Lara Maynard 🫐
@laralou.bsky.social
Newfoundland, NL, Canada
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🌈COVER REVEAL🌈
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.
Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.
Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🌈COVER REVEAL🌈
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.
Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6
From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10.
Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6
“The world is wide and full of grace, I promise you.”
- A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander
#SundaySentence @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
- A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander
#SundaySentence @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“The world is wide and full of grace, I promise you.”
- A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander
#SundaySentence @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
- A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander
#SundaySentence @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
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“Red grit in her slippers, yellow-gray evening in her hair, shrieking birds, darkening tombs, Sonia fell into her own depression and thought that this, here, was the end of love, surely.” Kiran Desai #SundaySentence
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“Red grit in her slippers, yellow-gray evening in her hair, shrieking birds, darkening tombs, Sonia fell into her own depression and thought that this, here, was the end of love, surely.” Kiran Desai #SundaySentence
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Dolly and I are sending some extra rainbow joy to anyone who needs it right now.
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Dolly and I are sending some extra rainbow joy to anyone who needs it right now.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Split Grilse
Mary Pratt
1979
Mary Pratt
1979
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Split Grilse
Mary Pratt
1979
Mary Pratt
1979
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Grounds of the Grand Falls House.
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Grounds of the Grand Falls House.
From “We Make Our World” by Alfred Grant Walton:
We make our world by the life we lead,
By the friends we have, by the books we read,
By the pity we show in the hour of care,
By the loads we lift and the love we share.
Full #poem: bit.ly/47r2Ky2
#TodaysPoem #Poetry #Poetrysky #PoemSky
We make our world by the life we lead,
By the friends we have, by the books we read,
By the pity we show in the hour of care,
By the loads we lift and the love we share.
Full #poem: bit.ly/47r2Ky2
#TodaysPoem #Poetry #Poetrysky #PoemSky
The World We Make (Poem by Alfred Grant Walton) | Polly Castor
We make the world in which we live By what we gather and what we give...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From “We Make Our World” by Alfred Grant Walton:
We make our world by the life we lead,
By the friends we have, by the books we read,
By the pity we show in the hour of care,
By the loads we lift and the love we share.
Full #poem: bit.ly/47r2Ky2
#TodaysPoem #Poetry #Poetrysky #PoemSky
We make our world by the life we lead,
By the friends we have, by the books we read,
By the pity we show in the hour of care,
By the loads we lift and the love we share.
Full #poem: bit.ly/47r2Ky2
#TodaysPoem #Poetry #Poetrysky #PoemSky
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🦇A colony of bats took up residence at the University of Coimbra in Portugal over 125 years ago.
They are thriving today "singing" to the librarians on rainy days and keeping book eating insects at bay. 🦇
#libraries #books #bats
They are thriving today "singing" to the librarians on rainy days and keeping book eating insects at bay. 🦇
#libraries #books #bats
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🦇A colony of bats took up residence at the University of Coimbra in Portugal over 125 years ago.
They are thriving today "singing" to the librarians on rainy days and keeping book eating insects at bay. 🦇
#libraries #books #bats
They are thriving today "singing" to the librarians on rainy days and keeping book eating insects at bay. 🦇
#libraries #books #bats
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Baked Apples on Tinfoil
Mary Pratt
1969
Mary Pratt
1969
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Baked Apples on Tinfoil
Mary Pratt
1969
Mary Pratt
1969
Cillian Murphy reading Yeats’s “When You Are Old”
❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky
YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...
❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky
YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...
"When You Are Old" by W. B. Yeats (read by Cillian Murphy)
YouTube video by Zsuzsanna Uhlik
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October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cillian Murphy reading Yeats’s “When You Are Old”
❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky
YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...
❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky
YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...
#Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and LGBTQ themes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u... #Libraries
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and LGBTQ themes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u... #Libraries
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and LGBTQ themes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u... #Libraries
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and LGBTQ themes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u... #Libraries
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It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
My #FridayReads is Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Audiobook with the Libby library app. 🧙♀️ 🎧 📖
#BookSky #witchy #SpookySeason @libbyapp.com #AmReading #AmListening #WeekendReads
#BookSky #witchy #SpookySeason @libbyapp.com #AmReading #AmListening #WeekendReads
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My #FridayReads is Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Audiobook with the Libby library app. 🧙♀️ 🎧 📖
#BookSky #witchy #SpookySeason @libbyapp.com #AmReading #AmListening #WeekendReads
#BookSky #witchy #SpookySeason @libbyapp.com #AmReading #AmListening #WeekendReads
#TodaysPoem: Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful #poem about his sisters, published for the first time:
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... @IrishTimes
#SeamusHeaney #poetrycommunity #poetry
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... @IrishTimes
#SeamusHeaney #poetrycommunity #poetry
Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time
The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken
www.irishtimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#TodaysPoem: Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful #poem about his sisters, published for the first time:
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... @IrishTimes
#SeamusHeaney #poetrycommunity #poetry
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... @IrishTimes
#SeamusHeaney #poetrycommunity #poetry
My #FridayReads: Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley - on Libby 🎧
#AmReading #AmListening #LibbyApp #audiobook #LibraryLover
#AmReading #AmListening #LibbyApp #audiobook #LibraryLover
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My #FridayReads: Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley - on Libby 🎧
#AmReading #AmListening #LibbyApp #audiobook #LibraryLover
#AmReading #AmListening #LibbyApp #audiobook #LibraryLover
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"I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.
And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port.”
― Assata Shakur
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.
And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port.”
― Assata Shakur
September 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.
And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port.”
― Assata Shakur
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.
And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port.”
― Assata Shakur
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Beyond shaming Carney for this, we really need to talk about the way we've become addicted to convenience.
Bezos has people thinking they can't live without getting everything mailed directly to them within 24 hours. It's awful for the environment AND workers. Rampant consumerism is fucking us.
Bezos has people thinking they can't live without getting everything mailed directly to them within 24 hours. It's awful for the environment AND workers. Rampant consumerism is fucking us.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Beyond shaming Carney for this, we really need to talk about the way we've become addicted to convenience.
Bezos has people thinking they can't live without getting everything mailed directly to them within 24 hours. It's awful for the environment AND workers. Rampant consumerism is fucking us.
Bezos has people thinking they can't live without getting everything mailed directly to them within 24 hours. It's awful for the environment AND workers. Rampant consumerism is fucking us.
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Maori scholar, Makereti Papakura writing at her desk c.1910. The room is decorated with a mix of Maori & European mementoes whilst the rafters are painted with traditional kowhaiwhai patterns. Makereti will be awarded a posthumous degree in Oxford tomorrow, almost a century after she died in 1930.
September 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Maori scholar, Makereti Papakura writing at her desk c.1910. The room is decorated with a mix of Maori & European mementoes whilst the rafters are painted with traditional kowhaiwhai patterns. Makereti will be awarded a posthumous degree in Oxford tomorrow, almost a century after she died in 1930.
My #FridayReads is The Lost Witch by Paige Crutcher, listening with the Libby app. 🎧 #audiobook #AmReading #AmListening
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My #FridayReads is The Lost Witch by Paige Crutcher, listening with the Libby app. 🎧 #audiobook #AmReading #AmListening
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Kaoru Yamada - Bright Morning by the Bay
September 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Kaoru Yamada - Bright Morning by the Bay
“The world begins at a kitchen table.”
#SundaySentence from “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo.
poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/pe… @poetryfoundation.bsky.social #TodaysPoeme#poeme#poetryry
#SundaySentence from “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo.
poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/pe… @poetryfoundation.bsky.social #TodaysPoeme#poeme#poetryry
https://poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/pe…
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“The world begins at a kitchen table.”
#SundaySentence from “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo.
poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/pe… @poetryfoundation.bsky.social #TodaysPoeme#poeme#poetryry
#SundaySentence from “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo.
poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/pe… @poetryfoundation.bsky.social #TodaysPoeme#poeme#poetryry
🎥 Film features #librarians who’ve been thrust into the spotlight over their commitment to the freedom to read.
bookriot.com/the-libraria... @bookriot.bsky.social
Trailer: youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...
#TheLibrarians #bannedbooks #bookbans #film #documentary #libraries #documentaries #freedomtoread
bookriot.com/the-libraria... @bookriot.bsky.social
Trailer: youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...
#TheLibrarians #bannedbooks #bookbans #film #documentary #libraries #documentaries #freedomtoread
Award-Winning THE LIBRARIANS Documentary Sets Widespread Release
The award-winning documentary THE LIBRARIANS, which explores contemporary book bans and attacks on librarians, to release nationwide.
bookriot.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎥 Film features #librarians who’ve been thrust into the spotlight over their commitment to the freedom to read.
bookriot.com/the-libraria... @bookriot.bsky.social
Trailer: youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...
#TheLibrarians #bannedbooks #bookbans #film #documentary #libraries #documentaries #freedomtoread
bookriot.com/the-libraria... @bookriot.bsky.social
Trailer: youtu.be/Ykll4MWltsQ?...
#TheLibrarians #bannedbooks #bookbans #film #documentary #libraries #documentaries #freedomtoread
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Our sense that our struggles were our own fault, our acceptance of the way things were, helped keep American industry humming to the benefit of the wealthy #SundaySentence @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our sense that our struggles were our own fault, our acceptance of the way things were, helped keep American industry humming to the benefit of the wealthy #SundaySentence @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social