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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 6h

‘The characteristic flavour of Muriel Spark’s writing was that of a Catholic ironist, for whom the terrible and the laughable are all but impossible to disentangle, and all might be viewed (or might not be) from the perspective of eternity.’

Colin Burrow: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Colin Burrow · World-Beating Buster-Upper: Muriel Spark’s Wickedness

The characteristic flavour of Spark’s writing was that of a Catholic ironist, for whom the terrible and the laughable...

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 10d

Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!

@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!

OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS

Reading period October 1 - December 1
Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com
125 page minimum

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 4h

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 7h

Pretty much indispensable, not only for those interested in the rise of the threats in the 1920s and 1930s, but in the striking parallels with now.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 8h

‘The pro-appeasement British ambassador, Nevile Henderson, said he was no longer worried by the British press corps: “Except for Ebbutt, who is now gone, they don’t seek to make mischief.”’

Patrick Cockburn on a journalist who saw the Nazi threat coming: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Patrick Cockburn · Diary: Interviewing Hitler

In August 1937, three German journalists were expelled from Britain for suspected espionage. Retaliation was a...

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 7h

Quite an interesting project for those in love with short stories…

A Personal Anthology, by Niall Griffiths
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A Personal Anthology, by Niall Griffiths

By way of an introduction, what introduction can there be, that you, dear reader, since you’re visiting here, will not have heard before?

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 9h

‘Barr’s novel is a gorgeous, immersive love story that introduced me to two artists whose work in their heyday was compared to Braque and Picasso. It’s also a love letter to Glasgow…’

And to imagine a different ending for them… wow, beautiful review #booksky

alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/the-...

The Two Roberts by Damian Barr: ‘The Golden Boys of Bond Street’ - A life in books

Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

alifeinbooks.co.uk

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Vivian @vivivision.bsky.social · 12d

Emergence #blackandwhitephotography

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 22h

Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds from New York if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor. Is Mamdani ready to withstand an assault from Washington? On a new episode of #NewYorkerRadio, Mamdani and David Remnick discuss. Listen here: swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 22h

As far as I know it is the basic black tea you’d drink as a tradesperson, i.e. a builder, but really it’s what everyone drinks whether at home or in a regular cafe. Builders tea is by far the most common variety across the UK although the brands can be different, for example PG Tips, or Typhoo.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 1d

One for your diaries.

1st November I’ll be selling Saltburn and my other books at Leicester’s Local Writers Fair.

Come along. Say hello.

@renardpress.com

The fair will take place between 10am-3pm at Leicester Central Library, Bishop St, Leicester LE1 6AA

Copies of my books - Saltburn, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel, Me and Mickie James, The Lodger and You on a gingham table cloth.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 1d

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 1d

Poor me, I went out to the Alps-facing terrace to find the backup tonic water and discovered we were low.
(Reminder to myself that I am not in a strong position to complain much about my life right now! x)

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 1d

The old Twitter had a very dynamic character and was generous. It’s hard to replicate. I’m accepting of the small pool that is Bluesky, because I can trust I’ve got some quality accounts to follow. It’s mostly about the actual writing no matter what! x

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 3d

Only 5 places left for Writing From Rage with @markabowles.bsky.social!

Our events really do sell out fast, so don't delay if you want to come to this or the salon after.

(Paris and Madrid fully sold out)

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 4d

✨EWS DOUBLE BILLING✨

Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT

&

Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT

Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR

🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below

Black text. Top half is peach background, bottom half is teal
All copy is event details repeated in post

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 2d

Truth

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 31

every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 1d

Good one.

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Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social · 1d

A must read:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat

The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics

www.theguardian.com

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Bill Jones Jr @billjonesjr.bsky.social · 5d

Prom Night, Howard County, Maryland

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent #photography

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Bill Jones Jr @billjonesjr.bsky.social · 5d

A Richness of Blessings, Boyds, Maryland

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent #photography #EastCoastKin

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 1d

A delight, not least for the photos of old and Berlin. The post serves as a reminder that Nightingale & Co, a Berlin-set novel recently translated into English, was set here…

#booksky

findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

#FridayFun: Old Berlin Houses or How Squalor Became Desirable

And I’m back online! Have you missed me? I’ve certainly missed all of you and your blogs, but I won’t miss waving my phone about on the balcony in the hope of better reception. Sa…

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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social · 1d

Goooood morning!
My builders tea is piping hot.
While I smile at this bit of kitsch.
Recently bought at a flea market 😅

May something that makes you smile start your day, with best wishes for the work and play!

#5amwritersclub #booksky

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Maria Carvalho @immcarvalho.bsky.social · 5d

Dreamy reflection
Rosy clouds #associate—
Heavenly union

(My 📸) #vss365 #haiku

Pink-tinged clouds reflected in a tide pool

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 4d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

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