Hot, humid days with no breeze to ruffle the overgrown grass remind me of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A beautifully evocative story whose quotes line my notebooks 🩵 And a reminder that love is infinite - a truly renewable energy source. #BookSky #WritersOfBluesky #Heatwave #HeatwaveReading

Here’s to everyone who spent this week getting lost in stories or creating them. Happy Book Friday from bookstreet. 💜 #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

The Major Oak has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for over a thousand years. This spring, it failed to come into leaf and experts now believe it has died. But its story isn’t over. Its ancient trunk & branches will continue to support life for years to come: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

The low budget horror phenomenon grossed another $19 million at North American theaters—its fourth week in a row outperforming its box office debut.

Closing soon: We are looking for a Marketing Manager to work on campaigns across our list. We’re looking for a creative and capable marketer who is excited by the idea of working on a diverse list of literary and commercial publishing. faber.co.uk/careers/mark...

Sweet Williams patch at the allotment is thriving. Bunches at home & plenty left for the bees 🐝🌸 Ornamental cousin of #WildFlower varieties, non-native but often spied in the British countryside and cottage gardens. Full bodied and beautiful! #UKWildFlowers #BloomScrolling #WildFlowerHour

Last few... roll up roll up

Mystery in White (Dec 25). Sharp, clean - and clearly written at the height of the closed-door whodunnit. A hint of humour can be found behind that British stiff upper lip - though don't expect any knives out. #BookSky

Here's 3 East Mids events to kick off Pride Month '26! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 European Poetry Festival, 6th June 🌈 The Tree Book Launch, 6th June 🌈 Shaded Writers QTIBIPOC Workshop, 13th June All from queer writers in the East Mids. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/WEMWHATSON

The DASH risk assessment used by police & domestic abuse services to determine level of risk, was developed by a police officer who examined key risk factors commonly found in the run up to such murders. She identified harm to animals as a behaviour of many domestic murderers.

I choose to see season 2 of #Euphoria as season 3, and the two Jules & Rue Covid episodes as season 2, therefore making 3 perfect seasons and NOTHING ELSE TO SEE HERE

A beautiful deep-dive on my sincere but tongue-in-cheek piece in which I wonder why the hell we spend so much time jumping thru hoops for work when we could simply be vibing 😎🐑 Head to @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social to get one of the last few copies! (Or try online 🤷‍♀️) #WritersofBlueSky #BookSky

Such Small Hands (Nov 25). Seeing where it's going & how quickly you're getting there does nothing to stop your spine from tingling. Especially if you think you might be a bit more Marina. A chilling reminder of childhood rituals, of love, power, and the lengths we'll go to for connection. #BookSky

happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to share small poems you wrote, or ones you love by other poets :) here’s one from Jake Rose’s marvelous new book JOAN~

Late to it this week, but it is hot hot hot in England ☀️🌸 A single foxglove creeps out the rosemary, having walked herself there sometime in the last year. Be careful which you have on your dinner! #UKWildflowers #BloomScrolling #WildflowerHour

Sticking with hedgerow this weekend. Sunday is allotment day, after all! Cow parsley and ivy scramble for ownership of the hedge. Soon berries will muscle in, and take over with a pop of colour #BloomScrolling #WildFlowerHour #UKWildflowers

Our Wives Under The Sea (Nov 25). Echoes of Annihilation and Gathering Evidence against a backdrop of love. Can be read as love's enduring strength or as it's light fading from a relationship. Frustratingly incomplete, hauntingly poignant. #BookSky

Happy National Limerick Day! A #limerick is a five-line humorous #poem with a distinct AABBA rhyme. Edward Lear (born today) popularised the form in the 19th century in his #Book of Nonsense. What are your favourite #limericks? Feel free to share #poetry #poem #limerickday #EdwardLear ⏰📚💙 #today

Honesty (lunaria annua) line the path and lean in to say hello as I make my way to my garden allotment 🌸 Always a day-brightener🪻 #wildflowerhour #BloomScrolling #UKWildflowers

A behind-the-scenes peek at The Letters Page journal, courtesy of Nottingham’s Impact Magazine 👀 Read the full article at: impactnottingham.com/2026/03/an-interview-with-the-web-team-of-the-letters-page

Strength, truth, and hope. The only way to heal. #BookSky #SundayThoughts

Veronika Decides to Die (Nov 25). On board with every theme. Arguably more so now than in 1998, the system (we live in) builds apathy and strips us of humanity. We need to do everything we can to free ourselves of societal shackles AND build community! Live vividly, live deliberately 🙏 #BookSky

Cuba (Feb & Nov 25). Read while planning & while in action! Felt aimed at an American audience - makes sense, but didn't always work for me. Still a great supporting guide. Cuba is a beautiful country full of beautiful people who deserve better. My anger, my heart, my solidarity, always. #BookSky

I'm a fan (Sept 25). Unhinged. In a good way - but not always. The scathing disectional interludes read like an overly enthusiastic student’s notes in the margins. The rub is that of new trainers on a freshly popped blister. But perhaps the sense they don’t belong simply adds to the point. #BookSky

Mirror, mirror Be authentic, they say Give yourself to us Lay yourself bare Let us consume you And decide if you are real #SmallPoemSunday #authenticity #WritersOfBluesky #poem #poetry

Girl in Pieces (Aug 25). YA fiction is so important & this is a real hard hitter. Good for family book club, to open up tricky conversations with teens. Raw and unflinching, it speaks to the intensity of emotions & experiences as you grow up (and for some of us, forever) #BookSky

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

Yes yes yes! 📚 Sometimes I pop a cheeky fiver in the pages of a book before dropping it in the community library too 💸 Gotta reward a love of reading!

Her Fearful Symmetry (Aug 25). An odd read. Doesn't find its feet as melodrama, thriller, gothic, romance, supernatural and doesn't move smoothly between them. I kept thinking 'and what?'. Striking, given how darkly harrowing and achingly beautiful The Time Traveler's Wife is. #BookSky

The Motorcycle Diaries (Jul 25). Re-reading this knowing the broader outcome is bittersweet. I reject Kerouac comparisons - not least the mission. Light & joy alongside shade here. I wonder what the world would have been like with Che in it & how else he might have changed. Especially now. #BookSky

Death of a Bookseller (Jul 25). I judged a book by its cover but should have read its blurb. Serial killer fetishisation 👎 Satire maybe - but not quite landing. And damaged outsider as dangerous stalker? I love unlikeable women but this didn't give them enough care. (PS I love horror tho) #BookSky

The UK government is active and complicit in so many illegal, dangerous, and inhumane things. Right now, 11 million people in Cuba are starving. They’ve been at the brunt of sanctions for decades, for daring to be independent. Hasta la victoria siempre 🇨🇺 Help now 👇 cuba-solidarity.org.uk

This flash microfiction comp is the absolute best. I had a blast (and some successes!) the last two years. Gutted I can’t make this years - holding March in my diary next year already! Congrats to Christy for this winning story 💕 #WritingCommunity

On the TBR 🐙🚀 #BookSky

Butter (July 25). Rich & dense like buttery noodles - and just as tasty. Looks bulky but I didn't find it long at all. The characters stumbling into connection, their little choices & rebellions... Freedom from others, ourselves, and the joy of being alive? Everything. #BookSky

I will never recover from learning about the wood wide web. Trees are life 🌳 Can’t wait to give this a look 💚

The dream you ordered is sold out (June 25). The cover GRABBED me the first time I saw it. I spied it not long after in a charity shop & knew it was meant to be. Original, imaginative, easy reading that was enjoyable from beginning to end. Loved furry friends getting their dreams too #BookSky

You are not alone (June 25). I'm glad this book has been written, even if it didn't speak to me. That, in a way, supports its purpose - there's more than one way to process, grieve, and live. Its outlining of society's collective misunderstading of the seven stages of grief is important #BookSky

Yellowface (May 25). Deliciously dark and moreish. And another foray into Twitter! The value of racial diversity - so long as it's thru a white lens, cultural appropriation, obsession 👌 The 'sprucing' of ideas lends itself nicely to AI debates too. I gobbled it down like a little pancake #BookSky

Sorrow & Bliss (May 25). Unlikeable women are my jam. So much of the anger, pain, indifference and underlying desperation to understand resonated with me. The portrayal of love and support, even in complex relationships, is beautiful and made me reflect on my own life, too #BookSky

This is who runs this account

The List (Apr 25). A time capsule of Twitter at its best and (almost) worst, with a nuanced look at how we can protect each other - and how that can be abused to cause harm (thru the brilliant lens of black love). So well written it had me rooting for things that made me question who I am! #BookSky

Making It (Apr 25). Feel-good, relatable, easy-reading that gets you invested enough in the characters to keep turning the pages while completely rooting for them. Tackles its themes with kindness and respect. If your heart hurts, read this and feel better. #BookSky

🙏 progress over perfection always

Timeless Simplicity (Mar 25). Even though I'm all over these themes, this didn't hit the spot. Bit patronising, bit gendered, bit blinkered. Things have got thicker and faster in the 25 years since it was published - so the overall message is extremely on-point. Meet me in the woods? #BookSky

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Burnout (Mar 25). A place I've spent a lot of time, which I've since learnt a lot about and now help others with. When I'm not visiting again 🙈 An accessible and practical guide - but, if you are burnt out, you'll probably need help working through it #BookSky

Love learning about dreams ☁️ a beautifully surreal part of our existence. There’s stuff in here about taking control of your dream content - my subconscious already marries up with my conscious to try to interfere in interesting ways…

Buried in Treasures (Mar 25). Forever trying to declutter? Can't stop stuff coming into your home? Got ADHD and need help with systems? This could be the practical guide you need. Essential for any professional declutterer or relevant social services worker. Non-judgmental, supportive - air kiss 👌

An Unquiet Mind (Feb 25). Kay has lived a tremendous life, which she shares generously & unflinchingly. Love and connection hit so strongly throughout. What a difference support and non-judgement can make to a life - and how fantastically Kay has paid it forward.