Rowan
@scatterbones.bsky.social
he/they 🏳️⚧️
librarian 🐀 occasional poet ✨
writing: linktr.ee/scatterbones
geordie in greater manchester 🖤🤍
librarian 🐀 occasional poet ✨
writing: linktr.ee/scatterbones
geordie in greater manchester 🖤🤍
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Rowan
@scatterbones.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Rats in Stacks Issue #15 - December 2025
ratsinstacks.co.uk
rats in stacks? more like rats is BACKS
…by which i mean, the latest issue/grand return of rats in stacks is out now! on a brand new platform! goodbye substack, don’t forget to resubscribe here:
ratsinstacks.co.uk/posts/issue-...
…by which i mean, the latest issue/grand return of rats in stacks is out now! on a brand new platform! goodbye substack, don’t forget to resubscribe here:
ratsinstacks.co.uk/posts/issue-...
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Next up at #CILIPMembersFest26: Health misinformation crisis: How libraries can help. From treatments to vaccines, reliable info is vital. How can library professionals help communities find trustworthy health resources? @ciliphlg.bsky.social
📅 Thurs 5 Mar
Book now: https://ow.ly/HOT850Y5hzX
📅 Thurs 5 Mar
Book now: https://ow.ly/HOT850Y5hzX
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Next up at #CILIPMembersFest26: Health misinformation crisis: How libraries can help. From treatments to vaccines, reliable info is vital. How can library professionals help communities find trustworthy health resources? @ciliphlg.bsky.social
📅 Thurs 5 Mar
Book now: https://ow.ly/HOT850Y5hzX
📅 Thurs 5 Mar
Book now: https://ow.ly/HOT850Y5hzX
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Grassroots project gathers helps Trans+ people find GPs known to be inclusive and supportive 👇🏳️⚧️
Source: https://mytransgp.org/
Source: https://mytransgp.org/
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Grassroots project gathers helps Trans+ people find GPs known to be inclusive and supportive 👇🏳️⚧️
Source: https://mytransgp.org/
Source: https://mytransgp.org/
cis people: existing near a trans person is not discrimination.
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
cis people: existing near a trans person is not discrimination.
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Seen a course, conference, or event you’d love to attend? Apply for a CILIP NW bursary now and make it happen!
Fill out the form here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Fill out the form here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Seen a course, conference, or event you’d love to attend? Apply for a CILIP NW bursary now and make it happen!
Fill out the form here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Fill out the form here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Disabled, queer and Trans+ people are routinely denied recognition of our support needs.
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
Unshakeably tired? You're not the only one muddling through the spike in fatigue
How can we begin to bring our best to our work from a new foundation of radical compassion?
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Disabled, queer and Trans+ people are routinely denied recognition of our support needs.
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
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BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice
@ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social
since letterboxd wrapped is so broken and also boring, here’s just the very short list of films i watched for the first time in 2025
cruising, crash and pillion back to back is insane, clearly november had a theme
cruising, crash and pillion back to back is insane, clearly november had a theme
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
since letterboxd wrapped is so broken and also boring, here’s just the very short list of films i watched for the first time in 2025
cruising, crash and pillion back to back is insane, clearly november had a theme
cruising, crash and pillion back to back is insane, clearly november had a theme
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#PrEP prevents HIV acquisition.
110,000 people are currently on it in England but some communities (black women, people in rural communities) are underserved.
To end the epidemic, all must have access.
Getting PrEP into pharmacies would make it easier for many.
This is the urgent goal for 2026.
110,000 people are currently on it in England but some communities (black women, people in rural communities) are underserved.
To end the epidemic, all must have access.
Getting PrEP into pharmacies would make it easier for many.
This is the urgent goal for 2026.
Terrence Higgins Trust CEO: 'Why 2026 must be the year we unlock PrEP through community pharmacies' (EXCLUSIVE)
"We have the tools, the evidence and the opportunity. Now we need the courage to act," Richard Angell OBE writes for Attitude.
www.attitude.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
#PrEP prevents HIV acquisition.
110,000 people are currently on it in England but some communities (black women, people in rural communities) are underserved.
To end the epidemic, all must have access.
Getting PrEP into pharmacies would make it easier for many.
This is the urgent goal for 2026.
110,000 people are currently on it in England but some communities (black women, people in rural communities) are underserved.
To end the epidemic, all must have access.
Getting PrEP into pharmacies would make it easier for many.
This is the urgent goal for 2026.
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First up, I have a whole year course! 1 book a month. We're reading our way through the long-eighteenth century, concentrating entirely on women's writing.
The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year!
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year!
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
12 Books Your Regency Heroine Should Read – Regency Fiction Writers
regencyfictionwriters.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
First up, I have a whole year course! 1 book a month. We're reading our way through the long-eighteenth century, concentrating entirely on women's writing.
The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year!
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year!
regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...
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Queerlings Magazine is open for submissions for our annual issue from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
January 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Queerlings Magazine is open for submissions for our annual issue from Jan 1st until March 31st. Send us your queer poetry, fiction and non fiction. Full guidelines available at www.queerlings.co.uk/submit
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It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
start the year right: read something utterly depraved, as a treat
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
start the year right: read something utterly depraved, as a treat
engaging in my yearly NYE tradition of drawing my planner for the next year because i can never find one that’s laid out the way i want it
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
engaging in my yearly NYE tradition of drawing my planner for the next year because i can never find one that’s laid out the way i want it
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"I have brought you more tea
(& I love you)
I did the dishes
(& I love you)
I wrote you a poem
(& I love you)"
—Helen Robertson
beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...
(& I love you)
I did the dishes
(& I love you)
I wrote you a poem
(& I love you)"
—Helen Robertson
beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...
One Poem by Helen Robertson – beestung
beestungmag.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"I have brought you more tea
(& I love you)
I did the dishes
(& I love you)
I wrote you a poem
(& I love you)"
—Helen Robertson
beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...
(& I love you)
I did the dishes
(& I love you)
I wrote you a poem
(& I love you)"
—Helen Robertson
beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...
mental health saved by…martin dubravka???
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
mental health saved by…martin dubravka???
forever thinking about the uber driver in leeds who tried to convince us that the moon was only a mile away and that we didn’t really need glasses
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
forever thinking about the uber driver in leeds who tried to convince us that the moon was only a mile away and that we didn’t really need glasses
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reminder: we reopen for new work on new year's eve! bzz bzz bzzzz!
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
reminder: we reopen for new work on new year's eve! bzz bzz bzzzz!
sad to announce that genAI has gotten to gibsons jigsaws
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
sad to announce that genAI has gotten to gibsons jigsaws
i met carol vorderman in my grandma’s living room
(as a toddler - i have no memory of this, but there is a photo)
(as a toddler - i have no memory of this, but there is a photo)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
i met carol vorderman in my grandma’s living room
(as a toddler - i have no memory of this, but there is a photo)
(as a toddler - i have no memory of this, but there is a photo)
useful info for transfemmes!
alas, T is not on the list
alas, T is not on the list
Good reminder 🙏
Also if you only need certain HRT medicines (check list) then you can get 12 months of prescriptions for the price of 2 prescriptions (£19.80)
Also if you only need certain HRT medicines (check list) then you can get 12 months of prescriptions for the price of 2 prescriptions (£19.80)
NHS Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescription Prepayment Certificate (HRT PPC) | NHSBSA
If you pay for NHS prescribed HRT medicine 3 or more times in 12 months, an HRT PPC could save you money.Each item on an NHS prescription usually costs £9.90. You can buy an HRT PPC for a one-off paym...
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
useful info for transfemmes!
alas, T is not on the list
alas, T is not on the list
Fallen Angels by Val Wood, read aged 12ish
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Fallen Angels by Val Wood, read aged 12ish
all i want for christmas is for someone to get on the end of a jacob murphy cross
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
all i want for christmas is for someone to get on the end of a jacob murphy cross
my mother once told me i “walk like teresa may”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
my mother once told me i “walk like teresa may”
i likely won’t finish another book this year so it’s time for my “books i read in 2025” thread
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
i likely won’t finish another book this year so it’s time for my “books i read in 2025” thread
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice