John @ Tales from Absurdia
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Book Blogger 📚
Crazy Cat Man 😸🐾
Recovering Twitter User.
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Last Christmas, I gave you Descartes.
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give you some Aristotle.
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give you some Aristotle.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Last Christmas, I gave you Descartes.
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give you some Aristotle.
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give you some Aristotle.
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IT'S THE BIG GREEN BOOKS CHRISTMAS RAFFLE!
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
JUST TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
JUST TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
IT'S THE BIG GREEN BOOKS CHRISTMAS RAFFLE!
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
JUST TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
JUST TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
Happy Sunday #BookSky 📚 – what are you reading today?
I've recently finished up with I Who Have Never Known Men, for our work book club.
Honestly, this one was a stone-cold 5 ⭐ read for me. Currently working on a full review.
Next read is Coming Undone by Teri White.
#TBR #BookRecommendations
I've recently finished up with I Who Have Never Known Men, for our work book club.
Honestly, this one was a stone-cold 5 ⭐ read for me. Currently working on a full review.
Next read is Coming Undone by Teri White.
#TBR #BookRecommendations
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Happy Sunday #BookSky 📚 – what are you reading today?
I've recently finished up with I Who Have Never Known Men, for our work book club.
Honestly, this one was a stone-cold 5 ⭐ read for me. Currently working on a full review.
Next read is Coming Undone by Teri White.
#TBR #BookRecommendations
I've recently finished up with I Who Have Never Known Men, for our work book club.
Honestly, this one was a stone-cold 5 ⭐ read for me. Currently working on a full review.
Next read is Coming Undone by Teri White.
#TBR #BookRecommendations
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Happy Sunday everyone.
May your wine be mulled and your wrapping be easy (I suggest books, nice easy shapes). - Michael
May your wine be mulled and your wrapping be easy (I suggest books, nice easy shapes). - Michael
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy Sunday everyone.
May your wine be mulled and your wrapping be easy (I suggest books, nice easy shapes). - Michael
May your wine be mulled and your wrapping be easy (I suggest books, nice easy shapes). - Michael
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Nobody wants to see Bert Unwrapped
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Nobody wants to see Bert Unwrapped
It's time to select a new book to read. Fortuitously, I have Tigris – my delightful orange laddie – to help 📚🧡🤍
#TBR #BookSky #CatsOfBlueSky
#TBR #BookSky #CatsOfBlueSky
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It's time to select a new book to read. Fortuitously, I have Tigris – my delightful orange laddie – to help 📚🧡🤍
#TBR #BookSky #CatsOfBlueSky
#TBR #BookSky #CatsOfBlueSky
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LOVE this photo. Thank you SO much @talesfromabsurdia.bsky.social for recommending #ChristOnABike to your book club & sending such a great photo. Weekend made!! 📚💙👏👏💙📚
#books #booksky #BookClub
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
#books #booksky #BookClub
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
LOVE this photo. Thank you SO much @talesfromabsurdia.bsky.social for recommending #ChristOnABike to your book club & sending such a great photo. Weekend made!! 📚💙👏👏💙📚
#books #booksky #BookClub
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
#books #booksky #BookClub
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
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Gatsby built his dream with bootleg gin and borrowed time.
Our poets sift through the ruins to find the silenced voices beneath.
This is no tribute. This is excavation.
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/07/07/b...
#PoetryWithPurpose #GatsbyReimagined #FeministPoetry
Our poets sift through the ruins to find the silenced voices beneath.
This is no tribute. This is excavation.
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/07/07/b...
#PoetryWithPurpose #GatsbyReimagined #FeministPoetry
Beautiful Little Fools: A Century On, the Silences End - The Broken Spine
At The Broken Spine, we’ve always been more than a poetry press, we’re cultural commentators. From literature and film to music, gaming, professional
thebrokenspine.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Gatsby built his dream with bootleg gin and borrowed time.
Our poets sift through the ruins to find the silenced voices beneath.
This is no tribute. This is excavation.
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/07/07/b...
#PoetryWithPurpose #GatsbyReimagined #FeministPoetry
Our poets sift through the ruins to find the silenced voices beneath.
This is no tribute. This is excavation.
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/07/07/b...
#PoetryWithPurpose #GatsbyReimagined #FeministPoetry
I'm back on the road in Bradford today, covering @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social.
Early impressions are very good. Extraordinarily well organised festival, with a truly excellent programme of events.
Some amazing stuff for kids and adults alike. Big fan.
#BookFestival #LitFest #BookSky #Bookish
Early impressions are very good. Extraordinarily well organised festival, with a truly excellent programme of events.
Some amazing stuff for kids and adults alike. Big fan.
#BookFestival #LitFest #BookSky #Bookish
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm back on the road in Bradford today, covering @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social.
Early impressions are very good. Extraordinarily well organised festival, with a truly excellent programme of events.
Some amazing stuff for kids and adults alike. Big fan.
#BookFestival #LitFest #BookSky #Bookish
Early impressions are very good. Extraordinarily well organised festival, with a truly excellent programme of events.
Some amazing stuff for kids and adults alike. Big fan.
#BookFestival #LitFest #BookSky #Bookish
Waterstones Bradford is wild.
What a BEAUTIFUL building! 📚 @waterstones.bsky.social
#BookSky #BeautifulBookshops #Bookshops #Bookish
What a BEAUTIFUL building! 📚 @waterstones.bsky.social
#BookSky #BeautifulBookshops #Bookshops #Bookish
June 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Waterstones Bradford is wild.
What a BEAUTIFUL building! 📚 @waterstones.bsky.social
#BookSky #BeautifulBookshops #Bookshops #Bookish
What a BEAUTIFUL building! 📚 @waterstones.bsky.social
#BookSky #BeautifulBookshops #Bookshops #Bookish
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Oooh a new one to us, exciting!
June 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oooh a new one to us, exciting!
So, I've just finished Ginseng Roots and I have many thoughts.
Review to come shortly, but here are some initial takeaways:
✍️ The artwork is really special. Glorious use of red.
🫚 Family is complicated.
❤️ Full of heart. The last few pages will stay with me.
#graphicnovel #memoir
Review to come shortly, but here are some initial takeaways:
✍️ The artwork is really special. Glorious use of red.
🫚 Family is complicated.
❤️ Full of heart. The last few pages will stay with me.
#graphicnovel #memoir
June 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So, I've just finished Ginseng Roots and I have many thoughts.
Review to come shortly, but here are some initial takeaways:
✍️ The artwork is really special. Glorious use of red.
🫚 Family is complicated.
❤️ Full of heart. The last few pages will stay with me.
#graphicnovel #memoir
Review to come shortly, but here are some initial takeaways:
✍️ The artwork is really special. Glorious use of red.
🫚 Family is complicated.
❤️ Full of heart. The last few pages will stay with me.
#graphicnovel #memoir
Where is my #UK #BookCommunity at?
Would love to connect with you all again – espesh as I seek to find my tribe post-Tw*tter!
#BookSky #ReadingCommunity
Would love to connect with you all again – espesh as I seek to find my tribe post-Tw*tter!
#BookSky #ReadingCommunity
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Where is my #UK #BookCommunity at?
Would love to connect with you all again – espesh as I seek to find my tribe post-Tw*tter!
#BookSky #ReadingCommunity
Would love to connect with you all again – espesh as I seek to find my tribe post-Tw*tter!
#BookSky #ReadingCommunity
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Margaret McDonald, author of Glasgow Boys, has been named the youngest ever winner of the Carnegie medal for her 'superb' debut.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner
The 27-year-old’s prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Margaret McDonald, author of Glasgow Boys, has been named the youngest ever winner of the Carnegie medal for her 'superb' debut.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Thank you @bexbookaholic.bsky.social 🫶
Link here if you want to take part (& mebbe win £20 in books!)
forms.gle/QLtLviUEhKG4...
Link here if you want to take part (& mebbe win £20 in books!)
forms.gle/QLtLviUEhKG4...
June 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thank you @bexbookaholic.bsky.social 🫶
Link here if you want to take part (& mebbe win £20 in books!)
forms.gle/QLtLviUEhKG4...
Link here if you want to take part (& mebbe win £20 in books!)
forms.gle/QLtLviUEhKG4...
#BookSky is actually great. I REALLY need to be on here more. #ReadingCommunity
June 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#BookSky is actually great. I REALLY need to be on here more. #ReadingCommunity
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Happy Friday once again, #WritingCommunity! 😊
Your #PretendPanel prompt for today is...
June 20: If one of your books had the chance to be adapted (in any media), would you go for it? Why/why not?
Bonus question: Which medium (film, TV, game, etc) would you prefer?
#Writers #Authors #Writesky
Your #PretendPanel prompt for today is...
June 20: If one of your books had the chance to be adapted (in any media), would you go for it? Why/why not?
Bonus question: Which medium (film, TV, game, etc) would you prefer?
#Writers #Authors #Writesky
June 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy Friday once again, #WritingCommunity! 😊
Your #PretendPanel prompt for today is...
June 20: If one of your books had the chance to be adapted (in any media), would you go for it? Why/why not?
Bonus question: Which medium (film, TV, game, etc) would you prefer?
#Writers #Authors #Writesky
Your #PretendPanel prompt for today is...
June 20: If one of your books had the chance to be adapted (in any media), would you go for it? Why/why not?
Bonus question: Which medium (film, TV, game, etc) would you prefer?
#Writers #Authors #Writesky
UK readers — I'm giving away a £20 @bookshop.org voucher as part of my book festival survey! 📚
Whether you've been to one or not, I want to hear from you!
Get involved below and I'll put your name into the prize draw — takes 2 mins! 👇
forms.gle/aNABFC6Xjk13...
#Bookish #BookCommunity #BookSky
Whether you've been to one or not, I want to hear from you!
Get involved below and I'll put your name into the prize draw — takes 2 mins! 👇
forms.gle/aNABFC6Xjk13...
#Bookish #BookCommunity #BookSky
June 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
UK readers — I'm giving away a £20 @bookshop.org voucher as part of my book festival survey! 📚
Whether you've been to one or not, I want to hear from you!
Get involved below and I'll put your name into the prize draw — takes 2 mins! 👇
forms.gle/aNABFC6Xjk13...
#Bookish #BookCommunity #BookSky
Whether you've been to one or not, I want to hear from you!
Get involved below and I'll put your name into the prize draw — takes 2 mins! 👇
forms.gle/aNABFC6Xjk13...
#Bookish #BookCommunity #BookSky
Second event of the day was Festival Debuts: Fundamentally, with Nussaibah Younis and @jonathancoe.bsky.social.
Hilarious and really thought-provoking event, and I'll certainly be picking up their books after this.
#Fundamentally #TheProofOfInnocence #OxfordLiteraryFestival
Hilarious and really thought-provoking event, and I'll certainly be picking up their books after this.
#Fundamentally #TheProofOfInnocence #OxfordLiteraryFestival
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Second event of the day was Festival Debuts: Fundamentally, with Nussaibah Younis and @jonathancoe.bsky.social.
Hilarious and really thought-provoking event, and I'll certainly be picking up their books after this.
#Fundamentally #TheProofOfInnocence #OxfordLiteraryFestival
Hilarious and really thought-provoking event, and I'll certainly be picking up their books after this.
#Fundamentally #TheProofOfInnocence #OxfordLiteraryFestival
First panel event at Oxford Literary Festival is on Compassion in Farming with @deborahmeaden.bsky.social, Andy Cato, Philip Lymberry, and Kate Humble.
Lots of discussion around #factoryfarming , #regenerativefarmingm and the govt's role in promoting ethical choices.
#oxfordliteraryfestival
Lots of discussion around #factoryfarming , #regenerativefarmingm and the govt's role in promoting ethical choices.
#oxfordliteraryfestival
March 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
First panel event at Oxford Literary Festival is on Compassion in Farming with @deborahmeaden.bsky.social, Andy Cato, Philip Lymberry, and Kate Humble.
Lots of discussion around #factoryfarming , #regenerativefarmingm and the govt's role in promoting ethical choices.
#oxfordliteraryfestival
Lots of discussion around #factoryfarming , #regenerativefarmingm and the govt's role in promoting ethical choices.
#oxfordliteraryfestival
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Never underestimate the importance of every individual voice and the power of your peaceful protest, your campaigns and petitions, your love, grief and fury, your righteous anger, fear and empathy. Hope is an energy. Hope is a group project. And we have so much work to do.
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Never underestimate the importance of every individual voice and the power of your peaceful protest, your campaigns and petitions, your love, grief and fury, your righteous anger, fear and empathy. Hope is an energy. Hope is a group project. And we have so much work to do.
Incredible resource for all #BookSky users 📚👇 #SupportIndie
This #IndiePublisher Starter Pack is now at 111 do not many to go until it's full if you know of any indies active on Bluesky that are not on this list please let me know
go.bsky.app/8ui1WS6
go.bsky.app/8ui1WS6
November 19, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Incredible resource for all #BookSky users 📚👇 #SupportIndie
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Please, if you are able, support Indy publishers.
As the big 5 buy up all the book shelves with their astronomic discounting.
It would be grand if you could look at.
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
& many more
As the big 5 buy up all the book shelves with their astronomic discounting.
It would be grand if you could look at.
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
& many more
November 19, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Please, if you are able, support Indy publishers.
As the big 5 buy up all the book shelves with their astronomic discounting.
It would be grand if you could look at.
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
& many more
As the big 5 buy up all the book shelves with their astronomic discounting.
It would be grand if you could look at.
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
& many more
RIP wallet 👋😂
Explore this gift guide packed with unique treasures and iconic memorabilia—perfect for every fan of this timeless tale! 🎁💍
Link: hannahmariebrankley.com/a-christmas-...
#Blogger #GiftGuide #Christmas #GiftIdeas #Presents #ChristmasGiftIdeas #HolidayShopping #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
Link: hannahmariebrankley.com/a-christmas-...
#Blogger #GiftGuide #Christmas #GiftIdeas #Presents #ChristmasGiftIdeas #HolidayShopping #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #TheHobbit
A Christmas Gift Guide For... The Lord Of The Rings Fan - Hannah Marie Brankley
It’s time to find your precious one a gift they’ll love this Christmas with this Lord of the Rings gift guide. And the best part?...
hannahmariebrankley.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
RIP wallet 👋😂
This.
But I am SO happy to find my BookTwitter friends again after leaving the Bird App in 2022.
Love you all. If you're a book blogger, author, or publisher, let's connect again 📚🙏
But I am SO happy to find my BookTwitter friends again after leaving the Bird App in 2022.
Love you all. If you're a book blogger, author, or publisher, let's connect again 📚🙏
My non-social media friends when I try to explain the drama of everyone leaving one site for another
a rabbit from the secret life of pets is angry and says `` i 'm sorry ... what ? ''
ALT: a rabbit from the secret life of pets is angry and says `` i 'm sorry ... what ? ''
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
This.
But I am SO happy to find my BookTwitter friends again after leaving the Bird App in 2022.
Love you all. If you're a book blogger, author, or publisher, let's connect again 📚🙏
But I am SO happy to find my BookTwitter friends again after leaving the Bird App in 2022.
Love you all. If you're a book blogger, author, or publisher, let's connect again 📚🙏