74. The Innocents. Genuinely one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. Terrifying and brilliant with four amazing child actors. Thanks to @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social for the recommendation

73. All the Devil's Are Here. How you feel about this movie will entirely depend upon your reaction to the ending. I really liked it.

Naff trailer but great movie. RiP Lee Tamahori

Jane Fisher

Novellas in November #NovNov25 Novellas in November is a month-long blogger/social media challenge celebrating the art of the short book. It’s now in it’s fifth year but this is only the 4th year I’ve taken part. Hosted by Cathy of 746 Books and Rebecca of Bookish Beck it runs from 1st to 30th…

Getting ready for Nonfiction November #NonficNov25 and Novellas in November #NovNov25 with a selection of short nonfiction to choose from librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/g... #booksky 📚💙💡

It's Novellas in November #NovNov25 and I've shamelessly borrowed this idea from @stuckinabook.bsky.social posting an A-Z (-X) of good novellas I've read and reviewed. annabookbel.net/an-a-z-of-no...

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/g...

Participating: Novellas In November: #NovellasNovember -Black Authors Edition- #NovNov2025 #NovNov25 curations for #BookSky #Readers ArtisstTree @artissttree.bsky.social and A #Solseed Joint 🌬️ #BlackSkyRelay #BlackSkyWriters #BlackSkyAuthors #Writers Author | Book: My Soul to Keep #TananariveDue

#NovNov25 Novellas in November: My Year 2025 in Novellas wordsandpeace.com/2025/11/05/n...

14 titles have been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 chosen from 145 entries in 34 languages. A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories. Winner announced 27 November clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...

Anna Ancher, At Noon, 1914 Danish painter #WomensArt

Today for #NovNov25 I reviewed Petrol by Martina Evans - ' a prose poem masquerading as a novella'

This New Yorker mini-doc about the 1980's Sinn Fein broadcast ban doesn't seem too sure that Brass Eye was satire 😳

72. The Silence of the Lambs. Continuing Stella's education in classic horror. Had forgotten how insanely good this film is.

71. Fréwaka. Wonderfully creepy.

Today's charity shop finds - four pristine William Trevor novels. I couldn't resist!

70. Frankenstein. At least an hour too long...

The next club is announced! Next April, we are reading from 1961 #1961Club

The greatest cover version. I will not be convinced otherwise...

My Anne Enright interview: “I am fed up saying I have a problem with authority, and that is why I do not write realism. Naturalistic fiction is a lie – and a dull one at that. This is me changing the narrative from your ‘broken’ to my ‘honest’ or even ‘smart’.” www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

69. Carrie. A rewatch with my girl. Still screamed at the end.

68. Inside Llewyn Davis. How had I never seen this? Loved it.

Diane Keaton by Diane Keaton Date unknown

Had such a great evening celebrating the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney at HomePlace last night. Photos courtesy of my fabulous daughter Stella 💙

Last night was one of the most extraordinary programmes I've ever been part of, celebrating the new 'The Poems of Seamus Heaney' volume. If you managed to snap up a ticket, thank you so much for coming. All of the credit to the amazing @rte_arena team for bringing it all together. 🧵

bookjotter.com/2025/10/11/winding-up-the-week-442/ #AmReading #Books #BookReview #BookshopDay #GermanLitMonth @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social @beautyandthecat.bsky.social @cathybrown746.bsky.social

New on the blog today, I've written about A PRIVATE VIEW by Anita Brookner. A superb novel in which a dull, respectable middle-aged man is tempted to jettison his highly ordered life for a volatile, vampish young woman. I loved it! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/a...

Exciting news, such a brilliant writer and woman! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

67. Hallow Road. A fab two-hander - mostly set in a car - which is way more tense and way more effective than it should be.

Excellent news!

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂 #funny

66. The Surfer. Look, I will genuinely watch Nicholas Cage in anything but this is a terrible, terrible movie.

Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/book... #MondayBlogs

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone." Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

Lisa Larsen

New on my blog - Books to Look Out For in November 2025: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/10/book... #BookSky

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” – John Banville, The Sea

Anatomy of a Fall, The Beast, Past Lives, Aftersun, La Chimera, Late Night with the Devil, Limbo, I'm Still Here, Decision to Leave and Another Round.

are swifties okay

Just spotted the first Christmas tree of the season. That is commitment.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who consider The Princess Bride to be one of the greatest films of all-time.

Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

65..Weapons. I absolutely loved this.

This is not just about me or my book. This is about respecting and valuing actual journalism. Our ideas, our contacts, our ethics, our reputations, our hard work – that’s how stories like those in my book first come to light. If you don’t respect or value any of that, what do you respect and value?

"I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard" RIP to the greatest to ever do it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

This is such sad news. Manchán visited HomePlace twice and was as thoughtful as he was fascinating. A real loss.

I reviewed Cut & Rewind - the great new album from Say She She for No More Workhorse!

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist. Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists! Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...