Charles Boyle
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Writer and publisher (CB editions, 2007 to now: www.cbeditions.com)
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Charles Boyle
@cbeditions.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Season Tickets on the CB editions home page: www.cbeditions.com. There are 75+ books on the website - choose any 6 for £50, or any 10 for £75. UK only; free postage.
Happy publication day to Farah Ali (www.cbeditions.com/FarahAli.html). Glasses will be raised at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this evening, all welcome.
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Happy publication day to Farah Ali (www.cbeditions.com/FarahAli.html). Glasses will be raised at @burleyfisher.bsky.social this evening, all welcome.
First CB editions newsletter of the year, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2026/01/cbe-...
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
First CB editions newsletter of the year, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2026/01/cbe-...
Available here: www.cbeditions.com/mcguinness.h...
Very pleased to end 2025 with a nice review in @thetls.bsky.social of Ghost Stations , available from @cbeditions.bsky.social . Giving nostalgia a good name.
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Remembrance of infrastructures past
The themes that bind together this disparate collection of occasional pieces are nostalgia and railways. In the essay that begins Part II, “The Future of
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January 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Available here: www.cbeditions.com/mcguinness.h...
Page 1 of the notebook in which my mother recorded every Christmas present she gave, and how much it cost, 1957 to 2003 (she died the next month). The recipients included her hairdresser, the milkman, the postman, the paper boy, the dustbin-men and “Tony’s boy” (toffees, 2s. 6d). She did good.
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Page 1 of the notebook in which my mother recorded every Christmas present she gave, and how much it cost, 1957 to 2003 (she died the next month). The recipients included her hairdresser, the milkman, the postman, the paper boy, the dustbin-men and “Tony’s boy” (toffees, 2s. 6d). She did good.
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'Telegraphy' at Burley Fisher Books, on January 15.
Lara Pawson (of Spent Light) and I will be there.
Come by.
6:30pm
400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Lara Pawson (of Spent Light) and I will be there.
Come by.
6:30pm
400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
@cbeditions.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
'Telegraphy' at Burley Fisher Books, on January 15.
Lara Pawson (of Spent Light) and I will be there.
Come by.
6:30pm
400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Lara Pawson (of Spent Light) and I will be there.
Come by.
6:30pm
400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
@cbeditions.bsky.social
2016 by Sarah Hesketh was named in the Guardian as a Poetry Book of the Year. Booksellers ordering in from Gardners are told “Publisher out of Stock”. The book's in stock both at the distributor and here, within arm’s reach – order from the CB editions website and I’ll post within 24 hours.
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
2016 by Sarah Hesketh was named in the Guardian as a Poetry Book of the Year. Booksellers ordering in from Gardners are told “Publisher out of Stock”. The book's in stock both at the distributor and here, within arm’s reach – order from the CB editions website and I’ll post within 24 hours.
Random re-assembly: a wall with a fresco in a 12th-century monastery in Puglia, Italy, that collapsed after an earthquake; a local street corner, re-laid after roadworks.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Random re-assembly: a wall with a fresco in a 12th-century monastery in Puglia, Italy, that collapsed after an earthquake; a local street corner, re-laid after roadworks.
On negative book reviews: "a whiff of iconoclasm, of smashing a statue in a church": sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/12/teet...
Teeth: On negative reviews
One of the funniest episodes of last month was a friend telling me that, coming on the Tube, he’d read one of the Poems on the Underground ...
sonofabook.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On negative book reviews: "a whiff of iconoclasm, of smashing a statue in a church": sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/12/teet...
CB editions December newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/12/cbe-...
CBe newsletter December 2025
Christmas. Presents. Books are even easier to wrap than bottles. See the home page of the website and bear in mind the Season Tickets: 6 b...
sonofabook.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
CB editions December newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/12/cbe-...
Last Sunday I went to a Leicester Square premiere of the new series of Landman which stars Billy Bob Thornton and I've written about why I'm a little obsessed with that man here: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill...
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last Sunday I went to a Leicester Square premiere of the new series of Landman which stars Billy Bob Thornton and I've written about why I'm a little obsessed with that man here: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill...
With a neat new bag for carrying yoga mats and cricket bats CB editions is off tomorrow to the Indie Book Fair at Bath Central Library organised by the wonderful Peirene Press.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With a neat new bag for carrying yoga mats and cricket bats CB editions is off tomorrow to the Indie Book Fair at Bath Central Library organised by the wonderful Peirene Press.
Good piece by @john-self.bsky.social on Paul Bailey, who died a year ago, who happened to live down the road and was the best of neighbours, whose last 2 books are published by CB editions: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Where to start with: Paul Bailey
The novelist and poet, who died a year ago, left a huge body of work distinguished by its melancholy wit and warmth. These are some of the highlights
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good piece by @john-self.bsky.social on Paul Bailey, who died a year ago, who happened to live down the road and was the best of neighbours, whose last 2 books are published by CB editions: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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10 years today since my poetry collection New Life—a companion to War Reporter—was published by @cbeditions.bsky.social in London (and not long after by @hangingloosepress.bsky.social in Brooklyn) 🙏🏻 Here’s a lovely review in The Rumpus therumpus.net/2016/01/29/n...
October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
10 years today since my poetry collection New Life—a companion to War Reporter—was published by @cbeditions.bsky.social in London (and not long after by @hangingloosepress.bsky.social in Brooklyn) 🙏🏻 Here’s a lovely review in The Rumpus therumpus.net/2016/01/29/n...
CB editions October newsletter, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/10/cbe-...
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CB editions October newsletter, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/10/cbe-...
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My second poetry collection ‘Scarsdale’ is 11 years old today. Still available from @cbeditions.bsky.social in the UK, and Measure Press in the US.
www.cbeditions.com/obrien2.html
www.amazon.com/Scarsdale-Da...
www.cbeditions.com/obrien2.html
www.amazon.com/Scarsdale-Da...
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My second poetry collection ‘Scarsdale’ is 11 years old today. Still available from @cbeditions.bsky.social in the UK, and Measure Press in the US.
www.cbeditions.com/obrien2.html
www.amazon.com/Scarsdale-Da...
www.cbeditions.com/obrien2.html
www.amazon.com/Scarsdale-Da...
Separation anxiety: books I’m fond of that might be hard or expensive to replace if I lose them – if I see another copy of the same edition in a charity shop, I often buy it. This is the most recent, bought at the weekend. Some of these duplicates I’ve given away, some I appear to have lost.
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Separation anxiety: books I’m fond of that might be hard or expensive to replace if I lose them – if I see another copy of the same edition in a charity shop, I often buy it. This is the most recent, bought at the weekend. Some of these duplicates I’ve given away, some I appear to have lost.
The books, yes, but also the shelves - made yesterday from stiff cardboard, they slot together when going up and fold down flat when down. If I designed for IKEA I'd give them a name like Harald.
September 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The books, yes, but also the shelves - made yesterday from stiff cardboard, they slot together when going up and fold down flat when down. If I designed for IKEA I'd give them a name like Harald.
CB editions newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/09/cbe-...
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
CB editions newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/09/cbe-...
Reposted by Charles Boyle
Many thanks to Nadia Vikulina for her thoughtful and insightful review of Sovetica in the latest issue of Tears in the Fence ed. David Caddy.
The book is available here: www.cbeditions.com/clark
The book is available here: www.cbeditions.com/clark
August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Many thanks to Nadia Vikulina for her thoughtful and insightful review of Sovetica in the latest issue of Tears in the Fence ed. David Caddy.
The book is available here: www.cbeditions.com/clark
The book is available here: www.cbeditions.com/clark
Pick'n'mix: CB editions July newsletter archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/07/pick...
Pick'n'mix: newsletter July 2025
Pick’n’mix: choose – from any of the books in the photo or on the website – six for £50, ten for £75: see the Season Tickets on the home p...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pick'n'mix: CB editions July newsletter archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/07/pick...
Sheila Ramage ran this bookshed for 45 years. “The loveliest person in the trade” – Marius Kociejowski. I’ll be talking about her (5 mins) at 2pm on Saturday, 26 July in this very place, now the Bouda Gallery (W8 4RT), at an event organised by Steven Fowler: london.czechcentres.cz/en/program/p...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sheila Ramage ran this bookshed for 45 years. “The loveliest person in the trade” – Marius Kociejowski. I’ll be talking about her (5 mins) at 2pm on Saturday, 26 July in this very place, now the Bouda Gallery (W8 4RT), at an event organised by Steven Fowler: london.czechcentres.cz/en/program/p...
From the trailer for Four Letters of Love (whose plot features a poetry competition). Helena Bonham-Carter: “What are you doing?” Brooding man: “I’m writing a love poem.” HB-C: “What is the MATTER with everyone in this house?”
July 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
From the trailer for Four Letters of Love (whose plot features a poetry competition). Helena Bonham-Carter: “What are you doing?” Brooding man: “I’m writing a love poem.” HB-C: “What is the MATTER with everyone in this house?”
All the CBe covers 2007-2026 on a poster, free to takers of Season Ticket 2 (10 books of your own choice for £75) on the website www.cbeditions.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
All the CBe covers 2007-2026 on a poster, free to takers of Season Ticket 2 (10 books of your own choice for £75) on the website www.cbeditions.com
Endings, signing off, in novels, are so often tacky. I've written about this, I've argued that 'Everyone lived happily ever after' is metafictional. Here's a good one (Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty):
June 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Endings, signing off, in novels, are so often tacky. I've written about this, I've argued that 'Everyone lived happily ever after' is metafictional. Here's a good one (Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty):
Serve cool: bookshelves for another hot day
June 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Serve cool: bookshelves for another hot day