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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 6d

Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · 9d

Eli is the brilliant person who set up the rolling #hungerstrikeforgaza that I am part of (and that anyone can join! You can just do 24hrs, you don't have to do 48. You don't have to be a writer, or in publishing!!). This is such a great piece by her:

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 9d

‘My mother texted to say she strongly suggested I take a burner phone. People were being turned away at the US border: artists, activists, journalists, academics.’

Eli Goldstone goes to the Emmys, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Eli Goldstone | Drinking in LA

The 77th Emmy Awards were over and I was heading home in the back of a self-driving car. I texted a friend, as I watched...

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Ben Pester @benpester.bsky.social · 9d

What a list to be on! Very happy about this. @grantabooks.bsky.social
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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 10d

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.

Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!

Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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Jonathan Main @booksellercrow.bsky.social · 18d

We’re heartbroken by the death of dear Jon. Many have asked how to help. Please consider supporting our effort to honor his legacy at Bookseller Crow. Share and donate if you can. Thank you.

www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...

Donate to Support Jon's Legacy - Raising Funds for Bookseller Crow, organized by Karen Mcleod

Dear all our loyal customers, authors and friends, It is wit… Karen Mcleod needs your support for Support Jon's Legacy - Raising Funds for Bookseller Crow

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Sep 10

Israeli President Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired into Gaza

He’s been named in the ICJ order which found Palestinians at “imminent risk” of genocide

Today Starmer is rolling out the red carpet for him - instead he should be arrested for war crimes

Andy McDonald MP @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · Sep 9

As Israel's President is due, the UK govt refuses to see Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.

We have witnessed hospital destruction, aid blocked and mass killings of Palestinian civilians.

That's why we have written to the PM - the UK must uphold the Genocide Convention.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Sep 8

Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 8

It honestly might be my favourite Elisa Shua Dusapin? So elegant, melancholic and layered:

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 8

Marina Kemp: 'I thought The Old Fire was extraordinary. Shua Dusapin combines acuity and depth, with straight-shooting sentences that belie their profound emotional complexity. This is a subtle, propulsive, immensely powerful novel.' Thank you, Marina!! The Old Fire is out in January

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Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anuradha Roy's CALLED BY THE HILLS: A HOME IN THE HIMALAYA is out in January. Sophy Roberts is also a fan, writing: 'Elegant, witty, literary and humane. This is a portrait of a place that will touch your soul.’

Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘Entrancing, consoling, humorous and wise, CALLED BY THE HILLS made me melancholy for a place I have never visited, homesick for a house and garden I've never known and fondly attached to people I've never encountered. I felt as if I held the Himalayas in my hands while I read it.’ Chloe Dalton

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

THE BEST!!!

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

nice combo of incredibly smart but also super engaging (I love her but I do find her voice a bit distractingly odd, though... oh god I hope she doesn't search her name and see this I LOVE YOU KATHERINE, promise)

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

100%!!

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

he's brushing up his cv as I type

Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

He must be SO CHARMING in the room OR has an absolutely killer agent, how else does he host every other show

Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

hahah but it is the LAW that EVERY R4 JOB must go to him???

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

are we all placing bets on Amol Rajan getting the Bragg job then

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

publisher is my name, ops, royalties, and screaming into the void is my game

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

who would have thought that so much of my life would be spreadsheets eh

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

whoops meant to quote: the New Yorker captured this v charmingly too www.newyorker.com/culture/podc...

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 3

I loved how the New Yorker captured this too: www.newyorker.com/culture/podc...

Escape the News with the British Podcast “In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg”

“In Our Time” feels aligned with the eternal rather than the temporal, and is therefore escapist without being junk.

www.newyorker.com

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 2

bawling along with Winner Takes It All as I bash through royalty hell, I'm fine, this is fine

Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 1

it's SPINSTER TIME!! Anita Brookner is our queen, sorry, I don't make the rules, but my god she keeps killer company:

JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Aug 31

New on the blog today, I've written about some of my favourite spinsters in literature for @pear-jelly.bsky.social's #SpinsterSeptember, which starts tomorrow.

Featuring books by Anita Brookner, Muriel Spark, Rumer Godden and many more! #BookSky 💙📚

jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/s...

Spinsters in literature – some recommendations for #SpinsterSeptember

If you follow Nora (Pear Jelly) on Bluesky or Instagram, you’ll know that she’s been gearing up to host #SpinsterSeptember, a brilliant reading event showcasing books featuring spinsters, from the …

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 1

SPINSTER HIVE!! Theeese arrre a few of my faaavourite writerrrrs (I re-read Peacock Spring just the other week)

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've listened to the romcom ep of This American Life more than a few times, it's a real comfort listen, and his story makes me cry EACH TIME. Don't even get me started on the joy of the hamster story, just heaven.

Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Sep 1

bafflingly bad. WHO enjoys them??? I will only risk it for Simon Rich.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · Aug 25

You don’t say.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 25

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History

Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

www.newyorker.com

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