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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Poet T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot was born on this day in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. "I will show you fear in a handful of dust." #books📚 #📚💙 #poetry

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

William Faulkner, Nobel Prize for Literature winner and author of novels like "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" was born on this day in 1897. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Stephen King's birthday today! Born on this day in 1947, it would take an entry the length of a short story to list his entire library. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

George R.R. Martin was born on this day in 1948. He wrote the novel "The Armageddon Rag," a bunch of "Twilight Zone" episodes (the 1980s version), and some books about a game involving thrones. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Agatha Christie was born on this day in 1890. She's considered the best-selling novelist of all time, having sold over 2 *billion* books! The only books that have outsold her output are the Bible and Shakespere. #books📚 #💙📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Roald Dahl, creator of a whole whack of children's classics like "James and the Giant Peach" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was born on this day in 1916. #books📚 #booksky

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" was first published on this day in 1952 in Life Magazine. It boosted Hemingway's renown in a big way, selling 5 million copies in just two days. (It would also win the Pulitzer two years later.) #books📚 #📚💙

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m reading Cannery Row. Jesus Christ is it amazing. So great to live in a world where I can be almost 50, have been an avid reader my whole life & have barely scratched the surface of the surface of spectacular books out there.

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mary Shelley, creator of "Frankenstein," was born on this day in 1797. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Grimm Brothers attempted to create the first German dictionary. Announced on this day in 1838, the first volume of the "Deutsches Wörterbuch" (which got partway through the letter F) was printed in 1854. The brothers died, and the rest of the volumes were not competed until 1961. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Edgar Rice Burroughs' very first Tarzan book, "Tarzan of the Apes," was published on this day in 1912. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My personal all-time favourite, Ray Bradbury, was born on this day in 1920. 🚀 #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Herman Neville, author of "Moby Dick," was born on this day in 1891. 🐳 #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The first mass market paperback books were published on this day by Penguin in 1935. While other softcover paper-bound books did exist before then, these Penguin mass market paperbacks were printed in huge runs of 20,000 at a time, and featured simple covers, keeping the costs down. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Raymond Chandler, creator of P.I. Philip Marlowe, and author of "The Big Sleep," "Farewell, My Lovely," "The Lady in the Lake," and more, was born on this day in 1888. 🕵️ #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

S.E. Hinton was born on this day in 1948. She write "The Outsiders" when she was all of 16 years old, and in so doing, helped create the Young Adult category of literature. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Cormac McCarthy, author of "Blood Meridian," "The Road," and "All the Pretty Horses," was born on this day in 1933. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hunter S. Thompson was born on this day in 1937. He would go on to create "gonzo journalism" as well as write novels such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign trail," and "Hell's Angels." #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Happy "To Kill A Mockingbird" Day! Published on this day in 1960, Harper Lee's novel was expected to only sell maybe a thousand copies. But then it was featured in Reader's Digest and rocketed onto bestseller lists. It has been in print ever since. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

George Orwell (real name Eric Blair), author of "1984" and "Animal Farm," was born on this day in 1903. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The first instalment of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published this day in 1851. It was initially published in The National Era (an abolitionist periodical) as a 40-week serial, then later published in book form in March 1852. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Author and poet Thomas Hardy was born on this day in 1840. He is the creator, amongst other things, of "Tess of D'Urbervilles" and "Far From The Maddening Crowd." #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. I'd tell you which famous fictional character he created, but it's a mystery. 🔍 #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was first published on this day in Europe in 1897. (It would be published in the U.S. in 1899.) 🧛 #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

You've likely heard the phrase, "To err is human, to forgive divine." That comes from a publication called "An Essay on Criticism," which was published anonymously by Alexander Pope on this day in 1711.

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs Dalloway" was first published on this date in 1925. In October of 2005, TIME Magazine put "Mrs Dalloway" on its list of the 100 best English-language novels written since the magazine made its debut in 1923. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Do you like scary stories? How about old bones? I'm guessing you said, "Yes I do, by god!" to both questions. Boy howdy, are you in luck, because this horror anthology I contributed to is stuffed full of creepiness revolving unearthed evils. Get 'er! shorturl.at/uxEfD #books📚 #📚💙 #horror

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Charles Dickens released the very first instalment of "A Tale of Two Cities" on this day in 1859. Instead of a novel form, the story was originally released in 31 parts in Dickens' weekly periodical, "All The Year Round." #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" was published on this day in 1719. It's considered to be one of the very first novels in the genre of realistic fiction, and it is one of the most translated books of all time, trailing behind only the Bible. #books📚 #📚💙

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It's independent bookstore day.

A person restraining another person reaching for stacks of books.

You have enough books

But I don't have these books

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Charlotte Bronte was born on this day in Yorkshire, England in 1816. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

"Macbeth" was performed for the very first time in the Globe Theatre on this date in 1611. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" on this date in 1983. She was the first black woman to ever win the award. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Author and playwright Samuel Beckett was born on this day in 1906. Amongst a lot of other stuff, he wrote "Waiting for Godot," and won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1969. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Children's author Beverly Cleary was born on this day in 1916. She's likely responsible for getting quint-oodles (the official scientific number) of children into reading for pleasure. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Poet/author William Wordsworth was born on this day in 1770. He was one of the creators of Romanticism (an appreciation of nature, a focus on subjectivity and imagination) which was a response to the Industrial Revolution. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," was born on this day in 1783. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was first published on this day in 1850. Much to his surprise, the book sold very well. In fact, it sold so well that it went on to become the first mass-produced book in U.S. history. #books📚 #💙📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Jack Kerouac, beat poet and creator of "On The Road," was born on this day in 1922. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The first episode of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" aired on the BBC on this day in 1978. (It was a radio serial first, then was later transformed into a book.) #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

TIL that today is the anniversary of the first time a Shakespeare play was performed in the U.S. "Richard III" was performed in Williamsburg, Virginia, on this day in 1750.

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Born today - poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1807 ("The Song of Hiawatha," "Paul Revere's Ride") and John Steinbeck ("Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men") in 1902. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Wilhelm Grimm of the Brothers Grimm was born on this day in 1786 in (what is now) Hesse, Germany. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Toni Morrison, author of "Beloved" and recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom *and* the Pulitzer Prize, was born on this day in 1931. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Judy Blume was born on this day in 1938. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oops, I missed one yesterday. Jules Verne was born on Feb 8, 1828. TIL he is the world's second-most translated author, the first being Agatha Christie. #📚💙 #books📚

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

3 big book-related birthdays today! Sinclair Lewis was born on this day in 1885, Laura Ingalls Wilder in 1867, and that Charles Dickens guy in 1812. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

James Joyce was born on this day in 1882. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"Around The World In 80 Days" by Jules Verne was first published on this day in France in 1873. #books📚 #📚💙

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Daniel Fox @daniel-fox.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The Evening Mirror published "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe on this day in 1845. #books📚 #📚💙

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