Just had to pause listening to London Falling from sheer stress at the way PRK pronounces “Peugeot”
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Co-host of Total 90s Recall podcast. MA Podcasting graduate of City St George's University of London Children's & YA book editor Podcasts, films, TV, books ... and cats
@willmac23.bsky.social nice to meet you & @gralefrit.bsky.social just now!
Reading about Booker judging in the 70s-80s. I often think there’s a savagery to a lot of online discourse but publishing was quite a rough and tumble world in 1983 (read to the end)
The School Run is a Pick of the Week! 🤯 We’re truly honoured to have been selected for this week’s POTW hosted by Paulette Edwards. Listen now on BBC Sounds or tune in Sunday at 18:15 to hear it on BBC Radio 4! @jonnicholls.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share that we have been shortlisted in 3 categories at this year’s #Speakies! Wolf Valley for both Production & Sound Design and Best Podcast: Narrative, and 400 Strangers for Best Performance: Ensemble. Congratulations everyone! @jonnicholls.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social
The School Run is now available to stream and download on BBC Sounds! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @jonnicholls.bsky.social @chloesackur.bsky.social
Drama on 4 - The School Run - BBC Sounds
When Gareth heads out on a jog, he discovers his past has caught up with him.
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Did not expect a Michael Rosen picture book to be quoted at a climactic moment in Goalhanger’s new geopolitical thriller, but it’s used very effectively!
Next up on BBC Radio 4! 🏃🏻♂️🏃🏼♂️Premiers Tuesday 16 September at 14.15 A real-time comedy drama, recorded on the trot, and inspired by a true story. Jogging is good for you. But is it supposed to be this painful? Gareth’s son Joe is feeling down and clamming up. And now he’s refusing to go to school.
This is pretty accurate. I never heard of copywriters specifically for jacket flap/back cover copy though. It’s usually the editor writing copy for ATIs & covers with feedback from other depts. Maybe big publishers can afford dedicated copywriters! www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade
From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn
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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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If I were to spend my precious audible credit on a booker longlist title, which one would I pick?
Might text them back and warn them about fossil fuels.
Apparently, if you have a pair of those new Meta glasses, they're 100% safe for looking directly at the sun during the eclipse tomorrow.
My Brilliant Friend ends very abruptly, doesn’t it?!
Cats do not have jobs; they have hobbies
Jon Phillips@jowiph.bsky.social · 3mo agoI would kill or die for Larry
This is fascinating www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment o...
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Tesco delivery man looked in my house and said, 'you still decorating, then?' and I laughed along but, actually the answer is no and I have been thinking about it all week
We are thrilled to announce that WOLF VALLEY has won Silver, Gold, and GRAND trophies from the New York Festivals Radio Awards. Silver for Craft: Writing, Gold for Craft: Sound, and both Gold AND Grand awards for Entertainment: Drama Program. #AwardWinners #StorytellersGala #NewYorkFestivals
Calling any/all bee experts! (Technical term?) I have a bumblebee nest under my ground floor. Would it be possible to leave them for the summer, wait for the queen/colony to die of the cold then block the entrance so future bees nest elsewhere? Or would I be condemning baby bees to death?
New episode of Total 90s Recall! It’s about L.A. Confidential, or should I say L.A. Controversial since it stars Kevin Spacey. We discussed the film, its themes, and how we feel about it in a post-Me Too era. It was one of my favourite films as a teen, so my reaction surprised me… shorturl.at/8WcWE
I wish to be the artist lady with the chateau in the Président ads
I'm genuinely interested in the BTS process of acquiring a self-pubbed novel. Are publishers making a specific choice not to edit, to give existing fans a new edition of the same text? Or is it straight economics - 'This thing's already selling/trending, the priority is to publish it again ASAP'?
TWO author fraud stories in the news today 👀
Today! The ultimate feminist road-trip movie, Thelma & Louise! We got to discuss it with Sarah Asante, a script consultant and former BBC/UKTV commissioner. lnk.bio/Total90sRecall
