A detailed and heartbreaking report on how Israel systematically destroyed Gaza’s bookstores, printing presses, and publishing houses. It turned centers of learning and knowledge production into ruins and ashes. Please share widely.

Institute for Palestine Studies@palestinestudies.bsky.social · last yr.

Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence. Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

what a great shame for the Scottish publishing landscape. Laura and Heather are literary legends who made such an impact in their ten years. so glad to see 404 Ink finds a home with Saraband 404 Ink announces closure ahead of 10th anniversary www.thebookseller.com/news/404-ink...

404 Ink: closure announced ahead of 10th anniversary

When Heather McDaid and Laura Jones-Rivera made the decision to sunset their labour of love, 404 Ink, going out on a high was paramount.

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so looking forward to this - it will be a privilege to hear more of Pelicot's voice. no doubt A HYMN TO LIFE will take its place alongside Chanel Miller's KNOW MY NAME as one of the most vital reads of a post-MeToo world www.thebookseller.com/rights/the-b...

The Bodley Head to publish memoir from Gisèle Pelicot

The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage, is set to publish a memoir from Gisèle Pelicot, "in her words, to offer solace and hope, and make a positive contribution to changing the conversation around sh...

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starting a log of my monthly reads (ignore the fact that it’s March!) two reads following the International Booker, two weird girl reads, a queer Irish audiobook, and an upcoming @sceptrebooks.bsky.social by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social — BRILLIANT

Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025

From fresh voices to a fifth-time nominee, here's everything you need to know about the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. thebookerprizes.com/IBP2025longl...

Published today, #BetweenTwoRivers by @moudhy.bsky.social breathes new life into the stories left behind when the people of ancient Mesopotamia began writing things down for the very first time... ✨ Get your copy here: lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers

thrilled to be joining the 2025 committee of Hachette’s Pride network as secretary and Edinburgh office rep 🌈

Kicking off our #SceptreSalon25 by remembering our amazing 2024 publishing with @mrfeditor.bsky.social, before looking ahead at some of the fantastic books ahead 📚

pics from Sceptre Salon! we heard from the wildly talented authors on their 2025 list, including superstars below: @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, @jennymustard.bsky.social, @gabrielflynn.bsky.social, @arifa.bsky.social, @elfodongo.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

The Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding outcome is here and relieved to see some familiar faces continuing to be supported: www.creativescotland.com/news-stories...

Multi-Year Funding Outcome Announcement

A record number of cultural organisations to receive stable, year-on-year funding to deliver culture and creativity for Scotland’s people.

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storm Éowyn caused a power cut in the East Neuk of Fife — there’s worse ways to spend a friday evening, i guess 💙📚

mega exciting book post from @faberbooks.bsky.social 📙 Tara Selter has slipped out of time — with nobody believing her, she is approaching her 365th morning of waking up on the 18th of November Barbara J. Haveland translates the first in the septology from Danish can’t wait to dive in !

this *excellent* book published yesterday horror/thriller about a crime scene cleaner — whose sister was murdered by a man calling her a ‘bat eater’ — uncovering a serial killer targeting East Asian women. oh, and it’s got hungry ghosts! femgore at its finest!

this is really brilliant - independent publishers have the opportunity to gain funding to run traineeships! hoping to see lots of regional publishers or publishers in Scotland/Wales/Ireland securing this funding 🤞

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2y ago

The David Tebbutt Trust and Creative Access have announced a new internship fund in memory of the late David Tebbutt, Faber's finance director, who was killed in Kenya in 2011 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/creativ... #BookSky

One of my favorite parts of Ministry for the Future was the abolition of the billionaires. Just to be that rich makes you an enemy of democracy. Wrote early this year:

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2y ago

Elon is now the richest person who has ever lived, even more than plutocrats who have plundered entire countries or the leaders of immense empires. This level of obscene wealth should not be tolerated.

You: slouching towards bethlehem to be born. Me: crawling towards the christmas holidays to watch Doctor Who

flicking through some of It's Nice That's articles of the year and this one stopped me in my tracks www.itsnicethat.com/features/jer...

“Art is a way of saying the unsayable”: Jeremy Deller and John Costi on curating an exhibition by people in prison

Koestler Arts is a charity that supports those in criminal justice settings, and each year it hosts an exhibition of prisoner-made art. Here, the artists Jeremy Deller and John Costi discuss their rel...

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this was insanely good. motherhood, friendship, modern womanhood — and the pain that accompanies them in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!

alex orr 🌷@alexorr.bsky.social · 2y ago

sped through the first third of this on the train from Edinburgh to London… Holly Bourne’s latest novel is FIIIIRE* *not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!

‘The children are always ours’ - James Baldwin *ALL* kids deserve life, a future and a present, childhoods and adolescence and adulthoods shaped by love, marked by joy, and full of possibility. But our government doesn’t think that’s true for trans kids. 1/3

this was insanely good. motherhood, friendship, modern womanhood — and the pain that accompanies them in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!

alex orr 🌷@alexorr.bsky.social · 2y ago

sped through the first third of this on the train from Edinburgh to London… Holly Bourne’s latest novel is FIIIIRE* *not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!

Last few days to take advantage of this!

404 Ink@404ink.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎄 Every copy of Victor & Barry's Kelvinside Compendium sold from the 404 Ink shop will include a FREE Christmas card from Victor & Barry, signed by their pals Alan Cumming & Forbes Masson! Get yer card: www.404ink.com/store/p/vict... Ts&Cs: While stock lasts. Dedications not possible, sorry!

sped through the first third of this on the train from Edinburgh to London… Holly Bourne’s latest novel is FIIIIRE* *not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!

One year since Israel killed Refaat Alareer in Gaza. The poet & professor moved millions with his writing and defiance of the Israeli occupation. Yousef Aljamal honors his memory in the Journal of Palestine Studies. doi.org/10.1080/0377...

a ghostwriter sexually harassed by an author, a publicist sexually harassed by another. how many people in publishing have been forced to suffer harassment and abuse at the hands of famous authors? www.thebookseller.com/news/masterc...

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace's ghostwriter accuses him of 'sexually harassing' her

Shannon Kyle, the ghostwriter behind Gregg Wallace’s Life On A Plate: The Autobiography (Orion), has claimed that the MasterChef presenter sexually harassed her.

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i want to gobble and munch and lick all these up

The Casual Optimist@casualoptimist.bsky.social · 2y ago

It has started. Here's Zachary Petit's list of the best book covers of 2024 for PRINT www.printmag.com/book-covers/...

i’m going home for *checks notes* three days… clearly have a GoodReads goal i’m trying to hit with my slimmest books 💙📚 (75 pages left of The Outrun and i don’t want it to end)