@penguinbooks.bsky.social keeping #ÉmileZola fans' hopes up for a new novel from the writer after such a long hiatus: what will he have written about?

#Villanelle 1/ The world is burning; fools deny it’s human fault; they take no blame; yet global heating’s not a lie. Extinctions take place, creatures die, but still the selfish fan the flame. The world is burning; fools deny

@kat4obama.bsky.social Thought you might like this view of late sunshine in mid-April in our colourful but untidy garden. 🙂

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only. It's got to be Voldemort, surely?

Also, Armagh City has two cathedrals dedicated to St Patrick, one Catholic on the ancient spot associated with the saint, and the 19C COI building. Incidentally, the silhouette of the Edinburgh cathedral with three spires is very reminiscent of Lichfield Cathedral.

#MarchMagics2026 begins today, celebrating the lives and work of #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett!

The absolute nonsense that is #AIscraping of #WordPress blogs, and pretty much all of it from one of the USA big tech entities. Bloggers tend to write to inform, entertain and interact with other bloggers, not to have their creativity sucked dry by greedy behemoths. 😠

@klpm.bsky.social Hi Kristen, just to let you know that on Wednesday I'll be announcing #MarchMagics2026 on CalmgroveBooks.wordpress.com with the tagline From Fantasyland to Discworld (with, of course, an acknowledgement of your initially hosting the event)!

If you know, you know. All together now ...

Almost two-thirds of the way through a re-read of Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' and finding much new of note that escaped me the first time around!

#Booksky. Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for #NationalBookshopDay and #ReadingAusten2025.

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 20: Mary Shelley.

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