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@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialShared for #BookshopWednesday
Hagglers, influencers and 'not quite certifiable lunatics', my brilliant bookshop diaries
📖 “Return of the Bookseller Diarist” by Shaun Bythell is published on October 8th
@theghostmonk.bsky.socialThe gruesome Leathermen were resurrected after 1000+ years to protect 'The Giant Under The Snow', John Gordon's classic folk horror for kids, published in 1968.
#WyrdWednesday #folkhorror #BookChatWeekly #booksky
@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social2/2 To make your bed and your domain
Of my humiliated mind
– Infamous bitch to whom I’m bound
Like the convict to his chain
"Le Vampire"-Charles Baudelaire
🎨Franz von Stuck redbubble.com/shop/ap/3540... #art #bookchatweekly #gothic #wallart #poem #gothtober #FairytaleTuesday #decor
@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social1/2 You who, like the stab of a knife,
Entered my plaintive heart;
You who, strong as a herd
Of demons, came, ardent and adorned,
🎨Franz von Stuck redbubble.com/shop/ap/3540... #Bookchatweekly #FairytaleTuesday #art #poetry #gothic #wallart #spooktober #literature #gifts #fineart
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialHistorian Dan Jones has been commissioned to write a new James Bond novella titled “All In” to celebrate the National Year of Reading.
The story honours Ian Fleming's fourth Bond novel, “Diamonds Are Forever”.
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBooks to turn to... if you're feeling anxious
Author Daisy Buchanan recommends the five reads she reaches for again and again if she finds herself in troubled times
@bevanthomas.bsky.social@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialI read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker Prize
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialThe 50 greatest books of all time
From Homer to Milton, Aubrey to Mantel, our critic picks the half-century of highlights that any serious reader should have on their shelf
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialThe 50 greatest books of all time
From Homer to Milton, Aubrey to Mantel, our critic picks the half-century of highlights that any serious reader should have on their shelf
@bevanthomas.bsky.social@bevanthomas.bsky.social@bevanthomas.bsky.social"The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
- William Wordsworth, "The World Is Too Much With Us"
@danigracewrites.bsky.social@bevanthomas.bsky.social@bevanthomas.bsky.social@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialHelping their friends to read can boost children’s attainment
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBook quiz: can you guess these popular novels just from their first lines?
A challenge for all book lovers!