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Death Scholar. Book Blogger. Co-host the Death Studies Podcast. I review books on death, dying and the dead. Dutchie ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ living in Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ See: deadgoodreading.com

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22.02.2026 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Camino with Renske Visser | CreativeMornings/Helsinki Weยดre a morning lecture series for Helsinkiยดs creative community that also take place in 252 cities around the world. We continue to strive to connect our au...

Giving a @creativemornings.bsky.social talk in Helsinki next week! Sign up below โฌ‡๏ธ

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19.02.2026 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Listen to our latest episode with Dr Nina Vaswani to learn about young men and grief during in imprisonment, childhood bereavement, and trauma informed practice

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14.02.2026 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still Running After All These Tears I was kindly sent an uncorrected proof of Still Running After All These Years: A Runner's Journey Through Grief. Whilst I was sent this book due to my interest in death and dying, I think I got the mo...

New blog! Still Running After All these Tears might get me back into running

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13.02.2026 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still Running After All These Tears I was kindly sent an uncorrected proof of Still Running After All These Years: A Runner's Journey Through Grief. Whilst I was sent this book due to my interest in death and dying, I think I got the mo...

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13.02.2026 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr. Nina Vaswani - The Death Studies Podcast Whatโ€™s the episode about? In this episode, hear Nina Vaswani on young men and grief during in imprisonment, childhood bereavement, masculinities and grief, trauma informed practice, comics for educati...

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08.02.2026 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When The Cranes Fly South When the Cranes Fly South follows the life of Bo, an older person living alone in the North of Sweden. We get glimpses of his daily life interspersed with notes from carers, who visit Bo multiple tim...

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04.02.2026 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When The Cranes Fly South When the Cranes Fly South follows the life of Bo, an older person living alone in the North of Sweden. We get glimpses of his daily life interspersed with notes from carers, who visit Bo multiple tim...

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04.02.2026 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of Thanatos. The image includes a dark laptop with the words game over on thr screen.

Cover of Thanatos. The image includes a dark laptop with the words game over on thr screen.

New fully open access special issue on Digital Death published in the Finnish Death Studies journal Thanatos

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25.01.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Before the light fades As will be clear by now, I love a memoir. I love learning about people's life histories and how their lived experience is shaped by their historical, social and political environment. Before the Light...

Really enjoyed reading @natashawalter.bsky.socialโ€™s book Before the Light Fades

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07.01.2026 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Before the light fades As will be clear by now, I love a memoir. I love learning about people's life histories and how their lived experience is shaped by their historical, social and political environment. Before the Light...

Really enjoyed reading @natashawalter.bsky.socialโ€™s book Before the Light Fades

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07.01.2026 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tuesdays with Morrie This has been the third, or fourth, time reading Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson written by Mitch Albom. Originally published in 1997, I am sure many of you h...

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02.01.2026 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tuesdays with Morrie This has been the third, or fourth, time reading Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson written by Mitch Albom. Originally published in 1997, I am sure many of you h...

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30.12.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hoe kan ik posts opslaan voor later ๐Ÿ˜…

25.12.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The book Tuesdays with Morrie in front of my eclectic Christmas tree with ornaments shaped like a cat, dog, rainbow, umbrella, tompouce (a Dutch pastry) and more

The book Tuesdays with Morrie in front of my eclectic Christmas tree with ornaments shaped like a cat, dog, rainbow, umbrella, tompouce (a Dutch pastry) and more

๐ŸŽ„Merry Christmas to those who celebrate ๐ŸŽ„

This Christmas day I am re-reading Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.

What is your Christmas read?

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25.12.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Professor Douglas Davies - The Death Studies Podcast Whatโ€™s the episode about? In this episode, hear Professor Douglas Davies on the development of death studies, โ€˜words against deathโ€™, the โ€˜dividualโ€™, religion, โ€˜sacred secretsโ€™, the โ€˜opacity of the sel...

This monthโ€™s episode features Professor Douglas Davies from @durham.ac.uk - we talk about the development of Death Studies, โ€œWords Against Deathโ€, dividual personhood and much more!

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01.12.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, bas...

Our book Critical Approaches to death,dying and bereavement is part of the Routledge Black Friday Sale!

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29.11.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Story of a Murder On 1 February 1910 music-hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her North London home. In Story of a Murder: the Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen Hallie Rubenhold describes the lif...

New blog! I devoured Story of a Murder by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social

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22.11.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Story of a Murder On 1 February 1910 music-hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her North London home. In Story of a Murder: the Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen Hallie Rubenhold describes the lif...

New blog! I devoured Story of a Murder by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social

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22.11.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Story of a Murder On 1 February 1910 music-hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her North London home. In Story of a Murder: the Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen Hallie Rubenhold describes the lif...

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22.11.2025 06:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and sociological approaches Podcast Episode ยท The Death Studies Podcast ยท 01/11/2025 ยท 1h 7m

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01.11.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New episode ft Dr Jessica Young on assisted dying in New Zealand

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01.11.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A is for Arsenic Chris Woodyard very kindly sent a copy of the book A is for Arsenic: an ABC for Victorian Death, a book that is perfect to read during the spooky month, when the boundaries between the dead and the li...

A perfect post-Halloween read ๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ

A is for Arsenic by @chriswoodyard.bsky.social

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01.11.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The cow with ear tag #1389 I have been vegetarian since I was a teenager. For a while I still ate organic meat, but as this is still part of the same meat industry, I quit this at some point as well. My blind spot to this day, ...

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01.11.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unearthing One small action changed the course of Kyo Maclear's life. A simple swab undid everything Maclear thought she new about her family, sense of self, and rootedness. After the death of her father she fel...

๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™New blog! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

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01.11.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Copy of the book โ€œThe Cow with Ear Tag #1389โ€- which has a photo of a cow on the cover, resting on a tree trunk covered in green moss

Copy of the book โ€œThe Cow with Ear Tag #1389โ€- which has a photo of a cow on the cover, resting on a tree trunk covered in green moss

The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow

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11.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Copy of the book โ€œThe Cow with Ear Tag #1389โ€- which has a photo of a cow on the cover, resting on a tree trunk covered in green moss

Copy of the book โ€œThe Cow with Ear Tag #1389โ€- which has a photo of a cow on the cover, resting on a tree trunk covered in green moss

The Cow with ear tag #1389 is a thought-provoking read about cows, slaughter, meat and dairy industries, and the myth of the happy cow

๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š Full review here:

deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...

11.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks amazing ๐Ÿคฉ

07.10.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The cow with ear tag #1389 I have been vegetarian since I was a teenager. For a while I still ate organic meat, but as this is still part of the same meat industry, I quit this at some point as well. My blind spot to this day, ...

deadgoodreading.com/the-cow-with...

07.10.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0