Paula Lennon
@pauladlennon.bsky.social
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🇯🇲🇬🇧🇪🇺 Author, MONTEGO BAY MURDER trilogy Joffe Books, Comedy Women In Print 🏆winner THE BOOK OF WITTY WOMEN, MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES anthology. THE CASE OF THE MAD DOCTOR #c18th #18thc paulalennon.com UNTITLED CASE OF (Sept 2026)
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I'm absolutely thrilled that Mad Doctor is The CWA Read of the Month! Historical fiction with a dose of magical realism and Jamaican folklore. Publication day is 10 July. Pre-order now - ebook, paperback, audiobook! @iaminprint.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social
thecwa.bsky.social
The CWA's Read of the Month for July is 'The Case of the Mad Doctor' by PD Lennon, a historical thriller inspired by the first Jamaican serial killer! Read more at: buff.ly/MNMHhqc #crimefiction #crimewriter #historical #Jamaica
pauladlennon.bsky.social
Follow the Pelican Walk team, led by Detective Preddy🇯🇲, and watched by Detective Harris🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as they tackle gritty crime in the second city.
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copyrightalliance.org
"Our #AI Licensing webpage has been updated, and it's now broken down into three parts: AI Licensing by #copyright owners, AI licensing by AI companies, and organizations that offer AI licenses for creative works. Check out the updated page here: "
Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works | Copyright Alliance
Explore the copyrightability of AI-generated works, examining the legal challenges and implications for creators and artificial intelligence.
copyrightalliance.org
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galleybeggars.bsky.social
"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"

Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).

Please read, and share:

www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
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poetrysociety.org.uk
💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.

Today's prompt comes from Chris Beckett, who was commended in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Chris!
Poetry prompt by Chris Beckett: Try picking a person/place you dislike, or a feeling like mud on your bare feet. Describe how loathsome it is, but then choose one good aspect however tiny and let the sun come out! Replicate that in the form to, e.g. start with short angry lines and then suddenly switch to a long line, like letting the poem off its leash.
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
pauladlennon.bsky.social
Still can't believe I wrote a trilogy. Pick up a copy today!
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victoriastrauss.com
A small press going out of business without paying its authors...inexcusible. I wish I could say it rarely happens, but I would be lying.
beaujohnson44.bsky.social
Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.
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rsliterature.bsky.social
The 2026 Christopher Bland Prize is now open for entry 🏆

Closing 5pm on Friday 5 December 2025: https://rsliterature.org/rsl-christopher-bland-prize/
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societyofauthors.bsky.social
Our board member @venusbushfires is here to remind you to post your SoA ballot papers, if you haven't already.

Ballots must be returned by 22 October, so make sure you've posted them by Friday 17.

There are 4 places available, so 4 votes to cast.
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wasafirimag.bsky.social
🚨Internship Alert!

An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement, providing invaluable experience within an academic and literary journal.

DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday, 2 November 2025
Internship Opportunity: CHASE Editorial Placement at Wasafiri
An opportunity is available for a CHASE-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement.
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Submissions for our next unthemed issue are now OPEN 📣
Tell a friend! Everything you need to know is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
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theartnewspaper.bsky.social
The repatriation of an extinct Jamaican giant galliwasp specimen from Scotland to Jamaica underscores how natural history objects, like cultural artefacts, are bound up in histories of colonisation, identity and restitution.

buff.ly/ANs4Jia
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susiedent.com
Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.
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nybooks.com
“The presence of Black seamen was especially important for stowaways. Sailors were known to stack the heavy bales of cotton in a way that created spaces where slaves could fit and to provide them with food and water during the voyage.” —Eric Foner
The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors | Eric Foner
The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant fugitive slaves’ chances of reaching freedom below deck were better than over land.
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pauladlennon.bsky.social
Historical fact, fiction, and folklore combine in this tale of greed, injustice, bravery, and murder... inspired by a true story. #TrueCrime #HistFic #MagicalRealism
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spread-the-word.bsky.social
👀 ✨ Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology is out – get a sneak peak of Sharon Marshall’s poem ‘Everyting Have Its Use, after Jacob Sam-La Rose.’

The anthology is available to collect from all Lewisham borough Libraries in mid October, and a digital version here: www.spreadtheword.org.uk/read-the-mou...
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antiquaries.bsky.social
Victoria Ajoku is a maker, teacher of fans, the UK Ambassador for Fan Making & founder of Fan The Glory W/ Tori. She works passionately to revive & diversify the concept of the craft of fan making. Hear from her on Oct 22 in our conference Modern Makers & Antiquaries www.sal.org.uk/event/modern...
Photo of Victoria Ajoku, fan-maker and performer
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cam.ac.uk
80 years ago, Gloria Carpenter arrived from Jamaica to begin her Law degree. Gloria would become Cambridge's first black female graduate in 1948.

Hear her story and how her legacy lives on, this #BlackHistoryMonth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3CKuTQdEA
Meet Cambridge's first black female graduate | #WeAreCambridge
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social
Today marks the history of Black History Month.

This year, racism is on the rise and diversity, equity and inclusion policies are under attack.

But Black History is British History.

And there is so much more for all of us to learn. This month and every month.
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societyofauthors.bsky.social
A searchable works list has been released to identify the authors’ works that were stolen by US Corporation Anthropic, to train its AI models. It includes UK authors whose works were copied without their permission or payment.