Lisa Highton
@mslisahighton.bsky.social
London Lit Agent at Jenny Brown Assoc. Believe in things that should be true but aren’t, e.g. It’s illegal to go into a bookshop and not buy a book. 💜 Books 💜Travel 💜Scotland 💜 Australia 💜
Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon.
Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer
American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon
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Please sign if you value authors’ rights and are appalled at the AI theft of books Link to the @ukchange.bsky.social petition chng.it/j75FHQQW7x
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Every flame tells a story... Introducing the beautiful new novel from @ruthhoganauthor.bsky.social, The Light a Candle Society. In bookshops 26th June. Pre-order now from your favourite retailer 🕯️ 💙📚 @mslisahighton.bsky.social
This weekend, Waterstones are offering 25% off the gorgeous paperback edition of THE PHOENIX BALLROOM. Use this link! www.waterstones.com/book/the-pho... @waterstones.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @mslisahighton.bsky.social
Sitting on a packed Tube and trying to pretend I’m not crying … and it’s all down to you, Ruth Hogan – what a gorgeous and moving read The Light a Candle Society is. Thank you so much @mslisahighton.bsky.social for the chance to read it early. It’s utterly wonderful
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Rewatching Lord of the Rings trilogy with my son is a Christmas ritual (often interrupted by distance, life, etc) but when it happens - sheer joy
Australian Boxing Day - a kookaburra, the pavlova of dreams and some spectacular scenery. Also 33deg. 😎 Chill
Preparing for a very long trip and ‘plane books’ first one in is Dorothy Parker - cute edn
Gorgeous Edinburgh pre-Christmas weekend with my girl (Edinburgh’s newest resident) - somehow/luckily we dodged Darragh to enjoy
I’ll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book. A mere 42 seconds of your time could be gloriously spent youtu.be/uLOR8gKwyoo?...
Day I Read a Book
YouTube video by BTRB
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Penguin Books@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social · 2y agoWho here likes books?
💜 Publication day for Glennis Virgo’s CITY OF SILK today- we celebrated at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden - everybody was excellent and we sold out of books. 💜
Sod it, started with the Christmas decs - because these are just winter lights in the darkness.
🔔 Our Debut Writers Over 50 Award is back in 2025. Open for submissions in February - T&Cs on our website. Our first winner was #GlennisVirgo CITY OF SILK publishes this week and is The Times Historical Book of the Month. Could be you … ✍️
Tom Gauld sees the bedside reading pile turn nasty – cartoon
Tom Gauld sees the bedside reading pile turn nasty – cartoon
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Thrilled that our JBA Debut Over 50 winner @glennisvirgo is Historical Fiction Book of the Month in The Times today and published by @Allison&Busby. Miracles do happen for debuts! Our award is running again next year - submissions open in Feb
Just landed here today. It feels like old school Twitter - lots of nice kind bookish people. Waiting to exhale
