This is a great book project and Bonnie's art is absolutely gorgeous. Please help to get it funded if you can.

Bonnie Helen Hawkins@bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social · 3w ago

7/7 that is really what MUSE is about, an art book, but collaboration between drawings and words. 12 writers are contributing stories and poems inspired by my illustrations. Kickstarter selected it as a “Projects We Love”. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... please take a look and share ❤️

Your feed now contains one Red Deer and several complimentary ferns. Enjoy.

I feel honoured to be on the Advisory Board for this new book series on Wonder Tales, along with Donald Haase, Anna Kérchy, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Mayako Murai, Sadhana Naithani, Lewis Seifert, Marina Warner, Jack Zipes and Emily Zobel Marshall. More information here: upcolorado.com/wonder-tales

International Research Society for Children’s Literature@irscl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New book series: Wonder Tales: Critical and Creative Approaches Website: upcolorado.com/wonder-tales Cristina Bacchilega (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa), Veronica Schanoes (Queens College, City University of New York), Elena Sottilotta (University of Cambridge), Series Editors

This one goes immediately onto my Reading List. The book has a great theme (stories in honour of Ursula Le Guin), a great editor, and an sterling list of contributors.

Jonathan Strahan@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Revolution in the Heart is one day old! The people at Titan did a fabulous job on this book. The authors knocked it out of the park. The Guardian called it 'probably the best original anthology of the year'. You gotta try it!

Out of curiosity I ran one of my texts (which is already available online) in Pangram, the AI detector thing. It thinks it's 75% likely to be AI. I obv didn't use any AI whatsoever in writing it. So yeah, miss me with "we are SO reliable in detecting AI".

"I was someone who didn’t know how to find the path he was on, the one under his feet." I've been that kid too. This is a wonderful essay.

Alexander Chee@alexanderchee.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...

We lost this beautiful girl four years ago today. She lived a long, good life, for which I'm grateful, but I still miss her every single day. Losing our animal family members is hard.

🖼️ Dick Twinney

“I’m a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”May Morris, English fine embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Women’s Guild of Arts, 1907 #WomensArt

Gwen John (Welsh born painter, 1876-1939) - Interior with Woman Sewing at Window and Cat #WomensArt

Oh my, this looks good! Judith Mackrell's recent book on Gwen and Augustus John is terrific.

Judith Mackrell@judithmackrell.bsky.social · last wk.

www.nationalgalleries.org/event/panel-... Really looking forward to being part of this panel on Tuesday. Its being live streamed, for anyone who cant make Edinburgh.

"Let's go—much as that dog goes"

Caspar Henderson@casparhenderson.bsky.social · 4d ago

So good to have a spotlight on this poem by Denise Levertov (Start the Week, BBC Radio 4)

Lottie hopes everyone has had a good weekend.

Here's a good discussion on the debacle of AI with @doctorow.pluralistic.net, an old friend and colleague whose research into these matters I trust. His recent book on the subject, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, is excellent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4V...

I'm looking forward to giving a folkore talk to the Carterhaugh School travellers when they come through the West Country this week. My husband (who works in theatre) will be there too, to help with the storytelling. @briarspell.bsky.social. Sara Cleto, and companions: We'll see you soon!

The Carterhaugh School | Folklore, Fairy Tales, Everyday Magic@carterhaughschool.bsky.social · last mo.

We're so excited about our Enchanted England trip coming up next month! We'll be guiding our adventurous group to some of England’s most captivating and iconic folkloric locations and people! www.thegreatcoursesjourneys.com/enchantedeng... #carterhaughschool #enchantedengland #folklore #fairytales

My husband is in a local Mumming troupe, and we love Mat's animal Mummers portrayed in this thread. The risograph of all six Mummers hangs above Howard's desk now....

Mat Pringle@matpringle.bsky.social · 7d ago

FRIDAY SHOP PLUG! Combining my love of folklore and stupid dances here are some linocut mummers. Mummers were (are) cavorting masked performers in folk play or mime often demanding food or booze for their efforts… matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/product/mumm...

I'm hearing a lot about this in the book world, and my husband is hearing a lot about this in the theatre world. If you care about the arts, please put pressure on your local MP as this really needs to change.

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 5d ago

We must act now or lose bookshops and theatres forever, warns Maia Snow, The Bookseller’s news editor. 👇

A recording of this talk is now online for those who missed the live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvcO...

Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece

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A few pen and ink drawings by Annabel Pearl - the illustrator extraordinaire who is bringing our new Halloween novel back to life. The Haunting of Lamb House by Joan Aiken references the ghostly apparitions witnessed by Henry James and EF Benson while living in this iconic literary house in Rye 👻

The fall book fair in Kyiv, due to happen this weekend, has been cancelled due to danger from Russian attacks — too many people gathered in one place. I had recorded a video at the request of my Ukrainian publishers, Apriori, as TIGANA is (still) being published there this week, bless them all.

Kind of Burne-Jones to label them, avoid viewer confusion.

Catbus@catbus.phd · last wk.

Theseus and the Minotaur (1861) 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲-𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀

He didn’t think we’d live to be 59, couldn’t imagine gay marriage or that we’d have a husband, and was often told he couldn’t be an out gay writer. He‘d be a little sad about our hair. But I live the life he fought for.

𝐑𝐞𝐦 🕋@obsidian.blacksky.app · last wk.

Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?

Congratulations to all the winners, and to all on the Long Lists and Short Lists. Such a lot of good reading here.

The Wainwright Prizes@wainwrightprize.bsky.social · last wk.

We’re delighted to announce the 2026 #WainwrightPrize Winners! 🍃 From powerful nature writing & urgent conservation stories to extraordinary illustration, this year’s winners celebrate the many ways stories can connect people & planet. wainwrightprize.com #StoriesThatConnect

"Stay on th Path" — available as a print, and other things... www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3731...

Stay on the Path by tanaudel | Redbubble

A series of pleasant diversions in a fairy-tale wood.

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Kass G.@anarkass.bsky.social · last wk.

Also worth noting that like, three people requesting something at a library will get a library to buy it. And it doesn't take many holds to make it "we should buy more copies."

Next week: join us for our next online talk: Julian Goodare, 'Scottish Peasants in the Magical Landscape'. Tuesday 22 September, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-p...

Scottish Peasants in the Magical Landscape

The common folk experienced the pre-modern Scottish landscape as benevolent and dangerous, negotiating with it in rituals and traditions

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Sketchbooks are awesome because you can just throw stuff at it and find out new things that work

Many thanks to @jowalton.bsky.social for including The Beastly Bride (an anthology of stories based on human/animal transformation legends and folk tales that I co-edited with @datlow.bsky.social) in her latest Reading List. Jo is one of the best critics in our field. reactormag.com/jo-waltons-r...

Jo Walton’s Reading List: August 2026 - Reactor

Different ways of thinking about writing, stories, and storytelling, plus an unintentional focus on 19th-century England

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RIP 847 years ago Hildegarde von Bingen, abbess, mystic, theologian, musical composer, astronomer, pharmacist and doctor, and among many other things inventor/discoverer of the sacred language “Lingua ignota”, who died #onthisday in 1179 CE. (Pictured, her conception of the world as a "cosmic egg")

I don't know much about Kati Horna's work, even though I've read a lot about Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Lee Miller and other women associated with the Surrealist movment. I'm off to correct that now....

Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · last wk.

#WyrdWednesday Born in Hungary photographer Kati Horna 1912-2000 acquired Mexican citizenship & worked alongside Leonora Carrington & Remedios Varo. In her day, Horna was well respected for her images of women caught in wars they didn't create. Why Horna isn't as lauded as Lee Miller is a mystery.