'Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.'
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Elif Shafak (@elifshafak)
A good day to remember Victor Hugo.
‘Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.’
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November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.'
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
Victor Hugo
@elifshafak.bsky.social
My current reading - it's a brilliant novel 📚💙
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTime
#EastCoastKin
#ElifShafak
#Booksky
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTime
#EastCoastKin
#ElifShafak
#Booksky
May 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My current reading - it's a brilliant novel 📚💙
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTime
#EastCoastKin
#ElifShafak
#Booksky
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTime
#EastCoastKin
#ElifShafak
#Booksky
Summer Books Update:
Finished ‘The Bastard of Istanbul’ by #ElifShafak. On to ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ by #AnthonyDoerr.
Of the six Shafak novels I have just read, this is the one I loved the least. Still have ‘The Flea Palace’ & ‘Honor’ to go and expect to love them.
#AmReading #BookSky #EastCoastKin
Finished ‘The Bastard of Istanbul’ by #ElifShafak. On to ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ by #AnthonyDoerr.
Of the six Shafak novels I have just read, this is the one I loved the least. Still have ‘The Flea Palace’ & ‘Honor’ to go and expect to love them.
#AmReading #BookSky #EastCoastKin
August 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Summer Books Update:
Finished ‘The Bastard of Istanbul’ by #ElifShafak. On to ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ by #AnthonyDoerr.
Of the six Shafak novels I have just read, this is the one I loved the least. Still have ‘The Flea Palace’ & ‘Honor’ to go and expect to love them.
#AmReading #BookSky #EastCoastKin
Finished ‘The Bastard of Istanbul’ by #ElifShafak. On to ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ by #AnthonyDoerr.
Of the six Shafak novels I have just read, this is the one I loved the least. Still have ‘The Flea Palace’ & ‘Honor’ to go and expect to love them.
#AmReading #BookSky #EastCoastKin
I am reading There are rivers in the sky by Elif Shafak. I can recommend it!
#elifshafak #thereareriversinthesky #read #mme_ziba #illustration
#elifshafak #thereareriversinthesky #read #mme_ziba #illustration
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am reading There are rivers in the sky by Elif Shafak. I can recommend it!
#elifshafak #thereareriversinthesky #read #mme_ziba #illustration
#elifshafak #thereareriversinthesky #read #mme_ziba #illustration
Elif Shafak is always an amazing read and her new book is no exception. Read my #review of In One Brief Moment All Eternity here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8c22...
#BookSky, #ElifShafak, #Literature
#BookSky, #ElifShafak, #Literature
Review by andrewspink - In One Brief Moment All Eternity
This is an extraordinary book. It takes in the whole life of Gustave Flaubert, whose life span...
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September 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Elif Shafak is always an amazing read and her new book is no exception. Read my #review of In One Brief Moment All Eternity here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8c22...
#BookSky, #ElifShafak, #Literature
#BookSky, #ElifShafak, #Literature
January 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’m going on my jollies in a few days and this book has been recommended to me as a good holiday read. It arrived today. I’ve heard really good things about it. Can’t wait to read it! 😊 #ElifShafak
May 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I’m going on my jollies in a few days and this book has been recommended to me as a good holiday read. It arrived today. I’ve heard really good things about it. Can’t wait to read it! 😊 #ElifShafak
#LunchtimeReading : forthcoming Elif Shafak. My TBR is large enough to be seen from the space station, but Elif *always* goes to the top of that tottering pile.
Coming October from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#books #livres #AmReading #ElifShafak
Coming October from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#books #livres #AmReading #ElifShafak
August 26, 2026 at 12:26 PM
#LunchtimeReading : forthcoming Elif Shafak. My TBR is large enough to be seen from the space station, but Elif *always* goes to the top of that tottering pile.
Coming October from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#books #livres #AmReading #ElifShafak
Coming October from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#books #livres #AmReading #ElifShafak
#WIN books by #ElifShafak #SallyRooney #ChrisWhitaker & #RebeccaYarros
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Ends 4 Nov. UK only. Random winner.
streetlibrary.co.uk is sponsored by @registry.scot 💚
[Book images courtesy of Waterstones]
1️⃣ Follow @streetlibrary.ataxia.scot
2️⃣ Repost
3️⃣ Tag friends (each tag = 1 entry)
Ends 4 Nov. UK only. Random winner.
streetlibrary.co.uk is sponsored by @registry.scot 💚
[Book images courtesy of Waterstones]
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#WIN books by #ElifShafak #SallyRooney #ChrisWhitaker & #RebeccaYarros
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2️⃣ Repost
3️⃣ Tag friends (each tag = 1 entry)
Ends 4 Nov. UK only. Random winner.
streetlibrary.co.uk is sponsored by @registry.scot 💚
[Book images courtesy of Waterstones]
1️⃣ Follow @streetlibrary.ataxia.scot
2️⃣ Repost
3️⃣ Tag friends (each tag = 1 entry)
Ends 4 Nov. UK only. Random winner.
streetlibrary.co.uk is sponsored by @registry.scot 💚
[Book images courtesy of Waterstones]
A short review I’ve written of #ElifShafak ‘s wonderful new novel. #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
November 24, 2024 at 12:57 AM
A short review I’ve written of #ElifShafak ‘s wonderful new novel. #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
Just read this gem. Maybe my fav of 2024. Highly recommend it. #elifshafak #bookrecommendations #mustread #readthis
November 14, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Just read this gem. Maybe my fav of 2024. Highly recommend it. #elifshafak #bookrecommendations #mustread #readthis
#booksky #bookchallenge #elifshafak
Turkish authors are cathartic right now. They know exactly what it is to mourn the loss of your country. calirb.com/the-island-o...
Turkish authors are cathartic right now. They know exactly what it is to mourn the loss of your country. calirb.com/the-island-o...
January 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
#booksky #bookchallenge #elifshafak
Turkish authors are cathartic right now. They know exactly what it is to mourn the loss of your country. calirb.com/the-island-o...
Turkish authors are cathartic right now. They know exactly what it is to mourn the loss of your country. calirb.com/the-island-o...
December 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Loving this book, really very much indeed
💧
💙
#ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#ElifShafak
#Writing about #Water and #Humanity
Grateful to my #Glasgow friend for suggesting I read it x
💧
💙
#ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#ElifShafak
#Writing about #Water and #Humanity
Grateful to my #Glasgow friend for suggesting I read it x
April 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Loving this book, really very much indeed
💧
💙
#ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#ElifShafak
#Writing about #Water and #Humanity
Grateful to my #Glasgow friend for suggesting I read it x
💧
💙
#ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#ElifShafak
#Writing about #Water and #Humanity
Grateful to my #Glasgow friend for suggesting I read it x
for my Cologne peeps (and anyone willing to travel a little) 🍃
join Ahmet from the @ucy1.bsky.social and me to discuss #ElifShafak and what it means to be human 🌈🎓 a key question also guiding my own research 💫 #PhDSky #envhum
join Ahmet from the @ucy1.bsky.social and me to discuss #ElifShafak and what it means to be human 🌈🎓 a key question also guiding my own research 💫 #PhDSky #envhum
June 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
for my Cologne peeps (and anyone willing to travel a little) 🍃
join Ahmet from the @ucy1.bsky.social and me to discuss #ElifShafak and what it means to be human 🌈🎓 a key question also guiding my own research 💫 #PhDSky #envhum
join Ahmet from the @ucy1.bsky.social and me to discuss #ElifShafak and what it means to be human 🌈🎓 a key question also guiding my own research 💫 #PhDSky #envhum
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
#booksky #elifshafak
#booksky #elifshafak
December 6, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
#booksky #elifshafak
#booksky #elifshafak
Ever wanted to read books with me? Now's your chance @citylit.bsky.social in July.
I'm teaching a short 2 day course over 2 weeks on #GlobalLiteratures
#HanKang #ElifShafak
"Humans should be plants"- discuss...
Find out more #CityLit
I'm teaching a short 2 day course over 2 weeks on #GlobalLiteratures
#HanKang #ElifShafak
"Humans should be plants"- discuss...
Find out more #CityLit
February 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Ever wanted to read books with me? Now's your chance @citylit.bsky.social in July.
I'm teaching a short 2 day course over 2 weeks on #GlobalLiteratures
#HanKang #ElifShafak
"Humans should be plants"- discuss...
Find out more #CityLit
I'm teaching a short 2 day course over 2 weeks on #GlobalLiteratures
#HanKang #ElifShafak
"Humans should be plants"- discuss...
Find out more #CityLit
Sometimes as a writer you read a book that just makes you want to give up. Because you know you will never write anything that beautiful or smart. Thank you for your gorgeous prose #elifshafak
#booksky
#writersofbluesky
#litfic
#booksky
#writersofbluesky
#litfic
May 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Sometimes as a writer you read a book that just makes you want to give up. Because you know you will never write anything that beautiful or smart. Thank you for your gorgeous prose #elifshafak
#booksky
#writersofbluesky
#litfic
#booksky
#writersofbluesky
#litfic
Finished these two.
This is my third Elif Shafak book - most definitely the one I liked most.
It’ll take me time to process Arundhati Roy’s complicated, difficult, uncomfortable book.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
#booksky #books #arundhatiroy #elifshafak #mothermarycomestome #10mis38seconds
This is my third Elif Shafak book - most definitely the one I liked most.
It’ll take me time to process Arundhati Roy’s complicated, difficult, uncomfortable book.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
#booksky #books #arundhatiroy #elifshafak #mothermarycomestome #10mis38seconds
September 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Finished these two.
This is my third Elif Shafak book - most definitely the one I liked most.
It’ll take me time to process Arundhati Roy’s complicated, difficult, uncomfortable book.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
#booksky #books #arundhatiroy #elifshafak #mothermarycomestome #10mis38seconds
This is my third Elif Shafak book - most definitely the one I liked most.
It’ll take me time to process Arundhati Roy’s complicated, difficult, uncomfortable book.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
#booksky #books #arundhatiroy #elifshafak #mothermarycomestome #10mis38seconds
I joined a small library, great for backlisted books of popular fiction.
I borrowed 4 over the festive season, I read two in Dec and 2 this week because unlike everything else on my shelf, these all have deadlines!
Enjoyed them all.
I will be borrowing more #ElifShafak & #MaggieOFarrell
📚💙
I borrowed 4 over the festive season, I read two in Dec and 2 this week because unlike everything else on my shelf, these all have deadlines!
Enjoyed them all.
I will be borrowing more #ElifShafak & #MaggieOFarrell
📚💙
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I joined a small library, great for backlisted books of popular fiction.
I borrowed 4 over the festive season, I read two in Dec and 2 this week because unlike everything else on my shelf, these all have deadlines!
Enjoyed them all.
I will be borrowing more #ElifShafak & #MaggieOFarrell
📚💙
I borrowed 4 over the festive season, I read two in Dec and 2 this week because unlike everything else on my shelf, these all have deadlines!
Enjoyed them all.
I will be borrowing more #ElifShafak & #MaggieOFarrell
📚💙
Just tried the thing with adding some dried lavender to the coffee beans for grinding and this is actually really nice 😀 don't think it makes a whole lot of difference on the effect of the coffe but that subtle hint of lavender 💜
#booksky #elifShafak #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#booksky #elifShafak #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just tried the thing with adding some dried lavender to the coffee beans for grinding and this is actually really nice 😀 don't think it makes a whole lot of difference on the effect of the coffe but that subtle hint of lavender 💜
#booksky #elifShafak #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
#booksky #elifShafak #ThereAreRiversInTheSky
Agonising over which book to start next is one of the greatest pleasures of life.
Is it not?
#booksky #books #reading #read #heartlamp #10minutes38secondsinthisstrangeworld #banumushtaq #elifshafak
Is it not?
#booksky #books #reading #read #heartlamp #10minutes38secondsinthisstrangeworld #banumushtaq #elifshafak
September 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Agonising over which book to start next is one of the greatest pleasures of life.
Is it not?
#booksky #books #reading #read #heartlamp #10minutes38secondsinthisstrangeworld #banumushtaq #elifshafak
Is it not?
#booksky #books #reading #read #heartlamp #10minutes38secondsinthisstrangeworld #banumushtaq #elifshafak
The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author is…
IN ONE BRIEF MOMENT ALL ETERNITY
Elif Shafak returns with this rich, sweeping novel.
Cover coming soon!
Pre-order your signed copy: linktr.ee/elifshafak_i...
#ElifShafak #InOneBriefMomentAllEternity
IN ONE BRIEF MOMENT ALL ETERNITY
Elif Shafak returns with this rich, sweeping novel.
Cover coming soon!
Pre-order your signed copy: linktr.ee/elifshafak_i...
#ElifShafak #InOneBriefMomentAllEternity
May 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author is…
IN ONE BRIEF MOMENT ALL ETERNITY
Elif Shafak returns with this rich, sweeping novel.
Cover coming soon!
Pre-order your signed copy: linktr.ee/elifshafak_i...
#ElifShafak #InOneBriefMomentAllEternity
IN ONE BRIEF MOMENT ALL ETERNITY
Elif Shafak returns with this rich, sweeping novel.
Cover coming soon!
Pre-order your signed copy: linktr.ee/elifshafak_i...
#ElifShafak #InOneBriefMomentAllEternity