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Frances Spurrier

@lotus2.bsky.social

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Poet, novelist, blogger of many book reviews https//volatilerune.blog

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Why Criticism Continues to Matter: Book Reviews and Our Literary Community chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/11/w...

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Why Criticism Continues to Matter: Book Reviews and Our Literary Community - Chicago Review of Books

My neighborhood in Chicago has a delightfully high density of Little Free Libraries. Inside one of these late last year, I stumbled upon a reissue of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence P...

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Penrhy Quarry, Bethesda, c 1900 Photo Wikipedia

Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda c. 1900 Photo wikipedia

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My review of 'One Moonlit Night' by Caradog Prichard for #ReadingWales26 set in quarry town Bethesda, North Wales at the beginning of the 20th century. volatilerune.blog/wp-admin/pos...

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

#InternationalWomensDay: Imagine being behind bars just for being a woman who writes and speaks out. The Belarusian authorities must release #ValeryjaKaściuhova immediately and unconditionally and ensure she has access to medical care while detained. Stand with her today. #IWD26

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Today reading Chapter 19 of Anna Karenina as part of @chapteraday.bsky.social "It's impossible to console me. Everything is lost after what's happened, everything is gone!"#tolstoyreadalong

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Somehow one ought to dislike Stiva Oblonsky but it's hard because he is a man of his time - and so affable to boot

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

@chapteraday.bsky.social Happy New Year. Hope to be on here more in 2026. It's one on my list of resolutions for the New Year. Joining the Readalong of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Nick's Chapter-a-Day Read-along @chapteraday.bsky.social ChapteraDayReadalong.com A project by @nsenger.bsky.social

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Nick's Chapter-a-Day Read-Along | Savoring books, one chapter a day

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Currently taking part in a readalong of Umberto Eco's mad masterpiece, Foucault's Pendulum. Review forthcoming when I've worked out quite what it's about. #UmbertoEco #Foucault'sPendulum #Readalong

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

It's raining and pouring and thunder and lighting in my corner of Blighty but my weather app says its going to stop. Then start again six minutes later...! Thanks weather app for nothing.

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Frances Spurrier @lotus2.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Hello it's Frances joining in Moomin Week with @bookjotter.bsky.social and @calmgrove.bsky.social Generally to be found with my nose in a book or trying to write something. Author of blog volatilerune.blog and fantasy novel The Winchester Codex volatilerune.blog/archive/

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