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Libby replied to the topic Monthly Comp – March 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations @Kate
Another lovely Pix and Gabe story!
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Libby replied to the topic Story in new collection in the forum Podium 3 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations on Action this Day, @Daedalus
I look forward to reading the paperback when it comes out.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 4 months ago
Re the appearance of ads of any kind, I don’t get any ads, not on the Guardian site or anywhere else. I have Microsoft Edge set to the highest privacy setting, I use DuckDuckGo for all searches unless the results aren’t extensive enough and only use Google for YouTube and maps. I clear cookies every few days and mostly disallow them where I…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 4 months ago
This research report shows more of the unpleasant truth of vanity publishing
https://societyofauthors.org/SOA/MediaLibrary/SOAWebsite/Documents-for-download/_REPORT-Is-it-a-steal.pdf -
Libby replied to the topic Close to Home in the forum Blogs 3 years, 5 months ago
What a lovely place and beautiful countryside, Richard. I’m not surprised you like it. I can’t comment on St Patrick, being very ignorant when it comes to saints, but I enjoyed watching the re-enactment and the story of the Romans.
So many mining areas have been returned to nature that it’s now impossible to fully imagine what they used to look…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic The book trade and older readers in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 5 months ago
I use reviews too. They’re not my only resource when making choices but they let me know what’s out there in general – what some of the trends and hits are, and the interesting new names.
Then there are the books I want to read because I’ve read the author’s previous book(s).
There are the usual chance factors: browsing in bookshops both new and…[Read more]
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Libby started the topic The book trade and older readers in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 5 months ago
In this week’s The Bookseller, the very large publishing company Hachette UK reports on its recent initiative to understand and cater to the UK’s very large customer-group of readers over 45. In 2018 they started an in-house group called AgeWise to do research and, presumably, to make recommendations to Hachette.
What took anyone in publishing so…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 5 months ago
I’m sure that’s a reflection on how good the entries are.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
Happy Christmas, Ath and Richard, and everyone. Best wishes for 2023.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
It’s arrived already @hilary . It’ll take me a little while to get to it – I have some library books to finish first. I’m impressed by your publisher. I hadn’t heard of Lightning Books before. In addition to Sea Defences I bought some novels and memoirs from their antipodean collection.
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Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Ah, right. It’s good though that you’ll be in the anthology.
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Libby replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium 3 years, 9 months ago
Congratulations @hilary
I’ve ordered a copy of Sea Defences. I’m highly unlikely to be in Suffolk in January but have a great time at the launch.
Congratulations too for the flash win. Does the Bridport site post the winning stories? I couldn’t find any but the site isn’t the easiest to use.
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Thank you for ordering Sea Defences, @libby
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It’s arrived already @hilary . It’ll take me a little while to get to it – I have some library books to finish first. I’m impressed by your publisher. I hadn’t heard of Lightning Books before. In addition to Sea Defences I bought some novels and memoirs from their antipodean collection.
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Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant news @thea! I love the tag line, ‘the Roman Empire but not as we know it.’
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Thanks so much, Libby. Yes, hoping to have a print book in the new year.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 10 months ago
Or alumna 😉
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago
Oh, that’s sad, Richard. I’m familiar with the pain of losing a loved cat.
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Libby posted an update 3 years, 12 months ago
If you’re a member of Jericho Writers’ Townhouse they’re upgrading the platform tomorrow, Thursday 1st September. Everything except private messages will be transferred to the new platform. If you have private messages you want to keep, save them before tomorrow. https://community.jerichowriters.com/page.php?i=item&id=27931
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Libby replied to the topic Edinburgh book festival 2022 programme in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years ago
That’s brilliant, Sandra. I still have a couple of books on my TBR list from last year’s festival.
In the end I didn’t sign up for this year’s Edinburgh events as I diverted my money to doing the School — Galley Beggar Press critical reading course.
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Libby replied to the topic The Price of Coal: Senghenydd, 1913 in the forum Blogs 4 years ago
Thank you for a fascinating blog, Richard.
I don’t know that things improved when coal was nationalised. The Aberfan disaster suggests not but I don’t know the details. It seems that in general workers in all industries had to wait for health and safety legislation and that the general public sill has a long road ahead of applying pressure when…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
Good luck at York, Janette. I hope it provides all the information you need.
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