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Max Cairnduff @maxcairnduff.bsky.social · 6d
2025 reading 🧵
A charming and influential 1896 American pastoral classic, though not without some bite if you pay attention. Henry James was a fan and I can see why. Lovely little Penguin edition too.
The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett
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It's here. Our 2026 Bundle.

Nine incredible titles - including new novels from faves Claudia Piñeiro and Ana Paula Maia, sci-fi from Puerto Rico, short stories and Oscar-winning inspirations. Direct to your door, throughout the year, ahead of publication.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Fascinating thread.
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It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.

A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚

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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Harvard Gazette: Gazette: “You are the mother of two In ten years you have produced three novels and two short-story collections. Can you talk about your process and how you manage work and family?” Groff: “I understand that this is a question of vital importance to a lot of people, particularly to other mothers who are artists trying to get their work done, and know that I feel for everyone in the struggle. But until I see a male writer asked that question, I am going to respectfully decline to answer it.”
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Hats off to the BBC for restoring Peter Watkins' The War Game to the iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The War Game
Controversial drama depicting the consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain. The film was made in 1965 but not televised until 1985 as the BBC judged it 'too horrifying'.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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If you've ever wanted to see a 1970s Spanish TV dance troupe do a choreographed routine to Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express, now's your chance
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Ballet Giorgio - Trans Europe Express (Kraftwerk)
YouTube video by javibal
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October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Good 1925 find by Grant here.
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Shall we talk about ebooks?

It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.

Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
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October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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My new blog post on Sally Carson's superb, prescient novel, CROOKED CROSS. Another excellent title from Persephone.
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Crooked Cross – Sally Carson
I’ve read such wonderful books from Persephone this year such as Diana Tutton’s Guard Your Daughters, Elizabeth Jenkins’ Harriet, and Frances Towers’ Tea with Mr Rochester, and now I’ll happily add…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
exwife-of-frankenstein on tumblr: Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. This app only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call. #IM GOING INSANE #NOTHING WORKS NOTHING
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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My short story ‘The Unspoken’ online @grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/the-unspoken/
GRANTA The Unspoken David Hayden Horror from David Hayden. "A shuddering, wordless voice rose in the distance, and another, and another; a chorus, a lament, which ended in a low grunt. There was a coda of sobbing. There was silence'
October 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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All the London food groups.
Rikishi outside Beigel Bake on Brick Lane holding carrier bags from Fortnum and Mason.
October 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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"How could a weak, perverse woman like me, someone who dreams of a knife in her hand, be the mother and wife of those two individuals? What was I going to do? I burrowed deeper into the ground, hiding my body." #BookSky 💙📚 #DieMyLove #TranslationThurs

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Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (tr. Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff)
First published in Spanish in 2012 and then in English in 2017, Die, My Love was one of the first books issued by the innovative, independent publisher Charco Press, which remains committed to brin…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Here’s the Women Writers series looking glorious at Frankfurt Book Fair! @stuckinabook.bsky.social
3 shelves of titles from our Women Writers series
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I’m thrilled to be able to share this with you! My fourth collection, Devotions, will be published next April 23rd. If you would like a proof copy please contact @faberbooks.bsky.social ✨
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Alexander Baron's repeatedly rediscovered novel The Lowlife:
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The Lowlife
Alexander Baron’s 1963 novel, The Lowlife, already had a history of being rediscovered before its inclusion in Faber Editions, an imprint which specialises in neglected classics, and John Williams …
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October 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Does anyone know when Austen’s “any body” becomes our “anybody”? Later 19th Century? Did it progress regionally?
October 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Overlooked female modernist artist Marthe Donas dazzles in Belgium - thanks @jenniferrankin.bsky.social for drawing the attention of a UK audience to her work
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Detail from Stilleven (Still Life), 1917, by Marthe Donas. Photograph: Hugo Maertens/Marthe Donas Foundation, Gent, 2025
October 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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TERFs are trying to bully a beloved London public swimming space into throwing out their longstanding traditions/policies in order to force trans people out of using the space.

Please consider voicing your support for inclusivity here hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace
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October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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My Substack post for October is live! The usual soul-baring stuff from me, including what I did in the Moomin Museum... Also some book chat and details about my forthcoming workshops for the poetry-haters!
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Rejections, Spinsters and Hating Poetry (joke!)
Things I'm writing, things I'm reading, things I'm teaching...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature
Elaina Ryan of Children’s Books Ireland on its latest guide to the best of Irish writing
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September 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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@stephenkb.bsky.social hey there, saw your bit on Polish Jazz and will give January a listen. My impression is Poland has a strong jazz scene for decades now, do you think that’s fair?
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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In the Nuns' Garden
Sarah Robertson
1933
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks. "We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges. "When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Love the sign in this Cambridge crime bookshop window.
Bodies in the Bookshop shop window with sign reading Slaughter is the best medicine
September 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM