Paula Bardell-Hedley
@bookjotter.bsky.social
Book blogger, nature lover, theatre goer, autism advocate, thalassophile and avid reader. Founder of #Dewithon (aka Reading Wales) and host of #ToveTrove! 🐳📚⛵🌻
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On His Majesty’s Service
I can’t say I was cock-a-hoop when the jury summons dropped through the letter box. But when you’re called you have to go, so I’m just back from a couple of weeks at the Crown Cou…
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September 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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A Voyage to Lilliput - #Gulliver300th enterenchantedblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/a... @lorywidmerhess.bsky.social
A Voyage to Lilliput – #Gulliver300th
This reread of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, first published 300 years ago in 1726, was inspired by Chris of Calmgrove Books – see his initial post here. He’s doing a…
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September 17, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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A Rising of the Lights (2026), by Steve Toltz anzlitlovers.com/2026/09/17/a... @anzlitlovers.bsky.social
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September 17, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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Following Vlad III in Moldavia and Transylvania: Exile and New Alliances, 1449–1456, Part 4 alluringcreations.co.za/wp/following... @patfurstenberg.bsky.social
Following Vlad III in Moldavia and Transylvania: Exile and New Alliances, 1449–1456, Part 4
The years Vlad III spent in Moldavia and Transylvania, exiled, at the Edirne Ottoman court too, are the ones we now the least about. These unknown facts that sparked my imagination while writing the h...
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September 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Young at the Time & Other Stories - Eileen Chang (tr. Karen S. Kingsbury and Jie Zhang) readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/y... @radzpandit.bsky.social
Young at the Time & Other Stories – Eileen Chang (tr. Karen S. Kingsbury and Jie Zhang)
Eileen Chang’s Young at the Time is a collection of three novellas exploring love, families, and relationships amid a changing political landscape in China.
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September 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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So sad to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and hugely inspiration woman.
She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
September 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
So sad to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and hugely inspiration woman.
She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
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Slow Gun Poetry: Romanian Words That Endure
Slow Gun Poetry: Romanian Words That Endure on my blog. Four Romanian poems translated in English.
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September 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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The weekly round up of literary links by @bookjotter.bsky.social will reliably introduce you to at least two (but probably a dozen) articles about #books, #bookshops, #libraries, #publishers, and completely unreasonable #reading goals and plans. (Yes, I'm "behind".)
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Winding Up the Week #480
This week I delve into books newly read and reviewed, roam through some of the most compelling literary commentary on the blogosphere, mark a variety of celebrations (from Tove & Moomin Month …
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September 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The weekly round up of literary links by @bookjotter.bsky.social will reliably introduce you to at least two (but probably a dozen) articles about #books, #bookshops, #libraries, #publishers, and completely unreasonable #reading goals and plans. (Yes, I'm "behind".)
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Not our War (2013), by Sanjiva Wijesinha anzlitlovers.com/2026/09/15/n... @anzlitlovers.bsky.social
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September 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Three book recommendations sarahemsley.com/2026/09/15/t... @sarahemsley.bsky.social
Three book recommendations
I’ve been reading even more contemporary fiction than usual over the last several weeks—while also rereading George Eliot’s Middlemarch (more on that soon!)—and I’d like to recommend a few books th…
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September 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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What Happens After Happily Ever After
The allure of book series lies in the characters’ evolution and the unfolding stories beyond their initial adventures. As readers, we develop profound connections to flawed yet relatable char…
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September 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Winding Up the Week #482
This week I turn to books newly read and discussed, revisit earlier posts worth rediscovering, note a handful of timely observances (including the closing few days of Tove & Moomin Month, Lite…
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August 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Winding Up the Week #483
In this week’s slightly shorter wind up I focus on books read and reviewed, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Read a New Book Month, National Read a Book Day, Roald Dahl D…
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September 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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2026 Prime Minister's Literary Award winners anzlitlovers.com/2026/09/10/2... @anzlitlovers.bsky.social
2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Award winners
The winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced today: Fiction A Piece of Red Cloth by Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga and Djawundil Maym…
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September 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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The Boy Who Loved Dolls (2026) by John A Scott anzlitlovers.com/2026/09/10/t... @anzlitlovers.bsky.social
The Boy Who Loved Dolls (2026) by John A Scott
The Man Who Loved Dolls is John Alan Scott’s seventh novel, and it’s my kind of book. At one level, it’s a cautionary tale about hubris, with two characters jousting for dominance…
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September 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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Three winners of Night & Day tickets answer the question: "How did you meet Virginia Woolf?" bloggingwoolf.org/2026/09/08/t... @bloggingwoolf.bsky.social
Three winners of Night & Day tickets answer the question: “How did you meet Virginia Woolf?”
Thank you to everyone who entered the Blogging Woolf Night & Day Ticket Giveaway, in collaboration with @woolfsnightandday and @quiverdistribution. We now have three winners, each of whom will…
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September 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Three winners of Night & Day tickets answer the question: "How did you meet Virginia Woolf?" bloggingwoolf.org/2026/09/08/t... @bloggingwoolf.bsky.social
Tovian Diary of Events: See the new calendar of Tove Jansson happenings around the world. bookjotter.com/tovian-diary... #ToveTrove #ToveJansson #Moomins
Tovian Diary of Events
EVENTS 2026 A living calendar of Tove Jansson‑related happenings – from seaside festivals and Moomin exhibitions to friendly bookish tributes 🎩👜 SEPTEMBER **************************** 12th Septembe…
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September 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Tovian Diary of Events: See the new calendar of Tove Jansson happenings around the world. bookjotter.com/tovian-diary... #ToveTrove #ToveJansson #Moomins
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Sonnet 98 Shakespeare in the Wells Cathedral Gardens
There are places in this world where history and nature meet so quietly that they seem to speak with a single voice. The gardens surrounding Wells Cathedral are such a place. It is a sanctuary of s…
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September 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Happy September! sarahemsley.com/2026/09/08/h... @sarahemsley.bsky.social
Happy September!
The last I heard, there were still a couple of spots available for the reading I’m doing this coming Sunday, September 13th, at 1:30 p.m. at Uniacke Estate Museum Park in Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia…
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September 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Book review: The Inheritors, by William Golding wordsandpeace.com/2026/09/07/b... @wordsandpeace.bsky.social
Book review: The Inheritors, by William Golding
MY VERDICT: Essential classic that makes you feel viscerally what it’s like to encounter the truly “other”, and maybe build a better world?
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September 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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The Bureau of Unknown Fates (2023), by Gaëlle Nohant, translated 2026 by Maren Baudet-Lackner and Sophie Buchan
The Bureau of Unknown Fates was a click-and-collect purchase from Ulysses Bookstore in Hampton on the day I met up with author Amanda Curtin (whose new book Six Days is next up for me to read). I …
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September 8, 2026 at 7:13 AM