spinetingling
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Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Nonfiction (Class of '26) | MA in Doc Photography & Photojournalism ('21) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: spinetingling.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
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Turning Over a New Leaf
Welcome to Spinetingling, the home of shameless shelf-promotion. Where I promise to be an open book.
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As one of my 2025 new year's resolutions, I've launched a new book-loving newsletter over on Substack. Read about all about it and subscribe: spinetingling.substack.com/p/turning-ov...
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This was a highlight of my reading year. If you're a fan of weird apocalyptic fever dreams, you'll want to check this one out. (The interior illustrations by Echo Echo are also as haunting as the writing, so bonus points to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for their commitment to human art as well)
Congrats to @hazelzorn.bsky.social whose incredible Eco-Body-Horror cli-fi novella REEF MIND made @lithub.com.web.brid.gy's 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025!
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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 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This was a highlight of my reading year. If you're a fan of weird apocalyptic fever dreams, you'll want to check this one out. (The interior illustrations by Echo Echo are also as haunting as the writing, so bonus points to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for their commitment to human art as well)
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We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror
Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Brown Bear interior, Algonquin Park
Moose somewhere near Bobycaygeon
Coyote running along fence, Toronto Pearson Intl Airport
Large turtle swimming, paddling in Algonquin Park
Bowhead whale and calf, Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
Brown Bear interior, Algonquin Park
Moose somewhere near Bobycaygeon
Coyote running along fence, Toronto Pearson Intl Airport
Large turtle swimming, paddling in Algonquin Park
Bowhead whale and calf, Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Grizzly bear
Mountain goat
Elk
Fisher
Coyote
Grizzly bear
Mountain goat
Elk
Fisher
Coyote
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Leopard
Orca
Blue Jay
Scorpion
Jefferson Salamander
Leopard
Orca
Blue Jay
Scorpion
Jefferson Salamander
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Brown Bear interior, Algonquin Park
Moose somewhere near Bobycaygeon
Coyote running along fence, Toronto Pearson Intl Airport
Large turtle swimming, paddling in Algonquin Park
Bowhead whale and calf, Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
Brown Bear interior, Algonquin Park
Moose somewhere near Bobycaygeon
Coyote running along fence, Toronto Pearson Intl Airport
Large turtle swimming, paddling in Algonquin Park
Bowhead whale and calf, Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
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I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
Congratulations to these book and art heroes in Galway @kennysbookshop.bsky.social! Amazing. 🎉 #Booksky
85 years ago today, on November 29th 1940, Maureen and Des Kenny opened Kennys Bookshop in Galway. Thank you to every person who has been a part of the story these past 85 years. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Congratulations to these book and art heroes in Galway @kennysbookshop.bsky.social! Amazing. 🎉 #Booksky
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I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
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Nine newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech giants of violating copyright law by stealing the news publishers’ content.
9 more newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging stolen content used in AI apps
The plaintiffs in the 119-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said they are seeking “in excess of $10 billion” in damages.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nine newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the tech giants of violating copyright law by stealing the news publishers’ content.
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Starting soon! Our sold out Watercolour Workshop begins at 1PM.
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Watercolour Workshop - Paint a Christmas Wreath and Flowers and Berries with Karin Mear
Event in Pontypridd, United Kingdom by Ponty Arts and Storyville Books on Saturday, November 29 202515 posts in the discussion.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Starting soon! Our sold out Watercolour Workshop begins at 1PM.
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For the readers who highlight every twist in a Quinn novel: imagine a message from the commander herself. Kate Quinn is part of our 2025 Author Postcard Auction—your chance at a personalized artifact from the queen of historical plotcraft. Link below.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For the readers who highlight every twist in a Quinn novel: imagine a message from the commander herself. Kate Quinn is part of our 2025 Author Postcard Auction—your chance at a personalized artifact from the queen of historical plotcraft. Link below.
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@wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social
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@wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social
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I can feel people’s eyes rolling every time I post something like this
But because I am a sentimental idiot and like the idea of somebody getting my books in 60 years from a secondhand shop when I am long dead, I always write inside my books
(Heaney quote inscribed bog oak pen/UCD graduation)
But because I am a sentimental idiot and like the idea of somebody getting my books in 60 years from a secondhand shop when I am long dead, I always write inside my books
(Heaney quote inscribed bog oak pen/UCD graduation)
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I can feel people’s eyes rolling every time I post something like this
But because I am a sentimental idiot and like the idea of somebody getting my books in 60 years from a secondhand shop when I am long dead, I always write inside my books
(Heaney quote inscribed bog oak pen/UCD graduation)
But because I am a sentimental idiot and like the idea of somebody getting my books in 60 years from a secondhand shop when I am long dead, I always write inside my books
(Heaney quote inscribed bog oak pen/UCD graduation)
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I hope if you're shopping today, you stop by a local indie bookstore. Here's my list of my favorite 25 books from this past year, some old, some new, fiction, history, and current events — something for almost anyone on your list (and, of course, yourself!): www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
My favorite books of 2025
25 books that changed the way I look at the world this year
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November 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I hope if you're shopping today, you stop by a local indie bookstore. Here's my list of my favorite 25 books from this past year, some old, some new, fiction, history, and current events — something for almost anyone on your list (and, of course, yourself!): www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
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@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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Consider reading a book, listening to music, making some art, riding a bike, taking a long walk, spending time with friends or doing whatever else is meaningful to you instead of shopping today. #BuyNothingDay
A reminder that you don't need to participate in mass consumerism tomorrow. #BuyNothingDay
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Consider reading a book, listening to music, making some art, riding a bike, taking a long walk, spending time with friends or doing whatever else is meaningful to you instead of shopping today. #BuyNothingDay
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As we mark our 90th anniversary in 2025, we flipped through the pages of issues past to bring you a few of our favourite ads from the previous decades that highlight the ever-changing nature of the book business. Click here for a gallery: https://bit.ly/4pyOA5r
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As we mark our 90th anniversary in 2025, we flipped through the pages of issues past to bring you a few of our favourite ads from the previous decades that highlight the ever-changing nature of the book business. Click here for a gallery: https://bit.ly/4pyOA5r
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
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November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bless happenstance and these two folks.
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bless happenstance and these two folks.
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The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived... Get DOUBLE (TRIPLE WHEN YOU SPEND OVER £100!!!) PLUS STAMPS from now until midnight Monday 🤩
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November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived... Get DOUBLE (TRIPLE WHEN YOU SPEND OVER £100!!!) PLUS STAMPS from now until midnight Monday 🤩
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Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
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ICYMI for #WorkInPublishingWeek the LSE Press team shared their insights into what it’s really like to work in publishing.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ICYMI for #WorkInPublishingWeek the LSE Press team shared their insights into what it’s really like to work in publishing.
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Read the full Q&A on our blog here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/2025/11/19/work-in-publishing-week-advice-from-the-lse-press-team/
Adoro questo!
I run a monthly Language Bar in Clerkenwell where you can speak Italian all night and drink £3 glasses of wine. What’s not to love? Next one is tomorrow: www.eventbrite.com/e/italian-la...
Italian Language Bar @ Casa Italiana, Clerkenwell
Monthly language conversation night in the heart of London's historic Little Italy
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Adoro questo!
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Great to see this piece about the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair and huge thanks to Mairi for the kind words about our books, many of which you can buy at the brilliant Lighthouse in #Edinburgh.
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Learned income: university presses and bookshops on the search for the crossover audience
Academia may in general be shifting to digital, but there is still plenty of common ground for physical bookshops and presses
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great to see this piece about the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Book Fair and huge thanks to Mairi for the kind words about our books, many of which you can buy at the brilliant Lighthouse in #Edinburgh.
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
Read the full article on @thebookseller.com: www.thebookseller.com/features/lea... #booksky
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If you joined us earlier this month at our flagship festival, we would love to hear from you! Take the survey and share your feedback with us ➡️ bit.ly/49ULMLF
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you joined us earlier this month at our flagship festival, we would love to hear from you! Take the survey and share your feedback with us ➡️ bit.ly/49ULMLF
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It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "Severed Streets" by Paul Cornell
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
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What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
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November 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "Severed Streets" by Paul Cornell
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
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Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".