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‘Here, Bert, this is the place’ - you will probably be too young for this reference 😆

So you can send me a postcard?

Today is 7 years on the job as Director of Literary Arts at @banffcentre.bsky.social . Since 2018 we've built 40+ residency programs for over 900 writers with equitable scholarship rates, topical residencies, international faculty & studio space for writers: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts

Warpsmiths?

Once the soul leaves the body, he will not fly to the monstrous shrine where all the war dead went & continue to go, but to that farm by the river where white shy herons glide in the quiet sky.

Read IMAGINARY DEATH by Mariko Nagai, published #OpenAccess & FREE to download:

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The Heist of Hollow London The Heist of Hollow London eBook : Robson, Eddie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

My new novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, is published TODAY. The hardback may not be out in the UK yet - it's listed for the end of October here - but the ebook is certainly available now. Here are some links but please feel free to buy wherever you can find it: amzn.to/3IOGJRw

‘Sounds like my Sony PlayStation’! What great read, thanks for that.

British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 - University of London Press At a time when working-class writing is gaining long-overdue recognition and radical ideas may be more important than ever, this timely collection of eighteen essays examines the powerful intersection...

Out today: British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 edited by John Goodridge & @adambridgen.bsky.social.

This book is published #OpenAccess, with funding from @acls1919.bsky.social 👏

'Workers, Radicals, Environmentalists and Feminists, Unite!'

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LoCo!

"This goes nowhere you'd expect, but incisively gets under the skin of the times we live in. Humorous, horrifying, compelling." -- Adam Paxman
www.erratumpress.com/last-days-of... @stevehanson.bsky.social

I've written to my MP about it (for the first time ever).

And certainly won’t be the last.

In the NY ‘loft’ dance scene of the 1970s, they did something similar at times!

Solidarity, Liz ✊

I loved this book - it's proper gorgeous.

Latest cfp - special (autumn 2026) issue of Foundation on pulp sf. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...

An audio documentary about Colin Ward which tells the story of anarchy in the UK through his life and work, and an alternative history of the 20th century seen from an anarchist perspective. www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/cl...

Headline: BBC under pressure to pull Sally Rooney dramas over vow to fund Palestine Action

Headline: Tory minister Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at far right protest.

Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.

URGENT: No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW. The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter, Anas al-Sharif. We are

URGENT: The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter Anas Al Sharif.

No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW. action.eko.org/a/gaza-invas...

download free PDFs of my books FRACTAL ECONOMIES (derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), FLATLAND (writing.upenn.edu/pepc/authors...), CHAINS (derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), and HOW TO WRITE (derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...)

The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.

The Dark Is Rising - 1. Midwinter Eve - BBC Sounds This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining

Now streaming on BBC sounds in case anyone else needs their midwinter fix www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

MOREAU’S DOCTORED BODIES, cover to cover, one page per day.

Day 94: page 92

First up, THE VENUS ATMOSPHERE: COLLAGE POEMS by Emma Filtness. mixam.co.uk/print-on-dem...

MOREAU’S DOCTORED BODIES, cover to cover, one page per day.

Day 90: page 88

Definitely, Ice Floe is always interested in experimental/hybrid work, EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social has a beautiful eye & passion for it - all the best @taniahershman.bsky.social - & Janis, thank you for the shout!

MOREAU’S DOCTORED BODIES, cover to cover, one page per day.

(Paperback available here: mixam.co.uk/print-on-dem...)

Day 1: outer front cover

(Very long thread)

So little is exciting these days. But THIS... well this is very exciting.