Dan Wagstaff
@danwagstaff.bsky.social
Book stuff. Manager of expectations. Toronto. He/him.
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End of year lists are hard.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
End of year lists are hard.
On the subject of best of the year lists, here's a gift link for the NYT's 100 Notable Books of 2025 too...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On the subject of best of the year lists, here's a gift link for the NYT's 100 Notable Books of 2025 too...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Here's a gift link to the Globe 100 for the Canadian book folks:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b287550...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b287550...
The Globe 100: The best books of 2025
Our annual guide to the books that captured, delighted and informed us this year. Plus, track your favourites from years past in our first Book Archive
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a gift link to the Globe 100 for the Canadian book folks:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b287550...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b287550...
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More publishers should do this!
Exciting news! A selection of our iconic Charco covers are now available as fine art prints! Reimagined by artist Pablo Font as striking works of art, and printed using highest quality papers and inks, giving an archival life of 80 years.
Check out the full range: charcopress.com/artstore
Check out the full range: charcopress.com/artstore
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More publishers should do this!
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Bridget Riley and the pleasure of looking.
With her mesmeric, geometric work, now on show at Turner Contemporary, the British artist hopes the “eye can travel over the surface” like it “moves over nature”.
https://bit.ly/4rq9h5A
With her mesmeric, geometric work, now on show at Turner Contemporary, the British artist hopes the “eye can travel over the surface” like it “moves over nature”.
https://bit.ly/4rq9h5A
Bridget Riley and the pleasure of looking | The Observer
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November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bridget Riley and the pleasure of looking.
With her mesmeric, geometric work, now on show at Turner Contemporary, the British artist hopes the “eye can travel over the surface” like it “moves over nature”.
https://bit.ly/4rq9h5A
With her mesmeric, geometric work, now on show at Turner Contemporary, the British artist hopes the “eye can travel over the surface” like it “moves over nature”.
https://bit.ly/4rq9h5A
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I'm a total sucker for the maps on the backs of old Dell books.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm a total sucker for the maps on the backs of old Dell books.
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My review of the third part of Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume - one of the most exciting things happening in fiction right now observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Paperback of the week: On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle | The Observer
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November 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My review of the third part of Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume - one of the most exciting things happening in fiction right now observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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This phone in Barry's Bay, Ontario is on the highway where the payphone madness began over four years ago. I've been past this grocery store many times since but somehow only spotted the phone in August. A friendly watchman was proud of it (Chamonix57N1, Schneider 180mmf5.6 APO Symmar, Kodak TXP320)
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This phone in Barry's Bay, Ontario is on the highway where the payphone madness began over four years ago. I've been past this grocery store many times since but somehow only spotted the phone in August. A friendly watchman was proud of it (Chamonix57N1, Schneider 180mmf5.6 APO Symmar, Kodak TXP320)
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When you think 'I should probably post more from my sketchbook' and then you look at the sketchbook and realise that since you got a dog two years ago your brain has turned into 90% dog
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When you think 'I should probably post more from my sketchbook' and then you look at the sketchbook and realise that since you got a dog two years ago your brain has turned into 90% dog
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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
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From 1973, Ed Emberley’s Little Drawing Book of Weirdos. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/e...
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From 1973, Ed Emberley’s Little Drawing Book of Weirdos. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/e...
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A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
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New post: Updating Albertus for the City of London wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
Updating Albertus for the City of London - We Made This
The story of the updated version of the Albertus font, designed by Toshi Omagari, used on the City of London's street nameplates.
wemadethis.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New post: Updating Albertus for the City of London wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
Here's the last of my monthly cover round-ups for the year...
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here's the last of my monthly cover round-ups for the year...
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Today is Robert Rauschenberg's centenary; a wildly inventive & influential artist, he was born on this day in 1925. To mark the occasion, a thread celebrating his love of animals. First up, Rauschenberg working in the studio with his dog Laika, in about 1968. Laika looking really chill here
October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today is Robert Rauschenberg's centenary; a wildly inventive & influential artist, he was born on this day in 1925. To mark the occasion, a thread celebrating his love of animals. First up, Rauschenberg working in the studio with his dog Laika, in about 1968. Laika looking really chill here
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“Books need to have someone loudly clamoring behind the scenes to rise above the general masses"
The NYT talks to founders Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo about their indie press Hagfish (Gift link) :
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
The NYT talks to founders Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo about their indie press Hagfish (Gift link) :
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Books need to have someone loudly clamoring behind the scenes to rise above the general masses"
The NYT talks to founders Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo about their indie press Hagfish (Gift link) :
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
The NYT talks to founders Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo about their indie press Hagfish (Gift link) :
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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László Krasznahorkai covers by the Office of Paul Sahre for @ndbooks.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
László Krasznahorkai covers by the Office of Paul Sahre for @ndbooks.bsky.social
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the absolutely terrific @ndbooks.bsky.social is responsible for every happy english speaking nerd (on this continent) right now
László Krasznahorkai
New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies.
www.ndbooks.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
the absolutely terrific @ndbooks.bsky.social is responsible for every happy english speaking nerd (on this continent) right now
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October 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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I love this book...
October 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I love this book...
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This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?