@morganj0nes.bsky.social
my book about the anti brexit movement, "no second chances", is out now! I'm a contributing writer at the new statesman and i co-edit @renewaljournal.bsky.social. email me @ morgane.h.jones@gmail.com
On 19 March the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social is delighted to be launching @morganj0nes.bsky.social's book "No Second Chances: The Inside Story of the Campaign for a 2nd Referendum".
Join us to explore an amazing period in modern history, & the lessons for today
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Can I interest you in "No secon-" [shots ring out]
In earnest – I found Tim Winton's "Juice" hard to put down, and have also recently read all of Ned Beauman's novels, I think The Captive, Boxer Beetle and Venomous Lumpsucker would all suit the "long flight need something engaging" brief
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i left because your wretched items are not worth wasting my eyes on
labour market flexibility for thee, generous employment rights and severance packages for me
Why did the People's Vote campaign fail? Could Brexit have been stopped? What lessons can be learned?
Join us on 19 March to celebrate @morganj0nes.bsky.social's sparkling new book, "No Second Chances: The Inside Story of the Campaign for a Second Referendum".
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-second-...
Who were its architects, and what are they doing now? You'll have to buy the book to find out: www.amazon.co.uk/No-Second-Ch...
As the book hopefully conveys... you're not the only one !
Pleased with this thoughtful and interesting review of my book:
There is our dope future everywhere for those with eyes to see
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the cry of the human heart here is just undeniable
Had a good year for sagas last year. Read Strangers and Brothers, read a few of Alms for Oblivion. Maybe problem is I've been aiming too modern
I started reading this, was enjoying it, put it down for some reason and lost the thread. need to pick it up again!
ooh this looks good!
Yes, I absolutely loved it. I think I might actually prefer it, but I've been re watching the Terror and so Victorian vibes crept into my list!
Red Plenty getting a lot of mentions here I will have to pursue
Recently read Say Nothing and really liked, awaiting the London crime book excitedly!
very likely out of proportion but I have often even thought about writing about it and why I disliked it so much (particularly given chats with pals who disagree!)
in conclusion if in memoriam has 1 hater it is me if it has no haters I am dead
So I did actually finish In Memoriam but I was motivated by spite alone. Read it on friends' recommendations but I cannot think of a book I hated more that I've read in last few years, I found it genuinely objectionable in its badness
I've read several, they just don't do it for me, and I know that this is a personal failing on my part rather than on that of the novels !
(I do really like her essays though. Think often of the one on the James Bulger killers)
Random family looks brilliant (and I loved the Wager, and liked Killers of the Flower Moon, so Lost City seems a fair shout).
I had never heard of this but will investigate, it looks promising!
Weirdly I borrowed Fatherland from a friend and just couldn't get on with it which I know is not a common experience
Of late the things I've really enjoyed have been Creation Lake and all of the Ned Beauman novels, but think best book I read last year was Parallel Lives (so if there is any non fiction of that variety anyone could recommend!)
I'd be quite keen particularly for any historical fiction recommendations but mostly just needs to be Engaging.
Kind of after vibe of – The North Water, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Melmoth, Dark Matter, The Little Stranger
What novels (or novelistic non-fiction) would people recommend reading? I have picked up a few recommendations of late that I've really struggled to get into.
I will say, I'm not finding the future very dope : (
I would say I think about the Tony Tulaithimutte short story "Our Dope Future" daily
