Hot takes real tea about the stale abyss of the publishing world. Obvz can't verify that everything I tweet is true, but I trust the whisper network. DM me xo
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26 Jun 2021
I am STARSTRUCK. @malorieblackman consider this an exchange in return for writing books that changed my life β€οΈ
26 Jun 2021
I've been a published author for over 30 years but today after reading the @PublishingTea timeline, I consider myself more educated about the publishing industry than I was this time yesterday. π³π€
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3 Oct 2022
Coming out of retirement briefly to give this the attention it deserves. Clanchy is a nasty lying bumbahole and the best service she can do to herself and the industry is to keep her mouth firmly shut.
Donβt expect regular tweets from me though, I have found peace βπ½
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17 Nov 2021
Really sorry I havenβt posted or responded to messages in an age. Iβve been having a period of incredibly poor mental health. Iβll be back at some point but until then hope you huns drag the industry to hell xoxox
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6 Oct 2021
Oops seems like I went and opened my gob again. Pleasure to be interviewed for this and in good company too. P.S. I lied, preserve your beauty, dignity and mind and go into an industry that actually gives back as much as you put in.
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15 Sep 2021
Only one guess who π
Iβve just heard that the biggest racist in the U.K. publishing industry has been made redundant. Iβve never witnessed anyone so hateful be so protected in all my life, and even though it clearly didnβt last, it went on waaay too long. Now for the rest to go please xxx
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10 Sep 2021
Fan tea: re the recent Lit in Colour research and initiative: several women of colour were either erased or their names misspelt in the report. The research is also led by a white, middle class woman based at Oxford University who has no history of researching race.
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10 Sep 2021
So their recent initiative, which doesn't acknowledge this or interrogate their own hiring practices, seems superficial to say the least...
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10 Sep 2021
More π© tea: We had a phantom pooper at Usborne who would poop in the waste bin in the bathrooms. Not even aiming for the toilet. :( An all users email was sent and everything.
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9 Sep 2021
Fan tea: All UK staff at Bloomsbury were today emailed a list of double vaccinated London office employees - meaning those not listed have been outed as not fully vaccinated and those who are listed have had βstrictly confidentialβ medical info leaked to their colleagues. oops!
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9 Sep 2021
Because we do love to organise ππ½ get into it my babes.
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9 Sep 2021
Flattered. If youβre not following @theericapp then you definitely should be. Formerly a festival and now an app, theyβre an OG platform for curated careers advice for young people ππ½
9 Sep 2021
Anonymous creative industry tea accounts you should follow for insider knowledge π±
@deuxmoiworld @PublishingTea @EsteeLaundry @mydietisprada @shitmenintvhav1
#anon #creativeindustries #spillthetea
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8 Sep 2021
BRUHHH π₯΄
8 Sep 2021
Itβs 2021 and an Art Director from a publishing house has decided itβs OK to whitewash one of my illustrations by *literally* editing the skin colour of the characters to be white.
Peep the original and edited version. The original is of two indigenous women. #artistsontwitter
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7 Sep 2021
You lot have killed me, I am deceased: I don't have a poo story but I have a good gross one: back when Hodder & Headline were at the Euston Rd office, there was someone who liked to sit on the loo and flick their bogies at the door. They had a favourite stall and everything.
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7 Sep 2021
Using that stall before the poor cleaning staff had been able/forced to clear it was always a horrifying surprise because you wouldn't know that The Flinger had been there until you had sat down to do your business.
Flinger, if youβre still flinging plz end this reign of terror.
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7 Sep 2021
βI wondered if the snot-flicker person would continue their disgusting habit when we moved to Carmelite House but if they did, I never found their favourite stall (THANK GOD).β
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7 Sep 2021
Retro poo story: back in the day there was a π© incident at a very unfortunately named publishing division. The offending π© was discovered by a certain... chanteuse... who was visiting to discuss her upcoming memoir.
My guess is Little, Brown or are there more π© themed names??
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7 Sep 2021
THERE'S MORE: Omg all these π© stories have just reminded me a PRH division once received a π© in the post. They tried to keep it quite but it wasn't long before news spread from The Strand office to VBR.
WHY??? WHAT WAS IT IN REPONSE TO?? WAS IT FROM AN AUTHOR?? I NEED TO KNOW
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7 Sep 2021
After this morning Iβm seriously considering rebranding as Publishing Poos: Tales from within the troubled bowels of the publishing worldβ¦ π©π©π©π©
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7 Sep 2021
Appallingly good tea: A board member at PRH once blocked out his diary for a whole day to sit and catch the βphantom 8th floor shitterβ at VBR whoβd been blocking the toilet repeatedly. Turns out it was someone who had been sneaking up from the IT department on the 7th floor. π©
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7 Sep 2021
I die: We had a phantom pooper at my publishers once too. HR handled the shituation very delicately and asked that if anyone had any difficulties using the facilities to come to them for support (?) The second time it happened the head of sales sent an all staff E-Mail attempting
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7 Sep 2021
to appeal to the common sense of the culprit by reminding us that it is the cleaning staff who have to sort out the mess at the end of the day.
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