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Jasper Fforde

@jasperfforde.bsky.social
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Fflyer, Ffotographer, Ffather, Fformer Ffocuspuller. Writes a bit. Living in Wales, interested in Stuff. Next Book: ‘Dark Reading Matter’, 2025..

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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
North American readers: Here I explain about the upcoming US tour for Dark Reading Matter and chat about dodos, grammasites and try to promote my favoured windshield de-icer (no paid advertising) youtube.com/shorts/pP1Gz...
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Jasper Fforde: Dark Reading Matter 'USA Tour'
YouTube video by Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have evening library events in Surrey next week, Redhill on the 29th Sept and Weybridge on the 30th. For more details go to my appearances page: www.jasperfforde.com/appearances....
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Appearances and Book Signings
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Latest video about a mass signing of 'Dark Reading Matter', published Oct 2026, UK and North America... youtube.com/shorts/VT-Hv...
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'Dark Reading Matter' Mass Signing at the Hachette Book Distribition Centre (vertical version)
YouTube video by Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let’s redefine. This week: Bicycle stuff Peleton: Pelican's skeleton Pink Jersey: Pride day in St Helier Yellow Jersey: Jaundiced cow Tandem: Sun does this to beachgoers Quick release skewer: For eating kebabs in a hurry Wingnut: Pigeons behaving badly Unicycle: Bikes for getting around Oxford
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'Dark Reading Matter' is the 8th and final book in the Thursday Next series, begun in 2001. I'm touring in the UK and USA in October and these are the venues I will be visiting. Full details at www.jasperfforde.com
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The grandly titled Fforde Library Outreach restarts on September 2nd 2026 at Bury St Edmunds library, 13:00. After that I am at Redhill Library on the 29th Sept and Weybridge Library on the 30th Sept. Come along and support your local libraries. Events page: www.jasperfforde.com/appearances....
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Discount Code: 'SUMMER26' For anyone who shops at Waterstones and perhaps wants to preorder a copy of 'Dark Reading Matter', there is a 25% discount code available, but it expires tonight..
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Let's Redefine: Financial terms Liquidity: The song that oceans sing Sub Prime Loan: Buying a top quality U-Boat on HP Short the market: Nail across the Fusebox at Swansea covered foodhall Initial Public Offering: First time streaking Monetarism: The study of a French Impressionist
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Servant's bells seen at Nostell Priory. May the 4th be with you.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Tour News: Nothing in stone yet, but it looks as though during October 2026 we'll have a week's tour in the US, likely cities in the East, then two weeks all over the UK. Tour dates will go up on my appearances page as I know them: www.jasperfforde.com/appearances....
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Published in the UK on the 15th Oct 2026: ‘Dark Reading Matter’, The eighth instalment of the Thursday Next series. More details: jasperfforde.com/darkreadingm... and for preorders: bio.to/DarkReadingM...
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
On my Substack: Six degrees of Wyatt Earp open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Six degrees of Wyatt Earp
It's not just Kevin Bacon, y'know.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
October 2026: USA and UK publication of the 8th in the Thursday Next Series 'Dark Reading Matter'
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kurivaim 𓃠 @kuriva.im · 26/03/2026
I am grateful to @jasperfforde.bsky.social for "The Constant Rabbit" getting challenged unexpectedly was exactly what I needed
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Christian Dawson @zeroand09.com · 02/02/2026
I drew these! @jasperfforde.bsky.social wrote it! Go read it!
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Potholes to be used as burial plots in Herefordshire
The lack of usable burial plots in Herefordshire have forced the council to consider using the abundance of potholes for human interments.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Redefining.. Retiles: Alligator: Someone who makes allegations Crocodile: Call centre for a popular make of shoes Terrapin: One Trillion Personal Identification Numbers Tortoise: What my History master did Cayman: what comes after J, man Anaconda: Sister of Beryl Conda
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paolodigroomia.bsky.social @paolodigroomia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
@jasperfforde.bsky.social saw this on ITV and couldn’t believe it. They’re naming fruit…
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Latest Substack: 'Satan Announces Planned Expansion of Hell Projected increase in numbers of low-level damned by 2034 require extra capacity, says Dark One.' open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Satan Announces Planned Expansion of Hell
Projected increase in numbers of low-level damned by 2034 require extra capacity, says Dark One.
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Beez @beezelbarb.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Just finished reading Early Riser by @jasperfforde.bsky.social in which much of the population hibernates as an adaptation to extreme winters caused by climate change. Highly entertaining, as are all his books.
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Jasper Fforde (@jasperfforde.bsky.social)
Fflyer, Ffotographer, Ffather, Fformer Ffocuspuller. Writes a bit. Living in Wales, interested in Stuff. Next Book: ‘Dark Reading Matter’, 2025..
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Darwi @darwinara.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
« There will always be the Gower » cc @jasperfforde.bsky.social
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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New Toddlerism surges as average mental age of Homo Sapiens hits all time low
As the Global Maturity Index continues to drop and the planet enters a dangerous 'New Toddlerism' stage, scientists urge citizens in charge of stuff to: 'stop doing dumb shit and act like adults.'
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Archangel Softworks - Highway Noir out now! @archangelsoftworks.co.uk · 20/08/2025
Consider this a recommendation of The Constant Rabbit by @jasperfforde.bsky.social. How a novel can mesh moving social commentary along with laugh-like-an-idiot absurdism so well is amazing
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Hamlet? If your answer to that question is "I'll have to think about it", you just might have the indecisive qualities necessary to become a career procrastinator. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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So, you think you'd like to be Hamlet?
Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Hamlet? Wanted to strut your stuff around a gloomy Danish castle, annoying your uncle and insulting the king's advisor? Take our FREE test and see how you fare.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
@waterstones 25% discount for many books, including 'Just Jeeves' a compendium of Jeeves & Wooster retellings by excellent wordsmiths (and me)
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
On my Substack: Film Review F1 The Movie. If you go to see one motorsport movie this year, watch Steve McQueen's thundering 1971's petrol-soaked epic 'Le Mans'. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Film Review: F1 (The Movie)
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Actually as the excellent @jasperfforde.bsky.social writes in the brilliant The Constant Rabbit - we are trying to run a 21st century world on Palaeolithic thoughts and sentiments
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Alzheimer's TREK26 Update: This is my Mum, in 2020, lockdown Summer. I often used to push an armchair out into the garden for her. Team Fforde are tackling, for the third time, the 26 mile TREK26 challenge here in Mid Wales on Saturday 14th June '25. Link: www.justgiving.com/team/theteam...
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The time I met the guy who built the Colditz Glider open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Chance meeting with a remarkable man
Building an amphibian aircraft out of scrounged materials to settle a score with history
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
On my Substack: Digital photographers 'more boring' than film photographers. Film photographers were traditionally dull, but digital takes it to an all new level, says leaked survey. Leica owners equally tedious, irrespective. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Digital photographers 'more boring' than film photographers, survey shows
Toad News Archive: Film photographers were traditionally dull, but digital takes it to an all new level, says leaked survey. Leica owners equally tedious, irrespective.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
32-ton Hedgehog 'with grudge' sought after spate of car flattening. Police are puzzling over motive as large hedgepig goes on rampage open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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32-ton Hedgehog 'with grudge' sought after spate of car flattening
Police are currently puzzling over motive as large hedgepig goes on rampage
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
On my Substack: Astronaut claims ‘Moon Landing Hoax’ never happened. Chris Hadfield, former astronaut and noted public educator finds himself in hot water after making bold and unproven claim. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Lost Tech: The Rover Nuclear Powered Car This week we look at one of the most interesting projects to come out of the early British Nuclear Experimental Age: the Top Secret Rover 'Atom Car' of 1952. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Lost Tech: The Rover Nuclear Powered Car
This week we look at one of the most interesting projects to come out of the early British Nuclear Experimental Age: the Top Secret Rover 'Atom Car' of 1952.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In training for Trek26, a 26-mile walk through the Brecon Beacons in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. Mum had it for seven years, and this is the third Trek26 I've done. Any contribution to the Alzheimer's Society would be gratefully received. www.justgiving.com/page/teamffo...
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Hay Festival finds itself foul of Trading Standards and enraged herbivores when popular festival found to contain little content about hay or any other dried grassy foodstuffs open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Enraged Herbivores sue Hay Festival over 'misinterpretation'.
Hay Festival finds itself foul of Trading Standards and enraged herbivores when popular festival found to contain little content about hay or any other dried grassy foodstuffs
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
'How the Light Gets in' Festival Controversy: Powys Trading Standards Officers declare that contrary to Festival's name, 'Light clearly not getting in' Full story on my FREE Substack: open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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'How the Light Gets in' Festival Controversy
Powys Trading Standards Officers declare that contrary to Festival's name, 'Light clearly not getting in'
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Literary Festivals - Author Perspective 25 years of the offbeat craziness that is the festival circuit. The things you do, the people you meet, panels, line-ups, greenrooms ... and Douglas Coupland being awesome. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Literary Festivals - Author Perspective
25 years of the offbeat craziness that is the festival circuit. The things you do, the people you meet, panels, line-ups, greenrooms ... and Douglas Coupland.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
British citizens fear 'Surveillance Society'. Suspicion of surveillance and creeping government overreach are just a few of the subjects revealed in the nation's intercepted email, phone and text messages, it was reported yesterday. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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British citizens fear 'Surveillance Society' intercepted messages reveal
Fear of surveillance and creeping government overreach are just a few of the subjects revealed in the nation's email, phone and text messages, it was reported yesterday
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Easter Substack: Government rejects Expert Advice from Expert Advice Experts. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Government rejects Expert Advice from Expert Advice Experts
Parliament pledges to ignore expert advice, despite expert advice that expert advice 'is best not ignored'.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On my Substack: Quality Street Chocolates deemed to be 'only adequate' by Trading Standards Authority, name change demanded. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Quality Street Chocolates Renamed
Chocolate assortment deemed 'only adequate' by Trading Standards Authority
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
On my Substack: Conversations with Cabbies. Lewis Collins * Elizabeth Taylor * Merengue Dance Mix * Armed Strippers. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Convos with Cabbies
Lewis Collins * Elizabeth Taylor * Merengue Dance Mix * Armed Strippers
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It's that time of year when I lace up my action booties and head to the hills to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society - a 26 mile walk in the Brecon Beacons. Any amount you can spare would by wonderful - thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/teamffo...
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Team Fforde's Fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society
Help Jasper Fforde raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
On my Substack: Let's hear it for casual decency: A toddler in jeopardy and I only get the bronze open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Let's hear it for casual decency
Microdecenies to counter the microaggressions: A toddler in jeopardy and I only get the bronze
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Have you, by any chance, read the amazing Thursday Next series of novels by Jasper Fforde? There's a great subplot about an import duty on cheese, blackmarket trading in 🧀, and a cheese mafia. I can't help but think @jasperfforde.bsky.social was on to something. #booksky
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QuiteBrief @quitebrief.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#bookreview 💙📚 🪐📚 Fan of? -British Humour -Premises you can't neatly sum up -Not sleeping Try @jasperfforde.bsky.social's Early Riser www.jasperfforde.com/riser/riser.... A MC at a hibernation center to keep people from waking up and becoming zombies finds that's the least weird part of the job.
Cover of Jasper Fforde's Early Riser
Cover is a black background, blue foreground with a snow globe sitting in the foreground.
In the snow globe a couple in one piece swimsuits lounge on a towel under and umbrella while globe snow falls around them.
The cover is done in a simple, cartoon travel poster style.
Cover text reads:
Early
Riser
a novel
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
On my Free Substack: Cleaner runs amok in White House: President Trump's condition described as 'Shiny' open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Cleaner runs amok in White House
President Trump's condition described as 'Shiny'
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
On my Sunstack: 'Flat Stanley 'Enemy of the People'. Much loved fictional character refuses to surrender to authorities after deportation ordered by judge citing 'seditious plans for a Global Flat Agenda.' open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Flat Stanley 'Enemy of the People'
Much loved fictional character refuses to surrender to authorities after deportation ordered by judge citing 'seditious plans for a Global Flat Agenda.'
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Flat Stanley books banned from libraries Stanley Lambchop, openly Flat since 1964, enrages Thingumbob School Board by promoting a flat lifestyle 'inherently dangerous to children'. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Flat Stanley books banned from libraries
Stanley Lambchop, openly Flat since 1964, enrages Thingumbob School Board by promoting a flat lifestyle 'inherently dangerous to children'.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
On my Substack: Artificial Intelligence 'a really excellent very good thing' says author, and cites bounteous benefits our future technological overlords will bring, and wants this to be on the record. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Artificial Intelligence 'a really excellent very good thing' says author
Author cites bounteous benefits our future technological overlords will bring, and wants this to be on the record.
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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
On my Substack: Flat Stanley, much loved children's book character is round and not flat, claims group, citing 'global conspiracy against roundness'. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...
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Flat Stanley ‘actually round’ claims group
Much loved children's book character is round and not flat, claims group, citing 'global conspiracy against roundness'.
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Thursday Nexxus ❌👑🌻 @thursday-nexxus.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
A few weeks ago, I randomly picked up The Constant Rabbit by @jasperfforde.bsky.social ... And I no longer believe in coincidence. You'd be hard pressed to find fiction better suited to the current moment!
The cover of Jasper Fforde's book The Constant Rabbit, featuring a rabbit wearing a suit and tie
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