#Blackie Books

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[sublecturas]

“El club de lectura de David Bowie”, de   John O'Connell

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Richard Brautigan - Un detective en Babilonia. Traducción: Kosián Masoliver. Ilustración de cubierta: Anders Nilsen. Blackie Books.

[labuenavidalib]

Otaberra

OtaberraElisa VictoriaBlackie Books, 2023 Pues la verdad es que hay pocos escritores en España que con solo tres libros hayan mostrado una voz propia y potente como lo ha hecho Elisa Victoria. El Evangelio y Vozdevieja son reflejos de una generación escuchada por un oído fino y una mirada con humor y profundidad. Con Otaberra Elisa Victoria se pone seria. Como siempre, sus personajes no son ni…

[thefugitivesaint]

Florence Mary Anderson (1893-1972), ''Blackie's Children Annual'', 1920

[wyvernspirit]

I love whenever someone questions my blasé nature when it comes to gore, violence or ya know the circle of life

I just automatically go "I was a warrior cats kid"

And whenever they get confused by that I gleefully elaborate with

"In warrior cats the leader cats get nine lives and in the final book another cat tore open a leader cats stomach and the page vividly describes them dying and coming back to life and dying again nine times"

And without failure they look at me in horror

[taxi-davis]

Blackie and Blackie, 2019 by Gary Baseman

[myblacknightworld]

Appalled I can't find any girls of olympus fanfics on efp, when I've found fanfic of cartoons I didn't even remember watching, let alone of books I've loved since I was like 9

WHERES MY GIRLIES AT DO I HAVE TO DO THIS MYSELF

[nickysfacts]

Black Cat, the bisexual baddie of the night!💜

💎🐈‍⬛🏳️‍🌈

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[wherekizzialives]

November Reads

Seven books finished this month, again including the next book from my chronological order Discworld series re-read. If I had to recommend only one of the seven it would – hands down – be Nicola Chester’s On Gallows Down, which made me laugh and cry and left me uplifted and feeling that it is possible for each of us to make a difference in this world, even now.   Reiterating (as always) that…

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Llévame contigo

Llévame contigoAnneli FurmarkCon traducción de Alba PagánBlackie Books, 2022 Elise y Dagmar son dos mujeres felizmente casadas con sus parejas hasta que sus caminos se cruzan para confluir en una inesperada atracción que les lleva a replantearse sus vidas. Llévame contigo ilustra esta historia de amor en la edad madura de sus protagonistas donde los diálogos van sucumbiendo a esa irrupción del…

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Fine Press Friday! 

Today we’re leaning into the drama with a 1910 edition of Poems from notorious bohemian and (unofficial) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) member Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). This vellum covered, gilt stamped, 369-page tome was printed on Unbleached Arnold paper by the Villafield Press in Glasgow and published in limited run of 350 copies in London by Blackie & Son under the art direction of Talwin Morris. It features a praiseful yet cutting introduction from fellow poet, critic, and suffragist Alice Meynell (1847-1922) along with a wealth of illustrations (70 plates) by Florence Harrison (1877–1955) , an Australian illustrator of poetry and children’s books who worked extensively with Blackie & Son. Harrison’s style was inspired by the Romantic Era and the nature-worshipping, hedonistic values of the Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite movements of the time. Fittingly, she also illustrated the works of fellow PRB poets William Morris (1834-1896) and Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892).   

While many of the poems included are overtly devotional and express themes of purity, motifs of romantic love, limerence, melancholy, and death permeate the mood of the text as a whole. The Rossetti family, particularly Christina’s brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) (poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and co-founder of the PRB) and Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862) (artist, iconic art model, poet, and Dante’s longtime partner, muse, and eventual wife), are known for their exploits, excesses, creative legacy and influence on the culture of the era. Christina published her first poem at only 16, and Siddal posed for Millais's Ophelia at 19. The radical, passionate nature of the philosophies and lifestyle they embodied was as much a product of the intensity and privilege of their youth as of the Renaissance ideals and Victorian mores they rebelled against.   

For a deeper dive on the Rossettis and their generation, check out this recent exhibition at the Tate Modern.  

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--Ana, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Gloria Fuertes

En "Lo que pasa es que te quiero: poemas de amor y (desamor)", Blackie Books, 2023

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Blackie & Ahwroo, 2019 by Gary Baseman

[myblacknightworld]

So not only am I rereading the acotar series, I'm also rereading a lot of shoujo mangas I haven't read in years. Why? Who the fuck knows, maybe I need some romance in my life.