Kat Chant
@katchant.bsky.social
Author. Karate-ka. Australian at home in Ireland. Baker of treats. AKA Katrina Coll.
Loved this book!
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
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Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Loved this book!
This is great but misses one obvious point. A minute (minn-uhtt) is minute (my-newt).
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This is great but misses one obvious point. A minute (minn-uhtt) is minute (my-newt).
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
(The ones I got most excited about)
Dugite (venomous snake)
Giraffe
Orangutan
Smooth Newt
Wobbegong shark
(The ones I got most excited about)
Dugite (venomous snake)
Giraffe
Orangutan
Smooth Newt
Wobbegong shark
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
(The ones I got most excited about)
Dugite (venomous snake)
Giraffe
Orangutan
Smooth Newt
Wobbegong shark
(The ones I got most excited about)
Dugite (venomous snake)
Giraffe
Orangutan
Smooth Newt
Wobbegong shark
I adore this series. First book going cheap. Warning: you will buy the rest.
It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
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October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I adore this series. First book going cheap. Warning: you will buy the rest.
Dorothy Dunnett’s Game of Kings. Friends advised persistence and so I persevered reluctantly. Then came that plot twist and the whole book changed for me.
question: how much does it bother you in a book if you don’t quite understand what’s going on? what measures do you take to remedy this lack of understanding? what novels most rewarded your further investigation?
September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dorothy Dunnett’s Game of Kings. Friends advised persistence and so I persevered reluctantly. Then came that plot twist and the whole book changed for me.
Flowering artichokes are otherworldly.
July 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Flowering artichokes are otherworldly.
Immediate flashbacks! And I would devour every last word of this truly outrageous piece of scholarship!
Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨
June 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Immediate flashbacks! And I would devour every last word of this truly outrageous piece of scholarship!
This quote always shook me. Reminds me of The Princess Bride: who says life is fair, where is that written?
But Terry adds the rider - unfairness doesn’t excuse inaction.
But Terry adds the rider - unfairness doesn’t excuse inaction.
Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith
June 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This quote always shook me. Reminds me of The Princess Bride: who says life is fair, where is that written?
But Terry adds the rider - unfairness doesn’t excuse inaction.
But Terry adds the rider - unfairness doesn’t excuse inaction.
Good to know others also bang on about how deceptive the Mercator projection is.
Ooh. You may be interested in this.
"The revolutionary Peters Projection map presents countries in their true proportion to one another: it has been adopted by the UN, aid agencies, schools and businesses around the world."
www.oxfordcartographers.com/our-maps/pet...
"The revolutionary Peters Projection map presents countries in their true proportion to one another: it has been adopted by the UN, aid agencies, schools and businesses around the world."
www.oxfordcartographers.com/our-maps/pet...
Peters Projection Map | Oxford Cartographers
The revolutionary Peters Projection Map presents countries in their true proportion to one another. Find out more information here.
www.oxfordcartographers.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Good to know others also bang on about how deceptive the Mercator projection is.
Homemade elderflower cordial after a walk in the woods.
June 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Homemade elderflower cordial after a walk in the woods.
Reposted by Kat Chant
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
“Oh, I feel very angry a lot of the time," said Tiffany, "but I just put it away somewhere until I can do something useful with it.”
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
“I had to learn. All my life. The hard way. And the hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”
“I had to learn. All my life. The hard way. And the hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”
June 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
“Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.”
This is a stellar podcast. Every episode is golden.
It's Homeward Bounders day! This week we're incredibly fortunate to have the brilliant @aptshadow.bsky.social walking the Bounds with us as we explore tragedy, time, the multiverse, and evil D&D
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The Homeward Bounders by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
"There are no rules, only principles and natural laws."
This week we're joined by the brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky to discuss heroes and NPCs, gods and demons and sacrificial victory, and the wors...
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June 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is a stellar podcast. Every episode is golden.
It’s FREE! Go out and get the book that kicks off the Walker Papers series.
Today is NOT ONLY my birthday, but the 20th anniversary of URBAN SHAMAN's release!
I've set it to free for the week to celebrate. Go forth! Read! Tell everybody you know! :D #booksky #UrbanFantasy #WalkerPapers
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I've set it to free for the week to celebrate. Go forth! Read! Tell everybody you know! :D #booksky #UrbanFantasy #WalkerPapers
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYTG16D...
June 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s FREE! Go out and get the book that kicks off the Walker Papers series.
Youngest child wished for a chocolate and mango birthday cake. I do love a challenge. Behold, my response:
June 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Youngest child wished for a chocolate and mango birthday cake. I do love a challenge. Behold, my response:
I happen to be listening to Carpe Jugulum today as I scrolled past this excellent article:
The Essential Terry Pratchett www.nytimes.com/article/terr...
The Essential Terry Pratchett www.nytimes.com/article/terr...
The Essential Terry Pratchett
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I happen to be listening to Carpe Jugulum today as I scrolled past this excellent article:
The Essential Terry Pratchett www.nytimes.com/article/terr...
The Essential Terry Pratchett www.nytimes.com/article/terr...
In honour of World Goth Day (and my goth daughter), that time I dressed as Death.
May 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In honour of World Goth Day (and my goth daughter), that time I dressed as Death.
Reposted by Kat Chant
Book of Gold highlighted this day on the @ilfdublin.bsky.social #romantasy panel by the wonderful @bookaneer808.bsky.social #readirishwomenchallenge25
May 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Book of Gold highlighted this day on the @ilfdublin.bsky.social #romantasy panel by the wonderful @bookaneer808.bsky.social #readirishwomenchallenge25
Love the intertextual and meta-interpretation of my favourite heroine: mobunited.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/l...
Leia Organa: A Critical Obituary
Leia Organa, the politician and revolutionary who led the defeat of the Galactic Empire, died after a short illness. She was 60 years old. Hers was a life laced with controversy concerning everythi…
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May 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Love the intertextual and meta-interpretation of my favourite heroine: mobunited.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/l...
Gỏi tôm thịt inspired salad - my dad’s go to order at the Phuong Hoang restaurant. Homemade because Vietnamese restaurants aren’t exactly close by. Tastes like summer and birthdays!
May 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Gỏi tôm thịt inspired salad - my dad’s go to order at the Phuong Hoang restaurant. Homemade because Vietnamese restaurants aren’t exactly close by. Tastes like summer and birthdays!
Prescient about the US President.
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Prescient about the US President.
Movie seen more than 6 times: hard version.
April 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Movie seen more than 6 times: hard version.
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones predates HP and has magic kids as social pariahs.
Actually please recommend books/series that feel anti-HP to you, Percy Jackson is an already accepted great one, I know there's at least one other big one I'm forgetting. Recent ones ideally, tho the Worst Witch was there first and deserves better ✌️
I wish they'd do a TV show of something like the Scholomance books instead of HP because it feels like something written to be the anti-HP and I respect that
March 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones predates HP and has magic kids as social pariahs.
My morning included this delightful read from @stephanieburgis.bsky.social
A story as lovely as its cover!
A story as lovely as its cover!
March 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My morning included this delightful read from @stephanieburgis.bsky.social
A story as lovely as its cover!
A story as lovely as its cover!