Sue Nicholson
@suenich.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor, mainly children’s books (previously in-house at Macmillan, DK and Quarto). Northerner living in London, heart in the hills. There may be photos of old doors, trees and skies….
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On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
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SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work – The Society of Authors
On Thursday 20 March, The Atlantic broke the story of how Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
First trip to the allotment this year and delighted to see broad beans and garlic pushing through the soil #greenshoots #allotment
January 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
First trip to the allotment this year and delighted to see broad beans and garlic pushing through the soil #greenshoots #allotment
Boxing Day walk, Lyme Park, Cheshire/Derbyshire border
December 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Boxing Day walk, Lyme Park, Cheshire/Derbyshire border
It’s Friday (how did Friday come round again so soon) so here’s my #dooroftheweek lion door knocker from door in Bloomsbury, London
December 13, 2024 at 5:48 PM
It’s Friday (how did Friday come round again so soon) so here’s my #dooroftheweek lion door knocker from door in Bloomsbury, London
It’s Friday and here’s my #dooroftheweek on Vigo Street in London, where Allen Lane (founder of Penguin) published his first paperbacks back in 1935 #publishing #writerslife
December 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
It’s Friday and here’s my #dooroftheweek on Vigo Street in London, where Allen Lane (founder of Penguin) published his first paperbacks back in 1935 #publishing #writerslife
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It’s always a pleasure and a challenge to compile the #BooksforKeeps annual #Christmas Gift Guide. Our focus in 2024 is on reading for pleasure. We were sent several sleigh-loads of new books to choose from, find out what passed the elf test! 🎁🎄 #Hohoho booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/book...
December 1, 2024 at 9:57 AM
It’s always a pleasure and a challenge to compile the #BooksforKeeps annual #Christmas Gift Guide. Our focus in 2024 is on reading for pleasure. We were sent several sleigh-loads of new books to choose from, find out what passed the elf test! 🎁🎄 #Hohoho booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/book...
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Good luck to everyone who’s entered this year - and to anyone frantically polishing their sub before the tonight’s deadline
Good luck to everyone who’s entered this year - and to anyone frantically polishing their sub before the tonight’s deadline
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2024 - £5,000 writing prize
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2024 is a £5,000 international writing competition for children’s novels, chapter books, YA novels and picture book texts.
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November 30, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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Good luck to everyone who’s entered this year - and to anyone frantically polishing their sub before the tonight’s deadline
Good luck to everyone who’s entered this year - and to anyone frantically polishing their sub before the tonight’s deadline
Visited Keats’ house in Hampstead, North London, today. Here’s the front door, though not the door Keats would have used, which no longer exists - the house was divided in two and this entrance was used by the family who rented the larger part of the house. Still, my #dooroftheweek
November 29, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Visited Keats’ house in Hampstead, North London, today. Here’s the front door, though not the door Keats would have used, which no longer exists - the house was divided in two and this entrance was used by the family who rented the larger part of the house. Still, my #dooroftheweek
Door of the week - one of the stunning wooden doors in Santillana del mar, Cantabria, northern Spain #dooroftheweek
November 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Door of the week - one of the stunning wooden doors in Santillana del mar, Cantabria, northern Spain #dooroftheweek
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Great opportunity for both agented and unagented writers who have a fast-paced adventure story ready or almost ready to go (deadline Jan 2025)
Great opportunity for both agented and unagented writers who have a fast-paced adventure story ready or almost ready to go (deadline Jan 2025)
Faber launches Action! Prize | Journal, News | Faber
Faber launches the Action! Prize in direct response to research from the National Literacy Trust that reveals children’s reading enjoyment is at its lowest level in almost two decades, and that the pr...
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November 22, 2024 at 6:15 PM
www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Great opportunity for both agented and unagented writers who have a fast-paced adventure story ready or almost ready to go (deadline Jan 2025)
Great opportunity for both agented and unagented writers who have a fast-paced adventure story ready or almost ready to go (deadline Jan 2025)
Brother visiting London. First stop Denmark Street… 1/3 #tinpanalley #london
November 20, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Brother visiting London. First stop Denmark Street… 1/3 #tinpanalley #london
Door of the week (even though door of the day has a better ring to it, I am being realistic) - the south door of St Anthony’s Church at Place on the Roseland in Cornwall, UK
November 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Door of the week (even though door of the day has a better ring to it, I am being realistic) - the south door of St Anthony’s Church at Place on the Roseland in Cornwall, UK
Great mini writing assignments from Kate Messner
Writer friends! If you're having a tough time focusing on your novel right now, try doing some writing off-draft, in a separate document. Here are three Small Assignments you can try to keep working, even when it's hard to focus: 1/4
November 14, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Great mini writing assignments from Kate Messner
