Alice Jolly
@alicejolly.bsky.social
Writer. New novel 'The Matchbox Girl' (about Dr Asperger) out from Bloomsbury Books in 2025. Rep'd by Eleanor Birne at Rogers, Coleridge, White. Oxford University whistleblower. Active member of Just Stop Oil.
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Total desperation from Darren Jones
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Total desperation from Darren Jones
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He faces a serious challenge from @TheGreenParty in his Bristol constituency
He hasn't walked the talk and has been architect of much climate damaging policy
Bring it on
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
Thanks so much. Yes @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social did a great job on this cover. As well as looking good it also cleverly represents several different aspects of the book.
Gorgeous window display at Daunt Marylebone for Alice Jolly’s The Matchbox Girl last week. really superb bit of design here.
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks so much. Yes @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social did a great job on this cover. As well as looking good it also cleverly represents several different aspects of the book.
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Heading to Daunts in Marylebone this evening for the London* launch of the mesmerising new novel by wife @alicejolly.bsky.social
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Heading to Daunts in Marylebone this evening for the London* launch of the mesmerising new novel by wife @alicejolly.bsky.social
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
*of course it’s the Stroud launch in November that we really care about
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have certainly created a very beautiful looking book.
Thank you so much @alicejolly.bsky.social for this fabulous The Matchbox Girl coming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 6th November. I’m thrilled to have it.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/matchbox-...
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have certainly created a very beautiful looking book.
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Hey @dailymail.co.uk we fixed your newspapers for you 💋
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hey @dailymail.co.uk we fixed your newspapers for you 💋
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.
The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.
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Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems
Daunt Books has acquired 13 books by five-time Booker-shortlistee Beryl Bainbridge 👇 #BookSky
Daunt Books acquires 13 books by Beryl Bainbridge
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October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Enormously proud to be the new UK home of Beryl Bainbridge. In March 2026, we kick things off in earnest by publishing AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, with an intro by Yiyun Li, and THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING, with an intro by A. K. Blakemore. Ruthlessly smart, darkly comic, her novels are sharp-edged gems
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We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books
UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.
www.thebookseller.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Writers please spread far and wide. Six of my books were scraped by Meta (and the situation is much worse for many others). This cannot put right the past but it does enable readers to support publishers who value the work of actual writers. Thanks so much to those who have worked on this.
Info on Books By People here: booksbypeople.org
Books By People | Defending Organic Literature in an AI world
Books by People's mission is to safeguard human creativity in modern literature by helping publishers and authors to certify their books as human-authored, with a process readers can trust.
booksbypeople.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Writers please spread far and wide. Six of my books were scraped by Meta (and the situation is much worse for many others). This cannot put right the past but it does enable readers to support publishers who value the work of actual writers. Thanks so much to those who have worked on this.
Will be talking with Rebecca Abrams about my new novel The Matchbox Girl (about the real Dr Asperger) published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at 7.30 19 November at the wonderful Caper Books in East Oxford.
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
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Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
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Alice Jolly talks to Rebecca Abrams about her new novel The Matchbox Girl - Caper
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October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Will be talking with Rebecca Abrams about my new novel The Matchbox Girl (about the real Dr Asperger) published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at 7.30 19 November at the wonderful Caper Books in East Oxford.
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
Tickets below. Hope to see you there!
checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
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Do not wait for your books to be banned to join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Please stand up for our colleagues, our readers, and the freedom to read and write today.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Do not wait for your books to be banned to join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Please stand up for our colleagues, our readers, and the freedom to read and write today.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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'“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.'
It's called a market.
It's called a market.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.'
It's called a market.
It's called a market.
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Will complain about this when I’m home. It’s worth it. The weight of complaints against that analysis-free Mason puff piece on the Reform conference did make them amend it.
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Will complain about this when I’m home. It’s worth it. The weight of complaints against that analysis-free Mason puff piece on the Reform conference did make them amend it.
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Very thrilled by this generous post about my book
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading
Thinking about best-beloved books from childhood
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September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Very thrilled by this generous post about my book
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Tickets on sale @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social
Will be discussing 'The Matchbox Girl' (about the real Dr Asperger) 7.30-8.30 pm on Saturday 8 November in Lansdown Hall. Drinks to follow. Hope to see you there. (Many other great events at the Book Fest).
Tickets on sale @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social
Will be discussing 'The Matchbox Girl' (about the real Dr Asperger) 7.30-8.30 pm on Saturday 8 November in Lansdown Hall. Drinks to follow. Hope to see you there. (Many other great events at the Book Fest).
The Matchbox Girl - Stroud Book Festival
Adelheid Brunner does not speak. Instead she writes, draws maps and dreams of collecting one thousand matchboxes. Then she meets Dr Asperger, a man who lets children play all day and who recognises th...
stroudbookfestival.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Tickets on sale @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social
Will be discussing 'The Matchbox Girl' (about the real Dr Asperger) 7.30-8.30 pm on Saturday 8 November in Lansdown Hall. Drinks to follow. Hope to see you there. (Many other great events at the Book Fest).
Tickets on sale @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social
Will be discussing 'The Matchbox Girl' (about the real Dr Asperger) 7.30-8.30 pm on Saturday 8 November in Lansdown Hall. Drinks to follow. Hope to see you there. (Many other great events at the Book Fest).
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Thank you @katebarker.bsky.social . There was a section on the inaccurately negative impression of autism and autistic people that is part of this whole sorry saga. Got lost in the editing but important not to lose sight of it in the conversation 🤔😗
Proud of prof @ginarippon.bsky.social and her response to Trump's dangerous pronouncements on autism and paracetamol: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
It's far too simplistic just to blame paracetamol for autism
As a professor of cognitive neuroimaging, I've spent decades using state-of-the-art brain-imaging techniques to investigate the autistic brain.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you @katebarker.bsky.social . There was a section on the inaccurately negative impression of autism and autistic people that is part of this whole sorry saga. Got lost in the editing but important not to lose sight of it in the conversation 🤔😗
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Why on earth is the BBC running a live blog of this American hate fest?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Why on earth is the BBC running a live blog of this American hate fest?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?
Friends do consider following @pressjustice.bsky.social New charity (linked to @hackedoff.bsky.social ) which educates young people about media ethics and enables them to look at press articles in a critical manner. Husband @stephenstroud.bsky.social is Chair of Trustees and helped to set this up.
Behind every headline is a choice
At PJP, we help young people understand these choices—so they grow up empowered to question stories and spot bias.
🎓 Interested in hosting a media ethics session at your university, Get in touch.
#MediaEthics #EducationForChange #PJNOW
At PJP, we help young people understand these choices—so they grow up empowered to question stories and spot bias.
🎓 Interested in hosting a media ethics session at your university, Get in touch.
#MediaEthics #EducationForChange #PJNOW
September 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Friends do consider following @pressjustice.bsky.social New charity (linked to @hackedoff.bsky.social ) which educates young people about media ethics and enables them to look at press articles in a critical manner. Husband @stephenstroud.bsky.social is Chair of Trustees and helped to set this up.
Ever wondered what 1,300 books like? Thanks @goldsborobooks.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Book out on 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger - was he an amazing pioneer of autism research or a Nazi collaborator?
#fiction #historicalfiction
Book out on 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger - was he an amazing pioneer of autism research or a Nazi collaborator?
#fiction #historicalfiction
September 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ever wondered what 1,300 books like? Thanks @goldsborobooks.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Book out on 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger - was he an amazing pioneer of autism research or a Nazi collaborator?
#fiction #historicalfiction
Book out on 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger - was he an amazing pioneer of autism research or a Nazi collaborator?
#fiction #historicalfiction
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‘Business secretary Peter Kyle was asked by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips this morning if the demonstration – organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson – “disturbed” him.
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
‘Business secretary Peter Kyle was asked by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips this morning if the demonstration – organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson – “disturbed” him.
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame
Kyle said the number of people who turned out for the protest shows free speech is “alive and well” in the UK.’
For shame