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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 28m

Foraged trifoliate orange makes the perfect pint-sized pomander

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 14h

This was such a good and confusing read

Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 22h

A long-awaited and oft-requested newsletter issue: Somatic practices to support your writing and creativity.

I even made you a video where I demonstrate some of my favorites!

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Somatic practices to support your creative spirit and open heart

Self-care for wild times What are somatic practices? To do somatic work simply means to work with the body, in this case, collaborating with our bodies to find grounding, calm, or other desir…

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 1d

It’s such a beautiful practice!

Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 1d

I teach creative ecosystems, as in you can build a connection to a wild and beautiful place
And build a connection to yourself all at once

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Feb 6

Science fiction has often dealt with worries that machines or computers or aliens will take over... but never that contraptions will take over. Harpsichords, hot air balloons, penny farthings and grandfather clocks are not scary. They are a little bit silly and, in retrospect, a bit hopeful.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 2d

Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3d

Just two of these left!
$55 includes a box filled with goodies plus US shipping

I’ll also give you a discounted 2 hour coaching and energetic session to go with it!

Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m offering a verrrrry limited (3-5 boxes) run of magical materials this Samhain, for shipping, including:

*a mugwort hydrosol made with mugwort from my carrion feeders and compost energy work session
*a tincture that explores the energetics of ancestry and shared space between Ireland and the US

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

Science is beautiful: it gives us a language for understanding ourselves and the world.

The only reason people want you to be skeptical or scared of science is because they don’t want you literate in that language

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

No fancy labels or long how-tos: just some powerful expressions of the work for you to play with in your own practice

Please DM me if you’d like one

Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m offering a verrrrry limited (3-5 boxes) run of magical materials this Samhain, for shipping, including:

*a mugwort hydrosol made with mugwort from my carrion feeders and compost energy work session
*a tincture that explores the energetics of ancestry and shared space between Ireland and the US

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 5d

Fellow writers doing gift guides:

I’m a small biz owner offering unique classes, private sessions, and experiences through culinary/fermentation, and also coaching + energetic support for creatives + entrepreneurs

I’d love to add you to a class or two for coverage consideration!

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m no longer a full-time librarian but I can see the devastating ripple effects this could have on our field and ability to do our work.

Tl;dr thank a librarian this week, hug your library friends, and please be patient with library staff!

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 4d

If you aren’t aware of the inner workings of libraries, losing Baker and Taylor is A Very Big Deal.
It’ll mean libraries will face additional challenges around ordering materials, on top of the many other challenges they face right now.

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 5d

ALSO cannot forget that I am leading my first-ever multi-day fermentation and writing retreat with Bog and Thunder in Ireland! Please join us, there’s SO MUCH goodness packed in here that I haven’t even discussed online yet. It’s gonna be amazing

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Our Fermented Lives — Bog & Thunder

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 5d

Whew 2026 is going to be so good:

My next book: a HUGE handbook on food preserving, comes out

I’m taking on more in-depth, personalized clients because I REALLY am loving helping creative visions from start to finish

More in-person events

Settling into my 2-country life more deeply

🔥🔥🔥

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 5d

My businesses offer anything from self-paced workshops to day-long private sessions and beyond:

Culinary: culinarycuriosityschool.com

Creatives;
Rootsandbranches.site

Just DM me: Thanks for supporting small!

culinarycuriosityschool.co

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 5d

Fellow writers doing gift guides:

I’m a small biz owner offering unique classes, private sessions, and experiences through culinary/fermentation, and also coaching + energetic support for creatives + entrepreneurs

I’d love to add you to a class or two for coverage consideration!

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 6d

This is for the work I do supporting other creatives: my culinary and writing worlds fit more cleanly into descriptions other people understand.

But the ‘helping creatives come home to themselves’ part? That language is still evolving

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 6d

My work isn’t just one thing: it’s coaching, energy work, channeling, intuition, & real-world creative experience in one.
I’m playing with the word ‘guide’ for this.
A guide as in, the real work never fits in just one box.
We’re building boxes big enough to actually hold what you contain.

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 6d

It would have been great to see you!

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 6d

The recorded version of this class is up!
Grab your access here:

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 13d

Join us here! $25 gets you the live class and recording

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Pickles and Prophecy: An Online Tyromancy and Pickling Workshop

Live 2-hour Zoom class: October 3, 11 AM EST Have you ever told your fortune with a block of cheese? Or cast a spell with a jar of pickles? Join the world’s only professional tyromancer (cheese for…

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Julia Skinner, PhD @bookishjulia.bsky.social · 13d

Pickles and Prophecy today!

We’ll tell our fortunes using cheese (bring your own cheese: the more veins, holes, etc the better!)
And play around with using fermentation and fire cider for spellwork.

Come kick off spooky season with us! Class is online + recorded. 11 am-1 pm EST.

Tickets 🎟️ 👇🏼👇🏼

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