Lila Denning
@vantine.bsky.social
Librarian w/ MA in Holocaust/antisemitism , #bookdisplays, #unshelveyourcollection, Volunteer Coord. -HWA, Loud
Bookdisplays.blogspot.com
Bookdisplays.blogspot.com
I am reading an ARC that is missing f’s and it’s a trippy experience.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am reading an ARC that is missing f’s and it’s a trippy experience.
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In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Tomorrow! It’s #LibraryConLive with @libraryjournal.bsky.social and @slj.com ! At 11:05 I will be moderating Not for the Faint of Heart with Alex Crespo, @spiritbored.bsky.social, @cafecliche.bsky.social, @helenmullane.bsky.social, Adrian Wassel & Nathan C. Gooden!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Tomorrow! It’s #LibraryConLive with @libraryjournal.bsky.social and @slj.com ! At 11:05 I will be moderating Not for the Faint of Heart with Alex Crespo, @spiritbored.bsky.social, @cafecliche.bsky.social, @helenmullane.bsky.social, Adrian Wassel & Nathan C. Gooden!
Passively Recommending Books: November Ideas bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
November Ideas
It is November and time to transition book displays for the new month. While Thanksgiving is certainly one of the big days of the month, t...
bookdisplays.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Passively Recommending Books: November Ideas bookdisplays.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
When some people get feelings they drink, eat, post stupid online, start drama with their friends or partners…
Why do that then you can take it out on your hair?
Why do that then you can take it out on your hair?
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When some people get feelings they drink, eat, post stupid online, start drama with their friends or partners…
Why do that then you can take it out on your hair?
Why do that then you can take it out on your hair?
Congratulations to @blacktopkid.bsky.social for appearing on the 2026 Southern Book Prize Ballot for King of Ashes from @flatironbooks.bsky.social !
thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...
thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...
The Southern Book Prize
What do you think is the best southern book of the year?
thesouthernbooksellerreview.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Congratulations to @blacktopkid.bsky.social for appearing on the 2026 Southern Book Prize Ballot for King of Ashes from @flatironbooks.bsky.social !
thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...
thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...
Congratulations to @rachelharrison.bsky.social for being selected as a guest of honor at StokerCon 2026 in Pittsburgh!
I am so thrilled that someone who writes such wonderful titles that feature strong, complex women was selected. Check out Cackle or Play Nice if you haven’t read her books before!
I am so thrilled that someone who writes such wonderful titles that feature strong, complex women was selected. Check out Cackle or Play Nice if you haven’t read her books before!
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Congratulations to @rachelharrison.bsky.social for being selected as a guest of honor at StokerCon 2026 in Pittsburgh!
I am so thrilled that someone who writes such wonderful titles that feature strong, complex women was selected. Check out Cackle or Play Nice if you haven’t read her books before!
I am so thrilled that someone who writes such wonderful titles that feature strong, complex women was selected. Check out Cackle or Play Nice if you haven’t read her books before!
Everyone has their own live, love, laugh sign.
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Everyone has their own live, love, laugh sign.
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Interview With Eric LaRocca, Author of BURNT SPARROW - We Are Always Tender With Our Dead
By: Tiffany Blem #Horror
https://pophorror.com/interview-with-eric-larocca-author-of-burnt-sparrow-we-are-always-tender-with-our-dead/
By: Tiffany Blem #Horror
https://pophorror.com/interview-with-eric-larocca-author-of-burnt-sparrow-we-are-always-tender-with-our-dead/
Interview With Eric LaRocca, Author Of 'Burnt Sparrow - We Are Always Tender With Our Dead' - PopHorror
We chat with horror author Eric LaRocca about his new book, Burnt Sparrow - We Are Always Tender with Our Dead!
pophorror.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interview With Eric LaRocca, Author of BURNT SPARROW - We Are Always Tender With Our Dead
By: Tiffany Blem #Horror
https://pophorror.com/interview-with-eric-larocca-author-of-burnt-sparrow-we-are-always-tender-with-our-dead/
By: Tiffany Blem #Horror
https://pophorror.com/interview-with-eric-larocca-author-of-burnt-sparrow-we-are-always-tender-with-our-dead/
Those in #libraryland know that not every book makes it to large print. But @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social did!
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Those in #libraryland know that not every book makes it to large print. But @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social did!
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Welcome to... Algorithm Zero. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
Algorithm Zero — BRIAN KEENE
Today is October 20, 2025. According to my records, I took my first shot at writing a story for publication on October 20, 1995. The nice thing about having been doing this writing and publishing thin...
www.briankeene.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Welcome to... Algorithm Zero. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
Survived trimming the bunny’s nails. Just barely. She might be plotting my demise.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Survived trimming the bunny’s nails. Just barely. She might be plotting my demise.
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If you have a new or forthcoming Jewish-however-tangentially (or not tangentially!) book you'd like me to review, this is a thing I do for @thecjn.bsky.social so please do alert me to this! I do my own combing but welcome your self-promotion. pbovy at thecjn dot ca . Thank you!
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If you have a new or forthcoming Jewish-however-tangentially (or not tangentially!) book you'd like me to review, this is a thing I do for @thecjn.bsky.social so please do alert me to this! I do my own combing but welcome your self-promotion. pbovy at thecjn dot ca . Thank you!
Look who has the @nypl.bsky.social Book of the Day? @natcassidy.bsky.social !
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Look who has the @nypl.bsky.social Book of the Day? @natcassidy.bsky.social !
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the cuyahoga county library system made me a reader, and it is one of the best library systems in the country. this would be devastating.
"Cuyahoga County Library could be ‘decimated’ by proposed property tax reduction bill." signalcleveland.org/cuyahoga-cou...
Cuyahoga County Library could be ‘decimated' by proposed property tax reduction bill - Signal Cleveland
CEO Jamar Rahming told board members he’s planning for nonpartisan advocacy efforts should the bills move through the Statehouse.
signalcleveland.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the cuyahoga county library system made me a reader, and it is one of the best library systems in the country. this would be devastating.
More @sgj.bsky.social at the airport!
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
More @sgj.bsky.social at the airport!
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LJ/SLJ LibraryCon Live is Coming November 6th to A Computer Near Your and for FREE:
I will be in convo with @danielkraus.com and @vantine.bsky.social has a panel as well. Details and registration: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/ljsl...
I will be in convo with @danielkraus.com and @vantine.bsky.social has a panel as well. Details and registration: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/ljsl...
LJ/SLJ LibraryCon Live is Coming November 6th to A Computer Near Your and for FREE
LibraryCon Live is coming soon and I wanted to make sure you all knew to sign up! From the homepage: Join Library Journal and School Lib...
raforall.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
LJ/SLJ LibraryCon Live is Coming November 6th to A Computer Near Your and for FREE:
I will be in convo with @danielkraus.com and @vantine.bsky.social has a panel as well. Details and registration: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/ljsl...
I will be in convo with @danielkraus.com and @vantine.bsky.social has a panel as well. Details and registration: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/ljsl...
Reposted by Lila Denning
Baker & Taylor Prepares to Shut Down
Baker & Taylor Prepares to Shut Down
Baker & Taylor, “the largest supplier of library content, software and services to public and academic libraries in the U.S.,” has announced plans to shut down their business. The c…
locusmag.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Baker & Taylor Prepares to Shut Down
It's OCTOBER!
HWA members, please remember to recommend the works you have read this year, published this year, that you think everyone should read!
Login to the members only area on horror.org to get it done!
Here is the page with information!
bramstokerawards.horror.org/submissions/
HWA members, please remember to recommend the works you have read this year, published this year, that you think everyone should read!
Login to the members only area on horror.org to get it done!
Here is the page with information!
bramstokerawards.horror.org/submissions/
A professional writers organization for horror writers, dedicated to support, education, and community for writers in the horror genre.
horror.org
October 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's OCTOBER!
HWA members, please remember to recommend the works you have read this year, published this year, that you think everyone should read!
Login to the members only area on horror.org to get it done!
Here is the page with information!
bramstokerawards.horror.org/submissions/
HWA members, please remember to recommend the works you have read this year, published this year, that you think everyone should read!
Login to the members only area on horror.org to get it done!
Here is the page with information!
bramstokerawards.horror.org/submissions/
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Super honored to be in this anthology!
👀 ready for preorder! HOWL, a brand-new anthology of original stories and poems from women of contemporary horror who give voices to wolves as they shed their skin and bare their teeth ft my faves @erikatwurth.bsky.social and @delilahsdawson.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/howl-steph...
Howl: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror|Paperback
Flesh splits. Bones break. Screams build. The synchronicity of woman and wolf has long been buried. Ruled by the moon and her cycles of blood, rage, and transformation, the desire and pull to shapeshi...
www.barnesandnoble.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Super honored to be in this anthology!
On The Line-up: @cybergodwrites.bsky.social discusses dark poetry for October.
Classic Dark Poetry Recs for October
Dive into all that dark poetry has to offer, from Edgar Allan Poe to Walt Whitman, and you'll find much to love in the shadows.
the-line-up.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On The Line-up: @cybergodwrites.bsky.social discusses dark poetry for October.
From @raforall.bsky.social HQ: Horror: 31 Days of Horror: Day 2-- Why I Love Horror by @natcassidy.bsky.social : raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 2-- Why I Love Horror by Nat Cassidy
Welcome to the first Why I Love Horror essay of 31 Days of Horror 2025. Today I am featuring Nat Cassidy. Why is he first and today? Many r...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
From @raforall.bsky.social HQ: Horror: 31 Days of Horror: Day 2-- Why I Love Horror by @natcassidy.bsky.social : raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
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Plus Suzanne Young, @katchowrites.bsky.social , Renee Ahdieh, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
What's your pick?
What's your pick?
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Plus Suzanne Young, @katchowrites.bsky.social , Renee Ahdieh, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
What's your pick?
What's your pick?
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The @nytimes.com asked me to write about the 20th anniversary (??!) of Twilight, and to recommend some books that have published since then that Twilight folks might love.
Oh, this was SO FUN.
Oh, this was SO FUN.
‘Twilight’ Is 20. These Books Will Remind You Why You Loved It So Much.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The @nytimes.com asked me to write about the 20th anniversary (??!) of Twilight, and to recommend some books that have published since then that Twilight folks might love.
Oh, this was SO FUN.
Oh, this was SO FUN.
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I made a free printable bookmark you can use for any banned books week (or before or after!) displays, books, etc., that gives people *action items* for defending the right to read.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
A Free Printable Bookmark About Book Censorship
Print these free bookmarks to help engage your friends, family, and community in the fight against book bans.
buttondown.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I made a free printable bookmark you can use for any banned books week (or before or after!) displays, books, etc., that gives people *action items* for defending the right to read.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...