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.

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 👇

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Leafy green broad bean plant - a close-up, taken against dark brown soil

Bright green shoots of garlic pushing through soil - lovely signs of growth on north London allotment

First trip to the allotment this year and delighted to see broad beans and garlic pushing through the soil #greenshoots #allotment

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Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance

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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

A firm favourite in our house and an absolute joy to read aloud

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

Graphic advertising the Books for Keeps Christmas Gift Guide 2024. The must-give books of the year. With the cover of Books for Keeps November issue (Seasonal special) and covers of Jonty Gentoo, One Christmas Eve, The Christmas Mouse, King Winter's Birthday, Grimm's Fairytales, Shakespeare's Folio for Children, Beanie the Bansheenie, Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins, The Forest of a Thousand Eyes, Lockett and Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries, One Wise Sheelp, Cobweb and Fox Goes North.

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

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

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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Great opportunity for both agented and unagented writers who have a fast-paced adventure story ready or almost ready to go (deadline Jan 2025)

Looking up stairs inside Hanks on Denmark Street - worn red paint/much used - with old newspaper articles of musicians/bands pasted on walls

… great place to explore (and the other shops along the street) 3/3

Scores of guitars for sale hanging from ceiling and propped up in floor inside Hanks - guitar shop in Denmark St in London

We may have been there some time… 2/3

Back of my brother vanishing into door of red-painted Hank’s Acoustics - famous guitar shop on Denmark St in London showing signs/guitars, in window

Brother visiting London. First stop Denmark Street… 1/3 #tinpanalley #london

Arched door of St Anthony Church on Roseland in Cornwall with carved Saxon symbol of lamb and cross

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

Hello Blue Sky….