spinetingling
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Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Nonfiction (Class of '26) | MA in Doc Photography & Photojournalism ('21) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: spinetingling.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
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Turning Over a New Leaf
Welcome to Spinetingling, the home of shameless shelf-promotion. Where I promise to be an open book.
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As one of my 2025 new year's resolutions, I've launched a new book-loving newsletter over on Substack. Read about all about it and subscribe: spinetingling.substack.com/p/turning-ov...
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Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
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ICYMI for #WorkInPublishingWeek the LSE Press team shared their insights into what it’s really like to work in publishing.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ICYMI for #WorkInPublishingWeek the LSE Press team shared their insights into what it’s really like to work in publishing.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Adoro questo!
I run a monthly Language Bar in Clerkenwell where you can speak Italian all night and drink £3 glasses of wine. What’s not to love? Next one is tomorrow: www.eventbrite.com/e/italian-la...
Italian Language Bar @ Casa Italiana, Clerkenwell
Monthly language conversation night in the heart of London's historic Little Italy
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Adoro questo!
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Great to see this piece about the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair and huge thanks to Mairi for the kind words about our books, many of which you can buy at the brilliant Lighthouse in #Edinburgh.
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Learned income: university presses and bookshops on the search for the crossover audience
Academia may in general be shifting to digital, but there is still plenty of common ground for physical bookshops and presses
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great to see this piece about the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair and huge thanks to Mairi for the kind words about our books, many of which you can buy at the brilliant Lighthouse in #Edinburgh.
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
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If you joined us earlier this month at our flagship festival, we would love to hear from you! Take the survey and share your feedback with us ➡️ bit.ly/49ULMLF
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you joined us earlier this month at our flagship festival, we would love to hear from you! Take the survey and share your feedback with us ➡️ bit.ly/49ULMLF
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It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "Severed Streets" by Paul Cornell
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "Severed Streets" by Paul Cornell
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
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Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".
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Eurasian Jay - sculpted from new and recycled materials, by multidisciplinary British artist, Abigail Brown
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Eurasian Jay - sculpted from new and recycled materials, by multidisciplinary British artist, Abigail Brown
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
She has used both machine and hand embroidery to make this Jay
More of this artist's fabric bird sculptures, and more, here: www.abigail-brown.co.uk/fabric-birds
#art #textiles #birds
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Happy Monday! This week I'm reading Nick Heron's 'Clown Town'. The latest in the Slough House series.
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Happy Monday! This week I'm reading Nick Heron's 'Clown Town'. The latest in the Slough House series.
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anyway I could do with a bit more cash this month (lol who couldn't) & so here are a few things available on my website. as always super grateful for any shares!
shop.frankduffy.co.uk #art #printmaking #witchsky
shop.frankduffy.co.uk #art #printmaking #witchsky
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
anyway I could do with a bit more cash this month (lol who couldn't) & so here are a few things available on my website. as always super grateful for any shares!
shop.frankduffy.co.uk #art #printmaking #witchsky
shop.frankduffy.co.uk #art #printmaking #witchsky
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As previously, I was moaning about my list of everything I read between 1994 and 2020.. for tedious and obvious reasons my list kind of died at that point, let's not go over it! ANYWAY I said "The problem with starting again is, my first book in '94 was To the Lighthouse*.
*pretentious? MOI?
*pretentious? MOI?
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As previously, I was moaning about my list of everything I read between 1994 and 2020.. for tedious and obvious reasons my list kind of died at that point, let's not go over it! ANYWAY I said "The problem with starting again is, my first book in '94 was To the Lighthouse*.
*pretentious? MOI?
*pretentious? MOI?
Fantastic! #Accessibility #Inclusivity
A blog post by Parmeet Singh, the founder of Deaf Bookwave (an inclusive book club in Bengaluru, India), who we recently sent a copy of "Understanding Deaf Culture" by Paddy Ladd to be used by the group.
Deaf Bookwave: A Book Club Created By and For Deaf People
Last month we received an email from Parmeet Singh, the founder of Deaf Bookwave, an inclusive book club in Bengaluru, India created by and for the Deaf community. Parmeet was writing to request a …
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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Fantastic! #Accessibility #Inclusivity
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More to explore tomorrow morning at #naeycAC! This Is Hip-Hop: And Other Street Dances “does a nice job of conveying the joy of dance, has representation for several dances, and inspires the reader to get up and move” @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 200 yabookscentral.com/this-is-hip-...
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
More to explore tomorrow morning at #naeycAC! This Is Hip-Hop: And Other Street Dances “does a nice job of conveying the joy of dance, has representation for several dances, and inspires the reader to get up and move” @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 200 yabookscentral.com/this-is-hip-...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights, today on Transgender Day of Remembrance and every other day of the year! 🏳️⚧️ 💗
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#TransRightsAreHumanRights, today on Transgender Day of Remembrance and every other day of the year! 🏳️⚧️ 💗
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We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
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A nice thing in my inbox this morning: @colindickey.com's Glacial Errata, a truly fantastic newsletter with five curated items/thoughts every week. This week, some really good reads.
Glacial Errata, No. 45
Five Things for the Week of November 17, 2025.
glacialerrata.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A nice thing in my inbox this morning: @colindickey.com's Glacial Errata, a truly fantastic newsletter with five curated items/thoughts every week. This week, some really good reads.
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Do yourself a favor and get into Hobtown Mystery Stories. One of my favorite reads this year and I'm really stoked for the third volume.
HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES III: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is here in a WEEK, so I'm offering a HOBTOWN REFRESHER COURSE for those who haven't been paying attention:
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Do yourself a favor and get into Hobtown Mystery Stories. One of my favorite reads this year and I'm really stoked for the third volume.
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man: I want a novel about self-discovery and it has to be written by a woman
what did I immediately recommend
what did I immediately recommend
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
man: I want a novel about self-discovery and it has to be written by a woman
what did I immediately recommend
what did I immediately recommend
We all know Liam meant "a good thing," and it is a good thing.
A goof thing for writers to know is that their work is valuable, not just in a financial sense but in a storytelling sense. Imposter syndrome be damned. You are a unique collection of atoms with a brain all of your own.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We all know Liam meant "a good thing," and it is a good thing.
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"I’m not the sort of person who accepts a 'lane' and stays there. My 'lane' is the one I’m clearing at the moment."
Contributor @rachellayown.bsky.social published an interview with @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/wtoKNDz
Contributor @rachellayown.bsky.social published an interview with @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/wtoKNDz
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"I’m not the sort of person who accepts a 'lane' and stays there. My 'lane' is the one I’m clearing at the moment."
Contributor @rachellayown.bsky.social published an interview with @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/wtoKNDz
Contributor @rachellayown.bsky.social published an interview with @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/wtoKNDz
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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I'm reading 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' by Stephen King. It's a few years since I read something of his, I think, and I've enjoyed reacquainting myself with his storytelling mastery. I feel like I've been reading short story's for a good few weeks though, so I may pick up a proper novel next.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm reading 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' by Stephen King. It's a few years since I read something of his, I think, and I've enjoyed reacquainting myself with his storytelling mastery. I feel like I've been reading short story's for a good few weeks though, so I may pick up a proper novel next.
No lies detected.
You got wormfished by a guy who eats roadkill and looks like fucking Krang. A guy you were tasked with covering neutrally, for half a milly a year, while he ran for fucking president on an "every disabled person should die" ticket.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
No lies detected.
The closure of Teen Vogue is a horrific act of cowardice. I hope everyone who is let go forms a new teen magazine together and keeps taking BS to task.
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The closure of Teen Vogue is a horrific act of cowardice. I hope everyone who is let go forms a new teen magazine together and keeps taking BS to task.
Damn straight. E.B. White was anti-fascist.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Damn straight. E.B. White was anti-fascist.
housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/teagle...
housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/teagle...