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Really cool to see the different kinds of independent bookshops in Japan. (Spoiler: some charge admission, others offer beds—or beer!) Bookstores | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Born #OTD Jane Helen Findlater

Born #OTD

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus

Born #OTD

Born #OTD

#mondaymotivation #onlybooks

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My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Who are the worst fathers in literature? theconversation.com/who-are-the-...

Who are the worst mothers in literature? theconversation.com/who-are-the-...

Writers should look to T.S. Eliot for inspiration: banker by day, writer by night — almost like a literary superhero. Born #OTD

Born #OTD

Born #OTD

Find out more about the history of letters here: fleamarketloveletters.com/post/the-his... #WorldLetterWritingDay

✉️✨ Today is #WorldLetterWritingDay ! ✍️ Did you know the very first love letter is thought to have been written by the Persian queen Atossa around 500 BC? Celebrate the day with the unforgettable and passionate epistolary 'Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun' : hesperus.press/products/the...

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Me, getting lost in my own thoughts mid-read… Miniature models by Thomas Doyle #readingyetnotreading

Word of the Day: oubliette (noun) A secret dungeon with an opening only at the top. From French 'oublier' : to forget. 📚 In a sentence: My unread books live in an oubliette of good intentions.

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(Spoiler alert) Today’s Wordle word is foist ... interesting choice. Had to look it up. Oldest uses I found were from 1714: An Essay on Trade by Shewig, and On Pills by Dr. Sermons (1672).

'Then the Genius of the Divide, the great, free spirit which breathes across it, must have bent lower than it ever bent to a human will before. The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.' O Pioneers - Willa Cather, via @hesperus.press

Word of the Day: Amanuensis A person employed to write from dictation or transcribe manuscripts — a faithful scribe in the shadow of another’s voice, from verse to royal decree.

A library?

Ireland’s Oldest and Largest Medieval Book Shrine Goes on Public View for the First Time www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...

Nineteen Eighty-Four might have been inspired by George Orwell’s fear of drowning theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...

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The Vanity of Human Wishes

She wrote a novel about a Welsh prince discovering America before Columbus. Then she vanished. No records. No bio. No trace. Who was the real Joan Dane? Over 100 years later, we may be getting closer to the truth. ➡️ Dive into the mystery: hesperus.press/blogs/news/u...

"Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair." George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God Available now as an ebook: mybook.to/BlackGirSear...

Literary Portraits by Andrew Salgado (Andrew.salgado.art) www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/andr... 👇"Meditations"

Just discovered the French phrase “livre de chevet” (pronounced sheu-veh). It literally means “bedside book”, but carries a lovely sense of predilection — the book you always return to, your quiet favourite. What’s your livre de chevet?

🌈 Celebrate Pride Month with a forgotten queer masterpiece — now at a special price! At the Edge of the Night by Friedo Lampe: banned by the Nazis in 1933 for its queerness, realism & quiet magic. Silenced then. Reclaimed now. Link: hesperus.press/products/at-... #PrideReads #BannedBooks

🍸 Celebrate #WorldCocktailDay in Style! 🎉 📖 First published in 1862 – the world’s 1st bartending guide 🍋 + 200 timeless recipes 🎩 Written by Jerry Thomas, father of mixology 🥂 A must-have for cocktail lovers, history buffs, & imbibers Link: mybook.to/CocktailBible

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Born #OTD: Sigmund Freud 🧠, father of modern psychiatry (and the Oedipus complex). Check out 'On Cocaine'—our translation of his studies, letters, and dreams diving deep into his obsession with the “miracle drug.” 💊 Get your copy here: mybook.to/OnCocaine

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Information overload is nothing new open.substack.com/pub/jaredhen...

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Bratford Waterstones #onlybooks ❤️📚 Original post: www.threads.net/@alice_barke...

Why I Hate the Book of the Month Club open.substack.com/pub/everythi...

Scary times in the digital age: 40% of 2-year-olds now own a tablet. 📱👶 Maybe it’s time to swap some of that screen time for reading, playing, listening, and outdoor adventures. 🌿📖🎶 #booktime #onlybooks Full study here: commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...