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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’ve spent 35 years trying to learn how to let go of ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 17th February 2026
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61
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Service Update Your New Author Platform… An Update!
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221
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Writing Short Story Thread
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18
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599
Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 16th February 2026
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244
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Over-thinking ruins you. It ruins the ...
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176
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
JoanUP
Craft Chat What's it called when...
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262
JoanUP
JoanUP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best thing about rock bottom is ...
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220
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Jocose January Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Jonny
News Huddle February 14th - 5.00pm UK time
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10
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321
Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 14th February 2026
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288
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A line is a dot that ...
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196
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Wilber and Niso Smith New Writer Comp
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210
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event Huddle February 14th – 5.00pm UK time
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197
Events
Events
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 13th February 2026
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256
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The difference between false memories and true ones is ...
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193
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello literary world!
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397
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 12th February 2026
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261
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you expect nothing from somebody ...
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188
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only when you do not know yourself ...
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167
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
ysgoldt
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello I'm Ys!
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11
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401
JoanUP
JoanUP
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 11th February 2026
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301
Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about ...
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200
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 8th February 2026
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293
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 10th February 2026
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257
AgentPete
AgentPete
Sarit
Dandelion Break More on this Librario contest with Hachette
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5
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247
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writers, like teeth, are divided into ...
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180
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Lakeland Waffler
Craft Chat Submitting to agents
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73
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Events
Event “We Were Liars” – Litopia Book Club February Meeting
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171
Events
Events
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Should You Give Up On Traditional Publishing?
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249
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 9th February 2026
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240
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes we don’t want to be tethered to yesterday. It’s nicer to ...
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168
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Help Please! Annie Summerlee… What An Evening! (And – Can You Help…?)
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5
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272
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best way to cheer yourself up ...
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185
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Weekly Huddle February 7th – 5.00pm UK time
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11
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322
Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 7th February 2026
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319
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A clear conscience is usually the ...
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182
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 6th February 2026
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460
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you ...
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219
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do what you feel in your heart to be ...
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217
James Charles
James Charles
AgentPete
News An Evening with Annie Summerlee and The Book of Blood and Roses
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214
AgentPete
AgentPete
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello
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11
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319
Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I must discipline myself. I must be imaginative and create ...
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213
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 3rd February 2026
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283
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be ...
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194
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day People are like books: some deceive you ...
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1
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257
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event Huddle South – February 4th – 8.00am UK time
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10
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398
Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss
Rachael Burnett
Help Please! Thoughts on Libraro and Hachette Prize
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32
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917
Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
AgentPete
Service Update Author Platform – Soon Out of Beta…
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8
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410
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 2nd February 2026
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0
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340
AgentPete
AgentPete
SilverWrites
Craft Chat Write to Market
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12
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474
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Far and away the best prize that life offers is ...
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244
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
News Ethical writing and The Salt Path
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284
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If the English language made any sense ...
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234
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 30th January 2026
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475
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Afell1
Help Please! Can't view a thread in the lab
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Afell1
Afell1
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I don’t feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes ...
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233
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
brendancody
Fanfare! My new digital publishing venture
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8
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424
Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Grumpy Cat and Woody Harrelson
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249
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 28th January 2026
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509
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that ...
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252
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
brendancody
Help Please! Questions for writers - short stories.
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13
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545
Nikky Lee
Nikky Lee
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 28th January 2026
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3
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402
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Know who you are and stay true to it. Have a point of view, keep your ...
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0
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244
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat International Bath Novel: Literary slant
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3
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349
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Fanfare! Ink of Ages Short Story Comp Winners
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0
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272
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Jan. 31 deadline FF comp 300 w
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285
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Adrian Tchaikovsky-on science in sci-fi
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235
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Storytelling from Pulp Fiction
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1
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252
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Interiority
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1
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274
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 27th January 2026
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1
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383
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You can’t sit around and wait for somebody to say ...
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255
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
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Event An Evening with Annie Summerlee, and The Book of Blood and Roses
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0
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280
Events
Events
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 14th January 2026
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1K
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 26th January 2026
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1
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1K
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Julie Child does vegetables
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2
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311
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don't submit to defeatism, the problems you're ...
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0
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246
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Irish Publishers Temple Dark and US Ruadon Books Zoom Jan 25th
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285
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless ...
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288
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Common sense is like deodorant ...
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295
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Childrens Book Publisher: Little Islands
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1
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304
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 23rd January 2026
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1
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656
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’m not really sure I can do this ...
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0
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291
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Tiffany Yates Martin "What's the Point"
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283
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Hannah Faoileán
OPS Winners The Nifty November Results!
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5
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614
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AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 22nd January 2026
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1
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470
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Imprint Wildthorn from Tor
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0
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329
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds ...
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274
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 20th January 2026
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2
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652
AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Dublin "Date w an Agent"
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0
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285
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 21st January 2026
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1
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682
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Why this hunger to write — I always ask myself ...
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1
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285
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Jonny
**Changes Made to Huddle Signup Procedure**
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284
Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day But the heart has its own ...
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0
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266
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’ve never met a strong person with ...
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1
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295
E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Submit to Publishers-yu dont need an agent
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0
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312
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 19th January 2026
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1
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766
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 18th January 2026
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0
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507
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Talent is God given. Be humble ...
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0
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253
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow

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