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From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
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Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
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Turner & Constable at the Tate: Who is the greater artist?
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Turner & Constable at the Tate: Who is the greater artist?
This blockbuster at Tate Britain pits the two rivals against each other and sheds new light on their reputations
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November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Turner & Constable at the Tate: Who is the greater artist?
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhi...
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Frontispiece by Jay van Everen for American folklorist Parker Fillmore's The Laughing Prince: A Book of Yugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921). Read the (loosely adapted) stories, and see more illustrations, on our website: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fillmore-the-laughing-prince
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Frontispiece by Jay van Everen for American folklorist Parker Fillmore's The Laughing Prince: A Book of Yugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921). Read the (loosely adapted) stories, and see more illustrations, on our website: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fillmore-the-laughing-prince
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874
W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874
January 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874
W. Somerset Maugham, born on this day in 1874
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Happy birthday to Charles M. Schulz! I still love so many of the classic Peanuts strips ❤️
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Happy birthday to Charles M. Schulz! I still love so many of the classic Peanuts strips ❤️
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5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Wednesday
#WednesdayWriters
#WednesdayWords
#BookshopWednesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Have any been missed?
5 of 5 #WednesdayHashtags
#WednesdayWriters
#WednesdayWords
#BookshopWednesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Have any been missed?
5 of 5 #WednesdayHashtags
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Wednesday
#WednesdayWriters
#WednesdayWords
#BookshopWednesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Have any been missed?
5 of 5 #WednesdayHashtags
#WednesdayWriters
#WednesdayWords
#BookshopWednesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Have any been missed?
5 of 5 #WednesdayHashtags
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#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
"... [Efnisien/Efsnysien] crept in among the dead bodies of the Irish, two Irishmen came to him and cast him into the cauldron. He stretched himself out in the cauldron, so that the cauldron burst into four pieces, and his heart burst also."
The Mabinogion
🎨T Prytherch
"... [Efnisien/Efsnysien] crept in among the dead bodies of the Irish, two Irishmen came to him and cast him into the cauldron. He stretched himself out in the cauldron, so that the cauldron burst into four pieces, and his heart burst also."
The Mabinogion
🎨T Prytherch
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
"... [Efnisien/Efsnysien] crept in among the dead bodies of the Irish, two Irishmen came to him and cast him into the cauldron. He stretched himself out in the cauldron, so that the cauldron burst into four pieces, and his heart burst also."
The Mabinogion
🎨T Prytherch
"... [Efnisien/Efsnysien] crept in among the dead bodies of the Irish, two Irishmen came to him and cast him into the cauldron. He stretched himself out in the cauldron, so that the cauldron burst into four pieces, and his heart burst also."
The Mabinogion
🎨T Prytherch
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9:30am TODAY on @BBCRadio4
Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation
Ep 3 of 6, The Paper Trail
With access to never before broadcast internal emails, can we learn how Kate Clanchy’s publisher responded to the online debate?
#BookchatWeekly
Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation
Ep 3 of 6, The Paper Trail
With access to never before broadcast internal emails, can we learn how Kate Clanchy’s publisher responded to the online debate?
#BookchatWeekly
BBC Radio 4 - Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation, 3. The Paper Trail
How did Kate Clanchy’s publisher respond to the online debate?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
9:30am TODAY on @BBCRadio4
Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation
Ep 3 of 6, The Paper Trail
With access to never before broadcast internal emails, can we learn how Kate Clanchy’s publisher responded to the online debate?
#BookchatWeekly
Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation
Ep 3 of 6, The Paper Trail
With access to never before broadcast internal emails, can we learn how Kate Clanchy’s publisher responded to the online debate?
#BookchatWeekly
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4pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
A Good Read
Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
#BookchatWeekly
A Good Read
Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
#BookchatWeekly
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Nick Hornby & Carlo Rovelli
Nick Hornby and Carlo Rovelli talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
4pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
A Good Read
Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
#BookchatWeekly
A Good Read
Nick Hornby, Carlo Rovelli and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Viv Albertine, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Tobias Wolf. From 2020.
#BookchatWeekly
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1/7 Christina Rossetti's poem "The Goblin Market" details the danger of eating fairy food. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FairytaleTuesday #art #folklore #poetry #homedecor #gifts #ChristmasGiftIdeas #poem #literature #interiordesign #bookchatweekly
The Goblin Market - Hilda Koe by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
The Goblin Market , Hilda Koe Based on the poem by Christina Rossetti Please look in my shop for more Victorian Fairy Art
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1/7 Christina Rossetti's poem "The Goblin Market" details the danger of eating fairy food. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FairytaleTuesday #art #folklore #poetry #homedecor #gifts #ChristmasGiftIdeas #poem #literature #interiordesign #bookchatweekly
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“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
two men standing next to each other with the words if i had any sense i 'd walk out on you below them
ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words if i had any sense i 'd walk out on you below them
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
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“The Caves of the Misty Mountains” (watercolour, 2025)
One of seven new watercolours I created this year for an upcoming book by Legendaria Ediciones. It also fits today’s theme of “Echoes” for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
One of seven new watercolours I created this year for an upcoming book by Legendaria Ediciones. It also fits today’s theme of “Echoes” for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“The Caves of the Misty Mountains” (watercolour, 2025)
One of seven new watercolours I created this year for an upcoming book by Legendaria Ediciones. It also fits today’s theme of “Echoes” for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
One of seven new watercolours I created this year for an upcoming book by Legendaria Ediciones. It also fits today’s theme of “Echoes” for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
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Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social has opened its annual Festive Showcase, an advent calendar of seasonal poems perfect to learn by heart, share and perform aloud. This year’s list features not the usual 24, but 31 poems, one for each day of December #Poetry
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social has opened its annual Festive Showcase, an advent calendar of seasonal poems perfect to learn by heart, share and perform aloud. This year’s list features not the usual 24, but 31 poems, one for each day of December #Poetry
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
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“My stories are not story shaped, they're me shaped.”
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly Collection 2 Books Set
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly Collection 2 Books Set
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“My stories are not story shaped, they're me shaped.”
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly Collection 2 Books Set
― Billy Connolly, Billy Connolly Collection 2 Books Set
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In Chinese #mythology, the Kunlun Mountain is a mythic realm where flames burn without fuel, and water won’t float a feather. It’s a threshold to the divine, home to immortals and ruled by the Queen Mother of the West. 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In Chinese #mythology, the Kunlun Mountain is a mythic realm where flames burn without fuel, and water won’t float a feather. It’s a threshold to the divine, home to immortals and ruled by the Queen Mother of the West. 1/2
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This #BookologyThursday✨
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This #BookologyThursday✨
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'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now. As most were women it’s appropriate to share on #InternationalDayForTheElimimationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
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'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now
A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now. As most were women it’s appropriate to share on #InternationalDayForTheElimimationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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Le Tarot Minchiate restauré, a restoration of the 18th-century Italian Minchiate Gaetano/al Aquila (the printer's name/sign respectively) by Emmanuelle Iger and Isabelle Nadolny. Colours returned to original richness. The knights are human-animal hybrids! #TarotSky #TarotTuesday #HistoricalTarot
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Le Tarot Minchiate restauré, a restoration of the 18th-century Italian Minchiate Gaetano/al Aquila (the printer's name/sign respectively) by Emmanuelle Iger and Isabelle Nadolny. Colours returned to original richness. The knights are human-animal hybrids! #TarotSky #TarotTuesday #HistoricalTarot
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i feel like maybe he will ask me a riddle
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
i feel like maybe he will ask me a riddle
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From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
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The Poetic and Prose Eddas say that Surtr of Muspelheim (the land of elemental fire) will lead a fiery army to destroy the Norse gods. As both Eddas are from Iceland, some scholars theorize that Surtr and his army were inspired by Iceland's destructive volcanoes.
🎨J. C. Dollman
#MythologyMonday
🎨J. C. Dollman
#MythologyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Poetic and Prose Eddas say that Surtr of Muspelheim (the land of elemental fire) will lead a fiery army to destroy the Norse gods. As both Eddas are from Iceland, some scholars theorize that Surtr and his army were inspired by Iceland's destructive volcanoes.
🎨J. C. Dollman
#MythologyMonday
🎨J. C. Dollman
#MythologyMonday
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"We didn't mean to set it on fire" -
Sophie Anderson, The House With Chicken Legs
#MythologyMonday
#BabaYaga #Fire #BookChatWeekly
Sophie Anderson, The House With Chicken Legs
#MythologyMonday
#BabaYaga #Fire #BookChatWeekly
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"We didn't mean to set it on fire" -
Sophie Anderson, The House With Chicken Legs
#MythologyMonday
#BabaYaga #Fire #BookChatWeekly
Sophie Anderson, The House With Chicken Legs
#MythologyMonday
#BabaYaga #Fire #BookChatWeekly
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5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Tuesday
#TolkienTuesday / #TolkienTrewsday
#LibraryTuesday
#TuesdayBookBlog
#CrimeLitTuesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Any that have been missed?
5 of 5 #TuesdayHashtags
#TolkienTuesday / #TolkienTrewsday
#LibraryTuesday
#TuesdayBookBlog
#CrimeLitTuesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Any that have been missed?
5 of 5 #TuesdayHashtags
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Tuesday
#TolkienTuesday / #TolkienTrewsday
#LibraryTuesday
#TuesdayBookBlog
#CrimeLitTuesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Any that have been missed?
5 of 5 #TuesdayHashtags
#TolkienTuesday / #TolkienTrewsday
#LibraryTuesday
#TuesdayBookBlog
#CrimeLitTuesday
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
Any that have been missed?
5 of 5 #TuesdayHashtags
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Some stories in the old magazines are surprisingly gruesome. A Bernard Hodgson's short-short story, 'Flies', about miners - who we understand are also murderers - being engulfed by a colossal swarm of flesh-eating insects is especially horrid. (Pearson's, 1906).
#horror #horrorstory #BookChatWeekly
#horror #horrorstory #BookChatWeekly
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Some stories in the old magazines are surprisingly gruesome. A Bernard Hodgson's short-short story, 'Flies', about miners - who we understand are also murderers - being engulfed by a colossal swarm of flesh-eating insects is especially horrid. (Pearson's, 1906).
#horror #horrorstory #BookChatWeekly
#horror #horrorstory #BookChatWeekly