Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

Growing up in very rural Scotland in the 80s local phone numbers were 3 digits. Easy to remember, no longer even good for pin numbers

1 1 11

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

I'd have thought it might make a difference, but this quote suggests not

1

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

Very much pictures and colour. I notice when a writer describes flavour or aroma too, and like the chance (depending on whats described) to recreate that. What i hadn't much considered is how writers picture things, or not, and what difference that makes to how a reader can interpret their story

2 2

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like an anomaly, and relatively frivolous, but doesit ever confound expectations of what a classic is.

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

Still have angry flashbacks to A level English teacher earnestly declaring that nobody could write women like DHL, cheerfully writing off generations of actual women's writing as well as being so obviously wrong

2 11

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

890 92 1.1K

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

The Grand Babylon Hotel is glorious too

1

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · 2d

“I had read Hemingway and Remarque for years. I thought they knew everything about war. But they didn’t know mine.”

“When I came back from the front and saw my bookshelf, I felt like a fool,” wrote 25y old Ukrainian soldier and author Artur Dron in UP. 1/

4 56 180

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

Other booksellers- what is it in your shops?

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

What do booksellers argue about? In our shop its mostly about where books go. Is it romance, horror, or fantasy? A gifting edition or a limited edition hardback? Did a customer put it there or do we really have someone who thinks a man called Don wrote a book called Cerventes?

1 1

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 1d

I've given into peer group pressure and started Blood Over Bright Haven. Colleagues have adored it so I have very high hopes

1 2

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Vesna Main @vesnamain.bsky.social · 2d

Please help this wonderful publisher. The best stuff comes from independents,

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

Every book we publish begins with belief – in writers, in stories, in readers like you. 🌊

We’re raising funds to bring more voices into the world, to keep indie publishing alive and thriving. Please help. 💙

#IndiePress #Writers #Books #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

2 3

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2d

These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!

London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

2 54 190

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 2d

My Thatcher100 anecdote.

Summer 1998. I am a keen shot and have narrowly squeezed into the GB under-25s rifle shooting and am shortly off to Canada for its annual open competition and the match vs the Canadians.

1 2 6

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 3d

"This will be...a global legend".

Join author @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @lagoonii.bsky.social for the inaugural Fly on the Wall book club!
Discussing legacies, grief, & of course, polar bears, this cli-fi novel is a treasure trove.

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...

Book Club: The Wager and the Bear

Book Club Selection: The Wager and the Bear by John IronmongerGenre: Climate Fiction/Literary FictionSetting: Cornwall to Greenland, spanning 50 yearsSynopsisWhen young idealist Tom publicly humiliate...

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io

1 4 6

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Waterstones Swansea @swanseastones.bsky.social · 4d

Miriam Margolyes is coming to our shop!

Next Friday, October 17th from 12.30, Miriam will be signing her brand new book, The Little Book of Miriam.

There's no need to book in advance - just turn up on the day.

Arrive early to avoid disappointment!
www.waterstones.com/events/meet-...

3 8

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 5d

My book Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain shows that Enclosure was often paid for with slavery wealth. The two histories are entangled.

Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 5d

Reparations for Enclosure Act 1773 victims too.

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 5d

1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion

Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2 4 13

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 6d

It was a pleasure to meet you

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 6d

Not book related - but beautiful

Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 6d

Starling wings! 😍
Taken this weekend at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

All my links;
linktr.ee/carlbovis

Starling in flight seen from behind with wings out and tail splayed

1 4

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 6d

Weird fans 👀

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 6d

My *major* occult discovery POSSESSED, a novel by Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott), has a cover! It's out on December 4 - I'm *really* excited for you to read the book and my 5,000 word introduction which gives life to the authors and a critical overview of the novel.

4

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

TC Parker Is Horrific Enough Already (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 6d

I did English at undergrad, media & politics at PhD. I run a research agency (when I'm not writing), using linguistics & anthropology/ethnography skills I learned at university. Through this, I pay tax & I pay people. In a very literal sense, my degrees make an economic contribution

BUT... (1/2)

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

1 4 20

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 6d

All set up to sell @stephenunwin.bsky.social books at a conference this morning - with the added bonus of being let out of our basement and seeing some sunlight

1

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 7d

Is that the buccleuch arms? Love the coaching in vibes of that place

1 1

Reposted by Waterstones Leicester Highcross

Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · 7d

On the Ramblings today, more Golden Age Crime! This time, a new title from @blpublishing.bsky.social the wonderfully atmospheric Scandalize My Name! Really enjoyed this one - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/h...

“…hatred, fear envy; which will it prove to be this time…” #GAcrime

I’m gradually making my way through the most recent set of review copies kind provided by British Library Publishing, and was moved towards the end of August to pick up “Scandalize My N…

kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com

4 4

Waterstones Leicester Highcross @waterstoneslhx.bsky.social · 7d

Thoroughly enjoying Murder Before Evensong on 5. Is it as good as the book? (The book is always better isn't it!)

1