Paul Handley
@paulhandley1973.bsky.social
Chief bookworm at (currently hibernating) Bearded Badger Publishing… loves me a little music too! Talks like a yam yam, exiled in Derbyshire!
MD ANT 🏅
MD ANT 🏅
Friday. Day 1 of my annual leave. Nice.
September 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Friday. Day 1 of my annual leave. Nice.
Saturday morning…
August 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Saturday morning…
The lazy morning ended up being quite an energetic one… went for a nice 4.5mile walk around Cromford! 😎
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The lazy morning ended up being quite an energetic one… went for a nice 4.5mile walk around Cromford! 😎
A lazy, slow-paced, sunny Sunday morning… coffee, book and a snoozin’ schnauzer! Perfect! 😊
August 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A lazy, slow-paced, sunny Sunday morning… coffee, book and a snoozin’ schnauzer! Perfect! 😊
You want some? I’ll give it ya!
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You want some? I’ll give it ya!
😊 (plus some books… always books!!)
April 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
😊 (plus some books… always books!!)
The face of someone who is physically shattered but mentally restored… feeling thankful for our allotment and getting outside and doing stuff!
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The face of someone who is physically shattered but mentally restored… feeling thankful for our allotment and getting outside and doing stuff!
Oodi Library in Helsinki might just be the best pace on earth… what a building! 😍
March 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Oodi Library in Helsinki might just be the best pace on earth… what a building! 😍
If you’re in / around Sheffield… you could do lot worse than track down Novel bookshop / cafe in Crookes - great space, really nice curated selection of books! 📚
March 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you’re in / around Sheffield… you could do lot worse than track down Novel bookshop / cafe in Crookes - great space, really nice curated selection of books! 📚
My January reads… might look like a lot but I’m sure January was at least 94 days long this year.
All decent - not a duffer amongst ‘em. 😊
All decent - not a duffer amongst ‘em. 😊
January 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My January reads… might look like a lot but I’m sure January was at least 94 days long this year.
All decent - not a duffer amongst ‘em. 😊
All decent - not a duffer amongst ‘em. 😊
Sunday thoughts… 100 pages in, this is rather good. That’s it. Thinking over.
January 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sunday thoughts… 100 pages in, this is rather good. That’s it. Thinking over.
Always a good day when a new @mogwai.scot LP lands… and this boxed set edition is a work of art! 🔥
January 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Always a good day when a new @mogwai.scot LP lands… and this boxed set edition is a work of art! 🔥
Some Saturday morning bookish thoughts…
January 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Some Saturday morning bookish thoughts…
My boy turns 21 today - he’s way cooler than I ever was!! Happy birthday dude - I’m proud to be your dad. 🎂🎈❤️
January 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My boy turns 21 today - he’s way cooler than I ever was!! Happy birthday dude - I’m proud to be your dad. 🎂🎈❤️
This is wonderful. ❤️
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is wonderful. ❤️
Nice bit of 2nd hand book post… quite like these q&a things, guess I’m a nosey sod eh?
January 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Nice bit of 2nd hand book post… quite like these q&a things, guess I’m a nosey sod eh?
Current reading…
January 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Current reading…
Always nice to read positive things about Derby in the press… and I couldn’t agree more with this in today’s Observer. The Joseph Wright gallery at @derbymuseums.bsky.social is a national treasure - outstanding - ‘The Orrery’ alone is a masterpiece of artistic, historic and scientific value. 😊
January 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Always nice to read positive things about Derby in the press… and I couldn’t agree more with this in today’s Observer. The Joseph Wright gallery at @derbymuseums.bsky.social is a national treasure - outstanding - ‘The Orrery’ alone is a masterpiece of artistic, historic and scientific value. 😊
Popped into Derby today… eerily quiet, almost tranquil!
January 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Popped into Derby today… eerily quiet, almost tranquil!
1. I just loved this book… a real character driven narrative, that looks at the mechanics of relationships (good and bad!), set in a seaside town that has perhaps seen better days. The characters that inhabit the book stayed with me for ages after I’d closed it for the last time. Brilliant. ❤️
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1. I just loved this book… a real character driven narrative, that looks at the mechanics of relationships (good and bad!), set in a seaside town that has perhaps seen better days. The characters that inhabit the book stayed with me for ages after I’d closed it for the last time. Brilliant. ❤️
2. I love Percival Everett - been hooked on his writing since the mighty Influx Press published ‘I Am Not Sidney Poitier’. ‘James’ is genius. Should’ve won the Booker.
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
2. I love Percival Everett - been hooked on his writing since the mighty Influx Press published ‘I Am Not Sidney Poitier’. ‘James’ is genius. Should’ve won the Booker.
3. I love Knausgaard’s writing, he has a way of being exact, narrow and detailed whilst at the same time painting something vast, expansive and ambitious.
I also realise I’m talking nonsense - let’s just say I enjoyed it!
I also realise I’m talking nonsense - let’s just say I enjoyed it!
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
3. I love Knausgaard’s writing, he has a way of being exact, narrow and detailed whilst at the same time painting something vast, expansive and ambitious.
I also realise I’m talking nonsense - let’s just say I enjoyed it!
I also realise I’m talking nonsense - let’s just say I enjoyed it!
I read a fair few books in 2024… here’s a few of my faves.
My top 3 are in the thread!
My top 3 are in the thread!
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I read a fair few books in 2024… here’s a few of my faves.
My top 3 are in the thread!
My top 3 are in the thread!
This is superb. Proper good. Absolutely loved it. 🙌🏼
December 29, 2024 at 12:01 AM
This is superb. Proper good. Absolutely loved it. 🙌🏼
Still going for the Portland Bill look… it suits my weathered face!!
December 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Still going for the Portland Bill look… it suits my weathered face!!