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25.01.2026 11:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@brendanjamesauthor.bsky.social
Writer, linguist, ex-lecturer, proud Midlander & gay man, EUrophile, early career pensioner, 80s music, Euro-trains, Eurovision, old TV, general curmudgeon! Cannock Chase, UK My 2 books: http://amzn.to/3Wwm6hd https://amzn.to/3ZuAXZ0
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25.01.2026 11:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Couldnโt agree more. To quote Bill Bailey - โthe baffling longevity of LinkedInโโฆ ๐ตโ๐ซ
25.01.2026 09:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Devil arrives at Charring Cross station on Christmas Eve. His purpose on that holiest of nights, to visit the down and outs and the dispossessed of London. But why? Does he have an ulterior motive in doing so? Read A Festive Juxtaposition and find out for yourself.
23.01.2026 19:19 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Particularly like this map. Places outside Germany you can get to on the flat-rate Deutschland ticket. Daily international travel for less than the cost of a bus ticket. #sustainabletransport
23.01.2026 14:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌโฆ..
23.01.2026 11:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just finished โThe Swordsโ and โThe Hospiceโ by Robert Aickman. I came to him late, but the refusal to make sense, horror filtered through British banality and polite speech, is deeply unsettling. Pinter at his best comes to mind (โThe Dumb Waiterโ, โThe Birthday Partyโ).
18.01.2026 22:29 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Love "Secrets of the Underground" & "The Architecture the Railways Built"? Listen to @mrtimdunn.bsky.social explain how he got the gig & why he's so fascinated by it all. Plus how his parents met across a crowded platform...& why he also loves #modelvillages! www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...
16.01.2026 17:52 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1The Evenings is an interesting and most unusual novel. First published in Dutch in 1947, Reveโs book was given a deserved new lease of life by the excellent #PushkinPress with a new 2016.
It details the absurdities and quotidian boredom of a very modest household through young Fritzโs warped humour.
FREE ebook TODAY! My quirky 90s comedy about a Midlands teacher who trades in humdrum tedium for a new life & dreams โฆand ends up running an adult shop in Amsterdam. ๐ตโ๐ซ #funreads #freetoday #booksky #books thanks for any reposts! amzn.to/3ZuAXZ0
10.01.2026 08:54 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Monkey Cat, internet abomination extraordinaire, questions your purchasing power if you haven't been out to grab a 1.99 USD tome of weird stuff in the past month.
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For the next 30 hours, you can be the proud owner of one of the titles in the link above for a very doable 1.99 USD. Could be worth it. You don't know.
#books #weirdlitbooks #ebooks #horrorcomedy #speculative #writingforthemassessogetoffyourahem
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31.12.2025 05:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Camels always make me feel morose somehowโฆ not that I see them very often, mind, but all the sameโฆ. #Morocco
30.12.2025 15:41 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A lovely coastal walk today to Taghazout, Morocco. Apparently once the haunt of Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s.
29.12.2025 13:54 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#Books, like a steaming pot of tea, warm the soul and invite us to linger.
28.12.2025 09:43 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Let us bring the hauntings right into your home with three days of the UK GHOST STORY FESITVAL ONLINE, with an exciting line-up of author talent taking part from Feb 6th-8th! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #writing #writers #authors #fiction #festival
27.12.2025 17:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs been a quiet Christmas for us on the Moroccan coastโฆ not a hint of Slade or sleigh bellsโฆ just the job ๐
26.12.2025 14:41 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You too, Tania! ๐๐๐
23.12.2025 20:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Star-studded 70s disaster cheese at its best on the Geneva-Stockholm night train!
22.12.2025 20:17 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Cher is sheer class. She just owned this #boom
21.12.2025 18:00 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Person reading book by the fireplace. Caption: As winter approaches, be sure to prepare by always having between 3-168 new books on hand at any given time.
Tomorrow's officially the first day of winter. I hope everyone's prepared.๐
Happy Saturday!๐โโ๏ธโ๏ธ
#Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #WinterIsComing
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From transport to concerts, sports to art shows, 20th Century posters have become collectors items. Do you have one rolled up in the loft? Former museum curator and collector David Bownes explains why 20thCentury Posters are all the rage! Listen here from 6pm: www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...
19.12.2025 17:36 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0European Sleeper:
Paris - Berlin ticket sales are now open
First departure from Paris on 26 March
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Excellent second-hand bookshop in #penmaenmawr, North Wales. Great selection of fiction and non-fiction, lots of free books, and an honesty box for payment ๐ #booksky
13.12.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Design and Transport lovers: my podcasts have been migrated to a slightly revised, new, improved address! If you are interested do please search instead at: www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...
09.12.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#weekendVibes #fridayfeeeling #booksky
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Itโs the weekend!!
Baby, itโs cold outside! ๐ฅถ
Dear readers, I would love you to try out my latest novel! ๐
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A shameless Sunday evening shout-out for my novel, just in case anyone fancies a lighthearted pre-Brexit pre-Christmas read! amzn.to/3ZuAXZ0 #booksky
30.11.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Thanksgiving as a concept is a good one, although my thanks will always necessarily be secular, and given to good company, good will, and the multifarious ways we each bring forward our respective humanity. We are a wondrous, stupid species and we should be thankful that we can perceive at all.
27.11.2025 23:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you @brendanjamesauthor.bsky.social
Delighted to give my brand new novel its first public appearance in such great company!
If anyone is looking for their weekend read, I would be honoured for you to give it considerationโฆ โค๏ธโ๏ธ ๐https://amzn.eu/d/4iP5Zwn
Had a lovely evening with @lainyjthomas.bsky.social at the Hart Hill Christmas fare in #Rugeley - and managed to sell a book too๐ Check out Lainyโs new book, Results Day, if you like an emotional page-turner! #booksky
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