Careless People is a complicated book: the author is complicit in the activities she describes, which no amount of ironic detachment or claims of trying to change the system from the inside can hide. #bookstodon
https://bookshop.org/a/7949/9781250391230

About authors, publishing and their royalties: https://kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-doesnt-mean-paid/

#Bookstodon #Books #BookDeal #Publishing #Author #Royalties #Blog

Another deep and thoughtful review of my new book, by Lisa Timpf at The Seabord Review!

https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/rayners-the-gates-of-polished-horn

#review #reviews #book #books #bookstodon #fiction #shortfiction

A while ago I did a survey about epics. I asked people which epics they were most familiar with, and which ones they heard of, or studied in school.

More than 200 people filled out the survey, and I just posted a blog post about the most interesting or unexpected results.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/03/womens-epics-to-z-epics-in-general.html

#epics #WomensEpics #storytelling #folklore #literature #bookstodon #AtoZChallenge

Something for the reading list.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/young-person-illustrated-guide-american-fascism-book-review

#FreePalestine #Bookstodon

My first two reads for #TransRightsReadathon! One fiction and one nonfic (I always read different books at different times of the day).

Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas is the first YA book I have decided to read in AGES. The world and the concept sounded very cool.

Our Lives, Our Words is a collection of life stories from aravani (hijra) women from Tamil Nadu, compiled by one of them. It is touching read.

#bookstodon #AmReading #lgbtq #queer #image #books #transgender #nonfiction #YAfiction

Liebe deinen Körper

#jugendbuch #jugendbuchtipp #selflove #bookstodon #books

Since I can't resist a reading challenge, and Hungary is being horrific about queer rights right now, I decided to participate in the #TransRightsReadathon. I have nonfiction books on my TBR already, but I welcome recommendations for other genres 😊 Following the hashtag too!

#bookstodon #lgbtq #AmReading #ReadingChallenge #books #transgender #queer

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

The book’s central character uses a Hawker Hurricane as his personal transport as he pursues his investigations in Oban and Caithness. This Hurricane was seen some years ago at an airshow at what was then RAF Leuchars.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html

#Books #Bookstodon

This has just popped up on my timeline elsewhere. I don't know when it dates from, but as knife crime is still a massive issue here, it seemed worth posting.
Akala is always worth listening to in any case.
Read his book Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, if you haven't already.

#UKPolitics #Bookstodon

A great perspective! Old books often contain timeless wisdom, unique perspectives & ideas that can inspire new thoughts &creativity.
It seems to me that all too many imitates & copies what others do these days. Few seem to have an interest in being unique.

#books #bookstodon #ideas #creativity #inspiration

For all my Canadian Tootsies: if you've been waiting to buy the paperback version of my new book on Indigo, it's now available there:

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/gates-of-polished-horn-a-collection-of-stories/9781999431174.html

#books #book #bookstodon #shortstory #shortstories #sff #sciencefiction #humor #humour #literaryfiction

Well... I guess... I have a blog now! Now i can finally write down all my thoughts in epic length haha.

Seriously, you can find multiple things there.
- Philosophy
- Game Design
- Poems
- Book suggestions
- And anything else thats on my mind

I invite you to take a look 🥰
https://blog.dominik-dammer.de/

#blog #blogging #blogger #blogpost #philosophy #philosophie #poem #poesie #gameDesign #bookstodon #books #book

As we're watching the people of Turkiye take to the streets to fight for their rights tonight - something we're all going to have to do soon - I'm going to recommend this as essential reading, by Turkish author Ece Temelkuran.

#Turkiye #Resist #Bookstodon #FuckTheFash

Fresh on my #blog: Book Review — Dark as Night by Lilja Sigurdardóttir
#wwwWednesday#books#BookReview#Bookstodon#BookCommunitythomasrigby.com/posts/book-review-dark-as-night-lilja-sigurdard%C3%B3ttir/

'To Music', by Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. Stephen Mitchell

#Poetry #Music #Bookstodon

Today's blog post was my response to Jon Young's What the Robin Knows, which focused on developing good listening habits, in the context of advice about how to listen to birds

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#blog #listening #bird #birdsong #music #soundscape #research #practice #bookstodon

In advance of the April #AtoZChallenge I wrote another blog post. This one is about the epics that have women heroes, but I won't include them in the series in April.

To read the list, and the reasons why, visit the blog:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/03/womens-epics-to-z-stories-i-wont-be.html

(And if anyone has any suggestions for getting translations for some of these, that would be great 😉 )

#WomensEpics #epics #folklore #literature #storytelling #mythology #books #blogging #bookstodon

After Meta Blocks Whistleblower's Book Promotion, It Becomes an Amazon Bestseller

#books #bookstodon #publishing
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/16/1836242/after-meta-blocks-whistleblowers-book-promotion-it-becomes-an-amazon-bestseller

"A lioness is nothing without her Pride."
What does pride mean to you?
Check out our take in our little blog:
https://www.callersbooks.com/post/what-does-pride-mean-to-you

#blog #bookblog #callersbooks #books #opinion #writerblog
#writer #writercommunity
#indieauthor #bookstodon

If you're in need of some easygoing feel good content atm, Youtube just recommended me this:

Morning at the bookshop: books delivery & making coffee for the customers

📚

#Bookstodon #Kirjamastodon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyFGIDVaVck&t=629s

Abandoning books: What percentage of a book do you read before deciding it's not for you and moving on to something else?

#bookstodon #reading

Want.

#Bookstodon

I recently finished reading "Woman on the Edge of Time", written by Marge Piercy in 1976. It's a feminist utopia describing an anarchist world with many good ideas for anarchist societies. I'll add some quotes below to illustrate. This timeline in the future is contrasted with the harsh reality of a poor women of color in the 1970s in the US.

#bookstodon #anarchism

"Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak."

As You Like It, Act 3 Scene II

#ShakespeareSunday #InternationalWomensDay #Bookstodon #Resist

Just grabbed an eBook copy from a not-amazon seller 😁

Thank you (and your publisher) for making it available without DRM!

#Books #ScienceFiction #MarkARayner #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #DRMfree

Got it, thanks! It's a heckuva lotta fun.
#Fun #Literature #Bookstodon #BookLovers

#WritersCoffeeClub 8/3: Happy International Women’s Day! What female author has inspired you the most?

I have a whole blog post filled with female authors who write in my favourite genre, fantasy:
[My favourite fantasy books by female authors](https://sylvia.studio/posts/my-favourite-fantasy-books-by-female-authors)

#blog #AmReading #bookstodon

"Little Brother" von Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) handelt davon, wie schnell die eigene Heimat zum Feindstaat werden kann, wenn die Freiheit der Sicherheit untergeordnet wird. Und davon wie schnell die Technik, die uns ermächtigt und vernetzt, zum Mittel der Überwachung und Unterdrückung werden kann. Dabei macht Doctorow Mut mit den Mitteln der Technik für die Demokratie zu kämpfen. #bücherwabe #chemnitz #bücher #literatur #lesen #books #literature #bookstodon #scifi #politik #politics

Fresh on my #blog —"World Book Day 2025: my favourite quote"
#Bookstodon#BookCommunity#WorldBookDay#booksthomasrigby.com/posts/world-book-day-2025-favourite-quote/

Reading a lot of post-apocalytptic frankly closer to utopian than dystopian novels for my own edification (post-nation state, consensus democratic syndical networks, sustainability emphasis, eco-harmonious living, indigenous centered) and yeah.

I find more hope & meaning in reading the potential lives we could lead along with resisting real life fascism, capitalism, & the current oligarchal world order than I ever did/do participating in *gestures at whatever this mainstream shitshow is*.

Hopeful post-apocalyptic takes:
🔸️Silo 49 Quadrilogy by Ann Christy - an optimistic take set in the Silo universe w Silo author Hugh Howey's consent
🔸️Bunker Quadrilogy by Jordan Rivet
🔸️Koli Ramparts Trilogy by MR Carey

All contain a component of terrible suffering & collapse of the world order as well as an exploration of the entire range of possible organizations of our societies & economies. Including optimistic imaginative takes on how we *could* live.

Ursula Le Guin or whomever was right about capitalism's first or most important victims being our own imaginations of how things could be done differently.

#books #bookstodon #literature #reading

Hey hey #AUDIOBOOKS folks, do you have a favorite free iOS app? Or one where you pay once and then you own it?

I'm looking for an app that will read my files, and do bookmarks. There is BookPlayer, which is lovely and I am paying for that currently, but I'm just curious if a free option exists?

(I'm happy paying the BookPlayer fellow I'm just wondering about other options for folks I'm trying to get off Audible, so you don't need to remind me to support people)

@audiobooks #bookstodon

#phantastikprompts zu meinen kommenden Debütroman "Die Abenteuer des Edward Corby"

5. Gibt es Währungen, Tauschgeschäfte, Kredite, Märkte oder ähnliches?

Die einzige Währung, die was zählt: Geld! Da wir uns im England des 19. Jahrhunderts befinden: der gute, alte britische Pfund!

#phantastik #fantasy #horror #thriller #darkfantasy #literatur #schreiben #bookstodon #autorenleben

We're gonna need a bigger bookshelf.

Going hard on archivism in a time of fascism.

#library #books #bookstodon

At least I'm sure I'm doing one of these 😜 😂

@reading @bookstodon @bookbubble @humour

#The #Six #Horsemen #Of #Wholesomeness
#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Recommendation #Bookrecommendation
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

"The risk of overreaction is trivial compared to the risks of accommodation.”

As an aside, the above is part of a quote by Mark Greif I've extracted from the article. He wrote a brilliant book of essays a few years ago called Against Everything: On Dishonest Times, which I'd urge you to read.

The Nation: "Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option."

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-universities-research-cuts-reaction/

#USPolitics #Resist #Bookstodon

Ditch your Kindles.

#BoycottAmazon #FuckTheFash #Bookstodon #Audiobooks

ICYMI

My new collection of short stories went live this weekend. Plus the Toronto Star gave it a lovely review!

You can get the book on Amazon:
https://geni.us/Gates

Elsewhere:
https://books2read.com/u/4jzRWo

And if you want to check out the review, it's here:
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/climate-disaster-a-new-dark-age-and-more-to-look-forward-to-in-our-roundup/article_509ed536-efd8-11ef-ad61-73ffadfa24df.html

What fun!

#book #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #SFF #shortstory

Well isn't this lovely? The Toronto Star included The Gates of Polished Horn in its roundup of new science fiction -- Alex Good's review is insightful and worth a read!

(Though I will add, there's a few lighthearted stories in my collection too!)

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/climate-disaster-a-new-dark-age-and-more-to-look-forward-to-in-our-roundup/article_509ed536-efd8-11ef-ad61-73ffadfa24df.html

#books #book #sciencefiction #sff #dystopia #bookstodon

I have reached the copyediting phase of the book, with a proof version of the title page as a nice tease of what it will all look like!

#bookstodon