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Lieke Smits @elckerlieke.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Op de Ruusbroecdag in Antwerpen zijn maar liefst 5 boeken voorgesteld: Tine Van Osselaer en Robrecht Neyrinck presenteerden Goddelijke Gerechten en Daniël Ermens en ik stelden 4 boeken voor die we met John Arblaster en Tine Van Osselaer samenstelden rond de collectie van de erfgoedbibliotheek.

Banner voor de boekenserie ‘100 jaar Ruusbroecgenootschap’

Tafel met boekenverkoop geflankeerd door twee banners

De boeken Honderd jaar verzamelen, Jezuïeten, Begeesterde vrouwen en Met lijf en leden

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Daniël Ermens @daniel-ermens.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Mijn dag is weer goed: een liedboek met een omslag gemaakt van het perkament van een spitselband. (Bijzondere Collecties UAntwerpen)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.

Two pigeons on a London street, pecking at crumbs.

Pigeon 1:
"I'm sorry you missed out on the Booker prize. I thought your novel was wonderful."

Pigeon 2:
"It’s a stitch up! They always give it to a human!"

Pigeon 1:
"It’s nice they considered it."

Pigeon 2:
"Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!"

Pigeon 2 again:
"Zadie Smith had a bestselling novel and an armload of literary prizes before she was 25*."

Pigeon 1:
"You’ve got to stop comparing yourself to Zadie Smith"

Pigeon 2:
"Why?"

Pigeon 1:
"We’ve all got to find our own path through the world. Plus, it’s much harder to type with claws."

pigeon 2:
"That’s true."

They both go back to pecking.

Pigeon 2:
"I’m glad you liked my book."

*Pigeon 2 is 3 years, 11 months and 22 days old, the equivalent of 42 in human years.
https://pigeonpedia.com/pigeon-years-to-human-years-calculator/

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

A comic strip in six panels. Drawn in ink on white paperand signed by Tom Gauld in pencil.
The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Daniël Ermens @daniel-ermens.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Dit klinkt als een vriendelijke reminder van de Madoc-redactie dat ik mijn artikel eindelijk eens moet afmaken. Het zit in je mailbox! 😉

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My cartoon for this weekend’s @theguardian.com books.

A sunny day in the park. People jog, walk their dogs and sit in the shade of the trees. A woman sits on a bench and says:

“It's my perfect job, really! Their owners are busy people who love them but don't have time to give the attention they need.

Nobody likes to think of them just lying around the house all alone.

So I pick them up bright and early and we spend the whole day in the park.

I read a few chapters of each and drop them home with a short precis of what happened. Everyone's happy!”

She is reading a book and has a pile of six more beside her.

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Thijs Zonneveld @thijszonneveld.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Ah, het is weer fietshelmdag. Benieuwd wanneer auto-snelheid-omlaag-dag is. Of betere-fietsinfrastructuur-dag. Of geen-auto's-in-schoolstraat-dag. Of leg-je-focking-telefoon-weg-als-je-in-de-auto-zit-dag.

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Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery @petersfieldmuseum.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding (18 February-3 May 2025) Explore the life and work of renowned bookbinder Roger Powell, whose work transformed generations of bookbinding. 📖 Discover the extraordinary designs of contemporary binders with 20+ books from members of Designer Bookbinders. 📚

Blue background with image of book bound by Roger Powell. The book is a teal coloured leather with gold, yellow, orange and brown details.

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Erik Geleijns @erikgeleijns.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Doen jullie even allemaal @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social volgen?

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Belgisch-Nederlands Boekbandengenootschap @bookbindings.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Register now! January 17 (15.00h CET): Bookbindings Academy 2025 session 1. Alberto Campagnolo: Carolingian-Romanesque bookbinding practices Melissa Moreton, Suzanne Conklin and Ian McCallum: beaverskin and birchbark book covers Registration: boekbandengenootschap.nl/activiteiten... Share=👍

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Bookbindings Academy 2025 | Belgisch-Nederlands Boekbandengenootschap

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Johan Oosterman @johanoosterman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

De Buitenkant. We hebben vandaag de ladekast in het Valkhof Museum weer ingericht met een kleine expo. Over de buitenkant van boeken: ontwerpen van Toorop, boekjes van de priorin van Soeterbeeck, Kakkerlakjes, Insel-boekjes. Te zien tot medio mei. Kom allemaal naar Valkhof Museum

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Antwerp University has set up a small, low-budget but interesting exhibition of academic heritage. Some highlights:

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Belgisch-Nederlands Boekbandengenootschap @bookbindings.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Registration open! 🎉 The Belgian-Dutch Bookbindings Society celebrates its 40th anniversary on 22 November at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. We invite everyone to come to the conference (in Dutch) and to celebrate with us! boekbandengenootschap.nl/veertig-jaar... Share=👍

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