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Katie Martin 💙📚
@katiemartin.bsky.social
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Reader, writer, mother, lawyer, and lover of all things bookish. Tired pedant. Cambridge & London

Bye bye, twitter 👋
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S2 Ep1: iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou part 1
The Project · Episode
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August 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law.

Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation.

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UK Lawyers for Israel
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July 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Clegg: ‘Art may have been central to human existence since the first cave paintings or campfire stories. But artists have never actually paid me to say anything on their behalf.’
Newspaper headline: Nick Clegg: Artists' demands over copyright are unworkable The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train Al on copyrighted work would kill' the industry’
May 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
In the light of this week’s finalist announcement for the 2025 Orwell Prize, I have updated this starter pack. Some more brilliant writers and journalists in here for you to follow. Please repost the pack if you can to promote them and their great work widely #OrwellPrize #writingcommunity
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Geometry, Keir Starmer. You try to move right to beat the right. But the right defines you as left & wants to be on your right. Move in their direction; they’ll simply move further away. There is always space to your right. You won’t outflank them. You’ll radicalise them. And send them further right
May 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"Q" - The Quiet Librarian
By Allen Eskens

@alleneskens.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"P" - Paper Cup
By Karen Campbell

@writerkcampbell.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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nicklangley.bsky.social
The Queen died immediately after meeting Liz Truss. Should have kept JD Vance away from the Pope.
April 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
katiemartin.bsky.social
A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"O" - Only Here, Only Now
By Tom Newlands

@newlands.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Thanks as ever to all the indy booksellers out there, including Jo from The Secret Bookshelf. This is from today's Belfast Telegraph.
April 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
14 April. My #poem, Claggart, conceived 9 years ago, a meditation on destructive, abusive aggression, is inescapably associated for me with this date. It’s in this edition of #Poetry NI’s excellent FourXFour magazine on p. 47. Lots of other good stuff in there too. #booksky #poetrycommunity
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April 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"N" - Notes on a Drowning
by Anna Sharpe

@annamazz.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Lila channelling my Monday morning mood 🤦‍♀️

#Monday #cats
April 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"M" - Minor Detail
by Adania Shibli

@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
katiemartin.bsky.social
A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"L" - The Long, Long Afternoon
by Inga Vesper

@wekesperos.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"K" - Kala
by Colin Walsh

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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kitdewaal.com
It's publication day of my new novel - The Best of Everything! Here I am telling you a little bit about it!
April 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something.
April 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
katiemartin.bsky.social
A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet. Today is:

"J" - Jericho
by Ann McMan

@annmcman.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
katiemartin.bsky.social
A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet:

"I" - I'm sorry you feel that way
by Rebecca Wait

@alifeinbooks.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet:

"H" - Habitat
by Catriona Shine

@lilliputpress.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
katiemartin.bsky.social
A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet.

"G" - The Guise of Another
by Allen Eskens

@alleneskens.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet.

F - Fundamentally
by Nussaibah Younis

@nussaibah.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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A book recommendation for each letter of the alphabet.

E - The Extinction of Irena Rey
By Jennifer Croft

@jenniferlcroft.bsky.social

#alphabeticalTitleChallenge
#Booksky
April 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM