@bookishbeck.bsky.social
Hilarious review request via Instagram DM today: "The book (in brief) is a 36 page book that follow a character learning the lessons of a philosophy I created around the concept of honesty from a wise man on a train." 😂 I also liked the greeting: "Hi mate I will get straight to the point."
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hilarious review request via Instagram DM today: "The book (in brief) is a 36 page book that follow a character learning the lessons of a philosophy I created around the concept of honesty from a wise man on a train." 😂 I also liked the greeting: "Hi mate I will get straight to the point."
Annoyed with everyone/everything atm, so it was lovely to get this: "just wanted to say how delighted all at the Press were ... That line about 'Poles of loss and abundance' is so perfect. So grateful for the time and attention that you all gave to the book!" www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
Shelf Awareness for Readers for Friday, October 10, 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Annoyed with everyone/everything atm, so it was lovely to get this: "just wanted to say how delighted all at the Press were ... That line about 'Poles of loss and abundance' is so perfect. So grateful for the time and attention that you all gave to the book!" www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
Many thanks to @commapress.bsky.social for the review copy of The BBC National Short Story Award 2025 anthology. I managed to read it before last night's awards announcement and thoroughly enjoyed it (even though my prediction was far wrong!) bookishbeck.com/2025/09/30/t...
The BBC National Short Story Award 2025 Anthology
UPDATE: The winner was … the story I enjoyed the least. Nonetheless, I acknowledge that Colwill Brown has a distinctive voice. Another quick contribution to #ShortStorySeptember. I was deligh…
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October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Many thanks to @commapress.bsky.social for the review copy of The BBC National Short Story Award 2025 anthology. I managed to read it before last night's awards announcement and thoroughly enjoyed it (even though my prediction was far wrong!) bookishbeck.com/2025/09/30/t...
Next month we're off to Berlin (and Lübeck) for the first time. I'm sure many of you will have been to the city and loved it, so do share your ideas for what we must see, do and eat!
August 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Next month we're off to Berlin (and Lübeck) for the first time. I'm sure many of you will have been to the city and loved it, so do share your ideas for what we must see, do and eat!
UK readers: Buy ANY book 15-17 August, and you could win a £250 Bookshop.org digital gift card! Every sale supports independent bookshops: uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
August 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
UK readers: Buy ANY book 15-17 August, and you could win a £250 Bookshop.org digital gift card! Every sale supports independent bookshops: uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
Amazing to see Peggy Seeger on her farewell tour yesterday. She's one of my heroes, still sharp as a tack at 89. Traditionals, classics ("I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"), and lots from her last album. Also a bawdy anti-Trump ditty! Her new version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" had me in tears.
June 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Amazing to see Peggy Seeger on her farewell tour yesterday. She's one of my heroes, still sharp as a tack at 89. Traditionals, classics ("I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"), and lots from her last album. Also a bawdy anti-Trump ditty! Her new version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" had me in tears.
Post-it note left as a place-marker at p. 38 in a copy of White Teeth donated to the Little Free Library: "Morning gorgeous :) Gone out for a walk -- should be around 40 mins. I love you very much, Ellie ❤️❤️ xxxxxxxxxx" I love these little glimpses into other lives!
May 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Post-it note left as a place-marker at p. 38 in a copy of White Teeth donated to the Little Free Library: "Morning gorgeous :) Gone out for a walk -- should be around 40 mins. I love you very much, Ellie ❤️❤️ xxxxxxxxxx" I love these little glimpses into other lives!
It's been such a joy being part of the judging process for the McKitterick Prize over the past four years. Check out our amazing 2025 shortlist! 👇
We are thrilled to announce the shortlisted authors for the McKitterick Prize, sponsored by Hawthornden Foundation and awarded for a first novel by a writer over 40.
Join us on 18 June at Southwark Cathedral to hear the winner.
#SoAwards
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Join us on 18 June at Southwark Cathedral to hear the winner.
#SoAwards
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May 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It's been such a joy being part of the judging process for the McKitterick Prize over the past four years. Check out our amazing 2025 shortlist! 👇
What a novelty to get caught in the rain on my afternoon walk! I wasn't expecting to get soaked, however 😆
May 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What a novelty to get caught in the rain on my afternoon walk! I wasn't expecting to get soaked, however 😆
Looking forward to this one already!
We are so happy to announce @beewyld.bsky.social's upcoming book The Apothecary by the Sea, a lyrical, tender story of Victoria’s creation of a wild apothecary garden on the northern Scottish archipelago of Orkney. 🌊
Read the story @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Read the story @bookbrunch.bsky.social:
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Victoria Bennett explores Orkney with E&T
The Apothecary by the Sea 'weaves together lyrical nature writing, folklore, botanical wisdom, and practical gardening insight'
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May 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking forward to this one already!
@chrisfoster.bsky.social Benny wishes this was him!
May 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@chrisfoster.bsky.social Benny wishes this was him!
It's been an honour and a pleasure to be involved in judging the McKitterick Prize again this year!
‘Inspiring, intimidating and inviting in equal measure’ – SoA Awards 2025 judges announced. Read the breadth of our prizes & scholarships here -
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April 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's been an honour and a pleasure to be involved in judging the McKitterick Prize again this year!
A terrific #bookpost day! Thank you to @canongate.co.uk for a finished copy of NATURE'S GENIUS by David Farrier (out on 8 May), whose Footprints was one of my top reads of 2020. Plus my Bookshop order of STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters @serpents-tail.bsky.social arrived -- solidarity with trans women!
April 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A terrific #bookpost day! Thank you to @canongate.co.uk for a finished copy of NATURE'S GENIUS by David Farrier (out on 8 May), whose Footprints was one of my top reads of 2020. Plus my Bookshop order of STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters @serpents-tail.bsky.social arrived -- solidarity with trans women!
Many thanks to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for a finished copy of CHINESE PARENTS DON'T SAY I LOVE YOU by Candice Chung, coming out on 24 April. I can't resist a food memoir (or "foodoir")! #bookpost
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Many thanks to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for a finished copy of CHINESE PARENTS DON'T SAY I LOVE YOU by Candice Chung, coming out on 24 April. I can't resist a food memoir (or "foodoir")! #bookpost
Thank you to @sceptrebooks.bsky.social for a proof copy of Dream State by Eric Puchner. I've been hearing great things about this one since its U.S. release (it's an Oprah's Book Club selection!). It's published in the UK on 8 May. #bookpost
March 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you to @sceptrebooks.bsky.social for a proof copy of Dream State by Eric Puchner. I've been hearing great things about this one since its U.S. release (it's an Oprah's Book Club selection!). It's published in the UK on 8 May. #bookpost
Thank you to @faberbooks.bsky.social for a copy of That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott. I loved his earlier poetry collection, Soho. This is out on 22 April and I'm looking forward to reading it soon! #bookpost
March 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thank you to @faberbooks.bsky.social for a copy of That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott. I loved his earlier poetry collection, Soho. This is out on 22 April and I'm looking forward to reading it soon! #bookpost
Thank you to @yalebooks.bsky.social for a review copy of Museum Visits by Éric Chevillard (translated by Daniel Levin Becker). I'm looking forward to catching up on this intriguing collection of micro-essays. #bookpost
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thank you to @yalebooks.bsky.social for a review copy of Museum Visits by Éric Chevillard (translated by Daniel Levin Becker). I'm looking forward to catching up on this intriguing collection of micro-essays. #bookpost
Many thanks to @atlanticbooks.bsky.social for a copy of Find Me As the Creature I Am by Emily Jungmin Yoon. I've been hearing great things about this poetry collection (released in the USA last year) and I look forward to reviewing it at its 3 April publication date. #bookpost
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Many thanks to @atlanticbooks.bsky.social for a copy of Find Me As the Creature I Am by Emily Jungmin Yoon. I've been hearing great things about this poetry collection (released in the USA last year) and I look forward to reviewing it at its 3 April publication date. #bookpost
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"Whether in Ludlow or Venice, Spence crystallizes moments from the ongoingness of grief, drawing images from the natural world" 🌊
~ Rebecca Foster
Buy 'Daughter of the Sun' by Rachel Spence: buff.ly/u823krz
~ Rebecca Foster
Buy 'Daughter of the Sun' by Rachel Spence: buff.ly/u823krz
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Whether in Ludlow or Venice, Spence crystallizes moments from the ongoingness of grief, drawing images from the natural world" 🌊
~ Rebecca Foster
Buy 'Daughter of the Sun' by Rachel Spence: buff.ly/u823krz
~ Rebecca Foster
Buy 'Daughter of the Sun' by Rachel Spence: buff.ly/u823krz
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Our local Jackdaw roost, quite recently formed on the same island the neighbourhood Magpies use, where 5 Little Egrets also roosted earlier in the winter. With bonus duelling Cetti's warblers.
March 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Our local Jackdaw roost, quite recently formed on the same island the neighbourhood Magpies use, where 5 Little Egrets also roosted earlier in the winter. With bonus duelling Cetti's warblers.
Excellent #bookpost yesterday from @eandtbooks.bsky.social! Mother Animal by @helenjukes.bsky.social is out on the 27th and I am already stuck in for #readindies. Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social comes out on 15 May. Both were on my Most Anticipated list for the first half of the year.
February 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Excellent #bookpost yesterday from @eandtbooks.bsky.social! Mother Animal by @helenjukes.bsky.social is out on the 27th and I am already stuck in for #readindies. Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social comes out on 15 May. Both were on my Most Anticipated list for the first half of the year.
Many thanks to Kate Green at @picadorbooks.bsky.social for a proof copy of Emma Donoghue's new novel, coming out on 20 March. THE PARIS EXPRESS is based on the true story of an 1895 train disaster. #bookpost
February 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Many thanks to Kate Green at @picadorbooks.bsky.social for a proof copy of Emma Donoghue's new novel, coming out on 20 March. THE PARIS EXPRESS is based on the true story of an 1895 train disaster. #bookpost
Best spam e-mail I've received through my blog in a long time, advertising "the purple peel exploit — a revolutionary way to boost your body’s calorie-burning power." I can't begin to imagine what it could be, but I'm not going to watch the linked video!
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Best spam e-mail I've received through my blog in a long time, advertising "the purple peel exploit — a revolutionary way to boost your body’s calorie-burning power." I can't begin to imagine what it could be, but I'm not going to watch the linked video!
Weird how niche literary topics pop up multiple times. Looking after a parrot seemed like an original theme in The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez (2024), but then I discovered Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng (2019) and, even more similar, We Do Not Part by Han Kang (published in Korean in 2021).
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Weird how niche literary topics pop up multiple times. Looking after a parrot seemed like an original theme in The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez (2024), but then I discovered Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng (2019) and, even more similar, We Do Not Part by Han Kang (published in Korean in 2021).
Whew, this winter preview by The Millions only added one book to my TBR (Woodworking by Emily St. James). See how lightly you can escape... themillions.com/2025/01/most...
Most Anticipated: The Great Winter 2025 Preview
It’s cold, it’s grey, its bleak—but winter, at the very least, brings with it a glut of anticipation-inducing books. Here you’ll find nearly 100 titles that we’re excited to cozy up with this season. ...
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January 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Whew, this winter preview by The Millions only added one book to my TBR (Woodworking by Emily St. James). See how lightly you can escape... themillions.com/2025/01/most...