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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a></p><p>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Fairy tale food</p><p>Challenge, transformation, risk: the role of food in fairy tales</p><p>Poisoned apples, magic porridge pots, peas you can feel through 20 mattresses, and of course that fantastic gingerbread house - food plays a significant role in literature, and fairy tales are no exception. </p><p> by Beth Daley</p><p><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/fairy-tale-food?mtm_campaign=EuropeanaNewsletterReg-July2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeana.eu/en/stories/fairy-tale-food?mtm_campaign=EuropeanaNewsletterReg-July2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeana.eu/en/stories/fa</span><span class="invisible">iry-tale-food?mtm_campaign=EuropeanaNewsletterReg-July2025</span></a></p><p>Fairy tales at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/131" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/131"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/131</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/fairytales/" rel="tag">#fairytales</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m working on a new Jacques book of short stories, but that means paying my amazing colourist all of my money. </p><p>To ease the bludgeoning my wallet is about to take, perhaps you&#x27;d like to buy a copy of the original book in softcover or HARDCOVER?!</p><p>Purchase a signed copy here:<br><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1603554134/jacques-and-the-great-art-theft" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1603554134/jacques-and-the-great-art-theft"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.etsy.com/uk/listing/160355</span><span class="invisible">4134/jacques-and-the-great-art-theft</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bandedessinee/" rel="tag">#bandedessinee</a> <a href="/tags/bd/" rel="tag">#BD</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/artofmastodon/" rel="tag">#artOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/graphicnovels/" rel="tag">#graphicNovels</a></p>

<p>Vintage Posters for The Royal Court Theatre</p><p>Founded by the English Stage Company (ESC in 1956), London&#x27;s Royal Court Theatre focuses on contemporary theatre - and great posters</p><p>By Sheldon D. </p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/posters-for-the-royal-court-476550/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=posters-for-the-royal-court" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/posters-for-the-royal-court-476550/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=posters-for-the-royal-court"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/posters-for-the-r</span><span class="invisible">oyal-court-476550/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=posters-for-the-royal-court</span></a></p><p>English theatre at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=english+theatre" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=english+theatre"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=english+theatre</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#Theatre</a></p>

<p>Bruno the brave</p><p>For anyone who dares to voice dangerous ideas and risk imprisonment or exile, Giordano Bruno remains a hero</p><p>by Stephanie Merritt</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/why-giordano-bruno-is-still-a-free-speech-hero-today?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=5751d1b9e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_17&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/why-giordano-bruno-is-still-a-free-speech-hero-today?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=5751d1b9e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_17&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/why-giordano-br</span><span class="invisible">uno-is-still-a-free-speech-hero-today?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=5751d1b9e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_17&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>About Giordano Bruno at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7069" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7069"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/7069</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

Toronto Book Launch for &quot;Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?&quot;

<p>Just arrived in paperback - Alastair Moffat&#x27;s Edinburgh: a New History, published by Birlinn Books.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histoire/" rel="tag">#Histoire</a> <a href="/tags/edinburghanewhistory/" rel="tag">#EdinburghANewHistory</a> <a href="/tags/alastairmoffat/" rel="tag">#AlastairMoffat</a> <a href="/tags/birlinn/" rel="tag">#Birlinn</a> <a href="/tags/birlinnbooks/" rel="tag">#BirlinnBooks</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/ecosse/" rel="tag">#Ecosse</a> <a href="/tags/scottishliterature/" rel="tag">#ScottishLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/scottishhistory/" rel="tag">#ScottishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/bookshops/" rel="tag">#bookshops</a> <a href="/tags/librairies/" rel="tag">#librairies</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>How Gutenberg’s Press Sparked a World-Changing Revolution</p><p>&quot;The invention of the Gutenberg Press in the mid-15th century started an irreversible change in how information was produced, distributed, and accessed.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/invention-impact-gutenberg-press/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/invention-impact-gutenberg-press/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/invention</span><span class="invisible">-impact-gutenberg-press/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gutenberg/" rel="tag">#gutenberg</a> <a href="/tags/printing/" rel="tag">#printing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Anyone else in this cartoon?

<p>📚 House of Earth and Blood by: Sarah J. Maas</p><p>Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/house-of-earth-and-blood" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/house-of-earth-and-blood"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/house-of-e</span><span class="invisible">arth-and-blood</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romancefiction/" rel="tag">#romancefiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyfiction/" rel="tag">#fantasyfiction</a></p>

<p>The Orphic Hymns are a collection of 87 hymns in ancient Greek, addressed to various deities. </p><p>Attributed in antiquity to the mythical poet Orpheus, they were composed in Asia Minor, most likely around the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD, and seem to have belonged to a cult community which used them in ritual. The collection is preceded by a proem in which Orpheus addresses the legendary poet Musaeus.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic_Hymns" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic_Hymns"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphic_H</span><span class="invisible">ymns</span></a></p><p>Greek Mythology in Literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/17235" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/17235"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/17235</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>

<p>The Roman Myth of Aeneas, Lavinia, and the King Who Started It All</p><p>The Trojan hero Aeneas is connected to earlier Italian kings through King Latinus and his daughter, Lavinia, integrating him into Rome’s mythological tradition.</p><p>by Caleb Howells</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/lavinia-latinus-aeneas-role-roman-mythology/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/lavinia-latinus-aeneas-role-roman-mythology/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/lavinia-l</span><span class="invisible">atinus-aeneas-role-roman-mythology/</span></a></p><p>Aeneas at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/133" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/133"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/133</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/21432" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/21432"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/21432</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#Mythology</a></p>

<p>Imaginary numbers are real</p><p>These odd values were long dismissed as bookkeeping. Now physicists are proving that they describe the hidden shape of nature</p><p>Karmela Padavic-Callaghan</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-imaginary-numbers-describe-the-fundamental-shape-of-nature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=2e24cba252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-imaginary-numbers-describe-the-fundamental-shape-of-nature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=2e24cba252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-imaginary-n</span><span class="invisible">umbers-describe-the-fundamental-shape-of-nature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=2e24cba252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Mathematics - Philosophy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/17657" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/17657"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/17657</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#Mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a></p>

<p>Ghassan Kanafani’s “Guerrilla Rhetoric,” Then and Now</p><p>Jay Murphy reviews “<a href="/tags/ghassankanafani/" rel="tag">#GhassanKanafani</a>: Selected Political Writings,” a collection of newly translated <a href="/tags/essays/" rel="tag">#essays</a> by the influential Palestinian philosopher, author, and activist. </p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghassan-kanafanis-guerrilla-rhetoric-then-and-now/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghassan-kanafanis-guerrilla-rhetoric-then-and-now/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/gh</span><span class="invisible">assan-kanafanis-guerrilla-rhetoric-then-and-now/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestineliberation/" rel="tag">#PalestineLiberation</a> <a href="/tags/palestinianresistance/" rel="tag">#PalestinianResistance</a> <a href="/tags/pflp/" rel="tag">#PFLP</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @bookstodon @palestine</p>

<p>How Medieval Literature Built the Arthurian Legend</p><p>King Arthur is one of the most famous figures to emerge from the Middle Ages, but the legend surrounding him was built over centuries of medieval storytelling. Writers across Britain and Europe transformed Arthur from a shadowy ruler into the centre of a vast literary tradition filled with knights, quests, romance, betrayal, and magic.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/05/medieval-literature-arthurian-legend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/05/medieval-literature-arthurian-legend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/05/m</span><span class="invisible">edieval-literature-arthurian-legend/</span></a></p><p>King Arthur at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2433" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2433"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/2433</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6SHQV8Jh2pY2ckwSehTM3K" rel="nofollow">Spring Snow</a> 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑 <br>by Yukio Mishima.</p><p>A doomed romance in early 20th century Japan. Interminably slow, with frequent tangential digressions into philosophy and description. Nearly gave up but something finally happened 100 pages in. The climax verges on the tragi-comic, but it&#x27;s mostly just brooding &amp; hopeless. I was intrigued by the nobleman who is so elegant that problems solve themselves, hence effortlessly maintaining said elegance.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

<p>How Is Nature Portrayed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?</p><p>In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, we see the imagery of nature used both to set a tone and as symbols of its character’s struggles and dispositions.</p><p> by Ivy Bowler</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/how-is-nature-portrayed-in-shakespeare-macbeth/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/how-is-nature-portrayed-in-shakespeare-macbeth/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/how-is-na</span><span class="invisible">ture-portrayed-in-shakespeare-macbeth/</span></a></p><p>Macbeth at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5016" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5016"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/5016</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#Painting</a></p>

<p>There are over 100 movies and TV shows dedicated to Austen and the Brontë that are available on most US streaming services. Everything, from variations of Pride and Prejudice to modern adaptations of Austen and the Brontës books, is available! <a href="https://www.excessivelydiverting.net/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.excessivelydiverting.net/</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/emilybronte/" rel="tag">#EmilyBronte</a> <a href="/tags/charlottebronte/" rel="tag">#CharlotteBronte</a> <a href="/tags/annebronte/" rel="tag">#AnneBronte</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> @romancelandia <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a></p>

<p>Got to check this out live last night. A fun watch for all you horror readers, with samples of three new or upcoming books read by the authors. 👍</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/GgAUSePnU2Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/live/GgAUSePnU2Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/live/GgAUSePnU</span><span class="invisible">2Q</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @horrorbooks @specfic </p><p><a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a></p>

<p>🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚 **10+ Best Bookshops in Edinburgh You Must Visit (Local Guide for Book Lovers)**</p><p>&gt;&gt;If you are ever in Edinburgh and in need of visiting a bookshop this is for you. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.solosophie.com/best-bookshops-edinburgh/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.solosophie.com/best-bookshops-edinburgh/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.solosophie.com/best-booksh</span><span class="invisible">ops-edinburgh/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> @bookstodon</p>