Alia Volz
@aliavolzzz.bsky.social
Author of NBCC finalist HOME BAKED: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco. Nonfiction ghost story forthcoming with Avid Reader (Simon & Schuster). Freelance editor based in Portugal.
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Alia Volz
@aliavolzzz.bsky.social
· Nov 21
A starter pack for those who've flown the coop, blown the pop stand, made like a banana and split, made like a hockey player and gotten the puck outta there.
Who am I missing?
Who am I missing?
Chonky day at Nazaré
January 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Chonky day at Nazaré
She's a little much sometimes 🇵🇹
January 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
She's a little much sometimes 🇵🇹
And that, beloveds, is a full draft of my forthcoming memoir. 🫠
Bizarrely, it was New Year's 2018 when I finished my 1st draft of Home Baked. Here we are again. A pattern, an echo, a haunting.
So much work ahead, but this mess will soon be strange and beautiful book.
Bizarrely, it was New Year's 2018 when I finished my 1st draft of Home Baked. Here we are again. A pattern, an echo, a haunting.
So much work ahead, but this mess will soon be strange and beautiful book.
January 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And that, beloveds, is a full draft of my forthcoming memoir. 🫠
Bizarrely, it was New Year's 2018 when I finished my 1st draft of Home Baked. Here we are again. A pattern, an echo, a haunting.
So much work ahead, but this mess will soon be strange and beautiful book.
Bizarrely, it was New Year's 2018 when I finished my 1st draft of Home Baked. Here we are again. A pattern, an echo, a haunting.
So much work ahead, but this mess will soon be strange and beautiful book.
The new year is off to a smashing start
January 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The new year is off to a smashing start
My old man and the sea 🌊🇵🇹
December 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
My old man and the sea 🌊🇵🇹
Well this is a wild ride
December 24, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Well this is a wild ride
Reposted by Alia Volz
I do not remember what I said to this reporter, and I do not have a subscription to see what was quoted. But I suspect it’s the same one who asked “What are the silver linings about having to go completely online with the store for a while?” & I said, “None.”
www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/16/o...
www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/16/o...
Out of the ashes: Popular Oakland bookstore reopens after devastating fire
After a devastating fire destroyed East Bay Booksellers in July, it was the pandemic-era all over again for owner Brad Johnson. He set up shop in a cramped break room offered by a fellow bookseller…
www.mercurynews.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I do not remember what I said to this reporter, and I do not have a subscription to see what was quoted. But I suspect it’s the same one who asked “What are the silver linings about having to go completely online with the store for a while?” & I said, “None.”
www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/16/o...
www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/16/o...
My favorite birthday surprise has been learning that I'm turning 47, instead of 48,like I've been thinking for months. I'm aging backward
December 16, 2024 at 12:17 PM
My favorite birthday surprise has been learning that I'm turning 47, instead of 48,like I've been thinking for months. I'm aging backward
Always choose the cheap edition.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
Moving house, so the one per day thing isn't happening. Who cares! 13/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
Moving house, so the one per day thing isn't happening. Who cares! 13/20
December 15, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Always choose the cheap edition.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
Moving house, so the one per day thing isn't happening. Who cares! 13/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
Moving house, so the one per day thing isn't happening. Who cares! 13/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
12/20
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
12/20
December 12, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
12/20
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
12/20
If you need me, I'll be over here 🇵🇹
December 11, 2024 at 9:26 PM
If you need me, I'll be over here 🇵🇹
Reposted by Alia Volz
Forthcoming-books starter pack is still growing--so many new books to look forward to! Please reply if your publisher is putting out a new title of yours in 2025 and you want to join us. We 💖 reposts too! go.bsky.app/3HKczok.
December 10, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Forthcoming-books starter pack is still growing--so many new books to look forward to! Please reply if your publisher is putting out a new title of yours in 2025 and you want to join us. We 💖 reposts too! go.bsky.app/3HKczok.
Reposted by Alia Volz
Let’s start a fancy literary prize called Medicare for All.
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Let’s start a fancy literary prize called Medicare for All.
Anyone else LOVE moving house?
Yeah, it's a hassle, but it gives you the chance to reflect on who you've been and decide what version of self you want to make in the new space
Yeah, it's a hassle, but it gives you the chance to reflect on who you've been and decide what version of self you want to make in the new space
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Anyone else LOVE moving house?
Yeah, it's a hassle, but it gives you the chance to reflect on who you've been and decide what version of self you want to make in the new space
Yeah, it's a hassle, but it gives you the chance to reflect on who you've been and decide what version of self you want to make in the new space
Reposted by Alia Volz
The @societyofauthors.bsky.social is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org
December 9, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The @societyofauthors.bsky.social is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
11/20
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
11/20
December 10, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
11/20
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
11/20
#ACAB
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
10/20
December 9, 2024 at 10:07 AM
#ACAB
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
10/20
This chapter is a slog.
Slog slog sloggity-slog slog slog SLOG.
Slog slog sloggity-slog slog slog SLOG.
December 8, 2024 at 3:59 PM
This chapter is a slog.
Slog slog sloggity-slog slog slog SLOG.
Slog slog sloggity-slog slog slog SLOG.
I'm in a mood, and this is it.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
9/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
9/20
December 8, 2024 at 10:24 AM
I'm in a mood, and this is it.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
9/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #Booksky💙📚
9/20
Reposted by Alia Volz
Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.
December 7, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.