Novelist. Pedant. Highly caffeinated. Author of The Art Teacher and Blame, published by @legend_times_ #writingcommunity
Joined January 2016
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It's been a while since I touted my babies on here, so:
BLAME: A grieving son attempts to escape the ghost of his father.🗽
THE ART TEACHER: A teacher is pushed too far and reacts with unforgivable violence.🔫
#amreading #crimefiction #books
LINK HERE👇 amazon.co.uk/Paul-Read/e/B01…
This beauty is still only £9 in hardback at the following link, ladies and gents: amazon.co.uk/Spy-Blood-Damas…
#reading #books #amreading #BookLovers
Posted this on my heritage account by mistake. Oops. Feel free to follow my new one at @paulwarnerbooks. Thanks!!
It's been almost a year since I last posted on Twitter (do I really have to call it X?). Here you go: latest book purchases. #books #BookTwitter
A piece I wrote on the false promise of writing under the influence. But purple prose is better than beige. paulreadauthor.com/post/writ…
#amwriting #blogging #WritingCommunity #alcohol #writing
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We are devastated at the death of our author and friend, Martin Amis. Our thoughts are with all his family and loved ones, especially his children and wife Isabel. He leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.
My article on what James Bond, Breaking Bad, The Godfather and Star Wars owe to Macbeth. You can make an old man happy by clicking here: paulreadauthor.com/post/you-… #WritingCommunity #blog #StarWars #JamesBond #BreakingBad
My flailing attempt to justify comic books as highbrow literature. You can shovel it deep into your eyes here:
paulreadauthor.com/post/look… #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2023 #WritingCommunity #comicbooks #fiction
I wrote this a few months ago, but I hear it's #ValentinesDay today. My piece on #love as a handy subplot in fiction. #14february #writing #WritingCommunity paulreadauthor.com/post/_lov…
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Word that’s making me smile today: inkslinger. It’s 19th century slang for a writer.
For #Halloween2022, an attempt to understand my love of certain classics of the supernatural genre.
#blog #WritingCommunity #horror
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Very excited about this year's Booker.
(Haven't read any of the books yet, but that sassy disco-pop goddess Dua Lipa's going to be there so it's already lit 👌)
#BookerPrize2022
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