“…Parr’s favourite music played – guests arrived to Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz’s The Girl from Ipanema. Parr had recently photographed the original girl from Ipanema, Helô Pinheiro, who is now 82.”

Always a delight to contribute! My picks include titles by @martynwaites.bsky.social Hilary Davidson Danielle Postel-Vinay Kimberly McCreight Lisa Jewell @radiomukhers.bsky.social @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social Lisa Gardner Jennifer Hillier David Heska Wanbli Weiden Teddy Wayne & Mark Billingham.

The Globe Summer Books preview is one of my absolute favorite things. It’s handpicked by human book lovers (including me) with recs for every kind reader. Dig in!

Bibliophiles, start your engines! Here's @bostonglobe.com's stellar summer reading guide, with offerings from literary fiction to topical nonfiction to beach reads. Many thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/27/a...

Looking for the books of the summer? We've got 'em! Thank you to @hamiltoncain.bsky.social, @daneetsteffens.bsky.social, @cvbell.bsky.social, Chris Vognar & Marion Winik for your stellar contributions. In print on Sunday in the @bostonglobe.com! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/27/a...

I'm just one person trying to compete in a busy algorithm but still hoping to remind you that 1000 Words of Summer starts this coming Saturday, May 30. Our ninth year of writing 1000 Words a day alongside thousands of other people for two weeks straight. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/about

Stoked to be reading with @damedenisemina.bsky.social, @dougskelton.bsky.social @heathercritchlow.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & others at Noir at the Bar: Dead of Summer in Milngavie on June 10th! Tickets at wegottickets.com/f/18739 thanks to Daydreams Bookshop for organising this event!

Late for #towelday, but I wrote this short appreciation of Douglas Adams and how encountering THE HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY as a child had an incalculable impact on my brain: www.hilobrow.com/2026/04/25/o...

Anyway, please enjoy this photograph of a saxophone colossus and a good dog.

Just stopping long enough to read a few lovely reviews before I head to St Andrews tonight for the last launch of this run. I'll be in Toppings at 7pm if anyone would like a last minute ticket to hear all about The Jewel Keepers.

We are beyond excited to announce that making her first trip to Stirling as Denise Mina's next special guest is one of the world’s most lauded crime writers, Tana French (The Keeper - out now @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social). Snap up your tickets here: bloodyscotland.com/event/denise...

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! Of all the billions of animals on Planet Earth, you are one of the very very best. Thank you. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

‘At first, Soderbergh wasn’t even sure he wanted to make Out of Sight, but Universal Pictures executive Casey Silver told him, “Don’t be an idiot, the odds of the planets lining up like this are so small that you really should pursue this.”’

unbelievably lucky to have once had a little essay accompanied by Tony Stella's gorgeous artwork

Happy 100th birthday, broadcaster, natural historian, conservationist, writer, producer and narrator, Sir David Attenborough. 🎂

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

We are down to our last 3 signed copies of the great showbiz biography Mike Nichols, by the one and only @markharris.bsky.social. mzs.press/Mike-Nichols...

THE ART OF A LIE is out in paperback TODAY!!! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & Georgian London's first 'iced cream' parlour. Meet Hannah & William, my two favourite characters of any of my books. Look at that beautiful cover. How can you resist? 💚🍍🍦 www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Lie-Grip...

This is an awesome book, probably @laurasrobinson.bsky.social's best yet. Although they are all so good it's hard to rank them. Out now in paperback, you know the drill.

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Some more news on Venice Noir 2026 davidhewson.com/venice-noir-...

“The abbey, though a lifelong choice for him, is only a viable home if it can be leavened with the occasional experience of interesting strangers and complicated human puzzles that only the outside world can offer.”

(You can do that last one here www.weareravenous.com)

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

Congratulations @pascalepetit.bsky.social winner of the 25-26 Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize!

Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧

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Brancacci Chapel, Sta Maria del Carmine, painted in the 1420s by Masolino, Masaccio, and the Lippi's. Today is Filippino's day.

Good morning, Bluesky. Delighted to see Nancy Lemann getting well-deserved attention, baffled by the NYT’s characterization of New Orleans/its literary culture, including the Richard Ford quote: it “is noisy and crowded, and not a good place to be a novelist.” It’s a GREAT place to be a novelist.

Cat on the ledge, outside the artist's studio, in 1657. By Gerrit Dou. Today is his day.

I was on this week's episode of This is TASTE talking about @weareravenous.com, our subscription drive, and some of the amazing stories we have planned. tastecooking.com/this-is-tast...

If you're in London next Thursday, Squad grad Ellen Waters will be performing among other talented emerging writers and it's sure to be a great evening!

Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...

Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world. www.weareravenous.com

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Happy Easter from a rather snowy Glasgow! #glasgow #glasgowtoday #snow #kelvingoveartgallery #happyeaster

My Easter books cartoon for @theguardian.com

I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

"In the grownup world, James Salter is my lodestar. He doesn’t lay coats over puddles, politically speaking, which is a kind of truth I appreciate. Sentence by sentence his work is exquisite, incomparable." Sarah Hall on the books of her life:

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make" ~ JG #JaneGoodallDay

Thanks, NASA, for this photo of the day, taken by Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman.

On Richard Manuel's birthday, Elliott Landy's photograph of The Band (Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm) at Richard & Garth’s house above the Ashokan Reservoir, Woodstock, New York Infrared film, 1969

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

Tonight I'll be talking about the First Women of Science, while Christina Koch, the 1st woman to orbit the moon, is currently onboard #Artemis on her way to make history.🥳 If you're in #Edinburgh, do come along! I have a few ticket discount codes to share: reply if you're interested.

Reminder that the moon that orbits the Earth has a name in English and that name is the Moon. There are lots of nicknames and names in other languages (Luna, for instance) but technically in English it is just the Moon. The concept of a moon is uncapitalized; our moon is the Moon.

We use this convention a lot in astronomy. The Milky Way has a name but we also call it the Galaxy. We live in the Solar System; there are other solar systems out there. And we live in the Universe, but in theory there could be multiple universes.

Some good news! The exhibition I curated for Charleston is going on tour! 'Artists, Lovers, Outsiders' closes in Lewes April 12. Then tours to Nottingham & Kilmarnock! I'm so grateful to our lenders, everyone who's seen it & to Charleston, Nottingham & the Dick. www.damianbarr.com/latest/2026/...