George Walkley
@georgewalkley.com
Independent consultant, MBA, NED, Chair @midascampaigns.bsky.social, board @bdspublishing.bsky.social, @brisunipress.bsky.social, AI/Policy @independentpublishersguild.com, advisor @xigxaguk.bsky.social. Strategy, AI, books, games.
A very good day at the Publishing Ireland conference in Dublin, where I gave a keynote earlier. A really substantial agenda touching on media trends, copyright, metadata, AI, supply chain, EUDR, sustainability, bookshops, backlists, POD, small presses, resilience, weather impacts.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A very good day at the Publishing Ireland conference in Dublin, where I gave a keynote earlier. A really substantial agenda touching on media trends, copyright, metadata, AI, supply chain, EUDR, sustainability, bookshops, backlists, POD, small presses, resilience, weather impacts.
LHR-DUB to speak at the Publishing Ireland conference tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
LHR-DUB to speak at the Publishing Ireland conference tomorrow.
Just Dread-Pirate-Roberts-it. Job done.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Just Dread-Pirate-Roberts-it. Job done.
Interesting conversation with my 17 y/o on the school run this morning. She has total awareness/knowledge of Zohran Mamdani but couldn't identify Zack Polanski. There's something in this about communication and filter bubbles...
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Interesting conversation with my 17 y/o on the school run this morning. She has total awareness/knowledge of Zohran Mamdani but couldn't identify Zack Polanski. There's something in this about communication and filter bubbles...
Lasting peace, but it would have made for a very poor Diplomacy board.
Divide and concur — this radical plan from 1920, for "lasting peace" after WW1, proposed uniting central Europe into 24 wedge-shaped cantons which would radiate out from Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/unionization-of-central-europe/
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lasting peace, but it would have made for a very poor Diplomacy board.
I read a lot of opinions about AI and the future of work, and this post by @naomialderman.bsky.social is the best I've come across in a long time. It was written for young people the same age as my daughters, and the best compliment I can give it is that I immediately shared it with them.
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I read a lot of opinions about AI and the future of work, and this post by @naomialderman.bsky.social is the best I've come across in a long time. It was written for young people the same age as my daughters, and the best compliment I can give it is that I immediately shared it with them.
Really liked this from @profserious.bsky.social:
"much of what I thought I knew about how to communicate effectively... get things done... apply effort and use influence, were contingent... my unquestioned assumption that my knowledge was universally true and broadly applicable, was sadly false."
"much of what I thought I knew about how to communicate effectively... get things done... apply effort and use influence, were contingent... my unquestioned assumption that my knowledge was universally true and broadly applicable, was sadly false."
On Adaptation
... and the path to change
profserious.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really liked this from @profserious.bsky.social:
"much of what I thought I knew about how to communicate effectively... get things done... apply effort and use influence, were contingent... my unquestioned assumption that my knowledge was universally true and broadly applicable, was sadly false."
"much of what I thought I knew about how to communicate effectively... get things done... apply effort and use influence, were contingent... my unquestioned assumption that my knowledge was universally true and broadly applicable, was sadly false."
In the first two hours back from vacation: a no-show for the first scheduled meeting of the week, an airline cancelling a flight next week and a parking fine from a client that was supposed to have arranged a permit for a visit to their office. I think it's going to be one of those days...
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In the first two hours back from vacation: a no-show for the first scheduled meeting of the week, an airline cancelling a flight next week and a parking fine from a client that was supposed to have arranged a permit for a visit to their office. I think it's going to be one of those days...
Back home after a week of travel which let me catch up on viewing. Found Slow Horses S05 a little disappointing. Much preferred Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, which I watched on the flight. Any precise, bespectacled spy called George invites comparison to Smiley. Black Bag was style over substance—
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Back home after a week of travel which let me catch up on viewing. Found Slow Horses S05 a little disappointing. Much preferred Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, which I watched on the flight. Any precise, bespectacled spy called George invites comparison to Smiley. Black Bag was style over substance—
EWR-LHR, waiting to push back, already over two hours late and a screaming child in row ahead. This is going to be a long flight.
November 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
EWR-LHR, waiting to push back, already over two hours late and a screaming child in row ahead. This is going to be a long flight.
Grima Wormtongue: “It is time for the Hobbits to ally with the Ruffians…”
I suspect Tolkien would have seen Musk, Robinson et al for exactly who they are.
I suspect Tolkien would have seen Musk, Robinson et al for exactly who they are.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Grima Wormtongue: “It is time for the Hobbits to ally with the Ruffians…”
I suspect Tolkien would have seen Musk, Robinson et al for exactly who they are.
I suspect Tolkien would have seen Musk, Robinson et al for exactly who they are.
Up early for Brooklyn Bridge Parkrun and a cooldown walk around Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Up early for Brooklyn Bridge Parkrun and a cooldown walk around Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights.
@zibaldoni.bsky.social You might enjoy this thread.
Absolute pure chef's kiss. A company called Ugmonk have invented pieces of paper to make notes on as a way to stay offline. One of them is a ring-binder notebook ugmonk.com/en-gb/collec...
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
@zibaldoni.bsky.social You might enjoy this thread.
C'est moi
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
C'est moi
Very good webinar today organised by @publishersassoc.bsky.social and @independentpublishersguild.com on the proposed Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, with an informative presentation and Q&A with publisher class counsel Oppenheim & Zebrak. Key questions from publishers on eligibility criteria…
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Very good webinar today organised by @publishersassoc.bsky.social and @independentpublishersguild.com on the proposed Bartz v. Anthropic settlement, with an informative presentation and Q&A with publisher class counsel Oppenheim & Zebrak. Key questions from publishers on eligibility criteria…
Just started a non-fiction book and the epigraph to the first chapter misattributes a Rebecca Solnit quote. Amazing to me that neither author nor editor spotted it. Instant credibility loss.
October 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just started a non-fiction book and the epigraph to the first chapter misattributes a Rebecca Solnit quote. Amazing to me that neither author nor editor spotted it. Instant credibility loss.
A hugely important update for authors and publishers: you may not be eligible, it's a defined list of titles based on US copyright registration and date eligibility, not everything in LibGen. But take five minutes to be sure 👉
If you think you are entitled to a share of the $1.5bn class action settlement with AI firm Anthropic in the US, you can now file a claim.
The settlement website has all the info including a searchable database of eligible titles, claim forms and FAQs www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
#booksky
The settlement website has all the info including a searchable database of eligible titles, claim forms and FAQs www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
#booksky
ANT Homepage | ANT
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A hugely important update for authors and publishers: you may not be eligible, it's a defined list of titles based on US copyright registration and date eligibility, not everything in LibGen. But take five minutes to be sure 👉
Oh, well played 👏
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Oh, well played 👏
Reposted by George Walkley
It's the perfect time of year to investigate ROADS TO WITHERED HILL, the immersive audio experience developed by @tomabba.studio to accompany my folk horror novel. It's free and you just need to plug yourself into your phone and go for a VERY unsettling short walk.
discover.witheredhill.place
discover.witheredhill.place
Roads to Withered Hill
Roads to Withered Hill
discover.witheredhill.place
October 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's the perfect time of year to investigate ROADS TO WITHERED HILL, the immersive audio experience developed by @tomabba.studio to accompany my folk horror novel. It's free and you just need to plug yourself into your phone and go for a VERY unsettling short walk.
discover.witheredhill.place
discover.witheredhill.place
Lunchtime reading: issue 7 of @wyrdscience.bsky.social, which just arrived. Might be the best yet. Features on Rick Priestley, Undaunted and Cold War RPGs, an excellent column from @jameswallis.bsky.social and much more. If you like tabletop games and you haven’t subscribed, you’re missing out.
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Lunchtime reading: issue 7 of @wyrdscience.bsky.social, which just arrived. Might be the best yet. Features on Rick Priestley, Undaunted and Cold War RPGs, an excellent column from @jameswallis.bsky.social and much more. If you like tabletop games and you haven’t subscribed, you’re missing out.
I'm so glad this got reposted into my timeline. It's utterly charming, the nicest game I've seen in ages.
everyone should checkout Messenger by Abeto. it's a free browser game where ur just a little delivery kid on a little planet!
messenger.abeto.co
messenger.abeto.co
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I'm so glad this got reposted into my timeline. It's utterly charming, the nicest game I've seen in ages.
A superb podcast with @alisonjones.com interviewing my friend and colleague @jamesspackman73.bsky.social on books and the business of persuasion—the points about playful experimentation and chains of enthusiasm are pure gold for anyone looking to sell a book.
Episode 462 - Perfecting your pitch with James Spackman
YouTube video by Alison Jones
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A superb podcast with @alisonjones.com interviewing my friend and colleague @jamesspackman73.bsky.social on books and the business of persuasion—the points about playful experimentation and chains of enthusiasm are pure gold for anyone looking to sell a book.
100% this.
Not read WYRD SCIENCE issue 7 yet? What are you waiting for! The magazine goes from strength to strength, and one of its new strengths is the fact that I'm in this one. Go on, it's the weekend, treat yourself. shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
100% this.