Tiny Owl Workshop
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Award winning micro publisher and sculptor. Maker of curious things.
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Only a few more weeks of the Ephemeral City boxed edition on sale before the price goes back up. www.simongroth.com/ephemeralcity
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Only a few more weeks of the Ephemeral City boxed edition on sale before the price goes back up. www.simongroth.com/ephemeralcity
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time
Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time
The best picture books are pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here
The best children’s picture books can be pure magic for adults too: witty and wise prose or poetry that is a joy to read aloud, coupled with vivid, evocative illustrations that live on in the memory – and the culture – for decades.
Australia has produced more than its fair share of classics, from the effortlessly educational to the cheekily irreverent, and we want you to nominate your favourite for a major reader’s poll we will run in late January: the best Australian children’s picture book of all time.
Primarily intended to be read aloud to children who don’t yet read independently;
Able to be read in a few minutes – we’re looking for a child’s picture book, rather than a graphic novel or illustrated chapter book;
Written by an Australian (or someone we’ve claimed);
Published in Australia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time
Watched #Frankenstein
Visually pretty but emotionally shallow.
Victor’s backstory 🙄
The castle workshop reveal was comical.
Elordi’s performance had depth tho, esp in scenes with David Bradley.
Victor is the monster, but the ‘you’re the monster Victor’ bits weren’t subtle.
Costumes+props🎉
No AI 🎉
Visually pretty but emotionally shallow.
Victor’s backstory 🙄
The castle workshop reveal was comical.
Elordi’s performance had depth tho, esp in scenes with David Bradley.
Victor is the monster, but the ‘you’re the monster Victor’ bits weren’t subtle.
Costumes+props🎉
No AI 🎉
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Watched #Frankenstein
Visually pretty but emotionally shallow.
Victor’s backstory 🙄
The castle workshop reveal was comical.
Elordi’s performance had depth tho, esp in scenes with David Bradley.
Victor is the monster, but the ‘you’re the monster Victor’ bits weren’t subtle.
Costumes+props🎉
No AI 🎉
Visually pretty but emotionally shallow.
Victor’s backstory 🙄
The castle workshop reveal was comical.
Elordi’s performance had depth tho, esp in scenes with David Bradley.
Victor is the monster, but the ‘you’re the monster Victor’ bits weren’t subtle.
Costumes+props🎉
No AI 🎉
The acquisition of Cherry Lake Publishing Group, which will continue to operate independently, adds approximately 6,000 titles to Random House Children’s Books. The Ann Arbor–based company’s “work in both trade and educational publishing complements our mission to create lifelong readers.”
RHCB Buys Cherry Lake
The acquisition of Cherry Lake Publishing Group will add approximately 6,000 titles to Random House Children’s Books. The Ann Arbor–based company will “will continue to operate independently,” RHCB…
www.publishersweekly.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Applications for #DinoConUK 2026 vendor stalls are off to a very impressive, if not slightly scary, start. Rest assured that our Birmingham 2026 vendor hall is going to be very exciting, and also busy. We're still accepting applications until March 2026: www.dinocon.co.uk See you July 25th-26th!
DinoCon
www.dinocon.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Applications for #DinoConUK 2026 vendor stalls are off to a very impressive, if not slightly scary, start. Rest assured that our Birmingham 2026 vendor hall is going to be very exciting, and also busy. We're still accepting applications until March 2026: www.dinocon.co.uk See you July 25th-26th!
I love that forms of the verb ‘be’ include ‘is’ and ‘are’.
There be giants!
There be giants!
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I love that forms of the verb ‘be’ include ‘is’ and ‘are’.
There be giants!
There be giants!
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
When #booksky folk ask why publishers focus on big names, chasing breakout debuts etc, this is the reason. PRH is part of a large media conglomerate on a revenue growth path, which means earning more than the €19 billion the company earned in 2024.
Revenue growth = bigger return for investors.
Revenue growth = bigger return for investors.
Penguin Random House was one of four operating groups to contribute to a 0.8% increase in revenue at parent company Bertelsmann for the first nine months of 2025. Highlights in the third quarter included a strong sales performance for SenLinYu’s Alchemised, which sold more than 300,000 copies.
Bertelsmann Post Small Sales Gain Through September
Penguin Random House was one of four operating groups to contribute to a 0.8% increase in revenue at parent company Bertelsmann for the first nine months of 2025.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When #booksky folk ask why publishers focus on big names, chasing breakout debuts etc, this is the reason. PRH is part of a large media conglomerate on a revenue growth path, which means earning more than the €19 billion the company earned in 2024.
Revenue growth = bigger return for investors.
Revenue growth = bigger return for investors.
Latest works in progress + legs.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Latest works in progress + legs.
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Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open 👇 #BookSky
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
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November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open 👇 #BookSky
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PW is now accepting panel, program, and speaker submissions for the sixth annual U.S. Book Show, to be held June 2–3, 2026 in New York City. If you have an idea—or would like to propose yourself or a colleague as a speaker or workshop leader—please submit your information.
U.S Book Show 2026 Program and speaker proposals
Thank you for your interest and ideas for the next installment of the U.S. Book Show, taking place June 2–3, 2026, in New York City. Please use the form below to share your proposal(s). Multiple…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
PW is now accepting panel, program, and speaker submissions for the sixth annual U.S. Book Show, to be held June 2–3, 2026 in New York City. If you have an idea—or would like to propose yourself or a colleague as a speaker or workshop leader—please submit your information.
What is literary fiction? That is the question.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What is literary fiction? That is the question.
Editing tip:
Language changes in real time, for complex reasons. Eg ‘on the nose’ can mean something stinks or is off in some way, while it can also mean something’s spot on.
Just be clear how you’re using aphorisms so intent is clear for the reader.
Language changes in real time, for complex reasons. Eg ‘on the nose’ can mean something stinks or is off in some way, while it can also mean something’s spot on.
Just be clear how you’re using aphorisms so intent is clear for the reader.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Editing tip:
Language changes in real time, for complex reasons. Eg ‘on the nose’ can mean something stinks or is off in some way, while it can also mean something’s spot on.
Just be clear how you’re using aphorisms so intent is clear for the reader.
Language changes in real time, for complex reasons. Eg ‘on the nose’ can mean something stinks or is off in some way, while it can also mean something’s spot on.
Just be clear how you’re using aphorisms so intent is clear for the reader.
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Traditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne. What does this mean for the city?
Traditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne. What does this mean for the city?
More than 30 years after Mabo’s historic high court win, almost 50% of Australia is covered by some kind of land agreement with First Nations peoples
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Forty-four years ago, Eddie Mabo stood in a lecture hall at James Cook University. He was usually on campus to work as a gardener, but that day he was explaining to the room how the land around the Torres Strait had been passed down, usually from father to son, for generations.
What was said in that lecture hall sparked four decades of native title claims across Australia – with more than 45% of the nation’s land now covered by some form of agreement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Traditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne. What does this mean for the city?
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
The Presidential Walk of Fame addition made me laugh so hard.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Presidential Walk of Fame addition made me laugh so hard.
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We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Mills has been appointed Chair of the ASA Board of Directors. Outgoing Chair, Sophie Cunningham, will remain on the Board as Deputy Chair, continuing her valued contribution to the ASA.
www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-welcomes-new-chair-jennifer-mills/
www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-welcomes-new-chair-jennifer-mills/
ASA welcomes new Chair, Jennifer Mills - Australian Society of Authors
We are delighted to announce Jennifer Mills has been appointed Chair of the Australian Society of Authors.
www.asauthors.org.au
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Mills has been appointed Chair of the ASA Board of Directors. Outgoing Chair, Sophie Cunningham, will remain on the Board as Deputy Chair, continuing her valued contribution to the ASA.
www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-welcomes-new-chair-jennifer-mills/
www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-welcomes-new-chair-jennifer-mills/
Did someone say performative reading?
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Did someone say performative reading?
Point. We haven’t suddenly or even slowly entered a post-truth world. We have new challenges for sure -esp with AI. Propaganda, misinformation, disinformation is as old as empire though. The fight to out truth is perpetual.
My guess is the BBC also still doesn’t know what tribal means.
My guess is the BBC also still doesn’t know what tribal means.
‘Whatever funding proposals are made, the BBC will still need to confront the post-truth world, either embracing it by going tribal or trying to make due impartiality look relevant.’
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC, from 2018.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Bennett-Jones · Can’t Afford to Tell the Truth: Trouble at the BBC
BBC managers have become a national joke. The problem is structural. Many start out as capable and engaged producers but...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Point. We haven’t suddenly or even slowly entered a post-truth world. We have new challenges for sure -esp with AI. Propaganda, misinformation, disinformation is as old as empire though. The fight to out truth is perpetual.
My guess is the BBC also still doesn’t know what tribal means.
My guess is the BBC also still doesn’t know what tribal means.
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Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
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Just three weeks left to get ALL your 2025 entries in for the Aurealis Awards - INCLUDING those scheduled for December publication!
Check out the updated Entries list and enter on our website:
aurealisawards.org/entries/
#AurealisAwards
Check out the updated Entries list and enter on our website:
aurealisawards.org/entries/
#AurealisAwards
a cartoon of a bird sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words deadline vibes
ALT: a cartoon of a bird sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words deadline vibes
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November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just three weeks left to get ALL your 2025 entries in for the Aurealis Awards - INCLUDING those scheduled for December publication!
Check out the updated Entries list and enter on our website:
aurealisawards.org/entries/
#AurealisAwards
Check out the updated Entries list and enter on our website:
aurealisawards.org/entries/
#AurealisAwards
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I got one of my two royalty payments for 2025 recently & was thrilled to buy one of these. It's such a fabulous idea and fun to open and rummage through. I LOVE that people don't have to, but choose to create things that are beautiful & interesting. Real people, with real ideas and skills.
An elaborately constructed book in a box filled with stories and ephemera? In this economy? Fear not. @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social has discounted the boxed edition of Ephemeral City to A$45 (pp) for a limited time. If you’ve been on the fence, now's your chance. www.simongroth.com/shop/ephemer...
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I got one of my two royalty payments for 2025 recently & was thrilled to buy one of these. It's such a fabulous idea and fun to open and rummage through. I LOVE that people don't have to, but choose to create things that are beautiful & interesting. Real people, with real ideas and skills.
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It is never about what you wear, your age, your behaviour or anything else, it is always ALWAYS about power, domination, control and entitlement.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It is never about what you wear, your age, your behaviour or anything else, it is always ALWAYS about power, domination, control and entitlement.