Oaths and Offerings with Carnyx Press Join Carnyx Press for a captivating evening of folklore-inspired short fiction. Six writers from across the North of England read

Looking forward to reading at the Leeds launch of Oaths and Offerings on 6th June @carnyxpress.co.uk @leedslitfest.bsky.social

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Oh, congrats, Dorian! What ages are they?

So very sorry to hear this, Vole

This was just delightful

Back in the day, when I taught a detective fiction module, I always championed it to students who sang the praises of Cumberbatch

👇 Agreed - I'm overdue a rewatch

Agree on both counts!

Yeah, I think she might be quite up for that (apart from the chicken, cos she's veggie...)

It was a really nice event - she's very witty.

Loved her description of the Windham Campbell prize as a "deus ex cash machina"

“I’d visited standing stones and stone circles previously, but had never heard of these strange markings before, and was intrigued by the fact that no one really knows what their purpose might have been.” - In conversation with Victoria Stewart.

Over on the blog, @verbivorial.bsky.social talks about cup and ring marks and their influence on her story in our upcoming anthology!

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Rail of the prom with sea and a sunny sky beyond

In sunny West Kirby, looking forward to "An Evening With Gwendoline Riley"

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The Bowen Society in association with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social are holding a Bowen symposium in Dublin, Ireland, on 6th June 2026. In person & online.

Booking link soon!

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Benjamin Voison as Meursault in The Stranger - black and white image of a handsome young man in an open-necked shirt standing on a beach with the sea and sky in the background.

Lots to like about Ozon's The Stranger - including unexpected cameo from Swann Arlaud

Good grief - sympathies

I’m not a complete purist on such things, but it did grate when, in the Christmas scene of the film of Hamnet, Shakespeare at one point said, “Shall we do presents?”

Thank you!

Thank you!

👇 including one by me!

Well, this is *fantastic* news! #BookSky

Lost Joan Eardley painting found in charity shop sells for £29,500 Staff at the shop in the East Midlands found a faded and worn label on the back of the painting, which linked it to The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.

Dream charity shop find.

BBC News - Lost Joan Eardley painting found in charity shop sells for £29,500
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Very sorry to hear you're having to move not out of choice. Hope you find an appropriate new nest soon.

Two lapwings around a nest with four eggs with birds in flight and trees in distance, painting.

Morning.
🖼️ Lapwings Nest, Mark Hearld.

Cross Country Trains, I’m guessing. Take snacks - there won’t be a buffet.

Woman in grey dress sat on green floral covered chair with red covered book open on her lap, cream background, painting.

Saturday plans:
Woman in a grey dress, Nakamura Daizaburo.

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Fantastic thread

The young boy poses with his bike

Émile Zola
Jacques, appuyé à sa bicyclette

Jacques looks older here, so this is closer to 1902. He was 11 when his father died.