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My copies of the gorgeous No Alibis special edition of #FewAndFarBetween just arrived with their bespoke covers, sexy endpapers and additional essay about the history behind the novel. Only 500 available, all signed, numbered, with a Rory Jeffers map of the Ark. Preorder from the No Alibis website.

Gov. Ivey: Please Grant Clemency to Charles "Sonny" Burton Who Faces Execution Despite Not Having Killed Anyone The State of Alabama wants to execute Charles "Sonny" Burton for capital murder. But Sonny never killed anyone. The identity of the shooter, Derrick DeBruce, was never in dispute. However, Alabama ...

Time is running out to save the life of Sonny Burton, an Alabama man who didn’t kill anyone.

Tell Governor Ivey to commute his sentence before his scheduled execution date on March 12.

Thank you! That's interesting! For some reason I thought quite a lot had changed between the two.

Lol about the cover, appropriately Victorian values being enforced by Bluesky!

Haha yes that is true! And LW gets the gold lettering as well. Still, Queen Victoria can console herself she would definitely get much bigger billing than LW were they ever to do a publicity tour together...

Thank you! I only have an old (but nice!) Everyman's Library edition. I can see it's worth getting the Penguin Classics one. But then let's get really nerdy, which edition is it? 1818 or 1831?

Wow! Thank you. That is fascinating. I really do have to reread it.

What a lovely cover! What's Thistlefoot about?

Yes! How interesting! I hadn't thought about how it meditates on parenthood in that way but it does, doesn't it?

I can't remember much about the female characters though, other than they end up paying the price for Victor & his monster's antics.

I do remember loving it. & being astonished that it wasn't at all what I was expecting from the depictions in film etc., so much more. Glad you're enjoying it too!

I must reread that! I loved it, but read it what 20+ years ago. In fact, I dug it out of a box of books just last week, perhaps a sign that this is the moment… Hope you’re enjoying it.

My hand holding a paperback copy of Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow, by Lucy Worsley. There is a sumptuous William Morris-esque border in blue and gold. There is central panel features the title and author name in blue and gold lettering, also two recommendations, and a drawing of Victoria as a young woman.

I am reading Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley. The ideal sort of history for me, who needs plenty of Story and Character in anything facty. Just dancing through it, as enjoyable as a novel.

And another hug, albeit from a stranger. X

Henri II of France (1519–1559), on Horseback
François Clouet
National Trust, Upton House

Following The Hum was hard. I remember freezing Februarys, muddy March marching. Winds slipping passed whatever armour you had against the weather like a vorpal blade. Yet we kept walking. Pylon-to-pylon, a strange navigation, a faith in electric leys. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex Child of The Hum #VOH

"Valley of the Moon" by Remedios Varo depicts an enchanting, surreal landscape with mystical animals bathed in ethereal moonlight, surrounded by jagged mountains in the background. The artwork showcases Varo's distinct style, merging elements of mysticism and dreamlike imagery to evoke a sense of otherworldly tranquility.

Valley of the Moon
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Better off Dead | Oneworld Just how many deaths does it take to close a holiday park? All Lacy wants is to escape to Paris and be with her older sister. But she needs to make some money first, so she takes a summer job at a c...

Congratulations to Tess James-Mackey, whose first YA supernatural thriller, Better Off Dead, is published today!

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Congratulations to Venetia Constantine, whose first novel The Last Starborn Seer is published today!

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A man working a plow in a field - carried by a small elephant. This detail is from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographiae uniuersalis, vol. 6, 1550.

In 1550, one Elephant Power (EP) was the equivalent of 10 Horse Power (HP).

Not sure a children's writer should be scary, so sent off a smiling one.

Yet to hear back.

Fear the entire dept took one look & was turned to stone...

Yesterday the marketing dept at my publisher's asked for a photo of me.

Oh dear.

My husband says the ones of me smiling are unsettling, & my daughter says the ones of me not smiling are scary. ...

Have a wonderful time! But 11 school visits! That's epic.

Yes! & even rocket-powered roller-skates would need refuelling. In a post-apocalyptic world, everyone would drink all the petrol in the first week. Bicycles are definitely best.

You are probably better off spending the time developing rocket-powered roller-skates for future zombie avoidance.

I started learning to drive when I was 48 (don't ask how loooong it took to pass my test) & I still rather regret my non-driving status. Public transport for the win!

Magnificent!

😄😀

Unless it is in fact the vanguard of a plague of falling fish sent to punish humanity.

That seems quite likely! Last summer a doughnut fell out of the sky & narrowly missed clonking me as I faffed about in my back garden. It was courtesy of a passing crow.

Oh well you’re excused then! And I hope you enjoy it.