Sarah
@sarahalba.bsky.social
Book reader. Collects random facts and scraps of knowledge. Lifts heavy things for fun. She/her
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This #buyastrangerabook day offer is still unclaimed.
@tadethompson.bsky.social is offering to buy two people a book each of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only.
@tadethompson.bsky.social is offering to buy two people a book each of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only.
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest 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.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest 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.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
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
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This #buyastrangerabook day offer is still unclaimed.
@tadethompson.bsky.social is offering to buy two people a book each of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only.
@tadethompson.bsky.social is offering to buy two people a book each of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.
UK only.
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Here's a #buyastrangerabook day offer from @leerandall.bsky.social, who'll buy one lucky person and short story collection of their choice, up to £20!
I expect if you as, Lee might have some great suggestions too.
If there's something you'd like, get in touch!
UK only.
I expect if you as, Lee might have some great suggestions too.
If there's something you'd like, get in touch!
UK only.
I haven't bought anyone a book in a while! With Christmas coming, I'll buy the short story collection of someone's choice up to a value of £20.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here's a #buyastrangerabook day offer from @leerandall.bsky.social, who'll buy one lucky person and short story collection of their choice, up to £20!
I expect if you as, Lee might have some great suggestions too.
If there's something you'd like, get in touch!
UK only.
I expect if you as, Lee might have some great suggestions too.
If there's something you'd like, get in touch!
UK only.
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It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
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Here's another #buyastrangerabook offer!
@dustystacks.bsky.social has bought SIGNED copies of 1983 and Notebook, both by Tom Cox, for me to give away (as a bundle) to one lucky person.
More info here www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like them, get in touch!
UK only
@dustystacks.bsky.social has bought SIGNED copies of 1983 and Notebook, both by Tom Cox, for me to give away (as a bundle) to one lucky person.
More info here www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like them, get in touch!
UK only
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's another #buyastrangerabook offer!
@dustystacks.bsky.social has bought SIGNED copies of 1983 and Notebook, both by Tom Cox, for me to give away (as a bundle) to one lucky person.
More info here www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like them, get in touch!
UK only
@dustystacks.bsky.social has bought SIGNED copies of 1983 and Notebook, both by Tom Cox, for me to give away (as a bundle) to one lucky person.
More info here www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like them, get in touch!
UK only
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A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
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Cheer up! There are performances of M R James ghost stories next week in Leicester, Bedford, Bath & London - tickets links here
www.https://www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
www.https://www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Cheer up! There are performances of M R James ghost stories next week in Leicester, Bedford, Bath & London - tickets links here
www.https://www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
www.https://www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule
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This fundraiser has hit 59% please share and donate let’s help hit the target for this lovely family. 🏳️⚧️ www.gofundme.com/f/rrzag2-sav...
Donate to Save a LGBT, care experienced family from homelessness, organized by Jack Smith
I’ve set this go fund me up to support a friend who is care experien… Jack Smith needs your support for Save a LGBT, care experienced family from homelessness
www.gofundme.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This fundraiser has hit 59% please share and donate let’s help hit the target for this lovely family. 🏳️⚧️ www.gofundme.com/f/rrzag2-sav...
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If you ordered a Big Green Books Advent Calendar, they've all been posted off today!
OMG. It was a gargantuan task. I am spent. Thanks!
If you'd like an Advent Calendar starting later in December, you can still get one.
HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
OMG. It was a gargantuan task. I am spent. Thanks!
If you'd like an Advent Calendar starting later in December, you can still get one.
HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you ordered a Big Green Books Advent Calendar, they've all been posted off today!
OMG. It was a gargantuan task. I am spent. Thanks!
If you'd like an Advent Calendar starting later in December, you can still get one.
HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
OMG. It was a gargantuan task. I am spent. Thanks!
If you'd like an Advent Calendar starting later in December, you can still get one.
HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
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I've just added a few more talks to the Romancing the Gothic world map. If you'd like to explore horror, the Gothic, the supernatural, folklore and more in talks with experts from around the world... this is the resource for you!
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
Romancing the Gothic World Tour
Made with Padlet
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November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've just added a few more talks to the Romancing the Gothic world map. If you'd like to explore horror, the Gothic, the supernatural, folklore and more in talks with experts from around the world... this is the resource for you!
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
padlet.com/hollyhirst84...
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This was such a great talk exploring Bengali Folklore and modern iterations in movies.
Really engaging and well worth a watch.
If it's not a topic you know about, this is a great introduction!
If you already know about it, this offers a fascinating exploration of some modern reimaginings.
Really engaging and well worth a watch.
If it's not a topic you know about, this is a great introduction!
If you already know about it, this offers a fascinating exploration of some modern reimaginings.
If you missed this week's Romancing the Gothic talk, you can catch it here.
It was an absolutely fantastic exploration. Highly recommended.
youtu.be/bgmV4Sz1AC8
It was an absolutely fantastic exploration. Highly recommended.
youtu.be/bgmV4Sz1AC8
‘Thakumar Jhuli’ – The Ghost Stories of Bengali Folklore with Arya Ray
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This was such a great talk exploring Bengali Folklore and modern iterations in movies.
Really engaging and well worth a watch.
If it's not a topic you know about, this is a great introduction!
If you already know about it, this offers a fascinating exploration of some modern reimaginings.
Really engaging and well worth a watch.
If it's not a topic you know about, this is a great introduction!
If you already know about it, this offers a fascinating exploration of some modern reimaginings.
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MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
A wonderful entry from print maker Emma Bissonnet (emmabissonnetdesigns insta) arrived today
Also all (apart from a couple which are multiple auction entries for each charity) hopefully the links don’t change!
See all here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
A wonderful entry from print maker Emma Bissonnet (emmabissonnetdesigns insta) arrived today
Also all (apart from a couple which are multiple auction entries for each charity) hopefully the links don’t change!
See all here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
A wonderful entry from print maker Emma Bissonnet (emmabissonnetdesigns insta) arrived today
Also all (apart from a couple which are multiple auction entries for each charity) hopefully the links don’t change!
See all here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
A wonderful entry from print maker Emma Bissonnet (emmabissonnetdesigns insta) arrived today
Also all (apart from a couple which are multiple auction entries for each charity) hopefully the links don’t change!
See all here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
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This weekend's Romancing the Gothic Blast from the Past is Dr Tim Jones talking about the
Non-fiction Gothic: Vampires and Ghosts in the 1960s/70s
Dive in!
youtu.be/yiV7_E2Bgyw
Non-fiction Gothic: Vampires and Ghosts in the 1960s/70s
Dive in!
youtu.be/yiV7_E2Bgyw
The Non-Fiction Gothic: Ghosts and Vampires in the 60s and 70s with Dr Tim Jones
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This weekend's Romancing the Gothic Blast from the Past is Dr Tim Jones talking about the
Non-fiction Gothic: Vampires and Ghosts in the 1960s/70s
Dive in!
youtu.be/yiV7_E2Bgyw
Non-fiction Gothic: Vampires and Ghosts in the 1960s/70s
Dive in!
youtu.be/yiV7_E2Bgyw
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In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
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Books are great Christmas presents.
Easy to wrap.
Low in calories.
Usually somewhere in that not terrible £10-£20 bracket.
Available in many colours.
Can be posted easily (unlike a hoover or two hoovers for example)
Personal to both you and the recipient.
Available to buy from me.
Easy to wrap.
Low in calories.
Usually somewhere in that not terrible £10-£20 bracket.
Available in many colours.
Can be posted easily (unlike a hoover or two hoovers for example)
Personal to both you and the recipient.
Available to buy from me.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Books are great Christmas presents.
Easy to wrap.
Low in calories.
Usually somewhere in that not terrible £10-£20 bracket.
Available in many colours.
Can be posted easily (unlike a hoover or two hoovers for example)
Personal to both you and the recipient.
Available to buy from me.
Easy to wrap.
Low in calories.
Usually somewhere in that not terrible £10-£20 bracket.
Available in many colours.
Can be posted easily (unlike a hoover or two hoovers for example)
Personal to both you and the recipient.
Available to buy from me.
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C. M. Rosens' work is so good! You dare not pass up this deal!
Just updated my box set - now 11 eBooks for £11.99!
It now has:
3 novels (each around 95K words)
1 collection of stories + a novella
1 novellette (18K words)
1 collection of Pagham-on-Sea folklore
and 5 individual short stories.
#Horror #DarkFantasy DRM-free.
🌈📚💙😱📚🩸
ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0
It now has:
3 novels (each around 95K words)
1 collection of stories + a novella
1 novellette (18K words)
1 collection of Pagham-on-Sea folklore
and 5 individual short stories.
#Horror #DarkFantasy DRM-free.
🌈📚💙😱📚🩸
ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0
Complete eBook Box Set: Complete Book Bundle (epub/pdf files) - CM Rosens's Ko-fi Shop
This is a bundle of my books - minus THE CROWS and THIRTEENTH which are both now being sold by Canelo Books!
FANTASY:
YELEN & YELENA - Gothic Dark ...
ko-fi.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
C. M. Rosens' work is so good! You dare not pass up this deal!
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
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The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
art by Paul Lowe
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MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
I have uploaded my own entry today and have updated the page with a link to the ebay profile- auctions won’t appear until Dec 1st 12pm and each will appear every 5 minutes and run for 7 days
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
I have uploaded my own entry today and have updated the page with a link to the ebay profile- auctions won’t appear until Dec 1st 12pm and each will appear every 5 minutes and run for 7 days
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE
I have uploaded my own entry today and have updated the page with a link to the ebay profile- auctions won’t appear until Dec 1st 12pm and each will appear every 5 minutes and run for 7 days
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
I have uploaded my own entry today and have updated the page with a link to the ebay profile- auctions won’t appear until Dec 1st 12pm and each will appear every 5 minutes and run for 7 days
Visit here: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
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Here is my entry for the auction (tried to draw a beardsley mari despite my tremor) still needs a bit of tidying! But wanted to do one for this years fundraising
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Here is my entry for the auction (tried to draw a beardsley mari despite my tremor) still needs a bit of tidying! But wanted to do one for this years fundraising
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Did anyone enjoy the stories I wrote for the AScareADay challenge in October? If so I rewrote the 4-part necromancy one a bit, and it's now a Ko-Fi exclusive short story.
#QueerAdultSFF #Fantasy #BookSky 🌈📚💙
ko-fi.com/s/095ae061d6
#QueerAdultSFF #Fantasy #BookSky 🌈📚💙
ko-fi.com/s/095ae061d6
Bone Puppets - CM Rosens's Ko-fi Shop
Dark Fantasy Short Story.
Two amateur necromancers decide to raise the most powerful necromancer of their world's history to defend their lands from...
ko-fi.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Did anyone enjoy the stories I wrote for the AScareADay challenge in October? If so I rewrote the 4-part necromancy one a bit, and it's now a Ko-Fi exclusive short story.
#QueerAdultSFF #Fantasy #BookSky 🌈📚💙
ko-fi.com/s/095ae061d6
#QueerAdultSFF #Fantasy #BookSky 🌈📚💙
ko-fi.com/s/095ae061d6