sandersha mangoes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1906

listen now wherever, however, whyever you get your podcasts: merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

The amazing & slightly manic Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire. Built for Sir Francis Willoughby in the 1580s, painted in 1697 by Jan Siberechts of Antwerp. Today is his day.

Education everywhere bending to capital is so disheartening.

Honoured to have my weird wee flash appear in this great publication. Thx to Tobias and all the Minor Lits team. If you need a story containing shape-shifting couriers and paramedic cats, scroll no further, my friends. 🛋🚪🩺

Really honoured to return to the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social with a new story, Creatures of Our Time. Just now and then, the muse needs toning down a bit to become credible fiction…

End of Birch Avenue Albert Franck 1962

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Hahnemühle Laid Paper

What a superb owl! Perky pre-Colombian finial.

ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ... — new fiction from @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/02/03/t... — @yanisiqbal.bsky.social on The Kills' Tape Song minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...

Babs Pease, contemporary artist and printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt

Seascape by Gerhard Richter, 1998 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137521

Georgia O’Keeffe, Light Coming on the Plains, III, 1917 #WomensArt

There, there…

I cannot stress this enough: you want to write a book? Write it. Do it now. Don’t wait. There is never a perfect time and you don’t need anyone’s permission. There are always dragons ahead. Not to be dark, but the cliff awaits. Write it in scraps, in voice notes, in a crappy notebook...

There's no easy way to say this: isthmus

Endings are hard. www.cincinnatireview.com/on-craft/sof...

‘If Augustus constructed an elaborate social and political framework that enabled him to perch secure on its pinnacle, Nero brought it crashing down in flames like a flimsy stage set.’ @moonjets.bsky.social on a new translation of Suetonius’ ‘The Lives of the Caesars’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Looove this one by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social!

Coptic Textile Fragment late 3rd–5th century, The Met

First US female photojournalist, Jessie Tarbox Beals, preparing to take a photograph, Austrian Pavilion, 1904 St. Louis World's Fair #WomensArt

“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?” “Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.

Appalling faux pas by Belmondo in Godard’s A Woman is a Woman

I'm super excited to share this interview the amazing Stevie Billows did with me for Straw DogWriters Guild! It was so much fun, and I got to ramble on about why I love fairy tales, fairy tale tropes, also my process, projects, and some publishing advice too! Check-it out here: tinyurl.com/4b2725s8

That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think.

James Joyce, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1882, in Rathgar, Dublin

Good morning everybody

Consider me radicalized if that's what we're calling giving an F these days.

Deadline extended to Feb 15. Go youse!

Just got an email about today's deadline for this. I don't write this short but I know a lot of you do. ICYMI americanshortfiction.org/submityourwo...

The Aftermath: Snowstorm Reilly Fitzgerald 2020

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Fabriano Paper (Sketch)

Just got an email about today's deadline for this. I don't write this short but I know a lot of you do. ICYMI americanshortfiction.org/submityourwo...

Congrats to our three Open Season Awards winners! 🌿 poetry: Cassandra Myers 🌿 fiction: @andreabishop.bsky.social 🌿 cnf: Stephanie Harrington Thanks to judges Manahil Bandukwala, H. Felix Chau Bradley, Shane Neilson, & our valued staff & volunteers for their work. malahatreview.ca/contests/ope...

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

Poetry doesn’t always have to be deep, or angry, or thought provoking, or sad Sometimes it needs to be fun, to make you smile This poem by Meg Cox from her collection ‘A Square of Sunlight’ does just that. And perhaps behind that smile a little recognition… #poetry #poemoftheday

Nicely done, Merriam-Webster. Terribly sad to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara, my favourite comedic actress. Her performances in Best in Show and Schitt's Creek brought our household a lot of laughter.

This piece by @johnsemley3000.bsky.social is really good on the roots of SCTV. A well worth it long read. torontolife.com/culture/unto...

We say goodbye to formidable comedic legend Catherine O'Hara. A genius of improv and physical comedy, her bold choices made us laugh until we cried in a career that spanned over five decades. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Catherine O'Hara, the actor and comedian best known for "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice" and "Schitt's Creek," has died at the age of 71. She died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," her agency said in a statement.

Mr. Buoy Head

The Red-winged blackbirds are back and singing. Have a listen.

Tell them to bring us the wine, and the perfume, and all-too-brief petals of lovely roses, while the world, and the years, and the dark threads of the three fatal sisters allow. A.S. Kline's translation because freely available online here: 🙏 www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/...

Huc vina et unguenta et nimium brevis flores amoenae ferre iube rosae, dum res et aetas et Sororum fila trium patiuntur atra. Horace, Odes 2.3.13-16 💘

true story: I rarely played,but a word came to me.never played again.

Huc vina et unguenta et nimium brevis flores amoenae ferre iube rosae, dum res et aetas et Sororum fila trium patiuntur atra. Horace, Odes 2.3.13-16 💘

The Romans hired public mourners. I'll just post online. Today = 2nd anniversary of my mom's death. She was a very difficult person, and I loved her more fiercely for it. Cheers, Ma. xo

Untitled by Carla Accardi, 1965 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137171

submissions for our new music+sound section are now open details here: minorliteratures.com/submissions/