Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just starting my blind date with a book from folio_unknown 163
Reposted by RuisOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚 652298632
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My mid month treat from folio_unknown on etsy. #blinddatewithabook 000
Reposted by RuisChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [ridiculouslye wondirful lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love 222140
Reposted by RuisRichard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My dad's started the spooky season early with his latest batch of wood carvings, including his first ever Pumpkin-Headed Ghoul (my idea, I expect royalties). Available in his shop tomorrow... 👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com 510033
Reposted by RuisEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026'Setting the Land Free - Visions of a Rewilded Ireland' comes out this day next week!! (Thursday the 10th.) The main launch will be on the 9th in Cork @waterstones.bsky.social at 6.30pm, with Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social speaking. If you're around, do drop in! 17122
Reposted by RuisChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Naught but a leap to the left And then a clockwyse tread; Put thyne handes on thyne hippes, And be thy knees yn-gatheréd: Lo! It ys the pelvique thruste That maketh mirthe down to rayne - Lat us doon the Tyme Warpe agayne! 151046288
Reposted by RuisSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 25/08/202625th August 2026 06.11 114620
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Still got Hooked to finish off but I'm not enjoying it as much as Butter so I've started Mania by LJ Ross instead 041
Reposted by RuisBig Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 24/08/2026It's Monday again and today I'm reading "Art On My Mind" by bell hooks What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR 1017916
Reposted by RuisJames Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Absolute longshot: I'm looking for Euan Smith who drew artwork for White Dwarf magazine in the mid 1980s and therefore is probably British and probably in his late 50s or 60s. Do you or did you know him? 18143217
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Just about to start Scratch Moss by David Barnett, really enjoyed his other ones 161
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026They're on tesco.com but I don't know how to check if they're in stock at my local tescotesco.com 120
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/ho... Holly Bluebritainsfavouritebutterfly.co.ukHolly Blue - Britain’s Favourite ButterflyThe Holly Blue is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 000
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It's #buyastrangerabook day. I have an offer here from @rachaelscotson.bsky.social who'll buy someone a copy of ANY of Tom Cox's books. I've attached a selection here, so if there's one that you'd like, just let us know! UK only 12921
Reposted by RuisDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 03/06/2026As the final leg of the cancer journey is (hopefully) coming to an end soon, here are the pieces I've written, in case it helps anyone going through similar. 1. Diagnosis: observer.co.uk/news/opinion... 2. Chemotherapy: observer.co.uk/news/opinion... 3. Surgery: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.uk‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that ...My cancer diagnosis was the last thing anyone expected or needed – but especially my mum, while going through chemotherapy herself 1123
Reposted by RuisDiGM // DiaTonicRecords @diontegeorgemusic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026For the past three months I started to get outta of burnout and started to just record anything and everything on my phone as a start. Here's a random piece that I improvised a month ago. 2165
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It's Wednesday! It's Eid! It's #buyastrangerabook day! And @humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20! So, if there's a particular book you'd like, get in touch! UK only 22421
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2026IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK onlybiggreenbookshop.comBuy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people 32218
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Food Programme - K-Food - BBC SoundsHow the fascination with Korean Wave culture is driving the popularity of Korean food. 000
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026IT'S WEDNESDAY! #buyastrangerabook day is EIGHT YEARS OLD! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK onlybiggreenbookshop.comBuy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people 104223
Reposted by RuisMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible. 238207275370
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026If you check out the #buyastrangerabook hashtag and you live in the UK, you'll see about 10 unclaimed offers. People are offering to buy people books, but nobody is asking. It's not tricky to do. Essentially, people are being lovely. So check out the hashtag, stop being a doof, and just ask! 66866
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Radioechoes.com has all the old radio serials on if you like that sort of thingradioechoes.comRadioEchoes.com 010
Reposted by Ruishookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Do not pander. Do not dumb down. Trust your audience to be smarter than you. Trust them to be curious. Don’t erase your own voice for spurious bowing down to factors that bring nothing to the stories you need to tell. #Writing 15899255
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Does anyone else think Jimin looks like the Goblin King from Labyrinth ? 👀 010
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026One of the rare occasions I'm glad I'm doing nightshift - so I can listen to this as it drops 030
Reposted by RuisSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 07/03/20267th March 2026 06.44 423740
Reposted by RuisDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 07/03/2026If you’ve nothing better to do tonight I’m at Read Holmfirth at 7pm talking Scratch Moss, folk horror and all sorts of stuff. Come along, maybe buy a book or two. to-be-read.co.uk/books/an-eve...to-be-read.co.ukAn Evening with David Barnett - Read Bookshop - HolmfirthWe'd love you to try one of our brilliant author events. Why not come to our event with David Barnett, author of Scratch Moss, Withered Hill and Scuttler's Cove. 1105
Reposted by RuisOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Repost when you see It 711015
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you! @jajrobertson.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies. If you'd like it, just get in touch. UK only 21612
Reposted by RuisDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Five days to SCRATCH MOSS. Mines, magpies and multi-generational post-industrial folk horror. More info and buying links here: www.canelo.co/books/scratc... 292
Reposted by Ruisflash kirstie gordon @artie.gay · 24/02/2026Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos 372699866
Reposted by RuisInk Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Sometimes I think about the me that almost was. The city I almost moved to. The call I almost made. The person I almost let get closer Now and then, late, I feel the ghost of one of those paths. And got a feeling I’m not the only one But maybe it’s not too late to borrow a little courage from that 198610
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 11/02/202677 minute debate (eps 131 & 132) and in the soop work for me 110
Reposted by RuisBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 10/02/2026MY BIG CLEAR OUT! Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author. You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P). Please share (and buy). UK only. 43744
Ruis @kevardhu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comBlood, butter and boys in luv: BTS’s 20 best songs – ranked!As the superstar K-pop boyband prepare for their first album in three years – after its members completed their military service – we count down the best of their toothsome pop 020
Reposted by RuisDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/01/2026West Yorkshire people! You have to come and see me launch SCRATCH MOSS at the Read Holmfirth bookshop on March 7. Don't ask me why, you just do. to-be-read.co.uk/books/an-eve...to-be-read.co.uk 021
Reposted by RuisMel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I'm sharing this *almost* wonderful news from the Middle Marches Community Land Trust. They are now so close to hitting their funding target to purchase White Grit Meadows. Please can we see if we can help them get over the line? middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/white-grit-m...middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.ukWhite Grit Meadows Appeal | Middle Marches Community Land Trust 097
Reposted by RuisOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026If you've been joining in with our Audio Waves Book Club then you've still got a couple of weeks to send us your review of The Wall of Life by Shirley MacLaine. Audio Waves is our newest Book Club where we are listening to Audiobooks instead of reading printed books. 🎧 24914
Reposted by RuisThe Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Mood in Nuuk, Greenland today. 383888933
