Goodness is it #WorldBookDay2026 already? Let me share 3 smart, unusual, fun reads...
📕 What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
📗 The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
📘 The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
Happy reading 📚📚📚 #BookSky
Happy Book Birthday to JITTERBUG by @garethlpowell.bsky.social! ⭐
In this twisty and action-packed adventure, a crew of bounty hunters find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy on the very fringes of the devastated solar system. 🪐
https://tinyurl.com/4cjm9zxu 🚀
When was the last time you let yourself play? Why not try Freewriting? This exercise of writing without stopping or editing can be helpful if you are feeling blocked or anxious about your rough drafting. It lets you silence your inner critic and focus on idea discovery and producing words.
Congratulations Gareth 🚀
Likewise! 😊
Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf #ReadIndies lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/02/13/k...
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Ugh, not good. I had to take them both out of the pond to detach and the frog had a grip of iron!
Oof, never thought I'd be googling 'how to detach male frog from goldfish' 🙈
A sneaky island hop to THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE in this interview with @bristol247.bsky.social today
🌴 A brand new country
🌴 Suspicious social media
🌴 A surprising fact about Isambard Kingdom Brunel
#BookSky @julieacrisp.bsky.social @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/culture/book...
"The idea of utopia clings to even the bleakest island"
Loved 'The Age of Islands' by Alistair Bonnett - just a little hop around some of our 680 billion (yes BILLION) islands.
BOOK LAUNCH for The People’s Republic of Love 👇
BOOK LAUNCH announcement! 📢
Bristol folks - please join me for the launch of THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE
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Mon 30th March, Bookhaus (Wapping Wharf)
bookhausbristol.com/events/#e149...
#BookLaunch @julieacrisp.bsky.social @srlpublishing.bsky.social @bookhaus.bsky.social
This looks like a great online class on #shortstory #writing, from @bridportprize.bsky.social! When? Next Tuesday 24 February at 6:30 pm GMT. #writingcommunity
WATCH - The People’s Republic of Love.
Celebrities and influencers have their own country - what could go wrong?
Available to pre-order EVERYWHERE
#Booksky
George Saunders in Bristol this evening talking about #Vigil (& America, meditation, death, fun, dogs...)
Liked the idea that a 'yuck' moment when reading your writing back is always an opportunity. 📖
We were delighted to be joined by @starkholborn.bsky.social to discuss her latest novella, FOR THE ROAD, on this week’s #podcast!
Listen here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod
#booksky 💙📚
I've just finished it and completely agree. Quite surprising.
That sounds great Womble! 🌲 I am reading The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden. Beautiful writing and characterisation.
Sorry to hear that. Hope you are doing ok.
I'm impressed - and it's a good word too.
It's also teaching me words I didn't previously know - logorrhea and flocculent, anyone?
Ill today so have done little except read Barthes's Mythologies. Nice turn of phrase - 'the brutality of meat, the abruptness of seafood' etc #BookSky
Book cover: The People's Republic of Love
The People's Republic of Love: it's nobody's valentine 💘
I've always thought Heathcliff was a terrible bully and shouldn't be romanticised.
Thank you! 😁
At #womenwritersnet we're holding our breath until 31 March when #ThePeoplesRepublicOfLove written by follower @heatherika.bsky.social and published by @srlpublishing.bsky.social launches. What a great premise for a novel. Do follow the link for more information: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...
Thanks so much for the support Gail! 🥰
Hello Hawkwood hand-tree 👋
#sycamore @hawkwood_cft #createdathawkwood
25% off is so last year... Preorder THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF LOVE and get a whole 26% off!! 🥳
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