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Delighted to run our second #ShufflingtheShelves feature, spotlighting amazing books in the backlist which you might have missed – here’s welcoming Jack from @silentfacesuk.bsky.social to tell us a bit about their ‘cheeky, geeky’ play Godot Is a Woman. renardpress.com/news-item/go...

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“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” ― Virginia Woolf, Orlando #BookSky

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The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. Rules: It has to be a book you’ve read. It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from. For March 13th: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin #booksky #books #bookchallenge

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If you have 30 minutes this is ESSENTIAL viewing. My takeaway : the UK in 1980 had lots of talent but was a grim placd to live ! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Written in 1978 and creaky at times but some fun to be had with Charles Paris

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Quirky interesting

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25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 22/25 🐉📚🧚‍♀️ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance

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The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis

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28 years after I saw the premiere of "Master Harold...and the boys" at Yale Rep, I had the opportunity to discuss my impressions with Athol Fugard. It was a profoundly important moment for me, decades in the making. I wrote about it here. hesherman.com/2016/10/31/q...

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Today's movie matinee

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The first book of today was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley! I love these covers of the Clothbound Classics - all designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

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Two charity shop finds !

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Must pick this up at some point

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Indeed

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Just out !!

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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This is out next week, and we've had an early sneak peak - and it's as fascinating as it sounds 🦊🧡📚 SHELF LIFE by @shelflifemr.bsky.social is a must-read for anyone passionate about books, bookshops and the enduring legacy of the written word www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...

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We have #SIGNED copies of the stunning new edition of WHITE TEETH by #ZadieSmith One of one of the most iconic fictional debuts of all time in a new hardback edition to mark the 25th anniversary www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...

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Conclave was the first book off the blocks today. Everyone's getting excited for the Oscars, I think.C

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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

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Not now, catastrophic quantum machine! Read the room, yeah?

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The Wyndham's looking resplendent in all its Inside No 9 glory! #StageFright

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It's #StageFright Night! #InsideNo9 @reece-shearsmith.bsky.social @sjpemberton.bsky.social

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@reece-shearsmith.bsky.social @sjpemberton.bsky.social Best of luck for press night tonight. Looking forward to the outstanding reviews! #StageFright #InsideNo9

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Right, now it's out about the celebrity guests, who was under the pillowcase when you saw #StageFright ? It was David Morrisey on 20th January 😁 #InsideNo9

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Please share :) (I didn’t know!)

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This sounds like a very interesting book on what happened when friends took opposite sides in the British Civil Wars www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Everyone has a book in them.

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Today we launch the Youth Theatre Census report - a summary of everything we learnt from the Youth Theatre Census last summer. If you care about youth arts, it’s one of the most important things you’ll read this year. Download it here: bit.ly/youththeatrecensus Or read on for more.

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I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st. He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer. I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much. His campus novels will be read for years to come. A great loss. www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...

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The first book sold in the shop today was The Appeal by Janice Hallett

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Last video of the year talking about EVERYTHING that I’ve read in 2024. It’s an epic but hopefully you’ll enjoy it if you watch it. Might just need to be in parts. Or with lots of beverages. youtu.be/RHxUWHwQEi8

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Road testing my new dress today 📚🥰

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Loved this interview with @elainefeeney.bsky.social about How To Build A Boat. Colm Tóibín asked such interesting questions (with no notes!) leading to a great discussion. It's the last of his superb Laureate for Fiction author interviews (all recorded in Irish libraries) youtu.be/WA2IyXF83XY?...

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Joyce always looks like a renegade submariner who has named his craft after his murdered wife.

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I am the Spirit of Theatre Yet To Come. And I’ve had a few Aperol Spritz. Beware !

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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Stuck in a 'Right Wing Doom Loop' That Will Only Help Nigel Farage – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/k...

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Modern life is full of rip-offs but my god HP printer cartridges are right up there. I've had toilet rolls that lasted longer.

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#moodboard

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Christmas has finally arrived Chez Bex. Pretty sure these lights are bright enough to be seen from space.

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“You’ll read the lines as written, but you’ll never read between them” Thomas Cromwell, inadvertently summing up good vs bad history. #WolfHall

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