Jake Goldsmith
@jgoldsmith.bsky.social
Author. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/authors/jake_goldsmith/
Contributing editor to Exacting Clam.
Founder of The Barbellion Prize.
https://www.jakegoldsmithauthor.com
Contributing editor to Exacting Clam.
Founder of The Barbellion Prize.
https://www.jakegoldsmithauthor.com
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Jake Goldsmith
@jgoldsmith.bsky.social
· Jul 26
In Extremis
Published 9th September 2025
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_e...
Published 9th September 2025
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_e...
Went to a book club on Wednesday in Saxmundham and the book I suggested for next time (Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build a Library by Ian Patterson) was picked out of the hat. Thanks to @davidcollard.bsky.social for putting the book on my radar
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Went to a book club on Wednesday in Saxmundham and the book I suggested for next time (Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build a Library by Ian Patterson) was picked out of the hat. Thanks to @davidcollard.bsky.social for putting the book on my radar
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The Barbellion Prize is a very Good Thing: a book prize for chronically ill and disabled authors. Find out more here: barbellionprize.org/our-story/ And please consider making a donation to support its future. It takes only a click or two, and you'll feel good about it for the rest of the week.
Our Story | The Barbellion Prize
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November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Barbellion Prize is a very Good Thing: a book prize for chronically ill and disabled authors. Find out more here: barbellionprize.org/our-story/ And please consider making a donation to support its future. It takes only a click or two, and you'll feel good about it for the rest of the week.
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A showcase for five European authors published by New York's Sagging Meniscus Press. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A showcase for five European authors published by New York's Sagging Meniscus Press. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
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A round of applause for @jgoldsmith.bsky.social following tonight's relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, which he founded. You can donate to this unique and essential literary award here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you! (You may wish to note the above)
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A round of applause for @jgoldsmith.bsky.social following tonight's relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, which he founded. You can donate to this unique and essential literary award here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you! (You may wish to note the above)
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Online tonight from 7pm (GMT): the relaunch of the Barbellion Prize, hosted by founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. All welcome! If you haven't already received an invitation and would like to join us please email me via my website davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
More details here: barbellionprize.org
More details here: barbellionprize.org
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November 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Online tonight from 7pm (GMT): the relaunch of the Barbellion Prize, hosted by founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. All welcome! If you haven't already received an invitation and would like to join us please email me via my website davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
More details here: barbellionprize.org
More details here: barbellionprize.org
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Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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books that want to be themselves
fundraising.fracturedatlas.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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Next Saturday (1st November) online at 7pm: the re-launch of The Barbellion Prize barbellionprize.org. Hosted by prize founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social with some very special guests. The submission window for the 2026 prize will open on the night. All welcome!
barbellionprize.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Next Saturday (1st November) online at 7pm: the re-launch of The Barbellion Prize barbellionprize.org. Hosted by prize founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social with some very special guests. The submission window for the 2026 prize will open on the night. All welcome!
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Supergroup.
Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Supergroup.
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The Barbellion Prize (barbellionprize.org) will be relaunched online on Saturday 1st November at 7pm (London Time). It's hosted by prize founder Jake Goldsmith and special guests. f you're not on my mailing list and would like to come please email me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
barbellionprize.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Barbellion Prize (barbellionprize.org) will be relaunched online on Saturday 1st November at 7pm (London Time). It's hosted by prize founder Jake Goldsmith and special guests. f you're not on my mailing list and would like to come please email me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
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In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation - The Exacting Clam Cephalopodcast
David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold res...
exactingclamcephalopodcast.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
@kvind.bsky.social Should we trust him?
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@kvind.bsky.social Should we trust him?
Just caught @ronanhession.bsky.social on BBC Radio 2 after seeing this post 2 mins before the show. Excited to see Leonard and Hungry Paul on screen soon!
Having some Shakshuka for breakfast in our hotel in Belfast and Jeremy Vine from BBC Radio 2 phones about Julia Roberts and Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Rónán will be on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social at 1.30 this afternoon.
Magic.
Rónán will be on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social at 1.30 this afternoon.
Magic.
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Just caught @ronanhession.bsky.social on BBC Radio 2 after seeing this post 2 mins before the show. Excited to see Leonard and Hungry Paul on screen soon!
Latest purchase ( recommended by @ronanhession.bsky.social )
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Latest purchase ( recommended by @ronanhession.bsky.social )
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October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I've just sent out several thousand emails with my October newsletter attached. Hundreds have bounced back as the file was too large. I sent a smaller file with the same results. So you can find a 'penny plain' version online here: davidjcollard.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
Thinking cap on.
Thinking cap on.
The Glue Factory
The Glue Factory October newsletter This free monthly newsletter is to let you know about forthcoming events and/or publications involving...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I've just sent out several thousand emails with my October newsletter attached. Hundreds have bounced back as the file was too large. I sent a smaller file with the same results. So you can find a 'penny plain' version online here: davidjcollard.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
Thinking cap on.
Thinking cap on.
Lots of British people may not know what ‘tylenol’ is because it is an American brand.
The active ingredient in tylenol is paracetamol.
The American regime are now making a big song and dance over the fraudulent claim that ‘tylenol’ (paracetamol) causes autism…
The active ingredient in tylenol is paracetamol.
The American regime are now making a big song and dance over the fraudulent claim that ‘tylenol’ (paracetamol) causes autism…
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Lots of British people may not know what ‘tylenol’ is because it is an American brand.
The active ingredient in tylenol is paracetamol.
The American regime are now making a big song and dance over the fraudulent claim that ‘tylenol’ (paracetamol) causes autism…
The active ingredient in tylenol is paracetamol.
The American regime are now making a big song and dance over the fraudulent claim that ‘tylenol’ (paracetamol) causes autism…
Attention all Yankeedoodleland dwellers. Go to Brooklyn today and find books
September 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Attention all Yankeedoodleland dwellers. Go to Brooklyn today and find books
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New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social
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Are you a disabled, chronically ill, or neurodivergent writer with a recent or forthcoming book? If so, query us about our new book review and interview series. We'd love to celebrate your work!
September 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Are you a disabled, chronically ill, or neurodivergent writer with a recent or forthcoming book? If so, query us about our new book review and interview series. We'd love to celebrate your work!
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"The Coming Age of American Putinism".
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The Coming Age of American Putinism".
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right.
🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel
Family gathering today to celebrate 🥂 my new book 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social)
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Family gathering today to celebrate 🥂 my new book 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social)
Met @davidcollard.bsky.social at my book signing today
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Met @davidcollard.bsky.social at my book signing today
My book signing at Woodbridge Books is this Friday (12th September) from 11AM ...
I will be signing copies of my latest essay collection 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social).
@davidcollard.bsky.social should also be there if the tube strike doesn't halt him.
I will be signing copies of my latest essay collection 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social).
@davidcollard.bsky.social should also be there if the tube strike doesn't halt him.
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My book signing at Woodbridge Books is this Friday (12th September) from 11AM ...
I will be signing copies of my latest essay collection 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social).
@davidcollard.bsky.social should also be there if the tube strike doesn't halt him.
I will be signing copies of my latest essay collection 'In Extremis' (from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social).
@davidcollard.bsky.social should also be there if the tube strike doesn't halt him.
My 3rd Mister Herbert sculpture for my 3rd book (In Extremis, published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social), from Sally Dunham
September 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My 3rd Mister Herbert sculpture for my 3rd book (In Extremis, published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social), from Sally Dunham
That’s me
Published today: Jake Goldsmith's IN EXTREMIS: brilliant essays on cultural decline and what may sustain us through it, and even on the pleasures of annoyance and the tendency to judge bookshelves. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_extremis/
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
That’s me