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Bookish crochet
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/bookish-crochet/
Published: March 11, 2025 10:48
One of my favourite crochet things to do is a granny square, I thing they are really versatile. They are quick to make, and then you can joined them together in what form you want. One can make a cover for a mobile phone, using a thicker yarn we can make a…
Playing Dead: A new book by The Detection Club (out 4th March 2025)
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/playing-dead-a-new-book-by-the-detection-club-out-4th-march-2025/
Published: March 1, 2025 15:52
(I got an advancing reading copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review). To the delight of so many readers (like me!), we will have soon a new book written by the members of The Detection Club. Playing Dead was written to honour Simon…
Que autores Portugueses entraram em #DomĂnioPĂşblico em 2025?
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/que-autores-portugueses-entraram-em-dominiopublico-em-2025/
Published: January 3, 2025 08:48
Ă€ semelhança dos anos anteriores a Wikimedia Portugal, com o apoio da ANSOL, publicou a lista de autores cujas obras entraram em domĂnio pĂşblico a 1 de janeiro de 2025 e que pode ser vista aqui. A Biblioteca Nacional tambĂ©m publicou uma lista com os…
Registos das bibliotecas itinerantes da Gulbenkian
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/registos-das-bibliotecas-itinerantes-da-gulbenkian/
Published: January 2, 2025 18:39
O programa das bibliotecas itinerantes da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian funcionou em todo o paĂs entre 1958 e 2002. A Biblioteca de Arte criou uma exposição online e cronolĂłgica, que pode ser vista neste link. A Biblioteca pede ainda que aqueles que tiverem…
Happy #PublicDomain Day 2025 – Classic & Golden Age Crime Fiction Edition
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/happy-publicdomain-day-2025-classic-golden-age-crime-fiction-edition/
Published: January 1, 2025 00:01
We celebrate Public Domain Day every 1st of January. Although copyright is important, Public Domain is paramount for creativity and access: not only Public Domain constitutes an important pool from where new authors can create new works, but also is an…
A Christmas (kind of) Gift: ebook to download #PublicDomain
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/a-christmas-kind-of-gift-ebook-to-download-publicdomain/
Published: December 23, 2024 18:52
Following Katie Lumsden’s Youtube channel made me realise Anthony Trollope could be an author I could love. I started reading Chronicles of Barsetshire and I’m loving them so much I decided to make a list of all Trollope titles with links to the stories,…
A bunting using Europeana’s Resources #WomenReading #CulturalHeritage
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/21/a-bunting-using-europeanas-resources-womenreading-culturalheritage/
Published: December 21, 2024 09:28
Early this week, Europeana’s Advent Calendar showed how to do a bunting using images from cultural heritage resources. Check Day 16 here. So, I thought I tried to do something similar. One of features Europeana’s website is that allows you to create an…
Fix a broken tile with #CulturalHeritage
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/fix-a-broken-tile-with-culturalheritage/
Published: December 17, 2024 19:10
I have shared this year’s Advent Calendar by Europeana, where they give us ideas to reuse public domain artworks. So, I thought I would add an idea I made some years ago. We had several broken tiles in our bathroom, but one of them was particularly…
#DecemberHopefuls & #DeanStreetDecember24
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/decemberhopefuls-deanstreetdecember24/
Published: December 5, 2024 10:21
My #TBR for December. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a re-read (of course :-)), and I already started Murder while you Work and I’m loving it.
A quick bookmark thanks to Europeana and Rijksmuseum
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/a-quick-bookmark-thanks-to-europeana-and-rijksmuseum/
Published: December 2, 2024 19:50
Europeana launched an Advent Calendar for 2024 and today’s door is how to make a bookmark from digitised cultural heritage images. You can see the calendar here. So I went to the Europeana website, chose an image in Public Domain (this one from…