Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“I never read such an impious book,” said the reader, throwing it on the floor.<br> “You need not hurt me,” said the book; “you will only get less for me second hand, and I did not write myself.”</p><p>For <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldBookDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldBookDay</span></a> (UK), a fable about a book: Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Reader”</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Stevenson’s FABLES are little gems of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashfiction</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> – download all 20 as a free ebook here:</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/free-publications/fables/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/free-publications/fables/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertLouisStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLouisStevenson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fables</span></a></p>