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My new bookblog - it's called 'Quite Bookish', which in time is going to become the name of my book editing business.
I took another look at S*b*a*k as a potential place to host it, but recoiled. It's such an odd platform.
In the end, I've gone for tried and trusted WordPress with my own domain.
Very pleased (and surprised) to discover quitebookish.com was available.
My introductory post tells you what it's all about.
#books #bookstadon #bookblogging #writing
quitebookish.com/2026/03/28/re…
Reading, mostly
“The days were quiet. They did not feel particularly quiet or happy but through them ran the sense, like an underground river, that there would come a time when these days would be looked back on a…Quite Bookish
Navidson: Why won't you publish my documentary??
Film Producer: Well, first there's the pacing issue.
Navidson: YES!!! That's what I've been trying to explain! The house measures a half pace bigger on the inside!!
Ohhhhhhh. Sagan Hawkes just dropped a three and a half mile essay about The House Of Leaves..........
(If you haven't read the book, go do that first, and since he's gonna tie this in with MyHouse.wad, then play that or watch a playthrough, and only then watch the essay.)
(Seriously. House of Leaves is not a read so much as an experience. It's the book I feel the most about every time I'm reminded it exists.)
Today's the last day of the Barnes & Noble preorder sale, including my forthcoming novel The Riven Kingdom, coming 26th October from Angry Robot.
@barnesandnoble.com
Premium and Reward members can get 25% off preorders of this and many other great titles #BNPreorder
And isn't this cover by Alice Coleman fabulous?!
What are you reading for #ReadingTolkienDay? I've taken Unfinished Tales of the shelf and look forward to reading some of the shorter pieces toward the back after dinner tonight.
UT, to my mind, is the last canonical book. After that it's all mainly insight into Tolkien's process. Over a shelf metre of insight! 😄
This is exciting. My new novel The Riven Kingdom is published on 27th October 2026.
Today, Wednesday and Thursday this week, @barnesandnoble.com Premium and Reward members can get 25% off on preorders. #BNPreorder
This does also mean that everyone can now admire the fabulous cover art 😊
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-riven…
#Books #SFF #Fantasy #EpicFantasy
Looking for something to read? I've joined up with a bunch of other authors from this year's #SPFBO to offer our books as a bundle.
Get 25 books from 25 authors for $25!!
Includes #FantasyBooks from sub-genres like: #LowFantasy #HighFantasy #UrbanFantasy #EpicFantasy #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romantasy & #Horror
itch.io/b/3592/spfbo-2026
Only available until the end of the month!
@bookstodon @fantasy
#IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #Bookstodon #SelfPromo #BookSale #SFFBookClub #SFFBooks #books
Featured story: "It didn’t take long before Tammy Fogle, the leader of our local Moms for Liberty group, issued 27 book challenges. She had no children attending our schools, but SB 13 had opened the door for her." texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-…
#censorship #library #education #schools #politics #USpol #fascism #books #bookstodon #Texas #news
How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty
I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.Kalyn Gensic (The Texas Observer)
#Librarians are still out there fighting the good fight! 💪📚
wwlp.com/news/national/tenness…
Tennessee library director refuses to remove 190 children’s books
“An act of patriotism.”Kelly Milan (WWLP)
--no, no son
--y el de @pluralistic es nuevo
--sí, es nuevo
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From Gus Bova in our magazine: If conservatives are going to unsettle what it means to be American, maybe it’s best to accept the invitation. texasobserver.org/american-cit…
#democracy #HumanRights #books #politics #bookstodon #politics #USpol #law
Lies, Damned Lies, and American Citizenship
We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)
The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.
by Rosamund Oates
theconversation.com/the-deaf-b…
Sign language at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/…
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'laugh' #BookQW
A lot of people think stories of the supernatural are just a joke. Dan Mackmain knows better. That's why the Green Man sends him to step in, when the uncanny and the everyday collide.
Amazon UK amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-Foe-Ju…
Kobo kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-green…
For a wide range of purchase options, including international and independent choices, see Wizard's Tower Press here
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/…
#SFF #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Books
I am one of the nearly 10,000 authors contributing our names to Don't Steal This Book; a protest launched today at the London Book Fair.
If AI developers wish to use our work in their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms.
This is how copyright operates.
Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. For the UK government to even consider allowing this to continue is a disgrace.
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaignDan Milmo (The Guardian)
Five weeks after it was published, my volume of Edith Nesbit translations into Swedish is available at 31 public libraries, including one in the Åland Isles!
libris.kb.se/bib/f12g9kn4ckvnd…
#books #translation #horror #happy
But even then I think TV and movies based on books are often better than a lot of other TV or movie writing, so perhaps it's not all bad? 🤔😁
@reading @bookstodon @books @joinin
#ReadingMemes #Meme #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove
TIL: over two dozen Philip K. Dick stories are in the public domain because their copyright was not renewed
philipdick.com/2012/04/03/publ…
Public Domain Philip K. Dick Stories | Philip K. Dick
I sense something brewing with the issue of incorrectly managed copyright renewals and Public Domain Philip K. Dick stories. We have already seen the news about…Michael Fisher (Philip K. Dick)
Nu har även jag läst Hail Mary, blev i form av ljudbok, mycket bra bok och mycket bra uppläsare (Ray Porter). Rekommenderas!
#books #bookstodon #scifi
Måske tæller det ikke helt som #fredagsbog når jeg blev færdig i går, er bare nødt til lige at anbefale den en ekstra gang for jeg er virkelig vild med den. Den rummer så meget af Erlend Loes finurlige humor og logik som man griner af men også studser lidt over.
Og uanset om i læser den eller ej vil jeg anbefale at anmelde cykler i fnder eller får stjålet i jeres drømme på dreambikeregister.com 🚲
#books #bookstodon #DreamBikeRegister #ErlendLoe
"ICE came to Newford. Big mistake."
A free novelet from Charles de Lint. Download the ebook here.
charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html
I am looking forward to reading this!
Charles de Lint: ICE Out (2026) Free Downloads
Charles de Lint is the modern master of urban fantasy. Folktale, myth, fairy tale, dreams, urban legend-all of it adds up to pure magic in de Lint's vivid, original world. No one does it better. - Alice Hoffmanwww.charlesdelint.com
This struck me as a lovely idea. A citywide book club for people who read on the bus. The Dublin Bus book club selects a book by an Irish author every six weeks.
Also a lovely idea: instead of partnering with a company like Amazon, they’ve partnered with a beloved local independent book store, Chapters, for discounted books and events for the book club members.
