PEN America echoes @peninternational.bsky.social and @englishpen.bsky.social – Jimmy Lai’s 20-year sentence is an egregious abuse and a catastrophic blow to free speech in Hong Kong.
We are deeply concerned that Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been handed further prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court and appeal for her release. Re-post please. #FreeNarges @englishpen.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @scottishpen.bsky.social
Yep, I have written about Auschwitz again!
There is a chance that this one is going to turn into 3 parts rather than two!
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#History #WW2
Oh, how very beautiful.
From Louise Glück's Collected Poems: bookshop.org/a/862/9780374534097
#poem #books #writing
📚 The Yeats Family Library is now available to consult at the NLI!
An intimate glimpse into the reading lives of one of Ireland’s most celebrated artistic families: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000925164
📖 Learn more: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/inside-yeats-family-library
ICYMI: Liza Marshall of Hera Pictures, the film producer of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet (Tinder Press), has secured the screen rights to Land (Tinder Press) 👇 #BookSky
Glorious sunshine pouring through the door! We're open 'til 5pm
Admittedly I like literary history more than 97.6% of the populace, but I LOVE this novel & its hints of Henry James's Aspern Papers, Coleridge's Kubla Khan, Byatt's Possession, Atwood's Handmaid's Tale, Fowles's French Lieutenant's Woman & McEwan's own Atonement. God I sound insufferable.
#booksky
In our new PEN Ten interview, author Donna Everhart discusses her latest novel, Women of A Promiscuous Nature (@kensingtonbooks.bsky.social , 2026) and explains how she balances fact and fiction in her writing. Read more: pen.org/donna-everha...
Sun 1/03, 1.15pm at The Belltable, Desert Island books w/ Martin Doyle &Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. 4 favourites to take & 1 to never lend. Martin is book editor at The Irish Times. Author-Dirty Linen:The Troubles in My Own Place &A Hosting:Interviews with Irish Writers
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The cover of A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025 by Martin Doyle
Cover reveal of my new book and a link to pre-order. You’re welcome 🤓https://www.lilliputpress.ie/products/a-hosting-interviews-with-irish-writers-1991-2025
Beautiful #author copies of TEMPTED BY THE RUNES in #Czech have arrived from my lovely publisher @knihydobrovsky - thank you so much! ♥️🩷❤️
Set sail with intrepid #Vikings on a journey to 9th century #Iceland!
#timetravel #runes #romance
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Negro History Week A National Celebration Annually observed everywhere in the United States The second week in February Beginning the 7th Directed by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History The purpose of the celebration are to popularize the study of Negro Life and History and to secure more support for its promotion
Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month.
Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
Stopped by @barnesandnoble.com to find the bestselling book “Burn down Master’s House” by @claycane.bsky.social front and center where it belongs! Congrats brother! Shout out to @michaelharriot.bsky.social whose book is right there too: “Black AF History”. @urbanviewradio.bsky.social #claynation
Jim Xi Johnson's "Of Two Minds, July 2023" will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Four Faced Liar. Read more below about Jim's recent work, and follow him on Instagram: jx.pegs
Love this cover.
Wee event for July 2026.
I'll be reading from THE LIGHTNING and signing books.
At the fabulous @wat-cole.bsky.social - do come along!
@waterstones.bsky.social
#authorevent #signing #debutnovel
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Fun fact 🏴☠️ 🦜 The main character in these pirate books I illustrated is inspired by the author, Keith Carson! He’s Captain Kidd in the stories and in real-life, a living legend. ⚓️✨ Get these books books & more at bookaneers.org/library/
For my Floridian friends, check out his book signings!
We condemn the sentence and imprisonment of Hong Kong writer & media publisher, Jimmy Lai and appeal for his release. Details about his story here: www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, by Paulo Coelho
Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
Sara Baume does it again - this is the book equivalent of a deep life affirming breath and it’s been a joy to read over the last few days. Out in July from @grantabooks.bsky.social
Fantastic news!
