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Katie *Your Writer Big Sister* Masters @katiemasters.bsky.social · 11h

I DUNNO WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS BUT Your story is needed. Desperately. Please finish your book. .... No seriously, go finish it! #writerslife #authorlife #WritingCommunity #bookworms

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 8h

go.bsky.app/CmusjX3 Came and join us.

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 13h

Here are a few of my favourite books that have entertained me and at the same time have shown me something new, taught me something or shone the light on a new aspect of the world #BookSky #books uk.bookshop.org/lists/open-y...

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Open your mind

books that entertain, grip and show you a new aspect of life, history or the world altogether

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🧵Just over the Lancashire border lies the enchanting (the only word for it) hamlet of Wycoller. The ancient village has three notable bridges although the beck is bridged seven times in total. One is the medieval packhorse bridge below dating from between the 13-15th centuries although

The medieval packhorse bridge at Wycoller dating from between the 13-15th centuries although probably reconstructed at a later date. It is also locally known as "Sally's Bridge" after a member of the Cunliffe family who lived in nearby Wycoller Hall. Image: Karl Davison CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ooh, I'm so guilty of this 🙋‍♀️💝 📚📗📘📖📚 There is a Japanese word for buying more books than you can read. But don't you just love being surrounded by stacks of beloved books that you could read anytime you wanted to, but haven't? 😂 (Narrated by @spine.breakerbooks) #books #loveofbooks #reading

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

So, I finally finished ‘A little Trickerie’ by Rosanna Pike and the ending has left me feeling conflicted - I guess this book will stay with me for a while 📖🧐 #BookSky

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What's on your bookshelf this weekend?

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Jane Eyre was recently added to the banned book list. We have two copies in stock. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Last year throughout November and December, The Book Bag Christmas List was viewed by a few thousand people. This year The Book Bag Christmas Gift Guide is looking to replicate and improve on last year. Submitting is easier this year. Take 5 and boost a press or poet today.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 10/10/2026

Bookish architecture This huge monument to Sir Henry (d.1630) & Mary Yelverton is squeezed into the east end of the north aisle of Easton Maudit church (Northants). It features a superstructure made from piles of books. Two bedesmen with cushioned heads support the canopy.

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StoreyBook Reviews @storeybookreviews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is that time of the year…pumpkin spice, blankets, sweaters, and more. Of course, in Texas, the blanket may or may not happen until November or December. But we can always hope! #cozyreading #givememorebooks #readmorebooks #ilovetoread

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'Binding Escape' opens the door to the Known Lands! Follow the story of Grace and Sadiyah as their fates entwine and they encounter an enemy hiding in the dark. 💪 strong female lead ❤️ slow burning romantasy 📚 a mystery to unravel Available at your favourite bookstore: books2read.com/BindingEscape

Grace Turnpike, born into privilege, caged by society, fights relentlessly for every shred of freedom and to protect those she loves.
Sadiyah, Crown Prince of Samara, comes to Balindor to defeat a plight that haunts his people and puts their most powerful secret at risk.
Can Grace and Sadiyah escape the bounds of their responsbilities, society and old wounds asthey join forces to defeat an enemy lingering in the dark?
Enter the Known Lands to follow their story and experience a new world unfold...

Binding Escape by Ella Piro, The Turnpike Chronicles Vol. I - book cover

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It was foggy yesterday morning so I cycled down to Scarness by Bassenthwaite Lake to see the trees. Sure was cold.

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"so many thoughts flitting through your head, so few you can actually hold on to" - things I say to my cat (he is not the brightest of the bunch)

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to Anne Carson! She was awarded the #Nobel Prize in Literature this morning! 🥳 The Canadian poet and essayist won "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." #LitSky #Canada

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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This cat, Kitty (Finn) is insisting we need to reopen the bookstore in a brick and mortar format so we can adopt him and have him be our new shop cat, so we started a sale on our website in his honor. Get 20% off your order with promo code Finn at checkout. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

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Jeff Sunbury @jsunbury.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) The flowers are arranged in umbels of 3 to 5 flowers: their ring of silvery pink stamens sometimes resemble plumes of smoke.

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Creative Crone @runatroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you like a creator's work, tell them. Otherwise we stare & questioning our life choices. Like @chuckwendig.bsky.social said: "Authors are like Tinkerbell. If you don't clap for us, we die. Please remember if you like a book, tell the author and post reviews. It means the absolute world to us."

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson. Yes. Just absolutely, yes.

THE PARIS REVIEW

INTERVIEWER
In the writing world, particularly in and around M.F.A. programs, there's a lot of discussion around things like "character" and "perspective," the mechanics of narrative. Do you think about
"craft" in these terms?

CARSON
Never. I don't think about it. I think people should just quit that stuff. Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I put together a short, eclectic book list - if you feel the need for escapism and are curious to explore genres, feel free to check it out 📚 #books #BookSky uk.bookshop.org/lists/ella-s...

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Ella's Little Varied Escape Bubble

Check out this list on Bookshop

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Matthew Green @mehjg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Many of the best books are weird when they're published, even though they sometimes spawn a trend or a genre and their weirdness becomes more mainstream.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The work of Anne Damer (1748- 1828), English sculptor. Described as a "female genius", one of the 1st recognised women sculptors, who lived with her lover, Irish actress Elizabeth Farren #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a sculpture of the upper half of a woman in a greek style

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

'Binding Escape' - the First Book in the Turnpike Chronicles has just launched! 💪 strong female lead ❤️ slow burning romantasy 📚 a mystery to unravel available in digital and print at your favorite bookstore: books2read.com/BindingEscape

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.". Dear, troubled, Edgar Allan Poe, who we lost on this day in 1849. #books #livres #horror #horreur

A Penguin Classic edition of The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hands up - are you guilty? I know I am! 🙈 #WritingCommunity

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is still beauty in the world.

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

do you know this moment in a book, when everything seems peaceful&perfect and you just know it is going to change on the very next page - somehow you don't want that to happen but you also really, really want to read on and see what happens next? #BookSky

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Tiny Harbor 📖⚓🌊 - a tiny book by @alleymcglynn "A teeny tiny tunnel book keepsake to capture memories made on the New England coast this summer." #book #art #paperart #miniature #hobby

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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's Banned Books Week. Please read widely and bravely.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This has got to be on top of every girl's Christmas Wish List, surely? #BookSky

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Monday morning decision: these very distracting paranormal-mystery-plot&characters bouncing around in my mind are being shelved for now, I am going to commit to the second part of the Turnpike Chronicles - first things first 📚 #amwriting

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"You're an author? Would I know anything you've written?" "Have you heard of the book Eat Pray Love?" "Oh wow. I have, actually!" "Well, one of my books was printed in a typeface not totally dissimilar to the one in that."

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Poetry #Art #LateAfternoon If I had the power to turn back the clock, and go back to that house at the end of the block. The house that was home when I was a kid, I know that I’d love it more now than I did. -unknown 🎨 Jessica Courtney-Tickle

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

October, the shepherds gather the sheep to bring them back to the valley before the first snows in Switzerland 🇨🇭 It’s often a festive event for the villages they pass through. That’s the case here, where the sheep are "decorated" with a colorful paper flowers 🌺

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I got bested by my cat today - 10min of non-stop-complaining had me carrying him up the staircase. I guess going forward that will be his preferred stairs-mode-of-transport 🐈‍⬛😹 #caturday

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𝙱𝚕𝚎𝚞 (𝐵𝑜𝑜!) 🏳️‍🌈 👻 🎃 @heybleu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"A single moment of empathy can rewrite the story someone was telling themselves in the dark."

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Gemma Matthews - The Sewing Songbird @thesewingsongbird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good morning, it’s been just about a year since I created my embroidery, Into the unknown, so I thought it was worth a look back… Please feel free to delve into all the foliage! 😉🪡🌿🌺 *completely freehand stitched, no patterns or paints just threads. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@moonsrarebooks.official shows us a book you literally can't read - re: Banned Book Week. 📚📖🙊 "You can't read this book!" - George Orwell's 1984 Say No to banning books! #books #bannedbooks #censorship #reading

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this must be one of the warmest October days I can remember and today is definitely the earliest I ever did any Christmas prep - some things just feel weird 🤪

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today "Binding Escape" finally unlocks the doors into the Known Lands - follow the story of Grace and Sadiyah as their fates entwine and they encounter an enemy hiding in the dark Universal Link: mybook.to/BindingEscape Linktree: linktr.ee/ellapiro.wri... #BookSky #Books #Romance #Fantasy #Mystery

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And suddenly October was upon us! - Michael

The book you don’t read won’t help. - Jim Rohn

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some things I wish I had known when I was a new writer: Being accepted by traditional publishers has less to do with skill than whether they think they can sell it. Just because publishers aren’t ready for a story doesn’t mean readers aren’t. Writing the book is the easy part. 🧵

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

currently reading "A little Trickerie" by Rosanna Pike and it is one of those books whose language makes me feel humble because of its sheer artistry #booksky #amreading www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

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A Little Trickerie

Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: "Mak…

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Reading literature enables you to enter the depths of another human being." Han Kang recd. the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." 1st Asian woman to win this prestigious literary award. #books

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And thus ends September, And Summer's last ember Still flickers & glows, The colour of an autumn leaf, As the river of Seasons flows Into the Firth of Time, With all our hopes and grief. Tomorrow is National Poetry Day - do you have a favourite? forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe... #poetry

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National Poetry Day - Forward Arts Foundation

The biggest celebration of poetry every year since 1994. With a different theme each year and events all across the UK.

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Ella Piro @ellapiro-writing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

with the publication date of 'Binding Escape' fast approaching (Thursday already 😱), I wanted to give a shout-out to some of the open-source software that has supported this whole journey: www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/ @krita.org wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus

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