Alex Pheby's 'Mordew' is an epic fantasy exploration of Neoplatonism, and a wonderful, baroque successor to the works of Mervyn Peake. Beautifully written, and unfeasibly thought-provoking.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/27a0ce72-5616-418e-95c2-022684419537

#fantasy #epicfantasy #neoplatonism #alexpheby #malarkoi #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

Three of my students in my how-to-write-a-story course on Zoom have won prizes in the SCC Contest, an annual competition for all students of City of Dublin Education Board schools and courses - so proud of them! #Bookstodon @bookstodon #writing

Destinies, October-December 1979 (Destinies, volume 5) edited by Jim Baen

Another foray into a short-lived Disco-era science fiction magazine.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/memories-of-a-different-life
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It's time for the monthly update of upcoming Austen and Brontë virtual events! There are lots of new events, and quite a few are now scheduled into the fall. (What! It's just turned April!) #AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

https://open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-30-upcoming-virtual-events-for-spring-2025?r=1ep55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Happy National Library Week!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Week

Some things you can do this week to celebrate:

- Get yourself a library card, if you haven't already, or help someone else sign up!
- Check out your library's free resources and services, or attend an event!
- Donate to your local library, if you have the means!
- Call your elected representatives' offices, and tell them why libraries are important to you and your community: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative and https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Irish Writers' Union networking event - Pearse Street Library 5.30pm, 17 April - meet your union reps and meet local fellow-writers, ask any questions you have
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I just finished reading
@JennySchwartz 's Stars Die and enjoyed it so much - a really fun mix of space opera and fantasy, with fake dating, complicated family dynamics, and an adorable gremlin sidekick!

While I'm waiting for book 2 in that series, which of Schwartz's other series should I read next? I'd love any recs!

When was A Tale of Two Cities first published *as a book*, and *by what publisher*? #Dickens #TaleOfTwoCities #PublicationHistory #Bookstodon @bookstodon

'A treat for the international army of Janeites.'

Later this month, the illustrator Isabel Greenberg teams up with expert Janine Barchas to give us The Novel Life of Jane Austen:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/janine-barchas/the-novel-life-of-jane-austen

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You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland.

The central character visits Inverness Airport to intercept an arriving passenger he wants to interview as the story builds, and the airport features again as the book reaches its conclusion.

Find out more on our website:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/index.html

Come let this succubard read you to sleep~

We'll be doing more Elder Scrolls books as well as some more from The Celestia Code (and requests if they come in)

[Twitch] https://www.twitch.tv/octaviaconamore
[Youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFZeRGKAeRw

#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Stream #Streaming #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #VoiceActing #Reading #Bookstodon #Books

Today's book has been an interesting read. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

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