#fabulamurina (mouse story) 464 Kalendis Octobris mures nuces iuglandes colligunt (On October 1st, the mice are gathering walnuts). Silvius plostellum implet, et Minimus putamina prasinea ā nucibus detrahit (Silvius fills his little cart, and Minimus takes the green husks from the nuts).

Wednesday again so today's #BookQW word is hard. Jack is so sick of being a prisoner. Last Days Forever. vanessa-j-knipe.itch.io/last-days-fo... www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Days-Fo... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is HARD. In THE KHELD KING Dorilian struggles to learn, and master, the godborn gifts to which he is heir. His problem... Nammuor killed off all his teachers. #epicfantasy #bookqw #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'hard' #BookQW If limits on your book budget are a challenge, good news! The Green Man's War is a Kindle ebook deal for October. Get caught up with Dan Mackmain's adventures before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October. www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

Doomscrolling break. Especially for everyone facing deadlines and challenges, I offer you this small, persevering hedgehog by way of encouragement and inspiration. #TinyJoys

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'hard' #BookQW Everyday life can get tricky when you're dealing with the supernatural as well. Dan's found people who can help, but there's always a cost. The Green Man's Holiday - 30th October - preorder from your preferred retailer www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

Welcome to October, or Mis Hydref as we say in Wales. It is a time to connect to the supernatural, and our Kickstarter campign will be doing just that: www.kickstarter.com/...

A love of reading in childhood can last a lifetime. Teacher resource site Twinkl has published this insightful blog on how to encourage kids to read. Abie Longstaff, Chair of The SofA’s Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group shares her top tips. www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/how-to-...

Today's word is HARD. Today's #BookQW from DEMON'S DEN & OTHER TALES OF VALDEMAR, a collection of my stories from the Valdemar anthologies. Each complete in itself, the stories provide Herald Jors with an emotional story arc. And geese. eBook still affordable at Cdn$3.99, US$2.99, £2.49, and €2.70

Coming up in Leeds! Building Brilliant Worlds: A conversation on fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them. Thur 9th Oct, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street. Ticket: tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds @rjbarker.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social ‬ @davewragg.com‬ @katiebruce.bsky.social

Only very slightly late, issue #73 of Salon Futura is now online. It features reviews of books by Charlie Jane Anders, Rebecca Roanhorse, Paul Cornell (twice), Sacha Coward and Eve MacDonald.

UK customers! The Green Man's War by Juliet McKenna (a finalist for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards) is currently on sale for just 99p at Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Gre...

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'hard'. In Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley, Malance is at Court, amongst sharks. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

Another Book Quote Wednesday! Today's #BookQW word is HARD. In this extract from The Waterborne Blade, days on the road have brought Weaver and Alwenna to a row of standing stones. First two ebooks available here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/the-wa... angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb...

As it is Lincolnshire Day, on which all citizens of the good earth genuflect in the direction of Market Rasen, here are two of the Lincs-set poems from Come Here to This Gate, published by @carcanet.bsky.social last year. If you order it, St Guthlac won’t curse you: carcanet.co.uk/author/rory-...

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'hard' #BookQW Everyday life can get tricky when you're dealing with the supernatural as well. Dan's found people who can help, but there's always a cost. The Green Man's Holiday - 30th October - preorder from your preferred retailer www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'hard'. In Andrew Knighton's "Walking a Wounded Land" from Wiz Duo 3, Paul encounters an unwelcome ghost of past events. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

It's Book Quote Wednesday! This week's word is HARD. In this snippet from The Disinformation War, Kayla writes about why our present politics is so hard. Options to buy are included in the alt text. #bookqw #BookQuoteWednesday #BQW 🪐📚💙

This is the judgment on the PPE/Medpro claim. A cracking £122m win for the Government Legal Service And is wonderful to see the government bringing a claim in contract against a shoddy supplier. This does not happen often, and it should happen far more. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

Coming in October, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re... And then preorder: wizardstowerpress.co...

Here's something nice for the best time of year: BROKEN LIGHT for just 99p on Kindle UK! www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Light...

FYI for radio listeners, I'm going to be on the Magic Classical Radio Book Club segment at 1.30 tomorrow!

I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is HARD. The Further Adventures of Jim Hawkins begin. #bookqw #pirates #jimhawkins www.benjeapes.com/index.php/h-... Hear me read a longer version at benjeapes.substack.com.

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'hard' #BookQW Hiding Under the Leaves is being launched at World Fantasycon in Brighton and is released 3rd November elsewhere. theslab.press

#booksky #bookqw word: HARD. A message has been sent: this is definitely a case for the fairy-smiths. A bit grisly, this one. Happy October! Get the books here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj

BREAKING: A company linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone breached a government contract of nearly £122m to supply surgical gowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Court has ruled. The £121.9m sum must now be repaid by the company, PPE Medpro news.sky.com/story/firm-l...

Well, here's a treat! (h/t to @craigoxbrow.bsky.social)

His drawings were so formative for me. I am the child of Richard Scarry, Watership Down, and blue flavoured slush puppies.

Doomscrolling break. Especially for everyone facing deadlines and challenges, I offer you this small, persevering hedgehog by way of encouragement and inspiration. #TinyJoys

I am pleased to confirm that the new fantasy novel was indeed delivered to schedule yesterday. I am very pleased with it, and details will be forthcoming as soon as permitted. I will now address the domestic administrivia and housework arrears that have accumulated...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'hard' #BookQW If limits on your book budget are a challenge, good news! The Green Man's War is a Kindle ebook deal for October. Get caught up with Dan Mackmain's adventures before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October. www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

I have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy #BHM25 🎉🎈🎈 A reason to smile this morning. This photo is taken from a short video. A teenager approached me via social media. She said they were few in her school who were passionate about Black History. She wanted me to help with a message to the their school.

Medical pioneer Elsie Inglis – approval expected for a statue of the medical pioneer On Wednesday it is expected that councillors will approve the planning permission for a new statue of Dr Elsie Inglis to be placed on the Royal Mile opposite number 144 High Street. The statue will be important as…

Consider this your sign to vote in our Annual General Meeting! Make a difference by letting us know what’s important to you. You have until midnight on 31 October: buff.ly/GGr65eT

Thank you to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & PublishED, the U of E’s publishing society, which provides a community for aspiring publishers. There are many career paths in our industry which we will explore during the event. Tonight, 6.30pm, Lister Learning Centre 💙 linktr.ee/published.so...

I was lucky enough to hear Wole Talabi read some of his novella "Descent" at Flights of Foundry, and having just finished reading it, I want to make everyone else read it, too. Fascinating worldbuilding; gorgeous images; a thoughtful portrayal of how and why we seek knowledge. tinyurl.com/wt-descent

Hi everyone from launch day for A Philosophy of Thieves! Thieves is my 9th novel & it’s launching close to the10-year birthday of my first book, Updraft. To celebrate, I’ve made my monthly craft essay public, with how-to-writer thoughts I’ve picked up over the past decade. www.patreon.com/post...

Rape crisis centres are closing due to lack of funds. Violent misogyny is skyrocketing online and off. But gender based violence is only weaponized against migrants and trans women, never tackled and taken seriously in its own right. apple.news/AjjROSc0kSGS...

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness. Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

‘A steampunk Mr Tayto’: why Irish critics hate Netflix’s House of Guinness

New composition: Autumn Leaves.

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! Keep AI out of translation!

Very pleased to see my short story, Five Things of Beauty, appear in the "Gems from the Strange Horizons Archive" article: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi... There's some absolutely fantastic stories in there. (You can read Five Things of Beauty here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi... ) 1/2