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Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social · 3d

People always want to know how come I am such a good skier when I’ve never actually taken any skiing lessons!?!? Well, my success is all down to this vinyl record my grandad gave me.

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Kristin S @krisr101.bsky.social · 18d

My head is buried in a new book by fellow BlueSky user @robgotobed.bsky.social! I just received my new book and I’m excited to laugh out loud. #booksky 💙📚

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Colin Garrow @colingarrowauthor.bsky.social · 1d

‘Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage’ by Alfred Lansing
'...a tale...of incredible courage and persistence...'
buff.ly/O8EPfp1

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Moz Perkins ⚓️ 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @mozperkins.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning world 🌍 from a placid Stockport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 where I’m waking up with a big mug of strong tea, half a sugar 😇
NAAFI Break 🇬🇧 first thing, then I’m playing Grandad’s taxi picking up Dad for his weekly club, then back to our house for tea 😛
Happy Thursday everyone 😎👍

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Clayton Graham @claytongrahamscifi.bsky.social · 7h

MULTI-AWARDED TOP RATED SPACE OPERA 'SAVING PALUDIS'
A remote planet. A groundbreaking discovery. A tension that could ignite a cosmic war.
A groundbreaking saga.
bookgoodies.com/a/B07CZBTKZX
Amazon eBook, Print, and Audible
#mustread #suspense #bookworms #books #bookboost #sciencefiction

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 8h

#Onthisday 16 October 1847, Jane Eyre was published to great acclaim. One of the first reviews stated:
"This is not merely a work of great promise; it is one of absolute performance...one of the most powerful domestic romances published for many years."

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 20h

"Horror as it should be. Detail high, blood by the gallon, suspense at every turn."

Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series
viewbook.at/stage3

All FREE on #KindleUnlimited

Also on #audible

#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#TheWalkingDead #horror #stage3series📚💙

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Sherry Ellis @sherryellisauthor.bsky.social · 22h

Join me on Sunday, November 16, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Kroger, 12460 Crabapple Rd, Alpharetta, GA. I'll be signing copies of my books! Would love to meet you! #authorsigning #booksky

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William D. Prystauk @prystauk.bsky.social · 19h

#October is a great time to #follow @hopemvfields.bsky.social

Hope Fields, JD @hopemvfields.bsky.social · Feb 14

Presenting my poem Earth:

My Earth
Beautiful orb
Slowly spinning
In a life sustaining atmosphere of
Endless azure skies
Ocean and Seas reflected
White clouds dotted
Leaping Dolphins besotted.

My Earth
Peopled by souls migrating
Ever evolving.
Man, animals, birds and insects
On land ever moving.

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Kiddie Speak Phonics🔡 @kiddiespeak.com · 23h

How It Works: Buy once, print forever. No waiting for shipping. Just download the ZIP file and start printing whatever your child wants to color that day.
#printablecoloringpages
kiddiespeak.com/products/col...

Kiddie Speak Coloring Bundle

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 15h

“Spies, intrigue and wicked women at the Tudor court. "Evocative and moving, the period is wonderfully and brutally drawn." - ##Review

http://mybook.to/thewinchestergoose

##Booksky 💙📚 ##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##TudorLondon

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Johanna König @johanna-koenig1.bsky.social · 5h

@tcboyle.com
Some days are just fine…
today your book arrived and the cap too!

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · 2d

On the blog today is #FallingFast the first in @nlbro.bsky.social Drummond and McGregor series published by Grey Dog Books. The book was published over ten years ago but only came out on Audible last year when it caught my eye. Narrated by Angus King.
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/f...

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Jenniferr Brown @jenniferrbrown17.bsky.social · 3d

This book will remind you how important it is to think about approaching life and business in a positive repetitive manner. amazon.com/dp/B0BMJH7MJB #booklovers #bookcommunity #novel #photography #bookblogger #literature #romance #fantasy #booktok #library #selfhelp //

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 3d

Letters written by notorious horse thief Margaret Catchpole who lived at Nacton, Suffolk who was eventually transported to Australia to go on display as part of an exhibition at The Hold, Ipswich.
@whoamiftr.bsky.social 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Suffolk horse thief's 18th Century letters on show in UK first

Margaret Catchpole was transported to Australia and her letters form part of a new exhibition.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Johanna König @johanna-koenig1.bsky.social · 3d

Morning drawing, 13.10.2025,
„Not in love with this animal“

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 3d

Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...

Shadow of Persephone
£1.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!

#Histfic #KU #Booksky #Tudor 📚💙📚💙📚

Also available in #audiobook

www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Perse...

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Chris Burton @cfburton.bsky.social · 13d

“Taken right from today’s headlines…” www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... #ebook #ebooks #Kindle #kindlebooks #BookQuote #books #novel #booklove #bookworm #bookshelf #literature #author #novel #book #BookLovers #Reading #Fiction #Goodreads

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Kay Medway @kaymedway.bsky.social · 13d

My poem is inspired by “Did You Always Have a Passion for Staying Very Still? Questions I Have for Living Statues,” by Iona Lee. #PoemsAbout #Mannequin @thebrokenspine.co.uk

How do you push
red words from a campaign of adverts and heavy reductions,
with its potential for unravelling
the wheres of how you are,
as signs above you,
to the back of your mind,
to be here, mannequin, unfailingly still?

Does the day console you
when you over-apologise for your lack of invention,
for merely filling its hours?

Does a passerby or two hear anything of your secrets,
your impressions of them formed,
discomforts in that stillness that is yours?

Do they borrow your single flower
from a spray-painted top of silver colour you model and present?

Did they train you in a circular poem
to shape your presence?

Would we notice your flickering on,
of a switch,
even with you without a crowd to entertain?

Will I see my fashion write-up review
make an outlet of magazine news,
a news story of us.
by Kay Medway

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 13d

A great presentation from @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social last night at Wakefield Exchange when the latest blue plaque to industrial locomotive builder, Thomas Peckett was unveiled. I was pleased to be able to make a small contribution to the research for this project. Peckett was baptised in /1

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Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 13d

#SpaceWeek begins OCT 4th and you can celebrate TUE OCT 7 with my @startrek colleague Nana Visitor, a real astronaut and other luminaries at the Cosmic Girls Foundation + the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs discussion, Nana @cosmicgirls_foundation @nanavisitor.bsky.social

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 13d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Bookdky #Tudor 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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Juliet Kano @julietkano.bsky.social · 13d

On a crimson couch, a cat rests.

#RoyalCat #CatEmperor #MeowQuotes
#Caturday #kitten #pet #cat #cats #cozy #CatLife #Meow #catlover #CatsOfInstagram
#CatsofBluesky #CatMom #CatHumor #blueskyねこ部#AIART

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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 13d

Shortlisted as highly recommended with my poem 'Nature's Quiet Reconstruction' at Poetry Cafe Eastbourne's National Poetry Day Celebration.

My poem and the winners will be read at the Fisherman's Club today (3rd October).

Huge thanks to the judges and admin (Pam and the team) from The Poetry Cafe

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