It is difficult to express how much this means to me and all the great people who worked on this. Back in January 2021, Professor Mererid Hopwood and I had the first conversation about how… | Helgar... It is difficult to express how much this means to me and all the great people who worked on this. Back in January 2021, Professor Mererid Hopwood and I had the first conversation about how Aberystwy...

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Tourism tax: Wales' plans for charge on visitors to be published Visitors might pay a charge when staying overnight in Wales under plans to be outlined later.

This is good news ... and I welcome the local flexibility here. I suspect some councils will adopt the (small) levy promptly and reap the benefits and in a decade it will be accepted common sense www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning, my friends❣️😊☕️☕️🐾🫶✌️

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

At #FutureBook, @philipdsjones.bsky.social asks Paul Kelly how important is the visability that you get from bookshops? "It is absolutely crucial", answers Paul Kelly (@dkbooks.bsky.social).

Jon Watt and Amanda D'Acierno discuss Spotify, Audible, Libby and how listeners are using a selection of apps "to their advantage", switching platforms depending on the content they are engaging with 🎧

What audiobook platforms do you use? #FutureBook

Storyville Books Bookshop UK Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.

If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.

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A repeat thought, Bluesky, & a Librarian told you this so it must be true 🤣

Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"

All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚

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The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...