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Alex Johnson
@shedworking.bsky.social
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Writer of non-fiction books. Latest: My Year of Reading Welshly. Next: When Books Go Bad, out October. Online editor at Fine Books magazine, columnist at the Idler. Coined term "shedworking". Half-decent snooker player. https://thewritinghut.substack.com/
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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 18h
We are all set up at @buchmesse.de!

We are thrilled to be celebrating our fantastic #books and showcasing #Wales to the world!

Come find us on IPG stand B70/73 in Hall 6.0, where you can also browse books from our trade imprint, Calon 📚

You can also browse our books on Wales Stand B38.

#FBM25
Wales stand at Frankfurt Shelves full of books Shelves full of books Wales Stand
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St Albans City FC @stalbanscityfc.com · 17h
🏆 A huge win last night sees us through to the First Round of the FA Cup, where we'll face League One side Burton Albion...

🆚 Burton Albion
📆 The Weekend of the 1st November

#SACFC 😇

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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 18h
Remarkable covers
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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 18h
Day 1 of Frankfurt Book Fair, here’s a picture for @johnnymains.co.uk & all our other lovely Weird editors (& all you Weird fans).
Our stand at Frankfurt Book Fair with 3 shelves of ‘Gilded Nightmares’ Same stand with 3 shelves of ‘Tales of the Weird’ books
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 18h
OMG
#medieval #MedievalStudies #HorridHenry #humours
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 18h
"Creating Horrid Henry’s gang of characters with alliterative names (Moody Margaret, Anxious Andrew, Sour Susan, Lazy Linda), each with a unique characteristic, was directly inspired by the medieval concept of the four humours" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Looking smashing.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
Good to see my recent book 'My Year of Reading Welshly' having a decent showing at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 1d
It’s Frankfurt Book Fair set up day! Look at all the lovely books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social 📚 🤩
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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 1d
It’s Frankfurt Book Fair set up day! Look at all the lovely books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social 📚 🤩
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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 1d
Brock Brothers Original Illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels to Auction
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Brock Brothers Original Illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels to Auction
A selection of original drawings by the Brock Brothers of scenes from Jane Austen's novels is running in Christie's' Fine Books and Manuscripts sale which ends October 16.The suite of 28 drawings are ...
www.finebooksmagazine.com
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 1d
I'd like to see a couple of double page spreads of adverts every 20 pages or so too.
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Sal Cap0ne @salimotxo.bsky.social · 1d
Chapters should start with a little recap like telly
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d
Other work by the Ladybird artists
Autumn Scene
(Magazine cover, 1953)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
This was the cover illustration for the weekly magazine John Bull. It looks down on a wooded incline where two working horses help clear a glade after felling.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
Much better!
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
If she thinks vintage tech is cool, surely you should get her a gramophone and some vinyl?
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
Had a dream last night that today's Wordle was going to be CLAIM so very disappointed to discover that I am not a nocturnal seer.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
Equally bold, eerie, and cosmic I feel. Let's go.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
"author's" - it's only me here, scribbling away in my garret.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 2d
Authors' copies of my latest book When Books Go Bad (published by the fine @blpublishing.bsky.social British Library folks) have arrived. Officially out later this week but I daresay already in a fine bookshop near you.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 3d
About a dozen foreign editions, all the usual suspects plus Bulgarian and Norse.
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Paul Frightlaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 4d
Farewell, Diane Keaton. She was wonderful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32O...
Annie Hall (11/12) Movie CLIP - Seems Like Old Times (1977) HD
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 4d
If you’ve never watched Annie Hall, you’ve got a treat ahead of you.
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St Albans City FC @stalbanscityfc.com · 4d
⏱️ FULL TIME

🏆 The referee brings an end to the game which ends a goal a piece. See you on Tuesday for another huge battle Saints fans!

⚽ Today's goalscorer: Leo Sery

#SACFC 😇
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 4d
There’s so much in that photo in addition to the faux spats
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 5d
Tickets booked! Looking forward to the nibbles afterwards.
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Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 5d
I think this is the best example I've seen yet of how people who aren't, for a better word, 'creatives' completely misunderstand the potential use of AI.
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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.