Yep, it's mentioned in the article. But it's not mainstream and maybe it should be?

Heather Horton, Canadian (1974- ), The Chrysalis, 2022, oil on panel, 60 x 40 in

China’s Book Market: Scale, Speed, Screens It’s not what you read, it’s HOW you read - should everyone else take note? Web novels and 'books' with hundreds of chapters, updated daily. James Hartley leads you through it.

What can we learn from China were authors interact with readers in real time and write massive webnovels? #China #publishing #thefuture
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The Madrid Review LIVE: World Book Day + Sant Jordi Special! · Luma Join The Madrid Review LIVE at the beautiful María Pandora for a very special edition celebrating World Book Day and Sant Jordi! To mark one of the most…

Día del Libro en Madrid 📚 Lecturas en inglés con grandes invitados en un bar en La Latina Buen ambiente y mejores historias.
Invitación: luma.com/pzntuyn5
#Madrid #inglés #lectores #miercoles #leer

"Rainy Road" - my oil painting

The Madrid Review LIVE: World Book Day + Sant Jordi Special! · Luma Join The Madrid Review LIVE at the beautiful María Pandora for a very special edition celebrating World Book Day and Sant Jordi! To mark one of the most…

Talented readers from all over the world. A lovely place. Great people. This weather - why not? Tomorrow at Maria Pandora to celebrate #santjordi and #worldbookday Here is the free invite - please come!
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The Cost of Loving I love you more than life itself but I swear I’ll love you better if you let me turn the heating off and you wear another sweater. I cannot get enough of you – I’m completely in your thrall. I love to watch you bending over to unplug the telly at the wall. Yes, you’re the only one for me, my sweet and fragrant flower – now you’ve ditched your daily bath for a cost-efficient shower. Make no mistake, I love you loads, you send my head into a spin. Our cycle’s set to eco-wash: let’s cram as much as we can in. My cup of love’s full to the brim, it overflows, my petal. So make yourself a brew with me, but don’t overfill the kettle.

Today’s poem is called ‘The Cost of Loving’.

This poem, about a week in Las Vegas a long while back, was published recently in a journal I won't credit as the editor messed me about. In fairness getting my name so wrong was probably a decent red flag. :D

Thanks for reading. :)

Beruit: A Literary City A Look Back At The City's Amazingly Rich History. By James Hartley.

A look at the long, illustrious literary history of a city by the sea
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##beruit #lebanon #history

#Moth Launch Night with Eleanor Holmes & Special Guests Join Eleanor Holmes for the launch of her new hybrid mini-book #Moth (available to pre-order from Ethel Zine) alongside guest readers.

Tonight! It's free! #moth by @eleanorholmes.bsky.social gets its online launch. #launch #free #today #poetry #poem
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This image is a political illustration from the German newspaper Die Zeit depicting a confrontation between a Pope and a US President.

The artwork is titled "Pope Leo XIV" and portrays a tension-filled scene between the two figures.

Honeyed sun thins, forms push back.

#7syllablesentence #honey #blueskypoets #nature #photography #sunset

Kenne niemand
die Pfeifenraucherin ist jung gestorben
Wenn das alles nur in farsi ist wird es wohl nicht so bekannt sein

🎨 David Hockney

I like how now trying to finish the novel before my library loan expires counts as excitement.

Back in early 2020, less than a year after my husband passed, I participated in an online 30-day grief writing course. Afterwards, those of us who attended that particular session moved into an “alumni” space. Such grace, such presence. Such heartbreak. Such grief. Such LOVE. Along the way, one of the members proposed a prompt: “I find myself with an excess of grief…” To which I wrote (black text on white background): I find myself with an excess of grief… ・୨ 𖥸 ୧・ If Grief is the rawest, wildest flip side of Love then let me be topped full to overflowing show the ledger in the black with surplus have it reflect all the love I have for you Buckets and pails and pots gather them up! Don’t waste a drop for this excess I shall save carefully and use in times of drought when my heart becomes parched I like to think of it as a welcomed over-abundance but some might sneer, calling it indulgent “Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite,” is what I’d say to that “My Love Tank is low,” I hear you whisper Worry no more, My Love! Guess what I have: a bellyful of Grief, which is really Love anyway and serving that up to you eases my soul ・୨ 𖥸 ୧・ I find myself with an excess of grief… Please, Grief - never stop - ever crash upon the shore break the levies topple the dams Fill my heart again and again and again --------------- (Also published in “Dust & Bone – Our Poetic Legacy”, edited by Kevin Watt. This poetry anthology can be found on Amazon.) The 15th was our 15th wedding anniversary. Today, the 16th, is the 7th anniversary of my husband’s passing. Fuck Cancer. I remain devastated without him. I love you, my Husband. Always. Never gonna let you go.

Written in response to a grief prompt years back.

Please friends, if I may be so forward to ask: would you please hold a little space today for me and my husband. I miss him fiercely.

In peace and light - namaste 🕊️💜

#poetry #loss #grief #love

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

Hello, we are Mick and Axel, and we are Prestigious Literary Editors

Five Essential Iranian Poets And some great moderns to check out too. By James Hartley.

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#iran #Persian #Persia #Iran #poetry #history #culture

'I am just relieved for now': Iranian author on the war and her book at the Cork World Book Fest Ahead of a visit to Cork, author Roxana Manouchehri talks about the comfort of food inspiring her book, and shares her fears for her parents in Iran, writes Colette Sheridan

Great interview with Roxana Manouchehri discussing migration, memory, war and family ahead of her event at @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social

#ThisIsNotaCookbook

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I think we should all start blogs again. Or online journals, even. That was a nice time. Just writing a few paragraphs about your day (don't forget to list the sad song you're listening to!) and maybe your friends will leave a comment. Then you go and read theirs and comment. It was fun.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Hurrah! So glad #moth made it to Madrid and for this lovely summary @madridlitmag.bsky.social
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We’ll have a full review of #Moth this weekend to mark its launch this Sunday. A beautifully hand-stitched debut from Dr Eleanor Holmes, it blends poetry and prose with clinical precision and lyrical power. Intimate, unsettling and luminous.
@eleanorholmes.bsky.social ##newpoetry #handmade

Night lights #oilpainting #art

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Popesplaining 🤣🤦‍♂️

This Friday at Secret Kingdoms #football #art #crime
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Very pleased and sort of stunned to be part of the new class of Guggenheim fellows.