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Anna Fleet original. I am outbid. Sadness.
https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2025
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Anna Fleet original. I am outbid. Sadness.
https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2025
Wow - the bookmark auction project has already raised over £7000 for charity - a school in Zimbabwe ??
"Famous" children's illustrators' work going for ££ - Axel Shaeffer was over £150 the last time I looked, but many beautiful ones are less than £15. One of the ones above I've got a bid on- any guesses?
Check out the art https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detail/auction_id/1754479/
So many cute, original works-of-art bookmarks... I can't choose!
https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2025
Another one of those serendipitous moments that always seem to happen with books and book club. Me: begins thinking about a possible summer read for book group... Also me: Opens the latest issue of Bookmarks magazine and sees the table of contents.... #FirstSaturdayReaders
#5JoysFriday Thanks for the prompt @DebinHawaii
1. Time spent with my daughters and granddaughter
2. Looking back through pictures
3. Sunshine coming through the trees after a storm
4. Bible study with my husband
5. Feel like I‘m finally making progress with my editing and getting this writing business in order
I have a lot to be thankful for, praise God!
#writerslife #alwayslearning #read #study #learn
Part of a piece by Ciara Phillips as part of "Undoing It"
https://galleryofmodernart.blog/exhibitions/
"This is not just a grab bag candy game. This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently.... This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain..."
A few lovely bookish places in Edinburgh, including the displays at https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery-modern-art and https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/gallery-of-modern-art-goma
Loving the crime fiction references in this series...
Want to try and win some #womensprize books?
(From the newsletter)
https://womensprizeforfiction.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=779d85dd165eb408...
Well, I wasn't expecting that!
I've only read 3 of these, so 3 more to find.
@squirrelbrain
##WomensPrizeLL25
pickI couldn't find this in database. I got it for my neighbors son for Easter. I always read the books I get for them.
Cute book with Grover, Big Bird, Bert and Amy as they pretend to find different animals. Great Illustration.
An avid reader, Walpole came across an interesting piece of writing titled ‘The Three Princes of Serendip‘, translated into English from an old Persian tale.... How heartwarming it is to know that one of the most inspiring words in the English language has been been created by a writer with the help of a Persian fairy tale, thus connecting East and West....
From Elif Shafak's substack (link in comments)
The new album ‘Between The Covers – 9 Songs For Bibliophiles‘ features 9 songs about books and reading, as the punny title suggests, there are 5 new originals sandwiched between 4 cover version.
The album will be promoted by a solo tour of UK and Europe in May and June, with performances in bookshops, libraries, literary festivals ... (Via the ever fabulous Guy Garvey) https://paularmfield.com/events/upcoming-events/
Can you recommend a book that features neurodiversity? Ideally fictional and something you've actually read?
My work bookgroup is looking for something around this theme - so far suggestions are The Maid, How to Stop Time and Intermezzo...
Ebb and Flo bookshop has reopened in Chorley! Now on two floors, packed out for the official opening.
Always the art explored uncharted terrains, and managed to get him outside his comfort zone. Almost every time he was left enthralled by this new generation of artists that were conscious and produced art that was not only beautiful but also effective in its own transgressive way.
[No title in db]
Andzani woke up with a babalas the following day...
[Book not in the database https://wisaniirvin.com/]
Failed attempt to take a picture of beautiful brunch and book...
Book not in the db yet
This is a café, they sell food, but it's also a hardware, see the timber? You can see it all the way from school, it's so long. This is the fastest route to get to the school, after passing this cafe you will find this passage. And out of this passage you are met by that big house with the red tile roofing. It is one of the few houses that have tile roofing around here as you can see. After you have passed the house you will see these boulders.
AI's not quite there yet...
Dangerous times on the Waterstones app...
How did I not know TK Maxx have books?
(Could turn into an expensive discovery)
Ooh shiny new books.
Loved Private Revolutions, so hoping I can get (as many as I can read) through the library too...
panBad. So bad. Title and author shall go unnamed.
Have picked up the usual winter bug from work. I am consoling myself with looking at lovely new penguins.
Big news!
Two of my poems were published in “Sublimation Annual: The Best Of Volume 1“ (Edited by TS S. Fulk), under the pseudonym River Wilde. If you're into speculative poetry this magazine might just be your cup of tea.
It's availabe on Amazon.
Now this is a great way to start the new year! 🍻
#poetry #speculativepoetry #litsyauthor
pickThis collection of 13 short stories is an exploration of horror and the paranormal. Dean brings fresh ideas to scare her readers, allowing them to reconsider the concept of fear. Dean does a great job building that feeling you get when you read horror - a combination of anxiety, fear, isolation, and terror. The atmosphere of each story creates a fantastic backdrop for the characters, allowing the unbelievable and unknown to take center stage.
Me with the 16/17 books I managed to read this year! Top favorites were An Echo in the Bone, All the Lost Things, and Iron Flame. Really enjoyed some of these! Not pictured is My Dark Vanessa.
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoha to Charleston, 1777 -1780 by Rick Atkinson
Babylonia by Costanza Casati
#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Hobson (and I) are wondering if this might be my #JolabokaflodSwap package?! It‘s got no markings to indicate that it is, but I didn‘t order anything and my name isn‘t spelled like a family member would. I suppose we shall see on Christmas Eve!
"Every reader of Singer is at home in Krochmalna Street, the heart of Warsaw‘s Jewish neighborhood, where the author lived from 1908 to 1917 and where he set many of his books. When you read Singer, Krochmalna becomes the center of the world. The feeling is even more powerful because the street now exists only in these texts... and a few black-and-white photos..."
https://europeanreviewofbooks.com/the-underbelly-of-krochmalna-street/
100 Notable African Books of 2024 from #BrittlePaper
https://brittlepaper.com/100-notable-african-books-of-2024/
The #JolabokaflodSwap package is all put together and ready to get mailed tomorrow! Thanks again, @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this super fun swap!
🎅🏼 #Jolabokaflod has been sent @MaleficentBookDragon @merelybookish 📚 #LCS has also been sent @bookish_wookish @TheKidUpstairs ❄️ Both are arriving via UPS and should be there before Xmas 🤞🏼🎄
