The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

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Your daily reminder that if you’re talking freely on the radio, being widely quoted in newspapers and properly interviewed in magazines, you’re not actually being at all cancelled.

JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world

If you are curious about Six Wild Crowns, you can also check my review. Spoilers: I absolutely loved it.

jamreads.com/reviews/six-...

JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world

We had the pleasure of interviewing @hollyrace.bsky.social, author of Six Wild Crowns, the first book in the Queens of Elben series, a Tudor inspired fantasy published by @orbitbooks.bsky.social.

You can check it in full here:
jamreads.com/interviews/s...

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

Thank you so much!

Amazon's Best SFF books June 2025 (Editor's Picks): Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race, The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham, Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Say what? 👀

See also: @aptshadow.bsky.social @hollyrace.bsky.social

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A pile of the book on a bookshop table. The cover vibrant deep red with a tudor rose, a crown, and two dragons. You can see the sprayed edge spredges showing further Tudor roses

Ipswich has been loving this unique reimagining of the Tudor queens: we sold out of Six Wild Crowns by @hollyrace.bsky.social by the end of publication day yesterday!

Magic, courtly politics, dragons, sapphic romance, spies & amazing protagonists.. + it's beautiful too.

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#Romantasy
#NewBooks
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How wonderful to hear! Thank you for pushing it, I so appreciate your support!

Really good reply on why continuously voting for the last worst option is a fools game

Front cover of Six Wild Crowns

Back cover of Six Wild Crowns

Oooh, look what this beautiful day summoned to my doorstop - Six Wild Crowns by @hollyrace.bsky.social (coming from @orbitbooks.bsky.social in June 2025).

Epic fantasy. Dragons. Court politics. Sapphic yearning. Swoon!

#books #NewBooks #bookreviewer #fantasy #wlw #HenryVIII

Congratulations!

Hey, psssst, want to stay in the know about the incredible debuts coming your way in 2025??? We've got a starter pack for that! go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

Thank you so much!

ft @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @hollyrace.bsky.social @tessagratton.bsky.social @rafotron.bsky.social @megiddings.bsky.social @benaaronovitch.bsky.social @clairebarner.bsky.social @gabriellabuba.bsky.social @itsamia.bsky.social @tashanmehta.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social

OpenAl says it needs 'more capital than we'd imagined' as it lays out for-profit plan

Yeah I need way more money than anyone ever got before. I need it because my shit is difficult right now. But it's important in ways even I haven't been able to work out. OpenAI is a serious business. Help me. Please help me please my serious company is so good. Help me
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...

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Tysm!

Thanks Joe! 🙏🏻

The cover of six wild crowns by Holly Race featuring a gold fantasy-style crown, a Tudor rose and two green dragons against a red background and the catchline: No king can rule them

What's everyone reading this weekend? I've nabbed a copy of @hollyrace.bsky.social's new fantasy on Netgalley - a feminist reimagining of Henry VIII's queens. I've been rewatching Wolf Hall so this will be a nice counterpoint!

Oh crikey, don’t put me up against Dame Hilary! 😅😅😅

Hi Courtney! Could I possibly be added to your 2025 debuts starter pack?

Ahh amazing, thank you!

A man is holding a flying dragon on a line.

Take your dragon out for a fly.

This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...

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THE DREAM

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now:

1. Pony ride assistant
2. Theatre director
3. PA
4. Communications associate
5. Script editor

for anyone that loves freaking out about books coming out in the new year, here are some I’ve kindly been sent and can’t wait to read 💘 wish I could quit my job to read all day 😭 #booksky #ironandembers #sixwildcrowns #immortalsuelynntan

Hi Bluesky / #booksky! Trying to get my head around Starter Packs- anyone know if there’s an existing one for SFF authors?