My dear friend Aimee’s bookshop Burning House Books is the best in Britain (according to Time Out)! A must-visit if you’re ever in Glasgow! www.timeout.com/uk/news/this...

The world’s best indie bookstores have been named – and four are in Paris www.timeout.com/news/the-wor... #independentbookstore #reading #books 📚💙

Rob Reiner 😢. Never to be forgotten as Marty DiBergi 🤘1️⃣1️⃣ #robreiner

Thames Water's creditors are locked in talks with Ofwat after asking for permission to pollute illegally until 2035-40. (Really!) Please can you help stop their illegal pollution plans with a donation to @weownit.org.uk? Thank you weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate #thameswater #weownit #publicownership

As Wish You Were Here hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d... #pinkfloyd #musicsky #vinyl

Pink Floyd celebrates the 50th anniversary by giving Wish You Were Here its second super deluxe box set, one featuring the first official release of the legendary bootleg of their 1975 show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. My review: sterlewine.substack.com/p/pink-floyd...

New independent record shop is opening in north London this week www.timeout.com/london/news/... #vinyl #recordshop #musicsky

Support Proportional Representation. A fresh start with a fair voting system. Please Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

"Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing?" Quick read by @hannamade.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #booksky #reading

I know there's a lot of "It's never too late..." posts, but this video is really inspiring. Tom Cillo, who at 58 years old, enters as a freshman to play College Football (American Football). Wow. 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAd... #nevertoolate #Inspiration

MK Indie Book Fair 2025 will take place on 25 October: to register to take part, complete our online registration form by 19 September! www.mklitfest.org/ibf2 #selfpublishing #IndieAuthor #indiepress #SmallPress #smallpresspublishing

What’s behind the Gen Z folk revival? (Whatever it is, it's good to see! 🎻🪘) #folkmusic #musicsky www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...

Just in time for a last-minute summer rail adventure. Here are my 7 favourite European sleeper trains, tried and tested over three years! www.cntraveler.com/story/best-s...

Here are the winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards!! Congratulations to everyone!!! reactormag.com/2025-hugo-aw...

Hey @angelarayner - hands off our allotments! No more sell-offs of these precious green spaces. Take 1 minute to sign our petition today. 👇#HandsOffOurAllotments

Pretty amazing this for Jamie Cureton. Still playing at nearly aged 50. To illustrate just how old he is, he made his PL debut aged 19 for Norwich vs Everton, in Mike Walker’s final match in charge of Everton!😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Love live music? 🎸🤘🎵 Now is your last chance to invest and help secure the very buildings that host some of the UK's iconic and community-focussed Grassroots Music Venues. Crowdfunding closes midnight tonight. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/own-our-ve... #crowdfunding #musicsky #livemusic

Co-founder of Marshall has pledged £100,000 to Own Our Venues, supporting grassroots music venues through community ownership.

Terrified to announce 11/25/25 release. A journey of weird record stores, grimy clubs, and starting venerable label Bloodshot Records. History, memoir, how-to, and a cautionary call to support indie arts communities before they are gone. Pre-order now: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

I was a bit worried about this, if it would tarnish the original, but this trailer gives me hope it may take it to twelve 🤞🎸🤘 youtu.be/hxkZ7krBzA8?... #spinaltap #moviesky #musicsky

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for May and June 2025

I can only hope that when they switch the thing on it utters “Forty-two!” and then shuts itself down… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2025 World Fantasy Awards finalists announced 📚🪐 locusmag.com/2025/07/2025... #booksky #sff #bookawards

DEEP PURPLE MADE IN JAPAN (50th Anniversary edition) On August 15, 1972, Deep Purple took the stage in Japan for the first of three shows that would give rise to one of rock’s most celebrated live albums, Made in Japan. Today, Universal Music announces a new Super Deluxe Edition of the landmark…

Iron Maiden review – 50th anniversary tour as near as uncompromising band get to greatest hits show

Interesting selection 🗡️📚 #booksky #crimefiction

Crazy & rather brilliant: Nerdforge's Martina Knutsen has turned the entire Discworld series into a rotating book wheel. Her full video is half an hour, so pour yourself a pint of NannyOgg's Scumble & enjoy🪐📚 www-yankodesign-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.yank... #booksky #discworld #terrypratchett

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about. @saloneurope.bsky.social are offering to buy someone ANY book up to £15 by a European writer in translation. The lovely European Writers Salon are happy to offer suggestions, so if you fancy something, get in touch! UK only

James Blatch of SPF reports: "Unless they have unlocked the secret to infinite productivity, it appears [author] 'Sindo Hane' has published over 100 books since April 2025 using AI... I’m pretty sure nobody can pump out two or three books a day." Good grief!🤦😠 #writingcommunity #AI #authors

Rare recording of David Bowie covering The Beatles unearthed: faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-bowie-... #musicsky #davidbowie

Stephen King to write a whodunnit?! www.express.co.uk/entertainmen... #booksky #crimefiction #stephenking

Such a cool idea: Hiding books around Roker Park for a half-term treasure hunt www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/... #booksky #childrensbooks

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

These all sound great! 📚🪐 New Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers coming soon from @ceruleancynic.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social @megiddings.bsky.social @older.bsky.social crimereads.com/five-upcomin... #booksky #crimefiction

The Romantic Novelists’ Association announced its annual awards with three wins for self-published authors, as well as novels from ‪@headlinebooks.bsky.social‬, ‪@harpercollins.bsky.social‬ and ‪@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social‬ 👇 #BookSky

How to enter Amazon’s Kindle Storyteller Award for 2025: Submissions for Amazon’s annual writing contest are now open for self-published authors. www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/books-a... #indieauthors #selfpublishing #writingcommunity

The winner of Independent Bookshop of the Year (sponsored by Gardners) is The Heath Bookshop 🎉 “They've done an amazing job with their space and they're not playing it safe – there’s a real disruptor energy there” #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

The #London Creates #MUSIC campaign celebrates grassroots venues with a new Tube #map highlighting key music spots. Backed by City Hall and industry leaders, it aims to protect and promote London’s vital live music scene, worth £313m to the economy. www.london.gov.uk/london-unite...

My review of The Naming Song, by @jedediahberry.com. The sort of book where when you come home on the train, you carry on reading right until the doors open at your station – & then maybe sit on the platform until you finish the current chapter. Brilliant. 🪐📚 #booksky #bookrecommendation #bookreview

Arthur C. Clarke Award: 2025 shortlist for the sci-fi book of the year announced 📚🪐 www.scifinow.co.uk/news/arthur-... #booksky #scifi #scifibooks

Vianne by Joanne Harris #Vianne @joannechocolat.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social #Chocolat #BookReview randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/05/vian...

V&A want artefacts, images, & music memorabilia from past independent London music venues - for new exhibition which will highlight the steep decline in independent and grass roots music venues secretldn.com/lost-music-v... #livemusic #independentmusic #musicsky #london

Lemmy of Motörhead has his own statue #musicnews

This is a fun listicle that includes great books by talented pals Ivy Pochoda, @erikatwurth.bsky.social, @robwhart.bsky.social and more! 6 Novels Set In Supernatural Hotels crimereads.com/6-novels-set...

Loving @jedediahberry.com's new novel, The Naming Song. Took me a few pages to get into it, but tearing through it now 📚🪐 #booksky

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later: While I’d been busy writing my fourth and fifth novels, my study had mysteriously transformed itself around me into a kind of miniature indoor jungle. Everywhere were dusty mountains of scribbled-on… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

Sci-fi books getting turned into movies and TV shows soon... 🪐📚 (Fascinated to see how Project Hail Mary will turn out). www-shortlist-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.shor... #scifi #booksky #moviesky

Philip Fracassi delivers a unique spin on time travel filled with thrilling sequences, thought-provoking twists, and deeply heartfelt moments with The Third Rule of Time Travel.

15 Speculative Fiction Books That Will Bend Your Reality: nice selection of contemporary and older novels 📚🪐 #booksky #specfiction www.forbes.com/sites/entert...