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Lee Randall

@leerandall.bsky.social

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Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. On board to programme Wigtown Book Festival 2026.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1h

Happy birthday!

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The Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 11d

Today feels like a good time to announce ten new special guests for this year's Nine Lessons shows including @particleclara.bsky.social, @mariaviolaris.bsky.social, @mrsamsee.bsky.social, @stellarplanet.bsky.social, @akshatrathi.bsky.social, John Hegly and more! Tix cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 18h

AH. I'll slink off with my gossip then, as this was the actual JM.

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 18h

Agree with you there!

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 18h

I am sure it applies to you as well, but I suspect you were not in government all those years ago (which was why she interviewed him).

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 18h

I know a female journalist/television presenter who interviewed him many years ago and told me at the time that in person he was insanely charismatic. So that's two of you. Plus Edwina.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly just read this. An essential weekly roundup: webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10...

Webcurios 10/10/25 – webcurios

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 21h

Also from Web Curios, one for the @cymerafestival.co.uk crowd: adversarialmetanoia.beehiiv.com

Adversarial Metanoia

Science fiction, short, on an stochastic schedule.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 21h

I imagine lovely @adamcsharp.bsky.social is all over this, but what a fun way to unearth foreign phrases. Via @Mattmuir's web curios: bruegel.analog.is

Netherlandish Proverbs – Pieter Bruegel the Elder – An Analog Project

In 1559 the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted the panel Nederlandse Spreekwoorden including on it literal illustrations of more than a hundred Dutch language proverbs. We've created this...

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Lazy, moi?

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

I am only now having to bin cotton tees bought at Canal Jeans in the 1980s. Size tag, sure, but they left us to get on with it. And lasted and lasted #OfficialOldGrouch

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

With a happy wagging tail!

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely not. Terrific so far!!

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Alex Morris @asjmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Experiment successful.

The cast of TV sitcom Cheers, Cliff, Coach, Carla, Sam, Diane and Norm, but they're all been quickly faceswapped with Cher's face. The title above reads 'Chers'.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Taken my lurgy for a lie down with this for company.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Writers based in Scotland, teaching gig to apply for: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (Prose)

The successful candidate will contribute primarily to the teaching of our MSc in Creative Writing (fiction workshops and seminars) and Literature courses (‘e.g. Acts of Storytelling’), and the supervi...

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

What a day. Finally restored to wifi/television coverage (now to fight for lost days £). Upstairs having new boiler so a tonne of cascading water from roof to street. Downstairs having gardening done, hacking away a whole tree. Nonstop Southside action, kids. #GoingLikeAFair

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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 2d

Publication Day! 'With Love, Grief and Fury' is published in paperback today @canongate.co.uk - Thank you to all who preordered it, we launch tonight at Libreria! I'm officially on tour now and look forward to sharing my poems with you soon xx ww.salenagodden.co.uk / buythebook.online/salena-godden

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

Might add Thought Landlord to my CV.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Soz gang.

I've been at a LONG parents evening.

Just got back.

I'm going to remind you of a couple of unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offers now.

Woohoo, etc!

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3d

IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The best of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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