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SAM BLAKE

@samblakebooks.bsky.social

No 1 bestselling Irish crime writer (adult & YA) 💙📚 Chair Society of Authors, views my own. Agent: Simon Trewin RIP https://linktr.ee/SamBlakeBooks

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SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Don't Steal This Book campaign, signed by almost 10,000 authors clearly shows what will happen if copyright isn't respected - blank pages. The Human Authored scheme will help show readers what's real and what's AI - register now!

AI Update – SoA Human Authored Scheme & Don’t Steal This Book Campaign

In a world of generative AI, recognising human creativity is vital #HumanAuthored The UK Society of Authors, in partnership with the US Authors Guild, launched the UK’s first professional Human Authored Scheme at The London Book Fair March 10th 2026. This is such an important tool for all authors - do please join us in promoting and utilising the logo across your published work.

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Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog@maireadhearne.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI | #JusticeForCreators samblakebooks.com/brave-new-wo... via @samblakebooks.bsky.social

Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI | #JusticeForCreators

Have you read the groundbreaking report launched by the SoA and partners about the impact of Gen AI – Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI? If you’re a creator, you…

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SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Have you read the groundbreaking report launched by the SoA and partners about the impact of Gen AI - Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI? If you're a creator, you need to - and join your union to add your voice...

Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI | #JusticeForCreators

Have you read the groundbreaking report launched by the SoA and partners about the impact of Gen AI - Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI? If you're a creator, you need to - and join your union to add your voice...

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elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be…The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

How fab is this? Sent on Monday night 11.20pm, I hope it didn't keep u up too far past yr bedtime! Messages & reviews from readers are just so lovely ❤️ YOUR EVERY MOVE is a stalker thriller set in London & Cornwall, in the world of prime property, it's 99p on Kindle & was an instant No 1 😘

A DM on insta from a reader, sent Monday at 23.18 : Hi Sam, I just finished your book Your Every Move. Wow I was hooked from the start. The suspense was brilliantly done and kept me guessing right to the end. I couldn't out it down! Huge congratulations on such a fantastic book.
SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thanks so much for having me on Sean! Was worried about your time so didn't get into the issue about Irish libraries not paying PLR on audio and ebooks, that's a whole segment of its own - you'll be hearing more about it soon I hope.

Seán Moncrieff@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On the show today: @allegra-chapman.bsky.social on swearing children; 5000km, barefoot; @johnarlidge.bsky.social on flying super-posh; @samblakebooks.bsky.social on audio books; Showbiz news; Low alcohol wine (boo); @toxicolly.bsky.social reviews 'The History Of Sound' & 'Mercy'...

Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog@maireadhearne.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Huge congratulations to @samblakebooks.bsky.social 👏👏 Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, also known under the pen name Sam Blake, has been re-elected for a second term as chair of @societyofauthors.bsky.social Read: www.thebookseller.com/news/vanessa... via @thebookseller.com

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin re-elected as chair of the Society of Authors

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, also known under the pen name Sam Blake, has been re-elected for a second term as chair of the Society of Authors (SoA). SFF author Juliet McKenna has been elected as the SoA’s...

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SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The fab Mairéad Hearne looked at me aghast when I said I didn't know abt the transformative effects of Clarins Beaute Éclair - so what was the first thing I grabbed in the airport? BEFORE THE COFFEE!! All copies Your Every Move now signed in Term 1 WHSmith 😊✈️ 2nd week at No 1 - THANK YOU 🎉🥂🙏❤️

A photo of Sam Blake's red samsonite cabin case in the airport with a cup of coffee on the top and a tube of Clarins beside it. The coffee cup has a 'signed by the author' sticker on it. Sam's luggage tag is the cover of her book Keep Your Eyes on Me in the hope that she doesn't lose the suitcase. Image of Aer Lingus departure board for the 8.45 Heathrow flight, a pic of Westminster and two red buses behind the flight info - I love how they use a picture of the destination on their flight info boards!
SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thrilled that Your Every Move is an instant No 1 bestseller, & what a week!! A stalker thriller set in the world of luxury property, it has something for everyone! And it's still 99p/ €1.14 on Kindle/ Thriller of the Month at Apple Books so you don't even have to leave the house to grab a copy! 📚💙

Irish Times bestseller list showing Sam Blake's Your Every Move at No 1 above Dan Brown, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben, John Banville, John Grisham and David Baldacci, woo hoo!! Sam Blake with her hands in the air as she describes something exciting at the launch of Your Every Move. She's wearing a black dress and heavy gold necklace and has red shoulder length slightly curly hair & glasses. She's standing behind a brown wooden podium speaking into a microphone.
SAM BLAKE@samblakebooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Fantastic launch for Your Every Move in Dun Laoghaire this evening, thank you so much to everyone who came! This is shortly after Edel Coffey realised we used her quote for the cover 🤣❤️🥂

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Richard Morris@ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I'm selling this work by the Northern School painter Reg Gardner. Dated 1974, his early impasto technique really gives the picture a rich form of texture. It measures 16 inches by 12 inches. £875. Please drop me a line if you're interested richard@richardmorris.org

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Fionna O’Leary@fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 7mo ago

You should capture these data pronto @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @markpackuk.bsky.social Where’s that online safety act now? Why is it just left to OfCom? Why isn’t the “Culture” Secretary all over this? Why can’t we ban the porn site? Using children? No consent.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery. www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...