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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2h

@amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social I know I'm not the only one who wants a Charles spinoff. At the very least an origin story novella.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

"As bees with a slumberous murmur
Are heard on a summer day"

A thoughtfully curated selection of sketches, illustrations, paintings of Irish nature by a range of artists.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

"Animal surefooted on boggy ground"

"It would sicken a bear"

"Rock boob"

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

There's an excellent exhibit in the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social of words and phrases in Irish for fauna, Tails from the Archive. I think Manchán would have appreciated it.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

Also Catherine Corless, Lenny Abrahamson, and that extraordinary one of Sinéad O'Connor at the back of the bus which I appear to not have taken a photo of. Worth going to see the real thing.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

The @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social has a selection of recently acquired portraits, among them Edna O'Brien, Maeve Binchy, Brian Friel, and the last portrait of J.P. Donleavy.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 3h

It's a really interesting exhibt, well worth a gander

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MaryEsther Judy @fallenstarmary.bsky.social · 1d

Making It Up As You Go Along by @pforde123.bsky.social ; a wondrous guide to encourage childrens' writing & creativity; imaginative, exciting, funny, joyous! This is no ordinary creative writing guide…not by a long shot. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/m...

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 3d

We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!

This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards

Book Are My Bag Readers Awards

The only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers like you!

www.nationalbooktokens.com

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 6h

"From Guangdong to Green Bay, how and why people work are less different than it might initially seem." Martin Dolan reviews Craig Thompson’s “Ginseng Roots.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/common-roots/

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 8h

That would absolutely make sense

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KP McDonnell @wildecard.bsky.social · 9h

'Criathróir' just sparked a Hiberno-Béarla phonetic memory for me. 'The poor wee creature' is a fairly common phrase in the north west but the last words pronunciation has always been close to 'crater'. I wonder if this is another phonetic blurring.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

Also Catherine Corless, Lenny Abrahamson, and that extraordinary one of Sinéad O'Connor at the back of the bus which I appear to not have taken a photo of. Worth going to see the real thing.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

The @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social has a selection of recently acquired portraits, among them Edna O'Brien, Maeve Binchy, Brian Friel, and the last portrait of J.P. Donleavy.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

"As bees with a slumberous murmur
Are heard on a summer day"

A thoughtfully curated selection of sketches, illustrations, paintings of Irish nature by a range of artists.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

"Animal surefooted on boggy ground"

"It would sicken a bear"

"Rock boob"

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10h

There's an excellent exhibit in the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social of words and phrases in Irish for fauna, Tails from the Archive. I think Manchán would have appreciated it.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 11h

It looks fabulous!

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 1d

DO NOT MISS The Word for World: The Maps of @ursulakleguin.com, Architectural Association, Bedford Sq, London. It's truly beautiful. (I've never been involved w a project that's had massive banners before, it's v exciting).

Spend time with the maps, inc my niche fave, The City Ansul from VOICES 💙

The Architectural Association, a Georgian house of dark brick on Bedford Square, with two-storey high banners outside reading The Word for World and Ursula K Le Guin.

A cyanotype white-on-blue banner with fern prints at the top and a map below hangs in a gallery. Other similar banners featuring different maps are glimpsed behind it.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
~Edgar Allan Poe

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Chess master at work in Blackrock this afternoon

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 3d

What does it really mean when a book is banned?
ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom breaks down the difference between challenges, restrictions, and bans—and how we’re fighting censorship every day.
Join the fight: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

We believe in the power of stories that teach us the importance of inclusivity and empathy—and we believe in protecting them. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 2d

Publishers, authors, librarians, and readers came together in D.C. for the @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Save Our Stories Supper, celebrating #BannedBooksWeek and the right to read.
ALA's Deborah Caldwell-Stone spoke about the fight against censorship.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/....

PRH Throws a Banned Books Week Party in the Nation’s Capital

By setting its substantial industry weight behind anti-censorship advocacy, Penguin Random House has become a leading force against book bans. To kick off BBW, PRH sent its bright orange Banned Wagon...

www.publishersweekly.com

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. ~Edgar Allan Poe

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