Are you a UK #writer with published books or broadcast hours? Could you be missing out on secondary rights money? Join @alcs.co.uk if you’re not a member and please vote in in the current election! Let’s protect our rights and our money. If anyone wants to chat to me about it, drop me a line!

Here’s @gailrenard.bsky.social from @writersguildgb.bsky.social at the head of the throng #MakeItRight #MetaBookThieves

On the way to demonstrate against meta’s thievery with @tomwentworth.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social #dothewritething Last minute placard… Concrete poetry at speed

I'll be delivering @writersguildgb.bsky.social letter, about Meta's mass theft of writers' work to train AI, to Meta HQ today, along with one of my own. It's a day of action Make a noise - Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy - Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books #DoTheWriteThing

Petition nearly at 10,000 signatures. Sign it, write to your MP, and - if you can - get to the protest at 1pm King’s Cross today. Meta stole my books and all my mates’ and we are PISSED OFF.

The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!

Meta and LibGen stole my books and they should not be allowed to get away with it. I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.

*runs into the room out of breath* You could say it's gone... tits up! *collapses*

Proud to have signed this open letter. The UK Government must demand immediate answers from the #MetaBookThieves. They stole millions of books to feed their AI without asking, without paying. I want compensation. Where is the Government response? Silence. #DoTheWriteThing

The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social · last yr.

You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

I've been asked, very nicely, whether there's a way to support the making of Broken Veil and Comfort Blanket and so on without necessarily signing up to the Substack feed... And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account. Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation... ko-fi.com/gralefrit

Support Joel Morris ❤️. ko-fi.com/gralefrit

Directly support the making of more podcasts, more writing, and all sorts of good stuff...

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Important piece from Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini in today's @thestage.co.uk, raising some serious issues WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...

The Stage@thestage.co.uk · last yr.

Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini has claimed theatres are still asking them to fund their own access requirements. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mat...

It’s back and wittier and more enjoyable than ever. How lovely to have truly literate crime solving on TV with a trio you really care about. Looking forward to the other two stories.

Robert Thorogood@robthor.bsky.social · last yr.

Morning, everyone, it's Marlow Murder Club Series 2 day! You can watch RIGHT NOW on the "U" app on any smart tv/device (just download it and create an account), or you can go old school and wait until 8pm tonight and watch it live on a telly on the U&Drama channel. u.co.uk/shows/the-ma...

An incredible charity doing incredible work. We all talk about supporting new talent in the arts and creative industries. Here is a practical way you can do that RIGHT NOW.

Arts Emergency@artsemergency.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you donated to our match funded Big Give appeal yet? Don’t miss your opportunity to turn £20 into £40 and make your contribution to this beautiful movement go twice as far as it would any other week of the year! donate.biggive.org/c...

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site. If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

Heart breaking to hear about the BBC axing another continuing drama. River City always punched above its budgetary weight and had some great writers. I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.

Hello! I am doing a workshop on Writing for TV, specifically creating pitch documents for TV shows. That's treatments, outlines, one-pagers, bibles.... The aim is to DEMYSTIFY & build confidence. Online. limited places #Screenwriting #Writers pls share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...

Super tips here from the incomparable @annaruthjordan.bsky.social! She never waffles (and even if she does, it’s award-winning waffle! 😉)

Anna Jordan@annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Had a little waffle about #Instinct and #TrustingYourInstinct for #Playwrights & #Screenwriters #WritersSurvivalTips www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRuP...

Looking forward to tonight's motor vehicle awards brought to us by Ordnance Survey, more commonly known as the #OSCARS

Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts. 'Structural edit' = rewrite your book 'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong 'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong 'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors 'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?

Brilliant pair of dramas by Marks and Gran on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this week. Atmospheric, human, moving & of course warm and humorous. Fab cast including many radio greats & sensitively directed by the incomparable Liz Anstee. Well worth a listen on Sounds. Search Drama on 4!

Maurice Gran@drmaurice.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s been 50 years since the horrific Moorgate tube train crash, and Laurence Marks and I have written a brace of plays for radio 4 to honour the victims and the rescuers. Being transmitted ext Wednesday and Thursday.

If, as Sam suggests, he wants to make @bbcradio3 more music focussed that’s fine - commission new dramas alongside new compositions which interact or link them to Composer of the Week etc. If docs are staying, drama should too. It’s a travesty!

Writers' Guild of Great Britain@writersguildgb.bsky.social · last yr.

Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC Listen to the full interview here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #SADatTheBBC

Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC Listen to the full interview here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #SADatTheBBC

Feedback - Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson on ending the 90-minute drama. Controversial song choice on Desert Island Discs - BBC Sounds

Andrea Catherwood speaks to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson about cuts to drama.

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I felt a large part of my remit as a BBC Radio Comedy Producer was to bring the next generation of UK writing talent (of any age). The steady attrition of BBC Radio Drama in recent times is an ominous sign that the BBC is losing sight of its essential mission. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

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This is WONDERFUL news!

Lisa Holdsworth@lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 2y ago

C5 doing a single drama strand is excellent news. It's what UK drama has been missing.

An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

theguardian.com

People of Greenwich do come along to this!!

Steph Morris@herr-morris.bsky.social · 2y ago

www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que... #Queerhistory #greenwich #museum

1/ Our Member Network schedule for 2025 is now live + members can book ahead for all sessions Coming up in March are the next meetings of our Challenging Sexism and Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Member Networks

WGGB member networks - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Writers from under-represented writing groups can meet, network, share experiences and discuss issues relating to writing and the creative industries in a safe space, thanks to WGGB’s series of member...

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Happy #WorldRadioDay! Send a video message to Director-General Tim Davie + the BBC about why audio drama is so important to you, why you oppose their cuts and why we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...

Save Audio Drama on World Radio Day - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Last month, alongside Equity and the Society of Authors, we launched a petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC, following the corporation’s decision to axe audio drama from Radio …

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