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Stephen Baird
@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
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Book blogger, food lover, film watcher

📚 Photography Theory
📚 The Severed Streets
📚 185/∞
📺 Dan Da Dan S2E19
🕹️ Skyrim Switch

https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk
https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
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Stephen Baird @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · Aug 4
Going to do a new pinned post as I'm changing domain, my domain is now bigbeardedbookseller.uk and everything is going on this domain now.

I'm writing about pretty much anything I'm interested in when I have something to say, so no timetable as such.

#Introduction #PinnedPost
Top of a Wordpress website with tiled images for various posts
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jimrohanjr.bsky.social
"Ghost Tree". Alcohol gel ink transfer on Arches 88 paper. #printmaking
A black and white square photo print made using an ink transfer process. The image shows a white, ghostly outline that resembles a tree on a dark wall. The bright tree shape is caused by the process of efflorescence, where salt migrates to the surface creating lines and/or shapes.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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vladhat.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #small

Here is a small rat in a rat sized bathtub, that is also a small version of a larger piece.

#linocut #printmaking #printsky #artsky #art #crats #traditionalart #prints #ink #raturday
Linocut of a rat in a bathtub with a crown dangling off his tail while drinking wine and surrounded by candles and a sword propped against the right wall
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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livraineysmith.bsky.social
Ass
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print
LE of 33 signed and numbered. Part of the ARCANUM BESTIARUM by Robert Fitzgerald. #art #woodcut #printmaking
Black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. Within a simple black border is a donkey carrying a crown upon its back, while wearing a collar from which hangs a key, It is walking on the edge of a cliff with a fanciful mulberry tree growing above it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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nicholascrutton.bsky.social
Notes, detail, wip. #workinprogress #composition #sound #art #soundscape #soundart #landscape #drawing #printmaking #listening #abstractlandscape
Black and white photo of an abstract artwork with lines, shapes and layers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
Just bought a handmade pottery garlic rasp and three lino prints for Xmas

If you have a small artisan business, selling jewelry, pottery, gifts, prints, knitwear why not let everyone know about it, add your shop site and lets get a chain of supporting small businesses going

#BuySmall #ShopIndie
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
And finishing the week off with our weekend supplement Wombling Along - reviews and other things online that caught my eye this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves
Helllooo! Hope you’re ok? Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplement where I share reviews and other things I found online that I think people may enjoy. It’s been a bit of a low energ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Once I get some work admin out of the way I am very much looking forward to curling up with Slow Gods by Claire North for some SF in my life. What are you reading at the moment?
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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horrorwriter61.bsky.social
A Bookfest 2025 award-winner! ALPHA MALE: Caleb and Marla again skirt death and danger as they race to restore order to a chaotic werewolf world. Caleb must ascend to the position he never wanted but is now morally compelled to take on -- ALPHA MALE of the Global Pack. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1BWW6J...
ALPHA MALE (BLOOD RED MOON Book 2)
Since defeating the evil Global Alpha saving mankind from annihilation, Caleb and Marla have gone back to their quiet lives. Sadly, "quiet" never lasts. A werewolf delegation explains to Caleb that...
www.amazon.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
Aargh I’ve lost a bookmark on here - print artist who’d done some folklore alphabet work

any help to find them would be appreciated
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
First romance book club this morning!
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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debbieohi.com
LOOK WHAT *JUST* ARRIVED, along w/sweet note from @jpchanda.bsky.social!

I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me launches 2025-02-24 @simonkids.bsky.social. More re: our I'M series: debbieohi.com/im-picture-b...

Pre-order: bookshop.org/p/books/i-m-...

Photo: @jridpath.bsky.social #KidLit
Debbie holding up I'm Busy, her new picture book with Michael Ian Black, along with a sweet note of congratulations from her editor Justin Chanda at Simon & Schuster Children's. Background is a backyard with fallen autumn leaves, fences, and trees. Debbie showing the back cover of I'm Busy, her new picture book with Michael Ian Black, pointing to her name in the credits. Background is a backyard with fallen autumn leaves, fences, and trees.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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lynnlovegreen.bsky.social
Anchorage-area folks, come read banned books with us!
This Sat., Nov. 22, 6:30-8:00 pm at The Writer's Block
co-hosted by the Alaska chapter of Authors Against Book Bans and The Writer's Block Bookstore and Café #FallOfFreedom
@authorsabb.bsky.social #FReadom
Banned Book Reading Fall of Freedom event-Celebrate the freedom to read with us! Volunteers from Authors Against Book Bans and audience members will read selections from our favorite banned books. Bring a book to share, or come to hear others read. Saturday, Nov. 22, 6:30-8:00 pm at The Writer's Block Bookstore and Café, 3956 Spenard Rd. Anchorage; graphic of torch with colored rays, logos of Authors Against Book Bans and The Writer's Block Bookstore and Café; When: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, Where: The Writer's Block 3956 Spenard Rd. Anchorage Alaska, Time: 6:30-8:00 pm, Co-hosted by the Alaska chapter of Authors Against Book Bans and The Writer's Block Bookstore and Café
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
turning off notifications for when a new bot follows me has been so liberating
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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hillarymonahan.bsky.social
Ahem.

www.peculiarityshop.com
Bird skull earrings with crystal, habd-sculpted. Brass moon earrings with iris drops. A necklace with a one of a kind ceramic of three black cats.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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jdnicoll.bsky.social
These days, kids have to learn about lanthanides and actinides on the street. This wasn't always true.
A child's first radioactive materials rig, with cloud chamber and other fun stuff.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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annbirdgenaw.bsky.social
Hi! I write #scifi for young readers. Black Hole Radio is my series here's a #booktrailer for Furilani bk 5 bsky.app/profile/annb...
annbirdgenaw.bsky.social Ann Birdgenaw 🇨🇦 @annbirdgenaw.bsky.social · Sep 9
Welcome to my cool book trailer for Black Hole Radio - Furilani. #BookTrailer #books #MG #kidlit #scifi
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
just sat here so tired not even got out of work clothes yet and been back for 20 minutes now, not ate yet either

toast? toast
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
I read London Falling by @paulcornell.bsky.social about five years ago and loved it so much I bought book two and three immediately

just getting round to book 2 now, talk about delayed gratification

but these are wonderful if you like your urban fantasy that bit darker than usual
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
It would have been artist Martin Aitchison’s birthday this week (b.1919 - d. 2016)
Here are some of his books for Ladybird
A photograph showing the front covers of a pile of about 60 different ladybird books, including a number from the Peter and Jane Reading scheme and some ‘well-loved tales’
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
going on my wishlist now!
emilygdoucet.bsky.social emily doucet @emilygdoucet.bsky.social · 3d
My book has a cover! Inventing Nadar will be out in April 2026 from @dukepress.bsky.social.
Book cover with aerial photograph showing an oblique aerial view of the city of Paris, picturing the avanue du Bois du Boulogne and the Arc de Triomphe. The surface of the photograph is annotated in red and black ink. The book title and author appear in white serif font: Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts, by Emily Doucet .
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
Would jail any dice that didn't get me a 20 on that table
novecentogames.bsky.social Novecento - is making OLD GOLDEN SKULL @novecentogames.bsky.social · 2d
I was making a d20 random table of good stuff you may find traveling.

On 19 I've put a Stats increase.

On 20 I have put the rarest and best possible boon of all roleplaying games:
A dog or cat follows you home.

#TTRPGs
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
"Yikes! You're better than I expected!"
Shiny pokemon card with a young girl on it called May
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
I read London Falling by @paulcornell.bsky.social about five years ago and loved it so much I bought book two and three immediately

just getting round to book 2 now, talk about delayed gratification

but these are wonderful if you like your urban fantasy that bit darker than usual
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM