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Occult Detectives! Review of the latest Occult Detective Mag + series recommendations including the amazing @abeewords.bsky.social Grave Expectations et seq. youtu.be/wU-_GT0IazU?...
Occult Detective Catchup: magazine review and series recommendations
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Occult Detectives! Review of the latest Occult Detective Mag + series recommendations including the amazing @abeewords.bsky.social Grave Expectations et seq. youtu.be/wU-_GT0IazU?...
This doesn't ring true to me. It reads like a pastiche and the unlikely use of the word 'beatnik' would be earlier than the widely-cited 1958 coinage.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction
Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road
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October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This doesn't ring true to me. It reads like a pastiche and the unlikely use of the word 'beatnik' would be earlier than the widely-cited 1958 coinage.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Really enjoyed talking Jane Austen with @19thcenturyem.bsky.social a PhD student with @ehunineteen.bsky.social - some great #JaneAustenJuly recommendations youtu.be/xeGNIo5qpds?...
Jane Austen Conversation: Emma Butler, PhD student #janeaustenjuly
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July 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Really enjoyed talking Jane Austen with @19thcenturyem.bsky.social a PhD student with @ehunineteen.bsky.social - some great #JaneAustenJuly recommendations youtu.be/xeGNIo5qpds?...
...and happy Private Eye July! youtu.be/v-dt-L68_RY?...
Private Eye July TBR possibilities #PIJuly
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July 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
...and happy Private Eye July! youtu.be/v-dt-L68_RY?...
Happy #JaneAustenJuly ! Here's a video about the books and movies I have lined up. And later this week a great Austen convo with @19thcenturyem.bsky.social - good times! youtu.be/YXKipNyxFP4?...
Jane Austen July TBR
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July 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy #JaneAustenJuly ! Here's a video about the books and movies I have lined up. And later this week a great Austen convo with @19thcenturyem.bsky.social - good times! youtu.be/YXKipNyxFP4?...
For when you have a spare hour – eg while ironing, or stripping down an engine on the kitchen table – here's a just-for-fun Joyce reading group out loud for #Bloomsday youtu.be/v0pZ0q3U-oo?...
Bloomsday Read Aloud | James Joyce | Ulysses & more
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June 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For when you have a spare hour – eg while ironing, or stripping down an engine on the kitchen table – here's a just-for-fun Joyce reading group out loud for #Bloomsday youtu.be/v0pZ0q3U-oo?...
Enjoying #MrsDallowaysParty100 though beginning to wish I'd bought a nicer edition
May 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Enjoying #MrsDallowaysParty100 though beginning to wish I'd bought a nicer edition
Working my way through 'Decades of Dread' in the annual #BookTube #HorrorMayhem event, with the aid of @blpublishing.bsky.social tomes inc the new @johnnymains.co.uk edited Dead of Summer youtu.be/Uztvd1on_EU?...
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Horror Mayhem 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Working my way through 'Decades of Dread' in the annual #BookTube #HorrorMayhem event, with the aid of @blpublishing.bsky.social tomes inc the new @johnnymains.co.uk edited Dead of Summer youtu.be/Uztvd1on_EU?...
#booksky
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Weekend reading – Ann Sheridan, mystery-solver
April 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Weekend reading – Ann Sheridan, mystery-solver
Book Haul! Fungi ( via @blpublishing.bsky.social ), Ferns ( via @drfrond.bsky.social and others ), Female Hypnotists and Sweet Valley High ♥️ youtu.be/JKsNR9KjqnQ?...
Book Haul: Fungi - Ferns - Female Hypnotists - SVH in excelsis
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April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Book Haul! Fungi ( via @blpublishing.bsky.social ), Ferns ( via @drfrond.bsky.social and others ), Female Hypnotists and Sweet Valley High ♥️ youtu.be/JKsNR9KjqnQ?...
Reminiscing bout @whsmithofficial.bsky.social – home of genre fiction and downfall of my pocket money youtu.be/IC2HzQF6-bo #whsmith #tgjones
WHSmith memories | 70s paperback wonderland
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March 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reminiscing bout @whsmithofficial.bsky.social – home of genre fiction and downfall of my pocket money youtu.be/IC2HzQF6-bo #whsmith #tgjones
Well this looks interesting... Female Hypnotists! Victorian & Edwardian!
March 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Well this looks interesting... Female Hypnotists! Victorian & Edwardian!
About ready to join the fountain pen set – just need to re-learn handwriting ✒️
March 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
About ready to join the fountain pen set – just need to re-learn handwriting ✒️
@lejhouston.bsky.social I might have inherited a copy of Finnegans Wake once owned by you – if so, top cover-wrapping-up work 👍
March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@lejhouston.bsky.social I might have inherited a copy of Finnegans Wake once owned by you – if so, top cover-wrapping-up work 👍
It's a @blpublishing.bsky.social rainbow!
March 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's a @blpublishing.bsky.social rainbow!
A microhistory for #internationalwomensday - it's 1939 in West Hartlepool UK, and Mrs Ida Walch has a point to make (that involves Frankenstein) youtu.be/LsHrCKYL-MA?...
Frankenstein Meets ARP Warden! #womenshistorymonth
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March 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A microhistory for #internationalwomensday - it's 1939 in West Hartlepool UK, and Mrs Ida Walch has a point to make (that involves Frankenstein) youtu.be/LsHrCKYL-MA?...
Lego Karamazov: Alyosha (with optional theological distress face)
February 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Lego Karamazov: Alyosha (with optional theological distress face)
Moon Zero Two novelisation- good but no GoJos #booksky youtu.be/X8sB3g_g3zg?...
Moon Zero Two: Hammer SF novelisation
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February 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Moon Zero Two novelisation- good but no GoJos #booksky youtu.be/X8sB3g_g3zg?...
Mail Call! Hollywood & God by
@fantomas2go.bsky.social
Found following the Barbara Payton trail; an initial skim reveals many thrills, tangents, clues... #poetrysky #booksky
@fantomas2go.bsky.social
Found following the Barbara Payton trail; an initial skim reveals many thrills, tangents, clues... #poetrysky #booksky
February 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Mail Call! Hollywood & God by
@fantomas2go.bsky.social
Found following the Barbara Payton trail; an initial skim reveals many thrills, tangents, clues... #poetrysky #booksky
@fantomas2go.bsky.social
Found following the Barbara Payton trail; an initial skim reveals many thrills, tangents, clues... #poetrysky #booksky
Love this cover design (1968)
February 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Love this cover design (1968)
A look at The Strand mag July 1891, ft. The first Sherlock Holmes short story A Scandal in Bohemia #booksky #victoriansky
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Holmes in The Strand Magazine #HolmesIsWhereTheHeartIs
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February 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A look at The Strand mag July 1891, ft. The first Sherlock Holmes short story A Scandal in Bohemia #booksky #victoriansky
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Y'know, I think I've read a Jane Converse ❤️ novel every time @criminolly.bsky.social has a Garbaugust event - this weekend will be no exception
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February 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Y'know, I think I've read a Jane Converse ❤️ novel every time @criminolly.bsky.social has a Garbaugust event - this weekend will be no exception
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Currently reading: Moon Zero Two, novelisation of 1969 Hammer foray into SF. Set in 2021 when criminal oligarchs are ruining space.🤔
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Part of @criminolly.bsky.social 's Wasted Weekend of 'trashy' books.
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Part of @criminolly.bsky.social 's Wasted Weekend of 'trashy' books.
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Currently reading: Moon Zero Two, novelisation of 1969 Hammer foray into SF. Set in 2021 when criminal oligarchs are ruining space.🤔
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Part of @criminolly.bsky.social 's Wasted Weekend of 'trashy' books.
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Part of @criminolly.bsky.social 's Wasted Weekend of 'trashy' books.