James Spackman
@jamesspackman73.bsky.social
Literary agent, pitching coach, cyclist, lino printer https://linktr.ee/JamesSpackman
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Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres.
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS
Visit the post for more.
www.hodder.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres.
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
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As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about different types of publishing enthusiasm. Link here: mailchi.mp/ae28d1738360...
#booksky
#booksky
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about different types of publishing enthusiasm. Link here: mailchi.mp/ae28d1738360...
#booksky
#booksky
Weird to hear I Live You by Spacemen 3 on the soundtrack of Malice. Same side (crucially 🤓) of the same album as Big City, used in Succession.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Weird to hear I Live You by Spacemen 3 on the soundtrack of Malice. Same side (crucially 🤓) of the same album as Big City, used in Succession.
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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.
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WHYYY has nobody created a category shorthand for the stuff that can’t be categorised (my three: The Supernatural Enhancements, The Library At Mount Char, and ultimately Little Big, because WHAT IS IT apart from amazing but indescribable)
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
WHYYY has nobody created a category shorthand for the stuff that can’t be categorised (my three: The Supernatural Enhancements, The Library At Mount Char, and ultimately Little Big, because WHAT IS IT apart from amazing but indescribable)
What are your Unpitchables? Books you love but can't seem to get across to other people ... I've nominated three. Let me know yours! mailchi.mp/d86b588872a9...
#booksky
#booksky
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What are your Unpitchables? Books you love but can't seem to get across to other people ... I've nominated three. Let me know yours! mailchi.mp/d86b588872a9...
#booksky
#booksky
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Here's #Autumn2025 with box fresh #ShortStories from Helon Habila, Ephameron, @cclarklewes.bsky.social Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall and Kasimma – plus Chadwick Allen on the classics of #Indigenous #literature
Catch them at fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #blog
Catch them at fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #blog
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Here's #Autumn2025 with box fresh #ShortStories from Helon Habila, Ephameron, @cclarklewes.bsky.social Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall and Kasimma – plus Chadwick Allen on the classics of #Indigenous #literature
Catch them at fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #blog
Catch them at fictionable.world
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #blog
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I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
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Morning terrace. A rare private commission.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Morning terrace. A rare private commission.
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In which I visited Milton Keynes, and committed a faux pas. And had some thoughts about the city's 200 miles of cycle routes, known as the redways lauralaker.substack.com/p/milton-key...
Milton Keynes, land of cycling dreams?
And some illicit perching on concrete cows
lauralaker.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In which I visited Milton Keynes, and committed a faux pas. And had some thoughts about the city's 200 miles of cycle routes, known as the redways lauralaker.substack.com/p/milton-key...
I had expected Riot Women to be cringey (based only on the press photos I think) but it’s blimmin’ excellent!
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I had expected Riot Women to be cringey (based only on the press photos I think) but it’s blimmin’ excellent!
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is about thinking about other people (so you can sell them books, obvs, not just for fun).
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is about thinking about other people (so you can sell them books, obvs, not just for fun).
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Link here: mailchi.mp/e6392b2e93ad...
Absolute dad moment earlier, as daughter played me the new Raye song. I predicted ‘this is going to be a big hit’.
Oh. 👇
Oh. 👇
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Absolute dad moment earlier, as daughter played me the new Raye song. I predicted ‘this is going to be a big hit’.
Oh. 👇
Oh. 👇
The circle line can do one.
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The circle line can do one.
House of Guinness is pony imo
October 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
House of Guinness is pony imo
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Final Days to fill out the survey!
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.
DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.
DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)
🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Final Days to fill out the survey!
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.
DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.
DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about The End (of your pitch).
mailchi.mp/95970fb10f1a...
#booksky
mailchi.mp/95970fb10f1a...
#booksky
October 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about The End (of your pitch).
mailchi.mp/95970fb10f1a...
#booksky
mailchi.mp/95970fb10f1a...
#booksky
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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 👉
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🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!
ukcomicscreators.org.uk
*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
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An indy bookseller speaks! Bookshop.org is AMAZING and frankly, without it, a lot of us would have struggled even more during lockdown. WAYYY better than Hive (if you’re picking the book up from a bookshop, why aren’t you ordering it directly from them in the first place??)
Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.
‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks
A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An indy bookseller speaks! Bookshop.org is AMAZING and frankly, without it, a lot of us would have struggled even more during lockdown. WAYYY better than Hive (if you’re picking the book up from a bookshop, why aren’t you ordering it directly from them in the first place??)
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I'm on the Always Take Notes podcast, talking Pagans and scriptwriting. Enjoyed this one as lot as it's quite into the process end of things as well as covering how you actually make a living and balancing writing with childcare stuff.
open.spotify.com/episode/2OOb...
open.spotify.com/episode/2OOb...
#222: James Alistair Henry, screenwriter and novelist
open.spotify.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I'm on the Always Take Notes podcast, talking Pagans and scriptwriting. Enjoyed this one as lot as it's quite into the process end of things as well as covering how you actually make a living and balancing writing with childcare stuff.
open.spotify.com/episode/2OOb...
open.spotify.com/episode/2OOb...
Unimprovable publisher-acknowledgment
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Unimprovable publisher-acknowledgment
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about how to *start* a book pitch ... mailchi.mp/7feec4ba13d4...
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is all about how to *start* a book pitch ... mailchi.mp/7feec4ba13d4...