Hey all! Want to support a nonprofit dedicated to helping writers achieve their goals? WriteHive's annual Silent Auction has begun!

Bid on signed books (including 2 I donated), coaching calls, critiques, audiobooks, ebooks, mugs, hoodies, critiques, & so much more!

All proceeds go toward WriteHive events, such as the annual free conference, free writing retreat, Sponsored Artist award, Mentorship program, & more!

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WriteHive 2025 Silent Auction

Silent auction 'WriteHive 2025 Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

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If you can't attend my event tomorrow (1st December) at University of Glasgow, it's available to live stream at the link below

uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/848479852…

It's going to be an interesting and lively conversation about my book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt, writing, publishing, life. Chaired by the brilliant Simon Kövesi. 1pm start.

I believe you can also ask questions vie the livestream.

#Glasgow #Scotland #Event #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #Books #Book #Accessibility

BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. It lets people keep track of their books, publish reviews and discover new titles. Find out more about BookWyrm at:

➡️ fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne…

There's a list of servers you can sign up on at:

➡️ joinbookwyrm.com/instances

(The flagship is overcrowded, you might want to use a different server.)

You can import your data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre:

➡️ fedi.tips/importing-your-data-…

#FediTips #Books #Reading

BookWyrm: A social network for people who enjoy reading | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

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> Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua religionnews.com/2025/11/06/ba…

Author of a new book on PR Muslims discusses their experience as he draws comparisons to Bad Bunny. I ordered the book for our library.

#books #reading #Islam #Muslims #MastodonPR #PuertoRico #BackInTheUSColony

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua

(The Conversation) — Like Bad Bunny’s music, Puerto Rican Muslims’ lives challenge ideas about race, religion and belonging in the Americas.

^{Ken Chitwood (RNS)}

Cozy Caturday Cottage Cats! 🐈🔥

Art by Elisabeth Alba
Created with ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache

Prints at albaillustration.etsy.com

#caturday #cats #cozy #illustration #art #anthro #furry #knitting #reading #victorian #fediart #mastoart

‘I Deliver Parcels in Beijing’, by Hu Anyan.

I like this book. Describes the various very low paid jobs the author did.

As The Guardian’s book review puts it, ‘The low-paid Chinese worker is at the mercy of an entirely unrestrained market.‘

theguardian.com/books/2025/oct…

#books #reading #china #economics

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity

The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translation

^{Joe Moran (The Guardian)}