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Book workers organising in solidarity with Palestine, and against fossil fuels ✊📖🍉
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More authors booked for events at the British Library are pulling out in solidarity with our striking members
#BritishLibraryonStrike
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
#BritishLibraryonStrike
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers
King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend in support of industrial action
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
More authors booked for events at the British Library are pulling out in solidarity with our striking members
#BritishLibraryonStrike
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
#BritishLibraryonStrike
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉
Today @tribunemagazine.bsky.social publishes a vitally important, highly personal and urgently necessary piece by Yara Rodrigues Fowler on the history of the FFB campaigning around literary festivals:
I’ve written a long read for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social about happened with Baillie Gifford, @fossilfreebooks.org and all the festivals. A lot of fake news circulated at the time so, whatever side you came down on, I’d be grateful if you read and shared it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/writ...
Writers Unbound
As another literary festival season draws to a close, a writers’ group is highlighting the connections between publishing, the fossil fuel industry, and the genocide in Gaza.
tribunemag.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today @tribunemagazine.bsky.social publishes a vitally important, highly personal and urgently necessary piece by Yara Rodrigues Fowler on the history of the FFB campaigning around literary festivals:
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Please read & share the scholarship story of Gazan poet Haia,
❗️and how you can take one action now to help her and the other scholars trapped in Gaza by UK govt red tape ❗️
❗️and how you can take one action now to help her and the other scholars trapped in Gaza by UK govt red tape ❗️
July 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Please read & share the scholarship story of Gazan poet Haia,
❗️and how you can take one action now to help her and the other scholars trapped in Gaza by UK govt red tape ❗️
❗️and how you can take one action now to help her and the other scholars trapped in Gaza by UK govt red tape ❗️
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Editor's note: Husam ends this piece with a request: "Get me out of here."
You can contribute to the campaign - www.gofundme.com/f/aider-les-...
You can contribute to the campaign - www.gofundme.com/f/aider-les-...
July 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Editor's note: Husam ends this piece with a request: "Get me out of here."
You can contribute to the campaign - www.gofundme.com/f/aider-les-...
You can contribute to the campaign - www.gofundme.com/f/aider-les-...
Fossil Free Books affirms our solidarity with Palestinian poet Fady Joudah and Palestinian novelist Randa Jarrar who have pulled out of their events at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival due to the programming of two Israeli writers, Anshel Pfeffer and genocide denier Etgar Keret.
July 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Fossil Free Books affirms our solidarity with Palestinian poet Fady Joudah and Palestinian novelist Randa Jarrar who have pulled out of their events at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival due to the programming of two Israeli writers, Anshel Pfeffer and genocide denier Etgar Keret.
Keir Starmer must act to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah. #FreeAlaa
Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.
Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.
We join 20 orgs in a letter to PM Keir Starmer to urgently raise concerns about the ongoing detention of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, as well as the rapidly deteriorating health of his mother, Laila Soueif. #FreeAlaa
Read the letter ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Read the letter ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Urgent appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Laila Soueif - News & Events - English PEN
www.englishpen.org
May 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Keir Starmer must act to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah. #FreeAlaa
Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.
Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
📢 Every author who left the SoA belongs in their union!
🚪 You and hundreds of other authors have left the Society of Authors over the past year.
🚫 It has consistently worked to alienate you for your divestment actions.
🇵🇸 It has demonised you for demanding union solidarity with Palestine. [1]
🚪 You and hundreds of other authors have left the Society of Authors over the past year.
🚫 It has consistently worked to alienate you for your divestment actions.
🇵🇸 It has demonised you for demanding union solidarity with Palestine. [1]
April 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
📢 Every author who left the SoA belongs in their union!
🚪 You and hundreds of other authors have left the Society of Authors over the past year.
🚫 It has consistently worked to alienate you for your divestment actions.
🇵🇸 It has demonised you for demanding union solidarity with Palestine. [1]
🚪 You and hundreds of other authors have left the Society of Authors over the past year.
🚫 It has consistently worked to alienate you for your divestment actions.
🇵🇸 It has demonised you for demanding union solidarity with Palestine. [1]
🗣️ Every woman writer belongs in their union!
🤦🏻♀️ With a gender pay gap between male and female authors of 41.4%, women writers experienced a 21% drop in their income between 2017 and 2020.
🤦🏻♀️ With a gender pay gap between male and female authors of 41.4%, women writers experienced a 21% drop in their income between 2017 and 2020.
April 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🗣️ Every woman writer belongs in their union!
🤦🏻♀️ With a gender pay gap between male and female authors of 41.4%, women writers experienced a 21% drop in their income between 2017 and 2020.
🤦🏻♀️ With a gender pay gap between male and female authors of 41.4%, women writers experienced a 21% drop in their income between 2017 and 2020.
📣 Every queer writer belongs in their union!
April 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📣 Every queer writer belongs in their union!
📢 Every disabled writer belongs in their union!
📈 Disabled people in the UK face a higher cost of living. With author pay at an all-time low, the industry has never felt more excluding.
‼️ From cuts to state support, lack of accommodations and inaccessible events, disabled writers deserve better.
📈 Disabled people in the UK face a higher cost of living. With author pay at an all-time low, the industry has never felt more excluding.
‼️ From cuts to state support, lack of accommodations and inaccessible events, disabled writers deserve better.
April 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢 Every disabled writer belongs in their union!
📈 Disabled people in the UK face a higher cost of living. With author pay at an all-time low, the industry has never felt more excluding.
‼️ From cuts to state support, lack of accommodations and inaccessible events, disabled writers deserve better.
📈 Disabled people in the UK face a higher cost of living. With author pay at an all-time low, the industry has never felt more excluding.
‼️ From cuts to state support, lack of accommodations and inaccessible events, disabled writers deserve better.
📢 Every poet belongs in their union!
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
April 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 Every poet belongs in their union!
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
📢 Every illustrator belongs in their union!
✏️ Illustrators across the UK are already losing work to AI. With the government increasingly prioritising the interests of AI companies, important voices of opposition aren’t being heard. [1]
✏️ Illustrators across the UK are already losing work to AI. With the government increasingly prioritising the interests of AI companies, important voices of opposition aren’t being heard. [1]
April 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
📢 Every illustrator belongs in their union!
✏️ Illustrators across the UK are already losing work to AI. With the government increasingly prioritising the interests of AI companies, important voices of opposition aren’t being heard. [1]
✏️ Illustrators across the UK are already losing work to AI. With the government increasingly prioritising the interests of AI companies, important voices of opposition aren’t being heard. [1]
📢 Every translator belongs in their union!
🛑 The Society of Authors recently targeted Meta for its use of pirated books (including works in translation) to train its AI.
🤐 But why does it remain silent when major publishing houses announce their intentions to use AI to translate their books? [1]
🛑 The Society of Authors recently targeted Meta for its use of pirated books (including works in translation) to train its AI.
🤐 But why does it remain silent when major publishing houses announce their intentions to use AI to translate their books? [1]
April 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📢 Every translator belongs in their union!
🛑 The Society of Authors recently targeted Meta for its use of pirated books (including works in translation) to train its AI.
🤐 But why does it remain silent when major publishing houses announce their intentions to use AI to translate their books? [1]
🛑 The Society of Authors recently targeted Meta for its use of pirated books (including works in translation) to train its AI.
🤐 But why does it remain silent when major publishing houses announce their intentions to use AI to translate their books? [1]
📢 Every working class writer belongs in their union!
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📢 Every working class writer belongs in their union!
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
📢 Every writer of colour belongs in their union!
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 Every writer of colour belongs in their union!
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
Every writer against genocide belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet.
Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]
The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet.
Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Every writer against genocide belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet.
Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]
The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet.
Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]
Every climate justice writer belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Every climate justice writer belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
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📣PSA: translations, authors, illustrators 📣
Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections.
Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...
Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections.
Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you.
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣PSA: translations, authors, illustrators 📣
Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections.
Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...
Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections.
Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you.
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you.
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.
Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
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It’s why I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships – for too long oil and gas companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations for government and the public . We say no more . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It’s why I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships – for too long oil and gas companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations for government and the public . We say no more . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Join ussss 💥💥🎉🎉 @fossilfreebooks.org
If you're a bookworker (in any capacity) then you're invited to join our Strategy Day for our pro-climate, pro-Palestine movement!
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
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January 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Join ussss 💥💥🎉🎉 @fossilfreebooks.org
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I'll be joining online for this 🙌 having organised alongside incredible writers and humans over the last several months, I'm feeling driven and hopeful about what else we can bring about this year.
If you're a bookworker (in any capacity) then you're invited to join our Strategy Day for our pro-climate, pro-Palestine movement!
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
Books Shelf GIF
Alt: Book shelf GIF feaeturing shelves of books organised by colour in a rainbow effect.
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January 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I'll be joining online for this 🙌 having organised alongside incredible writers and humans over the last several months, I'm feeling driven and hopeful about what else we can bring about this year.
If you're a bookworker (in any capacity) then you're invited to join our Strategy Day for our pro-climate, pro-Palestine movement!
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
Books Shelf GIF
Alt: Book shelf GIF feaeturing shelves of books organised by colour in a rainbow effect.
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you're a bookworker (in any capacity) then you're invited to join our Strategy Day for our pro-climate, pro-Palestine movement!
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.
🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org
📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4
🌍 online / Edinburgh / London
🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.