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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Childrens Book Publisher: Little Islands
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 23rd January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’m not really sure I can do this ...
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Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Jocose January Challenge!
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Events
Event The Weekly Huddle
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Trey
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Tiffany Yates Martin "What's the Point"
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Hannah Faoileán
OPS Winners The Nifty November Results!
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Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 22nd January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Imprint Wildthorn from Tor
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 20th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Dublin "Date w an Agent"
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 21st January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Why this hunger to write — I always ask myself ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Jonny
The Huddle **Changes Made to Huddle Signup Procedure**
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Jonny
Jonny
brendancody
Help Please! Questions for writers - short stories.
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brendancody
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day But the heart has its own ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Lakeland Waffler
Craft Chat Submitting to agents
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’ve never met a strong person with ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Submit to Publishers-yu dont need an agent
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Events
Event Book Club February 2026
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Events
Events
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 19th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 18th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Talent is God given. Be humble ...
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178
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 17th January 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I don’t need you to remind me of my age ...
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214
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Analysis of Korean series and why they are so addictive
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brendancody
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle January 17th - 5.00pm UK time
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364
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Children's Poetry Prize- Caterpillar
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215
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 16th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The business of the poet and the novelist is to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 15th January 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Whilst I’m writing, I’m ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Craft Chat Lit Mag Resources
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 14th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Dear Artists, remember that the opposite of ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 13th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You would go mad if you began to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writing is like ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 12th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 8th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat The Adventure Writing Prize Comp is open
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Jan 26th for a xmas horror story contest
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day There are far, far better things ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 10th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Reality continues to ....
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time
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Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 9th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Painting is poetry that is seen rather than ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat 20-30 seconds-that's all you get for a query
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Craft Chat Kick Off the Year with the Litopia New’s Year’s Literary Quiz!
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wrightstuff
wrightstuff
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Jan 12th deadline for Curtis Brown Discoveries, women writers apply
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We are all a little weird and life's a little weird ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Jocose January Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only those who attempt the absurd ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 7th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South January 7th - 8.00am UK time. Please check your local time zone (UK on GMT)
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 6th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Living without an aim is like ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 5th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When action grows unprofitable, gather information ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I am no bird; and no net ensnares me ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!)
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BrianY
BrianY
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January
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AgentPete
AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Jane Friedman's Annual Update on Publishers and Agents
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day An atheist is a man who has ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
BrianY
Craft Chat Books Are Back
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BrianY
BrianY
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day And now we welcome the new year. Full of ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day “There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Welcome… I’m New Here! Self-Published Poet and Aspiring Fantasy Author
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SilverWrites
SilverWrites
Pamela Jo
News Are men being pushed out of publishing : Bookseller Debate
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Rule your mind or it ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Help Please! Can't find how to receive critiques!
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sadness is caused by intelligence. The more you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day My stories run up and bite me in the leg ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 28th December
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AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Some Nice news... inspirational maybe.
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Saturday, 27th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don’t worry about avoiding temptation ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 23rd December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Friday, 26th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Boxing Day is a little like being a four-year-old for a day ...
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The way you spend Christmas is ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Dandelion Break What's the best thing you read in 2025?
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 24th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day May you never be too grown up to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life ...
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If I could drop dead right now ...
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 22nd December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We all of us have limited amounts of energy, and I am sure the people who are successful have ...
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Help Please! My first agent query letter
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 21st December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not despise the bottom ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 18th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 20th December
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454
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Most obstacles melt away when we ...
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1
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 19th December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Slang is a language that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow

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