The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
very enjoyable time travel thriller-romance combo
Tag: london
IAN ASSERSOHN: NOTES ON THE LAMPMAKER INTERVIEW
notes on my new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
IAN ASSERSOHN: NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW
a new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
In the Shadow of the Phosphorus Dawn by Rob True
some spectacular stuff from UK indie, Influx Press
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Michael Twaits, author of The Art of Drag
a chat with Michael Twaits, performer, educator and author of The Art of Drag
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
too many notes on a lyrical novel that is frequently beautiful but isn’t quite perfect
video – scott manley hadley ten minute alternative comedy set
a longer set than I’ve previously posted…
video – scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD tries musical comedy
an attempt at musical comedy from scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
The Middlemen: A Satire by Christine Brooke-Rose
pointed gags from the 1960s about things that haven’t changed
video: it’s orange time – solid bald feat bb whamathan
a lovely song about oranges thank you
The Towers of Toron by Samuel R. Delany (The Fall Of The Towers #2)
careening towards dystopias; long blog on a book, a baby and a uk election
video: scott manley hadley tries stand up comedy
watch me name sex acts for almost two minutes!!!
video announcement: new web series incoming!
omg omg – a new web series is coming soon from scott manley hadley!!!
video: live noise al fresco a capella – dog city (it’s a city for dogs)
dog city, it’s a city for dogs and noise
Provenance by Ann Leckie
unexpectedly not on holiday, I read something light
A Load of Shit by John Berger
some notes on a pamphlet on poo
The Four Gated City by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #5)
another doris lessing quintet concludes
I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
You Ruin It When You Talk by Sarah Manvel
very funny novelette from hipstertopia’s Open Pen
I Is Another by Jon Fosse (Septology III – V)
an excellent novel (& a guest cat in the pic!!!)
a proper marriage by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #2)
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
posh ominous australian fiction
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda by Ishmael Reed
during a brief solo trip to Montreal, scott reads a blistering take-down of the musical Hamilton and makes a personal announcement
Sula by Toni Morrison
a beautiful novel about the emptiness at the heart of life
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
excellent mid-life crisis novel
John Barleycorn by Jack London
1914 memoir about alcoholism that oozes big denial
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
welsh poetry, often wonderful, sometimes dry
How The Dead Dream by Lydia Millet
i whinge about unexpected canadian expenses and read a solid novel
A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
i found a book in the street
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE IN DALSTON
Scott Manley Hadley launches Bad Boy Poet.
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
read good book, do bad exercise
Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca
why I owned but didn’t read this book for five years (anger, depression)
Arkady by Patrick Langley
hipster dystopia / hipstopia / better than that sounds
Takeaway by Tommy Hazard
the London Ambulance service gets the Morbid Books treatment
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
essential reading, especially if you’re a racist
Nearly 30 by Joe Woodhouse
bienvenido a la triumphofthenow.com poetry season 2018
Birthday Literary Suicide Tour
So I walk on towards deaths (plural) in the cooling twilight
#TotNTV: Setting Up A Literary Magazine
Sean Preston chats Open Pen.
#TotNTV: London
live by the river
#TotNTV: England
ingerlaaaand, ingerlaaaaand, ingerland ingerland naaa naaa
Hold Tight by Jeffrey Boakye
i’m looking tired but feeling great
On Not Being Suicidal Anymore
I nearly get hit by a speeding car and realise I want to LIVE
Triumph of the Now TV
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
Dysfunctional Males by Fernando Sdrigotti
Men are disgusting.
The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate Tempest
The publishing industry has fucked over Kate Tempest.
Radar Road: The Best of On Impulse by Nath Jones
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks
Living in the city is bad for the soul
Triumph Of The Now 