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Jill K Wilson
@jillkwilson.bsky.social
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Writer of historical/ crime-ish, speculative type things. P/T lecturer in FE. GEA graduate. A winner of Irish Novel Fair 2023. Mslexia LL 2020 (YA)
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Thanks to @tomasjmurray.bsky.social for this
tomasjmurray.bsky.social Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 13d
C. S. Lewis, Writer, Academic, #BornOnThisDay in 1898, in Belfast
“My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis”
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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New books heading out today, first up “Eleanor”, Alice Loxton’s history of one of our forgotten queens. - Michael
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Eleanor
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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What a lovely surprise this was today! It is such an honour to see NEPHTHYS on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown 2025 shortlist. Many thanks to the judges, and congratulations to everyone on this list! 👑
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. ”
― Virginia Woolf
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Virginia Woolf looking pensively out a window
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Please, @theguardian.com, stop writing headlines that give credibility to Trump’s baseless medical misinformation. The way you’re reporting this makes you part of the problem.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
jillkwilson.bsky.social
Solitary rose 🌹 🥀💐#September
Picture of a single red rose in a yellow pot on a ceramic garden table
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Five great writing tips from author and CBC tutor Laura Barnett. ✍️
cbcreative.bsky.social Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Aug 29
'Be quiet and listen to what your characters are saying and thinking' 💭

Bestselling author and CBC tutor Laura Barnett shares her advice on committing to your manuscript, fighting the fear of failure and carving out time to write.

Read the full advice blog:
5 tips to get you started on your novel | Laura Barnett
Bestselling author Laura Barnett on committing your manuscript, fighting the fear of failure and carving out time to write. If you want to learn more from Laura, she is a tutor on our upcoming…
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August 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Have to say I went at the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it !
July 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Have you downloaded our Author Care: A Toolkit for Authors yet?

As well as helping you navigate the industry, this toolkit shows how the principles of good author care can empower authors on their publication journey.

We'd love to know what you think.

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July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I’ve pre ordered this book so it’s going to be a lovely surprise when it arrives unexpectedly ! Very much looking forward to it !
laurasrobinson.bsky.social Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · Jun 29
You know what you need in all this warm weather we have coming up? A new book to read in the garden! THE ART OF A LIE is out in the UK in just over a week! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & 18th century London's first 'iced cream' parlour.
💚🍍🍦
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June 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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'One friend was advised to retire a series because the average rating slipped below 4.2 stars. Every keyboard-licking troll who fires off a volley of one-star ratings for their own strange & probably sad reasons, has the power to affect a writer’s career”
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Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated
Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
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June 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Author Jojo Moyes on AI.
May 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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We have a desperate shortage of care workers. This has a catastrophic effect on the NHS too.

Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
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May 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
jillkwilson.bsky.social
I’d read this excellent post before but it was a timely reminder today.
emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · Apr 7
"The stronger and more adaptable any three of your horses are, the more you can use them to compensate for the misbehaviour or sickliness of the fourth"
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April 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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@pierstorday.bsky.social at today’s protest, on the importance of protecting copyright law in light of the Meta’s scraping of unlicensed works to train their AI systems. #MetaBookTheives #DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social at the Meta protest 🔥
April 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Coming this Friday to @frazzledlit.bsky.social, my interview with Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social about her debut novel REMBRANDT'S PROMISE (Eriu Book), which will hit the shelves in two day's time!

Here's a wee taster!
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
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March 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I love this devastating piece from Andrea Cohen.
THE COMMITTEE WEIGHS IN I tell my mother I've won the Nobel Prize. Again? she says. Which discipline this time? It's a little game we play: I pretend I'm somebody, she pretends she isn't dead.
March 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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societyofauthors.bsky.social
AI is profiting from human creativity – isn’t it time creators got their fair share?

A fair deal for creators isn’t just about making things right, it is essential for the future of creativity and AI.

Find out more: societyofauthors.org

#PayTheCreator #MadeByHumans
February 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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This looks great!
February 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Saw this picture on X and it prompted a thread! Which I shall now attempt to reproduce here…
February 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Have you ever been told you're too old to do something?

Being told you're 'too old for that' isn't part of ageing. It's ageism.

Find out more from our @agewithoutlimits.bsky.social campaign: https://www.agewithoutlimits.org/
Older woman in a gold dress and holding a handbag smiling with text reading: Being told you're 'too old for that' isn't part of ageing. It's ageism.
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85

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Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize
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January 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM