“This short story collection is sheer entertainment with a thick seem of seriousness…. The beauty of these stories is that each in their own way shows a human side, of people who love, hate, fear and yearn. Dila’s wonderful imagination lifts this collection into an alien yet familiar space, where the ‘other’ is lampooned in a fantastical way.” Available for pre-order. Read a sample story herewww.ododopress.com/short-story-collection/a-killing-in-the-sun/#book #books #bookstodon #sff #SciFi

404 Media tracked a shipment of books (some rare) to an Amazon facility that scans them for LLM training data and destroys the physical books.#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #LargeLanguageModels #books #scanninghttps://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

Currently reading: There We Are Human Again.#reading #books #anarchy #politics #capitalismhttps://shojiwax.com/2026/08/17/currently-reading-there-we-are-human-again/

@bibliolater I will have a trawl around for more information.

@rigo Mon dieu! Whilst not the original library of Alexandria, please read up on the destruction of the Serapeum daughter library (established already in ~230 BC and still had the largest collection of books/scrolls in the city throughout the 4th century) and bishop Theophilus' direct involvement in these events. This act widely counts as one of the major triumphs of Christianity over paganism. Related, you might also read up about the brutal religious hate murder and dismembering of Hypatia (one of the scholars at the Serapeum/Mouseion) by a mob of Christian fanatics 14 years later... I'm sorry to inform you that hate, intolerance, fanaticism, sexism and brutality have always been part of that religion!

'Lifelines' Review: Balkan Wonderlandhttps://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/lifelines-review-balkan-wonderland-1d48f34a?mod=rss_worldnews#Books #Review #Culture

@gutenberg_org the Black Sea likely has the most interesting stories around it.

@wendypalmer

This is what happens when rich people aren't greedy #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #book #books #library #norway #norwegian #literature

@dilmandila also free in Germany, I’ve added it to my library

@markwynerBeen using thestorygraph since I heard an interview with Nadia in CoRecursive. Great woman, fantastic energy, and the product seems to be the most fair reading app out there.@thestorygraph

Indigenous Books For Indigenous KidsHow a Cree teacher built a network of Indigenous authors to get books into students' handsAuthors donated around 350 books for teacher's initiative in greater Edmonton high school#Indigenous #Canada #Alberta #Education #Books https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/edmonton-high-school-indigenous-books-9.7287656

@jeridansky @Ashedryden @kurtsh Cat’s Cradle, Moby Dick, Under The Volcano and Dog Years are the only things I have been through really multiple times. I was so incredibly disappointed and angry to learn that Günter Grass had elided his true wartime SS history because I has so much invested emotionally in his characters. It’s been hard to let go of.

Started reading #books

DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women WarriorsBy Sage Helenehttps://mymodernmet.com/japan-women-samurai-archaeology/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=07292026&utm_medium=emailBooks about Japanese fiction at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36794#books #literature #history

@imp3tuz related, i've been chewing on this one recently ~ https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/first-america

@ododopress @dilmandila ?

Received this book as a birthday gift. It's a riveting read if you love music, jazz, saxophones -- or even if you don't love those things. Here's a copy at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/devilshornstoryo00sege #jazz #saxophone #woodwind #books