The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

2026 Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize Longlist announced (formerly the Republic of Consciousness Prize) #booksky 💙📚 #books #smallpresses

Great advice for staying sane these days (courtesy of @drrachelbarr.bsky.social )... www.instagram.com/reel/DUZKAj1...

Countercurrent by Miles Johnston

Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread: CANE by Jean Toomer #booksky💙📚 #books #design

Just announced by @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social … Winners of Weatherglass Novella Prize 2.0 - THE HYENA’S DAUGHTER by Jupiter Jones, published April 2026 - PINK SOAP by Anju Gaston, published June 2026 #booksky💙📚 #books #novellas #literaryprizes #smallpresses

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Starting Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold, loaned me by @octopodiformes.bsky.social. 🤗It combines Shards of Honor and Barrayar, promising me exciting space adventure and intrigue! What are you reading or looking forward to this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙

Interactive Meida Bias Chart via @adfontesmedia.bsky.social #dataviz #bias #media #factchecking app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...

Monday’s Multiple Book Cover Design Thread: The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa #booksky 💙📚 #books #design

Let's get trained up. #ICEOutforGood #ReininICE www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Two upcoming free opportunities in Maryland to watch The Librarians documentary: 1) In-person tonight (1/22) at 7pm EST at the Greenbelt Cinema (www.greenbeltcinema.org/movie/the-li...), or 2) 1/28, 7pm, Online if you register first: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

About to start Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong, by Georgina Lawton. From a “color-blind” household upbringing and all-white community, Lawton seeks answers and belonging. What can you share this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙

I like that chia seeds hide in your teeth, and then later on, slither back out in slimy, engorged form.

2025 Longlist for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Small Press Prize @usrofc.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 #books #smallpresses #literature

An embarrassment of #bookmail riches lately!

On my longtime TBR has been The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard. Got this Picador Classic because I liked the feel in my hand! Waits for the conclusion, at the least, of my four February book discussions 😁😭 What do you have this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙

If you're anywhere near the Bladensburg Library (part of the wonderful @pgcmls.bsky.social system), feel free to join in the search for the lost mermicorn cousin! #friendsofthelibrary #pgcmls

Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread: IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis

Stamps were never this fun when I was a child!

Join Indivisible Route 1 Corridor this Sunday for a Vigil for Lives Lost to ICE Violence. #ICEOutForGood #NoKings www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...

Excited at the announcement of a second printing at Tangerine Press for Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group. Copies of the second printing paperback and special edition are available at Tangerine Press: thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-F...

For next romance book clubs, Sex, Lies and Sensibility, Nikki Payne, and Strange Love, Ann Aguirre. Sisters tackling renovating a rural Maine inn under deadline with a Jane Austen flavor. AI screws up, sending Zylar to Earth instead of the expected match for partnering. #ThursdayBookChat 📚💙

Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread: THE THREE BODY PROBLEM by Liu Cixin #booksky 💙📚 #books #design #reading

We got pizza last night, so, of course, I had to duck into the thrift store next to the pizza place… First thrift store book finds of 2026! 🥰

I ordered a couple of Donald Barthelme books from @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social -- I always picture them as having a single employee who has to wade through a warehouse akin to the one at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark when they fulfill orders. They told me my imagination was not far off! :D

Here's an idea for 2026...

Soon to start Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine, composed of essays, poems, images, other documents. Anticipating this will be as powerful as I found ‘Citizen’ to be. #ThursdayBookChat 📚💙

Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread: THE FIRST BAD MAN by Miranda July #booksky 💙📚 #books #design #bookcovers

An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]

Not every gator reminds me of VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series but this one did. Check out the link for a wonderful assortment of sculptures included in @beautifulbizarre.net ’s sculpture art prize. beautifulbizarreartprize.art/2025-sculptu...

Just found these socks in my sock drawer…

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

The dog and I came upon this cute lawn decoration which then became a kind of metaphor for social media where we’re often shown only one side of a story or image…

Covers for all 45 nominated books for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada List here: www.goodreads.com/list/show/24... Prize site here: www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com Longlist coming in late January... #booksky💙📚 #books #smallpresses #literature #fiction

These four will help me complete my book challenges! Historical fiction, contemporary fiction for the final countdown 🥳🎉 What do you have cooking for #ThursdayBookChat? Reading plan for 2026? 📚💙

Federal funding for libraries and museums has been reinstated nine months after the Trump administration first sought to eliminate the agency that provides that money.

A couple of Seidel quotes... #booksky 💙📚 #books #poetry #quotes #writing

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