Sam Missingham
@samatlounge.bsky.social
Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy.
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Sam Missingham
@samatlounge.bsky.social
· Jan 28
a penguin wearing a hat is carrying a stack of books including a book that says " tudgy 101 "
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If you’re an author or book person (in any capacity) can you reply, tell me about yourself and I’ll share. Let’s make sure we’re all following each other. #booksky #authorsky
It’s a yes from me 👍
‘We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population growth has dramatically slowed and is about to go into reverse.’
Are we doomed? David Runciman on depopulation, online early from our next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? David Runciman on depopulation, online early from our next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s a yes from me 👍
I see a discussion going on where people are indignantly saying there is no gatekeeping in book publishing.
a little girl is sitting in a car seat holding a lollipop and making a funny face .
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I see a discussion going on where people are indignantly saying there is no gatekeeping in book publishing.
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Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Big up Bristol ✌️🏳️⚧️
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Big up Bristol ✌️🏳️⚧️
I hear Musk is a trillionaire. Is this a billion billions or a million billions or something else? Just checking because I’m counting my pounds to see how far I’ve got to go.
an elderly woman is crying while talking about her bank account .
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November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hear Musk is a trillionaire. Is this a billion billions or a million billions or something else? Just checking because I’m counting my pounds to see how far I’ve got to go.
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Hey.
I got in touch with another school yesterday to offer them £500 worth of books, courtesy of The Big Green Books 500 Club.
They are VERY happy!
This is the second school I've been able to do this for, thanks to you.
Join Here, if you can. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
I got in touch with another school yesterday to offer them £500 worth of books, courtesy of The Big Green Books 500 Club.
They are VERY happy!
This is the second school I've been able to do this for, thanks to you.
Join Here, if you can. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hey.
I got in touch with another school yesterday to offer them £500 worth of books, courtesy of The Big Green Books 500 Club.
They are VERY happy!
This is the second school I've been able to do this for, thanks to you.
Join Here, if you can. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
I got in touch with another school yesterday to offer them £500 worth of books, courtesy of The Big Green Books 500 Club.
They are VERY happy!
This is the second school I've been able to do this for, thanks to you.
Join Here, if you can. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
That said, the UK’s supposedly leftist government is stomping to the right very happily. >> Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
That said, the UK’s supposedly leftist government is stomping to the right very happily. >> Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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this one forbiddenplanet.com/events/2025/...
Joel Meadows & Frazer Irving Signing Sherlock Holmes & The Empire Builders: Volume 2
We are happy to announce that Joel Meadows & Frazer Irving will be joining us to sign copies of Sherlock Holmes & The Empire Builders: Volume 2 at our Camden store on Saturday 8th November from 3:00pm...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I don't specialize in book-related shizzle as such but have made websites for a number of writers - e.g. nicolachester.com, melissaharrison.co.uk, beckcsmith.com, joanhaigbooks.com, kerriandrews.co.uk, peter-moore.co.uk, sarahthomas.net - I don't charge the earth. handpressed.net
Nicola Chester - Nature Writer and Activist
Nicola Chester is a writer and an activist for nature. Her books include On Gallows Down and Ghosts of the Farm.
nicolachester.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I don't specialize in book-related shizzle as such but have made websites for a number of writers - e.g. nicolachester.com, melissaharrison.co.uk, beckcsmith.com, joanhaigbooks.com, kerriandrews.co.uk, peter-moore.co.uk, sarahthomas.net - I don't charge the earth. handpressed.net
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Hello Sam hope you are doing well. My latest novel is available in hardback and paperback - an eco-crime story with a historical backdrop susanlanigan.com/the-planters-daughter
Thank you kindly 🙂
Thank you kindly 🙂
Susan Lanigan
The Planter’s Daughter “Contentious subjects are handled with a lightness of touch and a humanity rare in public discourse…an impressive achievement.” — Ronan McGreevy, the Irish Ti…
susanlanigan.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hello Sam hope you are doing well. My latest novel is available in hardback and paperback - an eco-crime story with a historical backdrop susanlanigan.com/the-planters-daughter
Thank you kindly 🙂
Thank you kindly 🙂
Remember that woman on Twitter who was so enraged by me using the word shizzle that she blocked me? Boy, do I miss Twitter. 🤪😬
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Remember that woman on Twitter who was so enraged by me using the word shizzle that she blocked me? Boy, do I miss Twitter. 🤪😬
If you’re a small business selling book-related shizzle I am very happy to share your info from now through to Xmas. Never been more important to buy indie and local. @ me any time.
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you’re a small business selling book-related shizzle I am very happy to share your info from now through to Xmas. Never been more important to buy indie and local. @ me any time.
Mamdani winning is the Democrats opportunity to wake up or choose to live in the wilderness.
Please wake up.
Please wake up.
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mamdani winning is the Democrats opportunity to wake up or choose to live in the wilderness.
Please wake up.
Please wake up.
Idea for book - Potty Harry (a boy called Harry who’s obsessed with single sex toilets 👀 ).
What?
What?
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Idea for book - Potty Harry (a boy called Harry who’s obsessed with single sex toilets 👀 ).
What?
What?
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A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.
As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.
Uncertainty hits after vulnerable Americans woke up to a SNAP freeze
Amid a benefits pause, nonprofit groups plan to work extra hours to get food out to vulnerable residents, and local community members are also stepping up.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Interesting that the press have ‘suddenly’ discovered lots of stories about Andrew. Almost as if they sit on Royal news and perhaps are even in cahoots with them.
a man in a pink shirt is sitting in a car
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November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Interesting that the press have ‘suddenly’ discovered lots of stories about Andrew. Almost as if they sit on Royal news and perhaps are even in cahoots with them.
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ICYMI: Independent children’s bookshop Round Table Books is hoping to crowdfund £50,000 to support their move to a bigger shop two steps away from their current location in Brixton Village, South London.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Round Table Books launches crowdfunder to move into bigger shop
Independent children’s bookshop Round Table Books is hoping to crowdfund £50,000 to support their move to a bigger shop two steps away from their current location in Brixton Village, South London.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ICYMI: Independent children’s bookshop Round Table Books is hoping to crowdfund £50,000 to support their move to a bigger shop two steps away from their current location in Brixton Village, South London.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Socialism is a political and economic system that has the goal of spreading wealth more evenly and treating people fairly.
Which bit of socialism does everyone hate, again?
Which bit of socialism does everyone hate, again?
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Socialism is a political and economic system that has the goal of spreading wealth more evenly and treating people fairly.
Which bit of socialism does everyone hate, again?
Which bit of socialism does everyone hate, again?
don't worry, it's only children trying to learn. 👀😱
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
don't worry, it's only children trying to learn. 👀😱
There is no day of the year that I would willingly 'jump on a call' with a stranger from LinkedIn.
The fact you have asked me to 'jump on a call' DOUBLY ensures I would never do so.
You're welcome.
The fact you have asked me to 'jump on a call' DOUBLY ensures I would never do so.
You're welcome.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is no day of the year that I would willingly 'jump on a call' with a stranger from LinkedIn.
The fact you have asked me to 'jump on a call' DOUBLY ensures I would never do so.
You're welcome.
The fact you have asked me to 'jump on a call' DOUBLY ensures I would never do so.
You're welcome.
Reminder to those who say class has no meaning in the UK any more: we are commoners to them.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reminder to those who say class has no meaning in the UK any more: we are commoners to them.
I’m not saying this IS me, but I’m also not saying this ISN’T me.
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m not saying this IS me, but I’m also not saying this ISN’T me.
There is enough money and resources in the world to feed and house everyone. Nothing will convince me otherwise.
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There is enough money and resources in the world to feed and house everyone. Nothing will convince me otherwise.