New Book, hurrah! www.dandelionbooks.com.au?gad_source=1...

Which of your candidates will take the literature industry seriously?
#2025elections #writingcommunity
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Australian authors and illustrators impacted by the LibGen database. On 21 March 2025 The Atlantic published a search tool which allows authors to search for their books in LibGen, one of the datasets that has been used to train Meta's generative AI system. It is anoth...

Aussie authors impacted, @nikkythewriter.com mentioned that the Australian Society of Authors has a form you can fill in before they approach our government about it.

UK/ EU authors, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social‬ would like know if you guys have anyone taking action on your behalf.

Every single school should have a school library & a school librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #SchoolLibrarianDay #SchoolLibraryMonth

Definitely not an uplifting read

I found it a hard read, made me physically uncomfortable. Which i guess in a way shows strength of the writing

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”

Theft is not a valid alternative.

🙌 Absolutely. Arrogance helps no one

‘Best that exists globally’: South Australia’s domestic violence disclosure scheme provides relief and freedom Exclusive: SA’s scheme has been so praised and proved so popular experts are ‘bewildered’ that other states haven’t implemented similar programs

This scheme just sounds like common sense to me. If a man has a history of DV, of course his current partner needs to know. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#amquerying a 26k YA novel in verse about helplessness, homelessness and three broken hearts searching for love. Written from multiple PoV with themes of depression, abuse, suicidal ideation but ultimately, hope.
#YAnovelinverse

I was very invested in this thread 😂

Thanks so much Ismita. It's in your inbox.

bootcamps are awesome for story development

I have a YA verse novel not set in high school? Not humorous though, intetrsted?

Ho Jordan. Are you open to Aus authors? I have a Ya verse novel

I have this book. YA verse novel 😬

Hi Maria, would you be interested un a YA verse novel?

Rowena Beresford from Riveted Press will be doing online assessments at CYA

Assessment sessions are 15-minute online meetings where you will receive feedback on your manuscript or illustrations.

www.cyaconference.com/assessments

#CYA2025 #CYAConference #WritersCommunity #writing #WritingTips

A Kirkus review for my debut 🙌 overall it's positive. Kirkus is always scary 😳
#writingcommunity

2025 is the year I become a published author! My debut picture book, HUGS STILL FEEL THE SAME, is out in March with EK Books 🤗 #writingcommunity

Submitted my YA verse novel ms to dream publisher today 🎊 Send good vibes and positive prayers! #writingcommunity

Congratulations 🎉

Fence skeddadler! Never has there been a more fitting name

That's exactly it, he's on his way out and too old to get another shot, thought he may as well save his son before he's powerless. Regardless of consequences

Love the starter packs, but would also. Love to see Country of relevance in header, please great starter pack creators! #starterpack

Like snake fangs but for sucking not injecting, makes sense

Open worldwide & non-comolete manuscripts accepted.

Great stuff, taking freedom of information away from our children is not protecting them.

“I write poetry because I want to be alone and want to talk to people.” - Allen Ginsberg