Paula Lennon
@pauladlennon.bsky.social
🇯🇲🇬🇧🇪🇺 Author, MONTEGO BAY MURDER trilogy Joffe Books, Comedy Women In Print 🏆winner THE BOOK OF WITTY WOMEN, MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES anthology. THE CASE OF THE MAD DOCTOR #c18th #18thc
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The CWA's Read of the Month for July is 'The Case of the Mad Doctor' by PD Lennon, a historical thriller inspired by the first Jamaican serial killer! Read more at: buff.ly/MNMHhqc #crimefiction #crimewriter #historical #Jamaica
I'm absolutely thrilled that Mad Doctor is The CWA Read of the Month! Historical fiction with a dose of magical realism and Jamaican folklore. Publication day is 10 July. Pre-order now - ebook, paperback, audiobook! @iaminprint.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social
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In a world where you can be anything, be kind to nature.
From climate change to disasters, our planet is under pressure — yet nature holds the key to resilience and life itself.
Let’s act with kindness towards nature, which sustains us all.
Take action: https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action
From climate change to disasters, our planet is under pressure — yet nature holds the key to resilience and life itself.
Let’s act with kindness towards nature, which sustains us all.
Take action: https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In a world where you can be anything, be kind to nature.
From climate change to disasters, our planet is under pressure — yet nature holds the key to resilience and life itself.
Let’s act with kindness towards nature, which sustains us all.
Take action: https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action
From climate change to disasters, our planet is under pressure — yet nature holds the key to resilience and life itself.
Let’s act with kindness towards nature, which sustains us all.
Take action: https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action
Melissa unleashed upon us in St James. Most people lost part or all roof and some everything. My roof is partially gone, but habitable, thankfully. No power, telecoms or water at home. We go downtown to crouch around generators to charge phones😔
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Melissa unleashed upon us in St James. Most people lost part or all roof and some everything. My roof is partially gone, but habitable, thankfully. No power, telecoms or water at home. We go downtown to crouch around generators to charge phones😔
🇯🇲 Well, last night's sunset did not lie. Strong, howling winds and heavy rain all night into this morning, and conditions will continue to deteriorate. No power in my area. Melissa has not even arrived yet.
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🇯🇲 Well, last night's sunset did not lie. Strong, howling winds and heavy rain all night into this morning, and conditions will continue to deteriorate. No power in my area. Melissa has not even arrived yet.
🇯🇲Tonight's vivid sunset as Hurricane Melissa crawls closer and is projected to make landfall tomorrow.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🇯🇲Tonight's vivid sunset as Hurricane Melissa crawls closer and is projected to make landfall tomorrow.
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Just under two weeks left to enter the annual GBP Short Story Prize - one of the highlights of our year, and where, for 2025/26, we'll be joined by two brilliant writers and one brilliant literary agent as judges (Sam Mills, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Sebastian Godwin:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just under two weeks left to enter the annual GBP Short Story Prize - one of the highlights of our year, and where, for 2025/26, we'll be joined by two brilliant writers and one brilliant literary agent as judges (Sam Mills, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Sebastian Godwin:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
🇯🇲Beautiful sunset which is literally the calm before the storm... or rather Hurricane. Melissa has been threatening for days now and likely to hit tomorrow. Rained on and off today, with light to moderate winds. #StormHour #PhotoHour #HurricaneMelissa
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🇯🇲Beautiful sunset which is literally the calm before the storm... or rather Hurricane. Melissa has been threatening for days now and likely to hit tomorrow. Rained on and off today, with light to moderate winds. #StormHour #PhotoHour #HurricaneMelissa
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Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Vampire moths might sound more horror film than natural world, but they’re 100% real! 😱
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
See why some moths pick human blood over fruit juice in this week’s Surprising Science. 🩸🦇
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Ghosts at Chester Castle eh? There really is a special place in British culture for our love of a spooky tale...from late 19C writers to the BBC at Christmas. And, it's a genuine gateway into history; a ghost story can do more for a site than any trad marketing! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Faceless figures and mysterious music: ghost stories from English Heritage sites
Figure caught on camera at Chester Castle among accounts of eerie goings on at historic properties
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ghosts at Chester Castle eh? There really is a special place in British culture for our love of a spooky tale...from late 19C writers to the BBC at Christmas. And, it's a genuine gateway into history; a ghost story can do more for a site than any trad marketing! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
• ‘The Children’s Booker prize will tell kids that they matter’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The Booker prize foundation has launched a major new literary award, the Children’s Booker prize, offering £50,000 for the best fiction written for readers aged eight to 12.
The new award will launch in 2026, with the first winner announced in early 2027. It will be decided by a mixed panel of adult and child judges, a first for a Booker award. The inaugural chair of judges will be Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the children’s author and current children’s laureate. He will be joined by two other adult judges, who will help select a shortlist of eight books before three child judges are recruited to help decide the winner. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
The approach of Tropical Storm Melissa has forced the postponement. Fingers crossed the island will be in one piece come Monday...
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The approach of Tropical Storm Melissa has forced the postponement. Fingers crossed the island will be in one piece come Monday...
This Sunday in MoBay, St James, check out my 45-minute slot for a reading, reasoning and book signing. You could win a free copy of MAD DOCTOR for a chilling Halloween read!💀
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This Sunday in MoBay, St James, check out my 45-minute slot for a reading, reasoning and book signing. You could win a free copy of MAD DOCTOR for a chilling Halloween read!💀
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Printed posthumously, Joseph Glanvill's 'Saducismus Triumphatus' recounted hundreds of stories to prove the existence of witches & spirits. It includes the first recorded account of a poltergeist, the 'Drummer of Tedworth', illustrated in the top left of the engraved title page.
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Printed posthumously, Joseph Glanvill's 'Saducismus Triumphatus' recounted hundreds of stories to prove the existence of witches & spirits. It includes the first recorded account of a poltergeist, the 'Drummer of Tedworth', illustrated in the top left of the engraved title page.
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Our AGM week 2025 is dedicated to Author Care.
With discussions around transparency, support and inclusion, communication and self-care, we ask how authors and publishing professionals can work better together and how authors can find support if needed.
With discussions around transparency, support and inclusion, communication and self-care, we ask how authors and publishing professionals can work better together and how authors can find support if needed.
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our AGM week 2025 is dedicated to Author Care.
With discussions around transparency, support and inclusion, communication and self-care, we ask how authors and publishing professionals can work better together and how authors can find support if needed.
With discussions around transparency, support and inclusion, communication and self-care, we ask how authors and publishing professionals can work better together and how authors can find support if needed.
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Archaeologists have found records of Ancient Egyptian excuses for missing work. They include ‘the scorpion bit him’, ‘brewing beer’, ‘drinking with Khonsu’ and ‘embalming his brother’.
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Archaeologists have found records of Ancient Egyptian excuses for missing work. They include ‘the scorpion bit him’, ‘brewing beer’, ‘drinking with Khonsu’ and ‘embalming his brother’.
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National Army Museum identifies portrait of Black Waterloo veteran:
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting
‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
National Army Museum identifies portrait of Black Waterloo veteran:
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
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We’re at the Black British Book Festival in London today - come say hi!
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We’re at the Black British Book Festival in London today - come say hi!
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I am THRILLED to announce that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is officially published with @dukepress.bsky.social! For those who would like to order the book, you can get 30% off using coupon code E25GRBNR at this link: www.dukeupress.edu/archival-irr...
Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica
www.dukeupress.edu
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I am THRILLED to announce that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is officially published with @dukepress.bsky.social! For those who would like to order the book, you can get 30% off using coupon code E25GRBNR at this link: www.dukeupress.edu/archival-irr...
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Baek Sehee, the author of I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI has passed away. She was 35.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Baek Sehee, the author of I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI has passed away. She was 35.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
The Korean organ donation authority reports that Sehee saved five lives through her donation of her heart, lungs, liver, and both kidneys.
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Be sure to check out this interview with the artist, contributed by FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center: www.dloc.com/AA00115600/0...
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Be sure to check out this interview with the artist, contributed by FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American & Caribbean Center: www.dloc.com/AA00115600/0...
Follow the Pelican Walk team, led by Detective Preddy🇯🇲, and watched by Detective Harris🏴 as they tackle gritty crime in the second city.
October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Follow the Pelican Walk team, led by Detective Preddy🇯🇲, and watched by Detective Harris🏴 as they tackle gritty crime in the second city.
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‘Muriel Spark seems not quite jokingly to have thought of herself as writing the world into existence.’
Colin Burrow on Spark’s life, work and letters: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Burrow on Spark’s life, work and letters: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Burrow · World-Beating Buster-Upper: Muriel Spark’s Wickedness
The characteristic flavour of Spark’s writing was that of a Catholic ironist, for whom the terrible and the laughable...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
‘Muriel Spark seems not quite jokingly to have thought of herself as writing the world into existence.’
Colin Burrow on Spark’s life, work and letters: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Burrow on Spark’s life, work and letters: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"Our #AI Licensing webpage has been updated, and it's now broken down into three parts: AI Licensing by #copyright owners, AI licensing by AI companies, and organizations that offer AI licenses for creative works. Check out the updated page here: "
Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works | Copyright Alliance
Explore the copyrightability of AI-generated works, examining the legal challenges and implications for creators and artificial intelligence.
copyrightalliance.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Our #AI Licensing webpage has been updated, and it's now broken down into three parts: AI Licensing by #copyright owners, AI licensing by AI companies, and organizations that offer AI licenses for creative works. Check out the updated page here: "
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Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says
Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.
The report from scientists and conservationists warns the world is also “on the brink” of reaching other tipping points, including the dieback of the Amazon, the collapse of major ocean currents and the loss of ice sheets.
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www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says
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"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
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💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.
Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!
Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.
Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!
Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!