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Simon Armstrong

@simonthebooks.bsky.social

Founder of Errant Books. Author, reader, editor into art, books, music, walking, nature.

59 Followers  |  93 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 21.03.2025  |  1.4023

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Fresh books and zines instore now at errantbooks.com - Sacred Plants, Tanya from White Lotus, 10Foot, and a ten year research project on archetypal images. πŸ“šπŸ’«

21.05.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loving the cover of Covert Joy - selected stories by Clarice Lispector published by @ndbooks.bsky.social πŸ“šπŸ’š

09.04.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cornbread, Philadelphia’s graffiti writing pioneer - the book (with free typeface!) available now at www.errantbooks.com

26.03.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gertrude Abercrombie once wrote, β€œArt has to be real crazy, real personal and real real, or it is nowhere.” Unjustly marginalized since her death in 1977, her darkly surreal work will hopefully be rediscovered by in a retrospective at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
hyperallergic.com/991689/gertr...

24.03.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Ursula Le Guin
YouTube video by National Book Ursula Le Guin

I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.

@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...

24.03.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1300    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 9
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Máret Ánne Sara to create the next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, as Hyundai Motor extends partnership until 2036 – Press Release | Tate

I am very proud to announce that Máret Ánne Sara is to create the next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, as Hyundai Motor extends partnership until 2036! @maretannesara.bsky.social

04.03.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Straight Road Takes You There
- new book of essays provides further evidence that there is no other writer more alive to everything, more clear eyed and enlightened than Rebecca Solnit. This gift of craft and insight lands in the UK in May. πŸ™πŸ’«
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23.03.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The indie booksellers sell books on better terms that ultimately support the wider industry. It's like selling a house for people to live in versus stripping it for parts, copper, etc, and leaving nothing habitable.

18.03.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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