Charlie Campbell
@charliecampbell.bsky.social
Literary agent at Greyhound Literary, cricketer for Authors CC and occasional writer (Scapegoat: A History of Blaming Other People & Herding Cats: The Art of Amateur Cricket Captaincy).
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Orion Fiction has won a three-way auction for “a subversive, darkly comic thriller” set in the publishing industry, from Birmingham-based writing lecturer Liam Brown. Fanfiction will publish in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
Orion clinches Liam Brown's comic thriller about 'topsy-turvy word of publishing'
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October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Orion Fiction has won a three-way auction for “a subversive, darkly comic thriller” set in the publishing industry, from Birmingham-based writing lecturer Liam Brown. Fanfiction will publish in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky
I wrote a piece for @bookbrunch.bsky.social about literary agencies & succession. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I wrote a piece for @bookbrunch.bsky.social about literary agencies & succession. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...
A terrific review in the Hindustan Times for K Anis Ahmed's 'fast-paced, deeply disturbing satire', Carnivore. www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/htcit...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A terrific review in the Hindustan Times for K Anis Ahmed's 'fast-paced, deeply disturbing satire', Carnivore. www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/htcit...
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The children’s publishing world was rocked this week as a book was released by a new author who wasn’t a celebrity.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
July 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The children’s publishing world was rocked this week as a book was released by a new author who wasn’t a celebrity.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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Guess how much of that revenue went to authors.
Academic publishing revenues for last year were £3.5 billion.
Yes, academic publishing generates more revenue than trade publishing, by an entire billion last year.
Three-quarters of those revenues come from exports.
Yes, academic publishing generates more revenue than trade publishing, by an entire billion last year.
Three-quarters of those revenues come from exports.
June 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Guess how much of that revenue went to authors.
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had a lovely evening with my friend, his five year old and his two year old and spiritually it was a bit like hanging out with your normal mate, his mate who's downed four strong coffees in a row and his other mate who's been on the lash for twelve hours
June 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
had a lovely evening with my friend, his five year old and his two year old and spiritually it was a bit like hanging out with your normal mate, his mate who's downed four strong coffees in a row and his other mate who's been on the lash for twelve hours
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So great to see @juliangough.bsky.social's This Lake Is Fake (brilliantly illustrated by the peerless Jim Field) shortlisted for the Alligator's Mouth Award. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Alligator's Mouth shortlist released
Five children's books shortlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2025, with Gardners offering independent bookshops up to 50% discount on shortlisted titles
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So great to see @juliangough.bsky.social's This Lake Is Fake (brilliantly illustrated by the peerless Jim Field) shortlisted for the Alligator's Mouth Award. www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
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Tragic story of how a BME solicitor's career, and basically whole life, was ruined due to a Daily Mail story, how the SRA contributed to that destruction, and how, now that he's been completely exonerated, there is complete silence from all sides.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-poi...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-poi...
How the Mail, ministers and the regulator destroyed an innocent solicitor - and what must happen now
Regulation and compliance.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Tragic story of how a BME solicitor's career, and basically whole life, was ruined due to a Daily Mail story, how the SRA contributed to that destruction, and how, now that he's been completely exonerated, there is complete silence from all sides.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-poi...
www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-poi...
Music, novels, children's picture books & now cosmology! @juliangough.bsky.social's extraordinary career takes a fascinating turn & this Irish Times piece recognises his foresight & how his 2022 predictions have been proved correct. www.irishtimes.com/science/spac...
Beyond the big bang: Irishman’s universal evolution theory challenges accepted cosmology
Julian Gough has unveiled a cosmological theory he believes may better explain the origins of our universe
www.irishtimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Music, novels, children's picture books & now cosmology! @juliangough.bsky.social's extraordinary career takes a fascinating turn & this Irish Times piece recognises his foresight & how his 2022 predictions have been proved correct. www.irishtimes.com/science/spac...
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Liz Truss tried her best but, as with so many things, if you want something done properly, you need to get the Americans to do it.
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Liz Truss tried her best but, as with so many things, if you want something done properly, you need to get the Americans to do it.
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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
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Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing
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🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
March 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
'In fact, it seemed a lot like the barrel was upside down and being banged on the bottom to see if any dregs fell out. It was clear that if I wanted, I could be one of those dregs.' From Owain Mulligan's brilliant The Accidental Soldier, in Sunday Times magazine. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
I was a teacher one week. The next I was fighting in Iraq
Owain Mulligan, the brother of the actress Carey Mulligan, was north London’s worst teacher, playing soldiers in the TA at weekends. Then came the call: you’re off to war. It didn’t go entirely to pla...
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March 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'In fact, it seemed a lot like the barrel was upside down and being banged on the bottom to see if any dregs fell out. It was clear that if I wanted, I could be one of those dregs.' From Owain Mulligan's brilliant The Accidental Soldier, in Sunday Times magazine. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Great to see @faberbooks.bsky.social's announcement of When Tad Kicked Vlad, @juliangough.bsky.social's very funny & anarchic new picture book, which the brilliant Ross Collins is illustrating. greyhoundliterary.co.uk/blog/faber-t...
Faber teams up Julian Gough and Ross Collins for 'hilarious and…
Faber is 'delighted to have acquired a brand-new picture book from Julian Gough in an exciting two-book deal', and When Tad Kicked Vlad will be published…
greyhoundliterary.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great to see @faberbooks.bsky.social's announcement of When Tad Kicked Vlad, @juliangough.bsky.social's very funny & anarchic new picture book, which the brilliant Ross Collins is illustrating. greyhoundliterary.co.uk/blog/faber-t...
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I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...
March 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...
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So disrespectful of him not even to apply a bit of rouge or eyeliner.
March 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
So disrespectful of him not even to apply a bit of rouge or eyeliner.
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Happy publication day to @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social. Her fabulous debut Greenteeth is out today from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Kirkus has hailed it as 'full of magic but even more heart' in a starred review & there's a lovely interview with Molly here: thenerddaily.com/molly-oneill...
February 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy publication day to @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social. Her fabulous debut Greenteeth is out today from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Kirkus has hailed it as 'full of magic but even more heart' in a starred review & there's a lovely interview with Molly here: thenerddaily.com/molly-oneill...
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Finally, some good good news! Very excited to share the announcement of my next novel, #GoodGoodLoving being published in March 2026. Enormous thanks to Anna Kelly at #ViragoPress and Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social. #YvvetteEdwards #GoodGoodLovingTheNovel
February 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Finally, some good good news! Very excited to share the announcement of my next novel, #GoodGoodLoving being published in March 2026. Enormous thanks to Anna Kelly at #ViragoPress and Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social. #YvvetteEdwards #GoodGoodLovingTheNovel
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Read this and the world will seem a better place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Blind date: ‘I was hoping to meet a total babe. She was a total babe’
Gráinne, 31, a software engineer and musician, meets Alexander, 34, a civil servant
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Read this and the world will seem a better place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Tom Holland in the Times diary once more. The quote marks around “Fielder of the Year” seem to question the legitimacy of the award.
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tom Holland in the Times diary once more. The quote marks around “Fielder of the Year” seem to question the legitimacy of the award.
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Delighted to confirm next week’s guest co-host. Actual comedy royalty… Rebecca Front.
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted to confirm next week’s guest co-host. Actual comedy royalty… Rebecca Front.
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Shortlisted for the @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Shortlisted for the @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
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Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.
February 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.