Riding the iron horse to visit dad; travelling companions - Satie on my headphones, final few dozen pages of Robert MacFarlane's Is A River Alive? flowing past & around me like a highland stream that knows it will become a mighty firth, then the world ocean.
Beautiful, thoughtful work.
"Put your ear to the ground & listen to the sound of your ancestors
Turning in their humble graves..."
Acclaimed poetry press Bloodaxe Books has Dis Poetry, selected poems and lyrics by the much-missed Benjamin Zephaniah, just out
More April events goodness coming this way: good chum of the bookshop, Olga Wojtas will be here on 16th of April with Miss Blaine's Prefect & the Uncharted Island
« #AfricanParks administre 22 parcs dans douze pays africains sur un espace de 20 millions d’hectares. Et ses dirigeants ne comptent pas s’arrêter là… Il est donc intéressant de s’interroger sur leurs méthodes, leurs résultats, leurs financements…
Avec le journaliste #OlivierVanBeemen pour son ouvrage #AuNomDeLaNature, enquête sur les pratiques néocolonialistes de l’#ONG African Parks »
#conservationnisme #néocolonialisme #colonialismeVert #livres @bookstodon
«Ses méthodes violentes ainsi que ses résultats réels ou supposés en termes de protection de l’#environnement interrogent... Mais l’entregent de ses dirigeants, proches des réseaux de chasseurs et de l’extrême droite, lui permet d’engranger de nombreux subsides, notamment européens»
entretien avec #OlivierVanBeemen, auteur de #AuNomDeLaNature, enquête sur les pratiques néocolonialistes de l’#ONG #AfricanParks
https://www.europesays.com/fr/2270/ Christine Angot face à l’art contemporain: “La Nuit sur commande » #Books #Divertissement #Entertainment #FR #France #Livres
https://www.europesays.com/fr/2242/ Le « Nobel de la littérature jeunesse » revient à l’écrivaine française Marion Brunet #Books #Divertissement #Entertainment #FR #France #Livres
When writing the acknowledgements for my novel HUMAN it occurred to me that one of the greatest debts I owe is to all the authors that I’ve read throughout my life. Not only classic literature, fantastical tales and heartbreaking stories, but also non-fiction, whether about #science or #history, #economics or home renovation. In fact, why stop there? I must also include scientific papers, newspaper articles, blogs, and all the various and sundry writings I’ve ever come across.
Together, they provided me with the rich tapestry of stories and facts which have smashed around in my head and resulted in creative thoughts of my own. They also provided me with the knowledge of how to write. I never really learned how to write a story, I’ve only intuited how to do so through reading what others have written.
So I would like to thank everyone who has ever let loose written words into the world. I’ve made HUMAN free this week for all #FediHumans. Visit https://bretthodnett.com/FreeHUMAN.html and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB.
Our first spring in the new bookshop, and we're loving the way the late afternoon light filters into the Children's Room.
#Edinburgh peeps, a reminder that this Friday (4th April), we will be enjoying a visual tour of the beautiful islands of Scotland's west coast with Alastair MacDonald Jackson
Vincent & Elma - Photographer : Laurent DUFOUR - Please support my instagram feed @laurent.dufour.paris - #2025 #24x36 #35mm #3x2 #Afternoon #Aprèsmidi #BlackAndWhite #Bouquinistes #Canon #Chignon #Couple #EOS1DsMarkIII #Europe #France #Hiver #Livres #Modeportrait #Monochrome #NoiretBlanc #ObjectifGrandAngle #Paris #Photographiederue #RegardsParisiens #StreetPhotography #Winte
Jack is reading Never Trust Fish at a packed Under Fives Storytime.
Under Fives Storytime takes place each Thursday and Friday from 9.30
Conférence de #JeanLucMélenchon à #Montréal
15 avril 2025 19h - 21h30 HE | #LFI - #NUPES Montréal
« Cette venue exceptionnelle s’inscrit dans le cadre de sa tournée nord-américaine pour présenter son dernier livre, #FaitesMieux ! La révolution citoyenne. »
infos / inscription : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conference-de-jean-luc-melenchon-tickets-1299234006889
#Mélenchon #JLM #LaFranceInsoumise #gaucheFr #gaucheFrançaise #polFr #politiqueFrançaise #gauche #mouvementsSociaux #livres @bookstodon
I just released my novel HUMAN today and for the first week I’d like to make it free to all you #FediHumans out there. Visit https://bretthodnett.com/FreeHUMAN.html and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB!
« Ce à quoi on a assisté en réalité, c’est à un soulèvement contre un héritage colonial qui continue de marquer le pays et ses habitants de son empreinte. »
« #DécoloniserLaKanakyNouvelleCalédonie » : les bonnes feuilles du livre de #BenoîtTrépied
#Kanaky #Kanaks #NouvelleCalédonie #accordDeNouméa #histFr #polFr #politiqueFrançaise #colonisationFrançaise #violencesColoniales #décolonisation #DOMTOM #livres @histodons @bookstodon
My SF reading peeps, it's your final day to secure an early bird price for this June's #Cymera Festival of literary Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, YA and SpeculativeFiction https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass?mc_cid=37c16412cf&mc_eid=9790e45b3b
I already have mine! Looking forward to another cracking festival, and hoping to be chairing there again as usual too, always a blast
https://www.europesays.com/1960365/ Des élèves du lycée de Eu plongent dans le mystère Van Gogh #education #europe #Livres #société #VincentVanGogh
#WhatWereReading : Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky was one of Joe's favourite reads of 2024, and now the paperback edition has just arrived from Penguin Books. An achingly beautiful tale across centuries, and the stories and connections that bind us all.
#ParolesDHistoire | #Kanaky - #NouvelleCaledonie, la #decolonisation inachevée
L’invité : #BenoîtTrépied, anthropologue au CNRS
Le livre : #DécoloniserLaKanakyNouvelleCalédonie, Paris, Anacharsis, 2025.
#histFr #DOMTOM #polFr #politiqueFrançaise #colonisationFrançaise #colonialisme #colonialismeDePeuplement #violencesColoniales #livres @histodons @bookstodon