Jesus this is bleak. First we get actors apologizing for expressing frustration after the election & now the Apprentice is going to be buried for what? Fear of retribution? This is alarming. We should be alarmed.

Zaslav talking up Trump’s win, the MPA being like “we’re so excited about this, Disney forcing Rachel Zegler to apologize for nothing comments about Trump. Yeah, the industry is 100% kowtowing to his incoming admin in a way it didn’t the last time around. Seems bad

A chilling effect already.

There are far worse ways to spend a frosty winter morning than visiting a bunch of gorgeous west London bookshops 📚 To drop off proofs of #TheParisDancer, I thought I’d match the cover in my green dress, but it swiftly became clear I’d need to keep my coat on for pics 🥶

Hurrah @LizFremantle 🎉

.Vintage Books has re-printed 250,000 copies of Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, which became the first Booker Prize-winning book (The Booker Prizes) to reach the top of the charts since records began 👇 thebookseller.com/news/vintage-r…

I’m hosting a new books program on BBC Radio 4, starting this Sunday at 4pm, and also on BBC Sounds! It’s called TAKE FOUR BOOKS, and here’s the trailer 👇📻🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Jenny Colgan says “I was a library kid, Val McDermid was a library kid, Ian Rankin, we’re all library kids. Unless you only want posh people writing books {you need libraries}.’” dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… Chris Bryant Lisa Nandy MP

writing a 1st draft

Thinking of fathers on this cold dark Sunday.

I wonder if you have a novel on the go…that you’ve been nurturing for a while; if you’re stuck and need a new strategy. If so, my Novel Surgery month might be of use to you. Runs online, Sats, Jan 16-Feb 9, 4-7pm UK time. Open to anyone in the world. Email me: [email protected]

Charlotte: I just don't feel safe with a witch flying around! Samantha: Honey, if sticking wood between your legs and riding it makes you a witch, then I'm in trouble... Miranda: Why do men always call women with opinions witches? Carrie: Big is moving to Munchkinland.

Actor Sterling K. Brown opens up about the double standards he faced on movie sets, highlighting how bad behavior is judged differently for white actors and Black actors. (🎥 We Don't Always Agree Podcast/TikTok)

Today, MPs have voted for choice, safety and compassion. They have expressed the will of the British people and have made history. Thank you to everyone who has campaigned with us for choice and control at the end of life. This could not have happened without you #YesToDignity

Unbelievably, there are still places on the Arvon course I'm teaching with the glorious Anna Mazzola - Updates only.! Have a look. It's week on the moors writing historical fiction with us, right before Christmas. Maybe...an early present for yourself? arvon.org/writing-course…

Acting as a The Booker Prizes judge was such a bountiful, humbling experience this year. To occupy the lavish, private universes of so many talented authors was a daily privilege I will never forget. I was invited to explore our world, intimate and diverse relationships,

On 🌟Thursday 21 January🌟, join us for a special recording of Radio 4’s Bookclub with Sara Collins (Sara Collins), as she talks about her acclaimed debut novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton. 📚📖 Register for tickets here: bbc.in/409OSVt

‘I was on deadline for a catalogue essay. I spent Wednesday evening writing. “This is how they found him,” I could imagine them saying, “writing his little sentences while LA burned.”’ Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, in the next issue and online now: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

How To Write A Book, the first podcast from Daylight Productions, has been nominated for Best Podcast at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and I am SPEECHLESS with joy. Thank you to hosts Sara Collins Sharmaine Lovegrove Nelle Andrew and to the Guild for recognising us in this way.