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Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Nonfiction (Class of '26) | MA in Doc Photography & Photojournalism ('21) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: spinetingling.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
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Turning Over a New Leaf
Welcome to Spinetingling, the home of shameless shelf-promotion. Where I promise to be an open book.
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As one of my 2025 new year's resolutions, I've launched a new book-loving newsletter over on Substack. Read about all about it and subscribe: spinetingling.substack.com/p/turning-ov...
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Whitefox Publishing Ltd are looking for a strategic and hands-on Head of Marketing and Sales to lead their growing commercial team.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Whitefox Publishing Ltd are looking for a strategic and hands-on Head of Marketing and Sales to lead their growing commercial team.
Apply here 👉 jobs.thebookseller.com/care... #ad
Apply here 👉 jobs.thebookseller.com/care... #ad
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Sending out the new Elly Griffiths today, “The Killing Time”.
Time travel murder mysteries have never been so fun! - Michael
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Time travel murder mysteries have never been so fun! - Michael
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February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Sending out the new Elly Griffiths today, “The Killing Time”.
Time travel murder mysteries have never been so fun! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
Time travel murder mysteries have never been so fun! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
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#EnglishCreates: Futures 2026
University English’s #EnglishCreates campaign highlights the value of English Studies across English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing, and aligns with the National Year of Reading 2026.
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University English’s #EnglishCreates campaign highlights the value of English Studies across English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing, and aligns with the National Year of Reading 2026.
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#EnglishCreates 2026
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February 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
#EnglishCreates: Futures 2026
University English’s #EnglishCreates campaign highlights the value of English Studies across English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing, and aligns with the National Year of Reading 2026.
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
University English’s #EnglishCreates campaign highlights the value of English Studies across English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing, and aligns with the National Year of Reading 2026.
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
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Hang out with us tomorrow if you are in AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, LONDON, MADRID, PARIS, VALENCIA, VENICE
✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
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✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
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EWS is turning 2! And to celebrate, we’re hosting parties across Europe for writers to meet, share work, and be part of our wonderful community, online or in person.
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Read what's happening below:
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hang out with us tomorrow if you are in AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, LONDON, MADRID, PARIS, VALENCIA, VENICE
✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
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✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
Please repost 🙏
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A gripping account of the City of Light as the Nazis slunk ever closer. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #booksky
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A gripping account of the City of Light as the Nazis slunk ever closer. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #booksky
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The Climate Fiction Prize 2026 longlist is here! 🤩📚
This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga.
Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk
This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga.
Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Climate Fiction Prize 2026 longlist is here! 🤩📚
This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga.
Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk
This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga.
Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk
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"The Lark by E. Nesbit: Absolutely delightful!"
The Monday Check-In ~ 2/9/2026
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The Monday Check-In ~ 2/9/2026
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The Monday Check-In ~ 2/9/2026
My Monday tradition, including a look back and a look ahead — what I read last week, what new books came my way, and what books are keeping me busy right now. Plus a smattering of other stuff…
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February 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
"The Lark by E. Nesbit: Absolutely delightful!"
The Monday Check-In ~ 2/9/2026
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The Monday Check-In ~ 2/9/2026
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Let's remember no one has ever given us more money and better working conditions without a union going to bat for us. UK writers, your union is @writersguildgb.bsky.social Please join . #HeartUnionsWeek
This week is #HeartUnions Week, an annual celebration of the trade union movement and what we achieve for our members
Show your love for your union by recruiting a fellow writer or, if you’re a UK writer and not yet a member, it's the perfect week to join!
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Show your love for your union by recruiting a fellow writer or, if you’re a UK writer and not yet a member, it's the perfect week to join!
writersguild.org.uk/heart-unions...
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Let's remember no one has ever given us more money and better working conditions without a union going to bat for us. UK writers, your union is @writersguildgb.bsky.social Please join . #HeartUnionsWeek
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Morning! I am just finishing Birding, by Rose Ruane & what a wonderful book it has been! Clear-sighted but compassionate. Sad, true & funny. Highly recommended.
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Morning! I am just finishing Birding, by Rose Ruane & what a wonderful book it has been! Clear-sighted but compassionate. Sad, true & funny. Highly recommended.
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Hayden Park, winner of 2025's Constance Rooke CNF Prize with her piece, “The First Law of Adoptee Physics,” to be featured in our upcoming spring issue #234, talks with us about adoption narratives and how dissonance isn’t a mistake.
Full interview:
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The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and…
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February 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Hayden Park, winner of 2025's Constance Rooke CNF Prize with her piece, “The First Law of Adoptee Physics,” to be featured in our upcoming spring issue #234, talks with us about adoption narratives and how dissonance isn’t a mistake.
Full interview:
Full interview:
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I’m going to be published!
My short story, “The Tulip Thief,” was accepted by Micromance Magazine for publication in their 2026 spring KissMet Quarterly.
I’m over the moon, y’all! This writer’s dreams can come true. ✨
My short story, “The Tulip Thief,” was accepted by Micromance Magazine for publication in their 2026 spring KissMet Quarterly.
I’m over the moon, y’all! This writer’s dreams can come true. ✨
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I’m going to be published!
My short story, “The Tulip Thief,” was accepted by Micromance Magazine for publication in their 2026 spring KissMet Quarterly.
I’m over the moon, y’all! This writer’s dreams can come true. ✨
My short story, “The Tulip Thief,” was accepted by Micromance Magazine for publication in their 2026 spring KissMet Quarterly.
I’m over the moon, y’all! This writer’s dreams can come true. ✨
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Today we launch a new bonus feature for members, in which writers share their most pleasurable moments of Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter.
This month, Amy Liptrot shares the joys of clear night skies, rosy cheeks, cold air in the lungs & ice smashed with sticks 💫 steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
This month, Amy Liptrot shares the joys of clear night skies, rosy cheeks, cold air in the lungs & ice smashed with sticks 💫 steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Today we launch a new bonus feature for members, in which writers share their most pleasurable moments of Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter.
This month, Amy Liptrot shares the joys of clear night skies, rosy cheeks, cold air in the lungs & ice smashed with sticks 💫 steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
This month, Amy Liptrot shares the joys of clear night skies, rosy cheeks, cold air in the lungs & ice smashed with sticks 💫 steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
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TREES OF ACADIA comes out this spring and can be pre-ordered. Book tour planning underway - stops in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Winter Harbor, Northeast Harbor..and a harbor near you?
I am so panicked that people are going to stop buying books right now. And I don’t just say this because I have a book coming out in April. I am saying this also because indie bookstores are doing a lot of protest support work and need the business. And my friends have books coming out too.
Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
TREES OF ACADIA comes out this spring and can be pre-ordered. Book tour planning underway - stops in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Winter Harbor, Northeast Harbor..and a harbor near you?
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Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
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I am so panicked that people are going to stop buying books right now. And I don’t just say this because I have a book coming out in April. I am saying this also because indie bookstores are doing a lot of protest support work and need the business. And my friends have books coming out too.
Please buy books that are coming out this year.
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I am so panicked that people are going to stop buying books right now. And I don’t just say this because I have a book coming out in April. I am saying this also because indie bookstores are doing a lot of protest support work and need the business. And my friends have books coming out too.
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Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen
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Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen
Maggie O’Farrell was first struck by the homophonic similarity between Shakespeare’s son Hamnet and the titular character of his play, Hamlet when she was 16-years-old. She carried that intrigue ov…
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February 7, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen
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A top (withens) amount of Emily Brontë's #WutheringHeights selling from the bookshelves at present. Moody, passionate, and that's just the booksellers...
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A top (withens) amount of Emily Brontë's #WutheringHeights selling from the bookshelves at present. Moody, passionate, and that's just the booksellers...
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As a child, author Jay Pitter was taught that dignity meant restraint in public. Decades later, she asks what it would mean to unlearn that fear—and design cities where Black people can move, dance, and gather without caution. https://thewalrus.ca/there-must-be-room-for-black-joy-in-public-spaces/
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
As a child, author Jay Pitter was taught that dignity meant restraint in public. Decades later, she asks what it would mean to unlearn that fear—and design cities where Black people can move, dance, and gather without caution. https://thewalrus.ca/there-must-be-room-for-black-joy-in-public-spaces/
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Partus Sequitur Ventre—“that which is born follows the womb.” In 1662, Virginia passed legislation to make enslaved children follow the status of the mother, just as it had been in Ancient Rome. Katharine P. D. Huemoeller has an important new book on this law, how it supported sexual assault & more
The Child Follows the Womb
A new and incisive exploration of female slavery and reproduction in ancient Rome One of ancient Rome’s most significant legacies is a legal framework for...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Partus Sequitur Ventre—“that which is born follows the womb.” In 1662, Virginia passed legislation to make enslaved children follow the status of the mother, just as it had been in Ancient Rome. Katharine P. D. Huemoeller has an important new book on this law, how it supported sexual assault & more
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Next week! Looking for something a little more personal than dinner and roses? Don't miss our Book Swap event with The Amora Experience! 💞 RSVP for free on our website: buff.ly/kaHusSV
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Next week! Looking for something a little more personal than dinner and roses? Don't miss our Book Swap event with The Amora Experience! 💞 RSVP for free on our website: buff.ly/kaHusSV
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Libraries Empower Parents to Make Smart Choices for Their Children
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Libraries Empower Parents to Make Smart Choices for Their Children
Libraries provide a variety of services for all types of people and situations. An important role in a library’s work in the community is helping community members prepare for a better future. What…
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February 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Libraries Empower Parents to Make Smart Choices for Their Children
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CBC Books: Get into the Winter Olympics spirit with these 15 Canadian books #CanLit
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Get into the Winter Olympics spirit with these 15 Canadian books | CBC Books
From memoirs to picture books, stories of perseverance, dedication, sacrifice and elite performances by some of the top athletes in the world.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
CBC Books: Get into the Winter Olympics spirit with these 15 Canadian books #CanLit
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Q&A with Clara Kumagai about her new YA novel, SONGS FOR GHOSTS.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Q&A with Clara Kumagai about her new YA novel, SONGS FOR GHOSTS.
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ICYMI: Tor Bramble UK, part of Pan Macmillan, has acquired Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland. The book will be published on 16th July 2026 in the UK 👇 #BookSky
Tor Bramble UK snaps up Alexandra Rowland's Yield Under Great Persuasion
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February 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
ICYMI: Tor Bramble UK, part of Pan Macmillan, has acquired Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland. The book will be published on 16th July 2026 in the UK 👇 #BookSky