Annie Brechin
@anniebrechin.bsky.social
Poet, bellringer. The Mouth of Eulalie currently out from Blue Diode Press https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/the-mouth-of-eulalie-by-annie-brechin-isbn-9781915108012
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Delighted to welcome Fiona Benson to the Ghost Furniture Catalogue with a particularly splendid collage:
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#FionaBenson #GhostFurnitureCatalogue #Collage
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#FionaBenson #GhostFurnitureCatalogue #Collage
Fiona Benson: Collage
Fiona Benson’s books are Bright Travellers, Vertigo and Ghost, Ephemeron, and Midden Witch. She lives in mid-Devon with her husbands and their two daughters.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Delighted to welcome Fiona Benson to the Ghost Furniture Catalogue with a particularly splendid collage:
ghostfurniturecatalogue.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
#FionaBenson #GhostFurnitureCatalogue #Collage
ghostfurniturecatalogue.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/f...
#FionaBenson #GhostFurnitureCatalogue #Collage
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A hobby of mine is occasionally reminding you that 'A hobby of mine' is available for your delectation, and ideally purchase, from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Rishi Dastidar - A Hobby of Mine | Broken Sleep Books
In A Hobby of Mine, Rishi Dastidar’s unrelenting catalogue of cultural observations becomes an absurd and profound portrait of modern life. With a playful spirit and incisive wit, Dastidar examines id...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A hobby of mine is occasionally reminding you that 'A hobby of mine' is available for your delectation, and ideally purchase, from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
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As everyone knows, the ancient season of #Yule officially begins on November 21st, when the #BoxOfDelights was first screened on the BBC back in 1984. That makes it five days until the Box is opened...
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youtu.be/-BxxdE9GvZc?...
Box of Delights opening
YouTube video by Net2099
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November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As everyone knows, the ancient season of #Yule officially begins on November 21st, when the #BoxOfDelights was first screened on the BBC back in 1984. That makes it five days until the Box is opened...
youtu.be/-BxxdE9GvZc?...
youtu.be/-BxxdE9GvZc?...
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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
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Every time I see MTG, I first think Magic the Gathering and not about the antisemitic congresswoman
It makes some posts here very hard to parse
It makes some posts here very hard to parse
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Every time I see MTG, I first think Magic the Gathering and not about the antisemitic congresswoman
It makes some posts here very hard to parse
It makes some posts here very hard to parse
Much fun was had at Bijou on the links last night
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Much fun was had at Bijou on the links last night
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Nice one, Zadie Smith.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Nice one, Zadie Smith.
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Have they thought of not making any more Bond films
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Have they thought of not making any more Bond films
I'm going to see Kae Tempest tonight and I am rather excited
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm going to see Kae Tempest tonight and I am rather excited
Reading at Bijou on Leith links tomorrow night, do come along
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reading at Bijou on Leith links tomorrow night, do come along
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Reading from LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS tonight at Todmorden Library with Sarah Corbett as part of their literary festival @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/roc...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Reading from LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS tonight at Todmorden Library with Sarah Corbett as part of their literary festival @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/roc...
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Richard Burton #BOTD, photographed here with co-stars Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner on location in Mexico on the set of John Huston’s “THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA” (1964)
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Richard Burton #BOTD, photographed here with co-stars Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner on location in Mexico on the set of John Huston’s “THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA” (1964)
Hey Edinburgh bookselling peeps! Argonaut books are hiring, check their Insta
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hey Edinburgh bookselling peeps! Argonaut books are hiring, check their Insta
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If you want – need – an argument as to why Reform and this incarnation of the Tory party are just horrible, look no further than this: they want shot of Poems on the Underground: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
'TfL 'splurges £72,000 on poetry in Tube carriages instead of driving down fares
EXCLUSIVE: Transport for London has defended the ‘Poems on the Underground' scheme despite criticism over spending priorities.
www.express.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you want – need – an argument as to why Reform and this incarnation of the Tory party are just horrible, look no further than this: they want shot of Poems on the Underground: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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We've just gained a new BIGGER main display table to show off EVEN MORE BOOKS! And our SIGNED table is overflowing with beautiful signed and indie exclusive titles. Feel free to peruse ye olde typewronger.com or drop by the shop to bask in their glory!
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We've just gained a new BIGGER main display table to show off EVEN MORE BOOKS! And our SIGNED table is overflowing with beautiful signed and indie exclusive titles. Feel free to peruse ye olde typewronger.com or drop by the shop to bask in their glory!
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#InterviewWithTheVampire was released on this day, 31 years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#InterviewWithTheVampire was released on this day, 31 years ago.
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sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
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I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
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Gary Lineker for DG
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Gary Lineker for DG
On the Inverness train. Woman opposite casually peeling an egg. Is this normal
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
On the Inverness train. Woman opposite casually peeling an egg. Is this normal
Another Sunday bleaching the mould off the walls
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another Sunday bleaching the mould off the walls
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My World War I Poem
Inside each trench, the sound of prayer.
Inside each prayer, the sound of digging.
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My World War I Poem
Inside each trench, the sound of prayer.
Inside each prayer, the sound of digging.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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My World War I Poem
Inside each trench, the sound of prayer.
Inside each prayer, the sound of digging.
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My World War I Poem
Inside each trench, the sound of prayer.
Inside each prayer, the sound of digging.
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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
And they say there are no new sitcom ideas