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Stephen Baird
@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
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the account formerly known as BBB

I blog about pretty much anything I fancy but a lot about the book world, reviews, interviews, and directories.

https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk
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Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator

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a drawing of a woman and child sitting under a tree in a landscape of fields there is a basket of fruit beside them - illustrated by Chuck Groenink
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Beetroot gnocchi just about to go in the pan

#HomeCooking #gnocchi
A baking tray covered in beetroot gnocchi
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Walnut and parsley pesto ready now
Tub of vibrant green pesto
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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and a jar of pickled red onions
a hand holding a jar of pickled red onions behind the jar are some fruit and a chopping board
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Couple of jars of Mirepoix kimchi started off

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...

#HomeCooking #kimchi #ferment
two kilner jars on a red checked tea towel with mirepoix kimchi in them
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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It's Monday again and today I'm reading What Stalks the Deep by @tkingfisher.com, the conclusion to the Sworn Soldier trilogy and I've Snake-Eater lined up after that

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

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white circle in a blue background and the words "It's Monday! What are you reading?" in the circle
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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What better place to spend your Saturday than in a bookshop?

If you're an #IndieBookshop why not tell us something about yourself, any upcoming events, where you're based, what your speciality is if any, show us around!

#SaturdayInABookshop #BookSky 📚💙 #Bookshop #BrowseABookshop

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picture of the front entrance to an Independent Bookshop with books in the window and in the background
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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It's the end of the week so it must be #PublisherFriday!

If you are an #IndependentPublisher why not let us know a bit about your press, some links, current projects, crowdfunders, submission windows, some of your authors

#publisher #SmallPress #publishing #IndiePress

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old engraving of a Tunis Press, which is a large wooden structure, with one man pulling the lever to make a print and another man who is smoking a pipe checking some copy, with sheets of paper strewn on the ground
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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picture of Cernunnos
A horned figure sits cross-legged, wielding a torc in one hand and a ram-horned serpent in the other surrounded by boar, dog, stag, and bull
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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If you're a translator why not tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#TranslatorThursday #BookSky 💙📚

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an icon showing a symbol for a circular translation from one language to another
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

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A sketch of a small pile of books with the words “Meet the Author” superimposed
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows
Shadow of a pigeon at the kitchen door showing through the blind
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator

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intricate comic cover by Luigi Formisano, showing a vampire being chased by a monster with a young boy trying to catch up all about to be swallowed by a large monstrous mouth
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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It's Monday again and today I'm still reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, had a graphic novel week last week instead

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

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white circle in a blue background and the words "It's Monday! What are you reading?" in the circle
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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going to have a quiet day away from socials and just let my scheduled posts speak for me

going to be taking it really easy, wrapped up and sitting in the sunny garden for as much as I can

hopefully that will shift the protograne

had a visitor this morning reminding me to fill the bird table
the shadow of a pigeon against the window blind of a back door
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Durham Cathedral
Looking up into the cathedral tower
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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October's @thestorygraph.com roundup, still going strong but there were quite a few meh reads this past month

#BookSky 📚💙
stats page from Storygraph, 21 books read, 4259 pages read, 3.33 average rating - mostly read fiction in print, with the most read categories being comics, horror, short stories, science fiction and the best day reading was the 23rd
November 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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What better place to spend your Saturday than in a bookshop?

If you're an #IndieBookshop why not tell us something about yourself, any upcoming events, where you're based, what your speciality is if any, show us around!

#SaturdayInABookshop #BookSky 📚💙 #Bookshop #BrowseABookshop

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picture of the front entrance to an Independent Bookshop with books in the window and in the background
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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This came with such a funky animation!
Meg Altari EX from Pokemon TCGP
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It's the end of the week so it must be #PublisherFriday!

If you are an #IndependentPublisher why not let us know a bit about your press, some links, current projects, crowdfunders, submission windows, some of your authors

#publisher #SmallPress #publishing #IndiePress

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old engraving of a Tunis Press, which is a large wooden structure, with one man pulling the lever to make a print and another man who is smoking a pipe checking some copy, with sheets of paper strewn on the ground
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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If you're a translator why not tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#TranslatorThursday #BookSky 💙📚

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an icon showing a circular translation from one language to another
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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An older Author Interview from the Big Bearded Bookseller blog with Lisa Fantino on of 114 on the blog, always on the lookout for authors who want to join in

#BookSky #WritersLift 📚💙 #AuthorInterview

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a dark haired woman in a red leather jacket leaning against a red brick wall
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Advertise your account with just one image
A floral background with the words “In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is pink as fuck. Be punk as fuck” written on it
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

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A sketch of a small pile of books with the words “Meet the Author” superimposed
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair, hosted by Lighthouse Books

This year’s Book Fair theme is ecosystems of change, focusing on how we forge the coalitions vital to meaningful change and to building the world we deserve.

@lighthousebks.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙

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Poster advertising Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair on the theme of Ecosystems for Change. 5th-9th November hosted by Lighthouse Bookshop at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM