Louise Spencely 📚📚
@louisespencely.bsky.social
Mother 💗. Editor and project manager of academic encyclopedias and textbooks. Marlborough LitFest committee member (Author Selection Group Chair, Print Publicity Editor). Also 🌷🌳🦉🧶
If this article had existed in late April 2019, when I was asked a "why?" question I didn't have the knowledge to answer, perhaps I'd have been able to make a difference.
Seeing through the Eyes of the Alienated Child open.substack.com/pub/shorteni...
Seeing through the Eyes of the Alienated Child open.substack.com/pub/shorteni...
Seeing through the Eyes of the Alienated Child
Learn how to recognize what your child needs without them telling you - STRT May 2025
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July 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If this article had existed in late April 2019, when I was asked a "why?" question I didn't have the knowledge to answer, perhaps I'd have been able to make a difference.
Seeing through the Eyes of the Alienated Child open.substack.com/pub/shorteni...
Seeing through the Eyes of the Alienated Child open.substack.com/pub/shorteni...
I love editing ancient history, but good grief 😲 Cassander was a nasty piece of work. Looking forward to having my lunch break away from all the machinations and murder!
June 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I love editing ancient history, but good grief 😲 Cassander was a nasty piece of work. Looking forward to having my lunch break away from all the machinations and murder!
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April 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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'Drawing from extensive research and filled with jaw-dropping revelation'
Read the full @waterstones.bsky.social blog piece by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on his process of writing #TheIllegals here:
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Read the full @waterstones.bsky.social blog piece by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on his process of writing #TheIllegals here:
tinyurl.com/5ue62u8d
Shaun Walker on Writing The Illegals | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
The author of The Illegals talks about researching the Russian deep-cover spy programme.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
'Drawing from extensive research and filled with jaw-dropping revelation'
Read the full @waterstones.bsky.social blog piece by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on his process of writing #TheIllegals here:
tinyurl.com/5ue62u8d
Read the full @waterstones.bsky.social blog piece by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on his process of writing #TheIllegals here:
tinyurl.com/5ue62u8d
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Save the date boys and girls! I was given a little sneak peak into some of the authors speaking at this year's @marlboroughlitfest.bsky.social last night and OMG I am excited! You definitely want to make sure you can be there #booksky ❤️
April 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Save the date boys and girls! I was given a little sneak peak into some of the authors speaking at this year's @marlboroughlitfest.bsky.social last night and OMG I am excited! You definitely want to make sure you can be there #booksky ❤️
I finished reading this proof 10 days ago & have had 🤞 since then that @kitdewaal.bsky.social would be available to come to Marlborough LitFest. Sadly she isn't, but now I can say how much I LOVE this book & exhort anyone who enjoys excellent, compassionate fiction to read it. Out on 10 April.
March 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I finished reading this proof 10 days ago & have had 🤞 since then that @kitdewaal.bsky.social would be available to come to Marlborough LitFest. Sadly she isn't, but now I can say how much I LOVE this book & exhort anyone who enjoys excellent, compassionate fiction to read it. Out on 10 April.
At 2 mins 50 seconds. Heartbreaking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcXS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcXS...
Alienated child reunites after 12 years - tips for alienated parents
YouTube video by Charlie McCready
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February 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At 2 mins 50 seconds. Heartbreaking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcXS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcXS...
👇 if only
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
👇 if only
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We're so excited to announce our first headliner for this year's LitFest: #AlanHollinghurst @panmacmillan.bsky.social will be our 2025 #GoldingSpeaker With thanks to event sponsor @williamgolding.bsky.social Save the date for our 16th festival: 25-28 September! More info: bit.ly/4g8gW1e #MLF2025
January 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're so excited to announce our first headliner for this year's LitFest: #AlanHollinghurst @panmacmillan.bsky.social will be our 2025 #GoldingSpeaker With thanks to event sponsor @williamgolding.bsky.social Save the date for our 16th festival: 25-28 September! More info: bit.ly/4g8gW1e #MLF2025
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"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
~ John Milton
~ John Milton
January 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
~ John Milton
~ John Milton
👇🙏💓
As we approach 2025, I have spent some time reflecting on this year and what lies ahead. It's been a mixed year for me, not without it's pain, anxiety and loss but also incredible moments of promise for the road ahead. Throughout it all we all need strength. St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
December 31, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Back to work today, editing a fascinating book on the cultural history of apocalyptic movements. It's months since I worked on a history title and I've missed them, but now I have two weeks of history to look forward to 🙂.
December 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Back to work today, editing a fascinating book on the cultural history of apocalyptic movements. It's months since I worked on a history title and I've missed them, but now I have two weeks of history to look forward to 🙂.
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It’s likely that you’ll have some bits of card or paper knocking about after Christmas, and here’s a great way to use up some of it: simply trim a piece to the right size and stick it on your screen to block out Google’s “AI Overview” results
December 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM
It’s likely that you’ll have some bits of card or paper knocking about after Christmas, and here’s a great way to use up some of it: simply trim a piece to the right size and stick it on your screen to block out Google’s “AI Overview” results
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For anyone who is being hard on themselves right now.
December 28, 2024 at 9:55 AM
For anyone who is being hard on themselves right now.
👇👍
6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
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December 25, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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December 24, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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Alicia Martin’s sculpture, ‘Biographies’, Casa de America, Madrid (2005) ~ maybe this is a creative answer when your collection of books gets too big!
December 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
December 21, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
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One thing many people don’t realize about Antarctica: just how HUGE it is!
Compare the mainland USA, for example.
Find out about our work there by following @swais2c.bsky.social
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🎨 by me
#Antarctica #SWAIS2C
Compare the mainland USA, for example.
Find out about our work there by following @swais2c.bsky.social
🧪
🎨 by me
#Antarctica #SWAIS2C
December 19, 2024 at 5:16 AM
One thing many people don’t realize about Antarctica: just how HUGE it is!
Compare the mainland USA, for example.
Find out about our work there by following @swais2c.bsky.social
🧪
🎨 by me
#Antarctica #SWAIS2C
Compare the mainland USA, for example.
Find out about our work there by following @swais2c.bsky.social
🧪
🎨 by me
#Antarctica #SWAIS2C
100% this 👇
"Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension
With the increasing dominance of digital reading over paper reading, gaining understanding of the effects of the medium on reading comprehension has b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
100% this 👇
"Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
December 10, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes.
Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.
Not leaving the house today! ☔🌧️🌧️ Staying in and making Christmas marmalade instead, filling the house with the smell of oranges, and listening to Heart 80s' Band Aid 40th-anniversary programme 🙂.
December 7, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Not leaving the house today! ☔🌧️🌧️ Staying in and making Christmas marmalade instead, filling the house with the smell of oranges, and listening to Heart 80s' Band Aid 40th-anniversary programme 🙂.