Abbie Headon (she/her)
@abbieheadon.bsky.social
🇮🇪🇬🇧 Free-range editor and writer. Editor-at-Large, Calon Books. Campus Community Manager, BookMachine. Bookseller Rising Star. FRSA. #TransLivesMatter
Paging @secondmentions.bsky.social for 'the runaway ruminant mammal':
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Police use lasso to help recapture runaway billy goat in Wiltshire
Escaped animal was seen chasing a woman around Upper Seagry and trying to munch on a festive wreath
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Paging @secondmentions.bsky.social for 'the runaway ruminant mammal':
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Exactly this. Brolin's priest was more like Ian Paisley than any padre I've ever met.
New Knives Out was good but there is something funny about how Hollywood always wants to depict Catholicism for the aesthetics and drama but somehow ends up doing American evangelicalism with Goth characteristics. Like *how* exactly is a catholic priest inheriting a church from his grandad
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Exactly this. Brolin's priest was more like Ian Paisley than any padre I've ever met.
This! The suspension of disbelief was working overtime for any Catholic viewer.
New Knives Out was good but there is something funny about how Hollywood always wants to depict Catholicism for the aesthetics and drama but somehow ends up doing American evangelicalism with Goth characteristics. Like *how* exactly is a catholic priest inheriting a church from his grandad
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This! The suspension of disbelief was working overtime for any Catholic viewer.
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Freelance writers! The deadline for my new editorial series is fast approaching - get your pitches in before noon tomorrow! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/call-for-p...
Freelance Writing Jobs: Call for pitches
Want to write for FWJ? I'm looking for pitches. Here's what I’m commissioning and how much I’m paying.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Freelance writers! The deadline for my new editorial series is fast approaching - get your pitches in before noon tomorrow! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/call-for-p...
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They planned a party game – not a murder... 🔎
We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪
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We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪
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December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
They planned a party game – not a murder... 🔎
We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪
Enter now: buff.ly/UQtU0dZ
We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪
Enter now: buff.ly/UQtU0dZ
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Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
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we're all thinking it
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
we're all thinking it
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Join us for a festival signing session on Satuday in Crystal Palace! Preorders now closed but you can buy Lokis on the day too!
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Join us for a festival signing session on Satuday in Crystal Palace! Preorders now closed but you can buy Lokis on the day too!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
I did a good deed this morning to which the person responded with a '👍' and it's taking me everything I've got to remain the bigger person. (The existence of this post might suggest I'm not quite managing it.)
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I did a good deed this morning to which the person responded with a '👍' and it's taking me everything I've got to remain the bigger person. (The existence of this post might suggest I'm not quite managing it.)
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Update: we have sold a total of eight books this month. "The books go to their readers, one by one, quickly, slowly, halfway around the world or halfway across the city. There is no supply chain, only the postal network, irregular events, direct sales to bookshops, and local distribution."
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Update: we have sold a total of eight books this month. "The books go to their readers, one by one, quickly, slowly, halfway around the world or halfway across the city. There is no supply chain, only the postal network, irregular events, direct sales to bookshops, and local distribution."
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Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
Hooray! This is one of my favourite podcasts and it sheds a LOT of light on how authors feel about our industry. Every publishing person should listen to it.
good GOD it's been a long time 🫠
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
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No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hooray! This is one of my favourite podcasts and it sheds a LOT of light on how authors feel about our industry. Every publishing person should listen to it.
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Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.
My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.
That's it, I'm hanging up my blurb-writing hat for good after reading this.
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That's it, I'm hanging up my blurb-writing hat for good after reading this.
I've emailed my MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social about this, as swifts are a beloved sight and sound here in Portsmouth South and it's obvious that all MPs should be supportive of swift bricks. What's not to like about a brick with a hole in it that could help bring swifts back from the brink.
Nature action: email STEVE REED m: [email protected] simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at [email protected] for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!
October 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I've emailed my MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social about this, as swifts are a beloved sight and sound here in Portsmouth South and it's obvious that all MPs should be supportive of swift bricks. What's not to like about a brick with a hole in it that could help bring swifts back from the brink.
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people will tell you they don't understand gender fluidity then look right at a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald and call it "her" without missing a beat
September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
people will tell you they don't understand gender fluidity then look right at a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald and call it "her" without missing a beat
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September 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
M̶a̶k̶e̶ ̵Y̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̵R̶e̶d̶u̶n̶d̶a̶n̶t̶ Empower Yourself With AI And ChatGPT
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Seeing as it's her feast day, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Hildegard of Bingen gets a mention in The Riddle of the Fractal Monks. More about it here: www.jonathanpinnock.com/books/mathem...
The Riddle of the Fractal Monks - Jonathan Pinnock - Writer of Stuff
A mystery lands – literally – at Tom Winscombe’s feet, and another riotous mathematical adventure begins… Tom Winscombe and DorothyContinue readingThe Riddle of the Fractal Monks
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September 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Seeing as it's her feast day, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Hildegard of Bingen gets a mention in The Riddle of the Fractal Monks. More about it here: www.jonathanpinnock.com/books/mathem...
Looking forward to catching up with some publishing pals tomorrow in London! Pls say hi if you're a Bluesky IPG-er.
📣 Bookings are now open for the IPG’s 2025 Autumn Conference!
Join us in London or online on 16 Sept for a day of expert speakers, practical insights, and top-tier networking. One of the best events in the publishing calendar.
Book your place now👉 bit.ly/4lZciGF
#Publishing #booksky #IPGAC
Join us in London or online on 16 Sept for a day of expert speakers, practical insights, and top-tier networking. One of the best events in the publishing calendar.
Book your place now👉 bit.ly/4lZciGF
#Publishing #booksky #IPGAC
September 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Looking forward to catching up with some publishing pals tomorrow in London! Pls say hi if you're a Bluesky IPG-er.
I would like to negotiate a deal with the moths where they get to eat any one (1) of my jumpers, instead of taking bites out of all (all) of them.
September 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I would like to negotiate a deal with the moths where they get to eat any one (1) of my jumpers, instead of taking bites out of all (all) of them.
How have I only just discovered that @gailmyerscough.co.uk has a whole Tricorn range? This changes EVERYTHING.
If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
How have I only just discovered that @gailmyerscough.co.uk has a whole Tricorn range? This changes EVERYTHING.