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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon.

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Obituary: Barbara Holdridge, the audiobook pioneer

American publisher whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

💯 this / now out in paperback.

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Atlantic Books @atlanticbooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Every flame tells a story... Introducing the beautiful new novel from @ruthhoganauthor.bsky.social, The Light a Candle Society. In bookshops 26th June. Pre-order now from your favourite retailer 🕯️ 💙📚 @mslisahighton.bsky.social

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ruthhoganauthor.bsky.social @ruthhoganauthor.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This weekend, Waterstones are offering 25% off the gorgeous paperback edition of THE PHOENIX BALLROOM. Use this link! www.waterstones.com/book/the-pho... @waterstones.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @mslisahighton.bsky.social

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Cari Rosen @cazroz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Sitting on a packed Tube and trying to pretend I’m not crying … and it’s all down to you, Ruth Hogan – what a gorgeous and moving read The Light a Candle Society is. Thank you so much @mslisahighton.bsky.social for the chance to read it early. It’s utterly wonderful

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NPR @npr.org · 28/12/2024

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Rewatching Lord of the Rings trilogy with my son is a Christmas ritual (often interrupted by distance, life, etc) but when it happens - sheer joy

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Australian Boxing Day - a kookaburra, the pavlova of dreams and some spectacular scenery. Also 33deg. 😎 Chill

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Preparing for a very long trip and ‘plane books’ first one in is Dorothy Parker - cute edn

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Meanwhile in Sin City … 🦹‍♂️

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Gorgeous Edinburgh pre-Christmas weekend with my girl (Edinburgh’s newest resident) - somehow/luckily we dodged Darragh to enjoy

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped (originally for @theguardian.com)

Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS

Image: Five colourful diagrams.

1. Most considered authors:
Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy
Considered reading (all ticked)
Actually read (none ticked)

2. Non-fiction
Titles consumed (19 blocks)
Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded)

3. Unread book pile
A bar chart.
Last year (high)
This year (higer still)
17% increase

4. Loans
Books lent vs books returned.
The difference between the two is labelled
"friendships under review"

5.Audiobook listening
A pie chart with 4 sections
Concentrating: 42%
Passively absorbing: 26%
Completely distracted: 19%
Asleep: 13%

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

St Andrew’s Day in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I’ll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book. A mere 42 seconds of your time could be gloriously spent youtu.be/uLOR8gKwyoo?...

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Day I Read a Book

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

💜 Publication day for Glennis Virgo’s CITY OF SILK today- we celebrated at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden - everybody was excellent and we sold out of books. 💜

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Sod it, started with the Christmas decs - because these are just winter lights in the darkness.

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

🔔 Our Debut Writers Over 50 Award is back in 2025. Open for submissions in February - T&Cs on our website. Our first winner was #GlennisVirgo CITY OF SILK publishes this week and is The Times Historical Book of the Month. Could be you … ✍️

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/11/2024

Tom Gauld sees the bedside reading pile turn nasty – cartoon

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Tom Gauld sees the bedside reading pile turn nasty – cartoon

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…

Image: A bedroom at night, a face is lit up by the glow of a phone screen displaying cat memes. On the book-cluttered bedside table, three books look on angrily. The lead book waves a large knife and says: "Nobody needs to get hurt... Let's just put the phone down, nice and slowly..."

Caption: Bedside reading pile turns nasty

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Thrilled that our JBA Debut Over 50 winner @glennisvirgo is Historical Fiction Book of the Month in The Times today and published by @Allison&Busby. Miracles do happen for debuts! Our award is running again next year - submissions open in Feb

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Lisa Highton @mslisahighton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just landed here today. It feels like old school Twitter - lots of nice kind bookish people. Waiting to exhale

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