D. V. Bishop's CARNIVAL OF LIES out now

Sausages and cheese, German supermarket

the scenario we all feared

YouTube video by Unseen Trailers Christiane F. (1981) BLU-RAY TRAILER [1080p]

Still can't believe I took someone to see this film on a first date:
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The film features an in-concert sequence with David Bowie in Berlin which was the main reason I wanted to go.

But taking a shy Catholic girl to a film full of cold turkey projectile vomiting and simulated handjobs was... foolish!

I (15,M) took Patricia (F, 14) to movies for first date. She wanted to see Raiders of the Lost Ark, I convinced her to instead see German language teen heroin addiction and prostitution biopic Christiane F (we were both underage, but I got us in).

There was no second date, IWTA.

YouTube video by Brass Queens David Byrne & Brass Queens - This Must Be the Place

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YouTube video by el Jong Brass Queens cover Just the Two of Us for #StoopMusicBrooklyn

Love a brass ensemble taking it to the streets:
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Seconded! Sleeping Dogs deserves to be on this list.

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Day 137 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2025 has 8 entries:

AI • slop • quirky • little • ambitious • energetic • diverse-led • consumer

Several repeat appearances in this list, with 'AI' and 'ambitious' the most frequent of these eight.

Hurry up and wait Time oscillates for writers

I talk about the slow, slow, quick-quick, slow of publishing for writers in this week's newsletter; plus details on how UK readers can win a bundle of five Cesare Aldo historical thrillers:
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When my dad made a mistake, he would say he'd 'done a blue'.

Must not buy more print books I can't read easily. But a current fave author was in my local bookshop, signing his Renaissance thrillers. Erm. Well, just ordered his latest Venice-set book! Marvelling at his bookshop signings in St Andrews and Dundee. The Tay Bridge shut totally mid day ... #Booksky

I must have gotten back across just before the Tay Bridge closed - it was pretty hairy on the return trip south!

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The Tay Bridge was… entertaining. Especially on the way back! (Not actual footage, obvs)

Signing tour of Dundee, Broughty Ferry and St Andrews today! Grazie to Waterstones Dundee, The Bookhouse, Toppings & Waterstones St Andrews for having me - a joy, despite Storm Floris’ 70mph gusts! @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

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Day 136 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2025 has 8 entries:

big • fat • safe • love • secure • stronger • exquisite • landmark

Lots of repeat appearances in this selection, with 'big' the most common.

Coming soon from Magnum:

DYSTOPIA
Micro-plastic
& Cheetos

Sabbatical leave? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I've been @edinburghnapier.bsky.social since 2009.

Ain't no sabbatical leave round here.

Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue

Very few people coming to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth but I have decided not to worry - I will create different experiments every night- and if there are eight people there , so be it -I will be fully committed

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Looks like someone’s about to get a knee in the nads

Was it The Rest Is Entertainment podcast where the hosts recently talked about shortest roles that won an acting Oscar and the spurned wife in Network was cited? Beatrice Straight was the actor. She also appeared in Poltergeist.

#batMatt

Love Theme from “K-Pax”, performed by Peabo Bryson and Kim Wilde?

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Live footage:

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I'll be at Waterstones St Andrews from 4pm this Monday, August 4th, signing my Cesare Aldo historical thrillers (weather permitting!). The latest - CARNIVAL OF LIES - is longlisted for the 2025 McIlvanney Prize! @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
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Not quite the tree-logging analogy, but imagine if you used AI to make bonsai. Would the AI version do the unexpected, the unique - or simply approximate a bonsai based on every other bonsai? Be the sum of all its influences, or demonstrate genuine inspiration?

Loved the joy of that night, both awards so thoroughly deserved!

Sounds more like Dilemma with Sue Perkins (“Puppies for hands or kittens for feet?”), but still…

Word, Times New Roman 12pt double spaced. Very trad!

Suggest putting a hyphen in the word deskilling because it isn't always obvs what it means at first glance.

Are you desk-illing? Are you des-killing?