Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Thrilled to announce that my comedy Note to Boy will be on sale at MostlyBooks, Abingdon and Il Botanico, Headington from 1st October onwards. Please feel free to visit those esteemed booksellers and ogle in admiration. Or better still, buy a copy. @mostlybooks.bsky.social @ilbotanico

Here's some of what our staff is reading this month! What is on your summer reading list?💚 #indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #romcom #romancennovel #nonfiction #mysterynovel #fiction #sportsromance

FYI: The Murderbot sountrack by Amanda Jones is for sale on iTunes, etc, and includes the title track and the theme to Sanctuary Moon!

Trying to get humans not to touch dangerous things was a full-time job.

This would have all been a lot easier if I wasn’t so worried about the stupid humans.

I sighed again. I was having a lot of opportunities to do it and I think I was getting good at it.

I love it when humans forget that SecUnits are not just guarding and killing things voluntarily, because we think it’s fun.

#OtD 2 Jul 1848 enslaved people in the Danish colony of St Croix rebelled. On 3 Jul the governor arrived and rebels said they would burn down Frederiksted if not given freedom. He relented and slavery was abolished on St Croix, St John and St Thomas stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9191...

Jen really enjoyed WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER on @librofm! This was a quick and entertaining #nonfiction read that covered different cultures, times, and places. You can check the book out at the link below. loom.ly/51OuWc8 #indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #audiobook

“Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it – just to stand one minute on God’s earth a free woman – I would.” Sharing 'Mum Bett' Elizabeth Freeman’s words on Juneteenth.

I just realized I don’t like the phrase “as far as I knew” because it implies how much you actually don’t know. I’m not going to stop using it, but. I don’t like it as much anymore.

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

Pin-Lee had promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll preserve your right to wander off like an asshole anytime you like.”) (I said, “It takes one to know one.”)

Today is my birthday! You know what I want for my birthday? For you to treat yourself (or a friend!) to a collectors edition hardcover of Magic University, my bi hero/trans mentor/rivals to lovers fantasy series. www.kickstarter.com/...

HI Y'ALL!!!! Donna & I really could use a little help getting through the next month so I'm doing a 20% off EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP sale for the next 72 hours! Fidgets! Gaming stuff! Book boxes! Little guys! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

If you are standing up for libraries, you are standing up for one of the most beloved institutions in America. If you are standing up for the right to read you are not standing alone. Quite the opposite! Read more in this study from the ALA.

Megan Miranda, Tricia, Wanda Morris at @tfob.bsky.social Read ALL their books as they are amazing! 📚📚📚

It's Dollar A Follower Time - The Spring Edition I do all the work on Whats Up Tucson for you... from crashes to lost dogs to fires. It's always been user supported. It's a job for me, and you can help support with a dollar or two now 💵 Click here: whatsuptucson.com/dollar

I like to intersperse my news reading with a barnacle-observation cleanser. It helps my blood pressure, I think.

Just having such a lovely time at the Tucson Festival of Books. Today’s Love in Spite of it All panel with @constancefay.bsky.social & @rebeccathorne.bsky.social was such joyful chaos!

Some pics from yesterday’s panel at the Tucson Festival of Books. 😊 The room was so packed that they wouldn’t allow any more peoplee in due safety regulations and my booksigning line was so long that I was still there signing after the festival closed for the day. 📚 Next panel is at 10am.

Tucson Festival of Books this weekend! 2:30 pm Saturday. Then 10 am Sunday. Come on out! We'll celebrate the rise of Coors State University! @azpm.bsky.social @mostlybooks.bsky.social @whatsuptucson.bsky.social @tucson.com @uarizona.bsky.social @arizonambb.bsky.social

It’s a beautiful morning at the Tucson Festival of Books and you are a horrible author!

Film and TV stars among authors coming to Tucson Festival of Books

So excited for the Tucson Festival of Books next week! 🌵☀️ Come say hi, I’ll be on panels Saturday (“In Search of the American Dream”) and Sunday (“Bold and Unapologetic”).

The Tucson Festival of Books is almost here! I will be on two panels. Visit the beautiful University of Arizona campus for a weekend of books, food, music, activities, and community on the weekend of March 15 - 16. Details: tucsonfestivalofbooks.org #WritingCommunity #TFOB

Really looking forward to the Tucson Festival of Books! 🩵❤️🖤 I will sign/chat about The Worst Kind of Girl from 10-1 on Sunday March 16 in the Indie Author area. Hoping my protagonist Paula Winger, a visitor from a different desert, will connect with Tucson readers. Let me know if I might see you...

Tucson Festival of Books is this coming weekend. I am so excited!!! I don't think I've ever been to such an event before and it is HUGE with lots of authors/exhibitors. I'm perusing the list of both right now so I can find out which ones I want to visit/chat with!

I say “this leg” because there are still 3 events on the books before I go home: the Tucson Festival of Books, Wondercon in Anaheim, & the TLA conference in Dallas. But this will be it for bookstore events in the US. (Canada & the UK, stay tuned!)

Excited to be at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend at the University of Arizona Mall. Here's the link to the festival. tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Writers like Scott Turow and Maureen Dowd will be there so I'm not exactly headlining. But I'm on three panels with great people.

I'm looking forward to the Tucson Festival of Books next weekend! Here is my schedule: tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...

Arizona book fans; I’ll see you at the Tucson Festival of Books, on both March 15 and 16, at the University of Arizona! #LongHaul

A fake dating pact with your bestie’s ex? What could go wrong? My young adult rom com, HER GOOD SIDE is out now in paperback and audiobook! 🥪💖🛹 🌞 www.therippedbodice.... 🌞www.penguinteen.com/...

Why it’s time to stop linking to your book on Amazon.

This February, we saw a 275% increase in new Libro.fm memberships compared to February 2024. More and more individuals are choosing to support their independent bookshop—and their local communities—over Amazon/Audible. Thank you for supporting your indie with us ❤️

Yes!!! The Macmillan landing page (us.macmillan.com/books/978125...) has links to bookshop.org, Kobo and others. <3 Thank you so much for asking!!!

Hey: If you made it through the week, and you tried to do some things to help other people — large or small — where you could, and you need to hear it, I’m here to tell you thank you. Get some rest. Figure out today, then figure out tomorrow.

Hey all. I've been vague about this, but I'm now going to be blunt. I understand that some of you may not look at me the same, but I want to be forthright, and maybe, speaking up will help others too. I experienced domestic violence on Saturday at the hands of an ex.

ASISTA needs your help more than ever. ASISTA is the charity I've been telling you about that helps persons without documentation who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. Here is a FREE thing you can do! Vote for ASISTA at #P4A2025! projectforawesome.com/watch?v=a1w7...

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

Reading Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars. Absolutely fabulous. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

They all looked startled and uncomfortable. Almost as uncomfortable as I did.

As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.