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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · 6d

So lLooking forward to coming to #WigtownBookFestival tomorrow. Just hope the next storm doesn’t mess around with the railways

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · 14d

Wonderful!!

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Richard McColl @londomomposino.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our author, Andrei Gomez Suarez (@andreigomezsuarez.bsky.social) is speaking at the Beyond Borders International Festival event in Scotland next week!

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reading tonight on Greece but in Kentish Town: at the Owl bookshop with Julian Hoffman with his lovely new book on living in Greece

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Jun 11

Tonight at @owlbookshop.bsky.social in London's Kentish Town I'll be speaking with the wonderful @ruthpadel.bsky.social to start my book tour for Lifelines!
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/juli...

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · May 29

#Lifelines author @julianhoffman.bsky.social will be travelling to the UK in June for a series of brilliant events!

Based in London? You can catch Julian and @ruthpadel.bsky.social in-conversation @owlbookshop.bsky.social on 11th June.

🎟️: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/juli...

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · May 30

Quick reminder that I'm popping up tomorrow morning alongside Imtiaz Dharker and Seni Seneviratne, as part of Khushwant Singh Literary Festival London, to help launch The Poetry Archive's poetry of South Asia collection. It'd be grand to see you. Tix are free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/khushwant-...

Khushwant Singh Literary Festival London 2025 (7th edition)

The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival London is a labor of love. To promote the legacy of Khushwant Singh

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · May 28

I just did not expect the catastrophic insight into Turkey’s policy in the 30s - terrifying

Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · May 25

“A riveting, profoundly rewarding listen… @joedunthorne.bsky.social is a captivating storyteller”

A great review of Half-Life by @patricianicol.bsky.social in today’s @thetimes.com!

www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

My family’s escape from the Nazis — and the terrible secret I discovered

Joe Dunthorne’s fascinating podcast on BBC Sounds tells how the novelist learnt that his family’s stories of their flight from Germany hid a betrayal

www.thetimes.com

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · May 28

In today’s Half-Life on BBC Radio 4, @joedunthorne.bsky.social follows in his great-grandfather's footsteps to Turkey where he was employed, it seems, making gas masks

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · May 28

Its an amazing story and you have done it so well!

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · May 27

We cannot be supporters of this Israel. We assume some—possibly even many—Israelis agree. We’d like to hear from them.❤️❤️❤️

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/w...

Israeli Forces Said They Killed a ‘Terrorist.’ He Was 14 Years Old.

www.nytimes.com

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · May 27

Thank you, @ebbooksellers.bsky.social, for keeping us informed about the ongoing travesty and censorship of the current administration. #censorship, #writingcommunity, #litsky, #poetrysky

East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · May 27

We’ll update the list as we learn of more publishers and/or add more books to our shelves.

ebbooksellers.com/lists/L53KwK...

A Note on NEA Grants

In May 2025, in a naked act of censorship and intellectual insecurity the Trump Administration terminated millions of dollars of National Endowment for the Arts grants. The list is jaw-dropping.

It's a small act of defiance, but with the hope that such add up, we've compiled a list of 200+ books either on our shelves now or on order from the publishers we know were affected. If you are a publisher whose books we stock and are not reflected here, let us know!

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · May 27

🎨 Offering Tobacco and Coffee to the Foreign Ambassador Waiting at the Chamber of the Chief Scribe (Reisülküttab) in the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, c. 1800

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Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social · May 12

🧐 Did you know that in July 2024, California hit a huge milestone by supplying its electricity demand with 100% clean energy for 100 days? 🧵 #california #energysky

Graphic which reads '100 Days of Clean Energy'

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · May 23

@thirdactorg.bsky.social template for contacting US Senators re: the damaging budget bill. @billmckibben.bsky.social @votersoftomorrow.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @envirovoters.bsky.social
thirdact.org/act/urge-you...

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · May 27

Cool bewildering May

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Nigel Kent @kent-nj.bsky.social · May 8

Fab evening at Cheltenham Poetry Festival last night with @ruthpadel.bsky.social @petitecreature1.bsky.social and Pat Edwards. Support the Festival. A great programme. @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social #poetry

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Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you Anna, Zoe & the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social team for an amazing opening night! An honour to witness @ruthpadel.bsky.social's stunning reading from "Girl". @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social cast her keen eye over Marys of religion, myth and history. Monica Piersky, fascinating folkloric poems.

Ruth Padel reading from Girl, Lucy Heuschen reading from Daughter of Fire, Pat Edwards reading from Hail Marys and Monica Piercey reading poems of Polish folklore.

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · Apr 14

Should we see ourselves as trapped by our narratives as much as we are dependent on them to make sense of the world? | iai.tv/video/lost-i...

Join Matthew Beaumont, @ruthpadel.bsky.social , Theodore Dalrymple, and host Myriam François to discuss the power of narratives.

#langsky

Lost in Stories

Our narratives enable us to make sense of the world. From setting the scene and providing a means to understand what is happening, to placing ourselves at the centre of our own life's story,…

iai.tv

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Apr 13

Happy Birthday Seamus Heaney! If he was born in Yorkshire, this would read:

If we can winter this out
Summer will kill us no doubt.

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · Apr 9

Wow - so honoured! 💃💃💃

Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social · Apr 9

I love beautiful coincidences. One of the poetry inspirations for Daughter of Fire, my poetry collection about Margaret of Anjou, was @ruthpadel.bsky.social. I recently found a copy of Ruth's 1993 collection Angel & its bookplate was from a library in Angers (Margaret country)! #Poetry #MedievalSky

Cover of Angel, a poetry collection by Ruth Padel.

Bookplate from the American Library, Angers, France

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Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social · Apr 9

I love beautiful coincidences. One of the poetry inspirations for Daughter of Fire, my poetry collection about Margaret of Anjou, was @ruthpadel.bsky.social. I recently found a copy of Ruth's 1993 collection Angel & its bookplate was from a library in Angers (Margaret country)! #Poetry #MedievalSky

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Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · Apr 9

Wow!!!!!!!!!

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Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social · Apr 4

The wonderful @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social is on Bsky! Pat is inspirational - I'm currently reading her book Hail Marys and loving it 😍 @annasaund.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @ruthpadel.bsky.social

Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social · Apr 4

Could not be more excited for this #Poetry reading, alongside poetry goddesses @ruthpadel.bsky.social and Pat Edwards. I'll be writing more in the coming days about what Ruth's writing has meant to me. #FeistyFemales #MythicalWomen

annasaund.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social · Apr 4

Three immensely powerful female poets on one stage, are set to make for an exciting opening event for this year's @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social - please join us for @ruthpadel.bsky.social @petitecreature1.bsky.social #PatEdwards - please read more and book - www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

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annasaund.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social · Apr 5

I would absolutely love to see you at @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social this May - our line up absolutely wonderful with some very fine poets and performers. They include @ruthpadel.bsky.social #MichaelSymmonsRoberts #SeanBorodale - read more
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

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