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Anna F. Walker

@spyglassart.bsky.social
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• Children’s bookseller Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social • Artist/Illustrator My art and prints 👉 spyglassillustration.com • Edinburgh dweller • Tennis enthusiast

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m afraid if this kind of motion falls, intention is pretty clear
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good time to get educated on the matter. One of my favourite @originstorypodcast.bsky.social episodes
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Edinburgh, new bookshop is coming for ya!
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Spyglass Books is hiring a part-time bookseller. Please share far and wide! #edinburgh
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are still on course to open our children’s bookshop this year.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: An oil businessman is buying up land adjacent to his existing rigs in order to expand his business.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Between Bluey and The Inbestigators Australia is low-key making the best kids television these days. What’s the secret sauce? Also, please do recommend more Aussie excellence for children here.
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hell yeah
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Dr. Fim @fim.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ansel Adams on assignment for IBM - one of my favourite shots. Not the usual landscape but the skill of a woman weaving magnetic core memory. The beat up nails captures total “woman in STEM” vibes.
A woman with extremely short painted nails weaving magnetic core memory. A series of rows and columns of wires in a grid.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres 1 Nina Simone 2 Nick Drake 3 Adrianne Lenker
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The widespread use of AI by the Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social acts in the shows and promotional material this year is really quite depressing.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When Shel Silverstein predicted AI
HOMEWORK MACHINE
The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen.
Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime, Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds time, Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.
Here it is-"nine plus four?" and the answer is "three."
Three?
Oh me . ..
I guess it's not as perfect As I thought it would be.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Simpler times
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David J @damjef.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In light of Zverev finally limping over the line of a highly devalued Slam I was going to share the Slate article detailing Olya Sharypova’s testimony but I can’t cos his incredibly powerful legal team have had it removed from the internet.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Monica Seles erasure in general makes me so angry, especially from the tennis GOAT conversation. She’s my 🐐 for sure.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Omg 😭 Feeling well emosh over Chwalinska’s win. Absolutely incredible tennis and tennis story .
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The analogy I keep coming back to with regards to social media is gambling. It is deliberately manipulative just like social media, and is universally acknowledged to be so. Hence the age restrictions and high regulation of the industry.
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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🦝🐦SEEKING POSTER DESIGNER FOR THE EDINBURGH RADICAL BOOK FAIR 2026!🐦🦝 This year's fair will take place at the Roxy Assembly 5th-8th November. We’re on the lookout for a new poster designer - is this you? Find out more here: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/seekin...
A photo of people browsing at a previous Radical Book Fair inside The Roxy, an old church. Above it, in white lettering, it says "SEEKING POSTER DESIGNER FOR RADICAL BOOK FAIR 2026!" Below it, there are three posters from previous Radical Book Fairs in 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2025.
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This could be 6 cars instead.
Outdoor dining in NYC
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I don’t get to go to gigs much as they happen past my bedtime, but I made the effort to see one of my favourite musicians, Jesca Hoop, tonight. So happy I did - exceptional music, exceptional lady. What a treat!
Jesca Hoop on stage at The Caves in Edinburgh.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I actually wouldn’t say no to “chaos with Ed Miliband”. #Labour
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.
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CynInEmbra | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Really enjoyed my visit today to @spyglassart.bsky.social's pop-up. Such extraordinarily beautiful things, clearly curated with heart. Do call in if you can! #Edinburgh #Leith cc @secretedinburgh.bsky.social
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Running my children’s bookshop pop-up this week, and have my cards and prints for sale here too. If you’re in Edinburgh, come say hi!
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Find us at Shop With No Name, 2a Broughton Pl, 28 Apr - 2 May, 11am - 5pm We look forward welcoming everyone! #Edinburgh
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Communing with beauty just outside of Dunkeld. #Scotland
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I hope it’s okay to reshare on #portfolioday
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hope, is that you?
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Super excited to announce that Spyglass Books will be popping up at Shop With No Name on 28th April until 2nd May. Come say hi and browse our gorgeous books!
Spyglass Books
POP-UP
SHOP WITH NO NAME
Za Brougton Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RX
28 APR - 2 MAY
1lam - 5pm
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Our stand at The Pitt Market. Here today until 5pm. #Edinburgh
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
An oldie. #art
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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If the porn industry can’t find a use for it, and the House of Mouse can’t find a use for it… well buddy I sure hope nobody bet the economy on building data-centres for it.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Hey artists! Quote with your orange art!
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
media.tenor.com
a man is sitting on a couch wearing a white shirt and a cowboy hat .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch wearing a white shirt and a cowboy hat .
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
At long last!
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Exploring analogue media as I’ve decided to move away from digital drawing altogether. It’s a learning curve and with new materials I will need to find a new artistic voice. Long road ahead, but it will be worth it.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
That’s exactly the line I wanted to write down when I was listening to the podcast version.
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Eighty thousand signatures 💛🩷🩵🤍🎉 Eighty thousand trans allies. Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community ✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
Have you signed our letter yet?

Image of pop art woman wearing blue wig pointing to sign..

We've got 80,000 signatures

NION Women icon
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Facts.
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Doing some picture book research and found this. Giant eye roll.
In 2010, the Texas State Board of Education removed Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See from the statewide social studies
curriculum because board members mistook the author Bill Martin, Jr. with an unrelated philosopher, Bill Martin, due to their similar names. The philosopher had recently published the 2008 book Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation, which board members intended to ban. Texas Board of Education member Pat Hardy was a vocal advocate for the removal of Ethical Marxism from public schools across the state, citing its
"very strong critiques of capitalism and the American System".
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Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE. Truly a super bowl.
Incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription around a demon. From Nippur, Mesopotamia 6th–7th ce
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Käthe Kollwitz @kkollwitz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Self-Portrait, Hand at the Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn) www.moma.org/collection/works/65145
Gift of Mrs. Milton Weill
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Spyglass Books @spyglassbooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Highlighting a beautiful book
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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Oh it’s #portfolioday! Hi there 👋 I’m an Edinburgh-based illustrator. I love nautical themes, birds and bookish things. I work in Procreate but love a textured analogue feel. Here’s my website with more info and prints available for purchase spyglassillustration.com
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phil @philjamesson.com · 12/01/2026
look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I agree with Klein on principle that it's bad for democracy to think of your opponents as evil but… what happens when they're actually evil? What happens when all they do is lie, cheat, steal, abuse and kill, and take your good faith as a sign of weakness? Debate your way out of it?
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