I had a fabulous time as usual with the Vocal Fries podcast team, talking about writing, AI, digitech and the future of the human race. Listen to it at www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Looking forward to it!

As giving time approaches, please know that if you know anyone interested in writing, language, the impact of AI, the importance of the manual arts, or cultural survival, you might want to give them my new book By Hand. More info and orders at endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/. Seriously.

Does anyone know of a language anywhere in the world that has two different words for writing done by hand and writing that is printed or created by mechanical/artificial means?

Hey, everyone. This is the LAST of my US carvings, the end of an era--"Believe in yourself" in classical Mongolian. 38" x 12" I can't take it with me to the UK--make me an offer! [email protected].

Reminder: you can WIN a copy of my new book By Hand in my global handwriting contest! The first entries are already coming it. Details at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/11/22/g... Spread the word!

Reminder: tomorrow (Sunday) at noon ET our online discussion group will consider the nature and benefits of handwriting. Register free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I hate Black Friday, but I have goods to sell: three of my Farewell Final Four carvings, the last I will make in North America, have to leave this house before I do. All three are marked down. Details are at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/11/27/b... Please share!

Helen did a GREAT interview. Check it out.

Huge shout-out to Helen Zaltzman (a.k.a. The Allusionist) for one of the best and most perceptive interviews of my life. Her podcast is at theallusionist.org . We talked about my new book By Hand and the nature, benefits and important of handwriting. (By Hand is at endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/ )

This gorgeous stuff is canarywood, which I’m going to turn into a hand-carved bench as the fourth of my Final Four carvings before I leave the US. This one has already been spoken for; the other three are still available. Check back through my feed to see them.

Reminder: you can WIN a copy of my new book By Hand in my global handwriting contest! Details at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/11/22/g... Spread the word!

Kinder words were never written.

The Italian edition of the Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is being launched by UTET Libri . Looks great!

The books are here! Time to start a-signing and a-sending! www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/

My Fond Farewell Moving Sale ENDS TODAY. Check out the last few ridiculously-priced bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...

An entire industry would like you to believe that your handwriting is slow, inefficient, illegible, and ugly. Find out what you have to lose if you believe them in my new book By Hand. www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/

My new book, By Hand, arrives from the printers today! So over the weekend I need to sign 150+ copies to send out--but I don't mind if you add to that number! Check it out and order at www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/

Two of the final carvings I'm going to make as a farewell to America. In folded Mongolian script they say “Joy” and “Love”; the next will say “Peace.” Long and sturdy, in beautiful pau amarillo wood, they can be wall art or very, very special benches. Contact me if interested.

Great interview by Type Radio of The Hague in the Netherland, an excellent introduction to my work with the Endangered Alphabets Project. Check it out at typeradio.org#/573

Only ONE WEEK LEFT in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale. I've added some new items at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... , so check them out--but soon!

Heads up! My moving sale will end on November 17th, when the movers arrive to pack up my stuff for shipping across the pond. I have added a couple more items, so check out the feast at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...

This, one of my last 4 American carvings, is going to looking incredible. “Believe in yourself “ in Mongolian, and the wood is an incredible (but not endangered) hardwood called Chakte Viga, or orangeheart. Bear in mind it will be five times as colorful and vivid when finished….

About half the carvings in my Fond Farewell Moving Sale have been snapped up. If you're interested, you'd better hurry over to www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... toot sweet.

Check this out! multilingual.com/tim-brookes-...

Reviewers! My new book By Hand, an exploration of the value of the handwritten word, will be back from the printers in time for the pub date of 11/15. If you would like me to send you a copy of the digital edition for review purposes, let me know and I'll send one out stat.

Just added to my extended moving sale: A carpe diem proverb in Tai Tham. Walnut, roughly 48"x 14." One fascinating feature of this carving is that one of the panels has a bullet embedded in it, presumably fired into the tree before it was cut down. www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w...

Reminder: I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!

I'm moving back to England, so I need to lighten my load even more, and I'm winnowing down my collection of carvings and Alphabets merchandise still farther. This is, of course, good news for you. Check out the bargains at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/10/31/w... and please share!

Great news! Thanks to Esteban Kong, the Script Keeper Network website is up and running at www.scriptkeepers.org. It will fill out and enrich over the coming weeks, but check it out to see what we have begun!

Just a reminder that this exhibition is already in motion in The Hague. I'm going to be speaking here on October 26th about this and that, with startling f=references to Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner and questions about "Where Does Writing Come From?" www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/...

This is the view you could have had this morning if you had bought our house, NOW REDUCED BY $25,000. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

If you are interested in our summit but can't make the event, (a) it will be recorded and (b) you can submit a question or comment ahead of time to [email protected]. But if you can make it, register free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Writers! Linguists! Scholars! Pedants! Join us next weekend to sort out the world's array of methods of denoting rhythm, emphasis and meaning that we simplistically sum up as "punctuation." Free registration at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join me online on Tuesday, 30 September, 2.35 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) at the Calligraphy Summit where I’ll be giving a talk called “Carve a Letter, Save the World: the story of the Endangered Alphabets Project.” Sign up at go.eventraptor.com/summit/the-c.... Please RT!

FINAL DAY OF THE SALE! Endangered Alphabets furniture, merchandise and carvings at absurd prices! Check them out at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m...

Only TWO DAYS LEFT of my moving/clearance sale, and while some items have been snapped up by alert shoppers already, I've hunted through basement and attic and added a couple more. See all at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m...

Really looking forward to taking part in this groundbreaking talk/exhibition in the Netherlands. Check it out at www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/...

Only 9 days of my moving sale left! I've reduced prices still more, and added tables that are the best Alphabets work I've done. Find them at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m... . Please take advantage of this opportunity--and also make it easier for me to downsize and move! Thanks so much.

This could have been your view this morning if you had bought our house--PRICE NOW REDUCED BY $25,000! Check it out at www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

ENDING SOON! My sale of Endangered Alphabets merch will end September 21st. Every item has been marked FURTHER down to a ridiculous level for clearance, and I've added three new carvings. Check it all out at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m...

These are the kinds of view you get from our house, which is now on the market at an absurdly low price, at www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Reminder: I'm holding a moving sale of Endangered Alphabets carvings and merchandise. Scoop up absurd but amazing deals at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m...

Heads up, my European friends! In October I'll be involved in events in London ( www.barbican.org.uk/.../voiced-t.... ) and The Hague ( www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/... ). I'd love to meet face to face if you're in the area. DM me!

Hey, @timbrookes.bsky.social ! Been meaning to post this for a while now: a self-portrait including my copy of An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets.

This is it! This is the cherry Love Table, in which I have carved the phrase “To love love” by the master of Mongolian calligraphy, Tamir Purev. This will go on sale at Burlington’s South End Art Hop over the first weekend in September. Tell your Vermont friends! endangeredalphabets.com

Circumstances are forcing me to move, downsize, and sell off some of my Endangered Alphabets merch at fire sale prices. Keep checking at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/25/m... to see what I'm making available. Thanks!

Not quite finished, but getting close. This says “Laan tulis” or “Write!” In Balinese (and the wood, for those who tried guessing, is goncalo alves). This is part of the support paraphernalia for the By Hand tour that will launch my next book, of the same name, this fall.

This evening’s Endangered Alphabets work. Ten points for identifying the script. A hundred points for being able to work out what it translates to. A thousand points for identifying the wood. I’m a tough judge. endangeredalphabets.com

SALE OF THE WEEK! Endangered Alphabets tote bags AND bandanas are now on sale, virtually at giveaway prices. Shop at www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/10/s..., get unique gifts and support our work.