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Well, this is rather lovely

Thanks to Vishwam Gurudas for alerting me to this - it's not often I share a page with Hilary Mantel and Gore Vidal...

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/historical-fiction-recommended-by-historians/

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"The whole idea of this book I find very fascinating, because it very clearly is the author looking to make a fictionalized version of something that really happened in real life, and also something that's really close to her family."

Hosts Margaret Kelly and Katie Roarty discuss The Expert of Subtle Revisions on Women are Reading: a book club podcast. Check out the discussion here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ofo7ylnE6j8Cvip7IMDho

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My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph

You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): https://www.kleksograph.be/ #ShortStories #ShortStory #Gothic #WritersOfMastodon

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"The steering committee elected to remove eight [of the 20] books from the list, not only narrowing the breadth of titles being discussed by teens across the state, but also narrowing the number of books they will be reading in anticipation of voting for the Georgia Peach Book Awards... All of these books are published for the young adult audience, meaning that the Bowl’s steering committee elected to remove books that are appropriate for the teens involved in this competition.

Seven of the eight banned books are written by female-identifying writers, while at least five are written by writers from demographically marginalized backgrounds."

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https://bookriot.com/helen-ruffin-reading-bowl-book-ban-2025/

"According to two district sources, AI was used to measure instructional texts against a rubric that took into account “DEI content.” The books must be removed from all classrooms, and cannot be used as instructional resources—either as texts read in class or as choice books in classroom libraries. Though the books have received no formal challenge, they are currently awaiting further review."

"Book banners have told us over and over again that they’re just trying to take books with extreme sexual content out of public schools. Classics are safe, they’ve said. We’re not removing books based on the ideas they contain, they’ve said. We knew none of that was true; Senate Bill 12 proves it."

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https://franklinstrong.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mockingbird-pulled-from

"In what intellectual freedom advocates have seen coming for months, a Texas school district has just shut down access to all secondary school libraries for students due to the regulations of the state’s Senate Bill 13... The district also offers no timeline for when students will have access to their own school libraries–facilities that their family tax dollars go to operate. NBISD’s decision to shut down the libraries in order to complete a review of materials based on vague language showcases how quickly and easily public schools are and will continue to cower to far right politics infiltrating communities throughout Texas."

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https://bookriot.com/new-braunfels-isd-library-closures-sb-13/

Great piece by Ilana Masad on making art and marketing it:

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https://electricliterature.com/artists-shouldnt-need-to-become-content-creators-to-get-fair-pay/

I have three new writing workshops coming up in June and July! Building on the success of Design-A-Ghost, I'd like to invite you to join me to explore some more familiar characters from #SFF and #horror by reading extracts from classic and contemporary authors together, and then using writing prompts and exercises to create your own unique monsters, aliens, and robots! 👹👽🤖

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New report from PEN America: The Normalization of Book Banning (published Oct 1, 2025)

"In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide. Never before have so many politicians sought to bully school leaders into censoring according to their ideological preferences, even threatening public funding to exact compliance. Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children."

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https://pen.org/report/the-normalization-of-book-banning/

Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know

A free webinar hosted by the Authors Guild
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 6:00 pm Eastern

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https://authorsguild.org/event/anthropic-settlement-what-authors-should-know/

Out now!!
Buy direct from Evernight Publishing and save $1.25!
https://www.evernightpublishing.com/an-artist-s-kiss-by-suzy-shearer/

Isabella Coburn, 50, used to be the most in-demand nude artist’s model, now she’s a successful sculptor.

Artist, Gabriel ‘Archangel’ Milford, 53, needs Isabella to model for him and sparks fly when they meet. Though she refuses him, Gabriel is determined Issie will pose for him. She’s equally determined she won’t.

Amazon: bit.ly/3WjyEY4
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I've spent a lifetime making myself smaller for everyone.

Making myself the version of me that was most useful and comfortable for everyone around me.

And I *HAVE* to stop before I disappear.

I wrote about learning to TAKE UP SPACE: https://fromemily.com/space-taking-defiance/

Maybe you've made yourself smaller too? Let's TAKE UP SPACE together.

@actuallyautistic

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Out now!! Save $1.25 and buy direct from Evernight Publishing.
https://evernightpublishing.com/perfect-three-by-suzy-shearer/

“Beautiful Lucy, you need two people to satisfy you. One to control you but two to give you ultimate pleasure.”

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Thousands of years from now... humans have long since left a depleted Earth, and much of what we know about it is forgotten or confused.

But the arts are thriving, and two drama graduates find something unexpected when they make a pit stop to find parts to fix their tea machine...

An Unscheduled Stop: a short story inspired by Orford Ness
https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/

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Looking for something to read over the weekend?
Something hot & naughty? Something with mature characters?
Then check out : https://www.evernightpublishing.com/suzy-shearer/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Suzy-Shearer/author/B00KOEP2W8?
And all online bookstores worldwide.

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A class action lawsuit is being prepared against Anthropic over their downloading of copyrighted material from pirate websites.

If you're an author, and your books have been registered with the US Copyright Office, you may be eligible to be included, and thus receive damages.

The plaintiff's lawyers are collecting contact information so that they can ensure eligible authors receive formal notice of the class action.

More information and the form are here: https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/

#PleaseBoost and pass on to any authors you know not on the fediverse.

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