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<p>Attn: SFFH writers of the world! You've got until this Sunday, 12 April, to submit eligible works to the British Fantasy Awards suggestion list. Yes, at this stage YOU CAN NOMINATE YOUR OWN STUFF. This list is the way of telling voters what came out in 2025, to jog their memory, so don't be shy.</p><p>Once the voting opens on 16 April, that's when you need to get back in your box, though you can CAMPAIGN!</p><p>Get in there: <a href="https://forms.gle/YcGUjcbU99R5smKe6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>forms.gle/YcGUjcbU99R5smKe6</a></p><p>Details of categories: <a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">britishfantasysociety.org/abou</span><span class="invisible">t-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

A text-heavy graphic explains the process for the British Fantasy Awards. In short:

Suggestions list closes 12 April
Voting period 16 April - 3 May
Shortlists announced 19 May
Jury panels 19 May - 1 September
Awards announced at Fantasycon

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Three more books from the January clearance sale of my employer:<br>- The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution from Johns Hopkins University Press (one I might just review in tandem with a more recent book on horse evolution. At some point.)<br>- Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking our Relationship with Earth's Natural Resources from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@sarabandbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarabandbooks</span></a></span>.<br>- The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World from WH Allen. Somewhere there is a review series brewing about long-term thinking (no, not *that* sort of long-termism!) </p><p><a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/horses/" rel="tag">#Horses</a> <a href="/tags/naturalresources/" rel="tag">#NaturalResources</a> <a href="/tags/resourceextraction/" rel="tag">#ResourceExtraction</a> <a href="/tags/environmentalism/" rel="tag">#Environmentalism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, standing up, The Rise of Horses, showing a lime-green hardback with two black-and-white illustrations. At the top is an anatomical muscle study of an adult horse. At the bottom is a horse skeleton.

In the middle, lying down, Extraction to Extinction, showing a white paperback that has several bands with squiggles and lines alternating with the title, subtitle, and author name.

On the right, standing up, The Good Ancestor, showing a white hardback with the title and author name in a red front and the subtitle in a black front. A single, small, green acorn is shown towards the bottom, its cap oriented towards the bottom.

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What is the most unique/creative fiction you've run across lately?

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</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>

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

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<p>IDK if Y'all have hard and fast rules about whether, or when, to DNF a book. I'm thinking that the book I'm reading might be a slow burn. I'll give it 50 pages to see. </p><p>If I really like the writing, but not so much the story, I'll generally stick it out. In this case, the story is more intriguing than the writing.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <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>

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<p>The Life and Legacy of Hertha Sponer</p><p>Get a behind-the-scenes look at materials on Hertha Sponer, including a newly discovered lecture, recently featured at the March Trimble Lecture.</p><p>by Karina Cooper</p><p><a href="https://www.aip.org/library/ex-libris-universum/the-life-and-legacy-of-hertha-sponer?mcid=81301bd1cc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.aip.org/library/ex-libris-universum/the-life-and-legacy-of-hertha-sponer?mcid=81301bd1cc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.aip.org/library/ex-libris-</span><span class="invisible">universum/the-life-and-legacy-of-hertha-sponer?mcid=81301bd1cc</span></a></p><p>Books in Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/706</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#WomenInStem</a></p>

Hertha Sponer (far left) with physicists and chemists at the farewell party for James Franck (bottom center) in 1921 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin

Berlin physicists and chemists in 1920; back row, from left to right: Walter Grotrian, Wilhelm Westphal, Otto von Baeyer, Peter Pringsheim, Gustav Hertz; front row, from left to right: Hertha Sponer, Albert Einstein, Ingrid Franck, James Franck, Lise Meitner, Fritz Haber, Otto Hahn

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Sponer#/media/Datei:Berliner_Physiker_u_Chemiker_1920.jpg

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<p>This month's Distributed Proofreaders (DP) blog is about "Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels." This was a book by Wolfgang von Goethe which was translated into English by Thomas Carlyle.</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/05/01/wilhelm-meisters-apprenticeship-and-travels/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2026/05/01/wilhelm-meisters-apprenticeship-and-travels/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2026/05/01/wilhe</span><span class="invisible">lm-meisters-apprenticeship-and-travels/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Goethe in 1828 by Joseph Carl Stieler. He is an older man with gray hair. He is sitting at a desk and holding a paper/manuscript in his right hand. He is wearing a black coat and a white cravat with a red pin holding it together.

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I found out that the series I just started has 8 books and I ditched out.

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<p>The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100</p><p>By Patricia Claus</p><p><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/10/suda-byzantine-encyclopedia-written-1100/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="greekreporter.com/2026/04/10/suda-byzantine-encyclopedia-written-1100/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greekreporter.com/2026/04/10/s</span><span class="invisible">uda-byzantine-encyclopedia-written-1100/</span></a></p><p>Greek literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=greek+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=greek+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=greek+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/encyclopedia/" rel="tag">#encyclopedia</a></p>

Page from Vaticanus graecus 1296

Suda in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus graecus 1296, fol. 193r.

The text is written in dark ink using a flowing, cursive script as an early Greek handwriting. The lines are tightly spaced and somewhat uneven, with many ligatures and abbreviations typical of historical manuscripts. There are no illustrations—just dense blocks of text on both pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suda#/media/File:Suda,_Vaticanus_graecus_1296.jpg

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<p>Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s 19th‑century novel</p><p>by Anastasia Klimchynskaya</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/artemis-ii-moonshot-reflects-a-spacefaring-vision-present-in-jules-vernes-19th-century-novel-280252" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/artemis-ii-moonshot-reflects-a-spacefaring-vision-present-in-jules-vernes-19th-century-novel-280252"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/artemis-ii</span><span class="invisible">-moonshot-reflects-a-spacefaring-vision-present-in-jules-vernes-19th-century-novel-280252</span></a></p><p>From the Earth to the moon at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

From the Earth to the Moon engraving from the 1872 illustrated edition.

A blinding column of light and fire erupts vertically from the ground, billowing clouds of smoke expanding outward in great turbulent masses. High above, the bullet-shaped projectile capsule is just visible as a tiny dark speck ascending into the sky. The landscape below is dark and flat, showing that most of the people seem to be running or crawling away from the muzzle flash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon#/media/File:From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(151481126).jpg

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2026 Bingo Recommendations List

<p>Have you read something that you really enjoyed and want to give others a reason to try it out because it fits a square? Want to solicit help finding things to read that fit squares? This is a great place to do that.</p><p><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Official Thread Link Here</a><br>[Commentary](Questions, Complaints, Whines, General Commentary, Shitposting) – this is a top level comment like the squares</p><p>This thread will contain one top level comment for each Bingo square. In order to preserve the organization and readability of this post, please limit recommendations to only replies on those top-level comments. We will be removing comments that don’t follow this rule for for this specific post.</p><p>Markdown Card</p>ABCDE1<a href="link" rel="nofollow">LGBTQIA+ Lead</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Supplementary, My Dear Watson</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Award Winner</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Hero Story</a>2<a href="link" rel="nofollow">Revisit Something You Loved</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Author from a Different Continent</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Weapon on the Cover</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">A Very Long Title</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Independent Author</a>3<a href="link" rel="nofollow">Punctuated!</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Getting the Band Back Together</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">FREE SPACE - Off Your TBR Pile</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">What’s in a Name?</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Late to the Party</a>4<a href="link" rel="nofollow">Minority Author</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Rooted & Rising</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Free Read</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">New Release</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Detective Story</a>5<a href="link" rel="nofollow">Get Off My Lawn</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">The Late, Great…</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Artificial Intelligence</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">The Mending Heart</a><a href="link" rel="nofollow">Double Up, Double Down</a><p>You can scroll through the thread or use the links above if your reader supports comment linking directly.</p><p>Reminder, Please DO NOT make comments that are not replies to a prepopulated top-level comment. Your comment will just be removed without any additional info.</p>

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<p>It turns out, if you want people to buy books you have translated, you have to tell people that you have translated books. </p><p>I translated the complete four-volume set of Mogador's memoirs, telling the story of her life as a courtesan in 19th c. Paris. They're all available wherever you buy books, even indie bookstores. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> </p><p><a href="https://mogadormemoirs.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mogadormemoirs.com/</a></p>

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<p>friends and followers! the English edition of my novel Benedetto the Carpenter is now available at this link <a href="https://mybook.to/BenedettotheCarpenter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mybook.to/BenedettotheCarpenter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mybook.to/BenedettotheCarpente</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p><p>I hope you'll have as much fun reading it as I had translating it 🪚🔨 🪵 🤬</p><p><a href="/tags/libri/" rel="tag">#libri</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/libros/" rel="tag">#libros</a> <a href="/tags/livros/" rel="tag">#livros</a></p>

cover art for the novel Benedetto the Carpenter by Federico Mura. English edition. available worldwide on Amazon. paperback and digital.

a card: My novel, Benedetto the Carpenter, is finally available in English. Literally nobody asked for this. I did it anyway.

card: Meet Benedetto. he's a master carpenter. he's a professional misanthrope. he'd rather starve than sell a table to a moron. he's your next-door neighbor. he might get loud.

card: an unmarketable book. too much cursing for a romance. too much depression for a comedy. a Mediterranean story. not the kind you're thinking of. it's the "get the fuck out of my shop" kind. fueled by toscano cigars and grappa.

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<p>Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 Fixing Software Delivery: An Engineering Leader’s Field Guide by Max Guernsey, III and Luniel de Beer</p><p>Watch here: <a href="https://youtu.be/sNk1JvPh0T0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/sNk1JvPh0T0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/leanpublishing/" rel="tag">#leanpublishing</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#selfpublishing</a> <a href="/tags/booklaunch/" rel="tag">#booklaunch</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> <a href="/tags/leadership/" rel="tag">#leadership</a></p>

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<p>5 Famous Operas Based on Greek Mythology</p><p>Composers throughout history have taken inspiration for their now-famous operas from the enchanting stories of ancient Greek mythology.</p><p>by Jane Fitzpatrick (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/famous-operas-based-greek-mythology/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/famous-operas-based-greek-mythology/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/famous-op</span><span class="invisible">eras-based-greek-mythology/</span></a></p><p>Operas at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/411" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/411"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/411</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

Bacchus and Ariadne - painting by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (MET, 1984.458).

The young man, crowned with a ivy wreath — the attribute of Bacchus — leans toward the woman with an expression of tender, earnest attention, his orange-red drapery falling from one bare shoulder. He extends his hand toward her in a gesture that seems to offer, present, or beckon. The young woman — Ariadne, abandoned on Naxos by Theseus — sits on the rocks in white and golden drapery, a jewelled brooch at her breast, looking up at him with an expression of mingled wonder and dawning trust.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacchus_and_Ariadne_MET_DT7942.jpg

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TrollSong" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TrollSong</a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</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>

(Left) The cover of Troll Song, by Owen Tyme, Illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

There's a woman in mud spattered white, leather armor crossing a pair of short swords against the neck of a terrified, shirtless dwarf.

The woman has white hair and a darker skin tone on the left side of her face. Her left eye is green and her right eye is blue.

The dwarf's hair and beard are blond.

The background is a green forest, with some flowers among the tall grass.

(Right) The background is a snow-covered forest, with a pair of dark silhouettes in it, one small and the other large, like a giant. The smaller silhouette is of a young woman walking away and the interior is filled with musical symbols, in green, white and two shades of blue. The larger silhouette is a woman wielding two swords and the interior is full of blood spatter. The larger one appears to be chasing the smaller one.

The following text is laid over the scene:

“I can’t die until Lyra takes her last breath! She’ll regret betraying her sisters!”

“There’s no price I won’t pay to see that happen, no pain I won’t endure and I’d sacrifice the whole world to seal her fate!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TrollSong

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<p>The US publishing industry finished 2025 at $14.6B in revenue, according to the Association of American Publishers. Trade books alone were $9.8B. </p><p>Big market, but still only modest annual growth: +1.1%. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> <br><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>

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<p>A Write Highland Hoolie – the Mallaig Book Festival 2026<br>6–8 November</p><p>Tickets on sale now!</p><p><a href="https://www.a-write-highland-hoolie.com" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.a-write-highland-hoolie.com"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.a-write-highland-hoolie.co</span><span class="invisible">m</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mallaig/" rel="tag">#Mallaig</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#BookFestival</a></p>

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<p>A Review of Technosphere: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-technosphere/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-technosphere/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-te</span><span class="invisible">chnosphere/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</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>

Book cover for Technosphere by George Saoulidis. Image on cover shows a planet covered in impossibly large skyscrapers. It has a ring around it that is light blue and glowing, perhaps to signify some sort of ship that is orbiting it? That planet I just described is hovering over - and looks like it’s going to crash into - the planet at the bottom of this cover that is also covered in cities, albeit not ones that are quite so tall.

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<p>The Imaginary Singular Project: A Review of Trace Elements by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer<br> A view on SFF that gets a little too tangled in its own specific perspective explains <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> at the NOAF blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/the-imaginary-singular-project-review.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/the-imaginary-singular-project-review.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/</span><span class="invisible">the-imaginary-singular-project-review.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>New copy of earliest poem in English language discovered by researchers in Rome</p><p>An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-earliest-poem-english-language-rome.html#google_vignette" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2026-04-earliest-poem-english-language-rome.html#google_vignette"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2026-04-earliest</span><span class="invisible">-poem-english-language-rome.html#google_vignette</span></a></p><p>"Caedmon's Hymn" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19677" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19677</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"'The Cædmon Manuscript': parts of Genesis, Exodus and Daniel in Old English verse, illustrated with Anglo-Saxon drawings, c. A.D. 1000" - picryl.com. At the Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford

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<p>Book Titles That Describe Me: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-that-describe-me/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-that-describe-me/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-book-titles-that-describe-me/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>

Book cover for More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera. Image on cover shows a black line swooping up against a yellow background and ending in a puddle of blackness.

Book cover for Fairy Tales Written By Rabbits by Mary A. Parker. Image on cover shows two frightened rabbits huddling together as the shadows of a unicorn and a snake loom above them.

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<p>"Taking us through the broader geographical and historical context, from the Nakba in 1948 to the present day, <a href="/tags/ungrounding/" rel="tag">#Ungrounding</a> establishes that architectural and territorial analysis is key to understanding the relationship between colonizer and colonized—and how <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>’s actions after October 7 escalated into violence so extreme and so far-reaching as to, Weizman argues, meet the definition of genocide." </p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/776402/ungrounding-by-eyal-weizman/9781039057432" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/776402/ungrounding-by-eyal-weizman/9781039057432"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/book</span><span class="invisible">s/776402/ungrounding-by-eyal-weizman/9781039057432</span></a><br><a href="/tags/eyalweizman/" rel="tag">#EyalWeizman</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <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>

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<p>'In her new book, Molly Crabapple brings to life the extraordinary story of the secular <a href="/tags/jewishlaborbund/" rel="tag">#JewishLaborBund</a>, which was active in <a href="/tags/easterneurope/" rel="tag">#EasternEurope</a> beginning in 1897 and continued its work into the 1930s. The <a href="/tags/bundists/" rel="tag">#Bundists</a> sought dignity and equality “here where we live,” not in a distant homeland.' </p><p><a href="/tags/herewhereweliveisourcountry/" rel="tag">#HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry</a>: <a href="/tags/mollycrabapple/" rel="tag">#MollyCrabapple</a> in conversation with <a href="/tags/naomiklein/" rel="tag">#NaomiKlein</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTEo6wU0BiQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTEo6wU0BiQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTEo6w</span><span class="invisible">U0BiQ</span></a><br><a href="/tags/jewishbund/" rel="tag">#JewishBund</a> <a href="/tags/bund/" rel="tag">#Bund</a> <a href="/tags/bundism/" rel="tag">#bundism</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/jewishleft/" rel="tag">#JewishLeft</a> <a href="/tags/internationalism/" rel="tag">#internationalism</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <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>

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<p>Patrick Süskind’s Perfume is about a gifted boy and a cruel world. It offers a glimpse of French history, the perfume industry, and, most of all, the strange, intoxicating universe of scents: streets, flowers, human bodies, and even feelings. </p><p>This is a novel you can almost smell.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <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> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/süskind/" rel="tag">#Süskind</a> <a href="/tags/perfume/" rel="tag">#Perfume</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/patricksüskind/" rel="tag">#PatrickSüskind</a></p>

Patrick Süskind’s Perfume

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