Carson McCullers reading an excerpt from The Member of the Wedding, along with some home movies of her marriage to Reeves McCullers.
It's quite poignant seeing their sweet, loving demeanor knowing all the turbulence that was to come.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
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Co-traduit by Bibi :
#etymology ONCE/PERHAPS/AFTERWARDS...: à l'époque où l'anglais se déclinait, on utilisait parfois des noms au génitif pour former des adverbes. Une relique de ce système survit dans les -S (parfois -CE) à la fin des adverbes : ONCE, HENCE, TWICE, ALWAYS, PERHAPS... (1/2)
Does #Multilingualism Protect the Aging Brain or Reflect Societal Advantage?
www.intelligentliving.co/multilingual...
#neurolinguistics #langsky
The *Slang and New Language Archive* at King's has been updated, with new authentic material and new links. Contributions as always are welcomed...
language-and-innovation.com/2025/06/14/t...
CFP Alert! The theme of the 2027 conference of @shakespearefrance.bsky.social will be 'Shakespeare & creative collaboration’. Abstracts due 1 September 2026. Full details below.
[📷 🎨= Antoon van Dyck's Study of Hands, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels), inv. 4324, photo: J. Geleyns].
Although we’re currently sold out on our online store, we’re currently taking a detailed inventory of all our chocolate bars to see what we can add to our online store. To receive updates about restocked flavors, please subscribe to our Substack: OpenBookChocolates.substack.com. Thank you so much!
Also in this issue:
@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on early modern work
Dinah Birch on prewar Nazi novels
Ferdinand Mount on E.W. Hornung
Liam Shaw on insulin
Susannah Clapp on soaps
Andrew Cockburn on Israel and assassination...
Listening to the always excellent @gregjenner.bsky.social et al on You're Dead to Me - on the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Slightly disappointed that Gilgamesh throwing the severed penis of a celestial bull at a jilted Goddess of sex & violence wasn't described as a 'dick move'
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
'Since when,' he asked,
'Are the first and last line of any poem
Where the poem begins and ends?'
#seamusheaney
Lundi dernier, RCT a diffusé la 12e émission de la saison, un entretien avec le grand traducteur Éric Boury, qui publie ces jours-ci deux livres, un d'Arnaldur Indriðason et un de Hallgrímur Helgason.
N'hésitez pas à aller écouter et à commenter ici !
www.radiocampustours.com/emissions/il...
The new Instant Classics on ancient undercover operations but we also explore why writing itself could seem so dangerous! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
my list of the finest books of 2025 (Fiction, Non Fiction & Memoir) for Shortlist feat. @vincenzo.bsky.social @olgaravn.bsky.social @benpester.bsky.social @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @nicklowles.bsky.social
www.shortlist.com/books/the-be...
Poetry Workshops with Rebecca Sharp
17 & 24 Jan, Arbroath – free, ticketed
Led by poet & playwright Rebecca Sharp, these workshops will explore the ways stories are preserved, forgotten, or reinvented – from history to legends & folklore. No experience needed.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-wor...
Test reads: Scottish Speculative Fiction Panel with Christopher Caldwell, Angie Spoto, and Lorraine Wilson, chaired by Elaine GallagherThursday, 22 January, 7PM Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street Pictured are Christopher Caldwell, Angie Spoto, Lorraine Wilson, and their respective books
People in and near Glasgow, I’m thrilled to participate in this panel on Scottish Speculative Fiction next month at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street!
Tickets available via link:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
A very interesting excerpt, that also suggests how agents’ archives can help to reveal what goes on “behind the scene”.
‘Paracelsus, a vicious critic of Galenic doctors (“a misbegotten crew of approved asses”), transformed the field of alchemy by instructing his peers to make medicines, not gold.’
Nick Richardson on alchemy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.
‘The cavalier existence, rule-bound and closely surveilled, was often dull. The “hot-blooded aristocratic rebel” side of Byron must have been frustrated. “Nobody has been stabbed this winter,” he wrote in March 1820.’
Clare Bucknell on Byron’s stint in Ravenna:
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New year, new mini-podcast interview, this time with archaeologist and Burghead dig veteran @danielmaclean.bsky.social. Some great insights from Dan on the majestic Nigg cross-slab, recent Pictish discoveries at Burghead and Birsay, and an overlooked sculpture fragment from Dores on Loch Ness.
Delighted that my next novel Richard Heart Julianne will be coming out on the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social next year.
Hope you enjoy it. I loved writing it.
✒️ Poetry Ireland Review (issue 148, theme of 'home') is open for submissions until 28th Feb
@poetryireland.bsky.social
www.poetryireland.ie/writers/subm...
Brilliant news. Congrats to @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @ronanhession.bsky.social. What a partnership!
The first BBC Radio 4 Bookclub of the year was a great chat with Leonard and Hungry Paul author Ronan Hession - listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @ronanhession.bsky.social
I am one of the mentors on this programme.
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Deadline approaching!
Maggie O’Farrell’s #HAMNET, shortlisted for the 2021 #WalterScottPrize, comes to screens next month. We begin our archive delve with O’Farrell telling the story behind the tragedy of the Shakespeares' son, starting with an insight into their marriage. See the full interview
https://loom.ly/oXYli3c
