Rhiannon Grant
@rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social
I research, write, and teach about the Quaker tradition. I also write fiction (mainly sapphic romance novels set in prehistory) and poetry. She/her.
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There are several versions of this going round, and this is something I'd considered posting anyway (sometimes I've made a pinned thread or similar which covers it). So let's play this evening: one like, one piece of my writing. Could be nonfiction, academic, fiction, poetry.
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Hey, if you have read my books, I would really appreciate it if you could go online and rate them. Just clicking the little 1-5 star button takes a 2 seconds, and it is the most useful thing in the world 🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hey, if you have read my books, I would really appreciate it if you could go online and rate them. Just clicking the little 1-5 star button takes a 2 seconds, and it is the most useful thing in the world 🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
And for that matter, doing that for any author you have read is a wonderful thing 🥰🥰🥰
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Never. In fact, sometimes they're interestingly UNinquisitive (eg asking 'are you sexually active?' but not checking whether it's the kind of sex which can result in pregnancy before prescribing hormonal contraceptives). Cis people who aren't already aware of this, the replies are worth reading too.
Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never. In fact, sometimes they're interestingly UNinquisitive (eg asking 'are you sexually active?' but not checking whether it's the kind of sex which can result in pregnancy before prescribing hormonal contraceptives). Cis people who aren't already aware of this, the replies are worth reading too.
I'm looking forward to teaching Feminist Theology for Quakers again - last time we had some great discussions about the Bible, women's roles in society and religion, and intersectionality, among other things.
How does the social structure of patriarchy, in which men and masculinity are valued above women and femininity, affect our religion and spirituality? Explore this question with ideas from Christian, Jewish, and Pagan feminist and womanist theologians.
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I'm looking forward to teaching Feminist Theology for Quakers again - last time we had some great discussions about the Bible, women's roles in society and religion, and intersectionality, among other things.
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How does the social structure of patriarchy, in which men and masculinity are valued above women and femininity, affect our religion and spirituality? Explore this question with ideas from Christian, Jewish, and Pagan feminist and womanist theologians.
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How does the social structure of patriarchy, in which men and masculinity are valued above women and femininity, affect our religion and spirituality? Explore this question with ideas from Christian, Jewish, and Pagan feminist and womanist theologians.
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ
This (and the rest of the thread). In my experience the main barrier between me and the next book is a shortage of writing time, not a shortage of ideas.
I am not aware of a single author who has a shortage of book ideas. Words, yes. Ways to make the ideas become a book, yes. But I've never met an author who doesn't have ideas just raining down all the damn time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This (and the rest of the thread). In my experience the main barrier between me and the next book is a shortage of writing time, not a shortage of ideas.
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If you’re an early Christmas shopper, don’t forget to support small businesses!
Like self-published authors!
Everyone likes getting books for Christmas, especially books they’ve never heard of that are right up their alley!
Also you can gift copies on itch and elsewhere & send them on Xmas Eve 🎄
Like self-published authors!
Everyone likes getting books for Christmas, especially books they’ve never heard of that are right up their alley!
Also you can gift copies on itch and elsewhere & send them on Xmas Eve 🎄
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you’re an early Christmas shopper, don’t forget to support small businesses!
Like self-published authors!
Everyone likes getting books for Christmas, especially books they’ve never heard of that are right up their alley!
Also you can gift copies on itch and elsewhere & send them on Xmas Eve 🎄
Like self-published authors!
Everyone likes getting books for Christmas, especially books they’ve never heard of that are right up their alley!
Also you can gift copies on itch and elsewhere & send them on Xmas Eve 🎄
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This new proposed UK refugee policy (turfing refugees out after a few years) is bollocks on several levels and I will explain each of them.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This new proposed UK refugee policy (turfing refugees out after a few years) is bollocks on several levels and I will explain each of them.
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A dramatic recreation of Medmenham Camp hillfort #Buckinghamshire, its Iron Age inhabitants seeking shelter as snow sets in
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A dramatic recreation of Medmenham Camp hillfort #Buckinghamshire, its Iron Age inhabitants seeking shelter as snow sets in
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
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An idea for your Christmas tree this year - stacks of Celtic gold torcs! Known as the Ipswitch Torcs after the location where their hoard was found, the terminals are decorated in the swirly La Tène style (Tène II), save the top one which is unadorned. 🎄🏺 1/
150-50 BCE. 📸 me
#BritishMuseum
150-50 BCE. 📸 me
#BritishMuseum
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
An idea for your Christmas tree this year - stacks of Celtic gold torcs! Known as the Ipswitch Torcs after the location where their hoard was found, the terminals are decorated in the swirly La Tène style (Tène II), save the top one which is unadorned. 🎄🏺 1/
150-50 BCE. 📸 me
#BritishMuseum
150-50 BCE. 📸 me
#BritishMuseum
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It's #StandingStoneSunday 🥳 The triple stone alignment of Harold's Stones, Trellech, is depicted as a relief carving on Lady Probert's sundial of 1689, now in the local church
This shows the stones have barely changed in 3 centuries 😮
@stoneclub.bsky.social
👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/221159
This shows the stones have barely changed in 3 centuries 😮
@stoneclub.bsky.social
👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/221159
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It's #StandingStoneSunday 🥳 The triple stone alignment of Harold's Stones, Trellech, is depicted as a relief carving on Lady Probert's sundial of 1689, now in the local church
This shows the stones have barely changed in 3 centuries 😮
@stoneclub.bsky.social
👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/221159
This shows the stones have barely changed in 3 centuries 😮
@stoneclub.bsky.social
👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/221159
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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A new study shows the impact of Neanderthals and later hunter-gatherer peoples on nature turns out to have had a far greater influence on shaping the landscape of what we now know as Europe.
www.bajr.org/neanderthals...
www.bajr.org/neanderthals...
Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers shaped European landscapes long before agriculture - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
New research shows that humans left their mark on the landscape through hunting and the use of fire tens of thousands of years before the advent of agriculture. The research paints a new picture of th...
www.bajr.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A new study shows the impact of Neanderthals and later hunter-gatherer peoples on nature turns out to have had a far greater influence on shaping the landscape of what we now know as Europe.
www.bajr.org/neanderthals...
www.bajr.org/neanderthals...
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Mên-an-Tol is probably from the Bronze Age, making it around 3,500 years old (little evidence has been found). It consists of four stones, the most unusual being the circular and pierced upright stone. The other three stones are more regular granite pillars. #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Mên-an-Tol is probably from the Bronze Age, making it around 3,500 years old (little evidence has been found). It consists of four stones, the most unusual being the circular and pierced upright stone. The other three stones are more regular granite pillars. #StandingStoneSunday
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Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
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Tackling the cost of living crisis goes hand in hand with tackling the climate crisis.
We need food security, insulated homes, and cheap renewable energy.
We need food security, insulated homes, and cheap renewable energy.
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Tackling the cost of living crisis goes hand in hand with tackling the climate crisis.
We need food security, insulated homes, and cheap renewable energy.
We need food security, insulated homes, and cheap renewable energy.
We saw Barrier(s) last night - highly recommended. A play about falling in love, about learning another culture, about equality and dignity, about being Deaf and lesbian and needing benefits and the NHS and adaptive technology, and ultimately about justified anger and protecting what we cherish.
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
We saw Barrier(s) last night - highly recommended. A play about falling in love, about learning another culture, about equality and dignity, about being Deaf and lesbian and needing benefits and the NHS and adaptive technology, and ultimately about justified anger and protecting what we cherish.
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A Weddell seal mom wearing a hat* and taking a snooze next to her wonderfully-fed pup. They will continue to chill here together until mid-December when the pups wean and mom heads to the ocean to forage and regain mass.
*satellite tracking device
AMLR permit to LaRue 2024
🧪🌎🦑🦊
*satellite tracking device
AMLR permit to LaRue 2024
🧪🌎🦑🦊
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A Weddell seal mom wearing a hat* and taking a snooze next to her wonderfully-fed pup. They will continue to chill here together until mid-December when the pups wean and mom heads to the ocean to forage and regain mass.
*satellite tracking device
AMLR permit to LaRue 2024
🧪🌎🦑🦊
*satellite tracking device
AMLR permit to LaRue 2024
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Good morning to everyone especially academics who have just had a journal article rejected and journal editors who have to write rejection letters. But I withhold my greetings from anyone who used AI to generate parts of a paper then ticked a box on the submission page to say they didn't use AI.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good morning to everyone especially academics who have just had a journal article rejected and journal editors who have to write rejection letters. But I withhold my greetings from anyone who used AI to generate parts of a paper then ticked a box on the submission page to say they didn't use AI.
I do something like this with emails - every time I get an email that's neither interesting nor useful, I take two minutes to check if I can unsubscribe, and in the long run it probably saves me hours and hours.
trying a new thing where every time an app sends me a notification I disable its notifications
October 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I do something like this with emails - every time I get an email that's neither interesting nor useful, I take two minutes to check if I can unsubscribe, and in the long run it probably saves me hours and hours.
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By the pricking of my thumbs something Woodbrooke this way comes.
Quakers and the Supernatural - Woodbrooke
The Liberal theologian Rudolf Bultmann once observed: ‘We cannot use electric lights and radios and, in the event of illness, avail ourselves of modern
www.woodbrooke.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
By the pricking of my thumbs something Woodbrooke this way comes.
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Today is the International Day of the Girl Child!!
Celebrating the little Black girl I once was, and all the little Black girls moving through the world today. We aren't always allowed to remain children. Our childhoods aren't always cherished. So today I remind us that we are worthy of both 🌸🌸🌸
Celebrating the little Black girl I once was, and all the little Black girls moving through the world today. We aren't always allowed to remain children. Our childhoods aren't always cherished. So today I remind us that we are worthy of both 🌸🌸🌸
October 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today is the International Day of the Girl Child!!
Celebrating the little Black girl I once was, and all the little Black girls moving through the world today. We aren't always allowed to remain children. Our childhoods aren't always cherished. So today I remind us that we are worthy of both 🌸🌸🌸
Celebrating the little Black girl I once was, and all the little Black girls moving through the world today. We aren't always allowed to remain children. Our childhoods aren't always cherished. So today I remind us that we are worthy of both 🌸🌸🌸
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I see we have a likeable populist attacking the elites and addressing popular concerns, and his party is soaring in the polls, so we'll see a lot more of @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the BBC et al, won't we?
October 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I see we have a likeable populist attacking the elites and addressing popular concerns, and his party is soaring in the polls, so we'll see a lot more of @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the BBC et al, won't we?
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The huge sarsen stones guarding the entrance to West Kennet Long Barrow, with a glimpse of Silbury Hill beyond. Pic from a couple of years ago. #StandingStoneSunday
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The huge sarsen stones guarding the entrance to West Kennet Long Barrow, with a glimpse of Silbury Hill beyond. Pic from a couple of years ago. #StandingStoneSunday