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Chilliteracy
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Late-night reading, and chill moods.
We're a space run by Sam (he/him) and Lucy (she/her), that reads classic fiction on Twitch, archives it on Youtube, and keeps more professional recordings on Bandcamp. Come and hang out!
https://www.chilliteracy.com
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It's the anniversary of our channel! And by sheer coincidental providence, @tinybookshopgame.com has launched today, so we'll be going live in just over an hour to play that!
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A schedule for our upcoming week of streams, including: Tiny Bookshop Shakespeare Sam reading his sci-fi favourites Lucy doing a classical music show on Discord A podcast (and maybe some Cryptmaster to follow) More of Sam's sci-fi highlights Barchester Towers pt.15 And a Choose Your Own Adventure stream, joined by Dave!
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Breaking cover to say that the Chilliteracy community is a fiendish collection of enablers and today Sam took receipt of the fanciest book he now owns, from Beehive Books: The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood.
It is *beautiful*
A rectangular white cardboard box with a large black circle in the middle. Text says An Illuminated Edition from Beehive Books The Willows and Other Nightmares by Algernon Blackwood Illustrations by Paul Pope Introduction by Ramsey Campbell A vertical white rectangle (again cardboard packaging but not really visible in this picture), and in the middle is.. okay I'll be real this is difficult to describe. A kind of abstracted illustration in black and white of what looks like it might be a stormy night sky above an overgrown field, maybe? Like it looks as though it could be lightning and smoke, or maybe crackling magical energy? It looks rad, either way. A photo of the slipcover for the book, which shows in glossy black on matte black, a beautiful stark depiction of a willow tree above overgrown reeds. Much of this image is drawn with vertical strokes. A breathtaking (I literally gasped when I first saw this) photo of the book's actual cover, which is the colour version of the black-and-white image I tried describing two pictures ago. It shows swirling grey/blues and flashes of pink in grim, dark skies, a bank of black,silhouetted reeds along the bottom, and what appears to be a fire breaking out amongst them in the centre. The swirling colours above may be smoke emanating from it, or the cause of the fire.
February 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This evening, the conluding part of Pride and Prejudice! Lucy will be going live shortly to read you the final instalment of Jane Austen's classic. Head on over to www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy now!
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July 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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We're back to Blackwood! The long, hot summer days are the perfect weather for some chilling, weird, and spooky tales from one of the greats, so why not head over to www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy and listen in!

Starting soon
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June 29, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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Starting very soon, Lucy's got more of Jane Austen's classic 'Pride and Prejudice'! Make yourself cosy, then come on over to twitch.tv/Chilliteracy and listen in!
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June 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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We've got another Mark Twain short story for you this evening, so head on over to twitch.tv/Chilliteracy to hear about The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg
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June 8, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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After approximately 11,000 days we're BACK with a Saturday stream! Sam is ready with a collected pile of Mark Twain short stories to read in your viewerly direction, starting right about now over on www.twitch.tv/Chilliteracy
June 1, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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Just to say, have loved reading Twain on stream lately and it's always comforting to know his heart was in the right place
mattseybold.bsky.social Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · May 29
What role can global celebrities play in responding to genocide? Does it matter what Beyonce or Taylor Swift says about Gaza?

In the aftermath of his global lecture tour of 1905, Mark Twain (& many others) recognized he was likely the most famous cultural figure on Earth.

What did he do with it?
May 29, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Guess who's back? Reading books
Lucy's back? Come and look!
Guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back etc.
It's more Pride and Prejudice, right NOW!
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#Chilliteracy #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #ClassicLiterature #Gutenberg
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May 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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In the Spring of 1864 Twain, while working as a beat reporter for the SF Morning Call, Twain witnessed the murder of a Chinese laborer by a mob that included cops.

It radicalized him. He wrote it up, one of the first things he ever authored which he thought deserved to be called “literature”…

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May 6, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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Starting in just a minute over at www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy,
Lucy will be reading more Pride and Prejudice! Click on over so you don't miss the start!
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May 1, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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We've got more of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' starting soon, as Lucy readies to take the stream live over at www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy
Starting at 9pm BST
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April 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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The continuation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' continues very soon over on www.twitch.tv/Chilliteracy
Head on over now and get yourself settled!
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April 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Starting very soon over on www.twitch.tv/Chilliteracy Sam will be reading you some more writings by Mark Twain! Come on by and get yourself cosy!
A younger picture of Mark Twain, but still with his characteristic large bushy moustache and shock of wild hair.
April 13, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Starting very soon, Lucy will be reading more Pride and Prejudice over on www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy
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April 10, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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🚂 CHOO CHOO🚂
ALL ABOARD THE MARK TWAIN!
Starting very soon over on www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy, Sam's going live to read you some short stories by Mark Twain! Head on over now to get settled
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April 6, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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IT'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PART 3!
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#Chilliteracy #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #ClassicFiction #Gutenberg #Audiobook #ReadingAloud #BedtimeStory
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April 3, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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Tonight on Chilliteracy, Lucy is back with the next part of Jane Austen's classic, 'Pride and Prejudice'! Head yourself on over to www.twitch.tv/Chilliteracy to get settled and cosy before the start of the stream!
#PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #ClassicFiction #PublicDomain #LiveReading #Cosy
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March 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Coming up this evening, from one Sam reads another, as we return to the short stories of Mark Twain! Turns out, he could spin a yarn from anything. Come on over in an hour to listen in!
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#Chilliteracy #MarkTwain #SamuelClemens #Gutenberg #Humour #ReadingAloud #Audiobook
A black-and-white portrait of the author Mark Twain. He is facing towards the camera, wild white hair across the top of his head, large eyebrows wisping off and up, and a thick, broad moustache hanging across his top lip.
March 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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STARTING IN AN HOUR: Pride and Prejudice!
Lucy will be starting Jane Austen's classic on stream soon! Head on over to www.twitch.tv/Chilliteracy to get yourself settled now!
#Chilliteracy #JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice #ClassicFiction #ReadingAloud #Audiobook #LiveReading #Cosy #BedtimeStory #Cozy
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March 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Coming up on tonight's stream: the concluding part of The House on the Borderland! It's cosmic, it's haunting, it's.. sadly unfortunate if you're a pet in a William Hope Hodgson story, so be Content Warned :/
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February 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Head on over to www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy to hear Lucy read this evening's short story, 'Prelude' by Katherine Mansfield! We've been really enjoying Mansfield's work and expect this to be another excellent story. See you there!
February 14, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Do please join us on this, the day of Gromit's birthday, as we gather once more for our monthly Chilliteratea podcast where Lucy and Sam sit in front of cameras and talk with their faces. Then we play a game!
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A picture of stop-motion animated characters Wallace and Gromit, showing a calendar marking out the 12th of February as the date of Gromit's birthday, and underneath a younger-looking Wallace (complete with enormous moustache) giving a birthday cake in the shape of a bone to Gromit, as an adorable puppy.
February 12, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Starting in just a minute over at www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy Sam will be reading the next part of The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson's claustrophobic cosmic horror. Head on over now!
February 10, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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This evening, Lucy's returning to the works of Katherine Mansfield! If you would kindly bring yourselves over to www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy and make yourselves comfortable, we promise you a lovely, cosy evening!
February 7, 2024 at 8:49 PM