Marian Womack
@maudmarianw.bsky.social
Library worker @girtoncollege.bsky.social, CW & translation tutor @cam.ac.uk, Bookseller @ladoyennebookshop, author & editor.
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Marian Womack
@maudmarianw.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Some good news from me! At long last! (1/4)
Delighted to share that I am now working at @girtoncollege.bsky.social Library. This is pretty much #goals / #dreamjob: a beautiful library & a place with an incredible sense of community and history. Yes! Those beautiful grounds are my new digs!
Delighted to share that I am now working at @girtoncollege.bsky.social Library. This is pretty much #goals / #dreamjob: a beautiful library & a place with an incredible sense of community and history. Yes! Those beautiful grounds are my new digs!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
-Joanna Newsom (Madrid & the Courtauld in London)
-My first Tori Amos, Glasgow circa 2004
-Silvio Rodriguez, London, one of his rare forays out of Cuba
-Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle half staged, Leeds
-My brother Oscar, any of his band(s) iterations ❤️
-Joanna Newsom (Madrid & the Courtauld in London)
-My first Tori Amos, Glasgow circa 2004
-Silvio Rodriguez, London, one of his rare forays out of Cuba
-Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle half staged, Leeds
-My brother Oscar, any of his band(s) iterations ❤️
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Björk (3 times)
LCD Soundsystem (twice)
Janelle Monáe
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (twice)
The Broken Family Band (many times, but specifically the last ever night at The Boatrace in Cambridge, with John Peel in the audience)
Björk (3 times)
LCD Soundsystem (twice)
Janelle Monáe
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (twice)
The Broken Family Band (many times, but specifically the last ever night at The Boatrace in Cambridge, with John Peel in the audience)
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
-Joanna Newsom (Madrid & the Courtauld in London)
-My first Tori Amos, Glasgow circa 2004
-Silvio Rodriguez, London, one of his rare forays out of Cuba
-Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle half staged, Leeds
-My brother Oscar, any of his band(s) iterations ❤️
-Joanna Newsom (Madrid & the Courtauld in London)
-My first Tori Amos, Glasgow circa 2004
-Silvio Rodriguez, London, one of his rare forays out of Cuba
-Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle half staged, Leeds
-My brother Oscar, any of his band(s) iterations ❤️
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Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The long read: The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
Great moments in the life of my first novel in English, The Golden Key (Titan, 2020), author's edition:
💙The Golden Key getting a cute advert on the London Tube 😮.
💙The librarians from the Modern Languages Faculty Library at Cambridge gifting me a cake on publication.
💙The Golden Key getting a cute advert on the London Tube 😮.
💙The librarians from the Modern Languages Faculty Library at Cambridge gifting me a cake on publication.
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Great moments in the life of my first novel in English, The Golden Key (Titan, 2020), author's edition:
💙The Golden Key getting a cute advert on the London Tube 😮.
💙The librarians from the Modern Languages Faculty Library at Cambridge gifting me a cake on publication.
💙The Golden Key getting a cute advert on the London Tube 😮.
💙The librarians from the Modern Languages Faculty Library at Cambridge gifting me a cake on publication.
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I am thrilled to see @mcflycahill90.bsky.social new novel AUDITION FOR THE FOX on this list. A fabulous book!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I am thrilled to see @mcflycahill90.bsky.social new novel AUDITION FOR THE FOX on this list. A fabulous book!
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This month's newsletter is, in fact, just news! I have no brain for anything else at the moment. buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...
Story Announcement, Zines, and Dead Girls in Paperback
This autumn has been very good and very busy. Busy enough that this is basically just a bullet point list of updates, plus a cat pic, because who doesn’t...
buttondown.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This month's newsletter is, in fact, just news! I have no brain for anything else at the moment. buttondown.com/ninocipri/ar...
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The Works of Vermin, by @hironennes.bsky.social (pub by @torbooks.bsky.social) is a novel that blurs the line between genres, an imaginative proposal that gifts the reader with stuff worthy of nightmares (in the good sense).
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...
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Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...
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JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Works of Vermin, by @hironennes.bsky.social (pub by @torbooks.bsky.social) is a novel that blurs the line between genres, an imaginative proposal that gifts the reader with stuff worthy of nightmares (in the good sense).
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...
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Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/the-...
💙📚
God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
A friend mentioned in WFC that I had said to him that I was ok now; thank you to that friend for pointing out that I wasn't acting as if it was. Still finding things hard, still on medication. Lots of things are better, but lots are not. It's okay to acknowledge this. It takes time. #MentalHealth
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A friend mentioned in WFC that I had said to him that I was ok now; thank you to that friend for pointing out that I wasn't acting as if it was. Still finding things hard, still on medication. Lots of things are better, but lots are not. It's okay to acknowledge this. It takes time. #MentalHealth
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
My #dailywalk has changed a little... I love walking by the river Cam, close to my house. But this is also home now, and the grounds are spectacular 💚
#dailywalk #naturewalk #wellbeing #nature #naturelovers #collegegrounds @girtoncollege @girtoncollegelibrary
#dailywalk #naturewalk #wellbeing #nature #naturelovers #collegegrounds @girtoncollege @girtoncollegelibrary
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My #dailywalk has changed a little... I love walking by the river Cam, close to my house. But this is also home now, and the grounds are spectacular 💚
#dailywalk #naturewalk #wellbeing #nature #naturelovers #collegegrounds @girtoncollege @girtoncollegelibrary
#dailywalk #naturewalk #wellbeing #nature #naturelovers #collegegrounds @girtoncollege @girtoncollegelibrary
Sitting *again* with the "albatross" novel that got me kicked out of my agency... What could possibly go wrong??? Missing a tiny bit my Discord pals @hironennes.bsky.social, @erisyoung.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social, and @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social, who always offered advice and support 💜
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Sitting *again* with the "albatross" novel that got me kicked out of my agency... What could possibly go wrong??? Missing a tiny bit my Discord pals @hironennes.bsky.social, @erisyoung.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social, and @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social, who always offered advice and support 💜
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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trans rights are human rights 💾🏳️⚧️✊ #floppydiskart #transgender
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
trans rights are human rights 💾🏳️⚧️✊ #floppydiskart #transgender
New wardrobe ideas. 🖤
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New wardrobe ideas. 🖤
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My 2025 Eligibility post is now live! Holy shit, I had a lot of work out this year. Featuring writing w/ @undertow.bsky.social, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @criticalrole.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social, and more!
buttondown.com/mcahill90/ar...
buttondown.com/mcahill90/ar...
2025 Eligibility Post
Holy shit, I published a lot of stuff this year. Five short stories, one commissioned short story, an essay pamphlet, an article with Writer’s Digest,...
buttondown.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My 2025 Eligibility post is now live! Holy shit, I had a lot of work out this year. Featuring writing w/ @undertow.bsky.social, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @criticalrole.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social, and more!
buttondown.com/mcahill90/ar...
buttondown.com/mcahill90/ar...
Post you from another era.
Iceland, 2006. Pic by James Womack. We had been married for about a month. James was in Reykjavik with a "genius" grant for polyglots to learn Icelandic in a year, I stayed at Oxford, but visited.
Iceland, 2006. Pic by James Womack. We had been married for about a month. James was in Reykjavik with a "genius" grant for polyglots to learn Icelandic in a year, I stayed at Oxford, but visited.
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Post you from another era.
Iceland, 2006. Pic by James Womack. We had been married for about a month. James was in Reykjavik with a "genius" grant for polyglots to learn Icelandic in a year, I stayed at Oxford, but visited.
Iceland, 2006. Pic by James Womack. We had been married for about a month. James was in Reykjavik with a "genius" grant for polyglots to learn Icelandic in a year, I stayed at Oxford, but visited.
Well, this morning I'm off to teach my Translation class at Cambridge Uni. Honestly, these students are so ace, that I am wondering, what can I actually teach them??? Inserting more weird/uncanny/female writers in their curriculum, one lesson at a time...
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Well, this morning I'm off to teach my Translation class at Cambridge Uni. Honestly, these students are so ace, that I am wondering, what can I actually teach them??? Inserting more weird/uncanny/female writers in their curriculum, one lesson at a time...
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Amazing news!!!
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Amazing news!!!
YES!!!
Guillermo del Toro fans can't stop winning:
Pan’s Labyrinth Returning to Theaters for Its 20th Anniversary - Reactor
The return is part of a larger anniversary celebration.
reactormag.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
YES!!!
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Then, a week later, on 5th December, the next Future Karaoke live lit event, which will double up as a launch for Ragged Band of Travellers: Writing from the Threshold of Dungeons and Dragons. More details/booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-kar...
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Then, a week later, on 5th December, the next Future Karaoke live lit event, which will double up as a launch for Ragged Band of Travellers: Writing from the Threshold of Dungeons and Dragons. More details/booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-kar...
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There's a wee review of my new pamphlet, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over on LibraryThing. You can read the review here: www.librarything.com/work/3516421...
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There's a wee review of my new pamphlet, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over on LibraryThing. You can read the review here: www.librarything.com/work/3516421...
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
So... This woman right here just got a positive royalty statement from 'that novel that didn't do that well'... I'm terrible at Maths, useless as money, but this means that ALL MY BOOKS HAVE PAID THEIR ADVANCE, correct? Correct...?!!!
two little girls are dancing together on a stage while wearing tutus .
ALT: two little girls are dancing together on a stage while wearing tutus .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
So... This woman right here just got a positive royalty statement from 'that novel that didn't do that well'... I'm terrible at Maths, useless as money, but this means that ALL MY BOOKS HAVE PAID THEIR ADVANCE, correct? Correct...?!!!