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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a bit quiet today. I know yesterday was very good, but we are not funded yet so I am going to have to keep pestering you until we are. If you have already backed it, why not share it with your friends? www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d

Despite relentlessly discovering social media makes NO difference to ticket sales , let me remind you that I am in ST ALBANS this week

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Author Talk: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth by Robin Ince — Books on the Hill

We are delighted to be welcoming back award winning broadcaster, comedian and author Robin Ince in-store for a discussion about his latest book and first poetry collection, Ice Cream for a Broken T...

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 2d

Over £3,000! Yes! Who wants to hear of Welsh myths coming back to life to save us. We may even wake up Arthur is the need is desperate enough. If you haven't please back it as there is still 40% to go.

Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

It being a Sunday, there's no update today. Things are quiet as usual. But we do want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has got us over the £3000 mark. Everyone else, why not click the link and find out more. www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 3d

Only £7 short of £3000. Surely we can get there today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

The world of horror manga is vast and deliciously dark.
Check out our list of horror titles beyond the work of Junji Ito.
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Chilling Horror Manga

Junji Ito isn't the only manga artist known for spine chilling horror! Check out this list of horror manga from other fantastic talents.

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

Back in!
Steph McNicholas’ When Ponty Rocked is back in store.

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

Looking for some home decor?
Beautiful art themed cushions can be found in store!

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

When Wales Went to War, a collection of personal accounts of Welsh people who lived through the second world war, is available in store.

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

More Halloween fun to be found in store. Including these wonderful Activity Books!

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 3d

'But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else.'

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

#BookWormSaturday
(is celebrating short stories)

🎨 Jennifer Moses

Painting of sunrise or sunset over a calm sea. Lemon yellows and blue- greys. The sun peeps over a thick line of cloud above the horizon. It is reflected on foreground ripples. Suggests maybe a moment of unexpected happiness.

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

Ebook enjoyer? With Bookshop.org's recent ebook app you can now get a great range of digital titles while supporting your favorite indie bookshops (Including us)!

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 3d

Little ones can't wait for Halloween? Check out our list of fun Halloween reads for young children!
More Halloween fun to be found in store too.
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Halloween Fun for Younger Children

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 4d

Kaden's Weekly Recommendations!
Week Seventy Nine: Night at the Vampire Castle by Hari Conner

Available online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nigh...

A fun take on the choose-you-own adventure structure, written for adult readers! With several endings to discover it makes for a great evening in.

Night at the Vampire Castle: A Choose-Your-Own Romance

A Choose-Your-Own Romance

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 4d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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David Anaxagoras (he/him) @davidanaxagoras.com · 5d

I am so tired of people equating "edge" with "good" writing, and people implying I can't be a serious writer because of the things I love. Bradbury himself inoculated himself early against such foolishness. Love what you love. Write what you love. Tell everyone else to fuck the fuck off.

“Friends made fun. I tore up the Buck Rogers strips. For a month I walked through my fourth-grade classes, stunned and empty. One day I burst into tears, wondering what devastation had happened to me. The answer was: Buck Rogers. He was gone, and life simply wasn’t worth living. The next thought was: Those are not my friends, the ones who got me to tear the strips apart and so tear my own life down the middle; they are my enemies.
I went back to collecting Buck Rogers. My life has been happy ever since. For that was the beginning of my writing science fiction. Since then, I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”

Ray Bradbury. “Zen in the Art of Writing.”

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 6d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5d

Rising Welsh pop artist twst will represent both Wales and the UK at the Osaka Expo 2025 in Japan this weekend, joining broadcaster and BBC Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri for a celebration of the UK’s most forward-thinking electronic music

Welsh pop artist to represent the UK in Japan this weekend

Stephen Price Rising Welsh pop artist twst will represent both Wales and the UK at the Osaka Expo 2025 in Japan this weekend, joining broadcaster and BBC Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri for a celebration of the...

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 6d

Sadly I was unable to play Riyadh comedy festival because it clashed with playing BRISTOL tonight - last few tickets here

www.henandchicken.com/event/comedy...

Comedy: Robin Ince - THE UNIVERSE AND THE NEURODIVERSE - Hen & Chicken

The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts.

www.henandchicken.com

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Greg Fields @gregfieldsauthor.bsky.social · 6d

Frank Herbert (1920-86) While writing an article about Oregon sand dunes he became enthralled by his research. He abandoned the article and wrote 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒆, which was rejected by 23 publishers before a small press known mainly for its auto-repair manuals took a chance

#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors

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Author Steven Ross @therealsir.bsky.social · 6d

I heard the Raven
At my door
Knocking, knocking
Evermore
Ebon eyes
A sight for sore
(His secrets mine
I knew the sign)
& drew the line
In #ash & blood
Memories
Became a flood
With boneless thud
Fell to the floor
With final gasp
Breathed nevermore...

#vss365

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The Book Seller @thebooksellergv.bsky.social · 7d

Preordering from your indie (or any indie) is a great way to not only support your local bookshop and favorite authors, it also tells indies what books people want (so they can order more of them)!

Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 7d

Getting some genuinely FASCINATING results from this survey. I had no idea how many people (23%) aren't interested in reading excerpts before the book comes out! :O

(Also shout out to the 40% of people who report that they preorder from indie bookstores. [fistbump] hell yeah)

Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 8d

There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
Please signal boost for sample size! 📖✨

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Emily Garside @emilygarside.bsky.social · 7d

Having had (another) big-ish piece of work cancelled, I'm throwing my website out there again.

I do educational workshops, EDI work and Creative Writing sessions.

Experienced project manager, marketer, and administrator.

emilygarside.com

Emily Garside

LGBTQ+ Writer Educator and Advocate

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 10d

From Sophia to Swalec tells the story of Cricket in Cardiff.

Available in store or online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/from...

From Sophia to Swalec: A History of Cricket in Cardiff

A History of Cricket in Cardiff

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Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Fun pin badges for DnD lovers available in store!

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