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Rhiannon Grant
@rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social
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I research, write, and teach about the Quaker tradition. I also write fiction (mainly sapphic romance novels set in prehistory) and poetry. She/her.
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I did make some progress this #OcTBR. I also decided not to read a few, but... more arrived as well!
A shelf of books, mostly non-fiction, including several with bookmarks in.
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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OcTBR update: finished this. I think I've been returning to it periodically for about a year, stalled by several changes to the project I thought it might help with and in life in general, but today I was off sick but awake enough to amble through the last sixty pages. @octbrchallenge.bsky.social
The cover of The Beginnings of Quakerism, which it describes as "The late William C. Braithwaite's standard history of the early days (to 1660) of the Quaker movement, based largely on the writings of the first Friends. This second edition is prepared by Henry J Cadbury, with a preface by L Hugh Doncaster." The text below says Cambridge University Press.
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Here's my complete TBR pile at the moment (including several items on the Kindle). I think there are two reservations at the library which I will also count! Stone Lands is no longer on the shelf because I finished it today - very good. #OcTBR
My bookshelf - one book is horizontal and the others vertical. Legible book titles: Between tomb and cist, Britain's oldest art, Loki, Star Carr Revisited, The Leap, Friends to China, The Mitford Girls, Civil War, Mistress of the House, Materialising Religion, Agincourt 1415, Birmingham, Reading Between the Lines, behind you is the sea, Prince Harry Spare, Children of Time, Inscribed Across the Landscape, and The Beginnings of Quakerism. At the very end is the worn case of my Kindle which includes several more items.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today's Year of Queer Lit bookblast (lots of ebooks for free or only $0.99/£0.99) includes my sapphic romance novel set in Neolithic Scotland, Between Boat & Shore.
Historical category: yearofqueerlit.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/h...
All books: yearofqueerlit.wordpress.com
on a textured grey background a white hand with rainbow nails holds up a rainbow ribbon. Black text reads: Aug. 26th, 2025 Bookblast: Free and $0.99. Rainbow text up the side says: Host: Year of Queer Lit.
August 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Found on a local street - probably from a parakeet, since a group of them live in the nearby park.
A green feather, deep green at one end shading to white near the shaft, on a varnished wooden surface.
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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I just scrolled through the replies expecting someone to have posted this already, but I can't see it. Same person, different magazines, different audiences. The one on the right would make extra buttered toast just for you.
Two photos of magazine covers, both held against racks of other magazines. On the left is Muscle and Fitness magazine, with a picture of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. The headline says "Shredded!" and that's a fair description of the appearance of his bare torso and arms. His face looks like he's about to growl. On the right is Good Housekeeping magazine, with a picture of Hugh Jackman standing, hands on hips and smiling slightly, wearing a blue v-necked jumper - it has long arms which are pushed back slightly from the wrist. The headline is "Hugh Jackman's Recipe for Romance: What keeps his marriage rock solid". Both covers also have other text which doesn't seem relevant to the point being made.
July 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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"Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class" because we didn't include enough vegetarian, let alone vegan, options to get a read. Which is a bit ironic because at least in my UK context those dietary choices are themselves often seen to be class marked.
A screenshot of the results from an IDR labs online test. It has a circle divided into five sections, named with different social classes, and meant to be coloured to a higher or lower level. Mine are all blank except a few central blocks because I eat almost nothing included in the test. At the bottom text says Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class.
June 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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My novel Carving a New Shape is on sale this week as part of @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social 's Self Discovery week: both main characters learn about themselves during the novel, but especially Laki, who is away from home for the first time when she falls in love. iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/23/2...
An advertising graphic - a rainbow border surrounds a pink central area, with text reading Week #25 Self Discovery. At the bottom there's a drawing showing piles of books with butterflies, flowers, glasses, and a cup of tea, and a purple bar with the text I Heart Sapph Fic 2025 Sapphic Reading Challenge.
June 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Screenshot from Loki, the Disney Plus series, season 2 episode 6. Left to right it shows Loki, Timely, Mobius, and OB in intense discussion, originally about how to prevent the loom melting down but now presumably about the daring and successful rescue I am about to experience.
June 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Today is my last day working for @woodbrooke.bsky.social (as permanent staff; I'll be back as an Associate Tutor on Monday, so I'm not going very far!) I've been with Woodbrooke since 2016. I've learned a lot, especially about teaching and Quakers. I'm sad to be going but ready for new adventures.
A staff photo of me, wearing a black hat and blue blouse and jumper with my oval staff badge, taken in the library at the Woodbrooke Centre.
June 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Between Boat & Shore is on sale this week as part of @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social's Historical Fiction week. It's a sapphic love story but also an exploration of Neolithic Scotland and a reflection on community and leadership.

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Graphic for Week #23 of the I heart sapph fic 2025 sapphic reading challenge, Historical Fiction, with a rainbow board and image of books, butterflies, owls, and a cup of tea.
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Anne Carlini reviews Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: "has the over-arcing ability to both relax you and yet openly teach you at the very same time. ... designed for anyone who would like to further understand Quaker meeting for worship..." annecarlini.com/ex_books.php
The cover of Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: what, when, how, and why, by Rhiannon Grant, in the Quaker Quicks series. Mostly white with text and an image of someone speaking into a microphone.
June 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Book of the month!

Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship has been listed as one of June's books of the month by the Quaker Bookshop!

I'm also looking forward to the launch event (online with @woodbrooke.bsky.social ).

bookshop.quaker.org.uk/books-of-the...

www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/book...
the cover of Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: what, when, how, and why, which also says Quaker Quicks, my name, and features a picture of a person in profile speaking into a microphone
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Seal spotted! This is a screenshot from the #SouthWalney web cam. The still image doesn't give as many clues as the stream, where the movement helps to clearly distinguish a seal (popping up from below) from something drifting (on the surface) or a seabird (landing or taking off).
A screenshot from a webcam, showing a pebbly foreshore with some driftwood and white sea birds, the sea (relatively blue in the sunshine) and distant hills the other side of the water. On the middle left is a yellow circle added around a dark shape in the water, which is the top of a seal's head as it pops up to breathe.
May 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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BlueSky tip: enable the "require alt text" option in your accessibility settings (first picture). It will remind you to add alt text describing your image before you post (second picture) and then I (and others who aim to only repost things with alt text) will be more likely to share your posts.
Screenshot of BlueSky accessibility settings page - the first section is alt text and the first option is "Require alt text before posting". It's been turned on. Screenshot of the BlueSky posting interface. I have added the screenshot of the accessibility page but not yet added alt text, so at the top there's a bar with a red exclamation mark in a circle and the notice "One or more images is missing alt text."
May 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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I'm on the way to Britain Yearly Meeting. I already met one Friend going to the same place and look forward to seeing many more! #Quaker
I'm smiling in a selfie in front of a Birmingham New Street sign
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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It's here! I have received copies of my new Quaker Quicks book, Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: what, when, how, and why. Hopefully that means it will also be reaching bookshops soon - the official publication date is at the end of May.
I'm holding up a copy of the book, Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship, with a big smile.
May 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I don't have pets but I have this photo from a local bluebell wood.
The floor of a woodland in dappled sunshine, showing the bases of two trees, lots of bluebells in flower, and some other plants.
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Year of Queer Lit is hosting a Sapphic Stuff Your Kindle day TODAY with lots of free or reduced price books, including one of mine. yearofqueerlit.com/2025/02/23/s...
White text reads Feb 26, 2025 Stuff Your Kindle: Free Books. In the background a pile of books and two women kissing on swirly orange, pink and purple patterns.
February 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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We're at Kew Gardens seeing the orchids, which is bordering on grand, but also lovely.
A display of flowers, mainly orchids, with some gathering in clumps, some planted around an arch and a model llama and some with air roots hanging from the roof of the glass house.
February 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Are you doing the 2025 sapphic book bingo? (Full rules and cards on @jaeauthor.bsky.social's website: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book... ) My novels, Between Boat & Shore and Carving a New Shape, would fit the 'Set on an island' category. Carving a New Shape has an epilogue and I count as a new author.
A graphic promoting the 2025 Sapphic Book Bingo, with images of a bookshelf wearing headphones (representing audiobooks) and a stack of physical books, as well as Jae's website, jae-fiction.com. The words 'Book Bingo' are in rainbow letters and the graphic has a rainbow watercolour background.
January 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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I forgot to post this two days ago, but 2002 seems like an equally good round number. This is my writing streak at 4thewords.com and I'd recommend trying it if you want to write regularly. I do use the streak saver option at times and have managed to average about 780 words a day since 2019.
A graphic which reads: bookgeek has a 2002 day streak! Below the text there's an illustration of a monster with green and brown fur/leaves, white eyeballs with fire coming out, small white teeth and a little curve of red tongue.
December 28, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (but I will be adding alt text).

Day 9
The cover of No Hickory No Dickory No Dock, a Young Puffin book, subtitle A collection of Caribbean nursery rhymes by John Agard and Grace Nichols. The centre has an illustration of lots of characters and items from the poems, including the clock, a woman carrying a basket of fruit, a man with six arms, and some children and animals dancing.
December 22, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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#TinyJoys When you have a question but someone has anticipated it and it's easy to learn something.
A wall sign, black text on white, lit from above. It reads: How do you pronounce Knoops? [Kuh-noops] 'kuh' like huh - 'noops' like hoops
December 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (but I will be adding alt text).

Day 8
The cover of Mother and Sun: The Cornish Fogou by Ian Mcneil Cooke. The title is in gold text on the shadowed part of an image of a fogou, an ancient underground structure made from large stones - in this case the photograph shows the entrance, with steps down to an opening under a large lintel stone.
December 20, 2024 at 7:37 AM