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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 46m

So, because it's going around, I looked at Amazon's "About You" and the conclusions it's drawn about me make me sound INSUFFERABLE. "Favours cult and arthouse cinema", "Probably has coffee brewing equipment", "Practices analog photography", "Strongly prefers contemporary literary fiction."

Screengrab from Amazons's "About You", stating my interests are "Brewing coffee at home" and "probably has coffee brewing equipment"

Screengrab from Amazons's "About You", stating my interests are books and literature, that I practice analog photography, that I likely own film photography equipment and I read contemporary fiction extensively

Screengrab from Amazons's "About You", stating that I strongly prefer contemporary literary fiction

Screengrab from Amazons's "About You", stating my interests are film and DVDs, that I favour cult and arthouse cinema, that I collect and watch classic films and I'm gradually building my film collection

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 19h

You take part in #buyastrangerabook day one Wednesday and a week later a goddamn book shows up at your door. Huge thanks to @biggreenbooks.bsky.social for organising and @lacrapule.bsky.social for the donation

A copy of Sarah Moss's book, Ghost Wall. The book has a pale lime green cover, featuring an image of a mound, a figure partway up it, the moon behind them. The title is in white writing in the lower middle of the cover. And beneath the title are pink roots, reaching upwards.

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 24/09/2026

I found my ticket! Maybe I'll use it as a bookmark too

A ticket to the Magritte museum in Brussels, dated February 29th 2020. It features Pietà painting by Roger van der Weydan, for some reason

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 15/09/2026

Listen, Bluesky, I think you'll get a kick out of these eggcups

A small, pale blue stoneware plate, on which thick slices of brown bread are smeared generously with butter. There is also a small, rectangular tin of smoked Maldon salt, but best of all are two thick glass eggcups, in the shape of chickens, holding two brown eggs with very golden yolks

A close up of two thick glass eggcups, in the shape of chickens, holding two brown eggs with very golden yolks

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 05/09/2026

Catnip is a gateway drug, it was bound to end in tears

A screengrab of the Trending topics on Bluesky, which reads:
Trending

1. Cats reportedly smelling of marijuana
2. Reform conference controversy
3. Barrett picks Yash for veto
4. Labor Day weekend
5. College football season opens

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 28/08/2026

The absolute fecking LAZINESS of sending me an AI written phishing email offering me a little spotlight on your platform but not even addressing me directly or naming a book! Not even a customised list of three adjectives that relate to it! Are times so hard?!

Spammy email of text which says:

"Hello,

What stood out to me about your work was not simply what it communicates, but the way it gives readers something to sit with. There is a sense of familiarity in the experience you present, yet you manage to frame it from a perspective that feels fresh, engaging, and worth revisiting.

That was what prompted me to bring your work forward for consideration for our August Reader Impact Spotlight at The Elevated Edge Reading Circle (TEERC).

The Spotlight is something we approach with intention. Rather than simply highlighting works for visibility, our aim is to introduce our reading community to authors and pieces that leave a genuine impression—whether through imagination, humour, emotion, an unusual perspective, thought-provoking ideas, or the ability to turn an otherwise familiar experience into something readers can connect with in a different way.

I’m Salah Reece, a Member of the Board of Executives — Media Coordination at The Elevated Edge Reading Circle (TEERC), and I’m personally involved in identifying and bringing forward authors and works that I believe have the potential to create meaningful conversations within our community.

Your work caught my attention because it feels like the kind of contribution that can do more than simply hold a reader’s attention. It can invite them to pause, reflect, relate, and perhaps even see something they already know from a slightly different angle. That quality is particularly important to us as we prepare our August selections.

What ultimately stayed with me is the feeling that your work has the ability to travel beyond the page—to meet readers somewhere personal, provoke a thought they had not considered, or leave them carrying a particular idea long after they have finished reading.

That is the kind of lasting connection we hope to create through the August Reader Impact Spotlight, and it is why I felt your work deserved to be considered with particular attention."

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 18/08/2026

Like a fancy lady sucking down a lunchtime G&T

A tortoiseshell butterfly - an insect with large wings patterned in oranges, browns, white and black, using its proboscis to drink from a buddleia blossom - a bright pink, conical mass of small four-petaled flowers

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 18/08/2026

Please enjoy this tortoiseshell butterfly unfurling its proboscis to partake in a little buddleia snack

A tortoiseshell butterfly - an insect with large wings patterned in oranges, browns, white and black unfurling its proboscis to drink from a buddleia blossom - a bright pink, conical mass of small four-petaled flowers

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 12/08/2026

Absolutely charmed by the early reader package @littleislandbooks.bsky.social have put together for @cethanleahy.com's forthcoming DEAD TEENAGER MOVIE 🎟️📽️🎞️🎬🍿

A copy of a book titled DEAD TEENAGE MOVIE, featuring a silhouette of a teenage girl against a vivid red background, the title in white partially covering her face. At the bottom is an illustration of a house and a tower, lights on in some windows, sinister figures within. The package also includes a red and white striped popcorn box branded with the books title, a small bag of popcorn, a branded bookmark and a movie admission ticket, as well as a copy of the first page of a film script.

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 02/08/2026

Without downloading new pictures, what is it like dating you?

A double screenshot from the film The Babadook. The top panel shows a white, blonde woman sitting in a car, screaming "Why can't you just be normal?". The bottom panel shows a small white boy with light brown hair screaming at her.

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 10/07/2026

I had pizza and spritzes! And then I had a violet and gin sour! It was a good time!

A photo of a pizza on a metal platter. The pizza is topped with cheese, broccoli, red jalapenos and Italian sausage

Two drinks. A Hugo Spritz - a clear fizzy drink in a stemmed glass with mint leaves visible. And a violet and gin sour - a pale lavender drink in a short glass with a lemon twist

Two Aperol Spritz - orange drinks in long glasses with striped straws

A life-like baby doll sitting behind a jar of kimchi. I don't know what it's about either

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 27/06/2026

It's been storming since 12.14. I've given up sleeping and I'm reading vampire fiction in bed with tea. My bedroom smells like the sea

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 22/06/2026

Spending the day like this lad for maximum evaporation #bemorecormorant

A cormorant, a large black bird with a yellow bill and blue eyes, perched on a dock. A pond and the base of a tree are visible in the background. The cormorant's wings are extended to dry out, like arms held partially aloft. The cormorant does this because although it fishes to eat, it lacks the waterproof coating on its feathers that many water birds have

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 25/05/2026

It's Memorial Day in Pine Ridge Hollow and Sylvie Singer has more questions than answers. LOCAL GODS publishes in Summer 2026. Pre-order now, links in bio

An excerpt from a book, LOCAL GODS, which reads "Memorial Day dawns hot and bright and Sylvie Singer wakes to find the door to the station open again."

A boom cover for LOCAL GODS, featuring a girls face, partly occluded by a crow, their eyes aligned. They're surrounded by white flowers and orange, plant-like swirls. The title is also in orange

A book cover for LOCAL GODS featuring a face, only the nose and mouth are visible, the rest of the cover is taken up by sinister looking owls. The title is in fluorescent yellow

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 23/04/2026

I managed to catch the Peregrine this morning as she flung herself into the void to massacre a pigeon. Here she is in slow-mo

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 05/04/2026

And after one final rollie, the Easter Bunny evaporated for another year

A discarded headband with brown rabbit ears, abandoned on a pavement. The end of a roll up cigarette is in the empty centre of the band

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 02/04/2026

This one rendered me incoherent for a solid ten minutes

Tweet dated April 5th 2015. Posted by birds-rights-activist, it reads "maybe I should paint some of your babby and hide them around see how you like it"

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 25/03/2026

With apologies to @raynewman.bsky.social for using his post as an example, this is the first time I've seen this in action and it is VERY PLEASING to me

A screenshot of a skeet by Ray Newman that reads "This has just arrived, via Lulu print-on-demand for readers outside the US. Looking forward to reading it.

The text alludes to a photo, but the photo is hidden from me and the screen instead displays a warning with a triangular caution sign saying "Contains Trump's Face".

There is an option to show the photo if I dare, but I'm good, to be honest.

Labeled by @facelabels.bsky.social

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 24/03/2026

Surprise! A Local Gods cover reveal! Coming July 30th!!!

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 16/03/2026

Another rental service has been toppled

A photo of a small, pink-cased MP3 Player, with wired headphones. There is a basic screen that shows the current date and time. It rests on a pink sheepskin

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 27/01/2026

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND!!!!!! 😭😭😭

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 21/01/2026

I saw deer from the train!!! AUSPICIOUS

A small herd of roe deer lying down in a field, slightly obscured by bushes and trees. The image is a little blurry, due to being taken from a phone. A railway girder is visible in the foreground

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 21/12/2025

Ahhh, thank you so much! Hopefully you'll be happy to know there's a fourth and final book in the series coming in February, too! ENDGAME!

A graphic showing four book covers. Top left, a blue cover with a shadowy figure behind the title ECHOSTAR. Top middle, a red cover with two shadowy figures behind the title ADELAIDE. Top right, a green cover with three shadowy figures behind the title THE FOUNDATION. And centre, occupying the bottom two thirds, a purple cover with four shadowy figures behind the title ENDGAME

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 02/12/2025

This was the sea this morning at dawn

The sea, under a cloudy dawn sky, rendered in blues and greys

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 18/11/2025

Looking at new stills from "Wuthering Heights" and realizing in this shot Margot Robbie is clawing at a giant body, not a wall. Her hands are sinking into flesh! Veins and a mole are visible!

A still from Emerald Fennell's forthcoming film 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS". In the shot, a blonde woman wearing white, with elaborating braided hair, claws at a pink surface. At first glance it appears to be a wall, but a closer look shows her fingers are digging in, denting the surface. Veins and a mole are visible, making it possible the 'wall' is flesh, a giant body

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 13/11/2025

Do not talk to me. Do not look at me. Leave me the fuck alone

a screenshot of the completed screen of the 2025 Hidden Books Game. It features a tattooed Black woman in white pyjamas, her hands in her hair, a dog at her feet offering her a book. In the background is a tapestry, a bookshelf, and a calendar. To the right is a decorated tree, with a cat holding a book in a basket beneath it. Twenty of these images are clues to book titles and it is an annual rite of passage, especially for the older guard of the UK YA book community, to play the Hidden Books Game and get progressively stressed out by it

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 07/11/2025

Remember that time I found a pearl in my dinner? Well...

A photo of a small silver ring, set with a single, tiny pearl, resting inside a mussel shell on a blue table

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 07/11/2025

When I was on holiday in Wales in September I found a pearl in a seafood croqueta and I decided to have it made into a ring because it was such a lucky thing to happen. Yesterday I collected it from the silversmith!