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It’s on its way! You can request The Apple and the Pearl on netgalley now from @titanbooks.bsky.social 👀
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s on its way! You can request The Apple and the Pearl on netgalley now from @titanbooks.bsky.social 👀
This is fascinating.
When I first did training in phonics as a year 1 teaching assistant, I was skeptical. It seemed to me wrong to pretend to 5 yr olds that English is a phonetic language when you’re going to have to admit the truth a few years later
When I first did training in phonics as a year 1 teaching assistant, I was skeptical. It seemed to me wrong to pretend to 5 yr olds that English is a phonetic language when you’re going to have to admit the truth a few years later
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is fascinating.
When I first did training in phonics as a year 1 teaching assistant, I was skeptical. It seemed to me wrong to pretend to 5 yr olds that English is a phonetic language when you’re going to have to admit the truth a few years later
When I first did training in phonics as a year 1 teaching assistant, I was skeptical. It seemed to me wrong to pretend to 5 yr olds that English is a phonetic language when you’re going to have to admit the truth a few years later
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THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kechacha is currently 25% off in the Waterstones 2026 Pre-Order Promotion! #WPreorder
Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17.
https://bit.ly/WSpreorder
Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17.
https://bit.ly/WSpreorder
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kechacha is currently 25% off in the Waterstones 2026 Pre-Order Promotion! #WPreorder
Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17.
https://bit.ly/WSpreorder
Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17.
https://bit.ly/WSpreorder
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I received some fab ARCs recently!
The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps”
Thanks Del Rey
The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps”
Thanks Del Rey
October 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I received some fab ARCs recently!
The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps”
Thanks Del Rey
The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps”
Thanks Del Rey
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Perils of Love: Rym Kechacha reviews Moussa Ould Ebnou's THE NEW EVE, translated by Paul Roochink (@iskanchipress.bsky.social)
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/03/p...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/03/p...
Perils of Love: Review of Moussa Ould Ebnou’s The New Eve
Rym Kechacha Under Review:The New Eve. Moussa Ould Ebnou, translated by Paul Roochnik. Iskanchi Press, October 2025. Moussa Ould Ebnou’s The New Eve, translated from the Arabic and French by Paul R…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Perils of Love: Rym Kechacha reviews Moussa Ould Ebnou's THE NEW EVE, translated by Paul Roochink (@iskanchipress.bsky.social)
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/03/p...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/03/p...
If we all read Shirley Hughes, we would all be able to infer tone and there would be no media literacy crisis
October 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If we all read Shirley Hughes, we would all be able to infer tone and there would be no media literacy crisis
Fed up with the (often wrong) AI summaries google foists upon you these days, I’ve made my default search engine ecosia. It’s undoubtedly problematic in some way and maybe I won’t get what I’m after as quickly but wading through the hallucinations is such a waste
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fed up with the (often wrong) AI summaries google foists upon you these days, I’ve made my default search engine ecosia. It’s undoubtedly problematic in some way and maybe I won’t get what I’m after as quickly but wading through the hallucinations is such a waste
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A beautifully written Slavic fantasy featuring the circus and a tiger from @titanbooks.bsky.social. The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-l...
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A beautifully written Slavic fantasy featuring the circus and a tiger from @titanbooks.bsky.social. The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-l...
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This is an interesting thread and also interesting as it mirrors a lot of discussions in the literary fiction, which is also dying out as a category in many ways.
(Obviously, anyone who has read my novel Metallic Realms knows both of these are conversations on my mind...)
(Obviously, anyone who has read my novel Metallic Realms knows both of these are conversations on my mind...)
August 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is an interesting thread and also interesting as it mirrors a lot of discussions in the literary fiction, which is also dying out as a category in many ways.
(Obviously, anyone who has read my novel Metallic Realms knows both of these are conversations on my mind...)
(Obviously, anyone who has read my novel Metallic Realms knows both of these are conversations on my mind...)
I’m really enjoying noir as a mode, or maybe what writers can do with its tropes and vibes as they explore something else. I’m thinking Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford, Sara Gran’s detective series and Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi which i just finished
August 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m really enjoying noir as a mode, or maybe what writers can do with its tropes and vibes as they explore something else. I’m thinking Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford, Sara Gran’s detective series and Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi which i just finished
The first of many (sorry) substack posts about my new novel
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The Apple and the Pearl
coming from Titan Books February 2026
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July 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The first of many (sorry) substack posts about my new novel
rymkechacha.substack.com/p/the-apple-...
rymkechacha.substack.com/p/the-apple-...
The news is out! The Apple and the Pearl coming February 2026
July 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The news is out! The Apple and the Pearl coming February 2026
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Today we're thrilled to be able to share the cover reveal for Rym Kechacha's upcoming faerie tale fantasy THE APPLE AND THE PEARL, due for publication 3rd February 2026 from Titan Books.
Cover design by Julia Lloyd
Read more: tinyurl.com/698xt2x4
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Cover design by Julia Lloyd
Read more: tinyurl.com/698xt2x4
@titanbooks.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today we're thrilled to be able to share the cover reveal for Rym Kechacha's upcoming faerie tale fantasy THE APPLE AND THE PEARL, due for publication 3rd February 2026 from Titan Books.
Cover design by Julia Lloyd
Read more: tinyurl.com/698xt2x4
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Cover design by Julia Lloyd
Read more: tinyurl.com/698xt2x4
@titanbooks.bsky.social
This book by @eleanorfinley.bsky.social is kind of the non fiction version of Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. It gave a me a tiny tendril of hope
July 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This book by @eleanorfinley.bsky.social is kind of the non fiction version of Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. It gave a me a tiny tendril of hope
Love the way the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social sends amazing reading material like surprise! Have something super interesting as a treat
July 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Love the way the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social sends amazing reading material like surprise! Have something super interesting as a treat
LOVED The City of All Seasons by @oliverklangmead.bsky.social and Aliya Whiteley. Just gorgeous writing all round
June 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
LOVED The City of All Seasons by @oliverklangmead.bsky.social and Aliya Whiteley. Just gorgeous writing all round
It’s finally raining! The berries are happy and so is this foxglove #bloomscroll
May 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s finally raining! The berries are happy and so is this foxglove #bloomscroll
Absolutely loving Saint Death’s Herald by @csecooney.bsky.social I’m at leaving-my-children-to-be-feral levels of engrossment
May 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Absolutely loving Saint Death’s Herald by @csecooney.bsky.social I’m at leaving-my-children-to-be-feral levels of engrossment
Absolutely love finding novels that do this kind of thing. I think I need an Oulipo summer
lithub.com/neither-plot...
lithub.com/neither-plot...
Neither Plot Nor Character, But… Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures
It is conventional wisdom that novels are either plot-driven or character-driven, but I’ve long been fascinated with the way structure can drive a story. Structure is the vessel we pour our narrati…
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May 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Absolutely love finding novels that do this kind of thing. I think I need an Oulipo summer
lithub.com/neither-plot...
lithub.com/neither-plot...
That melancholy day when you realise the wisteria is past its best but still gorgeous
May 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
That melancholy day when you realise the wisteria is past its best but still gorgeous
First swifts of the year!
May 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
First swifts of the year!