Erzebet Barthold
@erzebet.bsky.social
Writer, publisher, bookshop owner. Medievalist in training: medieval women's patronage, and fever charms.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Ended up vending yesterday next to the fabulous Rima Staines! Friends, I shopped.
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ended up vending yesterday next to the fabulous Rima Staines! Friends, I shopped.
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Wonderful!
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wonderful!
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
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the WHOLE THING about writing is realizing that you don't "already" have "the whole thing" in your head. when it's just an idea that warm feeling smooths over all the gaps. but you've got a germ. a seed. there are *so many choices* left to make--real, hard, meaningful, creative choices.
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
the WHOLE THING about writing is realizing that you don't "already" have "the whole thing" in your head. when it's just an idea that warm feeling smooths over all the gaps. but you've got a germ. a seed. there are *so many choices* left to make--real, hard, meaningful, creative choices.
Headed to Brighton today woo hoo! Travel today, work tomorrow morning, then hit the registration desk and let the fun begin. Taking extra large luggage for the many books I know I will bring home. ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Headed to Brighton today woo hoo! Travel today, work tomorrow morning, then hit the registration desk and let the fun begin. Taking extra large luggage for the many books I know I will bring home. ❤️
Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
October 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Folklore & Women with Diane Purkiss in Leeds. Ticket booked!
Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories
How has folklore shaped how we view ourselves and homes? Explore the power of folklore, its symbols and role in today’s society. With Q&A.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Folklore & Women with Diane Purkiss in Leeds. Ticket booked!
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A rather lovely elfin poem by Lord Dunsany. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-...
"The Enchanted People": a poem by Lord Dunsany
It came, it came again to the scented garden, The call that they would not heed, A clear wild note far up on the hills above t...
steelthistles.blogspot.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A rather lovely elfin poem by Lord Dunsany. steelthistles.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-...
Crossing the border to fairyland.
August 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Crossing the border to fairyland.
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"When nature is personal, the world is peopled by rocks, trees, rivers, and mountains...protagonists of their own stories rather than just props in a human story. When Earth is truly alive, the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.”
- @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
- @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
July 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"When nature is personal, the world is peopled by rocks, trees, rivers, and mountains...protagonists of their own stories rather than just props in a human story. When Earth is truly alive, the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.”
- @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
- @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
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Angela Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... was born on this day: some illustrations to her stories by Gill Bradley, Meggie Wood, Igor Karash, Martha R Ford. I believe some/all relate to the Folio Society 2011 Book Illustration Competition where Carter's "The Bloody Chamber ..." was the text:
May 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Angela Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... was born on this day: some illustrations to her stories by Gill Bradley, Meggie Wood, Igor Karash, Martha R Ford. I believe some/all relate to the Folio Society 2011 Book Illustration Competition where Carter's "The Bloody Chamber ..." was the text:
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Save the date! Fantasycon is coming to Glasgow, 9th-11th October 2026. Early bird tickets go on sale soon
March 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Save the date! Fantasycon is coming to Glasgow, 9th-11th October 2026. Early bird tickets go on sale soon
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Rushed to get this special edition out for you before Inauguration Day! A place to share distracting titles, if you can't go to a Korean Spa - and books by Katherine Beutner & @tessagratton.bsky.social to recommend
Special Jan. 20th Edition: Read for your life!
including 2 books I like that are new, and a series of awkward footnotes
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Rushed to get this special edition out for you before Inauguration Day! A place to share distracting titles, if you can't go to a Korean Spa - and books by Katherine Beutner & @tessagratton.bsky.social to recommend
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My latest Substack looks at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book about the Cottingley fairies, 'The Coming of the Fairies' (1922) drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/whatever-r...
Whatever remains, however improbable
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cottingley fairies
drfrancisyoung.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My latest Substack looks at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book about the Cottingley fairies, 'The Coming of the Fairies' (1922) drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/whatever-r...
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It's hard to believe it was a year ago that Marina Warner, Kelly Link, @amalelmohtar.com and I had the pleasure of talking about fairy tales & Angela Carter, a vastly important figure in the Modern Fairy Tale Lit Revival. The discussion is online here: living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/ange...
January 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's hard to believe it was a year ago that Marina Warner, Kelly Link, @amalelmohtar.com and I had the pleasure of talking about fairy tales & Angela Carter, a vastly important figure in the Modern Fairy Tale Lit Revival. The discussion is online here: living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/ange...
Today's bookshop. I love working here.
January 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today's bookshop. I love working here.
Most excellent!
January 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Most excellent!
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Did you know that every Thursday at noon (EST) you can hop on Zoom and see a manuscript? It's true! We call it Coffee With A Codex. You just have to register. Tomorrow it will be a 15th century devotional scroll from England. Register here!
libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13390590
libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13390590
Coffee with a Codex: Devotional Roll
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
libcal.library.upenn.edu
November 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Did you know that every Thursday at noon (EST) you can hop on Zoom and see a manuscript? It's true! We call it Coffee With A Codex. You just have to register. Tomorrow it will be a 15th century devotional scroll from England. Register here!
libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13390590
libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13390590
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🤗 Hello everyone!
We’re #TOEBI, the professional organisation of Teachers of #OldEnglish in Britain & Ireland.
We promote & support the teaching of Old English language and literature.
Our annual newsletter contains articles on Old English pedagogy & book reviews: www.toebi.org.uk/toebi-newsle...
We’re #TOEBI, the professional organisation of Teachers of #OldEnglish in Britain & Ireland.
We promote & support the teaching of Old English language and literature.
Our annual newsletter contains articles on Old English pedagogy & book reviews: www.toebi.org.uk/toebi-newsle...
TOEBI Newsletter | TOEBI : Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland
www.toebi.org.uk
August 15, 2024 at 11:26 AM
🤗 Hello everyone!
We’re #TOEBI, the professional organisation of Teachers of #OldEnglish in Britain & Ireland.
We promote & support the teaching of Old English language and literature.
Our annual newsletter contains articles on Old English pedagogy & book reviews: www.toebi.org.uk/toebi-newsle...
We’re #TOEBI, the professional organisation of Teachers of #OldEnglish in Britain & Ireland.
We promote & support the teaching of Old English language and literature.
Our annual newsletter contains articles on Old English pedagogy & book reviews: www.toebi.org.uk/toebi-newsle...
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the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
August 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
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Hello wonderful readers, Tales & Feathers Issue 2 is RELEASED!! ✨
This collects ALL the cozy & quiet fiction we published in 2023, including:
💖 13 slice-of-life fantasy stories!
😍 2 translations!
💫 3 illustrations!
Read on our site for free or purchase the issue now! augursociety.org/subscribe/
This collects ALL the cozy & quiet fiction we published in 2023, including:
💖 13 slice-of-life fantasy stories!
😍 2 translations!
💫 3 illustrations!
Read on our site for free or purchase the issue now! augursociety.org/subscribe/
August 15, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Hello wonderful readers, Tales & Feathers Issue 2 is RELEASED!! ✨
This collects ALL the cozy & quiet fiction we published in 2023, including:
💖 13 slice-of-life fantasy stories!
😍 2 translations!
💫 3 illustrations!
Read on our site for free or purchase the issue now! augursociety.org/subscribe/
This collects ALL the cozy & quiet fiction we published in 2023, including:
💖 13 slice-of-life fantasy stories!
😍 2 translations!
💫 3 illustrations!
Read on our site for free or purchase the issue now! augursociety.org/subscribe/
Today's bookshop. We took a random selection of paperbacks off the shelves to replace the fancy hardbacks that usually grace this table. I want all the books to be seen.
August 15, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Today's bookshop. We took a random selection of paperbacks off the shelves to replace the fancy hardbacks that usually grace this table. I want all the books to be seen.