bobbygw

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bobbygw

bobbygw

@bobbygw

Love books, feminism, human rights, culture. Occasional writer & blogger. Like Winnie the Pooh, I'm a 'Bear of very Little Brain, & long Words bother me.' Ahem.

Cyprus Katılım Şubat 2009
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Driftwood Press
Driftwood Press@driftwoodpress·
Our Adrift Contests are now OPEN! Use the link in our bio to submit for a chance to be paid to be published. #writingcontest
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highly recommended for #literaryfiction #BookLovers Obituary: António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83. In an award-winning career, his novels grappled with Portugal’s legacy of dictatorship & colonialism. bit.ly/4licZeD
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Marnie Riches
Marnie Riches@Marnie_Riches·
To all US & Canadian readers of crime fiction, my cosy-crime novel, 'The Gardeners' Club' publishes today! Thank you to my publisher across the pond, @Pegasus_Books! The cover is lovely as a spring parrot tulip! If you see the book in the wild, tag me with a shelfie?!
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Naomi Baker
Naomi Baker@DrNaomiBaker·
It’s #worldbookday and so here’s a book I wrote! It introduces a dozen radical 17th women who have been ignored by history books for far too long ✍️📚#voicesofthunder #NewBook
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#CivilRights Obituary: Claudette Colvin, unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 86. Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Ms. Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery. She became a star witness in a civil rights case. wapo.st/4qXLlp6
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Windscribe
Windscribe@windscribecom·
HUUUGE WINDSCRIBE GIVEAWAY!! Forget a couple of measly 1 Year Pro vouchers, we’re in the holiday spirit so we’re giving away LIFETIME PRO VOUCHERS! How many? How does 56 OF THEM sound? But who even cares? That is literally just scratching the surface of the giveaway, we’re also giving away mechanical keyboards, Steam Decks, PS5s, Nintendo Switch 2s, Samsung Galaxy S25s and more! Wanna join? • Make a Windscribe account if you don't have one (completely free to do with no payment info required) • Follow our X account • Like this post • Reply to this post Boom, that’s one entry. Want another 3 entries? Do the same thing on our TikTok, Instagram and YouTube pages - follow, like and comment on the corresponding giveaway videos. Then share this giveaway with your friends because the more followers we get, the more tiers of prizes unlock! And one last special giveaway for the X folks. A lucky winner will get a Samsung Galaxy S25 for shilling our service and posting proof in the replies! For example, go comment about Windscribe somewhere, post a Windscribe meme, get a plane to write our name in the sky, or anything else (that is legal and doesn't break Terms on sites) which shills Windscribe somehow - then post a pic of it in the replies on this post and you’ll be entered into that draw as well! Giveaway entries close on January 4th, 2026 at 11:59PM EST. All the giveaway details, rules, prizes, etc can be found here: windscribe.com/blog/huge-wind… Oh and for legal reasons I must state that this promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Sony, Steam, Samsung, NVIDIA, ASUS, Logitech, or Nintendo.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet
Graeme Macrae Burnet@GMacraeBurnet·
This dark creature will be published a month today on 2 October. If you feel an irresistible urge to preorder, you can do so here*: tinyurl.com/yp8trccb * whisky not included
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bobbygw@bobbygw·
#booklovers #HistoricalFiction Obituary: Paulette Jiles, prizewinning poet & novelist, whose stirring, richly detailed fiction transported readers to the Civil War era & the old American frontier, has died aged 82. wapo.st/40zDlzK
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#booklovers Obituary: Alice Notley, hailed as one of America's greatest poets by the Poetry Foundation, published more than 40 books over five decades. Two superb essay/appreciations on her life & work below. nytimes.com/2025/06/02/boo…
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Appalling: X accounts peddling child abuse content flood some X hashtags as safety partner cuts ties due to non-payment by MUSK. Thorn, a nonprofit, provided software related to child safety, said it canceled its contract after X stopped paying it. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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Obituary: Lynn Freed, South African Writer with a Wry Style, Dies at 79. In novels, essays and short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and the ways women negotiate sexual desire. #BookLovers nytimes.com/2025/05/31/boo…
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Obituary: Edmund White, novelist & chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85. His 30+ books inc. volumes of memoir, the novels A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, & biogs of Proust, Genet & Rimbaud. #BookLovers nytimes.com/2025/06/04/art…
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