#literary — Public Fediverse posts

A somber literary scene unfolds as a young poet gazes out at a river view, their thoughts consumed by creative turmoil and introspection.

#illustration #realistic #literary #art #writing

I'm #listening to #redrising and no shade to the #literary craft of the series but I really #dislike the #roman #trope. It shows a lack of imagination in my #opinion. And I feel the same way about #suneater.

I'm #listening to #redrising and no shade to the #literary craft of the series but I really #dislike the #roman #trope. It shows a lack of imagination in my #opinion. And I feel the same way about #suneater.

I'm #listening to #redrising and no shade to the #literary craft of the series but I really #dislike the #roman #trope. It shows a lack of imagination in my #opinion. And I feel the same way about #suneater.

I'm #listening to #redrising and no shade to the #literary craft of the series but I really #dislike the #roman #trope. It shows a lack of imagination in my #opinion. And I feel the same way about #suneater.
#books #bookstodon

"Modern #textual #scholarship has shown that #ToledotYeshu never existed as a single, fixed #composition. Unlike the #Mishna or the #Talmud, whose textual traditions gradually stabilized through widespread printing, Toledot Yeshu remained fluid for centuries. #Scribes copied from whatever exemplars were available, frequently introducing additions, omissions, stylistic revisions, and entirely new #narrative episodes. Rather than preserving a single "original" version, the #manuscript tradition reflects a living #text continually reshaped by its transmitters.

The #Łomżamanuscript is especially noteworthy because it preserves a substantially expanded #recension. Its elaborate title-page introduction immediately distinguishes it from many simpler copies. Throughout the text, the #Hebrew is unusually polished, employing a consciously #biblical style that lends the narrative an air of #antiquity and #literary refinement."

https://jewishpress.com/a-medieval-jewish-counter-narrative-about-the-life-of-the-founder-of-christianity/

The Astral Library

"A Fantasy Adventure Where Books Become Doorways to Literary Worlds, Danger, and Escape"

Sale: $21.11 to $2.99

by Kate Quinn
Rating: 4.0/5 (6,276 Reviews)

#books #fantasy #magic #library #booksky #adventure #fiction #reading #escape #literary #doorways #worlds

The Astral Library

#books #readingcommunity #feminist #fiction #autobiography #memoir #nature #scifi #history #literary

I read a whole lot in June! It has been very good. A distraction that is also deeply invasive and utterly important.
I loved:
I Who Have Never Known Men, A Protest History of the United States, and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Very excellent. And I couldn't get enough of Deborah Levy, particularly her nonfiction.

Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

"Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

https://forward.com/news/834539/texas-bible-curriculum/

paracelsus arrived

paracelsus arrived
before the south gate
was unlocked

while he waited
to ask the watchman
if the pestilence had come
to wittenberg before he had

the east gate 
was opened like an eye

and the morning’s early sun
that had risen from where it waited

its shining entered 
the town like a tide

The House of the Spirits: A Novel "It doesn’t help the poor. They don’t need charity; they need justice" Sale: $18.99 to $2.99 by Isabel Allende Rating: 4.5/5 (9,929 Reviews) #literary #historicalfiction #magicalrealism #booksky #family #books #IsabelAllende #reading

The House of the Spirits: A No...

We hope you'll join us for our 20th anniversary Writers and Illustrators Conference, with online sessions this weekend and in-person/streamed sessions next weekend.

If you haven't booked yet, you can do so at www.CYAConference.com

#CYA2025 #CYAConference #WritersCommunity #author #illustrator #writing #YALit #FictionWriters #NonFiction #Literary #Fiction #RomanceWriters #ThrillerWriters #CrimeWriters #WritingTips #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #illustrations #IllustrationArtists #ChildrenIllustrator #JuniorFiction #EarlyReaders #ChapterBooks

🤡 Ah, the pinnacle of #literary masterpieces: a deep dive into the world of... #slime. 🧽 The publisher #Granta must have consulted a top-tier focus group of 5-year-olds to decide on this gripping subject matter. 📚 Because who wouldn't want to read about gooey blobs instead of, you know, something interesting? 🙄
https://granta.com/slime/ #literature #publishing #absurdity #critiques #viral #trends #HackerNews #ngated

08 days until the CYA2024 writing and illustration competitions close. www.cyaconference.com/competition

16 categories for everyone from published, aspiring and under-18 authors and illustrators.
Picture book to adult genres, and illustrations

Published authors categories:
- Picture book (text only)
- YA/middle grade
- Writing for the adult genres
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Aspiring authors
- Picture book - preschool-aged children (text only)
- Picture book - primary-aged children (text only)
- Picture book - non-fiction - primary-aged children (text only)
- Chapter book - younger primary-aged children (text only)
- Chapter book - older-aged children (text only)
- Fiction writing for young adults
- Writing for the adult genres
​
Hatchling authors
- Picture books - preschool or primary-aged children (text only)
- Chapter book (includes Text only for younger primary-aged children, middle-grade children, and young adults)
- Writing for the adult genres

Illustrators
Submit a colour illustration suitable for a book, based on the theme IN MOTION
- Hatchling
- Aspiring
- Published

#CYA2024 #CYAConference #WritersCommunity #author #illustrator #writing #YALit #FictionWriters #NonFiction #Literary #Fiction #RomanceWriters #ThrillerWriters #CrimeWriters #WritingTips #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #illustrations #IllustrationArtists #ChildrenIllustrator #JuniorFiction #EarlyReaders #ChapterBooks #Competition

I made another Philip K. Dick post on my #Substack, this time going over his realist novels.

https://cliffjones.substack.com/p/the-literary-pkd

#PhilipKDick #PKD #PKDick #PKDNovels #books #fiction #bookstodon @bookstodon #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #speculativeFiction #literature #lit #literary #literaryFiction #litfic #dreampunk #cyberpunk

'A small percentage of proceeds from sales of “What the Moon Did” will go to the #PlannedParenthood national organization, Inclán said. Mary Jo’s story of shameful, #HiddenPregnancy and lonely lifelong #secrets might have played out differently now, a time when #women , while still facing high hurdles on the way to real #societal #equality , have made significant progress, she said.'
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/16/vancouver-authors-novel-traces-effects-of-trauma-across-generations/

#books #WomensMonth #TraumaAndRecovery #author #literary #literature #trauma #Healing

Someone sent this to me earlier today.

Now it is stuck in my head because I apparently never looked at them as I was stuffing them in my mouth.

It's like the winning lottery numbers in that old fortune cookie I threw away years ago all over again. Sigh.

I don't believe I was always so oblivious to details but here I am.

#life #mystery #disregard #author #symbol #books #literary #reading #oreo #cookies #symbols #templar #dan_brown

Here's my #introduction --

I'm a #music #librarian with a #PhD in digital #publishing (focusing on the "publishing" hash for the findability! But if you want me to rant about DRM I can...)

I #write #literary themed #SpecFic (including #fantasy #SF and #YA )

(Though my current #WIP is #contemporarylit about an illiterate performance poet (PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT IT!))

#Queer in a #gay way with my #jazz pianist husband

And super proud #greyhound dad

#Walyalup (Fremantle) #Australia

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Here's my #introduction --

I'm a #music #librarian with a #PhD in digital #publishing (focusing on the "publishing" hash for the findability! But if you want me to rant about DRM I can...)

I #write #literary themed #SpecFic (including #fantasy #SF and #YA materials)

(Though my current #WIP is #contemporarylit about an illiterate performance poet (PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT IT!))

#Queer in a #gay way with my #jazz pianist husband

And super proud #greyhound dad

#Walyalup (Fremantle) #Australia