Lucy Waverley
@lucywaverleybooks.bsky.social
Book reviews (historical fiction, history, art), writing, studying.
Happiest in the hills. Then in the bath with a book. And a whisky.
Happiest in the hills. Then in the bath with a book. And a whisky.
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I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
June 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.
Reposted by Lucy Waverley
From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.
Please share :)
Please share :)
Faber Launches 2025 FAB Prize with a Publishing Deal for the Winner
Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.
www.faber.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.
Please share :)
Please share :)
London traffic yesterday 🐴
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
London traffic yesterday 🐴
Just hanging out in the library with Hozier and some unicorns. (Serious study, albeit a bit of a side quest)
December 18, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Just hanging out in the library with Hozier and some unicorns. (Serious study, albeit a bit of a side quest)
When you accidentally attend an eighteenth-century dancing lesson and accidentally buy a biography of the Duke of Wellington #history #amreading
December 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
When you accidentally attend an eighteenth-century dancing lesson and accidentally buy a biography of the Duke of Wellington #history #amreading
Early bird catches the moon, the owls, and some time to read about whisky and taxes. Fun times.
December 15, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Early bird catches the moon, the owls, and some time to read about whisky and taxes. Fun times.
Nothing says Thursday like coffee cake and an article on illicit whisky in the long eighteenth century. Let the dissertation commence 🥃
#history #amstudying #student #cake #eighteenthcenturylife
#history #amstudying #student #cake #eighteenthcenturylife
December 12, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Nothing says Thursday like coffee cake and an article on illicit whisky in the long eighteenth century. Let the dissertation commence 🥃
#history #amstudying #student #cake #eighteenthcenturylife
#history #amstudying #student #cake #eighteenthcenturylife
Hairdresser time equals a perfect opportunity to catch up on some ARC reading. This eARC of @lorajones.com’s ‘The Woman in the Wallpaper’ is glorious so far and the illustrations are 👌🏻 (gifted / PR product) #amreading
December 11, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Hairdresser time equals a perfect opportunity to catch up on some ARC reading. This eARC of @lorajones.com’s ‘The Woman in the Wallpaper’ is glorious so far and the illustrations are 👌🏻 (gifted / PR product) #amreading
POV: you’re thinking about POVs and persons.
I always thought third was my favourite, but I’m learning to love others.
A new character materialised earlier this week and she wants this novel to be first person. She also wants to address the reader directly, and kiss the antihero #amwriting
I always thought third was my favourite, but I’m learning to love others.
A new character materialised earlier this week and she wants this novel to be first person. She also wants to address the reader directly, and kiss the antihero #amwriting
December 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM
POV: you’re thinking about POVs and persons.
I always thought third was my favourite, but I’m learning to love others.
A new character materialised earlier this week and she wants this novel to be first person. She also wants to address the reader directly, and kiss the antihero #amwriting
I always thought third was my favourite, but I’m learning to love others.
A new character materialised earlier this week and she wants this novel to be first person. She also wants to address the reader directly, and kiss the antihero #amwriting
Coffee of the day. More coffee plotting. Thinking about carriages and coachmen. And library books.
December 10, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Coffee of the day. More coffee plotting. Thinking about carriages and coachmen. And library books.
Yesterday was coffee cake and plotting; today is copyright quibbles and stale stollen. Apprehensive about what tomorrow might bring.
December 10, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Yesterday was coffee cake and plotting; today is copyright quibbles and stale stollen. Apprehensive about what tomorrow might bring.
Cake and plotting 👀
At the wonderful stage of a novel where all the potential is visible and none of the plot holes 😝
At the wonderful stage of a novel where all the potential is visible and none of the plot holes 😝
December 9, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Cake and plotting 👀
At the wonderful stage of a novel where all the potential is visible and none of the plot holes 😝
At the wonderful stage of a novel where all the potential is visible and none of the plot holes 😝
Giveaway alert (but please don’t enter too much as I would like to win, please and thank you).
There’ll be one winner on here, the other on Twitter — I’ll pop both copies in the post end of week. (Unfortunately it’s limited to UK postal addresses!) (2/2) 🎄
December 9, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Giveaway alert (but please don’t enter too much as I would like to win, please and thank you).
December 1, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Flashes of colour in the frost this morning. Helping my thoughts on Frankenstein, Walter Scott, and piracy.
November 28, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Flashes of colour in the frost this morning. Helping my thoughts on Frankenstein, Walter Scott, and piracy.
Incentives to finish this essay: some fabulous historical fiction ARCs. Halfway through Sycorax, which is a sensory wonder so far, debating whether to go for revolutionary wallpaper or Victorian art mystery next?
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Incentives to finish this essay: some fabulous historical fiction ARCs. Halfway through Sycorax, which is a sensory wonder so far, debating whether to go for revolutionary wallpaper or Victorian art mystery next?
Obligatory snow picture. Very helpful for Frankenstein reading.
November 19, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Obligatory snow picture. Very helpful for Frankenstein reading.
Reposted by Lucy Waverley
Reposted by Lucy Waverley
If you’re looking for romantic cheer in the gloom this is essential viewing and it’s on iplayer now.
Seems I’m not alone in my love for this 1944 magical, mystical, whimsical masterpiece from #PowellandPressburger
Lovely piece in today’s guardian:
amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Seems I’m not alone in my love for this 1944 magical, mystical, whimsical masterpiece from #PowellandPressburger
Lovely piece in today’s guardian:
amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
‘Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie
In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 AM
If you’re looking for romantic cheer in the gloom this is essential viewing and it’s on iplayer now.
Seems I’m not alone in my love for this 1944 magical, mystical, whimsical masterpiece from #PowellandPressburger
Lovely piece in today’s guardian:
amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Seems I’m not alone in my love for this 1944 magical, mystical, whimsical masterpiece from #PowellandPressburger
Lovely piece in today’s guardian:
amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
How I spent my Saturday: looking at the Duke of Wellington’s false teeth. Nice.
November 17, 2024 at 9:26 AM
How I spent my Saturday: looking at the Duke of Wellington’s false teeth. Nice.
Hello Bluesky. Here for history, art, books, and writing.
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hello Bluesky. Here for history, art, books, and writing.