Louise Corcoran
@louisecorcoran.bsky.social
Professional Northerner (MCR via Teesside). Books, gigs, saxophone, slow running and sport-spectating. Happiest by the sea.
Key Accounts Manager and northern rep for @bouncemarketing. All views my own. (she/her)
Key Accounts Manager and northern rep for @bouncemarketing. All views my own. (she/her)
Got to read this early for work-related purposes, what a treat!
Can’t tell you how thrilled I am about this cover, by Anna Morrison who did Anne Enright’s The Wren, The Wren. Out May 15th but you can preorder a signed and dedicated copy from @mrbsemporium.bsky.social mrbsemporium.com/shop/uncateg...
February 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Got to read this early for work-related purposes, what a treat!
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Crockett: He went from being the dork that was jumping around on stage to allegedly being this amazing genius that's gonna save a country he wasn't born in, and one that maybe he doesn't agree w/the idea of a democratic republic, considering the fact he may have been more on the side of apartheid.
February 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Crockett: He went from being the dork that was jumping around on stage to allegedly being this amazing genius that's gonna save a country he wasn't born in, and one that maybe he doesn't agree w/the idea of a democratic republic, considering the fact he may have been more on the side of apartheid.
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Part of my advocacy for not surrendering is sustaining, which involves taking breaks, pleasure, and beauty. See you in the streets (and these ancients producing brand new acorns and leaves on the trails).
February 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Part of my advocacy for not surrendering is sustaining, which involves taking breaks, pleasure, and beauty. See you in the streets (and these ancients producing brand new acorns and leaves on the trails).
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We're in a coup, which means we're in a nightmare, which means we're all ramped up, so let me offer you some deep time, perseverance, and beauty, before you and I go back to the work.
February 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We're in a coup, which means we're in a nightmare, which means we're all ramped up, so let me offer you some deep time, perseverance, and beauty, before you and I go back to the work.
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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
February 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
Good things: signs of spring.
February 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good things: signs of spring.
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The brilliant AOC upsets a lot of men a lot, and since they have no idea that that's what's going on they subject us to their inanities, and now I am going to close replies so I don't have to hear a bunch of junk.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The brilliant AOC upsets a lot of men a lot, and since they have no idea that that's what's going on they subject us to their inanities, and now I am going to close replies so I don't have to hear a bunch of junk.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Sounds grouchy but USE your local indy. We have authors email with a new book who say they are local but we’ve never seen them before. Where do they buy their books? Indies form valuable connections & support newbies, make friends & go the extra mile to sell stuff if there is already a relationship.
February 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sounds grouchy but USE your local indy. We have authors email with a new book who say they are local but we’ve never seen them before. Where do they buy their books? Indies form valuable connections & support newbies, make friends & go the extra mile to sell stuff if there is already a relationship.
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As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack www.theguardian.com/football/202...
As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack
The Matildas and Chelsea forward won’t be proud of the footage of her in a police station. But her acquittal underlines that the charges and court battle that followed were a waste of time and money
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be publishing LIKE A LOVE STORY by Abdi Nazemian in the UK this June! 💖
Cover illustration by Dave Homers
Cover design by Charlie Moyler
Out June 2025!
Discover more: bit.ly/41gcpon
#LikeALoveStory #AbdiNazemian
Cover illustration by Dave Homers
Cover design by Charlie Moyler
Out June 2025!
Discover more: bit.ly/41gcpon
#LikeALoveStory #AbdiNazemian
February 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be publishing LIKE A LOVE STORY by Abdi Nazemian in the UK this June! 💖
Cover illustration by Dave Homers
Cover design by Charlie Moyler
Out June 2025!
Discover more: bit.ly/41gcpon
#LikeALoveStory #AbdiNazemian
Cover illustration by Dave Homers
Cover design by Charlie Moyler
Out June 2025!
Discover more: bit.ly/41gcpon
#LikeALoveStory #AbdiNazemian
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THIS
Reform and red wall seats have blinded both Labour and Tories to the huge number of socially liberal people who want well managed government and closer ties to Europe. Chasing the elderly, working class, culturally conservative vote cut off repels many other voters.
February 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
THIS
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This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Hundreds of tractors block Westminster
Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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We've established a Publishing Centre of Excellence with
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/uclans-...
Marvellous!
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/uclans-...
Marvellous!
UCLan's Centre of Publishing Excellence launches two new agencies and workshop
UCLan Publishing has launched two new agencies and a workshop, during the development of its Centre of Publishing Excellence.
www.thebookseller.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We've established a Publishing Centre of Excellence with
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/uclans-...
Marvellous!
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/uclans-...
Marvellous!
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Don’t miss out on insider tips and expert advice.
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#SchoolVisits #PublishingCentreofExcellence
Don’t miss out on insider tips and expert advice.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
✨ Ready to feel more confident with school visits? Join @lizflanagan.bsky.social and @hobslantern.bsky.social for an engaging online event ✨
Don’t miss out on insider tips and expert advice.
📅 Get your tickets: bit.ly/419cI5l
#SchoolVisits #PublishingCentreofExcellence
Don’t miss out on insider tips and expert advice.
📅 Get your tickets: bit.ly/419cI5l
#SchoolVisits #PublishingCentreofExcellence
Currently working my way through Shōgun. Finding it very slow so far. Someone tell me it picks up?
February 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Currently working my way through Shōgun. Finding it very slow so far. Someone tell me it picks up?
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February 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
February 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
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A year today since I was nuked by Elon Musk for writing a column which correctly stated he benefits from racism and spam. The real mindfuck is this was deemed so shocking that questions about my ban were put to Twitter execs by the Irish parliament (lol). 12mths later, that seems hilariously quaint.
Today the Irish Examiner published my piece about the hellscape of platform manipulation and spam that is the modern web. In it, I highlighted that such actions materially benefit Twitter.
Now, for the first time in 14 years, I've been suspended by Twitter. For "platform manipulation and spam".
Now, for the first time in 14 years, I've been suspended by Twitter. For "platform manipulation and spam".
February 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A year today since I was nuked by Elon Musk for writing a column which correctly stated he benefits from racism and spam. The real mindfuck is this was deemed so shocking that questions about my ban were put to Twitter execs by the Irish parliament (lol). 12mths later, that seems hilariously quaint.
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Horrified by news of our friend & fellow bookseller Mahmoud being arrested by Israeli forces alongside his nephew.
A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release!
#Booksky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release!
#Booksky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
February 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Horrified by news of our friend & fellow bookseller Mahmoud being arrested by Israeli forces alongside his nephew.
A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release!
#Booksky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release!
#Booksky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵
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We might have a few less seats in Congress but we’re not going to be the minority. We’re going to be the opposition.
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump
"Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"
www.teenvogue.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We might have a few less seats in Congress but we’re not going to be the minority. We’re going to be the opposition.
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
Thanks @leximcmenamin.bsky.social & @teenvogue.com for covering.
www.teenvogue.com/story/maxwel...
😍
Allegedly it’s grim up north.
Don’t tell everyone but it’s just an ad campaign we run to keep it to ourselves.
Don’t tell everyone but it’s just an ad campaign we run to keep it to ourselves.
February 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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