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Moncrieff Highlights

The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Would you buy a shipwreck from Facebook Marketplace?

4 days ago - 9 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

Why the BBC are using an AI version of Agatha Christie

4 days ago - 11 mins

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Soviet spacecraft set to crash into Earth soon

4 days ago - 8 mins

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Guinness World Records celebrate 70th anniversary of first book

4 days ago - 10 mins

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Man tracks down origin of iconic ‘Shining’ photograph

5 days ago - 9 mins

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The white Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum

5 days ago - 8 mins

Moncrieff Highlights

Getting a book deal via TikTok

Many of you will be familiar with the phenomenon of Tiktok but have you heard about BookTok? If you haven’t, allow me to enlighten you. It’s the book-obsessed corner of TikTok that focuses specifically on books and literature. Alex Aster is an author of teen fiction and after being rejected by numerous publishers and dropped by her agent, she took to TikBook to promote her latest offering. Fast forward a few months and she has signed a six-figure deal to publish one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year. Tom Dunne was joined on the show by award-winning author, Alex Aster.