Reposted by Better BooksMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 15/10/2026United, there is nothing we can't do. Forever Canada. 🇨🇦 20596105 1
Reposted by Better BooksBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Change often starts from the ground up, and there are hundreds of state and local candidates this year who will stand up for their communities and fight for progress. These races will help shape our future, and it’s never been more important to get involved: DLCC.org/TargetRacesdlcc.orgDLCC Target Races 13050651429 1
Reposted by Better BooksVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying 262665706 0
Reposted by Better BooksWriting for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Another in my series of libraries Juristische Bibliothek, Munich #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky 0244 0
Reposted by Better BooksLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My favourite spot on earth when I was ten years old. The book Mecca that was Harry Hall's in Belfast's Smithfield Market. 1282 0
Reposted by Better BooksRoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🖌️ ‘𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠' 𝚋𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍, 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟿 "𝚂𝚊𝚍; 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚢-𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚢-𝚖𝚊𝚞𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝.. “ -𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛 #art #painting #quotes 27014 0
Reposted by Better BooksTim Smith @tr-smith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm driving the cargo car for the university run today. I've found how to enjoy the drive - Galahad and the Grail by @malcolmguite.bsky.social 022 0
Reposted by Better BooksWriting for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Another in my series of libraries #SomethingBeautiful Iowa State Capitol Law Library #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky 1376 0
Better Books @betterbookslife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here are a few really great #Canadian books. If you by chance come across a book by Seth (born Gregory Gallant) or the late great Stuart McLean, please do not pass them by. They're absolute treasures. #Booksky #LakeOntario #Canada #EU @mark-carney.bsky.social 041 0
Reposted by Better BooksSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In April 1946, Albert Einstein visited Lincoln University, a historically Black university, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and spoke against racial segregation in the United States. A refugee from Nazi Germany, he supported civil rights causes and corresponded with W.E.B. Du Bois. 220960 0
Reposted by Better BooksArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#Poetry #Painting #Morning “They are my kindred spirits,” I tell myself. - Chetana 🎨 Kaoru Yamada 310120 0
Reposted by Better Booksfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"There are illusions that resemble daylight; when they end, everything with them disappears." Marguerite Duras 618021 0
Reposted by Better BooksArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#Poetry #Painting #Nightime The little path that leads to home, That is the road for me... -Edgar Allen Guest 🎨 Kaoru Yamada 227356 0
Reposted by Better Booksfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Now, as a mature man, he learned that love is neither a state of grace nor an illusion. He saw it as a human act of becoming; he understood that love is a state constantly discovered and constantly changed, day by day, by the will, the intelligence and the heart." (John Williams, Stoner) 1519 0
Reposted by Better BooksThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to open up an independent bookstore on a cobblestone street in Edinburgh that doubles as a café and triples as a pet rescue? 3056258 0
Reposted by Better BooksMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Canada is now the most connected economy in the world. 551146266 0
Reposted by Better BooksTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Embarking on a perilous quest 🎨 Sarah Graham 101144159 0
Reposted by Better BooksMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We are masters in our own home. 54186492081 0
Reposted by Better BooksMalcolm Guite @malcolmguite.bsky.social · 19/08/2026For tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into Tolkien's prologue "Concerning Hobbits" and see what we can learn from it. youtu.be/dGkQcolky6Myoutu.beConcerning Hobbits: a dip into the prologue of The Lord of the RingsYouTube video by Malcolm Guite 162 0
Better Books @betterbookslife.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I recently finished the @nightvaleradio.bsky.social book, Welcome to Night Vale, co-written by @planetoffinks.bsky.social. I was delightfully surprised at how deeply human it ended up being. I've got the sequels ready to go. "People are beautiful when they do beautiful things." #Booksky #AmReading 041 0
Reposted by Better Booksfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"I'll read books, drink coffee, listen to music, and lock the door." (J.D. Salinger, "A Boy in France") Art: Leah Gardner (USA) 37711 0
Reposted by Better Bookspmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"Dreams" by Norman Rockwell 51643261 0
Better Books @betterbookslife.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Happy National Book Lovers Day! #Books #Booksky 1100 0
Reposted by Better BooksSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“I am a typical loner in my daily life... my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.” — Albert Einstein 018343 0
Reposted by Better BooksMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026You know what's REALLY "manly"? Reading a lot of books. Knowing stuff. Being smart. Being able to talk to people. Being able to listen to people. Being open to new ideas. Being able to admit when you're wrong. Taking care of yourself and taking care of others. The rest is just posturing. 39904138 0
Reposted by Better Booksfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Mike Hall - Sunlit Pub, 2024 530843 0
Reposted by Better BooksTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Boromir's Last Journey by Anastasia Soloveva 292954353 0
Reposted by Better BooksLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026You guys go on ahead, I’m going to hang out here for awhile ☺️ Armchair Books, Edinburgh's Old Town 2956119844 0
Reposted by Better BooksArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#Poetry #Painting #Nightime THE mountain village was destroy'd; But see how soon is fill'd the void... So that, if sparks and wind but choose, God's self at such a game must lose! - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 🎨 Stefan Orlowski 05910 0
Reposted by Better BooksThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/07/2026Just checking, are you hating AI enough? "AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale" futurism.com/artificial-i... #SarahConnorLeadTheWayfuturism.comAI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies RemainAI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare. 14329168 0
Reposted by Better BooksContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books and has 26 bookshops but only 2000 residents. That’s one bookshop per 77 people. [📹 happyenchantedhome] 1052881547 0
Reposted by Better BooksTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Putting the fun in fungi 416642 0
Reposted by Better BooksAndromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Good night, BlueSky. I'm on my way to bed with Helen of Troy. 📚 Sweet dreams. 🌙 Artist: Jacek Yerka (Polish illustrator and painter) 841257 0
Reposted by Better BooksTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The world needs more bookish gargoyles and grotesques 10654501067 0
Reposted by Better BooksCinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/07/2026Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026) 247116932395 0
Reposted by Better BooksSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026“If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.” ― Carl Sagan 215535 0
Reposted by Better BooksArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 10/07/2026#Poetry #Painting #Summer I start the morning gently In a quiet sort of way Just happy for the time And another beautiful day 🎨 Mike Hall 19315 0
Reposted by Better BooksOwl in the Attic Books @owlintheatticbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, & is waiting for it." - Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man #terrypratchett #discworld #books #booksky #fantasy #death #light #darkness #reading #writing 34755116 0
Reposted by Better BooksMalcolm Guite @malcolmguite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026For tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into some of the mediaeval sources for the part of Merlin's Isle I am working on right now! youtu.be/7edPsXZWUI8youtu.beTracing the story of TristanYouTube video by Malcolm Guite 022 0
Reposted by Better BooksRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Hallelujah! #BookSky 231024133 0
Reposted by Better BooksIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I think there's time to sneak a last one in #bloomsday 0258 0
Reposted by Better BooksSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones I’ve read.” — Jorge Luis Borges 010219 0
Reposted by Better Booksjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 17/06/2026my son got to see an encyclopedia at the cabin 0363 0
Reposted by Better BooksWriting for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“And reading all different kinds of books is not simply reading all different kinds of books; it’s a way of becoming more fully human and more humane.” ~ Will Schwalbe writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading #BookSky 0248 0
Reposted by Better Bookscvm in pvb @cvminpvb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026#schools #libaries #bookstores #booksky 021 0
Reposted by Better BooksRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Would this be your ‘dream job’? #BookSky 1411116 0
Reposted by Better BooksPlough Quarterly @plough.bsky.social · 02/06/2026“Unlike many contemporary authors, @malcolmguite.bsky.social has not sought to desacralize or deconstruct the old tales but to restore their ancient symbolic and religious edifice, like a contractor refurbishing a venerable and beloved house.” @sketchesbyboze.bsky.socialplough.comGalahad and the GrailPoet Malcolm Guite retells the Authurian legend in verse. Do stories like this have the power to revive a dying world? 042 0
Reposted by Better BooksThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Every day is the perfect day to support your local bookstore, café, theatre, bakery, and library. 9772142 0
Reposted by Better BooksRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...vaticannews.vaPope Leo: Literature must be a 'school of fraternity and peace' - Vatican NewsPope Leo XIV sends a message to the Turin International Book Fair, taking place this week in the northern Italian city, reiterating that literature ... 9545221120 0
Better Books @betterbookslife.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We finally got a copy of Galahad and the Grail. I remember watching videos of @malcolmguite.bsky.social in his shed, reading passages of his draft, handwritten on loose-leaf. Can't wait to dip into this Arthurian Epic. Very excited! #BookSky #History #KingArthur #Books #AmReading 160 0
