Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse
@missadadoom.bsky.social
works in publishing, translates Russian, reads, edits, parents, naps, snarks. “Miss Ada Doom Reads" on Litalist and founding tiger at Tiger Team Creative.
My new book is The Village at the Edge of Noon - think Buffy and The Witcher stuck Under the Dome…
My new book is The Village at the Edge of Noon - think Buffy and The Witcher stuck Under the Dome…
Pinned
A winning combination of ridiculous, hilarious, and adorable.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A winning combination of ridiculous, hilarious, and adorable.
Thanks @crimereads.bsky.social - happy to be included - don’t go in the woods xx😳
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The Best Fiction in Translation of Fall 2025
Hi folks! It’s been a long fall season, and I’m just now catching up on all the good crime fiction in translation. That means the following list is extra-curated, and also, extra distur…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thanks @crimereads.bsky.social - happy to be included - don’t go in the woods xx😳
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“Whoever wrote this episode should die!” Good actors playing bad actors becoming better people through acting and life. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has written the Galaxy Quest paean I’ve longed for: crimereads.com/galaxy-quest/
“Whoever Wrote this Episode Should Die”: Galaxy Quest Is Personal, and it’s Personal to Me
I once read a book review in which the reviewer, the professor and critic Benjamin de Mott, expressed anxiety about effectively conveying the impressiveness of the work at hand: “I find myself nerv…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Whoever wrote this episode should die!” Good actors playing bad actors becoming better people through acting and life. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has written the Galaxy Quest paean I’ve longed for: crimereads.com/galaxy-quest/
cosplay cowboys
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
cosplay cowboys
Calling @aptshadow.bsky.social - am still reeling that he got arachnophobic me to read a whole book about sentient (shudders) spiders. This is the only spider content that shall ever be posted here. Or anywhere. By me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Calling @aptshadow.bsky.social - am still reeling that he got arachnophobic me to read a whole book about sentient (shudders) spiders. This is the only spider content that shall ever be posted here. Or anywhere. By me.
Saying “Sorry to interrupt,” doesn’t actually give you the right to interrupt. Unless it’s an emergency. Your inability to wait your turn is not an emergency.
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Saying “Sorry to interrupt,” doesn’t actually give you the right to interrupt. Unless it’s an emergency. Your inability to wait your turn is not an emergency.
If you like folklore, horror and snark (or dying to know how the thrain could meet) get yourself a copy, but be sure to start it before the noonday blaze.
We have some sweet, sweet, sweet early finished copy action for you.
Project Hanuman by @stewarthotston.com Nov. 11th
Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva, translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social Dec. 2nd
Pollen, 30th anniversary edition by Jeff Noon. New intro by Aliya Whiteley. Dec. 2nd
Project Hanuman by @stewarthotston.com Nov. 11th
Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva, translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social Dec. 2nd
Pollen, 30th anniversary edition by Jeff Noon. New intro by Aliya Whiteley. Dec. 2nd
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you like folklore, horror and snark (or dying to know how the thrain could meet) get yourself a copy, but be sure to start it before the noonday blaze.
I did a thing.
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse (bottom l.), publicity director Rina Gill (top l.), and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Former Unbound Staffers Launch U.K. Publishing Agency
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse, publicity director Rina Gill, and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher,…
buff.ly
October 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I did a thing.
“I often walk through art galleries, and realise the stuff on the walls would be so much better if I simply stole it and drew penises on it or whatever, and that they wouldn’t have made it publicly viewable if they didn’t want that.” Marina Hyde nails it as usual.
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“I often walk through art galleries, and realise the stuff on the walls would be so much better if I simply stole it and drew penises on it or whatever, and that they wouldn’t have made it publicly viewable if they didn’t want that.” Marina Hyde nails it as usual.
Products individually so worthless that withholding them or paying for them will kill a whole industry? Right, so the golden goose here is artists, not AI…
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Products individually so worthless that withholding them or paying for them will kill a whole industry? Right, so the golden goose here is artists, not AI…
A public service reminder that AI summary and ChatGPT will confidently tell you nonsense - don’t trust, always verify. Better yet, donate to Wikipedia.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A public service reminder that AI summary and ChatGPT will confidently tell you nonsense - don’t trust, always verify. Better yet, donate to Wikipedia.
Happy International Translation Day - here’s St Jerome, our patron saint, demonstrating what we look like when, after 20 minutes of parsing active verbs, we confidently go back to “he said”. #translation #internationaltranslationday #translator
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy International Translation Day - here’s St Jerome, our patron saint, demonstrating what we look like when, after 20 minutes of parsing active verbs, we confidently go back to “he said”. #translation #internationaltranslationday #translator
Remind me again how I said making eight layers of anything at home is at least four layers too many… #medovik #honeycake
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Remind me again how I said making eight layers of anything at home is at least four layers too many… #medovik #honeycake
You can have dignity or you can be a freeloader looking to get your balls scratched. #dogsofbluesky #DoodlePie
September 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You can have dignity or you can be a freeloader looking to get your balls scratched. #dogsofbluesky #DoodlePie
I know the Romans grew some grapes in Britain, but this is nuts. North London terroir, no pesticides. Climate emergency, something something? #toohot
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I know the Romans grew some grapes in Britain, but this is nuts. North London terroir, no pesticides. Climate emergency, something something? #toohot
This is an explanation of how black holes work, at the Nobel Prize Museum. I don’t understand it to such a degree it’s making me physically sick, a little. Enjoy.
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is an explanation of how black holes work, at the Nobel Prize Museum. I don’t understand it to such a degree it’s making me physically sick, a little. Enjoy.
I don’t know who discovered the magic of yeast, flour, salt, water and oil - but it’s a strange alchemy, especially if you drop a heap of olives in, midway. #breadsticks #abreadinthehand
August 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don’t know who discovered the magic of yeast, flour, salt, water and oil - but it’s a strange alchemy, especially if you drop a heap of olives in, midway. #breadsticks #abreadinthehand
Because doing publishing is even more lucrative than doing translation.
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse (bottom l.), publicity director Rina Gill (top l.), and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Former Unbound Staffers Launch U.K. Publishing Agency
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse, publicity director Rina Gill, and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher,…
buff.ly
July 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Because doing publishing is even more lucrative than doing translation.
I must be following the right people because my feed is full of this sad news. Thank you for the songs - especially when you could have been “making $2000 a year - just teaching.” I hope the pigeons don’t see you coming.
RIP Tom Lehrer, truly one of the greatest to ever do it, a satirist beyond compare, a brilliant wordsmith, a cheeky fellow, I loved him and his work beyond reason.
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I must be following the right people because my feed is full of this sad news. Thank you for the songs - especially when you could have been “making $2000 a year - just teaching.” I hope the pigeons don’t see you coming.
2nd December… maybe don’t head for the woods.
Introducing, the Angry Robot Books 2025 list!
We have so many fantastic books coming out next year, so we have compiled this list for you all!
This thread will contain details for the entire year, check it out below!
We have so many fantastic books coming out next year, so we have compiled this list for you all!
This thread will contain details for the entire year, check it out below!
July 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
2nd December… maybe don’t head for the woods.
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books
Alexandre Dumas
Charles Dickens
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
C J Cherryh
Arthur C Clarke
Ian Banks
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Georgette Heyer
Alexandre Dumas
Charles Dickens
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
C J Cherryh
Arthur C Clarke
Ian Banks
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Georgette Heyer
Ten writers by whom I’ve read than more than five books:
Anita Brookner
Charles Dickens
Terrance Dicks
Jane Gardam
Tove Jansson
Alan Moore
Marcel Proust (arguably)
Gwendoline Riley
Charles M. Schulz
Elizabeth Taylor
Anita Brookner
Charles Dickens
Terrance Dicks
Jane Gardam
Tove Jansson
Alan Moore
Marcel Proust (arguably)
Gwendoline Riley
Charles M. Schulz
Elizabeth Taylor
Ten writers by whom I've read more than 5 books:
Georges Simenon
Geoff Dyer
Iris Murdoch
Brigid Brophy
Roberto Bolaño
Javier Marías
Elena Ferrante
David Foster Wallace
Tessa Hadley
Muriel Spark
Georges Simenon
Geoff Dyer
Iris Murdoch
Brigid Brophy
Roberto Bolaño
Javier Marías
Elena Ferrante
David Foster Wallace
Tessa Hadley
Muriel Spark
July 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books
Alexandre Dumas
Charles Dickens
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
C J Cherryh
Arthur C Clarke
Ian Banks
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Georgette Heyer
Alexandre Dumas
Charles Dickens
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
C J Cherryh
Arthur C Clarke
Ian Banks
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Georgette Heyer
Just got regretfully kicked out of cafe for reading on my iPad - because “it’s a device, we have a no laptops rule.” I said I wasn’t working, it wasn’t a laptop, I’m just reading… Anyway, here am I, sitting outside, feeling weirdly humiliated and definitely not in the mood to come back. #cafegoals
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just got regretfully kicked out of cafe for reading on my iPad - because “it’s a device, we have a no laptops rule.” I said I wasn’t working, it wasn’t a laptop, I’m just reading… Anyway, here am I, sitting outside, feeling weirdly humiliated and definitely not in the mood to come back. #cafegoals
What is it about labs and lab crosses and their destiny is to end up with arseholes who never feed them… a wicked fate. #summersoup #pelmeni #DoodlePie
June 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What is it about labs and lab crosses and their destiny is to end up with arseholes who never feed them… a wicked fate. #summersoup #pelmeni #DoodlePie
When you resigned on moral grounds from your long-term place of employment and you find yourself consumed with an uncharacteristic urge to do ambitious decorating… with gloss paint. At a gazillion quid a tin.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When you resigned on moral grounds from your long-term place of employment and you find yourself consumed with an uncharacteristic urge to do ambitious decorating… with gloss paint. At a gazillion quid a tin.