Alex Carr-Malcolm

Go well little friend 💚

Ireland has always been the home of the dreamer, the poet and the storyteller. - Jordan Richard ☘️☘️☘️

Happy St Patrick’s Day - who’s celebrating by reading Finnegans Wake? - Michael

Booped 💚

Jack Jack THE dog

Well it’s Wednesday which means you should probably boop it. Go on. Boop it.

I get excited when more than 2 visit my site 😂

What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?

I think we have a winner.

What’s everyone reading this weekend?

The Difficult Thing of Being Human by Bodhipaksa.

I've always loved the fact that the word 'sneeze' is the result of a historical accident. The original form, in the Middle Ages, was 'fnese', but someone mistook the 'f' for the long medieval 's' and wrote down 'sn-' instead.

Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.

So apparently the act of sending loved ones little videos and cute pictures and funny things throughout the day is called "Pebbling" because there's a species of penguin that likes to leave pebbles in their partners' nests to show they care, and this is my happy thing for today

Seaside at Christmas

#caturday

The bookshop that I am the social media manager for is now on Bluesky. Please go and follow. 😄

@scripthavenltd.bsky.social

Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
Support your local bookstores.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚

I do this often. Libraries are awesome! 📚

Twitter continues to lose millions of users each month. At the same time, Bluesky is growing so fast — currently over 21 million users — that it's racing to get more servers. 🦋

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Please, if you are able, support Indy publishers.

As the big 5 buy up all the book shelves with their astronomic discounting.

It would be grand if you could look at.

@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social

& many more

My spoils from Foyles 🙃

One Day Winter Workshops 1 Day Winter Workshops at Hereford College of Arts

Sat 7 Dec, 10am-4pm, I'm leading a creative writing workshop at Hereford College of Arts as part of a programme of one-day workshops.

Whether you're a holly jolly elf or sympathise strongly with Scrooge, you're welcome to come along and write winter with us. ❄️

www.hca.ac.uk/courses/1-da...

Back at the fab book signing table at The Bookhouse, Broughty Ferry today. Over 100 books signed and ready to ship. 💃 One woman couldn’t get away quick enough when she saw the subject matter though 😂😂

Who could resist that opportunity 📖

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To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway.

Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.

You have until noon on Sunday 17th November

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Intro time…
I’m Suzie, I was a doctor in a hospital until one day I stormed out in a fanfare of bagpipes and glitter spray.
Now I hide in the mountains and write books about human bodies in history.
Mortal Monarchs, Vital Organs and the History Stinks kids series so far… with more to come. ✍️👑⚰️🗡️💀🕯️🪦🥃

Chatsworth House lights are spectacular 💚

World Central Kitchen Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick ac...

Woke up to 150,000 followers, which is a heck of a way to say "good morning." Thank you, folks, for giving me a follow and for being part of Bluesky. If you're new, I hope you like it here. To celebrate 150K, I've made a donation to World Central Kitchen, which is feeding those in need.

wck.org

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Hello writers! I haven't made a Bluesky account for it yet, but I'll be publishing an online lit mag - just one this time! - again in January.

We've had lovely submissions so far. It's not too late to send yours: we close on 30/11.

Mugwort
Magazine can be found here: mugwortmag.wordpress.com 💚🌿

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Here to spread sparkling chaos.

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.