Author of Akira Kurosawa & The Passenger. Editor of Perverted by Language, The Empty Page, Paint a Vulgar Picture & The Flash. @bookmunch@mastodon.world
Joined March 2009
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Apr 30
Just finished @tcboyle’s new book No Way Home. Practically hoovered the thing up. So great. Lovely to have you back Mr B. Hope you’re feeling good
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25 Aug 2025
On @Bookmunch today, my review of the lovely novella, SHAMISO, by Brian Chikwava.
#Books #Reading #ReadingCommunity #BooksWorthReading #Fiction #Shamiso #BrianChikwava
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27 Jul 2025
If #crimefiction is your thing, then come find me on @Bookmunch today reviewing #TheBluePlace, by Nicola Griffith.
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#AudTorvingen #Books #Reading #ReadingCommunity #Fiction #BooksWorthReading #Thriller
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28 Dec 2024
“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”
― Richard Brautigan
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27 Oct 2024
Sick of overpriced gig tickets? Here’s the Cure | Stewart Lee dlvr.it/TFmnjj
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23 Oct 2024
You may have heard... My old friend Matthew Sweet is in a really bad way after a massive stroke. There's a Go Fund Me, it's legit. If you'd like to help - this is purely to cover estimated medical costs of $250,000 - here it is gofundme.com/f/support-matth…
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15 Oct 2024
Delighted to learn that after a full week on display @BlackwellsMcr hasn’t sold a single copy. I love Manchester ♥️
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10 Oct 2024
Congratulations to Han Kang, winner of the 2024 @NobelPrize in Literature!
In honour of this achievement we have lifted the paywall on her writing for Granta.
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30 Sep 2024
Autumn sale: 25 per cent off everything on our site with the code AUTUMN2024 | Upcoming events - mailchi.mp/fitzcarraldoediti…
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19 Sep 2024
How is Boris not on this list @SkyNews? Load of crap isn't it?
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18 Sep 2024
COMPETITION TIME!
We are giving away a copy of "Street-Level Superstar: A Year with Lawrence" - an extraordinary biography of the Felt, Denim and Mozart Estate frontman by Will Hodgkinson.
To enter simply like / retweet this post and we'll be in touch to get your prize posted out to you.
UK-based entrants only please!
Competition closes Friday at 10am
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19 Aug 2024
Why don’t publishers offer a replacement cover service? I’ve got a bunch of sunfaded hardbacks I’d love to spruce up…
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8 Aug 2024
Genuinely wonder how many Mail/Express readers with (ahem) “legitimate concerns” are feeling a little like the way Robinson/Tate are feeling about Farage?
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8 Aug 2024
It’s more important than ever to know exactly who Farage is 👇
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8 Aug 2024
Owners of right wing media outlets this morning: so we'd get a larger audience share if we... didn't spew hatred???
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8 Aug 2024
Civil society, not civil war. Do please repost, #Elon
7 Aug 2024
Liverpool, Walthamstow, Oxford, Bristol - beautiful scenes from up and down the country of communities coming together in the face of hatred this evening.
THIS is who we are, THIS is what we should be striving for.
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7 Aug 2024
Evan Dando - Frying pan (Sweet Relief album) youtu.be/lA-yrX_CHWk?si=g4yT… via @YouTube
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5 Aug 2024
Samuel Beckett won the Nobel prize for literature in 1969. Unsettled by the idea that the award would lead to a spike in interest in his personal life and endanger his privacy, Beckett agreed to just one television interview on the matter [for Swedish TV] with the stipulation >>
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3 Aug 2024
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. —BERTOLT BRECHT
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