Books Contents Archive

No school today. But, the kids were ace, and did all the work they were set online by the school (I think!) Total support for the teachers on strike, who deserve everything they're asking for.

Baudelaire the romantic and defining inventor of 'modern life' is revealed in a new translation of his later fragments as a dissipating exemplar of addicted misery. Ian Penman (@pawboy2) in our latest issue: https://t.co/V5lLdAqF26

Turn the Italian manuscript thief loose. https://t.co/gyCS1UQlrI via @lithub

A couple of facts for you today: women are incredible, and we are so here for these books! 💪 https://t.co/x9AWAGMxi1

The upcoming NYC budget proposes $36.2M in cuts to public libraries. Tell @NYCMayor & @NYCCouncil: #NoCutsToLibraries! New Yorkers, tell City Hall how important libraries are to you: https://t.co/45IQETSSEn

It's #buyastrangerabook day. It's Mother's Day on Sunday. If you'd like me to send a book to your Mum on your behalf, or if you've lost your Mum, and I can send you a book to help, i've been sent some dosh to cover this for someone. So get in touch, if you like. DM's open

"It's one of those choices where you feel like I can't wait for everybody else to have a chance to get to know these characters," Winfrey said. https://t.co/vCOT8D5aNv

Congratulations to all the @LambdaLiterary Awards finalists!! We’ve been lucky to publish interviews, fiction, and essays from a number of these fantastic authors. See the 🧵 below for a peek at their amazing work! https://t.co/WWDrCjmaFm

"Project Gutenberg continues to uphold the early promises of the internet in what has become a commercialized landscape focused more on images and opinions than on sharing information." https://t.co/mFL1j2GdUN

‘Julius Caesar was the first génocidaire in European history.’ Michael Kulikowski reviews ‘the best bad man’s book ever written’: Caesar’s 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴, in a new translation by James J. O’Donnell. https://t.co/Um3pywUtVQ

Today's Stats. Cheese eaten. Manchego ( i love it!) Books sold. 31. Amazing #buyastrangerabook action. Thanks! Did we get Wordle? In 4. Steady Steps. 11987 Horses bought. Not today. Did I speak to my Mum. Quickly, yes. Extra info. Bought a new toothbrush.

‘I am battling pointlessness, embroidering the flatness of a life without work or duties or demands.’ Jane Miller, age 90, on time and self-management in the ‘long desert hours’ of later life. https://t.co/Ra7vbDy3Og

What is more delightful than a rainbow bookshelf pin? One with a sliding ladder! https://t.co/aJAx2xdb6c

An essay from “The Women’s House of Detention” author Hugh Ryan (@Hugh_Ryan), a finalist in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction https://t.co/xIAKPEi1tg

📚❤️ Book some time to read one of these bookish romances! https://t.co/uL9Skr3ttY