Gita Ralleigh
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doctor. Kids: The Destiny of Minou Moonshine 🐘 The Voyage of Sam Singh 🦜 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Poetry: Siren 🧜🏽♀️ @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social A Terrible Thing 🧝🏽♀️ (Bad Betty Press)
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First post! I'm a poet, writer and ex-doctor born to Indian immigrant parents in London. More: gitaralleighauthor.wordpress.com
Here mostly to check in on the world without being sucked into a vortex of despair and to post my daily word count for accountability. ⌨️
Here mostly to check in on the world without being sucked into a vortex of despair and to post my daily word count for accountability. ⌨️
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Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
I have read four of these - always do much better in the children’s #bestbooksof2025 than the adults!
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I have read four of these - always do much better in the children’s #bestbooksof2025 than the adults!
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
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✨SchoolBookFlod is our festive book-gifting campaign ✨
Inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books, Jólabókaflóð, we’ve created our own version - and we’d love you to be part of it.
#SchoolBookFlod #NationalYearOfReading 🧵1/3
Inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books, Jólabókaflóð, we’ve created our own version - and we’d love you to be part of it.
#SchoolBookFlod #NationalYearOfReading 🧵1/3
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
✨SchoolBookFlod is our festive book-gifting campaign ✨
Inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books, Jólabókaflóð, we’ve created our own version - and we’d love you to be part of it.
#SchoolBookFlod #NationalYearOfReading 🧵1/3
Inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books, Jólabókaflóð, we’ve created our own version - and we’d love you to be part of it.
#SchoolBookFlod #NationalYearOfReading 🧵1/3
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Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)
Please admire my lovely stack of #Decemberreads #Bookstack
#Booksky
@susancahill.bsky.social
@suchmayer.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
(Titles and authors in alt)
#Booksky
@susancahill.bsky.social
@suchmayer.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
(Titles and authors in alt)
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Please admire my lovely stack of #Decemberreads #Bookstack
#Booksky
@susancahill.bsky.social
@suchmayer.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
(Titles and authors in alt)
#Booksky
@susancahill.bsky.social
@suchmayer.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
(Titles and authors in alt)
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What are your beloved seasonal reads? My regulars include The Hogfather (Terry Pratchett) The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper) & The Beautiful Christmas Tree (Charlotte Zolotow, Yan Nascimbene) I've acquired a few more favourites recently, all gorgeous! Authors, illustrators & titles in alt. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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#ReadPalestine week (Nov 29-Dec 5)
Read. Resist. Rise up.
-> publishersforpalestine.org
@pubforpalestine.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @saqibooks.bsky.social
Read. Resist. Rise up.
-> publishersforpalestine.org
@pubforpalestine.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @saqibooks.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#ReadPalestine week (Nov 29-Dec 5)
Read. Resist. Rise up.
-> publishersforpalestine.org
@pubforpalestine.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @saqibooks.bsky.social
Read. Resist. Rise up.
-> publishersforpalestine.org
@pubforpalestine.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @saqibooks.bsky.social
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On with the #nonfictionnovember spotlights, this thread highlights #culture essays and articles I'm particularly proud of, starting with this article for @artreview.bsky.social on the contributions of female writers to contemporary wuxia fiction, both literary and perspectives. #nonfiction 1/
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
On with the #nonfictionnovember spotlights, this thread highlights #culture essays and articles I'm particularly proud of, starting with this article for @artreview.bsky.social on the contributions of female writers to contemporary wuxia fiction, both literary and perspectives. #nonfiction 1/
Writers recommend, one new and one old - love this idea! #booksky observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Writers recommend: the best books of 2025 | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Writers recommend, one new and one old - love this idea! #booksky observer.co.uk/culture/book...
“All I do from morning to night is judge.” 😍 🤣#franlebowitz
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Fran Lebowitz: ‘Hiking is the most stupid thing I could ever imagine’
The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“All I do from morning to night is judge.” 😍 🤣#franlebowitz
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
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Spread the Word has rebranded as the London Writers Centre, after 30 years 👇 #BookSky
Spread the Word rebrands as London Writers Centre
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November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Spread the Word has rebranded as the London Writers Centre, after 30 years 👇 #BookSky
Royal Literary Fund archives show precarity of some of our most celebrated authors:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Royal Literary Fund archives show precarity of some of our most celebrated authors:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Prince
Gil Scott-Heron
PJ Harvey
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Last Poets
Prince
Gil Scott-Heron
PJ Harvey
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Last Poets
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Toots and the Maytals
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith
Mark Lanegan
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
#MusicSky
Toots and the Maytals
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith
Mark Lanegan
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
#MusicSky
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Prince
Gil Scott-Heron
PJ Harvey
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Last Poets
Prince
Gil Scott-Heron
PJ Harvey
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Last Poets
The Bloomsbury kids sale is on until Monday 1st December! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/gi...
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Bloomsbury kids sale is on until Monday 1st December! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/gi...
Excessive viewing of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, according to this American Psychological Association study:
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
TikTok and Instagram usage leading to brain rot, says APA study
The more short-form content a person watches on social media, the poorer their cognitive performance, the study found
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Excessive viewing of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, according to this American Psychological Association study:
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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1/2 ⭐️SCHOOLS!
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
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⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
…
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What are your beloved seasonal reads? My regulars include The Hogfather (Terry Pratchett) The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper) & The Beautiful Christmas Tree (Charlotte Zolotow, Yan Nascimbene) I've acquired a few more favourites recently, all gorgeous! Authors, illustrators & titles in alt. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
wow, this recap of the peak years of literary discourse on twitter is something...victory for #joycecarolGOAT
After six rounds of voting, you’ve finally chosen Literary Twitter’s greatest icon! Congratulations to Joyce Carol Oates.
What Was Literary Twitter? *The Champion*
I wish I could say it was close, dear reader, but with 72.6% of the vote, Joyce Carol Oates won our bracket by a wide margin. We sensed that this was coming watching the returns—JCO was putting up …
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November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
wow, this recap of the peak years of literary discourse on twitter is something...victory for #joycecarolGOAT
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Find all of SLJ's Best Books of 2025 lists here:
www.slj.com/page/best-bo...
www.slj.com/page/best-bo...
Best Books 2025
We hope that SLJ’s Best Books of 2025, filled with adventurous and fantastical stories, silly and breathtaking picture books, true-crime mysteries and stirring romances, and universally consumed manga...
www.slj.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Find all of SLJ's Best Books of 2025 lists here:
www.slj.com/page/best-bo...
www.slj.com/page/best-bo...
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The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted.
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted.
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK