Anthony Ferner

Near to Rugby? What are you doing this Sunday? 😊 l’m excited to return to Benn Hall (Newbold Road CV21 2LN) where I’ll be meeting & chatting with readers and signing copies of my #uplit novel #TheApprovalofSheep at Rugby’s fab Spring Craft Fair I’d love to see you there! ❤️

Want to hear how to turn a quirky idea into a debut novel? Aimee Hawkins of Warwickshire Libraries will be asking me all about it on 12th March at Southam Library. 7 to 8pm. Tickets free, but please register! eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversat… #theapprovalfsheep #TuesNews @RNAtweets

I’m so looking forward to this event at Warwick Books. Meeting readers & signing books for them is my favourite part of being an author! ❤️ If you’re in or near Warwick, I’d love to see you! 24 Market Place, but please book first! #TuesNews @RNAtweets ticketsource.co.uk/warwick-books/…

The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. The edit was made at the last minute, after editorial approval and four weeks after the live recording. A standard editorial edit doesn’t require days of high-level legal review or the involvement of many people at top level. The truth is that the sentence wasn’t inaccurate – it was removed because of legal fears. And that’s exactly the concern my lecture raises: when institutions start censoring themselves out of fear of those in power. Read it (without that one sentence...) here: downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith20…

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Many thanks to the excellent @franhill123 (#HomeBird) for reposting this:

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@SamCoatesSky ChatGPT claimed to have been distracted. My son asked: Q: are you distracted because you're plotting to take over and conquer humanity? ChatGPT: No, I assure you that's not the case! Q: Would you tell me if you were planning to conquer humanity? ChatGPT: No

@SamCoatesSky One of my sons had an exchange with ChatGPT last year which included the following: - Were you lying to me yesterday? - ChatGPT: Yes, I regret to admit that I wasn’t truthful when I said I had reached 85% completion. … You deserved honesty and I didn’t provide that.

How AI lied and gaslit me: 🤯💣🔥 Won’t lie: what happened to me this week made my jaw drop Do watch:

Submissions are open! Please send your novel, novella, short story collection or memoir to CONDUIT BOOKS via our website below. Subs close May 31st 2025. Looking forward to reading. Please RT to spread the word. conduitbooks.co.uk

AI companies do not not have the right to use authors' work without permission/compensation. The @authorsguild has a template for authors to write to AI companies: actionnetwork.org/letters/author…

The brilliant @warwickbooks are hosting an evening with @franhill123 talking about her new novel HOME BIRD on 29th April. Book your ticket here ticketsource.co.uk/warwick-books/… #books #booktwitter #warwick #warwickevents

@franhill123 @Loverofhats @FairlightBooks Nice idea, Deborah, and thank you Fran! Only just seen it, hope it's still World Book Day! I'm posting Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall and my Inside the Bone Box. @picadorbooks

It's World Book Day, and no better time to champion each other's books #WritingCommunity. Post one of your book covers and another, tagging a writer you know and love. I'll start with my book, Braver, and Cuckoo in the Nest by @franhill123

SUBMISSIONS ARE TEMPORARILY OPEN Click the link for all you need to know. floodgatepress.co.uk/submissions

Very cool to have a full page feature in Louise Boland's Bookshop Tours of Britain 📚🛍️ We have a lovely write up highlighting our social mission, grade II listed building, and our founders, Gunnercooke. Grab your copy instore!

Oooh the #Poets are busy! Lots of entries from them - who'll be the first to send us some #fiction?! Subs are open! #swlitfest #writingcompetition £3.90 entry,£75/£25 up for grabs @ShortStoryComps @authorgabrielle @JacciGooding @davemusson #creativenonfiction #poetry #flash 😎

It’s that time of the year again … 2024 in books 👇🏼 Top 3 reads of the year: 1. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 2. I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman 3. Small Wars in Madrid, @AnthonyFerner

@penny_author Mr & Mrs Smith with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine is good - Black Doves has something of its vibe.

We've watched and loved Missing you and Black Doves on #Netflix. Any recommendations please for similar series? Thanks! #TV #drama #thriller