Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.

My attempt at Gen Z marketing: Your tbr might already be a billion books but this one has witches and bitches so 🤷 srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

"Although the lockdowns were now some years ago I do feel that we haven't really reflected on how marginalised communities were affected and how normal, everyday working class people were ultimately hit the hardest." A Lockdown Tale is out now! #BookSky

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Calls for Reviews & Essays: November 2026

ARB publishes reviews and essays on a wide range of speculative topics, including science fiction & fantasy, weird fiction, and their relation to utopian impulses. ARB is also always interested…

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Sadly I've given up on Free Food For Millionaires. I'm so disappointed as I absolutely loved Pachinko, but FFfM just isn't hitting the same. The characters are bland and flat, they're really interesting. Especially the main character, Casey - she is neither likeable nor interesting.

What's on our latest eBook sale? THIS BEAUTY 'A cracking page-turner.' Get The People's Republic of Love for just £1.99 wherever you get your eBooks from, including Amazon Kindle, Bookshop, Apple Books, Kobo, SRL website, and more! #BookSky

Time for a rewatch of one of my all time favourite shows 🤖

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I reckon at least once a day I remember I've published four novels and it blows my mind. Me! This idiot! Four published novels! Madness. All available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social: srlpublishing.co.uk/authors/w/ro...

You can get all three of my Yorkshire-based books on kindle for £9.97. Less than a tenner! You'll be saying "'OW MUCH!?" but with joy, not shock. And you don't have to go through Amazon or any of that nonsense. Proper Yorkshire that.

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Spending Saturday evening watching the best action film ever made:

You can get all three of my Yorkshire-based books on kindle for £9.97. Less than a tenner! You'll be saying "'OW MUCH!?" but with joy, not shock. And you don't have to go through Amazon or any of that nonsense. Proper Yorkshire that.

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Fancy a bit of Yorkshire-based literature this Yorkshire Day? You've come to the right place! The Ones We Fear is a folk horror based in a small village just outside Hull. The less you know, the better: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

Fancy a bit of Yorkshire-based literature this Yorkshire Day? You've come to the right place! The Ones We Fear is a folk horror based in a small village just outside Hull. The less you know, the better: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

The Ones We Fear – Robert Welbourn - SRL Publishing

We always want to protect the ones we love. They don't always need it.

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Happy Yorkshire Day!

It's Friday, the sun's out, and @hermionehoby.bsky.social has just announced a new book. What a time to be alive.

Now reading: Free Food For Millionaires by @minjinlee.bsky.social. Pachinko is one of the best books I've ever read, so I'm super excited for this one. Clocking in at 646 pages it's another meaty tome and I can't wait to devour it.

'An unflinching tale of resistance in dark political times.' 'A thought-provoking dystopian debut.' Whay if reading the wrong book could get you arrested? THE DISAPPEARED - get it on sale now on our website #BookSky

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@samatlounge.bsky.social have you seen that LinkedIn have a new feature where you can report a post as 'Seems like AI slop?' Still the worst platform but a button I'm sure will be incredibly useful.

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Emily Wilson's review of The Odyssey on @lrb.co.uk is a brilliant read: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Finally saw The Odyssey, and my main thoughts are: - lots of women undersold, a classic Nolan case of 'there are also women in this film' - Odysseus was a piece of shit, it's a shame how much Nolan made him a hero - Telemachus was useless and annoying wasn't he? - big horse 1/?

I'll tell you what, the practical effects in The Odyssey? Delightful.

Congratulations to all on the Booker longlist. I'm even more excited to read Switzy now, Emma Cline is such a talent and I'm sure the book is brilliant. I just can't believe I have to wait to get my hands on it 😭

If society doesn't aim to protect the vulnerable as one of its primary aims, then what is society for? If we cant at least do that, then what's the fucking point?

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#GMB: "On welfare.. [Burnham] says he wants to make it harder for people to claim benefits.. so in his words 'you might increase the conditions required to receive benefits'"

There's nothing quite like starting your day by hosing down your dog because she rolled in cow poo. A LOT of cow poo. She did not enjoy the shower. If only she understood cause and effect 🐄

My wife: *shaking with rage* Me: I said I was going to the toilet, I never said I was going to the bathroom.

Enjoying the trailer for the new Carrie adaptation? You'll definitely like The Ones We Fear: Teenage girl rage ✅ Small town bullying ✅ A hell of an ending ✅ Fire ✅ Available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...