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Today in your Spooky Season stocking, it's all about the blood suckers. If you want to see me talk vampires 101 join me at @pintsofknowledge '“I Vant to Suck Your Blood”: The Eternal Appeal of Vampires' on 12/10, 7.00-8.30pm, Sambrook's Brewery, SW18 1UR. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pintsofknowledge/2399667. Or, for something to listen to straight away, there's my deep dive into a pivotal scene in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' (1897) with @booksupclose. Link: https://youtu.be/pHvOgqMo4M8?is=Y1TgMJbLbvE1ffRO. When it comes to vampires, more are coming - including some deep dives into all my historic Halloween looks.
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🫶🫶 My stunning sisty visited Kasia and I fuelling up before the protest Kiah, Ffion and I went to a cabaret show!!! Leafleting for the greens 💐 If you haven’t listened to the Books Up Close episode with my sister yet you must! And then get her book 💞 School cake 🍰 Football after the bbq One of the best pastries I’ve ever had Seeing Elliot after waaaayyy too long 🌸 I looked cute Whenever I see a mural showing solidarity it’s getting snapped! This lovely grandma at the Stand Up To Racism protest in Shrewsbury with her handmade ‘Nanas against racism’ sign Obviously the greens and the unions showed up 💕💕💕
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Go. Follow. My. Podcast!! @booksupclose You know you want to. Share your fave episodes in stories and tag me. Send the show to one friend today that you think would like it. Rate the show 5 stars on Apple. Any of these small and quick things make such a difference for me and the show. Love y’all 💕 📚
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Chris Lloyd - nothing is quite anything yet @chrisllloyd9 Christopher Lloyd (he/him) is a writer, podcaster, and academic living in Manchester. He is the author of the poetry pamphlets Pick Up Your Feelings (2024) and the forthcoming The Deck Speaks Better (2027). He is the host of the Books Up Close podcast and YouTube channel, and an editor of The Seaford Review @booksupclose See Chris' work & the rest of the contributors at www.dyddiaudu.substack.com Cover image for DDP Issue One by @flea.spiers All contributors are: Rakyah Assam - @rakyah_assam Poppy Cockburn - @tru_romank Steffan Gwynn - @ffenast Lauren Heckler - @lauren.h3ckler Chris Lloyd - @chrisllloyd9 Ava MacPherson- @avamacc Ryan O'Neill - @roneill9414 Flea Spiers - @flea.spiers QUALITY WELSH CULTURE Edited by @ginny.darke & @joshuajoneswrites
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April was very fun! Visiting Dede DUH we watched two very great comedy specials: Model Comedian - Caleb Hearon and Live at the Palace- Chris Fleming Saw Sekou with THE kiah (love her) Joining @shropshirefriendsofpalestine on their fortnightly vigils on Pride hill, one of the most loving and warm group of people, please don’t believe the rhetoric on the news and “hate marches” Spring flowers and sunlight really has brought me so much joy this month, may it continue 🌻
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Whew, let's try this again 🙏 I did not intend to disappear so swiftly afer my first few steps into posting on this sparkly new account - But, while life has been life-ing, I've still been having one of my favourite reading years of the decade so far 📚 And while I've been quiet on here, I've continued to fill my reading and watching diary (pictured above) with notes on every book, film and tv show that's spent time in front of my eyeballs each month - I'm looking forward to sharing some of those notes on here, sharing more in general, and sticking with it this time ✨️ Photo no. 2 - my face Photo no. 3 - one of my favourite windows in a new favourite bookshop @lighthousebks 🏳️‍🌈🍉 . . . . . . #2025 #books #bookstagram #reading #diary #literature #bookshop #edinburgh
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☀️Summer☀️ mixed in with reminding you I have a book… did you know?! With the gorgeous, stunning, lovely and super-smart @_franlittlewood at our event in Crouch End ✨ On the pod with @booksupclose @chrisllloyd9! Listen to us close read SHUT YOUR MOUTH ✨ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gUQtA1Kq2sdvu6F37CNr2?si=QrJsdicnQAy0saOrWRGWKA On a rainbow loo 🌈 Obsessed with this pic from @theindigopress — “short stories for the hearts that feel too much and love too hard” why yes 🥹 Drunk in love with Ms Cowboy Carter and @sparkleyjess 🤠 ✨
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