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The Secret Librarian

@thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social
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From the North West of the UK - a librarian who wishes to stay anonymous! Will promote books for free copies! Feel Free to follow if you've got a book out!

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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#My9Albums
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Two years since crushing defeat, the Tories have made no substantive efforts for reputation rehabilitation. Are they regretful of Brexit? What about Partygate or austerity?” My col. ahead of Tory conference on the vandals of Britain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan
Rather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's European Day of Languages, so here are some of our favourite untranslatable and wonderfully-specific words from across Europe that we wish we had in English ✨
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy birthday Jarvis Cocker!
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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As you may have guessed, this is a second chance romance. Will reveal the rest of the set-up later (you may be able to guess some of it from the cover), but there are many references to deep-sea creatures throughout the book...hence the hagfish and marine snow.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A wonderful haul today. Most in great condition. A previous young owner wrote his name in pencil - thank you for looking after them so well L J Brough.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 09/09/2026
Hey Alberta, if you need to photocopy your driver’s license or ID to send with your mail in referendum ballots, your local library can help with that.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Faraway Friends is here! Madeleina Kay is signing the first copies of our new children’s book, created to encourage language learning, cultural exchange and friendship across borders. Half the first print run has already sold - order your copy today, or contact us if your school would like one.
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Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Apparently it's National Buy A Book Day so I'd be remiss not to suggest you check out my book on the history of UK disability activism, if you like that sort of thing hurstpublishers.com/book/ramping...
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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel goes to The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK).
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel goes to The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK).
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Anna Horroridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
2 days until release!
Parch Marks
Anna Orridge
An image of fern markings on parched, cracked earth
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Book BlueSky isn't as good as Book Twitter.
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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Last chance to get the ebook of Four Weddings to Fall in Love for free! I'll start changing the prices tomorrow.
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Four Weddings to Fall in Love
Weddings with the Moks, Book 1 Amazon | Kobo | B&N | Apple | Google Play | Smashwords | Goodreads Can Max Mok turn a disastrous night into a relationship? When I meet Kim at a friend’s wedding,…
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sorry for sharing again, but I’m fighting these edits with no contract and all that and every single copy counts, you know? Also, still only $1.99! That’s a lot for a little. Chunk of my soul, too. Love crime? Horror? Magic? Revenge? A little drama? I got you! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026
Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I got too far into this audiobook before realizing it's boring and now I'm struggling to pay attention because I got this far might as well finish it.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 01/08/2026
Library workers aren’t funded well enough to be superheroes and some are more conservative than you might think but right now, in the dumpster fire year of our fascist lord 2026, I’m so proud of the great work some library workers are doing to resist book banning and AI.
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Looks like I can't get into X at the moment, god knows why!
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 09/06/2026
Friendly reminder that you should both get a library card and use it regularly, if you want to support your local library.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The latest episode of Book Marks might feature someone you recognise… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Bookmarks - 07/06/2026 - BBC Sounds
A brand-new quiz about books hosted by Clare Balding.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The 1st - 14th June is #HiVis fortnight; an annual campaign all across the UK which aims to promote library services that assist people living with visual impairment - every hour another person in the UK goes blind and around 2 million people in the UK are living with sight loss.
The HiVis Logo and poster for 2026
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 03/06/2026
If you’ve shared a “libraries are the only data centers we need” post in the last month and haven’t visited your local library or used its resources, get on it.
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Even libraries are not quiet now.
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Sierra @sierra8486.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New book day! So excited for this one!
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Sounds like a plan. #BookSky
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The Tattooed Historian @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Support our libraries!
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The Abominable Doc Phibes @ewdocparris.com · 26/05/2026
If you're an author and you see another author promoting their book, give 'em a boost.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“When a train passes a signal box, the signal man sends an electric bell message to the next cabin. This means the “train has passed my section of line!” (In the Train, 1955) Artist: WC Watson
The picture demonstrates a signalman on the balcony of the signal box at a station called Tanby. It is surrounded by cottage garden flowers and set before fields and rolling hills, under a blue sky.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m writing Matters of Opinion this Saturday: a newsletter by Guardian columnists about what we’ve been debating, reading, and watching. Spoiler: full frontal nudity/product placement in Rivals and the Greens v Labour in the Makerfield by-election. Sign up: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
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Sign up to Matters of Opinion: a weekly newsletter from our columnists and writers
Guardian columnists and writers on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading, and more
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 13/05/2026
We’re at the point in the pandemicine (and have been for awhile) where capitalism and personal freedom are more important than stopping the spread of covid, measles, avian flu, meningitis and hantavirus, among other viruses. There’s no going back from this.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 10/05/2026
Anyone who needs to portray library workers as villains to make their argument has already lost the plot. Library workers are in the business of helping everyone, including the fucko buckos that want to defund libraries.
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Valorie 🐈‍⬛️✨️ @meadowdays.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Good morning ☕️
Post by @sketchesbyboze: If you're feeling discouraged about the future of our world, remember that somewhere tonight a little girl is reading a book about brave kids battling overwhelming evil, and she is beginning to make plans
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Reading Is Sexy @readingissexy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tonight is #WorldBookNight so join in with the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm. You can read absolutely anything in any format. Here's what some of the Orkney Library & Archive team are reading right now. 👇 What will you be reading this #WorldBookNight? #NationalYearOfReading2026
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RNIB Connect Radio @rnibradio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congrats to Robert @talking-books.bsky.social! Read On The Audiobook show is nominated for Best Speech Entertainment at #UKARIAS and we are so proud. From latest audiobook news to lively discussions with beloved authors and narrators. This is the show for the bookworms out there! Fingers crossed!
A stage with a woman dressed in a flowing black dress and a stylish buzzcut. She is standing to the right and looking up at a big blue screen displaying nominees: British Scandal, Dig It with Joe Whiley & Zoe Ball, Fame Under Fire, Matt Chorley, Mistresses with Jameela Jamil & Dr Kate Lister, Out of Doors, NPR Talk, Read On: The Audiobook Show from RNIB, Rylan: How To Be In Love, The Louis Theroux Podcast.Robert stands on the right and holds up a microphone to interview author and former newsreader John Suchet at Boswell Book Festival. They both look over at the camera smiling. Robert has a thick beautifully shaped grey beard and dramatically long moustache. With his round glasses and long salt and pepper hair tied back he looks like a dashing book pirate. John has short silver hair, a warm smile and rimless square glasses.Robert poses for a selfie with Louise Minchin, former presenter who wrote a novel based on her time on I'm a Celeb. They're at Wigtown Book Festival. Louise has short blonde hair with a fringe and fabulous cat eye shaped red glasses. Robert's beard is just a smidge shorter but still as fabulous. Robert is close to the camera as he takes a selfie with a grinning designer and author Patrick Grant, who you might recognise as the host on the Great British Sewing Bee. He has short dark hair, dark top and a lovely short grey moustache. A walnut bookcase filled with beautifully bound books is behind them as they pose at Boswell Book Festival.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Such an honour to be up for the Unwin award by the Publisher’s Association tonight for an author whose work has made a “significant contribution to the world” (I think it means in a good way). So sorry to not be there in person due to chronic illness delights but wishing everyone the best evening!
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Valorie 🐈‍⬛️✨️ @meadowdays.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Happy National Library Week! 💙📚
Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Whenever a difficult point is touched on, it is brushed off with such speed you can almost hear the Palace’s press secretary calling whoever is running the BBC this week.” Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century gets my first ever 1 star review. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century review – apparently she was very good at shaking hands
This royalist-pleasing hagiography is highly basic – and skims rapidly over the darker side of the crown. If you’ve seen The Crown, you know it all already
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Brian S. Converse @briansconverse.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It's Indie April. Support your local indie author! #readsky #booksky #writingcommunity
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a stack of books with the words i want to read all the books
ALT: a stack of books with the words i want to read all the books
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
“Forget a Nan in a bingo hall, the face of disability in the UK is now also gen Z in Greggs.” Next up in my Who Wants Normal? paperback countdown is my piece on Britain’s growing number of disabled - often young - women. And what that means for all of us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It's time to hear from them | Frances Ryan
My book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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United Humanists @unitedhumanists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This 💯
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“Everyone wants to share the TikTok of the girl rising from her wheelchair to dance at the school prom, not when she feels the music pinprick her skin as she sits. I think it’s time that changed.” As Who Wants Normal? paperback is out in April, here’s an extract: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women
Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs t...
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MadameNostalgic✨Tanya @madamenostalgic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So I'm from Virginia. I currently live in TN and I also lived here as a teen. It's a little complicated. Anyway, the Rutherford County PUBLIC library is where I spent a lot of time as a tween/teen. It shaped me. It saved me. This is a PUBLIC LIBRARY not even a school. And I'm proud of *Luanne.
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‘I will not comply’: Tennessee librarian refuses to move LGBTQ+ books
Rutherford County library director Luanne James’s stand against a vote to relocate more than 190 titles draws national support as the board weighs firing her.
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Why are people terrified of books without a colourful or photographic cover? #BookSky
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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We all treasure the characters in Pride and Prejudice, but if you had to pick just one, who would be your favourite character? In celebration of Talking Books’ 90th birthday, we've created a special edition of Pride and Prejudice. rnib.in/TalkingBooks90
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Sorry, but as a librarian, I wouldn't want this. Libraries are there for people to read, look at books they want to borrow and get help with computers. There are many cafés around in Wirral, and banks should be their own entities. #Libraries www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2589030...
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Major bank and cafes could be coming to Wirral's libraries
A MAJOR bank could be looking to move into a Wirral library as a council looks to bring in cafés and other major changes. The news comes as a…
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Mark Zuckenberg is just moving the responsibility away from himself to parents, don't forget that today! #Instagram
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The Secret Librarian @thesecretlibrarian.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What's everyone reading this weekend?
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 15/02/2026
My next book? 😆
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