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Jewell

@jewellislate.bsky.social

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If it's dark and twisted, send it my way. Joy is important even in the bleakest of times - small joys too. Bad at rules. Grumpy old lady, but not old. Self-medicating with books.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · Feb 24

3 years. :-( If you're feeling solidarity and thinking about Ukraine today - please donate to Come Back Alive or Hospice Ukraine, or another Ukrainian cause.
savelife.in.ua/en/
www.hospiceukraine.com

Come Back Alive Foundation - Charity Organization

One of the top charity organizations who help the Ukraine Army since 2014. Donate via the website - 100% of proceeds go directly to Ukraine Army.

savelife.in.ua

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2h

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 6h

Will look forward to the review!

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 6h

yesss and also no-one can see how much I am spending...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 7h

Darker Days sounds pretty good...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 7h

I got rid of a lot of duplicates, anything too tattered, etc. Also probably have nearly as many on my Kindle now.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 7h

Sympathetic sigh.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 7h

Contemplating the 50 or so book boxes I have still not unpacked, 4 years after moving.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com talks about the worst time in every book lover's life: moving.

reactormag.com/there-comes-...

There Comes a Time in Every Reader's Life When You Have to Move the Books - Reactor

A lot of books have come in and out of my front door. But now they all have to go out, because I’m moving.

reactormag.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 9h

He'll presumably get his job at Bridge Farm back, or at least some work there.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 14h

It's striking to me that for all the overt appealing to some kind of an idea of "working class" the desire appears to be to smash opportunities for people to move out of their allotted places.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 14h

I've just finished The Art of a Lie so I might ignore my entire TBR and read this one next. and this is why the TBR never goes down...

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 14h

This is 99p today - might be of interest - www.amazon.co.uk/Flesh-spine-...

Of the Flesh: A spine-chilling new collection of short horror stories from bestselling authors including Lucy Rose, Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins eBook : Barker, Susan, Chukwu, J K, Collins, Bridget...

www.amazon.co.uk

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 15h

Here are three wonderfully preserved Roman shoes that were discovered at Bar Hill Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland in the early 1900s. Shoes made for men, women and children have been found there, reminding us that frontier zones were not an exclusively military environment. #FindsFriday

Three ancient roman shoes with pierced decoration displayed on dummy feet.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 1d

#FolkloreThursday
Black Annis A hag with a taste for human flesh (especially children). She is said to haunt the countryside of Leicestershire. From the Reader’s Digest Folklore Myths & Legends of Britain. Illustration by George Tute.

A woodcut style of illustration showing a horrific hag-like figure in the undergrowth with two dead children grasped in her claws. A crescent moon is in the sky.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 1d

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 1d

He's let the horrors out :(

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 1d

💋 BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett published today 💋

‘Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY
💋
Read an extract and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/big-ki...

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Jen Bowden @jenbowden12.bsky.social · 1d

'Northern creatives need to set their sights further afield than just London.'

Podcaster and horror writer Neil McRobert @talkscaredpod.bsky.social joins me to discuss publishing, the North and having Stephen King as a writing friend. @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social

on.soundcloud.com/ExqvbmvBS3b0...

A greyscale photo of Neil from the shoulders up looking directly into the camera. His expression is serious and he is wearing headphones with wires. He has a beard and his hair is tied back.

The Tyne Bridge is pictured in the centre of the frame over a still, reflective River Tyne in Newcastle, UK. Either side of the bridge are buildings with a warmer glow as the sun rises. The words Northern Voices in white lettering feature in the bottom centre of the image.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO GOOD BOY BY @talkscaredpod.bsky.social

Order from our bookshop or your favourite retailer.

After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance.

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Oh Chris. That hurt. #TheArchers

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of lovely things to read, some of my best friends in life, and my current job.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

It sounds a bit hopeful to me.

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Stupid vaccine side effects. Go away.

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 3d

Help Salt take its publishing to the next level!

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

Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026 For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 3d

This week we get into the Northern Weird Project

For Part One, i'm joined by Ariell Cacciola - the genius behind the project, plus Gemma Fairclough, author of THE RETREAT and Katherine Clements, author of TURBINE 34

We talk haunting, unsure landscapes, manipulation and more.

All podcast platforms

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Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social · 3d

This is very, very good! New Claire-Louise Bennett novel, BIG KISS, BYE-BYE, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social later this week.
You can also find CLB in Tolka Issues Two and Seven . . .

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