#WhatWereReading : Joe loved Exit Party by @emilymandel.bsky.social (pub @picadorbooks.bsky.social ), a clever tale of overlapping & intersecting, different, yet sometimes eerily parallel lives & events. Highly recommended 📖 #books #livres
The Edinburgh Bookshop
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Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Happy #NationalFoxDay to all who celebrate! 🦊 #fox #poem #poetry Ian Hamilton Finlay FOX see me wan time ah wis a fox an wis ah sleekit! ah gaed slinkin heh an snappin yeh the blokes aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox aw nae kiddin ah wis pretty good had a whole damn wood in them days hen
The thing about indie bookshops is that they really, really know their stuff. All love to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social, who have never failed to be able to order a book for me that I wanted but they didn't have in. Get your shopping lists for this winter revved up early, snoozers = losers
Hannah Harlow@hhharlow.bsky.social · 2d agoConsumers, please start your holiday shopping early. Don’t get too attached to any one title. Let booksellers help you find something in stock that will delight and surprise. We will have a ton of stock, just maybe not that one title no one can get. There will be one (probs more); what will it be?
We've had so much focus on the Odyssey this year (rightly so!), but what of the ancient lore of our own islands? The Mabinogion contains some of the core tales of our ancient land, including Arthur. If you loved Lord of the Rings, this is essential reading. #books #livres #mythology #mythologie
Sketchbooks are awesome because you can just throw stuff at it and find out new things that work
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
Seven Stomps to Success: we're chortling with delight at @alexlatimer.bsky.social 's new picture book (pub @andersenpress.bsky.social ) , with Tony Rex dispensing some very dubious advice... #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #PictureBooks
#WhatWereReading : Joe found Stealing Hitler's Rocket, by Guy Walters (pub @headofzeus.bsky.social ) utterly fascinating. Reading almost like a spy novel, yet all true, the remarkable ingenuity & bravery of the Polish resistance exposing the V2 secret to the Allies #books #livres #history
We've had some fabbity-fab new #GraphicNovels for younger readers come in. New Nina Peanut, a second in the terrific Mexikid series, more Unicorn Boy & the delightful Wilomina from Scotland's own @metaphrog.bsky.social #books #livres #comics #BandeDessinee
Hey Birmingham pals, I’m popping to Kings Heath next Wednesday if you fancy a chat. 2 til 4pm. I’ll read you a poem or two if you fancy it as well. We can have tea . #birmingham #poetry #conversation #bookshop
#Ecuador: We join PEN Ecuador in raising concern over growing attacks on freedom of expression. We urge authorities to investigate attacks on journalists and protect those at risk. Read our statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/ecuador...
Ecuador: PEN International and PEN Ecuador alarmed by deteriorating freedom of expression environment — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘When threats, smear campaigns, harassment and killings become part of the everyday environment in which journalists work, it is not only those who report the news who are silenced: society as a whole...
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#WhatWereReading : Joe is very much enjoying local scribe @clhellisen.com 's intriguing The Shape of Monsters, just out from @torbooksuk.bsky.social #books #livres #Booksky #fantasy
Happy birthday to the queen of detective fiction, Agatha Christie, born on this day, 1890. We were thinking of celebrating by all wearing a Poirot moustache, but Ken Branagh cornered the supply of them. #books #livres #Booksky #AgathaChristie
Would you like a little weirdness in your head this Monday? Here's a muizenberg meets trickster gods meets transformation short fic www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
Short Story -- Bordergods | CL Hellisen
It's not quite flash. It was meant to be a dreamscape rather than a narrative and it became a microcosm of how my brain thinks about stories
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Early morning autumn sunlight through the bookshop window, a little tranquil moment before opening. #Bruntsfield #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie
We then headed over to the fab @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social to sign copies of Wilomina. It was great to catch up with @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social !
#BookPost today, all the way from the US of A (via @hivestores.bsky.social of course, supporting @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social !) Those Who Are Gone, the second in @laurierking.bsky.social 's Raquel Laing series (Pull your fingers out, UK publishers!!)
Fab to have a visit from #Glasgow creators @metaphrog.bsky.social today, signing Wilomina, their delightful graphic novel from @scholasticuk.bsky.social . We've been loving it, highly recommended for younger readers! #books #livres #Comics #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
OI! DEVON! I AM COMING TO STEAL YOUR CHIPS! Or at least Loki is, at Budleigh Salterton literary festival On Sept 26th 10am. Tickets here! Come! And do share! Being an author who does events = constant worry that no one will come to your birthday party budlitfest.org.uk/event/louie-... #KidlitUK
Hello again! If you've been considering joining my online Gothic course with the University of Liverpool... there are still places and we need three more sign ups to run the course. Come join us for a deep dive in the 18th and early 19th century Gothic! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
The Rise of the Gothic: 1764-1820 | Continuing Education | University of Liverpool
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"in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach" @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social 's The King Under the Mountain: in Search of JRR Tolkien (pub Constable), just arrived (by eagle, of course) #books #livres
Orkney Library & Archive is supporting WEE READ - a national reading moment where people across Orkney are invited to join with people all across Scotland in celebrating the joy of reading this October. Make your pledge to read now at weeread.scot
The G-Man joins Jack, who has just painted the Gruffalo's Granny on our window! Our special Gruffalo Granny (pub @panmacmillan.bsky.social ) storytime is Thursday 10th www.tickettailor.com/events/theed... #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
Coming soon: the fourth Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival. All tickets available now! #BookSky 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2026/09/06/c... - via @portybelle.bsky.social
Coming soon: the fourth Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival. All tickets available now!
The fourth Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival will be taking place on Saturday 24th October. I’m delighted to be featuring the festival and having a look at those taking part today. Tic…
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