You'd be in good company - Page Against The Machine already exists here (Norwich), run by the brilliant indie Book Hive. Don't think they're on bsky, sadly

Oh god. They come from eggs? I think? Reptile sheep? Bird sheep?! Never have I wanted to understand something less

Honestly there's no more terrifying sentence in the English language than 'Mum, I've decided to teach you the basics of Minecraft'

One of my notes to self for this edit is Remember There Are Goats. Keep thinking it would make a great band name (a la Imagine Dragons)

Just printing off a little calendar for 1937 to check the days in my book fall where they're meant to fall and WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Screenshot of a document from the Pensions Archive titled 'The History of Pensions in the UK'

Today's thrilling research/fact-checking

Late to the party, but I'm breaking my mid-edit social media exile to declare @mserinkelly.bsky.social's House of Mirrors a straight up BANGER. If you've read The Poison Tree - and even if you haven't! Though you should - it's an absolute treat. Biba! Karen! Rex! Classic EK twists! 10/10 no notes 🏠🪞

The corner of a pine desk with a child's handwriting reading 'I love mummy'

5yo has finally identified how to draw on furniture without being told off

Yes, just checked and it's the publishing fair. Might give it a go for general socialising purposes... Gathering would be lovely but definitely no rush. Good luck with the marking!

That sounds great. I saw there's a fair at Dragon Hall in May, is that worth going to would you say? (If you know!)

Oh good. How was the fair?

We lost a frisbee yesterday in similar (albeit more aquatic) circumstances

Meant to reply to this on Friday but a child got in the way... I always seem to describe it as 'writing into the void'. Which I think of either as a black pit (ha) or the emptiness of space, and we're little drifting Voyagers blaring Chuck Berry into the infinite. How are you feeling this week?!

Today I learnt that the only thing worse than half an hour on hold listening to Your Song is half an hour on hold listening to the first 30 seconds of Your Song sixty times

(cont.) alone, or each of us getting a text from him to tell us he loved us and say goodbye, because none of us could be there with him. He came through it brilliantly but - what a time.

And we really were lucky, to have a home and garden and kind neighbours and each other.

We were lucky in many ways. My husband and I were home with a 6mth old and a 3yo. It was (very) hard at times, but at times lovely. Mostly just slow and dull. Nobody in our extended family died. BUT I will never forget trying to comfort my MIL over Zoom as my FIL went into major heart surgery (1/2)

Thanks so much Ian. I know you of all people know it can be a long (long, long) road!

Ha, that's when I'll start banging on about the next one

Scientists transfer memory from one snail to another Boffins in the US teach sea snails to retreat into their shells at the tap of a finger — then transplant the lesson into an untrained counterpart via an injection of RNA.

Oh.

Thank you, Carolyn!

"You might die, but DON'T PANIC because you probably won't, but you might"

This might be the best thing the internet has ever given us

Please enjoy all procrastination activities equally

A coupe of soft serve iced cream on a silver tray surrounded by French fries, with her caption, New! Glazed Potato Peel Soft Serve

Nope

Ha, thanks so much David

Sorry but today is my day for banging on about this

I am SO THRILLED to see this - I was captivated by Laura's writing from the first page and can't wait to get my hands on her first novel

Erin you are TOO GOOD. Thank you 😘

Haha love the fireworks! Thanks Ian :)

Thanks so much Orla!