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Terfdiarist · 12/06/2026 21:07

Hoping to get some advice here. Mumsnet admin - please don’t delete as am not posting link or details!

I have 5-10 PR copies of my new non fiction TERF book that I can send out to people or organisations who I hope will read it and help spread the word. Not going to name the book as last time I did Mumsnet deleted my post!!

If you were me who would you send it to? The clue to what the book’s about is in my username and it’s an account of the past decade of insanity in the UK.

I have thought of a few people to send it to but would be good to hear ideas.

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ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 13/06/2026 21:08

Totally agree with pp who suggested Sonia Sodha

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Terfdiarist · 13/06/2026 21:03

Yes, I think I have to send a couple of copies to the British Library. Alex Massie another good suggestion, thanks - he’s actually mentioned in the diaries!

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Tallisker · 13/06/2026 18:25

Alex Massie is perhaps another one.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 13/06/2026 18:14

Terfdiarist · 13/06/2026 05:38

Thanks. It’s already published so just keen to send out a few PR copies.

Will it automatically go to the British Library?

tourdefrance · 13/06/2026 17:58

Jo Bartosch?

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Terfdiarist · 13/06/2026 17:56

Thanks all! I had some of these names on my list but not all. And thanks to those who downloaded it too. I know the paperback is pricy but the book is pretty long with lots of pages as it covers ten years and I had to set the price that high so I don’t actually lose money on it through Amazon!

And if The Works give me a call and ask to stock it, I’ll be all in! I might even do a special edition with green and purple sprayed pages 😀

And yes - free to read on Kindle Unlimited - I am a huge fan of KU and half the books I read are on it. These diaries have taken up my LIFE for the past year so it’s nice to have time to read again.

There is plenty of mention of Mumsnet in the diaries, too. I haven’t always been a prolific poster but this board genuinely kept me sane at times over the years when it felt like everyone, including people I’d considered friends, had gone mad. I say thank you in the diaries, but thank you here, too. You’re all brilliant.

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TonTonMacoute · 13/06/2026 16:26

Sarah Ditum, Joanna Williams (both journalists)

April1625 · 13/06/2026 16:24

Congrats on the book OP. It's a great idea and I look forward to reading it. Maybe you can enter into literary competitions, and it could get picked up by the mainstream press either by winning (!) or the backlash for daring to speak up for women's rights. Good luck

LazyFoxy · 13/06/2026 15:05

TransParentlyAnnoyed · 13/06/2026 08:46

The Works, obviously. Cut out the middle man.

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Rudeness coming from the usual side I see 🥱

CassOle · 13/06/2026 14:30

TransParentlyAnnoyed · 13/06/2026 08:46

The Works, obviously. Cut out the middle man.

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Meow! 🙄

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 09:45

Kindle unlimited is a really good deal if you like reading the occasional specialist magazine such as BBC History, National Geographic, BBC Good Food as there are lots on there included in the subscription. Plus tons of books/audiobooks both fictional and not.

dapsnotplimsolls · 13/06/2026 09:43

Nicola Sturgeon 😎

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 09:43

It’s free to access if you have kindle unlimited- I have a busy weekend but looking forward to sitting down with it Sunday evening. It’s not expensive as a kindle book either.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/06/2026 09:25

Cailin66 · 13/06/2026 09:22

I imagine The Terf Diaries are not on sale anywhere like Amazon.

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It is, £12.99 for the paperback, I'd post a link but MN doesn't allow that.

EmpressaurusKitty · 13/06/2026 09:23

That’s where Eresh & I found them.

Cailin66 · 13/06/2026 09:22

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/06/2026 09:01

Ok, give us a clue, how many words in the title, do any of them sound the same as any other words.
I probably should have been paying more attention to previous threads but I haven't a clue on what to DuckDuckGo. 😁

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I imagine The Terf Diaries are not on sale anywhere like Amazon.

teawamutu · 13/06/2026 09:20

Hadley Freeman, Janice Turner, Sonia Sodha?

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/06/2026 09:12

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 09:02

Try the OP’s name.

I knew that I was just testing you, congratulations you past. 😛

I'm now hanging my head in shame, I'm really so thick some times. 😞It's not on Kobo yet but I've put it on my Amazon wish list to remind me to keep looking for it on my e-reader. 👍

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 09:02

Try the OP’s name.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 13/06/2026 09:01

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 07:43

@Terfdiarist looking forward to reading! I’d forgotten some of this stuff in the early days but it brings it all back.

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Ok, give us a clue, how many words in the title, do any of them sound the same as any other words.
I probably should have been paying more attention to previous threads but I haven't a clue on what to DuckDuckGo. 😁

TransParentlyAnnoyed · 13/06/2026 08:46

Terfdiarist · 12/06/2026 21:07

Hoping to get some advice here. Mumsnet admin - please don’t delete as am not posting link or details!

I have 5-10 PR copies of my new non fiction TERF book that I can send out to people or organisations who I hope will read it and help spread the word. Not going to name the book as last time I did Mumsnet deleted my post!!

If you were me who would you send it to? The clue to what the book’s about is in my username and it’s an account of the past decade of insanity in the UK.

I have thought of a few people to send it to but would be good to hear ideas.

The Works, obviously. Cut out the middle man.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 08:41

Lovelyview · 13/06/2026 08:07

It looks like a really interesting book! Has it been sent to the newspaper reviewers and Scottish journalists? I'm trying to remember names here. Jenny Lindsey writes for one of the Scottish papers. Maybe that's already been covered by your publisher. There was a terfy book group that met at the national library in Edinburgh - not sure if that's still going. I'd send it to JK Rowling 🙂

Susan Dalgety?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 13/06/2026 08:40

I’d definitely send it to JKR.

Lovelyview · 13/06/2026 08:07

It looks like a really interesting book! Has it been sent to the newspaper reviewers and Scottish journalists? I'm trying to remember names here. Jenny Lindsey writes for one of the Scottish papers. Maybe that's already been covered by your publisher. There was a terfy book group that met at the national library in Edinburgh - not sure if that's still going. I'd send it to JK Rowling 🙂

FinchiePink · 13/06/2026 07:50

FKAT · 13/06/2026 07:09

You want us to supply you names and addresses of gender critical women? Yeah right.

If you've written a non-fiction book about gender and sex issues in the UK in the past decade you should know exactly who would be interested.

This... Surely you should know who the right people to talk to are, assuming you've done the most basic amount of research for the book.