Katie Ruggle

That’s so great—I hope she loves it! (And that’s about my level of book consumption too, as long as I’m not on deadline 😂)

Take a Hike cover showing Charlie and Kieran in climbing gear on the side of a cliff with mountains, blue sky, and evergreen trees in the background. Charlie is hanging upside down, kissing a right-side-up Kieran. A bird flies nearby, holding a necklace.

TAKE A HIKE release day is heeeeere! 🎉🥳📖

As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

Multiple blue gift bags behind a mug, coffee, candle, socks, and stickers, as well as a copy of the book Take a Hike

Just had the best time packing swag bags for my TAKE A HIKE release party at Content Bookstore, Northfield, MN on Thurs Nov 13 at 7pm. Amazing stuff and SO MANY puns

A tweet from user @llcoolj says "Don't call it that," in response to a Merriam-Webster definition about the term "come back."

We been here for years (1828).

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

this country can be the worst, but every once in a while it reminds you that being the best is possible, even when all the money & power in this nation tries to stop you.

"My uber driver taking me to taco bell." An angel leads a soul, depicted as a naked man, by the hand across a narrow bridge over a lake of fire.

We think these memes are Going Places. 🧳

📖 The Torment of the Proud - Valley of Burning Sulphur (detail) from Visions of the Knight Tondal, 1475, Simon Marmion. Getty Museum, Ms. 30 (87.MN.141), fol. 15v

WCK is serving free meals for furloughed federal workers impacted by the U.S. government shutdown. These meals are available to federal employees and their families. Below are locations and hours. #ChefsForFeds (1/2)

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

The New Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Ed.

Technically, this is a book of spells.

Misty Copeland took her final bow as an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer on Wednesday, a role she's had for the past 10 years.

A trope graphic for An Academic Affair (a blue cartoon cover rom-com featuring images of a white man and woman glaring at each other while holding large stacks of books). The tropes read: enemies to lovers, fake marriage of convenience, one bed, he falls first, academic rivals.

Okay USA, I know you have plenty of other things going on at the moment, but my new book An Academic Affair will be released in your country in only a few weeks (11 November!!), and if you wanted to pre-order it, I would simply love that.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Aca...

Block letter print on notebook paper, pinned to wall YOU LOOK GREAT. YOUR TEETH ARE SHARP. YOUR EYES ARE LUMINOUS. THE TOWN FOLK WHISPER YOUR NAME IN HUSHED TONES

#MondayMotivation

From: Olde Stuffe @annalsofwarren.bsky.social i appreciate your words very often Germans were very angry at their own government for not being truthful about the fierce nature of their enemy in WWI this betrayal by leaders and mouthpieces led directly to Hitler and NSDAP we're telling Americans peaceful protest will solve this it won't

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things.

(1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary.

It is.

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

My new book, Dealing With A Desperate Demon, is out today! Cheery curvy bookseller, grumpy curvy demon, dating lessons, a beauty and the beast style curse, lots of horniness. Perfect to curl up to for spooky season! You can grab it these places!

read.macmillan.com/lp/dealing-w...

For my #Birthday this year, I’m asking folk to kindly donate to the amazing charity, Basis Yorkshire through their wish list.

www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

AABB Author Sign-Up Form Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

Cape Sundew carnivorous plant with a tall stalk topped with small dark-pink flowers

Renfield, our bug-eater, has sprouted a ridiculously tall and cartoonishly straight stalk with flowers

Ask your state and federal legislators to codify the freedom to read into law.

Let them know we will not accept blatant viewpoint discrimination in our publicly-funded libraries and schools under the guise of “government speech.”

Libraries belong to the people.

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

📣 OK, with ~3 hours to go before the midnight government shutdown, I'm going to go through ALL 50 STATES +DC ONE BY ONE to remind everyone of how many Americans healthcare Democrats are fighting to save (and this is just #ACA exchange enrollees; don't forget about Medicaid).

Please bear with me.

It is wild that a federal judge listening to people, regular people, makes me want to weep.

When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call A Seattle-area nonprofit group called Community Loaves donates home-baked bread and cookies to food banks in four states.

apnews.com/article/food...

A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!

We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

New single-dose, temperature-stable rabies vaccines could expand global access CU Boulder engineers have developed a new method for making vaccines that combines multiple, timed-release doses into a single injection that doesn't require

Happy (rainy) Tuesday, #Boulder. I've got a new story for you all about a new temperature-stable, single-injection rabies vaccine developed by @colorado.edu researcher Ted Randolph.

www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...