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<p>My new book 'Atlas Gothica: An Alternative Guide to the World's Most Curious Destinations' (Headline/Hachette) is now on pre-order! The book takes in 50 Gothic destinations around the world, including vampire-plagued Victorian graveyards, haunted English libraries, witch-haunted caves, mummy-stuffed catacombs, Dracula's Whitby and much more. You can discover the very raven the inspired Edgar Allan Poe, a Chinese city based on a blueprint of hell, the tombs of Voodoo queens, and the lair of the legendary Mothman. Grab it here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-Gothica-Alternative-Curious-Destinations/dp/1035434385/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-Gothica-Alternative-Curious-Destinations/dp/1035434385/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-Gothica</span><span class="invisible">-Alternative-Curious-Destinations/dp/1035434385/</span></a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a> <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#paranormal</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/graveyard/" rel="tag">#graveyard</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a> <a href="/tags/ghost/" rel="tag">#ghost</a> <a href="/tags/vampire/" rel="tag">#vampire</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a></p>

The front cover, back cover and spine of the book 'Atlas Gothica: An Alternative Guide to the World's Most Curious Destinations' by David Castleton. The book has the title and blurb in silver lettering on a mainly black background, with silver highlights in an abstract map-like design.

The blurb reads: "Step off the tourist trail to discover 50 darkly captivating locations - from the eerie Lockrum Island monastery to the legendary lair of the Mothman, and from China's mysterious ghost city of Fengdu to the windswept moors that inspired 'Wuthering Heights'. With rich storytelling and atmospheric photography revealing the myths, legends and histories behind each destination, this is the ultimate gothic travel guide for anyone drawn to the dark side."

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<p>"Damaya at the fulcrum of it all": A crack in an otherwise flawless story?</p><p>In Chapter 11 of The Fifth Season, "Damaya at the fulcrum of it all," we read about the bullying Damaya suffered during her early years at the Fulcrum, and the terrible fallout after she takes action to put a stop to it.</p><p>When Damaya realizes how dangerous bullying at the Fulcrum can be, she approaches Crack, another Fulcrum grit who is also being bullied, and enlists the other girl's aid to execute a plan to catch the conspirators who have been tormenting them. Crack agrees to help Damaya, and the two go through with their plan. However, things take an unexpected turn when a cascade of finger pointing reveals that it was Crack who was the mastermind behind the effort to break Damaya, leaving us to wonder:</p><p>Why did Crack help Damaya?</p><p>Me and my partner are not the only readers to wonder. This <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1431695-if-crack-was-the-instigator-be" rel="nofollow">thread on Goodreads</a> reveals some readers' frustrations with this part of the story. I found Reddit threads that also discuss this part of the story. At first pass, it doesn't seem to make much sense that Crack would agree to help Damaya when she's the one who was behind the bullying. It seems to make even less sense that Crack wouldn't fuck Damaya over—by hiding Damaya's shoes somewhere other than Maxixe's chest—after they've set the plan in motion. So why does she agree to help, and why does she do everything according to Damaya's plan? After a long discussion with my partner, this is how I've come to think of it:</p><p>First, we have to understan Crack's position.</p><p>We gather that she's been the target of bullying for some time before Damaya's troubles begin, and perhaps her bullying has been worse. Certainly, she's in danger because of it; remember that the stakes at the Fulcrum are life and death.</p><p>So Crack is angry and afraid and desperate when she goes after Damaya. Hers isn't the typical "popular kid hazing the unpopular kid" bullying—it's a matter of survival. She needs the other grits to expend their cruelty on Damaya; otherwise, she is the target of that cruelty, and she's at the end of her rope.</p><p>Note, here, that Maxixe—the target of the girls' plan—is one of the popular kids, and it's very likely that he's been participating in or even instigating the bullying of Crack. Note, also, that it's implied that Damaya has not been bullying Crack.</p><p>It's in this context that Damaya seeks an ally in Crack, and their first interaction is loaded with more complexity than Damaya can know:</p><p><p>Crack eyes her. “Really? Things are bad enough that you need me?”</p><p>It’s a good sign that they can be honest with each other right off. “Yes,” Damaya says, and sits since Crack hasn’t really objected. “They’re messing with you, too, aren’t they?” Of course they are. Damaya hasn’t seen whatever they’re doing, but it only makes sense. There’s an order to life in the Fulcrum.</p></p><p>Crack chose Damaya as a target because Damaya is the goody two-shoes grit who makes all the other grits look bad by comparison. Whatever Crack is expecting from Damaya, it's not empathy.</p><p><p>Crack sighs. This makes the room reverberate faintly, or so it feels for an instant. Damaya makes herself not react, because a good partnership should not begin with a display of fear. Crack sees this and relaxes, just a little. The judder of imminent disaster fades.</p></p><p>Damaya's empathy knocks the wind out of Crack. Then, when she doesn't react to Crack's literally palpable emotions with fear, Damaya gives Crack some of the humanity the other grits, in their fear of her, have denied her.</p><p><p>“Yeah,” Crack says, softly. Damaya realizes all of a sudden that Crack is angry, though she keeps her gaze on her plate. It’s there in the way she holds her fork too tightly, and the way her expression is too blank. All at once Damaya wonders: Is Crack’s control really a problem? Or is it simply that her tormentors have done their best to make her crack? “So what do you want to do about it?”</p><p>Damaya outlines her plan. After an initial flinch, Crack realizes she is serious. They finish eating in silence, while Crack thinks it over. At last, Crack says, “I’m in.”</p></p><p>I understand that initial flinch to be Crack reacting to Damaya's plan to use the very same ploy Crack used to land Damaya in trouble as a means of catching out the ringleader of the bullies. Crack weighs her options as she eats in silence:</p><p>She could confess to Damaya and apologize, but the risk that Damaya won't forgive her and will instead turn her in to the instructors is too high. Despite the goodwill Damaya has earned, Crack can't trust her that far.<br>She could refuse to help Damaya, but then there's a chance that Damaya might target Jasper. Jasper, who knows that the person Damaya is looking for is Crack.<br>She could agree to help, then betray Damaya instead. Damaya would get in trouble, but probably not the terminal sort. She'd still be around, she'd know that Crack was responsible for some of the bullying, and Crack would have earned a new and devastatingly clever enemy.<br>She could help Damaya get someone else in trouble, someone who can't implicate Crack in the original theft of Damaya's shoes, throwing Damaya off her scent and earning Damaya a new enemy—an enemy who might be so focused on Damaya that he wouldn't have any energy to spare on tormenting Crack. Two birds, one stone.</p><p>All things considered, that last option really does make the most sense. It could even have resulted in a lasting alliance with Damaya, even as Crack could have secretly continued to plot against the other girl.</p><p>But Crack didn't know that Maxixe saw Jasper steal Damaya's shoes. Didn't know that the popular boy would tell on Jasper. Didn't know that helping Damaya pin a trumped up crime on Maxixe would seal her fate.</p><p>Only Jemisin knows for sure why Crack agreed to help Damaya. (Maybe. I know that storytelling doesn't always work that way.) However, I haven't found anything written online that suggests she's talked about it in an interview somewhere. This is how I make sense of it. I'm comfortable with the assumptions I've made, and I'm satisfied with the conclusion I arrived at based on those assumptions. If this part of the book nagged at you, as it did me and my partner and other readers who went on to discuss it on Goodreads and Reddit, then I hope my short essay has helped you make peace with it—or at least given you more to think about.</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><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/brokenearth/" rel="tag">#BrokenEarth</a></p><p>(comment on <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/1585768" rel="nofollow">The Fifth Season</a>)</p>

N. K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Hachette Audio)

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<p>A sweeping saga of family, loyalty, and secrets that shape generations.</p><p>Set against the rich backdrop of 19th-century Ireland, The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series explores love, sacrifice, and the ties that bind.</p><p>📚️️️️ Books 1–9 available in box sets<br>📖 Free with Kindle Unlimited</p><p>Discover the series - <a href="http://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</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>

Promotional image for the Fitzgeralds of Dublin series - an Irish historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers. Background includes a grayscale photo of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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<p>Ebook in stores August 21, 2026: <a href="https://books2read.com/RowleysRide" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/RowleysRide</a></p><p>The space pirate, Captain Edwina “Roaring” Rowley wakes in the vacuum of space, in orbit of the old harvest moon, Cakana, despite the fact her body is literally frozen stiff. She’s utterly confused by the fact Nuva, the goddess of death, didn’t come for her soul.</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>

$The cover of Rowley's Ride, by Owen Tyme. The central image is a ghostly electric guitar composed mostly of blue and white light, with a metal plate covering a fair bit of the main body. The guitar has a bright and shiny aura, almost like electricity, though the non-metallic portions are transparent. The background is a fractal arrangement of stained-glass panels., in various shades of red.$

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<p>I’ve reviewed indie books on my blog for quite a few years.</p><p>It’s disheartening to see how many self-published books are using LLM-generated covers these days. </p><p>A few have slipped past my screening procedure, but I really try to avoid books that do this as i get better at noticing the tells for such covers. </p><p>I’ve actually started switching to reviewing more traditionally published books because of this. </p><p><a href="/tags/reviewer/" rel="tag">#Reviewer</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviewer/" rel="tag">#BookReviewer</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#Blogging</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>

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<p>How Emperor Augustus Silenced Rome’s Most Famous Poet</p><p>At the height of his popularity in Rome, Augustus exiled the poet Ovid to the Black Sea. There, the whimsical author produced a striking series of poems.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/ovid-roman-poet-exile/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/ovid-roman-poet-exile/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/ovid-roma</span><span class="invisible">n-poet-exile/</span></a></p><p>Ovid at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2868</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

In this painting by Anton von Werner, Ovid sits on a stone throne set in a shallow, arched niche. He wears a classical toga over his left shoulder and torso, leaving his right shoulder uncovered. He gazes a little to his left.

He holds a small rectangular writing tablet in his lap with his left hand. His right hand holds a stylus near his chin. He wears a simple wreath or band on his head, open-toed sandals, and sits with his right leg crossed over his left.

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<p>Until I wrote up this <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, I hadn't realised how little fantasy I've read in recent years. I have mixed feelings about this book. It's ambitious and does atmosphere really well. But it's also overlong which creates pacing issues, and I have high standards for any work playing with time, which this novel didn't meet. This is only a recommend for readers with specific preferences. </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="https://write.as/the-casual-critic/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="write.as/the-casual-critic/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/the-casual-critic/jon</span><span class="invisible">athan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry</span></a></p>

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<p>Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books</p><p>by Nadina Gómez Merino</p><p>Listening to stories can remove the ‘decoding’ process that dyslexia sufferers struggle with.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/reading-by-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/reading-by-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/reading-by</span><span class="invisible">-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books</span></a></p><p>Free public domain audiobooks at LibriVox:<br><a href="https://librivox.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>librivox.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#accessibility</a></p>

Cover art for 'Mine and Thine', a collection of poetry written by Florence Earle Coates.

This is a LibriVox audiobook cover for "Mine and Thine" by Florence Earle Coates, featuring a sepia-toned portrait photograph of the author in Victorian-era dress with a necklace, alongside a handwritten excerpt of one of her poems and her signature on the left side.

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<p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reviews/" rel="tag">#reviews</a> <br>"Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968<br>Assassinated in Lebanon by Israel in 1972, Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani is mostly renowned for his anti-colonial resistance, political writings and works of literary fiction. Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968 (Verso Books, 2026) brings another aspect of Kanafani’s work to an English-speaking public; a deep historical critique of Palestinian literature in the first two decades since Israel established its colonial presence on Palestinian land.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.middleeastmonitor.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">0801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a></p>

Drawing upon several Palestinian writers, their poetry, short stories and plays, Kanafani provides an analysis of cultural resistance in Palestinian literature, and shows that it is just as vital as armed struggle against colonial rule. In the foreword, Rashid Khalidi notes that despite Kanafani’s distance from occupied Palestinian lands in 1948 as he was living in Beirut, the insights into the repression faced by Palestinians in Israel provide “one of the earliest portraits available of that part of Palestinian society, cut off as it was from the est of the Palestinian people.” Far from traitors, their experience and resistance from within Israel connected them to the rest of Palestinians displaced or still living in territories Israel had not yet colonised and occupied.

“Armed resistance is not merely skin-deep; it is the fruit of a tree with roots firmly planted in the ground … This type of resistance assumes its most original form in political and cultural action,” Kanafani writes in his introduction to the book. Noting that Palestinians already had a trajectory of armed and cultural resistance since the 1930s, Kanafani adds, “However, what distinguishes the resistance literature produced from 1948 to 1968 is the exceptionally cruel and violent circumstances that its authors experienced and challenged.”

Palestinians in Israel were considered a dangerous minority, hence the oppression on all aspects of Palestinian life enforced by Israel to annihilate social and cultural ties. Israeli intellectuals and officials promoted not only colonialism but also plans to alienate Palestinians from their cultural bonds. Other forms of oppression were related to inadequate education for Palestinians in Israel – Kanafani notes that in 1967, the number of Palestinian students in Israeli universities was 200, while 19,000 were Israelis. Education was further disrupted for Palestinians within the Israeli education system, with staff chosen for their aptitude in serving surveillance purposes. In 1967, Kanafani notes, hundreds of Palestinian intellectuals inside Israel were detained, and later released and placed under house arrest. As a result of this widespread persecution, Kanafani asserts, “The rapid emergence of a literature of resistance did not happen by accident.”

In tracing Palestinian resistance literature, Kanafani commences with Tawfiq Fayyad’s play, House of Madness, in which the isolation of the protagonist, Sami, is portrayed to the audience as a beacon of memory and determination to resist, despite bouts of confusion as a result of persecution.

Of the body of Palestinian resistance literature, Kanafani states, “Through its depth of vision, the literature of resistance in occupied Palestinian thus fights on more than one front.” As the book continues with analysis of other literary works by different Palestinian writers, Kanafani notes that the social and political aspects are intertwined, and that Palestinian literature recognised the importance of this amalgamation early on in terms of resistance and liberation.

From more common themes of love and societal observations, Palestinian writers developed more complex themes in their literature that encompassed both history and socio-political realities. This in turn also widened to not only discuss the political realities faced by Palestinians in Israel, but also to unequivocally bind land and people in the face of oppression, as seen in the words of Mahmoud Darwish and Samih al-Qasim. Poetry, Kanafani also notes, was more suited than short stories for the rapidly evolving circumstances experienced by Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

Palestinian resistance literature departs from “the axis of confronting Israeli occupation.” With this in mind, Kanfani gives other literary examples from Hanna Abu Hanna with lines such as: A people am I./ What if they jail one man?/ The entire people are in rebellion./If one poet is chained,/ the song will be sung by every poet.

From the depth of the Palestinian consciousness of, and commitment to, resistance, Kanfani notes that Palestinian poetry also embodies the international dimension as it lends its support to anti-colonial resistance movements globally. Darwish, for example, writes about Cuba, as well as Cuba and Algeria; the latter having been assisted by Cuba in its anti-colonial resistance: The flag of Cuba is one/ held high in the soul of a revolutionary/ in the Aures mountains of Algeria. Other Palestinian poets expressed support for various revolutionary figures and movements but, Kanafani notes, this expression for the international aspect of anti-colonial struggle “did not weaken its commitment to the immediate nature of the conflict.”

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<p>Bookmark 2026<br>10–11 October, Blairgowrie</p><p>Tickets are on sale for Bookmark, Blairgowrie’s annual book festival.</p><p><a href="https://bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-events" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-events"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-eve</span><span class="invisible">nts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/blairgowrie/" rel="tag">#Blairgowrie</a></p>

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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books Marvelous. Just marvelous.📚🙁 Page · lemmy.ml <p>Marvelous. Just marvelous.📚🙁</p><p>Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/51471069" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.ml/post/51471069</a></p>

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<p>Fun with edu-fuckin-cation, am I doing it right? 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/rules/" rel="tag">#Rules</a><br><a href="/tags/linguisticmemes/" rel="tag">#LinguisticMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#Linguistics</a> <br><a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#Language</a> <a href="/tags/words/" rel="tag">#Words</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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This was the most valuable information I learned at UCLA:

Photo of a presentation:
All Spoken Language has Rules!
fanTAstic -> fan fuckin tastic
Rule: 'fucking can be inserted only before a stressed syllable

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<p>wants to read <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/book/4z8P7KY14TdIpHTrqAMy6v" rel="nofollow">The Doors of Eden</a> <br>Because Tchaikovsky himself described it as 'a madhouse of speculative evolution' here: <a href="https://www.scifinow.co.uk/books/the-science-in-shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scifinow.co.uk/books/the-science-in-shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scifinow.co.uk/books/the-s</span><span class="invisible">cience-in-shroud-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a><br></p>

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<p>This week's net.wars, "Journeys through online harms", sees X.AI file suit against Minnesota's law banning nudification technology while reading books by Geertrui Mierke De Ketelaere, Adele Zeynep Walton, and Beeban Kidron: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/31/journeys-through-online-harms/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/31/journeys-through-online-harms/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">26/07/31/journeys-through-online-harms/</span></a> <a href="/tags/netwars/" rel="tag">#NetWars</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafetyact/" rel="tag">#OnlineSafetyAct</a></p>

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Is it still a typo if they just use the wrong name? No, threepio hasn’t been upgraded to have some thrusters, it’s supposed to artoo, who’s answering correctly. Page · lemmy.world <p>No, threepio hasn’t been upgraded to have some thrusters, it’s supposed to artoo, who’s answering correctly.</p><p>Is it still a typo if they just use the wrong name?</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/50755417" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.world/post/50755417</a></p>

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<p>Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> </p><p>A collection of 171 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on <a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#KU</a>. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews-may/9ncayvxar6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews-may/9ncayvxar6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews</span><span class="invisible">-may/9ncayvxar6</span></a></p>

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<p>Take a chance on one of my otherworldly stories about people who risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & community. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, but never grim.</p><p> Buy DRM-free epubs or print direct from me: <br><a href="https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1</a></p><p>Kindle & print from the Bezos Bazaar: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L8MX7U4" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.amazon.com/dp/B00L8MX7U4</a></p><p>Other vendors:<br><a href="https://books2read.com/kmherkes" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/kmherkes</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><a href="/tags/bookpromo/" rel="tag">#BookPromo</a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a><br><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a><br><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a><br><a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a></p>

Descriptive text falls to either side of the paperback and ebook editions of Controlled Descent by KM Herkes on a background of pinkand blue sunset clouds. Text snippets are: chosen family vibes, like a heist, but for justice, hopepunk-y, disability rep. lots of swearing, no love triangles, not dystopian, sweet romance side plot, a little violence, but not grimdark! The book cover images show two tiny figures walking across a snowfield toward a distant futuristic cityscape and stepp mountains while a plane leaves a contrail overhead on blue sky.

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<p>5 Timeless Historical Fiction Books to Read After the ‘Odyssey’</p><p>These classic tales of fictionalized history are able to stand the test of time.</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/timeless-historical-fiction-books-read-odyssey?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/timeless-historical-fiction-books-read-odyssey?utm_source=RSS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/books/timeless-historical-fiction-books-read-odyssey?utm_source=RSS</span></a></p><p>"A Tale of Two Cities"</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98</a></p><p>"Les Misérables"</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135</a></p><p>"War and Peace"</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

This illustration by François-Louis Schmied was created for Homer's "Odyssey." It shows Odysseus meeting the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa on the shore of Scheria. Odysseus is naked and kneeling, holding an olive branch in his right hand and raising his left hand. Nausicaa stands in the center with a tall staff or walking spear. She appears unafraid of Odysseus, while three of her maids stand close behind her.

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DAW Books – Vintage Sci-Fi Worth Collecting I wrote a quick history of the book publisher DAW, and how I recently became a collector of their classic sci-fi. Now with those newfangled pictures! Page · lemmy.world <p>I wrote a quick history of the book publisher DAW, and how I recently became a collector of their classic sci-fi. Now with those newfangled pictures!</p><p>DAW Books – Vintage Sci-Fi Worth Collecting</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/50256158" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.world/post/50256158</a></p>

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<p>The first Ebook in each of my series of novels is now free (except on Amazon, but you may be able to get then to price match):<br><a href="https://books2read.com/SkyChildren" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SkyChildren</a><br><a href="https://books2read.com/TrollSong" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TrollSong</a><br><a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a><br><a href="https://books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons</a><br><a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</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><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>

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<p>A Brief Survey of the Great American Novel(s)</p><p>Do We Need The G.A.N.? Why Do We Keep Looking?</p><p>by Emily Temple (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-brief-survey-of-great-american-novels/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KW6WGJJBBH0691QDA4S4WTD9&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-brief-survey-of-great-american-novels/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KW6WGJJBBH0691QDA4S4WTD9&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-brief-survey-of-g</span><span class="invisible">reat-american-novels/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KW6WGJJBBH0691QDA4S4WTD9&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>American novels at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=american+novels" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=american+novels"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=american+novels</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The title page of "The Great American Novel" by William Carlos Williams, published in Paris by Three Mountains Press in 1923, featuring simple typography and a small decorative publisher's emblem at the center.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63888

The title page of "Studies in Classic American Literature" by D.H. Lawrence, published in New York by Thomas Seltzer in 1923, featuring clean minimal typography and a small triangular publisher's emblem at the center.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60547/60547-h/60547-h.htm

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<p>I never expected it to happen... But I think I love Dracula. It's a more entertaining read than I thought it would be!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a></p>

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<p>Nothing is Boring. Arnold Bennett's Self Help</p><p>And reading advice from John Stuart Mill</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/nothing-is-boring-arnold-bennetts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/nothing-is-boring-arnold-bennetts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/nothi</span><span class="invisible">ng-is-boring-arnold-bennetts</span></a></p><p>Books by Arnold Bennett (including How to Live on 24 Hours a Day) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/859" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/859"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/859</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literaryCriticism</a></p>

Bennett in 1928.

He is shown seated in what appears to be a study or office, wearing a suit with a mustache, hands clasped in his lap, with a desk covered in papers to his left.

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<p>Library ‘illuminates’ art of calligraphy at downtown branch</p><p>Spokane Public Library is celebrating the art of lettering with local author and illustrator Karyn Jeffrey.</p><p>By Rachel Baker</p><p><a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/17/library-illuminates-art-of-calligraphy-at-downtown/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/17/library-illuminates-art-of-calligraphy-at-downtown/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.spokesman.com/stories/2026</span><span class="invisible">/aug/17/library-illuminates-art-of-calligraphy-at-downtown/</span></a></p><p>Books about Calligraphy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/39737" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/39737"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/39737</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/calligraphy/" rel="tag">#calligraphy</a></p>

Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering

Author: Edward Johnston

Contributor: A. E. R. Gill

Illustrator: Noel Rooke

This is a calligraphy instructional diagram, showing pen angle technique and letterforms for a broad-edge/straight pen script.

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<p>35 Hilarious Reading Memes for Bookworms Who Have No Shelf-Control </p><p><a href="https://www.rd.com/list/reading-memes/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.rd.com/list/reading-memes/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Open books stack up from the floor.

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