#ArtAdventCalendar day 20: a #FolktaleWeek2024 piece. I thought I would tell another Canadian #folktale about a flaming ghost ship or strange light phenomenon which has been observed in New Brunswick in the Baie des Chaleurs. There are a few different versions of the folklore but the one I like is

Another recent read I loved was Bound by Maddie Ballard from @theemmapress.bsky.social …a beautiful sewing memoir! The writer reflects on relationships, identity and more as she looks back on learning to sew and the various projects she has completed since. #booksky 💙📚

Eden by Sonia Overall - what a brilliant book. Three narrative threads bring together a literature professor (Penelope), Hemingway and the voice of one of his female characters. Absolutely loved it and was gripped by Pen’s story… #booksky 💙📚

Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963

Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens ‘Lansdowne Gem’ bringing colour to the garden today… 🌱 1/2

can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹

Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)

New on the blog today, I've written about ten haunting, atmospheric novellas I highly recommend. Featuring books by J. L. Carr, Yūko Tsushima, Jhumpa Lahiri, Hanne Ørstavik & more! #BookSky #NovNov 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/t...

2/ to prep I'm revisiting this piece I wrote on the diary as a form of self-portrait in the work of Susan Sontag and Alix Cléo Roubaud a while back, which is one of my favorite things I ever wrote -- I thought I'd reshare it here maifeminism.com/disappearing...

Sharing this video I made for #TranslatorsAloud on this new platform… I’m reading from my sample translation of Abel Quentin’s THE SEER OF ETAMPES…which won funding from Villa Albertine to be translated into English! The book is seeking a publisher… #translation m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3x...

Late post for #insectthursday - 🐝 and Anemone ‘Royal Candy’…🌱

Cobea scandens / cup-and saucer vine still in flower…🌱

New on the blog today, I've written about THE DOOR by Magda Szabó (tr Len Rix). An extraordinary portrayal of a complex, co-dependent relationship between a Hungarian writer and her enigmatic, unpredictable housekeeper. Phenomenal stuff! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/t...

Hellebores in full swing now…🌱

Remembering warmer days and allotment flowers in the frost this morning 🌱

First hellebores coming through… 🌱

The December garden 🌱…

Hello @phuonganh.bsky.social 👋🏼 great to see you on Bluesky!

I'm here in the blue sky...

Brilliant to see you on Bluesky @marianchristie.bsky.social !

New on the blog today, my thoughts on Samantha Harvey's luminous novella ORBITAL. A stunning meditation on the fragility of life, the beauty and vulnerability of planet earth and the power of human connection in a rapidly evolving world. I adored it. jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/o...

Autumn colours for my first post…