Tony Williams

A classic of the genre*

*the genre = M John Harrison novels

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Yes, and I imagine it's also why they say I am silent but deadly

The correct spelling of my name is actually Tawny Owliams

Don't you find though that the shape of the coat-hanger really affects how the garment hangs?

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

You seem to have mistyped 'Life: A User's Manual, by Georges Perec'

(Which is odd as Rushdie said, with some justification, that it's a book characterised by the absence of love)

The Enigma of Arrival ❤️❤️❤️

... So (obviously) I would advise buying the pamphlet in order to enjoy work by, among others, Katharine Towers, Peter Riley & Helen Mort, but also _going_ to the Peak District in reality or imagination for the sake of how its topography might seduce you. 3/3

...as my poem 'What I See Is a Limestone Landscape' seeks to express, the Peak District and in particular the White Peak functions for me as a kind of 3D promise of home which I will never be able to redeem but which, frankly, is the myth which sustains me in the face of all life's difficulties. 2/3

Pamphlet titled 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' selected and introduced by Katharine Towers

Can't quite express how grateful I am to have a poem included in 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' from @candlestickpress.bsky.social - not only because it's a beautiful object, nor that I find myself among poets I deeply admire, but also because... 1/3

Yeah, because academics aren't people and so don't have extraordinary or everyday experiences 🙄

Also feat SHITLOADS of others inc @heidijames.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social David Peace,Tony Harrison, Elfriede Jelinek, Tim O'Brien, @jonsavage.bsky.social, @markabowles.bsky.social Kathy Acker, Naomi Booth, @stephenking.bsky.social, Sarah Kane, Pat Barker &c.

This is a fucking phenomenal piece of writing in soooooo many ways. Can't recommend highly enough.

Nutcase a book by Tony Williams. Read Regional 2019 – ‘Discover brilliant Northern writers’ Aidan Wilson’s misfortune is to be hard as nails In this darkly hilarious and seriously horrifying book Williams...

Full quote: "A breathtakingly pacy and bone-crunchingly violent tale of life in the northern criminal underclass, that comes across like poverty porn on a crystal meth binge or Sleaford Mods out of their minds on spice."

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How To Get Keshed and Influence People A list of titles related to Keshed. Some are works by my literary influences; some are by writers who other people have said Keshed reminds them of; and some are linked in other ways. To keep it inter...

"Sleaford Mods out of their minds on spice."

Banging recommendation of Nutcase from @stuhennigan.bsky.social whose novel KESHED is out from Ortac Press next year

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That's amazing! Thanks so much 🙏

Brilliant and brutal sounds right... KESHED by @stuhennigan.bsky.social will be ace

A glibly written grant application risks producing an ineffective project. Really nailing the bid means nailing the project conception too and that takes human effort and expertise

My wife writes charity geant applications and says AI is very limited there too. As in any context, it can churn out bland vaguely plausible text but it can't understand a project and then write to communicate that understanding

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Obviously I'm biased but I'd say it's definitely worth a try!

*love story... shit!

Cole the Magnificent, Tony Williams Comic, grotesque, lyrical, and immensely readable, Williams’s picaresque medieval fantasy is a reader’s delight. A sweeping yarn through the dark ages filled wi

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Those goons @saltpublishing.com have got a lot to answer for 4/

But maybe there's still something to be gained from reading it even if the author is basically Private Walker from Dad's Army 3/

Lots of readers really loved it so they're going to be shocked to discover most of it isn't true 2/

I've just heard about this book about a long journey, with a live story at its heart, which is apparently completely made up and written by a total crook 1/