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YouTube video by SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS PODCAST Ep 13 COLM TÓIBÍN

New episode with COLM TÓIBÍN! now also on YouTube
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Ep.13: COLM TÓIBÍN

You can’t miss this amazing episode with Colm Tóibín - on Long Island, his writing life, Irish literature and on America today. Enjoy!

I’m reading THIS and, honestly, the world can disappear.

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Who names storms? I wouldn’t mind having a say.

#AndreAciman on my podcast #shoptalkwithwriters
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Elena Lappin (@penandpencil) I spoke to André Aciman about his new book ROOM ON THE SEA, about longing and belonging, and what it means not to have a home. Link to podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mYt1FwjhOHXNoHt2Hb0Y...

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Archie Went for a Walk Or did he?

WRITING AND GRIEVING

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MEGAN HUNTER ON WRITING 'DAYS OF LIGHT' SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS · Episode

This pod with #MeganHunter was such fun to record. Her novel DAYS OF LIGHT is a masterpiece of controlled, almost musical storytelling. Megan paints on large canvases with light brushstrokes, on the page as well as in conversation. Have a listen.

@picadorbooks

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Clip from Shop Talk with Writers podcast featuring novelist Megan Hunter. Full episode on Spotify

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My ‘creative collaboration’ with AI I often have ideas for cartoons but I can’t draw.

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New episode with Dublin novelist Fíona Scarlett, on her second novel MAY ALL YOUR SKIES BE BLUE #fionascarlett @faberbooks.bsky.social

Guest: Man Booker-winning novelist John Banville
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A clip from SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS : JOHN BANVILLE

What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine Unless We Stop It Now, It Will Never End My great-aunt was not born mute. At the beginning of the second Soviet occupation of Estonia, she, only a child, was taken from her home for a night of inte…

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Shop Talk with Writers on Diane Olive #neighbors

Decent people thank Ukraine.

I’m not looking at any planets in alignment tonight, rare as that sight may be, because THIS planet is depressing enough. Maybe next time around.

I would like to send Elon Musk an email asking him to list five useful and productive things he’s done last week, and if he can’t or won’t, he’s fired. #yay

The Putin-Stalin Pact, 1939/2023 The textbooks of history

Relevant again today, re: Putin-Trump Act

NO LUGGAGE A short story by Elena Lappin

New story.

I’d like to see an Instagram selfie video of F. Scott Fitzgerald unboxing The Great Gatsby, his dog sniffing the publisher’s glue.

When will it be openly stated that ‘diversity purge’ equals institutionalised racism?

We live in times so bad they are reaching mythic proportions. Writing and all arts help, but reading even more so. Not social media, but deep thoughts on how mankind responded to similar crises. We don’t need superheroes, just the power of truth. Oppressive regimes were always built on lies. Tips?

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What Does a Father Know? Tom Lamont's debut novel GOING HOME is a tender revelation

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