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@bibliolater@qoto.org
**Cartographies of Exclusion: Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England**
“_In his close analyses of English maps from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Asa Simon Mittman makes a valuable contribution to conversations about medieval Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism._”
https://newbooksnetwork.com/cartographies-of-exclusion.
#Podcast #Read #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon #History #Histodon #Histodons #Medieval #Medievodons #Judaism #Maps #England @histodon @histodons @medievodons @bookstodon
@RunalongWomble
hello - hope you are doing well
currently i'm reading Climate Injustice by Friederike Otto and All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
How can you change if your past is made of holes? Bronia Flett goes searching for missing pieces in her short story Leopard, Spots:
https://www.fictionable.world/stories/leopard-spots-bronia-flett
#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon
@bibliolater@qoto.orgIn some places, libraries are moving away from physical collections into the virtual realm only. It is good to hear that libraries in your local area still hold physical #books.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/54773/ From Plague to Palate | Los Angeles Review of Books #Books #Entertainment #UK #UnitedKingdom
Mathrubhumi: Three Malayalis digitise over 4,800 books to preserve Kerala’s literary legacy. “A silent revolution in the preservation of Kerala’s literary history is unfolding, thanks to the efforts of three passionate persons. Together, they have digitised an impressive 4,863 books, which contain around 4,59,067 pages, and are still adding more each day. This extraordinary task is being […]
There's still some hours left to pop along to the #bookfair at #Tynemouth Station! There're loads of booksellers with oodles of boxes stuffed full of fantastic #books, comics, magazines - both old and new!
I found a chap who's slimming down his CS bookshelf, and managed to pick up The #Book Of pf + Absolute OpenBSD + The Design and Implementation of FreeBSD ... all for £12!
Come along today, or you'll have to wait 2/4/6 months until the next fair! https://www.tynemouthstationbookfair.co.uk/ #newcastle #bookfairs
Who needs sleep when you’ve got Noir Bites?
Dark fiction. Twisted plots.
And did I mention it’s FREE?
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
https://www.books.joandelahaye.com/NoirBites
#books #freebook #freeebook #noirfiction #DarkFictionFreebie
#shortstorycollection #jointhedarkside
#SubscribeIfYouDare #BookGiveaway #freakydarlings
#bookishpromo #FreeRead #DarkThriller
Honestly wish I'd discovered Clive Barker sooner, especially after this direct quote.
Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.”
“I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/hellraiser-clive-barker-publishing-homophobia/
Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' is one of the best-loved…
Far Out MagazineSo, I am trying to find quality elastic ribbon bookmarks that won’t damage my books. I want this kind of bookmark because I use these types of elastics for my tablet cases and there is one on a notebook I have and it’s really satisfying to close out my experience by reapplying the elastic band. Does anyone have any suggestions for a quality set of these bookmarks? Thanks in advance!
@RunalongWomble Howdy, Womble. Loved Shroud, hope you enjoyed it, looking forward to seeing Adrian again at Cymera in June.
I've paused reading history book The Sun Rises to read The City We Became by N.K. Jemesin, which is the pick for my long-running SF book group this month
@petergleick
In Ireland, a great alternative to Amazon is https://www.kennys.ie/ (Free shipping within 
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www.kennys.ieA Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
Novella set in an alternate Cairo in the early 1900s. Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi investigates the case of a dead Djinn who seems to have died by suicide. Ghouls, assassins, & angels all show up during her investigation, some a help, some a deadly hindrance.
I didn’t care much for this, it’s too short to have anything other than a straightforward plot, and there’s no space for deep characterisation. The writing is good, & the world-building impeccable, but I think I’ll stick to Clark’s novels from now on. It’s a good novella, but I prefer longer fiction. ★★★☆☆
https://www.europesays.com/uk/54433/ An endlessly fascinating book explains the church’s greatest obsession. #Books #Entertainment #Religion #Sex #SlateBookReview #UK #UnitedKingdom
Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder by K.J. Parker
Saevus goes off to find a fabled treasure and definitely finds… something.
The final instalment of the Corax trilogy, and I didn’t enjoy it as much as the previous books. It’s somewhat less funny, a lot less fun, and has a little too much geography in it. I enjoy Saevus as a protagonist, but I do wish he had a better time of it now and then. The world truly does seem out to get him sometimes. Though not my favourite in the series, it’s a nice, solid ending to the trilogy. ★★★☆☆
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker
Felix is a translator who ends up being (maybe) the last Robur in the world. Princesses are saved, religions started, and wars are fought in this final Siege book, all with varying degrees of meddling by Felix.
Though the style is quintessential Parker, I didn’t care for this much. It's a little dismal for me, and I definitely found it the weakest in The Siege trilogy. Obviously the progenitor for a lot of the ideas that show up in the Saevus Corax trilogy, it was a little trippy to be reading it simultaneously with the last Corax book. ★★★☆☆
"Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes at all."
Book I, Lines 65-67
#OTD in 1667.
Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost
At PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=paradise+lost+by+john+milton&submit_search=Search
"Men with common minds seldom break through general rules. Prudence is ever the resort of weakness; and they rarely go as far as as they may in any undertaking, who are determined not to go beyond it on any account."
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)
~Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797)
Mary Wollstonecraft at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/84
