Anna Frame
@annaframe.bsky.social
Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Len Pennie, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
Oh this is such sad news. Knights Of have been such a force for good in this industry - we need more companies like them, not fewer. www.thebookseller.com/news/indepen...
Independent children's publisher Knights Of set to close
Award-winning inclusive children’s publisher Knights Of is set to close, The Bookseller understands, with accountancy firm Hart Shaw instructed to place the company in liquidation, pending a vote of t...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Oh this is such sad news. Knights Of have been such a force for good in this industry - we need more companies like them, not fewer. www.thebookseller.com/news/indepen...
Worth bearing in mind this recent news, while considering Nigel Newton’s latest comments in the Guardian. Looks like Bloomsbury are going to be leaning hard into AI in the future: bsky.app/profile/publ...
Effective February 6, 2026, Underwood will join Bloomsbury’s board of directors and report to chief executive Nigel Newton, who praised his “AI expertise.” Underwood comes to the U.K. publisher from Guardian Media Group, where he holds the same title.
Keith Underwood Appointed Chief Financial, Operating Officer at Bloomsbury
Effective February 6, 2026, Underwood will join Bloomsbury’s board of directors and report to chief executive Nigel Newton, who praised his “AI expertise.” Underwood comes to the U.K. publisher from…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Worth bearing in mind this recent news, while considering Nigel Newton’s latest comments in the Guardian. Looks like Bloomsbury are going to be leaning hard into AI in the future: bsky.app/profile/publ...
Have I mentioned recently how much I adore this book? A love story spanning decades, it left me in tears at the end (not a common occurrence) - and I was far from the only one to have that response.
Lily lands in the UK tomorrow - do catch her on tour if you can: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...
Lily lands in the UK tomorrow - do catch her on tour if you can: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...
October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Have I mentioned recently how much I adore this book? A love story spanning decades, it left me in tears at the end (not a common occurrence) - and I was far from the only one to have that response.
Lily lands in the UK tomorrow - do catch her on tour if you can: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...
Lily lands in the UK tomorrow - do catch her on tour if you can: buythebook.online/heart-the-lo...
There was a story literally last week about a teenager who killed themself after encouragement from Chat GPT. These are empty words. As ever, it’s profit above everything.
i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There was a story literally last week about a teenager who killed themself after encouragement from Chat GPT. These are empty words. As ever, it’s profit above everything.
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Some days, the algorithm really is your friend:
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some days, the algorithm really is your friend:
"Le Carré meets the Durrells"
"Imagine the Slow Horses had parents who were also spies..."
"Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five"
To be clear, none of these lines are from me - they're from some of the MANY quotes we've already had in for Alex's novel.
Now boasting a stunning cover to match.
"Imagine the Slow Horses had parents who were also spies..."
"Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five"
To be clear, none of these lines are from me - they're from some of the MANY quotes we've already had in for Alex's novel.
Now boasting a stunning cover to match.
Excited to reveal the cover for A Stranger in Corfu - a spy novel with a difference!
Following former MI6 agents, who are living in enforced retirement in Corfu when their pasts come back to haunt them, it’s a vivid reimagining of a true slice of British Intelligence history, told with huge skill.
Following former MI6 agents, who are living in enforced retirement in Corfu when their pasts come back to haunt them, it’s a vivid reimagining of a true slice of British Intelligence history, told with huge skill.
So thrilled that @canongate.co.uk will be publishing A Stranger in Corfu in February. A retirement home for spies, secrets that rise up from the past, the beauty of Greece. @waterstones.bsky.social are offering a big preorder discount on the hardback here: buythebook.online/astrangerinc...
October 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Le Carré meets the Durrells"
"Imagine the Slow Horses had parents who were also spies..."
"Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five"
To be clear, none of these lines are from me - they're from some of the MANY quotes we've already had in for Alex's novel.
Now boasting a stunning cover to match.
"Imagine the Slow Horses had parents who were also spies..."
"Agatha Christie meets the Cambridge Five"
To be clear, none of these lines are from me - they're from some of the MANY quotes we've already had in for Alex's novel.
Now boasting a stunning cover to match.
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
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Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
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Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
This was a truly lovely thing to find on arrival back into the office today, after a fairly intense few weeks of extensive touring.
Thanks again to the BA, and to all the brilliant booksellers who voted. It really does mean the world.
Thanks again to the BA, and to all the brilliant booksellers who voted. It really does mean the world.
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This was a truly lovely thing to find on arrival back into the office today, after a fairly intense few weeks of extensive touring.
Thanks again to the BA, and to all the brilliant booksellers who voted. It really does mean the world.
Thanks again to the BA, and to all the brilliant booksellers who voted. It really does mean the world.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Yes, yes she is. Not only that, she’s #6 on the bestseller list at the most competitive time of year, her poetry outselling celeb memoirs. Pretty much unheard of.
Huge thanks to Lemn and the many other poets, writers, booksellers and readers who’ve lent their support to this extraordinary woman.
Huge thanks to Lemn and the many other poets, writers, booksellers and readers who’ve lent their support to this extraordinary woman.
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Yes, yes she is. Not only that, she’s #6 on the bestseller list at the most competitive time of year, her poetry outselling celeb memoirs. Pretty much unheard of.
Huge thanks to Lemn and the many other poets, writers, booksellers and readers who’ve lent their support to this extraordinary woman.
Huge thanks to Lemn and the many other poets, writers, booksellers and readers who’ve lent their support to this extraordinary woman.
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The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
🚨 Consultation survey launched on whether trans people should be able to access Hampstead Heath ladies' pond following Supreme Court ruling
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Survey launched on trans access to Hampstead Heath ladies' pond
The ladies’ pond at Hampstead Heath currently admits biological women and transgender women
www.standard.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
Hell yes.
We're delighted to share the news that @lenniesaurus.bsky.social's second collection poyums annaw is an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Huge congratulations Len! Have you read it yet?
buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hell yes.
This was Len’s 8th event in 8 days - with Bristol, Crickhowell, Bath, London and Aberdeen all coming up over the next week, and more thereafter. Almost the whole tour has sold out, including all the English and Welsh events.
Not bad for a Scots poet south of the border…!
Not bad for a Scots poet south of the border…!
Absolutely incredible event - powerful, inspiring and full of hope and joy. Len is both an astonishing poet and wonderful person.
Last night we welcomed Len Pennie to Stockport for the launch of her new collection poyums annaw! As well as treating us to some poems, she talked to Terri White about the importance of using poetry to address issues such as domestic violence as well as learning how to incorporate joy into her work.
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This was Len’s 8th event in 8 days - with Bristol, Crickhowell, Bath, London and Aberdeen all coming up over the next week, and more thereafter. Almost the whole tour has sold out, including all the English and Welsh events.
Not bad for a Scots poet south of the border…!
Not bad for a Scots poet south of the border…!
“Sauron and Saruman meet to discuss peaceful resolutions to the war in Middle Earth”
Trump and Netanyahu to meet today at WH with joint presser expected afterward
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Trump and Netanyahu are set to meet as pressure mounts to end the war in Gaza
Days after using a U.N. address to reject international demands for an end to the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sit down with President Donald Trump, his important suppor...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Sauron and Saruman meet to discuss peaceful resolutions to the war in Middle Earth”
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Imagining a parallel world in which 22 billion was injected into the UK arts industry.
I don't doubt there'll be initial investment - from companies ramming AI down people's throats - but ascribing that 'boost' to AI itself is utterly disingenuous. The reporting on AI is like discussing the merits of religion and the existence of god by only talking to the heads of various churches.
Microsoft says its new £22bn investment in the UK's AI sector should boost Britain's economy in next few years
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September 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Imagining a parallel world in which 22 billion was injected into the UK arts industry.
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I remember this speech when Jon Stewart gave it. It was powerful. And urgent. And 100% true. And like too many things over the last many years, it wasn’t taken nearly seriously enough.
🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022:
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
September 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I remember this speech when Jon Stewart gave it. It was powerful. And urgent. And 100% true. And like too many things over the last many years, it wasn’t taken nearly seriously enough.
This book has already had such a huge impact on readers over the last decade - and sadly is almost more relevant now than it was in 2016.
Exceptionally proud that we’ll be republishing it at Canongate, in time for its 10th anniversary.
Exceptionally proud that we’ll be republishing it at Canongate, in time for its 10th anniversary.
Canongate has acquired Nikesh Shukla’s “generation-defining” The Good Immigrant following the closure of Unbound. It will be re-released in a new 10th anniversary edition, complete with a new introduction, in September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Canongate triumphs in six-way auction for Nikesh Shukla’s ‘generation-defining’ The Good Immigrant
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September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This book has already had such a huge impact on readers over the last decade - and sadly is almost more relevant now than it was in 2016.
Exceptionally proud that we’ll be republishing it at Canongate, in time for its 10th anniversary.
Exceptionally proud that we’ll be republishing it at Canongate, in time for its 10th anniversary.
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Really enjoyed this from @damianbarr.bsky.social
Such a good understanding of how social class doesn’t just influence lives, but also silences voices. Damian unions how that works, and how it feels.
Such a good understanding of how social class doesn’t just influence lives, but also silences voices. Damian unions how that works, and how it feels.
September 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Really enjoyed this from @damianbarr.bsky.social
Such a good understanding of how social class doesn’t just influence lives, but also silences voices. Damian unions how that works, and how it feels.
Such a good understanding of how social class doesn’t just influence lives, but also silences voices. Damian unions how that works, and how it feels.
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Two democratic lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their own homes three months ago. School shootings are so epidemic there’s an “industry” around them. But won’t someone please, oh please, think of Jeremy Clarkson’s freedom to be racist?
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Jeremy Clarkson Says He’s “Genuinely Frightened” To Voice His Views After Charlie Kirk’s Death
Jeremy Clarkson feels scared to be a newspaper columnist following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist.
deadline.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Two democratic lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their own homes three months ago. School shootings are so epidemic there’s an “industry” around them. But won’t someone please, oh please, think of Jeremy Clarkson’s freedom to be racist?
deadline.com/2025/09/jere...
deadline.com/2025/09/jere...
Truly the AI writing post we all needed.
I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Truly the AI writing post we all needed.
The fact this statement is both so weak and - even worse - anonymous, speaks volumes. The presence of a woman who actively called for hotels full of people to be set alight isn’t irresponsible, it’s abhorrent.
Why isn’t every major politician and news outlet denouncing it?
Why isn’t every major politician and news outlet denouncing it?
A Labour source - unnamed - has commented to the Mirror on Connolly at Reform: “No matter what you think of her sentencing, celebrating someone who publicly expressed these views is beyond irresponsible. It shows just why Reform aren’t fit for office.”
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September 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The fact this statement is both so weak and - even worse - anonymous, speaks volumes. The presence of a woman who actively called for hotels full of people to be set alight isn’t irresponsible, it’s abhorrent.
Why isn’t every major politician and news outlet denouncing it?
Why isn’t every major politician and news outlet denouncing it?
Tour group on my train, heading to York. Enjoying the guide’s frankness: “You’ll see a lot of Harry Potter in York. Being honest, I don’t know what the connection is…”
The answer, of course, is that there is none. People decide the Shambles look like Diagon Alley and the tourist machine kicked in.
The answer, of course, is that there is none. People decide the Shambles look like Diagon Alley and the tourist machine kicked in.
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Tour group on my train, heading to York. Enjoying the guide’s frankness: “You’ll see a lot of Harry Potter in York. Being honest, I don’t know what the connection is…”
The answer, of course, is that there is none. People decide the Shambles look like Diagon Alley and the tourist machine kicked in.
The answer, of course, is that there is none. People decide the Shambles look like Diagon Alley and the tourist machine kicked in.
Huh. Is that…optimism, I can feel?
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Huh. Is that…optimism, I can feel?
So very sad to hear the news about Jonathan Main. He was a truly brilliant bookseller and a champion for so many writers, who created such a wonderful community around @booksellercrow.bsky.social. Sending condolences to Justine and the whole Bookseller Crow family.
September 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So very sad to hear the news about Jonathan Main. He was a truly brilliant bookseller and a champion for so many writers, who created such a wonderful community around @booksellercrow.bsky.social. Sending condolences to Justine and the whole Bookseller Crow family.