Truda Spruyt
@trudaspruyt.bsky.social
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Cultural connector and communicator. Founder of Collective Wisdom. Www.collective-wisdom.co.uk
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We’ve added more to @collectivewisdom.bsky.social starter pack. The book world has enthusiastically joined up - we need more art, theatre, dance, music people. Do suggest!

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I’ve just been ignoring X recently but there’s some horrific stuff going on over there.
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Elon Musk's 'Grok' AI Bot Goes Full Nazi
Literally.
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Listening to RTE breakfast show waiting for Donal Ryan’s interview as winner of the @orwellprize.bsky.social Such a different world! Finance Minister talking about what to do with their surplus and finishing off by gushing about Donal being recognised by the prize.
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We’re thrilled that #PENPresents & #PENTranslates award-winner Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, trans. from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi has won the #InternationalBooker2025, the first work translated from Kannada to appear on the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social shortlist. Congratulations to the winners!
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Another really hard won category. What struck me when judging these awards was the superhuman empathy and doggedness possessed by publicists.
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The winner of Publicity Campaign of the Year is Fran Owen, Mari Yamazaki, Annabel Robinson and Hayley Camis from Bloomsbury for Gillian Anderson & anonymous' Want🎉

“Want was an all-company, all-guns-blazing publicity campaign,” said the judges. #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
A dark blue background with the outline of the Nibbie. In the top left corner is The British Book Awards logo and in gold text reads: winner. In white text reads: Publicity Campaign of the Year, Want by Gillian Anderson
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It was such a hard job judging the Marketing Strategy of the Year: there are some super smart, creative marketeers out there in the book industry!
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The winner of Marketing Strategy of the Year (sponsored by Nielsen BookData) is Vicky Palmer, Alice Morley and Melissa Grierson from Sceptre for The Ministry of Time✒️

The judges praised the highly creative and effective strategies #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
A dark blue background with the outline of the Nibbie. In the top left corner is The British Book Awards logo and in gold text reads: winner. In white text reads: Marketing Strategy of the Year, The Ministry of Time
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“These books show us how we got here." – Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges

Announcing the eight finalists for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Huge congratulations to all the authors!

Winner revealed 25 June.

Discover them now: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
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“Troubled times lure out the very best from fiction. Only one can win. All should be read.” – Jim Crace, Chair of Judges

Introducing the finalists for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

Discover the list: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...
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📢 2025 Orwell Prize Finalists Announced!

The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.

Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
The Orwell Prizes 2025: Finalists announced
From the best political fiction to powerful reporting on homelessness, discover this year's shortlists
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Wonderful initiative! Looking forward to reading all of the books in due course!
englishpen.bsky.social
In partnership with @thebookerprizes.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted translators for the inaugural round of #PENPresents x International Booker Prize, launched to support translators from the Global Majority.

Discover the shortlist ⤵️
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PEN Presents x International Booker Prize shortlist announced - News & Events - English PEN
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It was inspiring to hear Mahmoud Muna talk about the power of the bookseller at London Book Fair last week, part of the @englishpen.bsky.social Literary Salon.
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Speaking to The Bookseller at London Book Fair (LBF) 2025, Palestinian bookseller Mahmoud Muna reflected on the 'shocking' events he has endured since his arrest on 9th February. 👇 #BookSky
Palestinian bookseller on 'shocking' raids on Jerusalem's Educational Bookshop: 'It's a different world'
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Palestinian bookseller #MahmoudMuna will be in conversation with Olivia Snaije, in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social - ⁠⁠Wed 12/03 at ⁠⁠Union Chapel, London N1 2UN.

All profits to Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem, Palestine.

Tickets available here: unionchapel.org.uk/venue/whats-...
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Good to hear it Sam xx
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Guaranteed lower growth and higher inflation in the US and globally.
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At #bigsummit25: Robert Peston fresh back from the White House. Not at all cheering!
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Great to see our client Saad Qureshi on the front page of the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford for his Bradford 2025 commission Tower of Now. And BBC too.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Looking forward to tucking in!
thebookerprizes.com
We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
The International Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
The longlist of 12 or 13 books will be announced on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 2pm (GMT).
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