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Hi. My Mum says hi! Still getting better, but she has to stay in hospital for a few more days, to make sure the antibiotics are really doing their job. She's tip top though, and I think half of Bristol has now visited her! Thanks again, you lot.

💥 New Yorkers—it’s time to tap into the power of reading! Stop by your friendly neighborhood branch of NYPL for a special, limited-edition library card featuring the world’s favorite web-slinger—and lifelong New Yorker—Spider-Man. #AmazingLibraryCard https://t.co/qXZ1RLXVtL

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl’s classics, especially when you realise it is a horror story." https://t.co/UFRnxgMzSm

On the latest episode of the LRB podcast, @LalehKhalili talks to @moonjets about the unsavoury consequences of the Big Four management consultants’ relentless quest for ‘efficiency’. Listen via your podcast provider of choice, or ad-free on our website: https://t.co/qdqn8WCZl3

One reader’s story about how romance books reinvigorated her love of reading. If you're currently reading a romance book, share it below! https://t.co/xbhGqMHUCK

I've just got back to Hastings, so will be here for a few days. If you emailed/tweeted/tooted me in the last 5-6 days, THANKS! I'm going through all your messages. #buyastrangerabook will happen tomorrow.

🤩 Explore NYPL’s #BestBooks of 2022! https://t.co/2Kce6swfNO

Literacy Focus: Welcoming Places, Safe Spaces https://t.co/7VwdLnN5tX via @publisherswkly

"Feminine" fiction is serious fiction. https://t.co/adksBNJtcb

‘Literally any kind of cooking produced a much more alarming level of PM 2.5 than anything from our wood stove. Pasta: bad. Pan-fried chorizo: reckless. Toast? Maybe not.’ Fraser MacDonald on fuel quandaries: https://t.co/GDqggvawpk

There's a queer nun mystery, Caribbean family drama, surrealism, and more in these queer indie releases! https://t.co/X1mw0SAUsP

Where did Betsy Bird get to tour a 165,000-square-foot “Explor-a-Storium” featuring walk-in storybook experiences, from a real Great Green Room to a 'Last Stop on Market Street' bus? https://t.co/mBBcmgKuJl https://t.co/7cVmZCuQ6Z

"Prior to watching The Mindy Project, all the desi women characters I had seen on-screen were from Pakistani dramas, Bollywood films, or Indian soaps." (via @CatapultStory) https://t.co/hmaMQ40Qfg

JUST MURDERED is a fun, fast-paced introduction to Peregrine Fisher, the niece of beloved sleuth Phryne Fisher, as she solves mysteries in the 1960s. @pppress https://t.co/n83SHUmTEi