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Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
phenomenal stuff from an acclaimed writer I’ve never previously encountered
Common by Nikolai Duffy
contemporary intellectual mid-life crisis novel that focuses on the life of the head not the life of the heart
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
very enjoyable time travel thriller-romance combo
Light by M. John Harrison
i read a book i hoped to love while staying with just my baby on a boat
Octavo by Marty Neumeier
a great historical detective novel surrounded by a misjudged contemporary thriller
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
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smh chats naked comedy with Daniel Farr (no one is naked here)
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré
everyone’s horny… and corrupt!: a 1970s spy thriller
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
halfwritten blog from a month ago with notes on the delay thank u for reading
A Foreign Country is the Past by Fernando Sdrigotti
a great collection of short stories that aren’t pretending to not be a collection of short stories
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: L. J. Robson, author of The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
A chat with L. J. Robson, author of The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
Notes Made While Falling by Jenn Ashworth
some notes on Notes Made While Falling, EXACTLY my kinda book
West by Carys Davies
notes on a cracking, strange, borderline metatexual novella
The Wild Body by Wyndham Lewis
so you’ve got a great name???
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN BONUS MATERIAL – WHAT MAKES A GOOD SHORT STORY? – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 4
bonus material with fictioneer and comedian Matt Nagin discussing what makes a good short story
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
an interview with Sam Ayertey, author of Transformation of a Village
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN ON THE BOOK OF OUTCASTS – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 3
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
a chat with Kris Hall/Barracuda Guarisco, writer of many books
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
a chat with Marina Vantara, author of Mission Homo Liberatus: The Beginning
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
a chat with Tim Whitehouse, author of The Tender Wall
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
too many notes on a lyrical novel that is frequently beautiful but isn’t quite perfect
TEN WORDS OR FEWER INTERVIEW: Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
a conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART TWO OF FOUR
LITERATURE DIDN’T DIE WITH JAMES JOYCE: a four-post special series continues
LUKA: A Novel by Ian Bancroft
an interesting novel about the horrors of intergenerational sectarian conflict
Plainwater by Anne Carson
you can read this map by the light of a thunderstorm: Carson on Camino
La Mordida: A Scholarly Edition by Malcolm Lowry, edited and annotated by Patrick A. McCarthy
…a curiosity, a fragment of fragments, a distillation of the mind- and work-wrecking ferocity of addiction…
Motion Sickness by Lynne Tillman
a surprisingly disappointing book about flaneuring about
A Small Town In Germany by John Le Carré
another treat from the english spywriter too boring to not die old
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #13 (of 13))
thoughts on one last trip to bon temps and smh ponders last vs first impressions
Writing Beer, Drinking Poetry by Gwil James Thomas
a poetry chapbook on drinking, not drinking and travel
Babel by R. F. Kuang
a cracking idea, a knife-edge epilogue but too much brilliance and not enough sex
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
a solid memoir about the importance of food… and cancer
Talking At The Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell
a solid and non hagiographic literary biography
‘Exterminate All The Brutes’ by Sven Lindqvist
a harrowing, unputdownable, essential book on the history of genocide
Monaco by Juliet Jacques
pointless, self-indulgent, felt like it took less time to read than to write… in short, I loved it
My 2023? Some good books and trips but mostly a waste of time!
the best part was when i spent a full day as an unpaid boom mic operator
video: a morning in Delhi
in november i spent a morning in delhi
Getting By In Tligolian by Roppotucha Greenberg
excellent non-realist novella about public transport time travel
video: Riyadh by Day
in early November i spent ten hours(ish) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
video: Cyprus by Night
i spent a few hours in cyprus en route to the east
Journey to the East by Herman Hesse
on travel when depressed: it’s a balm, a binge, a fling, that feels good but fixes nothing
The Hill of Devi by E.M. Forster
reading another of Forster’s late, weak (maybe pointless?) books
Monkey In The Ruins Volume Three: Pripyat & the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone by Mark Beechill
a short text about visiting that Chernobyl as a tourist
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
an interesting Sudanese novel from the sixties
video: a weekend trip to North West Wales
a weekend trip to wales in the rain
video: do expresso beneath at tree
watch me make a expresso in a lay-by – with lovely crema!
video: jane in safari
a conversation/ video piece about a recent safari
video: table.mountain.panorama.with.korg.volca.keys
some brightly coloured clothes and noises up top a famous mountain
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