Julianne Benford
@juliannebenford.bsky.social
Books, writing, crafts, plants, higher education, community, sustainable fashion. Documenting my quest for TBR Zero on YouTube. Author of Unlucky in Lockdown, creator of Ignite Your Passion for Reading course. She/her, was @ladyjulianne on the old place
Attention people of @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - is this your pin? Did you lose it at Leeds station yesterday? We found it attached to the sole of @nickbryan.com's boot and thought there was a good chance it belonged to a comics person. Come claim it at Bubbleboy F14
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Attention people of @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social - is this your pin? Did you lose it at Leeds station yesterday? We found it attached to the sole of @nickbryan.com's boot and thought there was a good chance it belonged to a comics person. Come claim it at Bubbleboy F14
The novella I wrote during the Covid lockdowns is five this week! Absolutely wild it's been so long. It's still free if you want to read it juliannebenford.com/unlucky-in-l.... Not a romance. A friendmance.
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The novella I wrote during the Covid lockdowns is five this week! Absolutely wild it's been so long. It's still free if you want to read it juliannebenford.com/unlucky-in-l.... Not a romance. A friendmance.
Went to see the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Southbank and @nickbryan.com and I agreed this cat's expression is 100% @hollyqueenofspayeds.com's Smol Paul
August 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Went to see the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Southbank and @nickbryan.com and I agreed this cat's expression is 100% @hollyqueenofspayeds.com's Smol Paul
New video documenting month 22 of my project to read every book I own! youtu.be/71YjmGK9Oj4?... #TBRZero
August 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New video documenting month 22 of my project to read every book I own! youtu.be/71YjmGK9Oj4?... #TBRZero
Finished Bunny by Mona Awad today, what an unrelentedly intense, strange, cruel story. Loved it
July 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Finished Bunny by Mona Awad today, what an unrelentedly intense, strange, cruel story. Loved it
Terrible comics? I can do that, I decided, and spent the last 45 minutes on one about my weekend.
If you can't read my handwriting, alt text is your friend
#MakeATerribleComicDay2025
If you can't read my handwriting, alt text is your friend
#MakeATerribleComicDay2025
June 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Terrible comics? I can do that, I decided, and spent the last 45 minutes on one about my weekend.
If you can't read my handwriting, alt text is your friend
#MakeATerribleComicDay2025
If you can't read my handwriting, alt text is your friend
#MakeATerribleComicDay2025
6. How to Find Love in a Bookshop is about an ensemble cast of characters whose lives intersect via a Cotswold bookshop. I really enjoyed rooting for everyone and for the continued existence of Nightingale Books!
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
6. How to Find Love in a Bookshop is about an ensemble cast of characters whose lives intersect via a Cotswold bookshop. I really enjoyed rooting for everyone and for the continued existence of Nightingale Books!
5. My favourite Quick Read so far, by @rowancoleman.bsky.social, a fun, heartfelt story about a group of people from a Poldark fan forum who go on a quest to Cornwall to see it being filmed and along the way find true community in each other. I honestly loved this, it's a good-mood generator.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
5. My favourite Quick Read so far, by @rowancoleman.bsky.social, a fun, heartfelt story about a group of people from a Poldark fan forum who go on a quest to Cornwall to see it being filmed and along the way find true community in each other. I honestly loved this, it's a good-mood generator.
4. It's impossible to say much about The Driver's Seat, a dark, satirical (imo) novella, without spoiling it, so I will just encourage you to read it.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
4. It's impossible to say much about The Driver's Seat, a dark, satirical (imo) novella, without spoiling it, so I will just encourage you to read it.
3. The Yearbook is a YA novel about a hopelessly lonely girl who decides to start breaking the patterns that put her in misery. Brilliant.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
3. The Yearbook is a YA novel about a hopelessly lonely girl who decides to start breaking the patterns that put her in misery. Brilliant.
2. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a quite literary, historical novel about a girl discovering her sexuality and dealing with losing her parents.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a quite literary, historical novel about a girl discovering her sexuality and dealing with losing her parents.
1. Finally read this proof of An Island of Our Own by @sallynicholls.bsky.social provided by the publisher over 10 years ago... It was the perfect time for me to read it though, because in March I finally read some Noel Streatfeild and that enables me to say I think it's a modern Noel Streatfeild!
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
1. Finally read this proof of An Island of Our Own by @sallynicholls.bsky.social provided by the publisher over 10 years ago... It was the perfect time for me to read it though, because in March I finally read some Noel Streatfeild and that enables me to say I think it's a modern Noel Streatfeild!
Video for month 21 of my project to read every unread books I own, in which I am very ambitious and it actually works out?! Or does it youtu.be/oiHA1_D9KuM?...
May 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Video for month 21 of my project to read every unread books I own, in which I am very ambitious and it actually works out?! Or does it youtu.be/oiHA1_D9KuM?...
I innocently googled 'Spice Girls Easter egg' to see if my memory was correct and this indeed was from an Easter egg and not an advent calendar.
I discovered multiple people attempting to sell their unopened egg from 1997 on eBay
What is this world
I discovered multiple people attempting to sell their unopened egg from 1997 on eBay
What is this world
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I innocently googled 'Spice Girls Easter egg' to see if my memory was correct and this indeed was from an Easter egg and not an advent calendar.
I discovered multiple people attempting to sell their unopened egg from 1997 on eBay
What is this world
I discovered multiple people attempting to sell their unopened egg from 1997 on eBay
What is this world
Not today Satan, not today! I will not click your demon post
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not today Satan, not today! I will not click your demon post
Read the gorgeous Florrie by Anna Trench today, a historical fiction graphic novel about a young woman who discovers football and love before the FA took it all away with their ban in 1921. I longed for what could have been! Not into football but loved this. Out 19/6/2025, review copy via NetGalley.
April 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Read the gorgeous Florrie by Anna Trench today, a historical fiction graphic novel about a young woman who discovers football and love before the FA took it all away with their ban in 1921. I longed for what could have been! Not into football but loved this. Out 19/6/2025, review copy via NetGalley.
It's the last week to see Hard Graft @wellcomecollection.bsky.social - an exhibition about work, health and rights. Fantastic art and really thought-provoking.
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's the last week to see Hard Graft @wellcomecollection.bsky.social - an exhibition about work, health and rights. Fantastic art and really thought-provoking.
New video on my YouTube channel! A update on my project to read every book I own, including a rule change. Determined to read the next 50 books much faster.
youtu.be/WWNVW-ZVuHg?...
youtu.be/WWNVW-ZVuHg?...
April 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New video on my YouTube channel! A update on my project to read every book I own, including a rule change. Determined to read the next 50 books much faster.
youtu.be/WWNVW-ZVuHg?...
youtu.be/WWNVW-ZVuHg?...
7. @hotkeybooks.bsky.social I also apologise to you, I've had Maggot Moon ten years, but I sped through it and I think it's very deserving of the award it won in 2015! Thanks for the review copy 😆. It's an alternate history about a dyslexic boy working against Nazi authority with a fantastic voice.
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
7. @hotkeybooks.bsky.social I also apologise to you, I've had Maggot Moon ten years, but I sped through it and I think it's very deserving of the award it won in 2015! Thanks for the review copy 😆. It's an alternate history about a dyslexic boy working against Nazi authority with a fantastic voice.
6. Memory Piece, a story of friendship, art and activism over time (and into a dystopian future) made for a brilliant book club discussion, definitely one best enjoyed by digging into it with others.
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
6. Memory Piece, a story of friendship, art and activism over time (and into a dystopian future) made for a brilliant book club discussion, definitely one best enjoyed by digging into it with others.
5. I really liked this memoir about being an undiagnosed autistic girl/woman but although it's by a comedian it's quite dark! I think the honesty is good but I've been advising every ND person who says to me 'I've been meaning to read that' to make sure they are prepared for that.
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
5. I really liked this memoir about being an undiagnosed autistic girl/woman but although it's by a comedian it's quite dark! I think the honesty is good but I've been advising every ND person who says to me 'I've been meaning to read that' to make sure they are prepared for that.
4. Helped me with the slow process of working out what I truly give an eff about, nuff said
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
4. Helped me with the slow process of working out what I truly give an eff about, nuff said
3. Sorry @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for taking forever to read Flying Tips for Flightless Birds, which you kindly gave me as a proof years ago. A delightful story of a boy struggling to find his place outside the comforting confines of his circus family, with a sweet slow-burn first love.
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
3. Sorry @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for taking forever to read Flying Tips for Flightless Birds, which you kindly gave me as a proof years ago. A delightful story of a boy struggling to find his place outside the comforting confines of his circus family, with a sweet slow-burn first love.
2. I'd never read a Noel Streatfeild before I woke up with a terrible sore throat. I grabbed the first children's book I could find, Gemma, and then because decisions are for people who don't feel like crap I decided to read the rest. Loved The Bell Family and Gemma, Circus Shoes I could miss tbh
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
2. I'd never read a Noel Streatfeild before I woke up with a terrible sore throat. I grabbed the first children's book I could find, Gemma, and then because decisions are for people who don't feel like crap I decided to read the rest. Loved The Bell Family and Gemma, Circus Shoes I could miss tbh
1. Just Sayin' by Malorie Blackman: It was so interesting to learn how Malorie Blackman built her career despite dealing with family turmoil, racist opinons of her capabilities and the reading public's appetite for books by Black authors, and also as she's since disclosed, being neurodivergent.
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1. Just Sayin' by Malorie Blackman: It was so interesting to learn how Malorie Blackman built her career despite dealing with family turmoil, racist opinons of her capabilities and the reading public's appetite for books by Black authors, and also as she's since disclosed, being neurodivergent.