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<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici &amp; Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions and gets us to look at, when it feels so much less painful to look away… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>Available now from all good bookshops!</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newwriting/" rel="tag">#newwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>

<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry &amp; prose in English, Gaelic, &amp; Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>

<p>So the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/@dedication_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dedication_bot</span></a></span> now has a dedicated website with over 3,000 scanned book dedications!</p><p><a href="https://bookdedications.glitch.me" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookdedications.glitch.me</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookdedications/" rel="tag">#BookDedications</a></p>

<p>&quot;Little Brother&quot; von Cory Doctorow ( <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> ) handelt davon, wie schnell die eigene Heimat zum Feindstaat werden kann, wenn die Freiheit der Sicherheit untergeordnet wird. Und davon wie schnell die Technik, die uns ermächtigt und vernetzt, zum Mittel der Überwachung und Unterdrückung werden kann. Dabei macht Doctorow Mut mit den Mitteln der Technik für die Demokratie zu kämpfen. <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#bücherwabe</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>&quot; I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.&quot;<br>Have His Carcase</p><p>English author, poet, and playwright Dorothy L. Sayers died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1957. Sayers is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, an aristocratic amateur sleuth. She wrote several plays, including The Zeal of Thy House and The Man Born to Be King. Sayers also translated major works, notably Dante’s Divine Comedy. </p><p>Dorothy L. Sayers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45867"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/45867</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/03I8gtq7HiIW7XOyvKhXL6" rel="nofollow">Step Aside, Pops</a> 🌕🌑🌑🌑🌑 <br>比 Hark! A Vagrant 先看这本的原因是底下的作者注释比较少，嗯，跟作者电波不合，不大笑得出来，不就是塞点私货到历史人物口里吗？恶搞得不刁钻，punchline 也不犀利，还是 pbf 那些够狠够疯癫。</p><p><a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/parody/" rel="tag">#parody</a><br></p>

<p><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> - New York Review of Books official account</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scotlit</span></a></span> - Association for Scottish Literature</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@canongatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canongatebooks</span></a></span> - Award-winning indie publisher since 1973</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@ilfu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ilfu</span></a></span> - Netherlands&#x27; largest literary festival</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> - Project distributing free public domain e-books</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span> - Highlighting best public domain books, art etc</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@avldigital" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>avldigital</span></a></span> - Online information project for Comparative Literature scholars (in German &amp; English)</p><p>🧵 1/3</p>

<p>Steelstriker by Marie Lu <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dedication/" rel="tag">#dedication</a></p>

<p>In November 1887.</p><p>Arthur Conan Doyle&#x27;s first detective novel, A Study in Scarlet, is published in Beeton&#x27;s Christmas Annual by Ward Lock &amp; Co. in London, introducing the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes &amp; his friend &amp; chronicler Dr. Watson.</p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/244" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/244</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>In „The Word for World is Forest“ schreibt Le Guin über eine Gemeinschaft von Personen, die kein Konzept von Gewalt kennen, jedoch mit einem Aggressor konfrontiert sind, dessen Verständnis von hu“man“ity sogar Gewalt erfordert. Konfrontiert mit der Zerstörung ihrer Umwelt und der Missachtung von allem, was Sie sind, wehren sich die „Creechies“ und gewinnen ihre Umwelt zurück. Gewalt wird ein Teil ihrer Kultur. Ein Geist, der nicht zurück in die Flasche kann.<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a></p>

<p>&quot;Ameisen&quot; steht in der <a href="/tags/bücherwabe/" rel="tag">#Bücherwabe</a> für die These von Bayo Akomolafe, dass wir hinsichtlich der Denkwege, die unsere Lebens- und Wirtschaftsform bestimmen, in einer tödlichen Logik gefangen sind, wie Ameisen in einer <a href="/tags/ameisenmühle/" rel="tag">#Ameisenmühle</a>: Ameisen folgen den Duftspuren ihrer Vorgänger und laufen im Kreis bis sie sterben. <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bücher/" rel="tag">#bücher</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#chemnitz</a></p>

<p>A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> </p><p>The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas &amp; current events.</p><p>They&#x27;ve just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂 </p><p>(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/magazines/" rel="tag">#Magazines</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a> <a href="/tags/arts/" rel="tag">#Arts</a></p>

<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici &amp; Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>The latest &amp; best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, &amp; Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>I’m trying to entice my book club into reading Arcadia (Stoppard) with me, as well as Fleming’s analysis of the play. They probably won’t go along.</p><p>Philistines!</p><p>I’ll go it alone.</p><p><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> is quoted, misquoted, praised, and vilified — often by people who haven’t read her.</p><p>_The Ayn Rand Reader_ offers excerpts from her <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> and <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a>: her ideas, her voice, her terms. </p><p>If you’re serious about understanding her — whether to agree or disagree — start here: <a href="https://aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aynrand.org/novels/the-ayn-ran</span><span class="invisible">d-reader/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> <a href="/tags/objectivism/" rel="tag">#Objectivism</a></p>

<p>Reading Rainbow is returning after twenty years, with the incomparable Mychal the Librarian leading the way. </p><p>This show is exactly what we need right now.</p><p>Books are being banned. Education is under attack. The fascists want to control the narrative.</p><p>This is an opportunity for kids to learn to love books, literature &amp; libraries while also fostering a sense of compassion, diversity, inclusion and tolerance. </p><p><a href="/tags/readingrainbow/" rel="tag">#readingrainbow</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/mychal/" rel="tag">#mychal</a> <a href="/tags/tolerance/" rel="tag">#tolerance</a> <a href="/tags/compassion/" rel="tag">#compassion</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>

<p>Today&#x27;s POTD ©️ me</p><p>MESSIAH</p><p>So Jesus <br>ministered to <br>the dregs of society. <br>In His name a religion <br>was raised. <br>Messiahs </p><p>have <br>been seen <br>and are awaited by<br>Christian Jewish and <br>Arab believers. <br>Millions </p><p>upon <br>millions of <br>them. Irony: The <br>Messiah will <br>go </p><p>unrecognized. </p><p>cuz </p><p>the Messiah <br>will be dirty, poor, <br>bedraggled, sometimes <br>even bloodied. That&#x27;s </p><p>just </p><p>how it is, <br>ministering <br>at the edges to </p><p>dregs</p><p><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a></p>

<p>Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dedication/" rel="tag">#dedication</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m reading Kurt Vonnegut&#x27;s &quot;Galapagos&quot;.</p><p>This is a novel from **1985**... and, while it&#x27;s not &quot;great&quot;, I&#x27;d still recommend it for anyone living this current time, plus, it&#x27;s kinda funny.</p><p>It manages to:<br>- describe AI techno-bros as what they are: self-centred assholes.<br>- (shallowly) describe incels before those were a concept in our collective imagination.<br>- (very subtly) establish a clear connection between all those self-proclaimed &quot;apolitical&quot; people and... nazis.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/kurtvonnegut/" rel="tag">#KurtVonnegut</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a></p>

<p>Liebes <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> ,</p><p>unser neues Kulturprogramm für 2026 ist draußen! 🎉 <br>Mehr Infos findet ihr hier: <a href="https://buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktu</span><span class="invisible">elle-veranstaltungen/</span></a></p><p>Wir hoffen, dass für jede*n was dabei ist. :)</p><p>Gedruckt liegt das neue Programm Ende der Woche bei uns aus.</p><p>Liebe Grüße<br>Tina und Max<br>von der Buchhandlung am Brühl in <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#Chemnitz</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/veranstaltungen/" rel="tag">#Veranstaltungen</a> <a href="/tags/kultur/" rel="tag">#Kultur</a> <a href="/tags/lesung/" rel="tag">#Lesung</a> <a href="/tags/konzert/" rel="tag">#Konzert</a> <a href="/tags/tacheles/" rel="tag">#tacheles</a> <a href="/tags/buch/" rel="tag">#buch</a> <a href="/tags/krimi/" rel="tag">#krimi</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#Literatur</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bucher/" rel="tag">#bucher</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/dielinke/" rel="tag">#dielinke</a> <a href="/tags/leipzig/" rel="tag">#leipzig</a> <a href="/tags/dresden/" rel="tag">#dresden</a> <a href="/tags/erzgebirge/" rel="tag">#erzgebirge</a> <a href="/tags/mittelsachsen/" rel="tag">#mittelsachsen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a><br>hejka, jestem Zosia 🤠 potrzebuję miejsca, żeby pisać sb rzeczy i czytać sb rzeczy. co czytać? co pisać?</p><p>załączam hasztagi: <br><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/graphicdesign/" rel="tag">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a> <a href="/tags/animation/" rel="tag">#animation</a> <a href="/tags/mograph/" rel="tag">#mograph</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/sociology/" rel="tag">#sociology</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#socialjustice</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/fashion/" rel="tag">#fashion</a> <a href="/tags/thrifting/" rel="tag">#thrifting</a> <a href="/tags/fandom/" rel="tag">#fandom</a> <a href="/tags/histories/" rel="tag">#histories</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#diy</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a> <a href="/tags/baking/" rel="tag">#baking</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#maps</a> <a href="/tags/geoguessr/" rel="tag">#geoguessr</a><br><a href="/tags/sztuka/" rel="tag">#sztuka</a> <a href="/tags/ilustracja/" rel="tag">#ilustracja</a> <a href="/tags/projektowanie/" rel="tag">#projektowanie</a> <a href="/tags/liternictwo/" rel="tag">#liternictwo</a> <a href="/tags/animacja/" rel="tag">#animacja</a> <a href="/tags/ekologia/" rel="tag">#ekologia</a> <a href="/tags/przyroda/" rel="tag">#przyroda</a> <a href="/tags/socjologia/" rel="tag">#socjologia</a> <a href="/tags/sprawiedliwoscspoleczna/" rel="tag">#sprawiedliwoscspoleczna</a> <a href="/tags/literatura/" rel="tag">#literatura</a> <a href="/tags/ksiazki/" rel="tag">#ksiazki</a> <a href="/tags/czytanie/" rel="tag">#czytanie</a> <a href="/tags/psychologia/" rel="tag">#psychologia</a> <a href="/tags/neuroroznorodnosc/" rel="tag">#neuroroznorodnosc</a> <a href="/tags/moda/" rel="tag">#moda</a> <a href="/tags/lumpiarstwo/" rel="tag">#lumpiarstwo</a> <a href="/tags/starocie/" rel="tag">#starocie</a> <a href="/tags/historia/" rel="tag">#historia</a> <a href="/tags/zrobtosam/" rel="tag">#zrobtosam</a> <a href="/tags/jedzenie/" rel="tag">#jedzenie</a> <a href="/tags/gotowanie/" rel="tag">#gotowanie</a> <a href="/tags/pieczenie/" rel="tag">#pieczenie</a> <a href="/tags/mapy/" rel="tag">#mapy</a></p>

<p>He blinks upon the hearth-rug,<br>and yawns in deep content,<br>accepting all the comforts<br>that Providence has sent…</p><p>—Alexander Gray, “On a Cat, Ageing”</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#aging</a> <a href="/tags/ageing/" rel="tag">#ageing</a></p>