Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not sure why I feel so ughhhhh (it is the lack of fruit and vegetables) 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Autumn poem just dropped. 11433136
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 22/09/2026Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026 411771
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18/09/2026Breaking News: HarperCollins has dropped the backlist of children's author David Walliams, The Bookseller understands. 👇ebx.shDavid Walliams' backlist dropped by HarperCollins 2420250
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Cooked 2 meals in the same day for the first time in aaaaages today. Polenta bake for lunch and then ham egg and mash for supper. Have been enjoying the recipes from simple too so far! 000
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sooooooooooooooooooo ready to turn my brain off soon. Sunday!!! For a whole entire week!! 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 07/09/2026Children’s books and comics have dominated the upper end of the UK public library loans chart in 2026, with 70% of the Top 50 most-borrowed books coming from the sector 👇ebx.shThe loan stars’ state: kids’ authors rule among the library stacks 033
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Oh, it's that bandwagon I keep not getting on. 09829
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My phone has restarted itself on me 4 times already today sooooo I think perhaps that means new phone time 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026Look, guys, the data centers really need that water to make more csam 201910446
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themGarth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And now the UK tour details! 4233
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themHelen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Yayoi Kusama, one of the defining artists of her generation, has died aged 97. Choosing to create within an asylum because it gave her more peace and freedom than the world, she unlocked and explored universes. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comYayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations 18438
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 1002005769
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 17/08/2026My novelette "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy" (which is a Hugo finalist this year, yay!) is coming out in audio on Sept 1. It's a Murderbot Diaries story about ART: libro.fm/audiobooks/9... the text version is here: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...libro.fmRapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy Audiobook on Libro.fmA 2026 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Novelette!Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover... 16512116
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themJen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 15/08/2026Love it when people say you’re a librarian so you shouldn’t judge what people read and I’m like nah, I’ll fight for you to freely access whatever you want to read but I’m absolutely judging some of those choices. 401112100
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themBig Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 14/08/2026Bloody bonus that this is Waterstones Game of the Month, bought mine as soon as it hit the floor @stonemaiergames.com Pocket Wingspan is one of my most anticipated games since it was announced #BoardGame #SoloBoardGame #Wingspan 2273
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 13/08/2026When I have been awake at 0215 it should be illegal for my body to wake me up at 0730 :(((( 000
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Vaguely tempted to make 2027 my year of reading non fiction ™️ 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themJosh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is just to say I have eaten the sailors that were in the ship and which you were probably saving for Ithaca Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so Greek 9980261
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel! "There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home." 972275383
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themSandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Here's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...cosmopolitan.comAvoiding Public Bathrooms Damaged My Bladder—Now, As a Trans Man, I’m Finally Letting GoInside the emotional and physical toll of holding it in. 526084
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 03/08/2026Britain’s poetry sector has had its best half-year of sales in history – boosted by Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey – and by 2026’s end the category is almost certain to obliterate its all-time high-water since accurate records began 👇ebx.shA Homer run: Poetry poised to hit its all-time UK high 083
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/07/20261. Newer writers, just don't fucking use "AI" for anything, ever 2. How odd that being an established writer with a firm "no 'AI'" stance and ample pre-"AI" IP will become a definite competitive advantage over "new, hot, and possibly copyright compromised" deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...deadline.comAI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' NovelThat screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel. 371195240
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 28/07/2026‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’ We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026 510243
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themThe Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Damn, I can’t believe how coarsened the political discourse has become 634680
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themGarth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · 22/07/2026If you're in the UK, Waterstones has 25% off for pre-orders of MASSIF! Pre-order with code SUMMER26. Pre-orders are super helpful for a book to have a chance at a good life. www.waterstones.com/book/massif/... 0197
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt 37120892094
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Came back from a week of annual leave to a very exciting stack of proofs! Thank you very much @hodderscape.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social @septemberbooks.bsky.social - very excited to get dug in! 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themPacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Belgium gets the equalizer! Romelu Lukaku forces an Egypt own goal to tie the score at 1-1! #EgyptVsBelgium #EGYvsBEL #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup 0245
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themDr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 10/06/2026And today, on the centenary of Gaudí's death (10 June 1926), the central tower is to be inaugurated (it was actually topped out on 20 Feb) 9514141
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Well it's not raining yet but the sky is decidedly greyer. Progress! 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 25/05/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com. Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld 121510469
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Goals for summer Learn how to make a (good, easy) flatbread Spend lots of time outside Read lots of books Buy some citronella candles 000
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books. 9429188
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themSharpie @sharpinsky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Btw fuck Streeting for doing this right at the time when the media might actually start taking an interest in Nigel Farage’s financial affairs. 28708124
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themOliver Skånberg-Tippen @oskanberg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform 33406164
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 28/04/2026The Persistence of Memory, by Salvador Dalí, 1931, 📸 by David Ramos 82043280
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧 11068991082
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themNaomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social · 23/04/2026A new edition of SPINNING SILVER is now available in paperback, with gorgeous new cover art! AND brand new bonus short story called 'Hoodwinked' Designed to match the cover art of THE SUMMER WAR & updated UPROOTED. (And fans of the original cover art - don't worry! It is still available in HC) 1714
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too: 31008427
Lizzie • they/them @mudlark-s.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I have!! made progress!! on the house!! under sink cabinets sorted, hand towel + ring for downstairs loo sorted, toilet roll holders sorted woke up today and decided I was Over having toiletries etc all piled up on the floor and I Would Find Something, Anything but think what I did get is perfect! 100
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themJoel Cunningham @joelevard.com · 16/04/2026guys, this is how you lose the time war 333343802
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026From democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-britsdemocracyforsale.substack.comWhat happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right 1187
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026So when Reform accepts £4 million from this man, are they sure of where this money actually coming from? A man convicted of running a platform deliberately designed to hide the origins of money is now pouring cash into British politics. Red flag, red flag, red flag. 5352110
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 08/04/2026The more you love ProPublica, the more reason to not visit their site today. 6743311
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/03/2026Our Lady of Perpetually Online 2584422721
Reposted by Lizzie • they/themAli Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026For anyone who needs a gift link on "Shy Girl," allow me: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...nytimes.comHorror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use 04313