Kate Barker
@katebarker.bsky.social
Literary agent. Always looking for something interesting. www.katebarker.net.
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My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Someone should do a daily podcast this May on the General Strike one century on.
15 min episodes 4th to 12th May.
(I will happily write and present this podcast if some organisation wants to pay me).
15 min episodes 4th to 12th May.
(I will happily write and present this podcast if some organisation wants to pay me).
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Someone should do a daily podcast this May on the General Strike one century on.
15 min episodes 4th to 12th May.
(I will happily write and present this podcast if some organisation wants to pay me).
15 min episodes 4th to 12th May.
(I will happily write and present this podcast if some organisation wants to pay me).
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Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
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THE SECOND HOME (May 28th - please pre-order🙏🏻).
A second book, a body of work. I’m so grateful I can do this again and really hope people enjoy this one.
P.S. it’s set during an August bank holiday heatwave — a reminder that warmer, brighter days are coming!!! ☀️
#psychologicalthriller #novel
A second book, a body of work. I’m so grateful I can do this again and really hope people enjoy this one.
P.S. it’s set during an August bank holiday heatwave — a reminder that warmer, brighter days are coming!!! ☀️
#psychologicalthriller #novel
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
THE SECOND HOME (May 28th - please pre-order🙏🏻).
A second book, a body of work. I’m so grateful I can do this again and really hope people enjoy this one.
P.S. it’s set during an August bank holiday heatwave — a reminder that warmer, brighter days are coming!!! ☀️
#psychologicalthriller #novel
A second book, a body of work. I’m so grateful I can do this again and really hope people enjoy this one.
P.S. it’s set during an August bank holiday heatwave — a reminder that warmer, brighter days are coming!!! ☀️
#psychologicalthriller #novel
Airport book brain! This is very good. Though I'd argue that we are suffering as much from podcast brain.
🚨NEW BLOGPOST🚨
Fast answers, overconfidence and the superficial appearance of rigour. Airport bookstores are the perfect place for those who chase fresh ideas without doing the legwork.
Unfortunately, much of our policy is shaped by the same impulse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Fast answers, overconfidence and the superficial appearance of rigour. Airport bookstores are the perfect place for those who chase fresh ideas without doing the legwork.
Unfortunately, much of our policy is shaped by the same impulse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Airport Book Brain
How faddish ideas keep seducing.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Airport book brain! This is very good. Though I'd argue that we are suffering as much from podcast brain.
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"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times
the median U.S. household income."
the median U.S. household income."
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"All told, Mr. Trump has profited from his return to the presidency by an amount of money equal to 16,822 times
the median U.S. household income."
the median U.S. household income."
Happy #PLR day, published authors! If you aren't registered, DO IT NOW for next year: plr.bl.uk/login
Public Lending Right
plr.bl.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Happy #PLR day, published authors! If you aren't registered, DO IT NOW for next year: plr.bl.uk/login
Fantastic news - go Harriet! #TheTraitors
January 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Fantastic news - go Harriet! #TheTraitors
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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Thank you - I was way out of my comfort zone!
Here you go with the sprouts image!
Here you go with the sprouts image!
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thank you - I was way out of my comfort zone!
Here you go with the sprouts image!
Here you go with the sprouts image!
A few pics of @ginarippon.bsky.social ‘s highly entertaining talk on the neuroscience of Christmas with @cosmicshambles.com last night. Regret that I didn’t get a photo of the slide explaining why sprouts can be bad for the brain.
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A few pics of @ginarippon.bsky.social ‘s highly entertaining talk on the neuroscience of Christmas with @cosmicshambles.com last night. Regret that I didn’t get a photo of the slide explaining why sprouts can be bad for the brain.
Oh HarperCollins, what took you so long. New CEO?
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oh HarperCollins, what took you so long. New CEO?
On ep 4 of Pluribus (which I really like). Is it about generative AI?
December 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On ep 4 of Pluribus (which I really like). Is it about generative AI?
The shortest day of the year is nearly here... great advice on beating the winter blues from psychologist Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive – from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April
The temptation is to sit at home and hibernate, but beating the winter blues can be done. Here’s how to embrace the coldest and arguably most beautiful season
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The shortest day of the year is nearly here... great advice on beating the winter blues from psychologist Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Important thread.
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Important thread.
Delighted for my brilliant client @ginarippon.bsky.social who has won the British Psychological Society award for Popular Science book of the year for The Lost Girls of Autism. Congratulations, Gina!
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s BPS Book Awards | BPS
The BPS is proud to announce the winners of our Book Awards 2025.
www.bps.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Delighted for my brilliant client @ginarippon.bsky.social who has won the British Psychological Society award for Popular Science book of the year for The Lost Girls of Autism. Congratulations, Gina!
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...
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“[An] excellent, state-of-the-art account of autism in girls."
"Off the Spectrum" by @ginarippon.bsky.social is a @newscientist.com Book of the Year!
Read more: bit.ly/4pF8U59
"Off the Spectrum" by @ginarippon.bsky.social is a @newscientist.com Book of the Year!
Read more: bit.ly/4pF8U59
The 13 best popular science books of 2025
Women's hidden extra work, positive tipping points and new thinking on autism – there's much to chew on in this year's best reads, says Liz Else
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“[An] excellent, state-of-the-art account of autism in girls."
"Off the Spectrum" by @ginarippon.bsky.social is a @newscientist.com Book of the Year!
Read more: bit.ly/4pF8U59
"Off the Spectrum" by @ginarippon.bsky.social is a @newscientist.com Book of the Year!
Read more: bit.ly/4pF8U59
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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Are you writing an unputdownable #thriller? Then it's time to put it down, book an #agent121 and find out what a #litagent thinks!
9 Dec @katebarker.bsky.social
11 Dec @mariliasavvides.bsky.social
19 Dec @amandapreston.bsky.social
Book: www.iaminprint.co.uk #amwriting #thrillerbooks #thrillers
9 Dec @katebarker.bsky.social
11 Dec @mariliasavvides.bsky.social
19 Dec @amandapreston.bsky.social
Book: www.iaminprint.co.uk #amwriting #thrillerbooks #thrillers
a man in a suit is holding a book in his hands .
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a book in his hands .
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are you writing an unputdownable #thriller? Then it's time to put it down, book an #agent121 and find out what a #litagent thinks!
9 Dec @katebarker.bsky.social
11 Dec @mariliasavvides.bsky.social
19 Dec @amandapreston.bsky.social
Book: www.iaminprint.co.uk #amwriting #thrillerbooks #thrillers
9 Dec @katebarker.bsky.social
11 Dec @mariliasavvides.bsky.social
19 Dec @amandapreston.bsky.social
Book: www.iaminprint.co.uk #amwriting #thrillerbooks #thrillers
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You know what would be an excellent Christmas present?
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You know what would be an excellent Christmas present?
Great to hear Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald talking about her new book The Gifts of Winter on BBC All In the Mind with @claudiahammond.bsky.social - 17 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Asylum hotels and mental health
Claudia discusses the evidence for the mental health impact of living in an asylum hotel.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Great to hear Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald talking about her new book The Gifts of Winter on BBC All In the Mind with @claudiahammond.bsky.social - 17 mins in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...