Tiny Owl Workshop
@tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social
Award winning micro publisher and sculptor. Maker of curious things.
Corgi is the new metric system.
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Corgi is the new metric system.
#editingtips
Everything should have a narrative purpose. Every character, every sentence, setting, pace, rhythm. Everything.
#booksky
Everything should have a narrative purpose. Every character, every sentence, setting, pace, rhythm. Everything.
#booksky
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
#editingtips
Everything should have a narrative purpose. Every character, every sentence, setting, pace, rhythm. Everything.
#booksky
Everything should have a narrative purpose. Every character, every sentence, setting, pace, rhythm. Everything.
#booksky
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
A pretty gorgeous list. Congratulations to all the #AurealisAwards finalists.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
A pretty gorgeous list. Congratulations to all the #AurealisAwards finalists.
Currently reading:
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Currently reading:
There's everything that's happening then there's this from the Three Ways House Hotel in the Cotswolds:
'the hotel offers:
Individually styled, pudding-themed rooms'
'the hotel offers:
Individually styled, pudding-themed rooms'
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
There's everything that's happening then there's this from the Three Ways House Hotel in the Cotswolds:
'the hotel offers:
Individually styled, pudding-themed rooms'
'the hotel offers:
Individually styled, pudding-themed rooms'
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OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Volunteers wanted to to live on Skomer Island and count puffins
Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We'd especially love suggestions for panels related to our fantastic GOHs @premeemohamed.com and @littlebadger.bsky.social
Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
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#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
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#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
We'd especially love suggestions for panels related to our fantastic GOHs @premeemohamed.com and @littlebadger.bsky.social
Here they come. La la la la laa laa.
La la la la laa laa. The part time punks.
La la la la laa laa. The part time punks.
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Here they come. La la la la laa laa.
La la la la laa laa. The part time punks.
La la la la laa laa. The part time punks.
'The new imprint, called Wildthorn, will be led by Tor co-publisher Gillian Green and publish up to 10 new titles a year.
Wildthorn will launch globally in January 2027...'
Wildthorn will launch globally in January 2027...'
Tor is launching a new upmarket SFF imprint, set to publish "the very best genre, genre-blending and genre-bending stories with crossover appeal and/or a light speculative edge, serving the growing readership for speculative fiction" 👇 #BookSky
Tor launches new imprint for 'genre-blending stories with crossover appeal'
ebx.sh
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
'The new imprint, called Wildthorn, will be led by Tor co-publisher Gillian Green and publish up to 10 new titles a year.
Wildthorn will launch globally in January 2027...'
Wildthorn will launch globally in January 2027...'
It's Tiny Owl's 14th year as a micropublisher!
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 PM
It's Tiny Owl's 14th year as a micropublisher!
The author does a neat job of not naming the wall (the minority scenario) #AI investors 'could' hit, tho the IP, wages, labour theft and water guzzling in a climate crisis wall is one AI companies built.
AND it's the wall the companies have already hit: hence the sky-is-falling mitigation noise.
AND it's the wall the companies have already hit: hence the sky-is-falling mitigation noise.
‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The author does a neat job of not naming the wall (the minority scenario) #AI investors 'could' hit, tho the IP, wages, labour theft and water guzzling in a climate crisis wall is one AI companies built.
AND it's the wall the companies have already hit: hence the sky-is-falling mitigation noise.
AND it's the wall the companies have already hit: hence the sky-is-falling mitigation noise.
Interesting.
Google is destroying itself, AI is ascendent and reporting is supposedly dead, yet...
'Subscriptions and memberships remain the biggest revenue focus (76%) for commercial publishers, ahead of display (68%) and native advertising (64%), and events (54%).'
Google is destroying itself, AI is ascendent and reporting is supposedly dead, yet...
'Subscriptions and memberships remain the biggest revenue focus (76%) for commercial publishers, ahead of display (68%) and native advertising (64%), and events (54%).'
Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Interesting.
Google is destroying itself, AI is ascendent and reporting is supposedly dead, yet...
'Subscriptions and memberships remain the biggest revenue focus (76%) for commercial publishers, ahead of display (68%) and native advertising (64%), and events (54%).'
Google is destroying itself, AI is ascendent and reporting is supposedly dead, yet...
'Subscriptions and memberships remain the biggest revenue focus (76%) for commercial publishers, ahead of display (68%) and native advertising (64%), and events (54%).'
My partner's in the immunotherapy waiting room (bladder cancer treatment). He sent me this:
The average force of a footstep in flat shoes from a 60kg person is 117,800 pascals; A 5 tonne elephant has a force of 1.9 million pascals. A 60kg person wearing stilettos exerts 5.9 million pascals!!
The average force of a footstep in flat shoes from a 60kg person is 117,800 pascals; A 5 tonne elephant has a force of 1.9 million pascals. A 60kg person wearing stilettos exerts 5.9 million pascals!!
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
My partner's in the immunotherapy waiting room (bladder cancer treatment). He sent me this:
The average force of a footstep in flat shoes from a 60kg person is 117,800 pascals; A 5 tonne elephant has a force of 1.9 million pascals. A 60kg person wearing stilettos exerts 5.9 million pascals!!
The average force of a footstep in flat shoes from a 60kg person is 117,800 pascals; A 5 tonne elephant has a force of 1.9 million pascals. A 60kg person wearing stilettos exerts 5.9 million pascals!!
I didn't realise that Israel has no constitution.
I also didn't know that in a series of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that the 'Proclamation of Independence does not have the validity of a constitutional law'.
Source jewishvirtuallibrary.org
I also didn't know that in a series of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that the 'Proclamation of Independence does not have the validity of a constitutional law'.
Source jewishvirtuallibrary.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I didn't realise that Israel has no constitution.
I also didn't know that in a series of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that the 'Proclamation of Independence does not have the validity of a constitutional law'.
Source jewishvirtuallibrary.org
I also didn't know that in a series of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that the 'Proclamation of Independence does not have the validity of a constitutional law'.
Source jewishvirtuallibrary.org
And just like that, Adelaide Writer's Week has been cancelled.
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM
And just like that, Adelaide Writer's Week has been cancelled.
Yes, one letter is decimating Adelaide Writers Week.
Star British author Zadie Smith joins dozens of authors boycotting Adelaide Writers’ Week
Local and international writers have pulled out of one of the country’s best-loved writers’ festivals after Palestinian-Australian Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was removed from its program.
www.smh.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yes, one letter is decimating Adelaide Writers Week.
Since this ruination will keep happening to writers festivals across Aus we must establish a festivals fund - a large trust - managed by artists/writers/small presses etc to enable freedom from sectarian interests. Government should be secular, but it isn't, so there'll be no respite from this.
For the record as I am being asked, I made a personal decision as an author to send this to my friend Louise Adler earlier today. #Adelaidewritersweek
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Since this ruination will keep happening to writers festivals across Aus we must establish a festivals fund - a large trust - managed by artists/writers/small presses etc to enable freedom from sectarian interests. Government should be secular, but it isn't, so there'll be no respite from this.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
There's lots of negative stuff about #dementia on #bluesky because of trump & thoughtlessness.
The other day I watched my Mum (has alzheimers) talk gently & kindly to another resident who kept interrupting our visit. The conversation made no sense, yet Mum's kindness and respect was profound.1/3
The other day I watched my Mum (has alzheimers) talk gently & kindly to another resident who kept interrupting our visit. The conversation made no sense, yet Mum's kindness and respect was profound.1/3
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Wild that it's just normal now for entire industries to despise the source of their revenue.
Harlequin France is firing its human translators and replacing them with—welp, you guessed it.
Harlequin France, which is owned by HarperCollins, has just confirmed that they’re shifting away from human translators with an eye to robot replacements. As The Bookseller reported this morn…
lithub.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Wild that it's just normal now for entire industries to despise the source of their revenue.