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The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

I went to our nature section look for otters, but instead found a question an otter might ask

Please join us in congratulating these recent OU Press authors as they have been selected as finalists for the Foreword INDIES Book Awards! View the complete list here ➡️ www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art...

2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Short Stories (Adult Fiction) These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The Short Stories finalists of the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awar...

Congratulations to Anthony Bukoski, whose story collection THE THIEF OF WORDS is a finalist in the short story category of Foreword Reviews's 2025 INDIES Book of the Year Awards!

www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...

📣 We're offering grants of 10,000-12,000 EUR each to media organizations in low- and middle-income countries to support projects that strengthen reporting on biodiversity threats—and solutions. Apply by March 28: https://loom.ly/gJ8BWDw

People in UK publishing take note. In case you haven’t heard, your government is still at it.

And anything that hoovers up British publications is liable to get a lot of Irish ones too.

#SpeirGorm

12 Must-Read Books of March 2026 - Chicago Review of Books Here are the 12 books you need to read in March 2026.

The @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has your 12 must-read books for March -- including REPLICA, the debut poetry collection by our Curriculum Coordinator Lisa Low!!!

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#booksky

How Journalists Are Reporting From Iran With No Internet After strikes killed senior Iranian officials, Iran cut off internet access. Journalists are relying on satellite links, encrypted apps and smuggled footage to report from inside the country.

"The right of information is always the first casualty when the government [prioritises] its security objectives."

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

What if there was a mindful way to steal people’s art, pollute Black neighborhoods, and raise everyone’s electric bill?

Literary agents urge writers to avoid AI as they see ‘change in nature of submissions’

ICYMI: A number of literary agencies are adding amendments to their submission guidelines urging authors not to use AI in their submissions, as signs of its use become more prevalent 👇 #BookSky

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Jung Chang Harriett Gilbert and guests choose favourite books.

The fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, poetry of Seamus Heaney & a novel by Alan Garner are the choices on today’s A Good Read when writers Jung Chang & @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social to talk #books 3pm @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Someone snap her up immediately! #HumanMade #NoAI

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More wild #buyastrangerabook day fun!

@zincstoat.uk is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15.

That's any book at all, not just what's on my website.

So, if there's a specific book you're after, let us know what it is.

UK only

One version of my fiction reading list for the year.

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

I turn to face the sun just before my highway exit. In the winter the low glare hurts my eyes. But today a cloud just as I needed it made the sky soft. May this also be your Wednesday.

Text reads, "Poet Ali Asadollahi Detained in Iran," above a photo of Ali Asadollahi against a warmly lit background. Below, it states, "We join together to strongly condemn Ali Asadollahi's arrest and stand in solidarity with him. Read the open letter signed by more than 100 writers on pen.org." The PEN America logo is displayed at the bottom.

More than 100 noted writers joined PEN America and @pensydney.bsky.social in urging the Iranian government to immediately release poet and translator Ali Asadollahi, including Margaret Atwood, J.M. Coetzee, Ariel Dorfman, Jonathan Franzen, Khaled Hosseini, Azar Nafisi, Elif Shafak, and Colm Tóibín.

Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist Thirteen books make this year’s longlist for translated fiction, which awards a first prize of £50,000

Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

A Month-by-Month Peek at 2026's Most Anticipated Horror Horror enthusiasts, gird your loins. This new year looks particularly scary. As part of our rolling overview of upcoming titles in 2026, we’ve coll...

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Remember: censorship is a tool of fascism.

#ReadBannedBooks #LoveWins #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Jobs in Scotland!

Photo shows two paperback books tied with a violet ribbon.

It’s a good start to the day when my @bertsbooks.bsky.social subscription arrives!
This month he sent me The Paris Express by @emmadonoghue.bsky.social and The Violet Hour by James Cahill. Do you see what Bert did there? 😉

#booklover #fiction

Join us on Friday, March 6 as we welcome Prof. Jennifer Bonnell to our graduate conference. Prof. Bonnell's keynote will be on, Foragers of a Modern Countryside: Honey Bees, Beekeepers, and Changing Agricultural Landscapes in the Great Lakes Region, 1880-1940. history.uwo.ca/graduate/his...

I must concur.📚

Controversial opinion: The best way to read a book is in a room with no noise at all.

FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort Join us for a discussion on the female body, objectification and reclamation on Wednesday 11th March!

Forthcoming event in March with Helen Mort - Charli Howard (Flesh) in conversation at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
#BookSky @helenmort.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flesh-char...

Join us to celebrate the release of 'May We Feed the King', CNW graduate Rebecca Perry's debut novel.

📅 Tuesday 24 February
⏰ 6.30-8pm
📍 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
🎟️ £4 (or free with a copy of the book)

Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-we-fee...

Ridiculously excited to say that we have @amalelmohtar.com with us on the 9th of April in conversation with @elizachanwrites.bsky.social! "Fairytales with teeth"? Oh we are so ready. Tickets via link below!