get help and you post either text or a graphic, add alt text.
There are many reasons that alt text is a necessary accommodation and it aids in searchability.
A ton of us need it.
In fact, QT and say "I need alt text" if you do.
There are many reasons that alt text is a necessary accommodation and it aids in searchability.
A ton of us need it.
In fact, QT and say "I need alt text" if you do.
Is this true? IS THIS TRUE???
😱😱😱😱😱
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Marcel Proust, whose novel In Search of Lost Time is known for a scene in which the narrator dips a madeleine into a cup of tea, originally wrote the scene featuring tea and a slice of bread-and-butter. His editor persuaded him to change it. Proust's most famous scene was introduced by his editor.
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Is this true? IS THIS TRUE???
😱😱😱😱😱
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This is brave. 😆
But seriously, can anyone help?
PS: love the sound of this book!
But seriously, can anyone help?
PS: love the sound of this book!
My next novel is likely to involve a social media influencer. Can anyone recommend some free podcasts or YouTube channels I can study to get a sense of how they communicate, that won't make me want to fill my ears with quick-drying cement?
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This is brave. 😆
But seriously, can anyone help?
PS: love the sound of this book!
But seriously, can anyone help?
PS: love the sound of this book!
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We wrote about the positive outcomes yesterday, to thank all those who simply and categorically voted for inclusion.
Although there’s still so much work to be done, and policy decisions to be taken, well done to all who collectively pushed back on exclusion 🙏
notinourname.org.uk/hampstead-po...
Although there’s still so much work to be done, and policy decisions to be taken, well done to all who collectively pushed back on exclusion 🙏
notinourname.org.uk/hampstead-po...
Hampstead Ponds Consultation Shows Trans Exclusion Is NOT What Women Want
The results are in, and they're clear: 86% of respondents to the City of London consultation want Hampstead ponds to remain trans inclusive.
notinourname.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
We wrote about the positive outcomes yesterday, to thank all those who simply and categorically voted for inclusion.
Although there’s still so much work to be done, and policy decisions to be taken, well done to all who collectively pushed back on exclusion 🙏
notinourname.org.uk/hampstead-po...
Although there’s still so much work to be done, and policy decisions to be taken, well done to all who collectively pushed back on exclusion 🙏
notinourname.org.uk/hampstead-po...
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Join tonight's #WeeknightWriters chat at 7 - 9PM EST for a candid discussion about the joys and struggles of the writing life
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Join tonight's #WeeknightWriters chat at 7 - 9PM EST for a candid discussion about the joys and struggles of the writing life
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We are also looking for artists interested in working with us on this set. If you’d like to be considered please apply on our form linked in our bio or on our website.
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We are also looking for artists interested in working with us on this set. If you’d like to be considered please apply on our form linked in our bio or on our website.
That’s pretty good life advice, IMO.
Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
January 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
That’s pretty good life advice, IMO.
Official announcement out now: pace.coe.int/en/news/1018...
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Official announcement out now: pace.coe.int/en/news/1018...
The Council of Europe votes by 2/3 majority to accept the resolution banning conversion practices, brought by UK MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social.
#SexMatters and #AthenaForum tried their best to derail this resolution, but failed.
Huge well done to everybody involved 🙌🙌🙌
#SexMatters and #AthenaForum tried their best to derail this resolution, but failed.
Huge well done to everybody involved 🙌🙌🙌
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The Council of Europe votes by 2/3 majority to accept the resolution banning conversion practices, brought by UK MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social.
#SexMatters and #AthenaForum tried their best to derail this resolution, but failed.
Huge well done to everybody involved 🙌🙌🙌
#SexMatters and #AthenaForum tried their best to derail this resolution, but failed.
Huge well done to everybody involved 🙌🙌🙌
Can anyone find me that funny meme about translating the magical idea in your head into actual words on the page that features this picture of a polar bear with a bucket on its head? The first part of the meme was a beautiful picture of an epic helmeted warrior riding a polar bear.
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Can anyone find me that funny meme about translating the magical idea in your head into actual words on the page that features this picture of a polar bear with a bucket on its head? The first part of the meme was a beautiful picture of an epic helmeted warrior riding a polar bear.
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Whaaaaaat?
Looking at that scheme in Ireland for paying creatives and we definitely need it here. They get €1300 a month (about £1130 / $1556) to live on so they can create work without worrying about bill payment and that's honestly a great idea.
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Whaaaaaat?
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hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
Woke up to find a huge and beautiful butterfly *in our house*!
In January! 🦋🦋🦋
Is this a good omen?
In January! 🦋🦋🦋
Is this a good omen?
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Woke up to find a huge and beautiful butterfly *in our house*!
In January! 🦋🦋🦋
Is this a good omen?
In January! 🦋🦋🦋
Is this a good omen?
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Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
Good way of putting it 👍
‘Don’t ask people to read something you couldn’t be bothered to write’ –Irish publishers warn authors over use of AI www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
‘Don’t ask people to read something you couldn’t be bothered to write’ –Irish publishers warn authors over use of AI
Publisher Mercier Press is warning authors against using AI as “you can tell straight away because there’s no soul there”.
www.independent.ie
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Good way of putting it 👍
This sounds like a great “meet cute” for a romance book, BTW
Went to pick up my books at the library. As I turned to leave, slipped on the marble floors and wiped out right there in front of a guy studying.
Classy. Better yet though, this is the book I came to retrieve.
"Seriously! You can start right now!"
#readmorebooks
bookshop.org/a/100722/978...
Classy. Better yet though, this is the book I came to retrieve.
"Seriously! You can start right now!"
#readmorebooks
bookshop.org/a/100722/978...
Even the Stiffest People Can Do the Splits: A 4-Week Stretching Plan to Achieve Amazing Health
A 4-Week Stretching Plan to Achieve Amazing Health
bookshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This sounds like a great “meet cute” for a romance book, BTW
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Could I ask you all to be my research monkeys and reply to this with all books you know by and about trans men.
Thanks you 😘
Thanks you 😘
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Could I ask you all to be my research monkeys and reply to this with all books you know by and about trans men.
Thanks you 😘
Thanks you 😘
See also 😡
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM
See also 😡
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...
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I'm absolutely thrilled and extra delighted to be in such good company! If you're so inclined, you can read my novelette here: reactormag.com/wolf-moon-an...
Reactor is proud to have 3 works of short fiction on the Bram Stoker Awards' preliminary ballot!
- "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" by @acwise.bsky.social
- "The Nölmyna" by @dave0com.bsky.social
- "Squid Teeth" by Sarah Langan!
Congratulations!!
- "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" by @acwise.bsky.social
- "The Nölmyna" by @dave0com.bsky.social
- "Squid Teeth" by Sarah Langan!
Congratulations!!
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I'm absolutely thrilled and extra delighted to be in such good company! If you're so inclined, you can read my novelette here: reactormag.com/wolf-moon-an...
Grrrr 😡
Missed this news in December, but pretty shocked to read that most of 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat' is completely made up. 🤯
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Grrrr 😡