Writer and anthropologist at large on Earth. Specialising in its literature and music. First novel The Edge of the Object out now from @halfpintpress
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Can't imagine whoever we might take to be the British equivalent of Georges Perec ending up on a Royal Mail stamp. Only in France... My essay on Perec's A Man Asleep - and how it inspired my novel The Edge of the Object - is now available at thequietus.com/articles/3143…
Come aboard the Hathor, just before it returns to Wroxham to overwinter. The wherry has an Egyptian-themed interior and is entirely reliant on wind or quanting poles for propulsion. Being a pleasure rather than a trading wherry, the saloon even has an antique piano.
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Happy publication day to @jeffyoungwriter! Lots on the new book in the interview below.
Wild Twin meets Wild Slim Alien! I quizzed @jeffyoungwriter about his new memoir Wild Twin (published by @littletoller), the follow-up to Ghost Town, one of my favourite books of recent years.
awildslimalien.com/2024/09/1…
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The Edo Pop and Hanga Ten exhibitions at the Watts Gallery. The two prints (by Nana Shiomi) underneath the wording 'Japanese Printmaking Today' in the final photo are beautifully titled: The Wind-listening Platform - Day and The Moon-watching platform - Night.
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Wild Twin meets Wild Slim Alien! I quizzed @jeffyoungwriter about his new memoir Wild Twin (published by @littletoller), the follow-up to Ghost Town, one of my favourite books of recent years.
awildslimalien.com/2024/09/1…
'You could write a novel set in this place. So much history, stretching back into legend, one that tells of a Spanish sea captain and his mistress, who became its first landlady.'
awildslimalien.com/2023/10/1…
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Delighted to have my piece on first hearing Talk Talk's Laughing Stock while in Paris included in the latest and very lovely-looking Caught by the River zine.
From fog, fathers, and Talk Talk to hares, bothies, and abandoned, island-bound mansions: our latest archive-diving print zine is guest-edited by Charlie Gladstone — purveyor of the Good Life bit.ly/43WV1nV
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