Kate Levey
@brophylevey.bsky.social
Daughter of writer and activist Brigid Brophy (1929-1995)
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Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
This is a marvellous Highsmith!
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This is a marvellous Highsmith!
Enjoying *some* of these.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Enjoying *some* of these.
Nothing but these blooming in the garden at present:
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Nothing but these blooming in the garden at present:
Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Featuring, right, an early Brigid Brophy non-fiction volume, Black Ship to Hell, 1962. An interesting read, imo.
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Featuring, right, an early Brigid Brophy non-fiction volume, Black Ship to Hell, 1962. An interesting read, imo.
@edisky.bsky.social Thank you for reposting! Best wishes, K.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@edisky.bsky.social Thank you for reposting! Best wishes, K.
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Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch (1963)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch (1963)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
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Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Just your annual reminder that this photo accurately reflects what Brigid Brophy thought of Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just your annual reminder that this photo accurately reflects what Brigid Brophy thought of Christmas.
A regal wave to my followers from a sleigh as it was the nearest I could get to a throne!
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A regal wave to my followers from a sleigh as it was the nearest I could get to a throne!
Himself taste-testing tinsel. Not a good idea.
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Himself taste-testing tinsel. Not a good idea.
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If you haven't read Brigid Brophy, then do investigate! I doubt she'd thank me, but I think of her as nestling provocatively between Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch, with the sly, sometimes savage irony of the former, and the latter's bustling care for her characters. The Snow Ball is my favourite.
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you haven't read Brigid Brophy, then do investigate! I doubt she'd thank me, but I think of her as nestling provocatively between Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch, with the sly, sometimes savage irony of the former, and the latter's bustling care for her characters. The Snow Ball is my favourite.
Brigid Brophy admired George Bernard Shaw, as one can see in Hackenfeller's Ape, first published in 1953.
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Brigid Brophy admired George Bernard Shaw, as one can see in Hackenfeller's Ape, first published in 1953.
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
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[5] Brilliant! I'll say it again. The story is based on Brophy's knowledge of Anthony Blunt, gained via her husband Michael Levey, art historian, who knew him. Published before the revelations about the spying. Happy to find @brophylevey.bsky.social here reminding world about Brigid Brophy. #books
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
[5] Brilliant! I'll say it again. The story is based on Brophy's knowledge of Anthony Blunt, gained via her husband Michael Levey, art historian, who knew him. Published before the revelations about the spying. Happy to find @brophylevey.bsky.social here reminding world about Brigid Brophy. #books
@ianhunt.bsky.social Here is the GMP edition from 1987 with this introduction
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
@ianhunt.bsky.social Here is the GMP edition from 1987 with this introduction
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[4] from Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch, 1963, a brilliant comedy set in a girls's school in the south of France. Writers with a sense of comedy like Brophy were ahead of many claiming 'experimental' territory in the 60s: the writing is technically and stylistically brilliant /
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
[4] from Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch, 1963, a brilliant comedy set in a girls's school in the south of France. Writers with a sense of comedy like Brophy were ahead of many claiming 'experimental' territory in the 60s: the writing is technically and stylistically brilliant /
'Tis the season... for fans of Brigid Brophy. Here's the first edition of The Snow Ball, 1964, with BB's inscription to her parents.
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'Tis the season... for fans of Brigid Brophy. Here's the first edition of The Snow Ball, 1964, with BB's inscription to her parents.
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this 1969 book is either going to be an extremely prescient, groundbreaking work of fiction or an absolute disaster. no way of telling, really.
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
this 1969 book is either going to be an extremely prescient, groundbreaking work of fiction or an absolute disaster. no way of telling, really.
Gloriously red as the light begins to subside!
November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gloriously red as the light begins to subside!
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Michael Field in Context (Cambridge University Press) is out today! I'm so excited that this volume is finally out in the world. It features 35 chapters on so many different aspects of Michael Field's lives and work. Find out more/order for your library here: www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
September 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Michael Field in Context (Cambridge University Press) is out today! I'm so excited that this volume is finally out in the world. It features 35 chapters on so many different aspects of Michael Field's lives and work. Find out more/order for your library here: www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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My article on 'Brigid Brophy's Ethical Aestheticism: Form, Empathy, Reciprocity' is now out in the latest issue of Genre, in a special issue on Aestheticism Now! I'm looking forward to reading all the other articles. You can find the issue here: read.dukeupress.edu/genre/issue/...
Volume 58 Issue 2 | Genre | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My article on 'Brigid Brophy's Ethical Aestheticism: Form, Empathy, Reciprocity' is now out in the latest issue of Genre, in a special issue on Aestheticism Now! I'm looking forward to reading all the other articles. You can find the issue here: read.dukeupress.edu/genre/issue/...
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“He saw sitting on a branch, a medium sized brown feathered animal with the tail of a tabby cat.” ~ Pussy Owl (1976), Brigid Brophy.
#BookWormSat #Jackanory #BBC
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#BookWormSat #Jackanory #BBC
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October 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“He saw sitting on a branch, a medium sized brown feathered animal with the tail of a tabby cat.” ~ Pussy Owl (1976), Brigid Brophy.
#BookWormSat #Jackanory #BBC
[🎨Hilary Hayton]
#BookWormSat #Jackanory #BBC
[🎨Hilary Hayton]
Brigid Brophy's *The Snow Ball* has just been published in German!
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Brigid Brophy's *The Snow Ball* has just been published in German!