Rachael B
@flossieteacake.bsky.social
Fond of books: incapable of leaving house with fewer than 5 vols. I read, I sing, I edit, and sometimes I also run (slowly). Cambridge, UK or Bloomsbury (@londonreview.bsky.social - misc non-editing stuff - disclaimer etc). Unpaid PA @bealelab.bsky.social.
@likewinterblue.bsky.social hello, I hope you are well. I can't DM you but we're heading vaguely your way this weekend, wondered if you were around & therefore worth planning a detour via Grasmere to do some shopping?
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@likewinterblue.bsky.social hello, I hope you are well. I can't DM you but we're heading vaguely your way this weekend, wondered if you were around & therefore worth planning a detour via Grasmere to do some shopping?
Readers, writers, editors, publicists, other book people not covered by those categories: I have a month off coming up.
WHAT SHOULD I READ?
Old or new, fiction or non, any genre pretty much apart from horror. I do like good sentences, but also plain ones with a strong plot.
Please advise!
WHAT SHOULD I READ?
Old or new, fiction or non, any genre pretty much apart from horror. I do like good sentences, but also plain ones with a strong plot.
Please advise!
May 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Readers, writers, editors, publicists, other book people not covered by those categories: I have a month off coming up.
WHAT SHOULD I READ?
Old or new, fiction or non, any genre pretty much apart from horror. I do like good sentences, but also plain ones with a strong plot.
Please advise!
WHAT SHOULD I READ?
Old or new, fiction or non, any genre pretty much apart from horror. I do like good sentences, but also plain ones with a strong plot.
Please advise!
THIS IS SO GOOD: Adam Shatz on Messiaen in the new issue of the @londonreview.bsky.social. Did you know Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood was nuts about Messiaen? Now you do. Read on for more including synaesthesia, weird instruments, Catholicism and French composers being incredibly rude to each other.
Adam Shatz · Wash out your ears: Messiaen’s Ecstasies
While few would question Messiaen’s importance in 20th-century music, his religious modernism has always been met with...
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February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
THIS IS SO GOOD: Adam Shatz on Messiaen in the new issue of the @londonreview.bsky.social. Did you know Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood was nuts about Messiaen? Now you do. Read on for more including synaesthesia, weird instruments, Catholicism and French composers being incredibly rude to each other.
Anyone remember the story of the Magic Porridge Pot? Because my washing machine seems to be like that today, only with SOCKS.
I have therefore decided that everyone in my household should go barefoot henceforth, which seems to me entirely proportionate.
I have therefore decided that everyone in my household should go barefoot henceforth, which seems to me entirely proportionate.
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Anyone remember the story of the Magic Porridge Pot? Because my washing machine seems to be like that today, only with SOCKS.
I have therefore decided that everyone in my household should go barefoot henceforth, which seems to me entirely proportionate.
I have therefore decided that everyone in my household should go barefoot henceforth, which seems to me entirely proportionate.
Helping out at Cambridge Literary Festival today & starting off by slipping into the back of David Nicholls’ event with Hattie Crisell
- packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/
- packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/
November 23, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Helping out at Cambridge Literary Festival today & starting off by slipping into the back of David Nicholls’ event with Hattie Crisell
- packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/
- packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/
#oneofthosenights for serendipity (coincidentally my favourite word). Went to old college to hear @jonathancoe.bsky.social discuss his new book with Adrian (NB definitely not John) Poole, an event I only learned about on Weds: nostalgia, comedy, Proust by way of Pinter.
November 22, 2024 at 8:21 PM
#oneofthosenights for serendipity (coincidentally my favourite word). Went to old college to hear @jonathancoe.bsky.social discuss his new book with Adrian (NB definitely not John) Poole, an event I only learned about on Weds: nostalgia, comedy, Proust by way of Pinter.
Today in Rejected Lyrics from Alanis Morrisette’s ‘Ironic’:
It’s skipping a run on Monday / then waking up to Tuesday’s RAIN
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It’s skipping a run on Monday / then waking up to Tuesday’s RAIN
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November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Today in Rejected Lyrics from Alanis Morrisette’s ‘Ironic’:
It’s skipping a run on Monday / then waking up to Tuesday’s RAIN
💦 💦 💦 💦 💦
It’s skipping a run on Monday / then waking up to Tuesday’s RAIN
💦 💦 💦 💦 💦
Reposted by Rachael B
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November 18, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Also, if you're looking for an entry-level Editorial role in publishing, based in Edinburgh, then boy do we have just the entry-level Editorial role in publishing based in Edinburgh for you!
Deadline 28 November, details including salary here:
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Deadline 28 November, details including salary here:
canongate.co.uk/about/jobs/
Keeping my first ‘real’ post here on-topic for my ‘personal brand’ (ugh): I have a number of books I am technically partway through. Which ones should I prioritise for finishing before 2024 is out, please? In order of percentage completed, list follows in replies (hope that works here).
November 17, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Keeping my first ‘real’ post here on-topic for my ‘personal brand’ (ugh): I have a number of books I am technically partway through. Which ones should I prioritise for finishing before 2024 is out, please? In order of percentage completed, list follows in replies (hope that works here).
@victoriamoul.bsky.social very much want to connect you and @johnclegg37.bsky.social re your recent Substack post - vamoul.substack.com/p/whats-the-... - because I think he will have OPINIONS.
What's the point of pamphlets?
And does anyone actually read them?
vamoul.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
@victoriamoul.bsky.social very much want to connect you and @johnclegg37.bsky.social re your recent Substack post - vamoul.substack.com/p/whats-the-... - because I think he will have OPINIONS.
@watsoncomedian.bsky.social pls at some point remind the new BlueSky people about the memoir because I thought it was splendid & surprisingly an excellent companion piece to Saint Oliver of Burkeman's Meditations for Mortals, only with many more jokes.
November 13, 2024 at 10:42 PM
@watsoncomedian.bsky.social pls at some point remind the new BlueSky people about the memoir because I thought it was splendid & surprisingly an excellent companion piece to Saint Oliver of Burkeman's Meditations for Mortals, only with many more jokes.