LordWoolamaloo
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LordWoolamaloo
@lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler

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Wonderful evening taking chums to Casablanca at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social

Booked before the awful medical news, so turned into a bit of a much-needed morale booster too.

Also a movie with a strong f**k the fascists theme, always welcome.

#film
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Just in time for "Love Weekend" 💖 - this rather lovely collection of The Romantic Poets from Word Cloud Press.

#Valentines #books #livres #poetry
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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"Something for the weekend?"

Plenty of interesting new titles await your browsing pleasure this weekend. We're open 9.30-6 on Saturday & 11-5 on Sunday, #Edinburgh

#Edimbourg #books #livres #Bruntsfield
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Here's this week's link to the new titles at Transreal Fiction: transreal.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Not sure about the new, enhanced effects for classic Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion 🦖

#DoctorWho #books #livres #dinosaurs
February 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Reposting this for those who might wish to know.
The awards eligibility post. My 2025 publications.
Novel. The Green Man’s Holiday, Wizard’s Tower Press
Nonfiction. 'What can Tolkien’s creative process teach a writer today?' in Writing the Magic, Dead Ink Books
Short story in the following post. Memo to self - use shorter titles!
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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@shonamaclean.bsky.social, author of The Bookseller of Inverness, has written a new historical thriller - The Cromarty Library Circle. She'll soon be here in Linlithgow to tell us all about it! Scottish history fans will definitely not want to miss out on this one: tinyurl.com/FFTMCSGMaclean
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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‘Advice’ by Don Paterson (after Antonio Machado)
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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The fate of the 2,787 people arrested for terrorism offences for peacefully holding signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” in silent vigils will be decided this Friday.

The long-awaited Judicial Review ruling will be read out at 10am in the Royal Courts of Justice.
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The International Olympic Committee's own shop is merchandising the 1936 Games. Yes, the ones in Nazi-era Germany www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seriously???
Olympic body criticised for selling Nazi-era Games T-shirt
The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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"She is not the first lighthouse keeper to lose her mind on the shores of Cabo Polonio. But she is determined to be the first to survive it."

Another fantastic new voice joins our list. Welcome Valentina Cano Repetto!

Loba publishes on November 10th.
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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English PEN at the Salon is returning to the London Book Fair this year on Wednesday 11 March, featuring five events exploring pressing free expression issues for the literary sector.

Discover the full programme and book tickets to #LBF26 ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/events...
English PEN at the Salon at LBF 2026 - English PEN
English PEN’s annual programme at London Book Fair returns, with a day-long takeover of the Salon at the Fair on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
www.englishpen.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Finding I can't concentrate on new stuff at the moment, just too much else on my mind, so comfort viewing it is. Tonight, a revist to Porco Rosso. "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist"

#animation #film
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Local author 🚨 klaxon 🚨

@lyndseycroal.bsky.social 's In This City Where it Rains has just arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social . We had a terrific launch last spring for Lyndsey's short story collection.

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Congratulations to @starkholborn.bsky.social, whose short story “The Last Gasp“ is featured in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 anthology from NewCon Press. First appearing in our anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers (edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social).
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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A delight to have the fabbity-fab illustrator Ross Collins back, creating a new window to celebrate his & Julian Gough's When Tad Kicked Vlad (pub @faberbooks.bsky.social ), which made all of us giggle.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM