April Kendra
@ank2025.bsky.social
Host of Literative, a new podcast for active literacy, engaging with others' words so we can find our own. Join us at https://shows.acast.com/literative
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
When I bought this tea towel last summer, I just thought the message was snarkily funny. Now it seems strangely ominous.
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
When I bought this tea towel last summer, I just thought the message was snarkily funny. Now it seems strangely ominous.
Hi Mitsy. This is Socks. He’s a rescue too. Nice to meet you!
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Hi Mitsy. This is Socks. He’s a rescue too. Nice to meet you!
New strength for the new year.
From Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet." 💙📚
From Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet." 💙📚
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
New strength for the new year.
From Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet." 💙📚
From Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet." 💙📚
Tennyson's Blue Christmas
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage
#Christmas #BlueChristmas #literature 💙📚
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage
#Christmas #BlueChristmas #literature 💙📚
December 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Tennyson's Blue Christmas
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage
#Christmas #BlueChristmas #literature 💙📚
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage
#Christmas #BlueChristmas #literature 💙📚
Standing in the room where it happened at @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social
#JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites #literature 💙📚
#JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites #literature 💙📚
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Standing in the room where it happened at @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social
#JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites #literature 💙📚
#JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites #literature 💙📚
Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 2/2
As we enter the dining room @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social , we might not see the chair in the corner, but at that small table Austen wrote 6 novels that made us see ourselves. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites💙📚
As we enter the dining room @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social , we might not see the chair in the corner, but at that small table Austen wrote 6 novels that made us see ourselves. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites💙📚
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 2/2
As we enter the dining room @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social , we might not see the chair in the corner, but at that small table Austen wrote 6 novels that made us see ourselves. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites💙📚
As we enter the dining room @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social , we might not see the chair in the corner, but at that small table Austen wrote 6 novels that made us see ourselves. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites💙📚
Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 1/2
It’s the big day and we’ve finally arrived at our destination, @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social in Chawton! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites 💙📚
It’s the big day and we’ve finally arrived at our destination, @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social in Chawton! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites 💙📚
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 1/2
It’s the big day and we’ve finally arrived at our destination, @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social in Chawton! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites 💙📚
It’s the big day and we’ve finally arrived at our destination, @janeaustenshouse.bsky.social in Chawton! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites 💙📚
1 Day to 250: Blue Badges 2/2
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Emma Woodhouse [Emma] was formed here (with very little to distress or vex her).”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreidlvpaijvlnx5xdmkhktxjf3yh72ybkfudheqwxvl7g3klhsb3qza@jpeg)
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Fanny Price [Mansfield Park] crept into the world here, ‘exceedingly timid and shy, and shrinking from notice.” Even the badge tries not to be the center of attention!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreihl6amjuhcrx6ezghbpoxa62spukus64vbii5x22u5qrb4c57rqqm@jpeg)
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Catherine Morland [Northanger Abbey] was ‘in training for a heroine’ here.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreifii4i65fgxz2me74hy2vo3qmoalwlqsi7ub4vs2kwnxerjhc2cj4@jpeg)
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Anne Elliot [Persuasion], with her ‘elegance of mind and sweetness of character,’ was crafted here.” Accidental but appropriate that the badge for the undervalued Anne is in shadow!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreiam2za6apwnih6bryyxpuw6bttoxwyq7dxbpltxttpnaagda2km2y@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1 Day to 250: Blue Badges 2/2
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
1 Day to 250: Blue Badges 1/2
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Elinor Dashwood [Sense and Sensibility] learnt to be rational and restrained here.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreihui2p7emg2hsxea6xrsovjcbgulwwjwvaukmhg5tzltmw363wkvq@jpeg)
![Round blue marker on red brick: “Marianne Dashwood [Sense and Sensibility] learnt to be ‘sensible and clever; but eager in everything’ here.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxpqaggmt35b4kfkgcrw6huj/bafkreiehuuwapn5vqfpcoclszpyrr3ncztofoq7trkke5zlcwsgr23jwom@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
1 Day to 250: Blue Badges 1/2
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social boasts historical markers not only for Jane Austen but for all her heroines (and Mr. Darcy), acknowledging that Austen brought her beloved characters to life for generations of readers! 💙📚 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #Janeites
2 Days to 250: @chawtonhouse.bsky.social
Jane Austen’s brother Edward, adopted by the Knight family, lived in Chawton House and offered his mother and sisters a nearby cottage. Jane used the library at Chawton House, now a research center for British women writers. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten 💙📚
Jane Austen’s brother Edward, adopted by the Knight family, lived in Chawton House and offered his mother and sisters a nearby cottage. Jane used the library at Chawton House, now a research center for British women writers. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten 💙📚
December 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
2 Days to 250: @chawtonhouse.bsky.social
Jane Austen’s brother Edward, adopted by the Knight family, lived in Chawton House and offered his mother and sisters a nearby cottage. Jane used the library at Chawton House, now a research center for British women writers. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten 💙📚
Jane Austen’s brother Edward, adopted by the Knight family, lived in Chawton House and offered his mother and sisters a nearby cottage. Jane used the library at Chawton House, now a research center for British women writers. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten 💙📚
3 Days to 250: #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social How do you tell the difference between an Austen scholar and a fan? Hmm. That's a tough one. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social How do you tell the difference between an Austen scholar and a fan? Hmm. That's a tough one. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
3 Days to 250: #Janeites
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social How do you tell the difference between an Austen scholar and a fan? Hmm. That's a tough one. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky
@janeaustenshouse.bsky.social How do you tell the difference between an Austen scholar and a fan? Hmm. That's a tough one. #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky
4 Days to 250: Winchester Cathedral @wincathedral.bsky.social
A sign at Austen's tomb: “The grave of Jane Austen, who died in 1817, is in the floor of the North Aisle, with its inscription which gives no indication that she was one of the greatest English writers.” #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten
A sign at Austen's tomb: “The grave of Jane Austen, who died in 1817, is in the floor of the North Aisle, with its inscription which gives no indication that she was one of the greatest English writers.” #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
4 Days to 250: Winchester Cathedral @wincathedral.bsky.social
A sign at Austen's tomb: “The grave of Jane Austen, who died in 1817, is in the floor of the North Aisle, with its inscription which gives no indication that she was one of the greatest English writers.” #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten
A sign at Austen's tomb: “The grave of Jane Austen, who died in 1817, is in the floor of the North Aisle, with its inscription which gives no indication that she was one of the greatest English writers.” #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten
5 Days to 250: P&G Wells Bookshop @pgwells.bsky.social
The Austen family purchased from “Britain’s Oldest Bookshop (probably)” and Austen's last residence was 2 doors down, at 8 College Street. The bookshop is warm, eclectic, and charming! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky #Winchester #bookshop
The Austen family purchased from “Britain’s Oldest Bookshop (probably)” and Austen's last residence was 2 doors down, at 8 College Street. The bookshop is warm, eclectic, and charming! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky #Winchester #bookshop
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
5 Days to 250: P&G Wells Bookshop @pgwells.bsky.social
The Austen family purchased from “Britain’s Oldest Bookshop (probably)” and Austen's last residence was 2 doors down, at 8 College Street. The bookshop is warm, eclectic, and charming! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky #Winchester #bookshop
The Austen family purchased from “Britain’s Oldest Bookshop (probably)” and Austen's last residence was 2 doors down, at 8 College Street. The bookshop is warm, eclectic, and charming! #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten #booksky #Winchester #bookshop
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
7 Days to 250: Jane Austen's Writing Desk
She lacked a room of her own, but Austen did have this portable desk, a gift from her father in 1794, with a sloped writing surface, space for ink and pen, and a lockable drawer. Image from the British Library. #JaneAusten250 #books #BritishLibrary
She lacked a room of her own, but Austen did have this portable desk, a gift from her father in 1794, with a sloped writing surface, space for ink and pen, and a lockable drawer. Image from the British Library. #JaneAusten250 #books #BritishLibrary
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
7 Days to 250: Jane Austen's Writing Desk
She lacked a room of her own, but Austen did have this portable desk, a gift from her father in 1794, with a sloped writing surface, space for ink and pen, and a lockable drawer. Image from the British Library. #JaneAusten250 #books #BritishLibrary
She lacked a room of her own, but Austen did have this portable desk, a gift from her father in 1794, with a sloped writing surface, space for ink and pen, and a lockable drawer. Image from the British Library. #JaneAusten250 #books #BritishLibrary
"[F]iction, imaginative work that is, is not dropped like a pebble upon the ground, as science may be; fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners." --Virginia Woolf
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"[F]iction, imaginative work that is, is not dropped like a pebble upon the ground, as science may be; fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners." --Virginia Woolf