A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post in response to Philippa Perry’s advice column on parental estrangement. After many requests to share it more fully, I’ve published it at the link below.

It’s an attempt to describe my own experience, and how distance is usually reached slowly, not suddenly.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/parental-estrangement

#Estrangement #Parents #Children #UK #Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Parenting

Planting Life in a Dying City

Left alone after a tsunami destroyed eir village, Lefeng would have walked into the mountains and not looked back. A child lost on the trails redirected eir course and another survivor planted the seed of an idea – a new family. Lefeng's commitment to those ey comes to love will take em to the hated city and a new way of life. But in a slowly dying city, Lefeng's determination can only carry eir family so far.

Now on Itchio:
https://jess-mahler.itch.io/planting-life-in-a-dying-city

#Queer #Books #ChosenFamily #Fantasy

A new book from Phaidon is the purr-fect celebration of cats in art, photography, and illustration across centuries 🐱

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/cats-art-history-book/

#art #books #photography #illustration

New blog post:

Some internet history reading
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/01/some-internet-history-reading/

#blogging #blog #books #bookstodon

China is launching a nationwide push to make reading a daily habit for everyone. A new regulation requires local governments to fund and build more public reading spaces, like libraries in subways or beachside book fairs. The rules also focus on reaching kids, seniors, rural areas, and promoting both print and digital books. The goal is to weave reading into the fabric of everyday life. 👏

https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0122/c90000-20417440.html

#china #education #books #reading

China is launching a nationwide push to make reading a daily habit for everyone. A new regulation requires local governments to fund and build more public reading spaces, like libraries in subways or beachside book fairs. The rules also focus on reaching kids, seniors, rural areas, and promoting both print and digital books. The goal is to weave reading into the fabric of everyday life. 👏

https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0122/c90000-20417440.html

#china #education #books #reading

A new book from Phaidon is the purr-fect celebration of cats in art, photography, and illustration across centuries 🐱

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/cats-art-history-book/

#art #books #photography #illustration

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post in response to Philippa Perry’s advice column on parental estrangement. After many requests to share it more fully, I’ve published it at the link below.

It’s an attempt to describe my own experience, and how distance is usually reached slowly, not suddenly.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/parental-estrangement

#Estrangement #Parents #Children #UK #Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Parenting

"Years of not fitting in and being afraid of being busted takes it's toll. I have had a lifetime of being unsure of how to conduct myself and being baffled by others' behaviour. For many years I thought my only choice was to be constantly on the move. I have lost track of the times I have given all my belongings away and melted into the night."

#AnissaLjanta, Wild of Brain, 2024

https://www.wildofbrain.com/

OMG this is so me!

#books #neurodivergence

Call for Chapter Proposals: Transnational Museum Pedagogies.
Routledge Handbook of Transnational Museum Pedagogies.
Through this Handbook, we are seeking to capture this landscape, highlight best practices and challenges, and provide a rich and comprehensive study of museum pedagogies in the 21st Century.
Karen Brown: keb23@st-andrews.ac.uk
Patoo Cusripituck: patoo.cus@mahidol.ac.th
Sarina Wakefield: Sarina.wakefield@leicester.ac.uk
#globalmuseum #museums #books

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ The #Social Quality of #Public #Space. Integration, Strategy, Subjectivation

🔗 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584834

#environment #SocialSciences #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #OpenScience #books #bookstodon

Design Thinking Books You Must Read

https://www.designorate.com/design-thinking-books/

#HackerNews #DesignThinking #Books #MustRead #Innovation #Learning #Creativity

Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you!

I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books

Give it a look. Bookmark it!

http://tiny.cc/spaceoperalist

Looks like @pluralistic has a few fans in Western Sydney.

I searched for #Enshittification in the Parramatta Library app. It's on loan.

I went to put it on hold, and it told me I'm now number four in the queue.

In other words, not only is it borrowed, but three other people placed a hold on it too.

I look forward to reading it in April sometime 😂

#book #books #literature #library

Looks like @pluralistic has a few fans in Western Sydney.

I searched for #Enshittification in the Parramatta Library app. It's on loan.

I went to put it on hold, and it told me I'm now number four in the queue.

In other words, not only is it borrowed, but three other people placed a hold on it too.

I look forward to reading it in April sometime 😂

#book #books #literature #library

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First time reader of Wuthering Heights here. Yes, Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” finally forced my hand. Admittedly, I'm coming to this late.

I’d heard the rumours that Heathcliff was brown, and based on the tone of those discussions, I assumed this was one of those literary debates. Something implied, maybe intuited. Subtext argued over in seminars by white men.

I am laughing so hard right now.

#WutheringHeights #Books #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Scotland

#QuestionOfTheDay what two villains from separate works of fiction would you love to see try to work together to watch the fireworks as they inevitably conflict?

#fiction #anime #manga #books #television #TV #comics #comicbooks #film #movies #musicals #TTRPG #CCGs