Richard Skinner

‘Undercurrents’ contains three of the longest essays I’ve ever written: on how I wrote my novel ‘The Mirror’; on one of my favourite bands, super-dupa German electronic funk duo Mouse on Mars; and on the story of losing two close friends in mountaineering accidents 32 years apart.

‘The Hinge of a Metaphor’ was amazing. ‘The Carbon Arc’, is another incredibly powerful collection of personal perspectives on unique lived experience of cinema and is a wonder to behold. It’s out very soon.

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Against all odds, I’ve managed to get these three books of essays published in the last 10 years. Each one contains 28 essays, reviews & interviews. So proud of these guys. If you’d like one or more of these ‘cornucopias of delight’™, do get in touch.

‘Undercurrents’ is a book of essays about…

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🎉 It’s PUBLICATION DAY for my new essay collection ‘Undercurrents’. 🎉

If you do want to purchase a copy, please do so direct from the marvellous, fearless Broken Sleep Books and support small presses!

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Massive thanks to maverick publisher Aaron Kent.

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It's here!!! @sarumcollege.bsky.social's exciting new brochure for thew autumn term has just landed! Check it out here: www.sarum.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Lots of inspiring courses and reflective spaces to nurture your soul coming soon!

Try to write a story you think no one will publish.

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Thanks Jonathan! The Carbon Arc will be out in a few weeks.

‘The Carbon Arc’ ‘I always want the audience to outguess me, and then I double-cross them.’  ​ —Buster Keaton Marina Benjamin /  Jonathan Coe / Jude Cook / Rob Doyle / Wendy Erskine / Gareth Evans / Maria...

If you enjoyed this, do consider buying the anthology. The full version of my piece is twice as long as the one The Observer has printed: but more importantly, the other contributions sound great.

The Bond film that made me a writer | The Observer Jonathan Coe’s parents took him to see On Her Majesty’s Secret Service at the age of eight – and it has influenced his novels ever since. It just took a ...

Richard Skinner gave me free rein to write about cinema for his forthcoming anthology The Carbon Arc. Having already revisited two of the films that made an indelible impression on me when I was young (What a Carve Up and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) this was a chance to discuss the third.

One of the contributors for ‘The Carbon Arc’ is celebrated author Jonathan Coe. An edited version of his essay, about following in the footsteps of George Lazenby, has been published in The Observer. ‘The Carbon Arc’ will be out in a few weeks.

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Not exactly sure. In the next few weeks.

It’s coming!

Very chuffed indeed to have another one of my ‘Flickers’ poems in the summer issue of Poetry Wales. Enormous thanks to editor Zoë Brigley.

There ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do.

Thank you!

Pleased to have my essay on ‘Chinatown’ (which appears in my essay collection ‘Vade Mecum’) cited in a paper by Australian academic Jack Fischler. Fame!

First spot in the wild! Thanks Maria Fusco.

A project that is very dear to me... My contribution on Eternity and a Day—a weaving of Proust, Patočka, Nancy, Bachelard, Cixous, and of course, Angelopoulos—was itself written on the threshold between one realm and another.

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The book is out end of July. Please see here for details.

Roll up, roll up, roll up! Are you interested in writing about your own life? Or someone else’s? Maybe a family member?

My week-long, in-person Writing Lives course at Faber Academy is fast approaching. Noreen Masud is our guest.

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Twist your plot like a screw, don't hammer it like a nail.

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On 20 Feb 2004, I was there at the RFH to hear Brian Wilson perform ‘Smile’ in its entirety for the first time. Gone is the tortured teenage angst of ‘Pet Sounds’; now Brian Wilson was writing about the whole history of America. Epic in scope and style, it’s one of the great American symphonies.

Friends Way, Day 3: Malham – Buckden (14.5 miles)

A sensational day! Super Max™! 5/5⭐️

Friends Way, Day 1: Barley – Sawley (8 miles)

There’s no getting away from the fact that the way up Pendle Hill is steep! Outstanding 360° views from the top, however. A good start to what is going to be a challenging, cosmic walk but, MY, it was hot! 🥵

@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social and I reading last week at Totleigh Barton.