2025-06-30T13:34:43Z https://yabu.me Fictionable is moving https://yabu.me/npub16qetun3f9zqgc6fh2v4l9gpnkhwf97ecgj236y0cezu9y68xclkqjlfymn https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/accounts/avatars/109/533/917/206/624/760/original/33481f79e1bd58b0.jpg https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/accounts/avatars/109/533/917/206/624/760/original/33481f79e1bd58b0.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhyhzt60f6t8uunr0eaucc6x2qsl4mckef6dehd69ykrnmhpsu9czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cdskng5 &#39;The Unnamable’s sole remaining vehicle was voice and, in finding it, the writer arrived at his ultimate form&#39;<br/><br/> Eimear McBride introduces Samuel Beckett&#39;s stripped-down novel, The Unnamable:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2025/04/samuel-becketts-art-of-reduction">https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2025/04/samuel-becketts-art-of-reduction</a><br/><br/>#books #fiction #reading #writing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-10T10:20:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvy92lrrr35y63kyx6tnfxdtn07gfsu8g6ke00x72kp72te0ccmfgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cdg2dt9 A new novel from Thomas Pynchon:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/thomas-pynchon-announces-shadow-ticket-his-first-novel-in-more-than-a-decade">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/thomas-pynchon-announces-shadow-ticket-his-first-novel-in-more-than-a-decade</a><br/><br/>But it he really &#34;elusive&#34;?<br/><br/>#books #fiction #reading #writing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-09T16:43:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqj5f58ykktl9vh44hje6g5pjy9msx5jsufs9q748x749uxj0u94szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cs7fjgj Every book is an adventure. Andrzej Klimowski sets off on a journey around his latest graphic novel, Edifice.<br/><br/>Catch it at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/andrzej-kilmowski-drawing-writing-graphic-novel-edifice">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/andrzej-kilmowski-drawing-writing-graphic-novel-edifice</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/308/863/959/813/944/original/d085d77a59e080d5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-09T16:41:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyufg0mhxegr362cc8rh265zlwcal3wla775rm03twspeeh7khmmczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cn43v36 More congratulations, as the International #Booker announces its 2025 #shortlist <br/><br/><a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025">https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-08T14:22:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00lvhhheymlyq28e03z8rkpkf7j2uz9n6mj4azep3zjcsk3ayeqszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7chulvdl Give your friends and family a year’s free access to the best short stories and graphic fiction from all over the world:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/gift_subscription.html">https://www.fictionable.world/gift_subscription.html</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/301/806/000/188/417/original/486860ea9077ec60.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-08T10:15:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9sdherc5yty3f0jvwzgjxukwlchedd6qfwxjw5f9zjc5g4mafcjqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cwhw845 &#34;What tech companies are doing is neither &#39;fair use&#39; nor &#39;fair dealing&#39;. It is a blatant infringement of copyright.&#34;<br/><br/>Ambre Morvan tells Matilda Battersby that Meta&#39;s defence won&#39;t fly:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/metas-fair-use-defence-for-training-ai-with-published-books-wont-work-in-uk-says-pa">https://www.thebookseller.com/news/metas-fair-use-defence-for-training-ai-with-published-books-wont-work-in-uk-says-pa</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-08T07:01:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqyjr36mgujptadztdvlky5kuacfkydmyezpkr0uhpl4qnrxzn2gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7crp3arh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspntqjh84ehhs7lslz7ccdpd0535jprm0kxg8z5ylxemdrumr97xghj07fr'>nevent1q…07fr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… an interesting question. Two thoughts:<br/>1. I think you&#39;re referring to Annie Proulx&#39;s excellent piece. That&#39;s not *us* saying something, that&#39;s *her* saying something. Her free speech, if you will.<br/>You might like to check out some of the other things other contributors have freely said on our blog:<br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blog_front.html">https://www.fictionable.world/blog_front.html</a><br/>2. Short stories are connected to the world. Even SF, fantasy and romance are still reflecting our world back to us. So it&#39;s basically impossible for a story *not* to be political. (Even a story that studiously avoids politics is political, by endorsing the status quo.) So there&#39;s no way around it. Writing is political.<br/>That doesn&#39;t mean every short story is *about* politics. And plenty of the stories we publish aren&#39;t really about politics at all.<br/>You might also like to check out our archive:<br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html">https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html</a> 2025-04-06T06:36:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06fsezytlzp3de4nnkpjcjdm2ulgay23slaknqnap23245eyw56szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ce5eyhe Billionaires are bending the knee to Donald Trump. It&#39;s time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #USPol #trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/285/106/563/268/125/original/874dcd3274329a8b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-05T11:26:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7v4rsza5enm3lhvuaqhavjakmrfg8hwpcedzyu4d4rh37yf8ahczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cgd5x66 From How to Be an Antiracist to Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The full list of #books removed from the Naval Academy #library <br/><br/>Via the Literary Saloon:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/202504a.htm#hh7">https://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/202504a.htm#hh7</a><br/><br/>#reading #writing #diversity #libraries #censorship #USPol #Trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-05T09:52:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8kncm84s6ksyx5hkkrh7uqh8zdh5tms8efkue5tw9mwyqpu4r9sgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cap9mhc Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george</a><br/><br/>Image: Krish Shah<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/280/491/533/595/733/original/11c22f45e9e7cd49.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-04T15:52:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw32h9r05w87g7sw2dtd6pg3ur50w7auln7g7mqgq95p2fuucxnkgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ccrwhx3 &#39;The company has taken our books and used it to make money. It has money, but instead of paying us for our intellectual property instead of licensing a word, it&#39;s taking it all for free.&#39;<br/><br/>Andrew Rogers talks to the authors standing up against #Meta <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70w24j7jk1o</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #publishing #AI #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-03T17:02:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsynpqmkpkk3uhr7wd5dhfwkqa7t64t5xars863m2vhldvc9esjshczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c672cdn &#39;Punctuation controls two things: logical separation and breath… Writers weigh each role differently.&#39;<br/><br/>Matthew Zipf on Renata Adler&#39;s commas:<br/><br/><a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/in-the-matter-of-the-commas">https://theamericanscholar.org/in-the-matter-of-the-commas</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #punctuation #commas #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-01T07:57:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ljwk92sgdufrr4anxw6nqzdfdtpgjeacjcuwm8hgk3p9r05kstgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cvrj0re Helga Schubert reflects on beginnings and endings in On Getting Up, translated from German by Aaron Sayne and Lillian M Banks:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks</a><br/><br/>Image: Scott Walsh<br/><br/>#podcast #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #ShortStories #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/258/022/863/212/864/original/f54d3f7ce1da7767.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-31T16:39:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9a689tufs4rq5vxmc8q0zmr9snt0hwn3yzpmdq7e3wxgf59kes6qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ckfxuhq &#39;Language is essential in the comic, and its physical appearance was as carefully crafted as the art itself.&#39;<br/><br/>Nicole Rudick on how Futura captures the betwixt and between in Crockett Johnson&#39;s comic strip Barnaby:<br/><br/><a href="https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/barnaby-crockett-johnson-nicole-rudick">https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/barnaby-crockett-johnson-nicole-rudick</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #comics #typography #design #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-28T08:14:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsduwjwe6zgtdtqt98j4fscq3knl4uwzjk3nv9vp25ckh7a5t27aaszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cwqn998 &#39;We&#39;re seeing a lot more media now about black love and black joy, instead of just black pain.&#39;<br/><br/>The winner of Stormzy&#39;s #MerkyBooks new writers&#39; prize, Abaka Debrah, on writing &#39;for the next generation of young black boys&#39;:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0drg78797o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0drg78797o</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-26T11:02:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8sdtpglnv73gw8ws72pql53r9grw3axhwmd0zjrn0r29q5c5se5gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c2nqvct Can the word really encompass the world? Joanna Kavenna investigates in her short story Notes on the Future:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/</a><br/><br/>Image: Spitzer Space Telescope<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/223/625/260/134/659/original/4c83122bc1b1d8a7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-25T14:53:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqhz5m5d67lyfg3nejewa59zydrscpdd7udqnkwtprqe9kf079ahczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cuenj76 &#34;I just didn&#39;t think you could make art and be successful.&#34;<br/><br/>Ann Patchett talks to Katty Kay about kindness, smartphones and bookselling. Christopher Luu writes it up #BBC <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250320-ann-patchett-interview-influential-katty-kay">https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250320-ann-patchett-interview-influential-katty-kay</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookshops #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-24T07:56:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cdswwhsfpug0nvs6m8uk9ry88mwpsdudcekkyfgwxgwt9w82waczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c2h9wdr … turns out the French novelist Victor Hugo was also a talented artist.<br/><br/>An exhibition of his drawings opens today at London&#39;s Royal Academy:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-victor-hugo">https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/start-here-victor-hugo</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #novels #classics #art #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-21T07:46:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqvayqeqth7jfkf348v8r6umzvwzy3f60np35f0aegd7ak255rq0szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ctjg8wy &#39;You can’t use magic or make magic; you can only swim with its currents, occasionally choosing which stream will take you.&#39;<br/><br/>Tyson Yunkaporta goes on an elliptical journey in The Time Traveler’s Wife’s Husband:<br/><br/><a href="https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-time-travelers-wifes-husband">https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-time-travelers-wifes-husband</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #essay #story #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-20T20:57:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0czvgd42vuale4nxqq4j5we8ls3tcths7xx45fkkfmlkqdumw5jgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cqlnpx7 Fictionable arrives on paper with a stylish edition of Diana Evans&#39; story Broth, where three friends go out for dinner. But are they all ready to share?<br/><br/>Get your copy at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/195/459/061/356/746/original/df349ab24b727c57.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-20T15:28:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkpp530f8zgvt68x4npkhfls7t2s32kqmn8uty9myh2hl6mvm55gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c223clk The #PoetLaureate Simon Armitage goes gardening:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/faber-reveals-new-illustrated-collection-by-simon-armitage">https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/faber-reveals-new-illustrated-collection-by-simon-armitage</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #poetry #publishing #garden #illustration #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-20T09:37:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80k299yknx3dy44ucsy4r4wzam704vr29ld0354er5292c0l6anszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cddvfjd When TV goes to Hollywood, you&#39;ve got to watch the script, says Julian George.<br/><br/>Catch it at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose</a> or via #ApplePodcasts #Spotify #Acast and more…<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #comics #fiction #podcast #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/189/345/438/452/357/original/705e085d0a60fc55.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-19T13:33:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2eqqeltapc7sss5vwyr0pxzu6ghjn2tyrmng3p2k3tjq0ufzp69szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cj8shgg … more congratulations as Samantha Harvey and Roz Dineen make the shortlist of the 2025 #climate #fiction prize:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/19/climate-fiction-prize-samantha-harvey-tea-obreht-abi-dare-roz-dineen-kaliane-bradley">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/19/climate-fiction-prize-samantha-harvey-tea-obreht-abi-dare-roz-dineen-kaliane-bradley</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-19T07:47:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04l2kzuu3arxk07suqnfpc72jclsn4789jlgex0gw2mh0c84u9mczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7czjwruc &#39;Here come Handbooks, a series of handmade micro-published collections of poetry, prose and images.&#39;<br/><br/>Clare Pollard, Chris Meade, Will Ashon and more in glorious concertina editions:<br/><br/><a href="https://blownrose.uk/handbooks">https://blownrose.uk/handbooks</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #poetry #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-18T09:01:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg655axp7pz8vjy5pnf9lsuarf55pz783yuje8lj8q22ywy2aw0hczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cz6cxxu &#39;It opened up a whole new life for me.&#39;<br/><br/>The UK is shuttering about 40 #libraries a year:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg117gdky1o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg117gdky1o</a><br/><br/>#BBC #books #reading #writing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-18T08:36:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswz8fvrmss65s3seesmhdzf9w0f5x7l09cyweze4yytapasdew3hgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cz7h5qw &#39;To read is to put our selves at risk, to make ourselves vulnerable by welcoming the presence of an other into our psychic space&#39;<br/><br/>Is #reading really good for you? Tara Isabella Burton investigates:<br/><br/><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-books-can-sap-the-soul-and-poison-readers-with-ideas">https://aeon.co/essays/how-books-can-sap-the-soul-and-poison-readers-with-ideas</a><br/><br/>#books #writing #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-14T09:02:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9w0aqv0w6rj78yv42dpu3k0xyp32uf4ns4fugw3clwhw8hf7jjczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ch6y6te Broth makes it across the river, with a first appearance in #NorthLondon<br/><br/>Get your copy of Diana Evans&#39;s &#39;lean, quiet and shocking&#39; short story at the Book Art Bookshop on Pitfield Street N1, or at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookshops #publishing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/154/985/057/035/216/original/7ee49e831b31a66f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-13T11:54:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wqvaswgdn7jtnhjlmzxjv7vvcdehh650wmhg5pudc8em6xel3vqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ce9kqnh When you assemble stories from fragments of real life, you need to take the long view, says Helga Schubert.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/helga-schubert-story-distance-fragments">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/helga-schubert-story-distance-fragments</a><br/><br/>#podcast #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/145/015/725/673/868/original/2540d8202fbfb9ca.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-11T17:39:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqgxn0shjf5kyswhkyyh59sm4rv53sxywctk3cf88zaqwcnl29vgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c4l09g4 Time Out has spoken:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-is-officially-the-best-bookshop-in-london-according-to-time-out-031025">https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-is-officially-the-best-bookshop-in-london-according-to-time-out-031025</a><br/><br/>What do you think, #London ?<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #bookshops #publishing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-10T11:52:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszg6s5e84htnv0ewcw09h7svmgd3qju9f0pwck4cvw4z5hsc2ep5qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cpxlztz Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george</a><br/><br/>Image: Jason Dent<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/127/554/412/565/978/original/b23547e26e4d0a67.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-08T15:38:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwfz8wt8g6v6pfwa690wc4rjlntm9s93ynplp6jk655fwev6nuuqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cgwzmpq &#39;There is something that we, the book industry, can do… And that’s to stop linking to your book on Amazon.&#39;<br/><br/>Drew Broussard lays it on the line:<br/><br/><a href="https://lithub.com/stop-linking-to-amazon-already">https://lithub.com/stop-linking-to-amazon-already</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #bookshops #Amazon #publising #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-07T12:27:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0kxwh5ykxha0usrwvkyxfh6e5phchuwg7v7aktk6yagn766gvvszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cetcqw0 &#39;Don’t you crave a return of indie culture? Don’t you hope for a resistance movement? Don’t you want to see a backlash to uniformity and standardization?&#39;<br/><br/>Ted Gioia on the flattening of culture and the emerging #resistance<br/><br/><a href="https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-world-was-flat-now-its-flattened">https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-world-was-flat-now-its-flattened</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #music #film #culture #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-06T16:44:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8whulvelc4due2x4dgwjdk4ngc3m9v5c0levcqm3anfwr7xd2w4qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cy099mj A phone call is a signal from a life left behind in Rachida Lamrabet&#39;s Two Girls on Bicycles, translated from Dutch by Johanna McCalmont.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont</a><br/><br/>Image: Ian Noble<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/115/972/698/848/293/original/a691a887c16bfee6.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-06T14:33:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23sclgyvmj5x3a5ff5hzsvjlfn3pu03mt4qcg5wa7etjmc23hm3szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cnhuj2k &#39;If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.&#39;<br/><br/>Miriam Balanescu on how Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa captured an era of collapse in The Leopard:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250304-the-leopard-the-1958-italian-novel-that-skewered-the-super-rich">https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250304-the-leopard-the-1958-italian-novel-that-skewered-the-super-rich</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #classics #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-06T10:30:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyhck23y709sk67zsxw84x7pf9rlmnqx3ukndqsar3t6p9wj3q84gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c35qg9s Helga Schubert reflects on beginnings and endings in On Getting Up, translated from German by Aaron Sayne and Lillian M Banks:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks</a><br/><br/>Image: Dave<br/><br/>#podcast #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #ShortStories #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/104/808/674/337/748/original/b0ecae8e9a55492a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-04T15:15:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsteksnjqgmfgh2v9rwy7q0k8grt6tk5djgvn3z5wv6cek9hs75avqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cvvjnjl … more interesting books:<br/><br/><a href="https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2025-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist">https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2025-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #BookPrizes #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-04T10:21:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypd48jrtmc5qfrv00jv24lsn4chn5f7jl0q7p4rnpmayhsxu5krczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7csqcwcy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgxu95wcwl8fdn70mkg66jladt4j3y8y7w3j27j7qst480m9prfqk0386r'>nevent1q…386r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Image: Clem Onojeghuo 2025-03-03T17:22:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9j04nwelafmtm6ppwj6a8jnv24d30v5cuc28c8ha83kudlwdn7czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c7gvhs2 … calling Yorkshire…<br/><br/>Harrogate festivals announce three bursaries for under-represented writers to visit the festival and take part in creative writing workshops. Applications by 18 April:<br/><br/><a href="https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/the-jane-gregory-bursaries">https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/the-jane-gregory-bursaries</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #CrimeFiction #CreativeWriting #DEI #UnderRepresentedVoices #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-03T16:47:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgxu95wcwl8fdn70mkg66jladt4j3y8y7w3j27j7qst480m9prfqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c45tv0g Can the word really encompass the world? Joanna Kavenna investigates in her short story Notes on the Future:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/099/030/191/241/388/original/7b98fdae33673e8c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-03T14:45:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva6zzdnpk39q0u35c0lrh3l3yck2t2wrz96ffggajnh7ctmr75jczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cn6c0a3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpd7rmecenp8xte7tzq4lfcl4ly27673aa4pwdpgfpwatyrylygs6xnaqn'>nevent1q…naqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… 85% of banned titles were #fiction<br/><br/>And why is fiction targeted? Because the ability to imagine yourself in someone else&#39;s shoes is a direct threat to cruelty and division.<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #USPol #censorship #bookstodon 2025-03-03T07:51:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpd7rmecenp8xte7tzq4lfcl4ly27673aa4pwdpgfpwatyrylygszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cx9tqjj Book bans are not a hoax:<br/><br/><a href="https://pen.org/report/cover-to-cover">https://pen.org/report/cover-to-cover</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #USPol #censorship #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-03T07:47:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgm09nexpa72k2wu3ss2wy94w47hpy0578xlj3qas7qqzpx00cfhczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c37u09g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszukvs5z9verzqehqastmqsye9f4alg80evx8s6ep5gtyhfenehgqrk5m97'>nevent1q…5m97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…and here&#39;s the short story:<br/><br/><a href="https://yalereview.org/article/krasznahorkai-angel-passed-above-us">https://yalereview.org/article/krasznahorkai-angel-passed-above-us</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #Ukraine #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-27T08:07:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszukvs5z9verzqehqastmqsye9f4alg80evx8s6ep5gtyhfenehgqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c56getq &#39;A dirty, rotten war is unfolding before my eyes. The world is starting to get used to it. I cannot get used to it.&#39;<br/><br/>László Krasznahorkai talks to Hari Kunzru about #Ukraine and the ongoing #apocalypse<br/><br/><a href="https://yalereview.org/article/l%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-krasznahorkai_interview">https://yalereview.org/article/l%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-krasznahorkai_interview</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-27T07:57:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8m7zrp07xcd6awe09853n073982lw7qqavhxlxfdew450qn2x0czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cfpj4kl &#39;There is an urgent need for more stories told *by* disabled people, rather than simply *about* disabled people&#39;<br/><br/>Clare Richards introduces Words Without Borders disability issue:<br/><br/><a href="https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2025-02/face-value-translating-divergence-clare-richards">https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2025-02/face-value-translating-divergence-clare-richards</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #disability #AssumeThatICan #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-26T07:35:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsven2yerf540eajg9443szketysxnwucy3dpwkyj0e44ja7qzlcrgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c395g85 &#39;… Never seen the mountain<br/>so brown, laid bare and yellow, a soft<br/>bellied cat…&#39;<br/><br/>Jessica Abughattas responds to last month&#39;s #LAFires with the #poem Beautiful Altadena:<br/><br/><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/jessica-abughattass-beautiful-altadena">https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/jessica-abughattass-beautiful-altadena</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #poetry #ClimateCrisis #climate #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-25T08:43:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtr4fzk30ma0zz7nty5axkpyyv4g3w8hqmsmhmge2d927jwh52pgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7chwkxsz &#39;When commissioning non-fiction, it always used to be that you looked for expertise… but increasingly what is valued more is profile.&#39;<br/><br/>An anonymous #editor lets rip on the fact-checking furore:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/i-care-about-carelessness">https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/i-care-about-carelessness</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #publishing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-24T19:49:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst05mycf8dkrv64puaxkh5hna0qcu83z2a73s2h8yxun4kx5yjxsqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cuncnu8 Still a few of our numbered, signed, limited edition of Broth by Diana Evans left:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/limited-edition-signed-copies-of-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/limited-edition-signed-copies-of-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>Or you can get a copy for £5:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #publishing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/057/757/177/375/494/original/45fb93b32066ffbf.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-24T07:48:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjpv2axp8p6yd99ze6hq9wch97xx9r5zasdjwf4alnm5vcgvuscqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ctm4ftu &#39;This press release headline alone tells you that this is disinformation, or information intended to do harm, and it is propaganda, or information intended to promote a specific viewpoint.&#39;<br/><br/>Kelly Jensen gets critical with a press release on #BookBans from the Department of Education:<br/><br/><a href="https://bookriot.com/guide-to-critically-read-a-press-release-from-the-federal-government">https://bookriot.com/guide-to-critically-read-a-press-release-from-the-federal-government</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #censorship #libraries #USPol #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-22T09:40:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2clclq6v0q9jpp5wtn2kejd4awp2xjjjs8eve2lwk2lzx7hw8pmgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c9xcmud Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/042/478/744/419/506/original/8c395f37721e2185.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-21T15:02:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0e09t3hznk27ju75hqsfv38f44sscwx0e8nmeqdhkkjkauweh05qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c7c0dgy &#34;Anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it&#39;s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it&#39;s irritating.&#34;<br/><br/>Emily Temple on Edward Gorey&#39;s Great Simple Theory About Art:<br/><br/><a href="https://lithub.com/edward-goreys-great-simple-theory-about-art-is-essential-reading-for-writers">https://lithub.com/edward-goreys-great-simple-theory-about-art-is-essential-reading-for-writers</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #art #philosophy #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-20T08:48:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y62msns2px20cwgn7rt8rn8tq60z3qmhhjvu05wpzyv2lvrzzyszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7crtpsuz A phone call is a signal from a life left behind in Rachida Lamrabet&#39;s Two Girls on Bicycles, translated from Dutch by Johanna McCalmont.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/029/441/924/934/533/original/3060335a4612fab3.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-19T07:47:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8w9yuqaq0uwe4waqgdpewkydaf60dakdrt2vu3sxanlumnqh53agzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c0k7kra Helga Schubert reflects on beginnings and endings in On Getting Up, translated from German by Aaron Sayne and Lillian M Banks:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/on-getting-up-helga-schubert-translated-by-aaron-sayne-and-lillian-m-banks</a><br/><br/>#podcast #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #ShortStories #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/024/028/697/650/100/original/9e4a151f340fdd59.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-18T08:50:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqsc3hl8vadg9mmhfwhvmqkh3nlvkm2ch7qrthxnqu59jr5yrh42gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ckyl8m5 Can the word really encompass the world? Joanna Kavenna investigates in her short story Notes on the Future:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/020/098/706/398/040/original/a960de2260ad0f18.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-17T16:14:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqekt8qrsl6h45zq8htp6k2unyxfccqn7khds0n03x76y26l3t2pszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cl3lrty In a divided world, fiction can break through the barriers that keep us apart, says Rachida Lamrabet:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rachida-lamrabet-fiction-perspective-choice-bicycles">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rachida-lamrabet-fiction-perspective-choice-bicycles</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/008/469/584/960/119/original/826ea315de802cd4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-15T14:54:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3tagfzshsvm3jqxuz475h4mjql8gpvxw8xwm0pkkxy8hf2yk3xgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cccxg5y More than 50 #exclusive #ShortStories as well as #blogs and #podcasts from #Pulitzer winners, #Booker winners, #InternationalBooker winners, #Eisner winners and the most exciting #NewVoices from all over the world.<br/><br/>Subscribe at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/subscribe.html">https://www.fictionable.world/subscribe.html</a><br/><br/>Image: Cameron Stewart<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/114/001/297/529/950/915/original/68aa0f4c27c7e2be.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-14T08:32:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80plf37jxd5zpgwqpcapr7lqnw6z9075w56u63jaa8ujehf3xqcgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c4lpm84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsxydq568ngks8lldpt6sp0dvttml9n88jwz2nnsryvh8egj4p8gyvrppf'>nevent1q…rppf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… it&#39;s got a ring to it… 2025-02-13T14:49:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstzyuxslpnxfj3gcuep8a3400t5wa36r696twqx44m284d3wed2fczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c3laq4k &#39;Things are grim. I won&#39;t lie about the state of the nation. But in darkness, we find our communities. And our community is deep with the smartest, most educated cohort available: readers.&#39;<br/><br/>Maggie Tokuda-Hall tells James Folta how Authors Against Book Bans fought off #censorship in #Florida <br/><br/><a href="https://lithub.com/authors-against-book-bans-helped-defeat-attempted-library-censorship-in-florida">https://lithub.com/authors-against-book-bans-helped-defeat-attempted-library-censorship-in-florida</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #libraries #USPol #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-13T13:40:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx825e9kqq7spfq5ptaxuj6n2rfrpd3tnmcdl3ker6xth2dnvd37czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c87wdcf Fictionable arrives on paper with a stylish edition of Diana Evans&#39; story Broth, where three friends go out for dinner. But are they all ready to share?<br/><br/>Get your copy at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/996/539/902/309/710/original/ed097f4dc647ba9b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-13T12:20:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspj9wr4akuc464ncp8pwdwl4aa3c8urdh6evxwscw4akyk9vsgvfczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cu4s4tw Hats off all round – some great #books on this list:<br/><br/><a href="https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2025-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-longlist">https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2025-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-longlist</a><br/><br/>#reading #writing #NonFiction #prizes #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-12T12:10:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2j2qqme8ve4ny5gryyq3kss47yfp0kae8s25ypr0m6tzfeu4uqdczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ckjdjg2 When TV goes to Hollywood, you&#39;ve got to watch the script, says Julian George:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #comics #fiction #podcast #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/989/851/166/942/547/original/d6a7ccf363cfcc25.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-12T07:58:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86qhhzxrazrs5x9k0qqnzuwe5j7y4fxhg9m4y9886a4x9n07er0szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c27fedg &#39;What secrets must they have held that Cassandra thought it best to burn them?&#39;<br/><br/>Neil Armstrong on the mystery of #JaneAusten and her #letters <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250129-the-mystery-of-why-jane-austens-letters-were-destroyed-by-her-own-sister">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250129-the-mystery-of-why-jane-austens-letters-were-destroyed-by-her-own-sister</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #classics #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1twl0rlhcxcz7fm0tyd2938lwz94q7wvaxfvs3v5amm5dzvlm5dnqtzrsq4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Excessively Diverting</span> (<span class="italic">npub1twl…rsq4</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-07T13:16:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfz87nkh8ny3lvfe48r0ghzf3d4sampx80ldhqzduk2gjt6sy7grqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c4jrerc &#39;Reading as a translator means rejecting the idea of foreignness wherever and however we can&#39;<br/><br/>Lily Meyer reviews The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/damion-searls-philosophy-translation/">https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/damion-searls-philosophy-translation/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #BookReview #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-06T16:08:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hlzk90hlzgpakhcw7pxc2wsqgzxmjvnualqjwerhs5u2wpkhe8czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7crhhf0q Billionaires are already bending the knee to Donald Trump. It&#39;s time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #USPol #trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/950/201/639/609/478/original/ac59adca79103c72.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-05T07:55:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ka45tapzd4aulgg9x78dcyrwfweap5x0vjjxv4au6eaqeuu4wnczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c6lz0f2 … hats off all round:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.englishpen.org/posts/news/pen-translates-winners-announced-6">https://www.englishpen.org/posts/news/pen-translates-winners-announced-6</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #publishing #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-04T10:21:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8737qwmagjzddl9w3czjfmcdzt468uczpvy539dckw3n5glqm3hczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cl67h7g Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george</a><br/><br/>Image: Hermes Rivera<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/944/757/590/420/952/original/417464537aaff302.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-04T08:50:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00m0a34ee3ef52jurede3fzgrdacu4nu5wzhjtgv5s8tsk57r7fgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c0uer3j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vre7vzk3sl5wg4khu4xafnl6s4zs60fy7k9svtes6gg3espl66gdldekz'>nevent1q…dekz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… but with lots going on right now, perhaps it&#39;s a simple truth that needs saying.<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #diversity #DEI #USPol #bookstodon 2025-02-03T14:30:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vre7vzk3sl5wg4khu4xafnl6s4zs60fy7k9svtes6gg3espl66gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c48wkge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0ztz4qvm7m8njhqs6qarah3275lhvyelrgskal60p45klc279fcg0s227'>nevent1q…s227</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… we&#39;re always pushing to do more, to do better. Last year we published our first story from a language of the African continent:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/first-date-esther-karin-mngodo-translated-by-jay-boss-rubin">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/first-date-esther-karin-mngodo-translated-by-jay-boss-rubin</a><br/><br/>But for us it&#39;s a straightforward matter of quality. If you don&#39;t look properly, if you don&#39;t look widely, you don&#39;t find the good stuff.<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #diversity #DEI #USPol #bookstodon 2025-02-03T14:29:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0ztz4qvm7m8njhqs6qarah3275lhvyelrgskal60p45klc279fczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ctcxuws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnh8fh3qccw0kyfuwsgzm465s6u8d8mu09nkeg756j47l59h583q7hghah'>nevent1q…ghah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… that&#39;s a mission that&#39;s still at the heart of the magazine. On our about page we make clear that we&#39;re publishing &#34;a wide range of tone and perspective&#34;:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/about.html">https://www.fictionable.world/about.html</a><br/><br/>And on our submissions page we spell out that &#34;We&#39;re keen to hear from perspectives that are currently under-represented on bookshelves in the UK and in the US, and we&#39;re also keen to find material first written in languages other than English.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/submit.html">https://www.fictionable.world/submit.html</a><br/><br/>And it&#39;s a mission that shapes each and every issue:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html">https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #diversity #DEI #USPol #bookstodon 2025-02-03T14:29:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnh8fh3qccw0kyfuwsgzm465s6u8d8mu09nkeg756j47l59h583qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c5cl07j … lots going on right now, so maybe worth going back to basics. Which in our case means back to the Kickstarter that got us going in 2022:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fictionable/fictionable">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fictionable/fictionable</a><br/><br/>&#34;We celebrate excellence wherever we find it, publishing diverse writers from across the globe to a global audience… We’re keen to hear from perspectives that are currently under-represented in English and American letters, and we’re also looking for writers who have not yet been published in English.&#34;<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #diversity #DEI #USPol #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-03T14:28:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxqmzzl34azzyrcexxka84mne4asg0dr4hf6j3qw4gyv669chs3egzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c96f42v A trip to India is a chance to start again in No One Here Knows You by Ben Sorgiovanni. But will they find what they’re looking for?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/no-one-here-knows-you-ben-sorgiovanni">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/no-one-here-knows-you-ben-sorgiovanni</a><br/><br/>Image: Debjoy Biswas<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/938/846/919/571/045/original/2ad60ebd47b523f5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-03T07:47:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs930cqya3f6df7545yy4qt332el96rw03smlk8f9u8rs2am72a52qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c576su4 … a few tickets left for Diana Evans and Catriona Bolt at Chener Books on Tuesday 4 February:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929</a><br/><br/>Come talk female friendship, history and fiction.<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #essays #bookshops #SouthLondon #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/933/870/948/224/624/original/68e132816da78d41.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-02T10:42:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hw8z03ecpqjp45um5htt7k77kcuj6rr7uvqx8wydcn0hvr4rckczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c40qvwe … keep it #legal <br/><br/>Get your copy <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #LegalDeposit #BritishLibrary #libraries #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/928/743/151/483/831/original/a78854e9d3c383fa.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/928/743/153/300/060/original/e1f4bd971362a70a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/928/743/145/321/955/original/36d7b36d65e8c613.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/928/743/140/431/717/original/5dcaa0113642b85e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-01T13:02:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl42e8fzvhhlktvc36t47lep0z8rx0cfr6gj2ql088sq8erhef6szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ct0j64m When TV goes to Hollywood, you&#39;ve got to watch the script, says Julian George:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/julian-george-movie-lovers-short-story-prose</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #comics #fiction #podcast #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/917/508/000/204/753/original/902a36c943c4cd7f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-30T13:21:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfghkwdslwsydgdmsm8h86t9r7lh69fp4kyvhearsuqstwzahez9szyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c9j5nhf … calling Leeds…<br/><br/>The translator Nicky Harman introduces Ling Shuhua, plus a workshop on writing about the self led by Yan Ge.<br/><br/><a href="https://writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/events/writing-lives-from-china-in-the-1930s-to-britain-in-the-2020s/">https://writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/events/writing-lives-from-china-in-the-1930s-to-britain-in-the-2020s/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #memoir #feminism #translation #WritingCommunity #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-30T08:08:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw84wjytvf4zzdnxnjnpayncmfpq96cecm9675cxwzy8zf0vaw5uqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cvlsvym A phone call is a signal from a life left behind in Rachida Lamrabet&#39;s Two Girls on Bicycles, translated from Dutch by Johanna McCalmont.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont</a><br/><br/>Image: Kai Pilger<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/911/843/192/596/173/original/b4efc3a7e05e1e23.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-29T13:20:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpw8h665dsxj6h4f8fjr9kf56ruhw764lgdna6xkvtzjap5vzqkgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cj48m3a &#39;People were tired of reading stories about Africans migrating and living abroad.&#39;<br/><br/>The Nigerian author who turned publisher:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/29/new-nigerian-writers-othuke-ominiabohs-novels-masobe-books">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/29/new-nigerian-writers-othuke-ominiabohs-novels-masobe-books</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-29T08:38:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9vjxpvkx3fs95ms3x2rc2upawsgg6hn9nh25ffpxg0akcpdymjqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cp8g02d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxe3jld2wutztjqemvctkq99773y22403tf3yxluulwl5f5c2pd5cxmd59k'>nevent1q…d59k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And if you&#39;re in south London, come join us on Tuesday 4 February:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #bookstodon #events 2025-01-28T10:24:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxe3jld2wutztjqemvctkq99773y22403tf3yxluulwl5f5c2pd5czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ckjzs69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgjqz9uyca9slka9sau0cvdqefzc0xlgx00ywwathykwzledrc3c2327vs'>nevent1q…27vs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shoutout to Galley Beggar Press, Chener Books, Review Bookshop, Rye Books and of course Diana Evans and Catriona Bolt. 2025-01-28T10:23:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgjqz9uyca9slka9sau0cvdqefzc0xlgx00ywwathykwzledrc3czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7crrzrpy &#39;It’s really all about Diana’s knockout story&#39;<br/><br/>Fictionable arrives on paper in the Bookseller:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/diana-evans-short-story-broth-features-in-fictionables-first-print-edition">https://www.thebookseller.com/news/diana-evans-short-story-broth-features-in-fictionables-first-print-edition</a><br/><br/>Get your copy at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans/">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-28T10:08:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6jyakw65hesc3lh087kz53tsezhc5cdgsk4ea83cm0nmparvhkqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cm7httd Can the word really encompass the world? Joanna Kavenna investigates in her short story Notes on the Future:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/</a><br/><br/>Image: Smithsonian<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/899/464/096/632/755/original/27201daffbc6afb0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-27T08:52:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdyey5ad5vpttw8l8w7xep85gmcpanjlj5y622tqd5ws5ck86vlqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cn0vqyq Every book is an adventure. Andrzej Kilmowski sets off on a journey around his latest graphic novel, Edifice:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/andrzej-kilmowski-drawing-writing-graphic-novel-edifice">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/andrzej-kilmowski-drawing-writing-graphic-novel-edifice</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/884/290/966/347/108/original/c2cc4519cb857a15.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-24T17:35:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstezddt4nqu0k46c3ga923qsqzkzqfzuxjyz9m57dmh9nl9rmhfsgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7chepqtw Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/878/176/770/137/674/original/bcebbb5a003d3ba4.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-23T14:39:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspc0uqwaafqgrkh4hmx0na8anw2pdy8wrt8sx5nqk2wq87al0wx8qzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7crrqhun A trip to India is a chance to start again in No One Here Knows You by Ben Sorgiovanni. But will they find what they’re looking for?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/no-one-here-knows-you-ben-sorgiovanni">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/no-one-here-knows-you-ben-sorgiovanni</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/871/663/555/473/389/original/24e9731906cb9a0c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-22T11:03:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83uevnp89whyfslqqtercvewegv3slx3lvqs0n0vrwv7q67m4suqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ccrwl5h A phone call is a signal from a life left behind in Rachida Lamrabet&#39;s Two Girls on Bicycles, translated from Dutch by Johanna McCalmont.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/two-girls-on-bicycles-rachida-lamrabet-translated-by-johanna-mccalmont</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/867/656/576/734/116/original/c2b8f0690477e2e3.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-21T18:04:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgep870j24j0hnddwwp7r4wwe2t7vflekmtlpzhw2gu34jdg0lgtgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7ctetshs Billionaires are already bending the knee to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It&#39;s time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #USPol #trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/859/632/734/873/144/original/daf57d46a1e285d9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T08:02:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ffumyq4dvaczg0whyak7wjqul2z0qajhv2ddr92cfvyw0au6ajszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cgkt5hs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96trhnp0ehr663ajny2fwh7pvwg4fmtwzjv64267670pn34nxnsqzv5c0l'>nevent1q…5c0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… sometimes it can be a struggle just to raise your head and look around, right? Maybe the key here is #community 2025-01-19T16:24:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8jsf9v3tzr4f0dwu22qp0qwregzvf84sf5dac8mjl83e3cwmxegzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cdz74pc Billionaires are already bending the knee to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It&#39;s time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #USPol #trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/855/485/480/296/778/original/87f942cdc48b7d29.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-19T14:28:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qshxp8t5k626edqvjcysa8scnggdvl8nrndaeyy0y34mufechgczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cm539s2 Billionaires are already bending down to the incoming president, Donald Trump. It&#39;s time to defend democratic rights, says Annie Proulx:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/">https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/annie-proulx-donald-trump-plutocrats-free-speech/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #podcast #USPol #trump #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/850/519/360/592/174/original/d51acf1eb13426e7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-18T17:26:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0s3jwlnudjv40pry93t8a9wf8gmn8tgm8ysg9jam92c9v4nu09lgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cylp3et When you assemble stories from fragments of real life, you need to take the long view, says Helga Schubert.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/helga-schubert-story-distance-fragments">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/helga-schubert-story-distance-fragments</a><br/><br/>#podcast #books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/845/282/156/393/784/original/618a2a2552787fdb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-17T19:15:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k7rsd7yys5neld4hh0u3t79c4lyx35x40tg8l0r2rt9zk0mphlczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7clakyyy … news from #Flanders <br/><br/><a href="https://www.flandersliterature.be/news/authors-abroad/fictionable-2025">https://www.flandersliterature.be/news/authors-abroad/fictionable-2025</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #ShortStories #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-17T16:29:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwpxwu3km3qe26z2qsfwrxew30t8yfh0xkcqyngxqtjzg9r9lkeqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c6tejvn Can the word really encompass the world? Joanna Kavenna investigates in her short story Notes on the Future:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/">https://www.fictionable.world/stories/notes-on-the-future-joanna-kavenna/</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #comics #translation #fiction #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/842/789/856/771/123/original/3b4d1dccb35d82b9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-17T08:40:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdw7l7dtsjzrw779k07aptdawln2ensr4dau2yugtpw4t5846ec5gzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7c7mns7q It&#39;s time for #Winter2024 with stories from Joanna Kavenna, Helga Schubert translated by Aaron Sayne and Lillian M Banks, Rachida Lamrabet translated by Johanna McCalmont, Ben Sorgiovanni and Julian George.<br/><br/>Plus Annie Proulx calls for #writers to defend democracy and Andrzej Klimowski opens his #sketchbook <br/><br/>Catch it all at <a href="https://fictionable.world">https://fictionable.world</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #fiction #translation #comics #blog #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/839/786/262/038/157/original/3aa73e13eb8b762e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-16T19:57:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2at67mssuzw8xvmx6r99h93m58ra9k9myk6yf09dwekvmhwfgtkgzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cz5gkd7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfaavzu7hrw2c9fcmcha3ksev2wkhszqjjjwtf522ef74zu70ksscr23rnm'>nevent1q…3rnm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… with thanks to Lillian for reading from her and Aaron&#39;s #translation 2025-01-16T14:54:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfaavzu7hrw2c9fcmcha3ksev2wkhszqjjjwtf522ef74zu70kssczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cuwdrsv So here they are, the marvellous #ShortStories for #Winter2024 from Joanna Kavenna, Helga Schubert translated by Aaron Sayne and Lillian M Banks, Ben Sorgiovanni, Julian George and Rachida Lamrabet translated by Johanna McCalmont.<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #translation #comics #fiction #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/838/560/745/686/173/original/1e7d4b2ee107e74f.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-01-16T14:52:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs297mru4eg6v2c2cfscak84yvvqf32cny2a869f4q9mes3k4uy7xczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cayafzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzl9yts4mgqerksdmkr7wulqkdwhz0xytntecuzcldzq3qrqq7jqm33jxg'>nevent1q…3jxg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… and that intriguing collection of #books ? Ask Ben Sorgiovanni… 2025-01-16T14:45:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrwnesv6mvz7qy3kex7q7c7vch0990eypd9ksum2w4f6yr6u5nmczyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7clfqmgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2s002pz36nrnk5p06cxmsk798yce07zcg5knmvvlvtpc2x4qq5cplagwg'>nevent1q…agwg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>… so that natty desk light? It belongs to Rachida Lamrabet… 2025-01-16T14:44:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspzl9yts4mgqerksdmkr7wulqkdwhz0xytntecuzcldzq3qrqq7jqzyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cqyfgjd … our second #mystery contributor for #Winter has got themselves into a corner. But look at those #books<br/><br/>George Saunders, Eliza Clark, Jennifer Egan…<br/><br/>#reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation #podcast #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/831/864/397/936/038/original/0bbd6ba1883e5704.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-15T10:21:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2s002pz36nrnk5p06cxmsk798yce07zcg5knmvvlvtpc2x4qq5czyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cjsx6m0 … just a couple of days until Winter. Time for a couple of #mystery contributors.<br/><br/>Our first is keeping things tight: table, chair, papers, books and a few postcards for contemplation.<br/><br/>Natty fringe on that lampshade though…<br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #translation #podcast #winter #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/827/400/160/725/849/original/20390cd8bde9ba81.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-14T15:31:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx29pa2seplk990kwh6urp3he29d7pz6x9s3r7jy36jnlqs0cxjpszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cxedtdw … calling south London…<br/><br/>Join Diana Evans and Catriona Bolt on Tuesday 4 February to talk female friendship, history and fiction at Chener Books:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diana-evans-and-catriona-bolt-tickets-1145493845929</a><br/><br/>#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction #essays #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com/lor-sh/lor-sh/media_attachments/files/113/815/131/225/051/272/original/b438937aa9c8771e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-12T11:26:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx2yekwn0sftwrvt02yqsm3xhc5fpzr65y6d63gfu57vj5pcahgfszyrgr90jw9y5gprrfxafjhu4qxw6aeyhm8pzf28g3lryts5ngumr7cjvf2mj … so it&#39;s the #Friday before #Christmas<br/><br/>How about some more #ThreeBooks ?<br/><br/>Tell us three #books you&#39;ve enjoyed recently and we&#39;ll try to come up with another one you might like.<br/><br/>And given that it&#39;s the #FestiveSeason give us #ThreeBooks currently on your hard-to-buy-for friend&#39;s shelves and we&#39;ll see if we can give you some #bookshop #inspo <br/><br/>#reading #writing #presents #libraries #bookstodon <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-20T10:15:03Z