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“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
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A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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"The Human's world ends soon," said the cat.
"Again?" said the dog.
"They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes."
The dog whined.
"Same procedure as last year?" said the cat.
"Please."
The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks.
#CrossRepost
"Again?" said the dog.
"They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes."
The dog whined.
"Same procedure as last year?" said the cat.
"Please."
The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks.
#CrossRepost
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"The Human's world ends soon," said the cat.
"Again?" said the dog.
"They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes."
The dog whined.
"Same procedure as last year?" said the cat.
"Please."
The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks.
#CrossRepost
"Again?" said the dog.
"They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes."
The dog whined.
"Same procedure as last year?" said the cat.
"Please."
The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks.
#CrossRepost
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Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
The last two stanzas of Carol Ann Duffy's "Warming Her Pearls"
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The last two stanzas of Carol Ann Duffy's "Warming Her Pearls"
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I'm not ashamed of who I am.
That's my family's job.
That's my family's job.
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm not ashamed of who I am.
That's my family's job.
That's my family's job.
Flying through @kashinggiwa.bsky.social The Splinter in the Sky for some nice holiday escapism #amreading
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Flying through @kashinggiwa.bsky.social The Splinter in the Sky for some nice holiday escapism #amreading
@catvalente.bsky.social found some of your old work in the rare used section of my local indie @flyleafbooks.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@catvalente.bsky.social found some of your old work in the rare used section of my local indie @flyleafbooks.bsky.social
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I am of tha opinyin tha houmin werld haz gone gompletey mad and frankly i am just worn owt by it all
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am of tha opinyin tha houmin werld haz gone gompletey mad and frankly i am just worn owt by it all
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Some people need to sit in a room and watch Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and Reading Rainbow until they become better people.
September 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some people need to sit in a room and watch Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and Reading Rainbow until they become better people.
@yumewrites.bsky.social I'm not in the UK, but tagging you since my FLGS might have snuck this out early
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@yumewrites.bsky.social I'm not in the UK, but tagging you since my FLGS might have snuck this out early
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Happy Hobbit Day! Today's Classic Cover of the Day is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a cover illustrated by Tolkien himself
September 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happy Hobbit Day! Today's Classic Cover of the Day is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a cover illustrated by Tolkien himself
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*smacks disassociation machine*
goddammit is this thing on???!!!!
goddammit is this thing on???!!!!
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
*smacks disassociation machine*
goddammit is this thing on???!!!!
goddammit is this thing on???!!!!
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*turns disassociation machine up to 11*
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
*turns disassociation machine up to 11*
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Did you miss our summer talks or wish you could share them with someone else? You’re in luck! Recordings of our 2025 Summer Lecture Series are now online!
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Did you miss our summer talks or wish you could share them with someone else? You’re in luck! Recordings of our 2025 Summer Lecture Series are now online!
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
Video recordings are under the “Summer Lectures” playlist at youtube.com/rarebookschool
Listen to the audio at soundcloud.com/rarebookschool
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This is why physical media is still so important.
August 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is why physical media is still so important.
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Republic Book VII 514a
July 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Republic Book VII 514a
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I HAVE A NEW SHORT STORY OUT!
I’ve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click.
So I won’t now, just go read it & be surprised.
At 2pm I’ll post the five words. ;)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...
I’ve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click.
So I won’t now, just go read it & be surprised.
At 2pm I’ll post the five words. ;)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...
When He Calls Your Name - Uncanny Magazine
There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be...
www.uncannymagazine.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I HAVE A NEW SHORT STORY OUT!
I’ve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click.
So I won’t now, just go read it & be surprised.
At 2pm I’ll post the five words. ;)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...
I’ve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click.
So I won’t now, just go read it & be surprised.
At 2pm I’ll post the five words. ;)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...
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Crashing this party to say that if academics want to post annotated reading lists on their publicly accessible websites it would be a HUGE help for those of us on the outside that want to get up to speed.
(And also to students preparing to work with them)
(And also to students preparing to work with them)
July 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Crashing this party to say that if academics want to post annotated reading lists on their publicly accessible websites it would be a HUGE help for those of us on the outside that want to get up to speed.
(And also to students preparing to work with them)
(And also to students preparing to work with them)
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The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile has snapped the first test shots with its 3.2-gigapixel sensor. Starting later this year, it’ll scan the southern sky every three to four nights, dumping 20 terabytes of data each night. buff.ly/XfFHZ5K
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
June 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile has snapped the first test shots with its 3.2-gigapixel sensor. Starting later this year, it’ll scan the southern sky every three to four nights, dumping 20 terabytes of data each night. buff.ly/XfFHZ5K
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Jack Kirby's prescience working overtime.
June 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jack Kirby's prescience working overtime.
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All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above —
Know that you aren’t alone
The whole world shares your tears
Some for two nights or one
And some for all their years
~Vikram Seth
#BornOnthisDay
#BookChatWeekly
Far from the ones you love
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above —
Know that you aren’t alone
The whole world shares your tears
Some for two nights or one
And some for all their years
~Vikram Seth
#BornOnthisDay
#BookChatWeekly
June 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above —
Know that you aren’t alone
The whole world shares your tears
Some for two nights or one
And some for all their years
~Vikram Seth
#BornOnthisDay
#BookChatWeekly
Far from the ones you love
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above —
Know that you aren’t alone
The whole world shares your tears
Some for two nights or one
And some for all their years
~Vikram Seth
#BornOnthisDay
#BookChatWeekly
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"May I have your name?" the faerie said.
"William," she said with a smile.
"Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!"
"Thank you," she said.
"To win it back, you must- what?"
"I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."
"William," she said with a smile.
"Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!"
"Thank you," she said.
"To win it back, you must- what?"
"I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"May I have your name?" the faerie said.
"William," she said with a smile.
"Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!"
"Thank you," she said.
"To win it back, you must- what?"
"I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."
"William," she said with a smile.
"Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!"
"Thank you," she said.
"To win it back, you must- what?"
"I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."