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<p>Polar Plunge: An Exploration of Antarctic Publishing</p><p>In 1901, a small crew of sailors, meteorologists, biologists, and other scientists embarked on a three-year journey of polar exploration known as the British National Antarctic Expedition.</p><p>by: Callie Beattie</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/14/polar-plunge-an-exploration-of-antarctic-publishing/</span></a></p><p>Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8188"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/8188</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/antarctica/" rel="tag">#Antarctica</a></p>

<p>If you&#x27;re going to go to hell anyway, why not go laughing 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <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> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <br> <br><a href="/tags/theexorcist/" rel="tag">#TheExorcist</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/evil/" rel="tag">#Evil</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

<p>I want things that are above my reading level, that&#x27;s how I get better at reading 🤔😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <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> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <br><a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/readinglevel/" rel="tag">#ReadingLevel</a> <a href="/tags/level/" rel="tag">#Level</a></p>

<p>📚 Is This a Cry for Help? by: Emily Austin</p><p>Darcy&#x27;s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-cry-for-help"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/is-this-a-</span><span class="invisible">cry-for-help</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/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/lesbianfiction/" rel="tag">#lesbianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/literary/" rel="tag">#literary</a></p>

<p>Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation</p><p>Exclusive: Christ Church college taken aback to receive hundreds of the author’s letters, photos and rare items</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation</span></a></p><p>Lewis Carroll at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Snails, Savage Rabbits &amp; More: Discover The Smithfield Decretals</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/04/th</span><span class="invisible">e-medieval-manuscript-that-features-yoda-killer-snails-mischievous-devils.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/virtualjanecon/" rel="tag">#VirtualJaneCon</a> is happening July 19-20. Didn&#x27;t make previous cons or want to catch up? All videos are on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtua</span><span class="invisible">ljanecon</span></a> <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> <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/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>I&#x27;ve just finished Michiko Aoyama&#x27;s &quot;What You Are Looking for Is in the Library&quot; and quite enjoyed its series of vignettes about various people&#x27;s insights following their fateful visits to the local library. Definitely a cozy read. Though now that I&#x27;ve seen the title of the French translation (La bibliothèque des rêves secrets) I cannot help but wonder what the original Japanese title was.</p><p><a href="/tags/cozyreads/" rel="tag">#cozyreads</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</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>

<p>📚 This House Will Feed by: Maria Tureaud</p><p>County Clare, 1848: In the scant few years since the potato blight first cast its foul shadow over Ireland, Maggie O&#x27;Shaughnessy has lost everything—her entire family and the man she trusted with her heart. Toiling in the Ennis Workhouse for paltry rations, she can see no futur...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-house-will-feed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-house</span><span class="invisible">-will-feed</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/gothicfiction/" rel="tag">#gothicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a></p>

<p>What Are Wilkie Collins’ Contributions to Victorian Literature?</p><p>Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.</p><p>By Lauren Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/wilkie-co</span><span class="invisible">llins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/</span></a></p><p>Wilkie Collins at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/98</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>It occurs to me that I haven&#x27;t been talking up the audiobooks I&#x27;ve narrated in a while. Other more urgent projects are at the front of the queue at the moment and there are only so many hours in the day.</p><p>But! That said, if you ever have questions about the books I&#x27;ve narrated or you&#x27;d like a free review copy (I always need reviewers), ask away!</p><p>Also, if you&#x27;re curious about my voice, there are free samples of all the books in their store listings, too.</p><p><a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiofiction</span></a></span> <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/audiobook/" rel="tag">#Audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/audiofiction/" rel="tag">#Audiofiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/erotica/" rel="tag">#Erotica</a></p>

<p>📚 **Are students reading less than we used to?**</p><p>David Wignall</p><p>_A few months ago, a professor told me that she had cut another book from her course’s assigned reading list. “When I started teaching at Williams,” she said, “I assigned a book per week. No way I could do that now.”_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">williamsrecord.com/469974/opin</span><span class="invisible">ions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/learning/" rel="tag">#Learning</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>I send thanks to the buyer from Maryland who purchased an art print of</p><p>Light Reading -- <a href="https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f</span><span class="invisible">eatured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print</span></a></p><p>May the image transport you to a perfect day, one in which you immerse yourself in a most wonderful story, a book that you want to read to the end, but at the same time, never shut the covers to permanently close.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#home</a> <a href="/tags/peaceful/" rel="tag">#peaceful</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a></p>

<p>If you’re looking to make your knowledge of the world more well rounded, the Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series is a great place to start. The books are written by experts, usually 120-160 pages long (3-5 hours in audio) and generally at roughly a first year university subject level. They have books on an astounding range of subjects. I’m trying to read as many of them as possible, I’ve finished 25 so far </p><p><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.oup.com/academic/conten</span><span class="invisible">t/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/speakingoutofplace/" rel="tag">#SpeakingOutOfPlace</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/andrewross/" rel="tag">#AndrewRoss</a>, author of <a href="/tags/theweatherreport/" rel="tag">#TheWeatherReport</a></p><p>&#x27;[W]e follow up Andrew’s claim that in <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> we find a “grisly future arriving there sooner than elsewhere.” The book focusses on the idea of population and scarcity, and argues that much of the policies that are based on the presumption of scarce resources are actually predicated on what Ross calls “bogus scarcity&quot;...&#x27;</p><p><a href="https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.</span><span class="invisible">com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates</span></a><br><a href="/tags/ecocide/" rel="tag">#ecocide</a> <a href="/tags/westbank/" rel="tag">#WestBank</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatejustice/" rel="tag">#climateJustice</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>

<p>Wigtown Spring Book Weekend<br>2–4 May</p><p>Covenanters &amp; women crime writers will be two of the themes woven into this year’s Wigtown Spring Book Weekend. With dozens of events from author talks to guided walks, writing, photography &amp; music workshops, the programme is now available online:</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wigtownbookfestival.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026</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/bookfestivals/" rel="tag">#bookfestivals</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/wigtown/" rel="tag">#Wigtown</a></p>