Tim Brookes
@timbrookes.bsky.social
Founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, writer, wood carver, tennis player, lover of good bread and good cheese. Author most recently of Writing Beyond Writing and An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets. endangeredalphabets.com
This gorgeous stuff is canarywood, which I’m going to turn into a hand-carved bench as the fourth of my Final Four carvings before I leave the US. This one has already been spoken for; the other three are still available. Check back through my feed to see them.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This gorgeous stuff is canarywood, which I’m going to turn into a hand-carved bench as the fourth of my Final Four carvings before I leave the US. This one has already been spoken for; the other three are still available. Check back through my feed to see them.
Reminder: you can WIN a copy of my new book By Hand in my global handwriting contest! Details at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/11/22/g...
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reminder: you can WIN a copy of my new book By Hand in my global handwriting contest! Details at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/11/22/g...
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
Kinder words were never written.
@timbrookes.bsky.social surprised me today with a digital version of his book on handwriting, By Hand, and IT IS BEAUTIFUL. I'm supposed to be in this annoying massive portfolio team building thing (Monash management please stop reading here) and instead I keep sneaking my laptop open to read it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Kinder words were never written.
The Italian edition of the Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is being launched by UTET Libri . Looks great!
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Italian edition of the Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is being launched by UTET Libri . Looks great!
The books are here! Time to start a-signing and a-sending! www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The books are here! Time to start a-signing and a-sending! www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
My Fond Farewell Moving Sale ENDS TODAY. Check out the last few ridiculously-priced bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My Fond Farewell Moving Sale ENDS TODAY. Check out the last few ridiculously-priced bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
An entire industry would like you to believe that your handwriting is slow, inefficient, illegible, and ugly. Find out what you have to lose if you believe them in my new book By Hand. www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
An entire industry would like you to believe that your handwriting is slow, inefficient, illegible, and ugly. Find out what you have to lose if you believe them in my new book By Hand. www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
My new book, By Hand, arrives from the printers today! So over the weekend I need to sign 150+ copies to send out--but I don't mind if you add to that number! Check it out and order at www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My new book, By Hand, arrives from the printers today! So over the weekend I need to sign 150+ copies to send out--but I don't mind if you add to that number! Check it out and order at www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/
Two of the final carvings I'm going to make as a farewell to America. In folded Mongolian script they say “Joy” and “Love”; the next will say “Peace.” Long and sturdy, in beautiful pau amarillo wood, they can be wall art or very, very special benches. Contact me if interested.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Two of the final carvings I'm going to make as a farewell to America. In folded Mongolian script they say “Joy” and “Love”; the next will say “Peace.” Long and sturdy, in beautiful pau amarillo wood, they can be wall art or very, very special benches. Contact me if interested.
Great interview by Type Radio of The Hague in the Netherland, an excellent introduction to my work with the Endangered Alphabets Project. Check it out at typeradio.org#/573
Typeradio — Now we are talking.
Now we are talking
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great interview by Type Radio of The Hague in the Netherland, an excellent introduction to my work with the Endangered Alphabets Project. Check it out at typeradio.org#/573
Only ONE WEEK LEFT in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale. I've added some new items at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... , so check them out--but soon!
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Only ONE WEEK LEFT in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale. I've added some new items at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... , so check them out--but soon!
Heads up! My moving sale will end on November 17th, when the movers arrive to pack up my stuff for shipping across the pond. I have added a couple more items, so check out the feast at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Heads up! My moving sale will end on November 17th, when the movers arrive to pack up my stuff for shipping across the pond. I have added a couple more items, so check out the feast at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
This, one of my last 4 American carvings, is going to looking incredible. “Believe in yourself “ in Mongolian, and the wood is an incredible (but not endangered) hardwood called Chakte Viga, or orangeheart. Bear in mind it will be five times as colorful and vivid when finished….
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This, one of my last 4 American carvings, is going to looking incredible. “Believe in yourself “ in Mongolian, and the wood is an incredible (but not endangered) hardwood called Chakte Viga, or orangeheart. Bear in mind it will be five times as colorful and vivid when finished….
About half the carvings in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale have been snapped up. If you're interested, you'd better hurry over to www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... toot sweet.
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
About half the carvings in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale have been snapped up. If you're interested, you'd better hurry over to www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... toot sweet.
Check this out! multilingual.com/tim-brookes-...
Tim Brookes' New Book, By Hand, Explores the Impact of Handwriting on Community and Language Preservation | MultiLingual
Is handwriting about to become a lost art in the United States? Award-winning author Tim Brookes tackles this question in his new book.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Check this out! multilingual.com/tim-brookes-...
Reviewers! My new book By Hand, an exploration of the value of the handwritten word, will be back from the printers in time for the pub date of 11/15. If you would like me to send you a copy of the digital edition for review purposes, let me know and I'll send one out stat.
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reviewers! My new book By Hand, an exploration of the value of the handwritten word, will be back from the printers in time for the pub date of 11/15. If you would like me to send you a copy of the digital edition for review purposes, let me know and I'll send one out stat.
Just added to my extended moving sale: A carpe diem proverb in Tai Tham. Walnut, roughly 48"x 14." One fascinating feature of this carving is that one of the panels has a bullet embedded in it, presumably fired into the tree before it was cut down. www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just added to my extended moving sale: A carpe diem proverb in Tai Tham. Walnut, roughly 48"x 14." One fascinating feature of this carving is that one of the panels has a bullet embedded in it, presumably fired into the tree before it was cut down. www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...
Reminder: I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reminder: I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!
I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!
Great news! Thanks to Esteban Kong, the Script Keeper Network website is up and running at www.scriptkeepers.org. It will fill out and enrich over the coming weeks, but check it out to see what we have begun!
Script Keepers Network – Safeguarding Scripts
Script Keepers Network Unites People To Protect And Revitalize The World’s Endangered Writing Systems.
www.scriptkeepers.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great news! Thanks to Esteban Kong, the Script Keeper Network website is up and running at www.scriptkeepers.org. It will fill out and enrich over the coming weeks, but check it out to see what we have begun!
Just a reminder that this exhibition is already in motion in The Hague. I'm going to be speaking here on October 26th about this and that, with startling f=references to Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner and questions about "Where Does Writing Come From?" www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/...
West Den Haag > projects > Alphabetum 15
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October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just a reminder that this exhibition is already in motion in The Hague. I'm going to be speaking here on October 26th about this and that, with startling f=references to Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner and questions about "Where Does Writing Come From?" www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/...
This is the view you could have had this morning if you had bought our house, NOW REDUCED BY $25,000. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the view you could have had this morning if you had bought our house, NOW REDUCED BY $25,000. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
If you are interested in our summit but can't make the event, (a) it will be recorded and (b) you can submit a question or comment ahead of time to [email protected]. But if you can make it, register free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you are interested in our summit but can't make the event, (a) it will be recorded and (b) you can submit a question or comment ahead of time to [email protected]. But if you can make it, register free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Writers! Linguists! Scholars! Pedants! Join us next weekend to sort out the world's array of methods of denoting rhythm, emphasis and meaning that we simplistically sum up as "punctuation." Free registration at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you are interested in punctuation and spacing in text, from any world writing traditions, please join us for @timbrookes.bsky.social's discussion event:
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Writers! Linguists! Scholars! Pedants! Join us next weekend to sort out the world's array of methods of denoting rhythm, emphasis and meaning that we simplistically sum up as "punctuation." Free registration at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join me online on Tuesday, 30 September, 2.35 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) at the Calligraphy Summit where I’ll be giving a talk called “Carve a Letter, Save the World: the story of the Endangered Alphabets Project.”
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September 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Join me online on Tuesday, 30 September, 2.35 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) at the Calligraphy Summit where I’ll be giving a talk called “Carve a Letter, Save the World: the story of the Endangered Alphabets Project.”
Sign up at
go.eventraptor.com/summit/the-c.... Please RT!
Sign up at
go.eventraptor.com/summit/the-c.... Please RT!