Ali Riley

@aliriley.bsky.social

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Sheffield-based HE Education Developer and Adviser. Interests #ESD and #EntEd. Ex-archaeologist. Bit deaf. Living with Endometriosis. Chapter maggot.

Screenshot of an Instagram advert showing endometriosis related products such as a TENS machine and magnesium supplements
A slightly old fashioned and clearly already well used 'Things To Do Today' jotter
The book cover for Sebastian Barry's novel 'Days Without End'. The background shows a vast ainted landscape of both woodland and plains, and in the foreground we see a small figure riding and leading horses.
The book cover for Ferdia Lennon's novel 'Glorious Exploits'. The bacground is a black, Grecian-style urn. Two Greek figures, very small in comparison to the urn, lean against it.
The book cover of Bret Easton Ellis' novel 'American Psycho' - a somewhat abstract painting of a man in a pinstriped suit and bright yellow tie. The face is darkened, expressionless, like a mask.
The book cover for David Mitchell's novel, 'Cloud Atlas'. The background shows a stylised symmetrical illustration of a rising sun, waves/clouds, birds and trees, on a pink background.
The book cover for Michelle Magorian's children's novel, Goodnight Mr Tom. The cover showd an illustration of a small boy's head and shoulders and in the background there are bombed out buildings, rubble, smoke, and fire wardens.
The book cover for Kate Atkinson's novel Life After Life. The background is a photograph of a red fox on a snowy backdrop.
The book cover for John le Carre's novel 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. The background is a black and white photo which shows the silhouette of the back of a man walking down a pavement in what seems to be a winter city.
The book cover for 'Cold Earth' by Sarah Moss. Dry, mosslike tendrils are almost growing from the letters of 'Cold Earth'. Behind the title a picture shows a skeleton laying on its side as if in a grave.
The book cover for Amor Towles's novel 'A Gentleman in Moscow'. The background is a black and white photograph of a man in a suit and a hat, leaning out of an open window over an ironwork balustrade, seen from behind.
The book cover for Hilary Mantel's novel Wolf Hall. The background is red and the Tudor rose is central.
The book cover for Jenny Odell's nonfiction book, How To Do Nothing: Resisting The Attention Economy. The title is displayed against a vivid photographic floral background with pinks and greens.
Book cover for John Steinbeck's novel 'East of Eden'. It is a Penguin edition. Under the title and author is a photograph of what appears to be a church window, taken from outside the building.
The book cover for Elizabeth Strout's novel 'Olive Kitteridge'. A pale cream background with a black line drawing on a lighthouse on a cliff above the sea.
The book cover for Lauren Groff's 'Matrix'. A pale cream background with a pattern of gd leaves and stylised medieval blue nuns.
Book cover for Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend. The cover depicts a bride and groom and three flower girls, seen from behind. Naples is in the background.
The book cover for Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'. Against a dark blue background, a faun stands on a column, playing pipes.
The book cover for Anna Burns's novel 'Milkman'. The background is a photo of a sunset over a beach and a solitary figure in silhouette in the distance. The sky is pink and orange.
The book cover for Helen DeWitt's 'The Last Samurai'.
A book cover for Kent Haruf's 'Plainsong'. The cover is a simple black and white landscape with a grassy plain, hills in the background, and a dark and cloudy sky.