Molly Flatt

📚 Author of THE CHARMED LIFE OF ALEX MOORE 🗞 Comment Editor at @TheBookseller 🎙 Co-founder @BigBookWeekend with @KitdeWaal

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

I miss the days when #BookTwitter was a majority positive, supportive space. So if I can help with anything, let me know. I'm an author @panmacmillan, editor @TheBookseller, run #FutureBook & @BigBookWeekend, & I mentor/edit writers. Background: tech & marketing. My door is open

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

On why not to mutilate your face. So incredibly good 👉🏻 https://t.co/0GSLclBxJ2

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Black Friday Sale: 25% off #FutureBook25 tickets 🎉📢📚 This one's actually going to *help* the planet! Every leader and aspiring leader in UK publishing must join us next Monday for an incredible day setting the course for the future of books #BookTwitter https://t.co/ae3YWLNHSR

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Best thing I've read on AI in ages, from author and technologist Robin Sloan.

https://t.co/YQC1bq8tlP

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

So at @LondonBookFair next Weds I am moderating a conversation between Lee Jarit, Global Head of Publisher and Partner Relations at Audible, and best-selling fantasy author Michael R. Miller on *audiobook self-publishing*.

What do you want to know?

[SF Said @whatSFSaid]

Children's books are not a luxury. Libraries & librarians are not a luxury. The teachers who inspire kids to read are not a luxury. If you cut or undermine or lose these things – #literacy will cease to be a basic human right, and will become a luxury, available only to a few.

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

How is it #britishbookawards time again? I'm delighted to be chair of judges for Audiobook Non-Fiction — currently shortlisting *brilliant* entries that show audio is on the up, up, up...🎙️🏆💫

Also getting a lot of cleaning done & will be a fully actualised person after this.

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

An excellent piece about the responsibility writers/artists hold to think deeply about their metaphors, from the very smart @CoreyBrotherson https://t.co/5wcUmlZ2af

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

I've emailed my MP to express my concerns about the government's fundamentally flawed consultation on AI. Any writers / other creatives living in the UK, here's a simple, tweakable email template that will send to the right person using your postcode: https://t.co/KuXt7GAxpR

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

@AkiSchilz ❤️

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

This and a horse pls FC

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

It's only a month to #Christmas - imagine the look on your loved ones faces as they unwrap their very own Orkney Library & Archive Tote Bag! Available with our Logo in Red, Green, Blue, Purple or Pink.

We have other items available on our shop page at: https://t.co/SkFEzGvkOf

[Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️ @Nnedi]

This was my response in The Guardian 3 years ago when I was asked if my work was a response to the prevalence of whiteness in science fiction.

I’m totally patting “January 2021 Nnedi” on the back. Yes, Nnedi. So much yes, 🙌🏾 :

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Already emotional after an incredible #FutureBook opening keynote from @FleurSinclair. Imagine if bookshops were the spaces from which we rebuilt our sense of community and embedded values of empathy, curiosity and respecting difference… not to mention shared moments of joy ✨

[Caroline Carpenter @CarolineC1988]

“We need people of all ages and backgrounds behind the counter in bookshops” says @BAbooksellers president & @7OaksBookshop owner @FleurSinclair as she outlines her priorities, as well as booksellers’ & customers’ needs, in her @thebookseller #FutureBook Conference keynote speech

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Here we go #FutureBook! Please do add your voice as much as possible this year - post a comment, ask a question, publish a substack, send me a comment piece. We need *everyone* in the book trade to be heard to build the most meaningful possible future ✨

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

To kick off the day at #FutureBook, we are joined by co-programmer @mollyflatt ⚡

What do you think is most undervalued in the book trade? Let us know your thoughts in the comments 👇

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

ONLY ONE WEEK til #FutureBook! 🙌🏻📚🎙️Next Mon in London & online join the likes of @KitdeWaal @pollyosborn @katieogunsakin @FleurSinclair @gemcairn @Ofmooseandmen to discuss AI, audio, influencers, freelancers, sustainability, indies, backlist & more...💫
https://t.co/TuzlsGkHym

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

This little book from the folk at @dgquarterly is a bitesize delight. Words submitted by the public for inclusion in Collins dictionary is a favourite so far, as is the timeline of viral food fads. Every entry could be the start of a novel, they’re so telling, and niche. Joyful.

[Joel/JJ Arcanjo @Joelarcanjo]

After the article, more book recommendations for teen boy readers have come in from you lovely people, so I've made a couple more lists. Again, I'm trying to keep these to titles published in the last 10 years (with the occasional exception). Any more recs, please share!

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Deadline just extended til Thursday so if you haven't yet nominated your #FutureBook Leader, Future Leader, Excellence project, Startup or Freelancer of the Year, GET ON IT NOW ✨📚🎙🏆

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

We're searching for our #FutureBook Award winners 🔎

If you think it could be you, find out more & enter 👉 https://t.co/txZ4Da0vhh

[Joel/JJ Arcanjo @Joelarcanjo]

On the back of this thread, I got the opportunity to write about the desperate lack of books for teen boys in @thebookseller. Massive thanks to @mollyflatt for letting me write on an issue I'm hugely passionate about. Link: https://t.co/FIlfwzfMXd

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

@Joelarcanjo @thebookseller Thanks for a brilliant piece Joel

[Molly Flatt @mollyflatt]

Chair of all chairs ✨🎉📚

[@[email protected] @KitdeWaal]

The secret is out! I can finally say how thrilled I am to be Chair of the @WomensPrize for Fiction judges and feel honoured to be reading alongside these brilliant women.