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Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · Apr 13

A handy guide for buying my books:

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Jazzhole [Nigerian Gods]
Laterna [The Healthy Perfectionist]
Ouida [Nigerian Gods]
Quintessence [both books]
Rovingheights [both books]

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African Books Collective [both books]
Amazon [both books]
Foyles & Waterstones [The Healthy Perfectionist]
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Several people have asked me where they can buy my books regionally & internationally, so I put together this handy little guide:

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@jazzholelagos [Nigerian Gods only]
@laternabooks [The Healthy Perfectionist only]
@ouidabooks [Nigerian Gods only]
@quintessenceng [both books]
@rovingheights [both books]

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@africanbookscollective [both books]
@amazon [both books]
@foylesforbooks [The Healthy Perfectionist only]
@waterstones [The Healthy Perfectionist only]

Honestly, seeing all of the booksellers listed out like this is an amazing feeling. I feel extremely honoured that they decided to take a chance on stocking one or both of my books. I'm so grateful!

#TheHealthyPerfectionist
#NigerianGods
#Perfectionism
#NigerianHistory
#Wellness
#TraditionalReligion
#MalthousePressNigeria
#AfricanBooksCollective

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Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 2d

Well said & very accurate.

Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 3d

'The analysis [of existing data] shows it is difficult, if not impossible, to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations.
All the religions in [Nigeria] have been affected, and there have been fatalities across several ethnic and religious lines.'
theconversation.com/is-there-a-c...

Is there a Christian genocide in Nigeria? Evidence shows all faiths are under attack by terrorists

Despite the number of fatalities from terrorism in Nigeria, it is difficult to delineate the killings based on religious affiliations.

theconversation.com

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Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 4d

'Finding inspiration in everything from market boards to danfo buses, experimenting with indigenous scripts, and working hard to shed lingering Western influence, these type designers are building a uniquely African visual language.'
#Typography
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the...

Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography

Finding inspiration in everything from market boards to danfo buses, experimenting with indigenous scripts, and working hard to shed lingering Western influence, these type designers are building a un...

www.itsnicethat.com

Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 5d

'The publication of Atwood’s era-defining dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1985), about a society in which women are state property, consolidated her power as a writer and drew a line under her deep-seated interests in gender, patriarchy and power.'
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...

Margaret Atwood Leans Into Her Dark Side in a New Memoir

www.nytimes.com

Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 7d

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

John Keats • Ode on a Grecian Urn

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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 8d

Ian Stephenson, 413/540, 1980
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1120021

date inscribed
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1981

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white2tea @white2tea.bsky.social · 9d

#teasky

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 8d

"These are the Drowned Halls.
On the Periphery of this Region the Waters are shallow, tranquil and covered with water lilies, but in the centre they are deep and treacherous, full of broken Masonry and drowned Statues."

Happy birthday Susanna Clarke.

A photo of a copy of the 2020 Bloomsbury edition of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. The cover, depicting a faun on a corinthian pillar is designed by David Mann, using Shutterstock images.

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Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 10d

I'd welcome recommendations of books about silence, solitude, patience etc. that a) are not boring b) do not fall into the classification of "a meditation on...", I can meditate myself.

Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 10d

I'm at a loss as to what to read next. Options that come to mind so far are: re-read 'Siddharta' or John Cage's 'Silence', a second hand encyclopaedia or just start reading this again.

Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 15d

FINALLY starting this. I must admit I was a bit nervous as I loved his other Ghost Mountain so much, but the first paragraph is so brilliant I know I've nothing to fear.

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Dean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social · 8d

at a certain point starting anew is more achievable than fixing what's broken

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 7d

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

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Flannel, Steady Diet of @flanneloccluded.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 9d

3. Utter Horror!

Halloween horror!

Horrifying:
1. Floating skull
2. Evil fog
3.Slime fiend

Utterly horrifying:
1. Floating skull who borrows books and never returns them.
2. Evil fog with some really awful opinions (it is saying we've got the internet so we don't need libraries")
3. Slime fiend who browses bookshops then buys online

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 9d

2. Culinary Witches

Panel 1:
A blasted moor. Night. Two witches stand by a cauldron. One stirs. one adds ingredients and chants:
"Eye of newt, toe of frog, wing of bat..."

Panel 2
She continues: "Head of garlic, pinch of sumac, glug of walnut oil, leaf of kale, tablespoon of pomegranate molasses, cup of polenta, shake of smoked paprika..."

Panel 3
The witches' pet raven says to their cat: "Things were a lot simpler around here before they got that Ottolenghi cookbook."

p.s. I know that in Shakespeare it is ‘wool of bat’ but I thought ‘wing’ was better visually.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 9d

Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop

Reasons to visit your local haunted bookshop:

Open Until Very Late (image: moonlit bookshop)
Staff with nine hundred years experience (image: skeleton bookseller)
Home delivery by Headless Hoseman or flying fiend (image: deliveries being made)
Readings from famous authors (Image: Shakespeare zombie)
Stay and browse forever (Image ghost in a bookshop)

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 8d

Happy November to everyone.
🖼️ Grasset

Art Nouveau illustration for the month of November by the artist Eugène Grasset. It is part of a series of twelve plates titled "Les Mois" (The Months), which was originally published as a calendar in 1896.
The illustration depicts a woman in a long, yellow dress with a bird pattern, kneeling in a garden. She is reaching out to touch a cluster of orange flowers.
The scene is set in autumn, with bare-branched trees and some red-leafed plants on the ground.
In the top right corner, a diamond-shaped frame contains the text NOVEMBRE.

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JA_BB @jabb.bsky.social · 10d

🎨: Mikiko Noji

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 10d

“Tell a story, with as many elements as possible — emotion, drama, composition, light. I want you to pause, and say: what’s happening?” — Lynsey Addario. www.ft.com/content/90cb...