Liz Hyder
@londonbessie.bsky.social
Writer type. Making it up as I go. 📖. #TheTwelve out now. Other books #TheIllusions #TheGifts & #Bearmouth. Fond of wanders. Lover of books, films, art & wildlife. Nerd.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Here I am, sharing a table with @londonbessie.bsky.social as part of Whitby Library's Litfest display. So many authors, so many events...
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here I am, sharing a table with @londonbessie.bsky.social as part of Whitby Library's Litfest display. So many authors, so many events...
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Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.
Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.
Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
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I’m extremely proud of this. Proper science books for young people are a difficult sell, so it’s nice to get some recognition. Well done to brilliant writer Ben and all the team at DFB. (In case it’s not clear, I did the illustrations).
September 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m extremely proud of this. Proper science books for young people are a difficult sell, so it’s nice to get some recognition. Well done to brilliant writer Ben and all the team at DFB. (In case it’s not clear, I did the illustrations).
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A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
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On July 23rd we have our first free workshop - writing children's fiction with Nero Book Awards Children's Fiction Winner, Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social. Register here to secure your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-ch...
June 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On July 23rd we have our first free workshop - writing children's fiction with Nero Book Awards Children's Fiction Winner, Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social. Register here to secure your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-ch...
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Don’t consider yourself a writer? This relaxed and supportive workshop led by award-winning novelist Liz Hyder is perfect for those who want to try something new.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Don’t consider yourself a writer? This relaxed and supportive workshop led by award-winning novelist Liz Hyder is perfect for those who want to try something new.
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🔗 buff.ly/P5KWij3
Hope amongst the cracks.
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hope amongst the cracks.
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Every creative in the UK should read this. Horrifying…
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Every creative in the UK should read this. Horrifying…
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Toot toot! Can’t wait for Oxford Lit Fest! x come and join us for bookish chat, inspiration, and much laughter!
March 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Toot toot! Can’t wait for Oxford Lit Fest! x come and join us for bookish chat, inspiration, and much laughter!
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Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes
Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes
Israel Defense Forces has confirmed it killed Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, claiming they were terrorists
Press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza on Monday, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by the Israeli armed forces.
Hossam Shabat, a 23-year-old correspondent for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was killed by an airstrike on his car in the eastern part of Beit Lahiya. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes
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If your books are among the 7.5 million pirated works on #LibGen, the resource #Meta has been using to train their #AI, you can at least send Meta a letter (using the @authorsguild.bsky.social's handy template) to state that they are violating your copyright.
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work
I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.
actionnetwork.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If your books are among the 7.5 million pirated works on #LibGen, the resource #Meta has been using to train their #AI, you can at least send Meta a letter (using the @authorsguild.bsky.social's handy template) to state that they are violating your copyright.
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
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Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor discuss their new book, Beyond the Secret Garden , which examines racial representation in British children’s literature.
25/3/2025
6:30 - 8pm
Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ
Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
25/3/2025
6:30 - 8pm
Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ
Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
March 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor discuss their new book, Beyond the Secret Garden , which examines racial representation in British children’s literature.
25/3/2025
6:30 - 8pm
Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ
Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
25/3/2025
6:30 - 8pm
Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ
Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
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The thing about AI training on pirated works is that Meta and Alphabet know all about licences. They know what intellectual property is and they would deny service to anyone who required a licence to use their products and didn't pay for it.
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The thing about AI training on pirated works is that Meta and Alphabet know all about licences. They know what intellectual property is and they would deny service to anyone who required a licence to use their products and didn't pay for it.
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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
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Yeah, not interested in billionaires doing what they deem “good” with a small proportion of their wealth. Tax them out of existence and let’s have a society where the gap between the rich and poor is not so obscenely immoral.
I see a lot of takes like “oh why don’t today’s billionaires fund museums & hospitals like the old days” and it’s like: the Sacklers funded all sorts to culturally launder their reputations so people praised shiny things not the opioid scandal!
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yeah, not interested in billionaires doing what they deem “good” with a small proportion of their wealth. Tax them out of existence and let’s have a society where the gap between the rich and poor is not so obscenely immoral.
Fantastic shortlists! Congratulations to everyone on here! Top reads! xx
It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0
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#childrensbookawards #bookawards
March 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Fantastic shortlists! Congratulations to everyone on here! Top reads! xx
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Someone clever did this to a lamppost on Coverdale road and now I am disappointed that every lamppost doesn’t have one
March 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Someone clever did this to a lamppost on Coverdale road and now I am disappointed that every lamppost doesn’t have one
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There’s a sweary version of What3Words! Why did none of you fuckers tell me about it? Anyway, I am here. You are not.
March 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There’s a sweary version of What3Words! Why did none of you fuckers tell me about it? Anyway, I am here. You are not.
Here, have some forest to brighten your day. Imagine the sound of chiffchaffs and coal tits, woodpeckers and robins…
March 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Here, have some forest to brighten your day. Imagine the sound of chiffchaffs and coal tits, woodpeckers and robins…
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Many people - some of them on this website - have bemoaned how expensive an FT subscription is, ignoring the fact you can simply buy the finest Weekend paper for £5 a week.
HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!
HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!
As it says you can carry on reading my restaurant reviews for £4.99 a month courtesy of FT edit: 8 of the FT’s best pieces, 6 days a week. And on Saturdays my review will always be one of them. Get more info here tinyurl.com/kp26jjuz or just register here tinyurl.com/5xyprswt
March 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Many people - some of them on this website - have bemoaned how expensive an FT subscription is, ignoring the fact you can simply buy the finest Weekend paper for £5 a week.
HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!
HOWEVER we have listened! And FT Edit - an app which costs £5 A MONTH with 8 new reads a day - will include Jay's reviews!
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Working on a thing! Looking forward to visiting schools and festivals and talking about the wonderful Welsh wildlife! The razorbills are back!
March 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Working on a thing! Looking forward to visiting schools and festivals and talking about the wonderful Welsh wildlife! The razorbills are back!