Deadman’s Pool (Book 8 #IslesOfScillyMysteries) by Kate Rhodes @OrendaBooks #DeadmansPool @K_RhodesWriter @RandomTTours lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/09/29/d...

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I found a poem in a fish bowl I look for freedom for my soul So many lifetimes I’ve been through Finding the ocean each time anew My heart is yours yet remains my own I am here I am there Fishbowl Ocean I am free! I am me! ©️ #Seranya #Poem #Writing #Prompt #MPPrompt TY @malformed-poetry.bsky.social

Water gives us all life ~ Amphibian ~ Recoiling Senseless Fears Less Is more Drop By Drip Drip Drop Renders A pond Afire Squishing This vast Cold Ocean Unfeeling Yet easily Upset By the Dimmest Wind Unprovoked By melting Fire Rendering Lava Moot Earth Itself Beyond My waves Splashing Crashing 1/

More insight into crime fiction - misdirection from @mkinberg.bsky.social #BookSky margot-kin-berg.com/2025/09/27/y...

Five on Friday with Carla Malden jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/26/f...

SAFFY’S BACK…AND SHE’S GETTING SEX THERAPY 🔪🔪🔪 So my next novel BODY COUNT is a sequel to BAD MEN but to be honest you can read it as a standalone too if you like murderous women. It is out on 14 August in the UK, and you can pre-order a SIGNED COPY: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/body...

As soon as I’m done reading this I may read it again. It’s that good. No pun intended. From @versobooks.bsky.social in March 2026

'MGM taught me how to be a star more than forty years ago, and I have never really known how to be anything else’ Elizabeth Taylor: A Celebration by Sheridan Morley to be republished by Dean Street Press, Spring 2026 #hollywood #biography #comingsoon

To mark the Bookseller’s Association conference which was held at the start of this week, BookTok creators spotlighted their favourite bookshops and reflected on the ways bookshops and creators might work together 👇 #BookSky

Tomorrow join Moya Cannon at Tradition Now, a festival of new traditional and folk music in Dublin where she will be reading her poetry as part of Room To Rhyme, a collection of poets and singers presenting their work. For more information and tickets, see here: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

Engels’ words unveil the struggles of the working class, a mirror reflecting deep societal truths. It’s a thought-provoking read that stirs empathy and understanding. Let’s dive into history together! #books #booksky

“In writing about snails, I wanted to write about slowness and strangeness, solitude and death, hibernation and estivation.” — Lauren Bastide (tr. @laurenelkin.bsky.social) www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

Coming up in 2 weeks! Booking + more info: irishwriterscentre.ie/autumn-publi...

Looking into #writingretreats to kickstart or breathe new energy into your #writing project? @valeriavescina.bsky.social will run 3 retreats in the Alps in 2026, starting with one in March. Here's a glimpse into her most recent one - and attendees' comments!

4-year funded PhD in Old Norse-Viking Studies at UCC, working on the Literature & Art strand of the NorseMap Project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk My poem is about Salem, an unarmed boy, who was shot by an IDF sniper while trying to retrieve the corpse of his brother. Later, Salem’s father would also be killed when trying to collect his sons’ bodies.

Captivating Characters of September #TheTroubleWithHeroes #LinkParty #bookblogger #captivatingcharacters25 #bookx #booksky #MiddleGradeLit #bookreview readingladies.com/2025/09/25/c... via @readingladiesbc.bsky.social

Look how pretty she is! I received my author copies of /Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy/ today (officially published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on Monday). Will post more about individual chapters (including my own) next week - in the meantime, do ask your library to order a copy!

Welcome to my review of #LondonRain by @nicolaupson.bsky.social - the 6th instalment of the excellent #JosephineTeyMysteries Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social I am so enjoying revisiting this series via the voice talents of Sandra Duncan! 💙📚 brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/09/lond...

And if the world has ceased to hear you, say to the silent earth: I flow. To the rushing water, speak: I am. Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus

Siren Song by Debbie Baldwin @debbiebaldwinbooks @gatekeeperpresspublishing @gatekeeperpress.bsky.social #BishopSecurity #SirenSong bluemoodcafe.com/2025/09/26/s... via @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social

Captivating Character of the month September 2025: Sybil from The Correspondent #LinkParty #bookblogger #memorablecharacter #bookx #booksky #bookreview 💙📚 portobellobookblog.com/2025/09/26/c... via @portybelle.bsky.social

“If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.” ― Seamus Heaney, District and Circle

The Names by Florence Knapp via @tinyicklejo.bsky.social josbookblog.co.uk/2025/09/26/t...

#BookReview: 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon @orionbooks.bsky.social #59Minutes #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/09/26/b... via @damppebbles.bsky.social

Enjoying is the wrong word but I am certainly appreciating how the writers responding to @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout prompt #NeverAgain are rising to the challenge, especially those who bitterly ironise that ‘Never Again’ & reveal that in practice it is a synonym for ‘Frequently Hereafter’…

6 weeks live teaching! We are giving away 10 places for summer school Saturday for £99 for those who cannot afford the £249- it starts this Saturday and you can find all the details herecheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school - if you are interested email us at [email protected]

Siren Song by Debbie Baldwin @debbiebaldwinbooks @gatekeeperpresspublishing @gatekeeperpress.bsky.social #BishopSecurity #SirenSong bluemoodcafe.com/2025/09/26/s... via @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social

Canongate is set to publish Columbia MFA graduate Stephanie Wambugu's "buzzy" literary debut. Lonely Crowds will publish in trade paperback in February 2026 👇 #BookSky

ICYMI: Sacha Coward’s Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters has been picked up by Manchester University Press following the collapse of crowdfunding publisher Unbound earlier this year 👇 #BookSky

September is a time for action. We’ve been fundraising since February, and we’re still far from our £5,000 goal. We’re putting in everything we can, but we need your help to get over the line. Support fair poetry awards. 🔗

Chilly days are coming. Ghoulish nights are afoot. October’s Afterimages will have a rare 5-piece roster of primarily fiction, a memoir, and a book review. Just remember: you’re not seeing double (or a ghost) just simply quality literature. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social

The newest issue of Camera Obscura (119) features articles on the comedian Chris E. Vargas, the HBO show "Euphoria," the documentary "Time," and the feature film "Aftersun," among others. View the full TOC: buff.ly/AkvOuwU

*NEW BLOG POST* My review of #59Minutes by Holly Seddon is live on #damppebbles! Thought-provoking, nerve-racking in the best way possible, and nigh-on impossible to put down. I bloody loved it! Check out my review... ➡️ buff.ly/mxOsi1I @orionbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #skybrarians #bookish #books

A bit of a blast from the past, and none the worse for it, Molten Chocolate Babycakes are #RecipeOfTheDay! And they’re actually so very much easier to make than you might think www.nigella.com/recipes/molt...

"In the eyes of most Chinese readers, she is the most important female author to date—a similar stature to, say, Virginia Woolf in the English-speaking world, the difference being that China never had a Jane Austen or an Emily Brontë." Zhang Yueran on Eileen Chang's Little Reunions.

Five on Friday with Carla Malden jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/26/f... via @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social

#BookReview: 59 Minutes by Holly Seddon @orionbooks.bsky.social #59Minutes #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/09/26/b... via @damppebbles.bsky.social

Murder In The Winter Woods by Katie Gayle jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/09/26/m... via @jenlucas.bsky.social

QUB History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm BST

Praise for Mahesh Rao’s HALF LIGHT: ‘Tender yet piercing’ @service95 ‘Rao writes with great sensitivity’ @irishtimes.com ‘Intelligent, keenly observed’ @thetls.bsky.social ‘A gentle exquisite portrait of lives lived in half light’ @dailymail.co.uk

"Poetry Ireland is recruiting a new Director to lead the Poetry Ireland team."

ICYMI: Recent research around Irish children’s reading habits has underlined the need for awareness and support, says Elaina Ryan, CEO of Children’s Books Ireland 👇 #BookSky

booksplease.org/2025/09/26/c... > via @kaggsy59.bsky.social

Flesh, by David Szalay, follows ’a man remarkably detached from his body and desires, and while he rises in class strata and leaves his home in Hungary for London, he is regretfully followed by his past.’ Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... @jonathancape.bsky.social

Titchwell Press is a new, independent start-up publisher of illustrated non-fiction books, founded by Jon and Jo Rippon (previously of Palazzo Editions) 👇 #BookSky

Your #PoemsAbout on chandeliers, glamour, or wax tears and beyond may already be perfect for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. Submit throughout September:

On this day in 1942, the senior Nazi official August Frank issued his memo on evaluating the possessions of people sent to their death at Auschwitz and other extermination camps. It is one of the more chilling documents of the 20th Century. #History #OTD #Genocide #Fascist #BanalityOfEvil

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #BookReview: The Restless Dead by Simon Beckett @transworldbooks.bsky.social #TheRestlessDead #damppebbles ➡️ buff.ly/42vZpel #whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation