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A must-read, jumping to the top of the pile. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing, @sathnam.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is available to preorder from Barnes & Noble with 25% off! Just use the code PREORDER25 at checkout! #BNPreorder tinyurl.com/26z529vu

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I rarely post photos of oystercatchers because they are seen along all the island’s shores. But they are SO striking. A charismatic species with their piercing calls. Isle of Bute.

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New Book Event! “Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities)” at the wonderful Golden Hare Books Weds 5th March. @unamccormack.bsky.social #GoldenHareBooks #GoldSF #SF #FeministSF #books #newbooks #bookevent

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For Monday: three cormorants on the old steamship pier at Port Bannatyne. 🙂

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Telling the story of blasting westerly winds, shot on the exposed west coast of Isle of Bute. One of my favourite tell-tale trees on the island. 💨💨💨

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For the weekend: curlew in flight! Isle of Bute. 🙂

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For Monday: After the storms, two otters! A beautiful sighting to make my January 🙂

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Can you spot the turnstone? Isle of Bute.

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A song thrush takes flight. Isle of Bute.

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My favourite was having dinner with a bunch of Oxford ornithologists. "Braveheart was RUINED for me about halfway through. Everyone knows black-headed gulls didn't nest inland in Scotland until the 1950s"

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I will never tired of photographs of people walking around carrying bird hides on their head. From the book, In de ban van vogels (a history of Dutch ornithology), by Karel Voous.

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I can't imagine there's anyone following me who doesn't know about this, but if one of your NY resolutions is to write a bit more, I made a free 100 Day Writing Challenge course you can do via podcast. It asks for 10 mins writing a day, timer in each episode. soundcloud.com/timclare/set...

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For Monday: three oystercatchers on a breezy day! 🙂 Isle of Bute.

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The article 👇 incl. drone footage of 200 large dinosaur footprints walking across Oxfordshire, making trackways up to 150m long. They're from 2 types of dinosaur: (herbivorous) cetiosaurus & (carnivorous) megalosaurus. And the excavation's still incomplete... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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I'm probably not going to read any more books before the end of the year, so let's look back at 2024 in books. I read a lot, there were a lot of books I liked, but it turns out that the more you read, the more you wonder about the books you didn't get to. wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024...

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A few moments from 2024. Wishing you a nature-filled 2025!

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My favourite reads of 2024 - mostly as ebooks but some gorgeous hard copies. 📚📚📚❤️ annecharnock.com/books/my-bes...

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For Monday: a crow, and a cormorant drying its wings. Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute. 🙂

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Some good books here!

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So delighted that LIQUID REFLECTIONS, Liliane Lijn's brilliant memoir published by Hamish Hamilton in March 2025, is an Editor's Choice for Memoir and Biography in The Bookseller's non-fiction March previews. Here’s the beautiful HH cover. @lilianelijn.bsky.social @carosanderson.bsky.social

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For Monday: two mallards taking flight from Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute. Arran in the distance 🙂

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‘Playing games turns me into a person who makes sense’

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For the weekend: a female stonechat watching for predators. Glecknabae, Isle of Bute 🙂

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Back on the Isle of Bute, decompressing after a wonderfully exciting and hectic stay in that London.

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OK here goes. Please let us know who we've missed! go.bsky.app/ARSnhzo Added @fictivedream.bsky.social @tolkajournal.bsky.social

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Lovelies, here's day 1 of the 2024 Tea and Sanctuary advent calendar. Please excuse the state of my voice! It's the perfect length for a nice cup of tea (or any beverage of your choice). Cosy, low stakes and hopefully soothing. Any boosts greatly appreciated! teaandsanctuary.com/e/day-1-tea-...

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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #litmags #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

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Greetings & salutations to all our new followers! If you are new to the Clarke Award too, here’s our winner for science fiction book of the year 2024! IN ASCENSION by Martin MacInnes 🏆📖 In the news ➡️ amp.theguardian.com/books/articl...

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Versailles: Science and Splendour youtu.be/mWlMT1GPmOg?... I've been on gallery installing this for the last few weeks, you are going to love it: 🦏 Louis XV’s legendary rhinoceros ⏱️ The watch designed for Marie Antoinette ✨ Incredible objects and human stories from midwifery to seafaring 🧪🏛️👑🇫🇷🎇

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