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Patrycja Barczynska

@patekb.bsky.social

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Economic migrant. Reader. Writer. Librarian. 📚 she/her

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Suzinka for international cat day

Ragdoll cat sitting on a small billy bookshelf, cacti scratcher next to her.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Amber guards my TBR

Tortico cat laying on a shelf next to a pile of books

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Spent yesterday evening at London Review Bookshop listening to wonderful conversation between Emily LaBarge and Sara Baume. Got both their books, can’t wait to read them!

Emily LaBarge and Sara Baume at London Review Bookshop discussing Baume’s new book, Opening Night.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hope your weekend is as relaxing as Amber’s

A calico kitten lying belly up in a white basket.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Cleo, my love.

A calico cat named Cleo showing off her belly on a white and black rug

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Amber grew so big! Still a baby though. And Ginzburg is excellent!

Tortie/Calico big kitten sleeping on a duvet with pink and yellow flowers next to an Italian copy of Natalia Ginzburg’s novel Tutti i nostri ieri. The kitten covers her face with her paw.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Finished Perec’s ‘Life. A User’s Manual’, which I enjoyed but took way too long to read, and now onto @joannapocock.bsky.social latest, which I’m very excited about!

A ragdoll cat napping stretched on the sofa next to her owner wrapped in a red blanket and holding Greyhound by Joanna Pocock

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Amber in her onesie (yes, she hates it with all her might)

A calico kitten laying in a basket and wearing a post surgical suit.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Did I get my cat’s cat a cat? You bet I did!

Three cats on/around a yellow armchair. Resting on the back is Suzy, a ragdoll cat, her face blissfully soaking the autumn sun; on the seat is Cleo, a shorthair calico, looking at me as if she was planning my demise, her default look; on the floor next to the armchair, in a white basket, is another calico cat, Amber, looking at something outside the window, surprised there is life outside the flat, but then, she’s perpetually surprised.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Please, don’t bother me unless you come with treats!

A calico kitten with attitude hiding behind a yellow armchair

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Neighbourhood watch

Two cats, one calico, one ragdoll, sitting on a windowsill watching the neighbourhood, light green acacia trees outside of the window.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Went to listen to Anne Carson on boxing, Cy Twombly and how to draw a line that’s not stupid.

Anne Carson showing us how good boxer she is.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Holiday plans

Ragdoll cat sleeping next to Bolaño’s 2666

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Currently reading. Rare occasion when I was tempted by a hardcover edition - I’m happy with the content so far but not happy with the mark left by a promotional sticker…

Copy of Ali Smith ‘Gliff’ and a ragdoll cat next to it.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Saturday morning. The Idiot started well, now halfway through it feels a bit flat but I think purposefully so, and hope it will all come together in the end.

A ragdoll cat on a colourful duvet, next to Elif Batuman’s novel, The Idiot.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Mornings look like this now:

A ragdoll cat in bed next to a copy of Hammad’s Enter Ghost.

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

There is a bug on this bookshelf that holds so much fascination for her!

Ragdoll sitting on the top of an armchair, staring at a bug

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Two weeks ago I adopted a cat. Here she is watching me work, from a safe distance, but she’s been spending most of the time underneath the sofa. I feel like a kidnapper waiting for Stockholm syndrome to kick in…

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

My latest cartoon for Guardian Books. #books #ghost

Panel 1: A man finds a ghost reading a book and says "I thought you’d died?". The ghost replies "My Life has ended but I cannot pass over to the spirit realm when so much remains undone."

Panel 2: The man says "You mean all those books you bought and never got around to reading?". The ghost turns to look at bookshelves piled high with books and says "It won’t take long. There are fewer distractions when you’re dead."

Panel 3:
A few months later...
The man says "Is it me, or are the piles getting bigger?"
(there are indeed more books than previously)
"My Library card still works!" says the Ghost happily "But once I’ve read these I’ll start on the ones in the attic."

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Patrycja Barczynska @patekb.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Attended a talk with Teju Cole this afternoon, and let me tell you, he was wonderful!

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