Daneet Steffens
@daneetsteffens.bsky.social
Books, science, more TK. Bookish words for Boston Globe, CrimeReads, LitHub, LARB, etc. Also: swimfan.
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It’s National Storytelling Week! 📖
Storytelling connects generations and cultures. Alasdair Gray was a master of the form. Join us on 25 Feb at Òran Mór for Gray Day, marking Lanark (1981). Tickets via bio.
Storytelling connects generations and cultures. Alasdair Gray was a master of the form. Join us on 25 Feb at Òran Mór for Gray Day, marking Lanark (1981). Tickets via bio.
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It’s National Storytelling Week! 📖
Storytelling connects generations and cultures. Alasdair Gray was a master of the form. Join us on 25 Feb at Òran Mór for Gray Day, marking Lanark (1981). Tickets via bio.
Storytelling connects generations and cultures. Alasdair Gray was a master of the form. Join us on 25 Feb at Òran Mór for Gray Day, marking Lanark (1981). Tickets via bio.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784
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Some thoughts on one of the greatest to ever do it: decider.com/2026/01/31/r...
Remembering Catherine O’Hara: On 'SCTV' and elsewhere, when she was on screen no one was funnier
We were lucky to be able to experience her talent.
decider.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Some thoughts on one of the greatest to ever do it: decider.com/2026/01/31/r...
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The SMOKING HOT new paperback edition of Base Notes @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social is almost ready to fly. If you’d like a signed / dedicated copy, those lovely people @forumbooks.bsky.social are now taking pre-orders. Sink your teeth...
www.forumbooksshop.com/product/base...
www.forumbooksshop.com/product/base...
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The SMOKING HOT new paperback edition of Base Notes @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social is almost ready to fly. If you’d like a signed / dedicated copy, those lovely people @forumbooks.bsky.social are now taking pre-orders. Sink your teeth...
www.forumbooksshop.com/product/base...
www.forumbooksshop.com/product/base...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Raeburn was commissioned to paint it in 1803 by Burns’ publishers. By the mid-19thC it had disappeared. It surfaced at auction last year, and was acquired by the Blackie House Museum and Library in Edinburgh, a centre of Burns scholarship (and where I’m a Visiting Fellow). 2/3
January 22, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Raeburn was commissioned to paint it in 1803 by Burns’ publishers. By the mid-19thC it had disappeared. It surfaced at auction last year, and was acquired by the Blackie House Museum and Library in Edinburgh, a centre of Burns scholarship (and where I’m a Visiting Fellow). 2/3
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Have a good Burns Night everyone. The first in which we can see him through the eyes of one of Scotland's greatest painters, Henry Raeburn.
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Have a good Burns Night everyone. The first in which we can see him through the eyes of one of Scotland's greatest painters, Henry Raeburn.
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Great to see SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in the Washington Post’s paperback roundup. Thanks to Krista Farrell for the heads up (and the pictures of the print edition). And thanks again to E.A. Aymar for the great words in his original review. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Great to see SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in the Washington Post’s paperback roundup. Thanks to Krista Farrell for the heads up (and the pictures of the print edition). And thanks again to E.A. Aymar for the great words in his original review. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
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If you haven't yet read El Dorado Drive what are you waiting for? bookshop.org/p/books/el-d...
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
If you haven't yet read El Dorado Drive what are you waiting for? bookshop.org/p/books/el-d...
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I rarely read science fiction, but I’m loving this
January 22, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I rarely read science fiction, but I’m loving this
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January 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Congrats to Coalesenz Inc. for winning the 2026 SPIE #StartupChallenge! 🥇 They also received the brand new $3,000 SPIE Jay Kumler Innovation Award.🎉
Thank you to our founding sponsor JENOPTIK, as well as Avo Photonics, Hamamatsu, and Luminate. 💡
Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4q1dgDK
Thank you to our founding sponsor JENOPTIK, as well as Avo Photonics, Hamamatsu, and Luminate. 💡
Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4q1dgDK
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Congrats to Coalesenz Inc. for winning the 2026 SPIE #StartupChallenge! 🥇 They also received the brand new $3,000 SPIE Jay Kumler Innovation Award.🎉
Thank you to our founding sponsor JENOPTIK, as well as Avo Photonics, Hamamatsu, and Luminate. 💡
Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4q1dgDK
Thank you to our founding sponsor JENOPTIK, as well as Avo Photonics, Hamamatsu, and Luminate. 💡
Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4q1dgDK
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Remembering Telly Savalas on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ron Galella, 1976
"Telly Savalas can make bad slang sound like good slang and good slang sound like lyric poetry. It isn't what he is, so much as the way he talks, that gets you tuning in."
- Clive James
📷 Ron Galella, 1976
"Telly Savalas can make bad slang sound like good slang and good slang sound like lyric poetry. It isn't what he is, so much as the way he talks, that gets you tuning in."
- Clive James
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Remembering Telly Savalas on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ron Galella, 1976
"Telly Savalas can make bad slang sound like good slang and good slang sound like lyric poetry. It isn't what he is, so much as the way he talks, that gets you tuning in."
- Clive James
📷 Ron Galella, 1976
"Telly Savalas can make bad slang sound like good slang and good slang sound like lyric poetry. It isn't what he is, so much as the way he talks, that gets you tuning in."
- Clive James
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Mystery Writers of America Announces 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations
The 80th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 29, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
mysterywriters.org/2026-edgar-a...
The 80th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 29, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
mysterywriters.org/2026-edgar-a...
2026 Edgar Award Nominations announced - Mystery Writers of America %
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 217th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery f...
mysterywriters.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Mystery Writers of America Announces 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations
The 80th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 29, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
mysterywriters.org/2026-edgar-a...
The 80th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 29, 2026, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
mysterywriters.org/2026-edgar-a...
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Brilliant.
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Brilliant.
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
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The Public Lending Right statements have just been issued. (Writers get a payment for every time the books are borrowed.)
Thank you to all the library users who borrowed my books over the past year. As a library user/fan myself, I am honoured to be part of the library system.
Thank you to all the library users who borrowed my books over the past year. As a library user/fan myself, I am honoured to be part of the library system.
January 19, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The Public Lending Right statements have just been issued. (Writers get a payment for every time the books are borrowed.)
Thank you to all the library users who borrowed my books over the past year. As a library user/fan myself, I am honoured to be part of the library system.
Thank you to all the library users who borrowed my books over the past year. As a library user/fan myself, I am honoured to be part of the library system.
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this is just to say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
I'm so unpredictable
so heterodox
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
I'm so unpredictable
so heterodox
incredible stuff
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
this is just to say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
I'm so unpredictable
so heterodox
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
I'm so unpredictable
so heterodox
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Gonna be saying "I'm so unpredictable, so heterodox" for the rest of the day, you can be sure.
incredible stuff
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Gonna be saying "I'm so unpredictable, so heterodox" for the rest of the day, you can be sure.
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This book is never going to get written if I don't have some tea.
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This book is never going to get written if I don't have some tea.
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It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
Our Friends in the North
30 years on from the first episode of this groundbreaking drama, we take a closer look into the programme’s archive to reveal a time capsule of a turbulent era.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:53 AM
It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
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New @minjinlee.bsky.social novel, AMERICAN HAGWON, coming from @reaganart.bsky.social's Cardinal imprint on 9/29!
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
Min Jin Lee's 'American Hagwon' to be released in September
Min Jin Lee's new novel, “American Hagwon,” explores why Koreans are so focused on education. It's her first book since her acclaimed “Pachinko” and is scheduled for September.
apnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
New @minjinlee.bsky.social novel, AMERICAN HAGWON, coming from @reaganart.bsky.social's Cardinal imprint on 9/29!
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
Book media: for ARC requests -->
michael at broadsidepr dot com
cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com
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The Giant Book by Wild Drawing (WD) in Grenoble, France. #StreetArt
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The Giant Book by Wild Drawing (WD) in Grenoble, France. #StreetArt
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Georges Kleinbaum>The B. Kliban Appreciation Society
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Georges Kleinbaum>The B. Kliban Appreciation Society