Anna Iltnere
@sealibrary.bsky.social
creator of an ongoing artwork - Sea Library - one thousand books about the sea, by the sea, for everyone to borrow and read
writing a book for Facet Publishing / represented by Stimola Literary Studio
http://sea-library.com
writing a book for Facet Publishing / represented by Stimola Literary Studio
http://sea-library.com
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Anna Iltnere
@sealibrary.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Happy to share the news! @facetpublishing.bsky.social has signed "Sea Libraries" by Anna Iltnere. Publishing director Andrew James bought world English language rights from Stimola Literary Studio. The book will be out in June 2028. Read more via Book Brunch www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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Electric light
February 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Electric light
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Lenticular loveliness
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Lenticular loveliness
me and my best friend. when I come home from my dayjob at the national library, Nemo does this for quite a while because I think he feels I was away for a month at least. how blessed we are there are dogs in this world.
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
me and my best friend. when I come home from my dayjob at the national library, Nemo does this for quite a while because I think he feels I was away for a month at least. how blessed we are there are dogs in this world.
with an ambergis story inside… (the interview AND a whale)
It was a joy to interview Mickel van Leeuwen, founder of Inside Out Animals. he worked on the whale skeleton for a year, soon on view in Riga ZOO.
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
When I Grow Up: Taxidermist Mickel van Leeuwen of “Inside Out Animals”
Almost twenty years ago, on July 21, 2006, a young humpback whale was discovered in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea, near the coast of Dunte, Latvia. The whale was already dead when it was broug…
sea-library.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
with an ambergis story inside… (the interview AND a whale)
It was a joy to interview Mickel van Leeuwen, founder of Inside Out Animals. he worked on the whale skeleton for a year, soon on view in Riga ZOO.
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
When I Grow Up: Taxidermist Mickel van Leeuwen of “Inside Out Animals”
Almost twenty years ago, on July 21, 2006, a young humpback whale was discovered in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea, near the coast of Dunte, Latvia. The whale was already dead when it was broug…
sea-library.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It was a joy to interview Mickel van Leeuwen, founder of Inside Out Animals. he worked on the whale skeleton for a year, soon on view in Riga ZOO.
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
“At customs, it’s always amusing when they ask what we have in the back. “Oh, just a dead whale – nothing special.””
sea-library.com/2026/02/02/w...
"The project .. reflects a growing movement within conservation to embed art directly into environmental initiatives – not as an add-on, but as a core way of connecting people to nature."
@bluemarinef.bsky.social @richardwalters.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/music-b...
@bluemarinef.bsky.social @richardwalters.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/music-b...
Music by the sea: Art powers conservation in the Solent - Oceanographic
Can music help restore the ocean? Inside a Solent conservation project using art and storytelling to reconnect people with nature.
oceanographicmagazine.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"The project .. reflects a growing movement within conservation to embed art directly into environmental initiatives – not as an add-on, but as a core way of connecting people to nature."
@bluemarinef.bsky.social @richardwalters.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/music-b...
@bluemarinef.bsky.social @richardwalters.bsky.social
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/music-b...
I woke up between dreams, and Nemo wasn’t sleeping. Moon
February 1, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I woke up between dreams, and Nemo wasn’t sleeping. Moon
super cold outside
wonderful inside
wonderful inside
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 PM
super cold outside
wonderful inside
wonderful inside
-20C this morning, there are places in Latvia where it was -32C. what a winter!! talking to my roses once a day to keep them warm under the snow and ex-xmass-tree branches.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 AM
-20C this morning, there are places in Latvia where it was -32C. what a winter!! talking to my roses once a day to keep them warm under the snow and ex-xmass-tree branches.
night with my teen, he fixed the Sea Library
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
night with my teen, he fixed the Sea Library
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
such a bright white night !
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
such a bright white night !
that’s me this morn. four weeks of super cold and super snowy - winter at its best!
This is Frankie. He ran outside like he always does, only to find out his yard had been replaced with a white void. 12/10 (IG: frankiethenorfie)
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 AM
that’s me this morn. four weeks of super cold and super snowy - winter at its best!
“The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest whale species and a key indicator of marine health in the North and Baltic Seas. .. But what is this elusive little cetacean, and what can be done to safeguard its future?”
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/har...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/har...
Harbour porpoises: messengers of the North and Baltic seas - Oceanographic
Lana Tannir explores the harbour porpoises of the North and Baltic Seas as she dives into the role they play as sentinels of sea health.
oceanographicmagazine.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
“The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest whale species and a key indicator of marine health in the North and Baltic Seas. .. But what is this elusive little cetacean, and what can be done to safeguard its future?”
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/har...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/har...
when river is so so quiet
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM
when river is so so quiet
wet eyes full heart singing ears
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
wet eyes full heart singing ears
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FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊
We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social!
Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social!
Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊
We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social!
Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social!
Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
my boy rides a sleigh under the stars
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
my boy rides a sleigh under the stars
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Lot of energy at 4 this morning, big swell and a seal cavorting in the waves. Magick is real. 👌
January 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Lot of energy at 4 this morning, big swell and a seal cavorting in the waves. Magick is real. 👌
every day, the sea feels farther and farther away; the gulf is slowly freezing more and more. the snow covered beach (including sea ice) looks unusualy wide.
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 PM
every day, the sea feels farther and farther away; the gulf is slowly freezing more and more. the snow covered beach (including sea ice) looks unusualy wide.
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
it is always a feeling of arrival when I reach the sea
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
it is always a feeling of arrival when I reach the sea
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