Alex Thornber
@nucosi.bsky.social
bookish emo bisexual: writer, bookseller/barista. UKPR @ World Editions. HEARTBREAK IS A UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE… Scumbag Press.
Are there any queer and/or neurodivergent literary academics here who might be up for chatting with me about working within/without the academy, and academic writing in general?
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Are there any queer and/or neurodivergent literary academics here who might be up for chatting with me about working within/without the academy, and academic writing in general?
published a short short story on my newsletter today open.substack.com/pub/alexthor...
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
published a short short story on my newsletter today open.substack.com/pub/alexthor...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m returning to the ancient ways which formed me and treating substack like livejournal from now on. No branding plan or audience building engagement, just posting work I’ve done and retreating back into the void.
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’m returning to the ancient ways which formed me and treating substack like livejournal from now on. No branding plan or audience building engagement, just posting work I’ve done and retreating back into the void.
Spent all summer hibernating from the internet, spending days out in the world on the beach and reading books and working and writing, and now I need to hibernate from the outside so I am slowly returning to the online world.
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Spent all summer hibernating from the internet, spending days out in the world on the beach and reading books and working and writing, and now I need to hibernate from the outside so I am slowly returning to the online world.
The way I’ve tricked myself into seeing my masters dissertation as a sort of novel and I’m now no longer scared of it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The way I’ve tricked myself into seeing my masters dissertation as a sort of novel and I’m now no longer scared of it.
Gotta try and chisel a little time out of my packed masters reading life so I can dive into these thanks to @jimenagorraez.bsky.social and @dauntbookspub.bsky.social besties. They know me so well.
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Gotta try and chisel a little time out of my packed masters reading life so I can dive into these thanks to @jimenagorraez.bsky.social and @dauntbookspub.bsky.social besties. They know me so well.
Oh holy holy joy! Favourite living author is back again!!
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Oh holy holy joy! Favourite living author is back again!!
Just noticed we’re studying Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado and published by @the87press.bsky.social this term. Hyping up the indie presses in academia!!
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just noticed we’re studying Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado and published by @the87press.bsky.social this term. Hyping up the indie presses in academia!!
Realising one seminar into a new module that im gonna write my essay on Nona Fernandez and regretting lending out all the @dauntbookspub.bsky.social books I had way back cos I have no idea where those are now. 🫠
September 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Realising one seminar into a new module that im gonna write my essay on Nona Fernandez and regretting lending out all the @dauntbookspub.bsky.social books I had way back cos I have no idea where those are now. 🫠
Now that is a great looking shortlist. Even if my fave was left off.
Presenting the #BookerPrize2025 shortlist.
Find out more about the books and authors: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
Find out more about the books and authors: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Now that is a great looking shortlist. Even if my fave was left off.
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I mean I'm just putting it out there, 800k people joining the Greens in the next week would be very, very funny.
Just join the Greens, pals. It’s less of a headache.
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I mean I'm just putting it out there, 800k people joining the Greens in the next week would be very, very funny.
Falling more and more in love with Frank O’Hara from reading the biography ‘City Poet’ right now. Every revelation illuminates to me why I connected so much to his work. Someone needs to get this book back in print.
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Falling more and more in love with Frank O’Hara from reading the biography ‘City Poet’ right now. Every revelation illuminates to me why I connected so much to his work. Someone needs to get this book back in print.
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My painting TOWERING STORM
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My painting TOWERING STORM
Really hitting my poetry writing vibe of late.
April 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Really hitting my poetry writing vibe of late.
Omg at last!! Let’s gooooo!
‘This is Craig Thompson’s masterpiece.’ Joe Sacco
In Ginseng Roots, his first graphic novel in fifteen years, Craig Thompson embarks on an extraordinary journey linking his midwestern roots to north-east China.
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
In Ginseng Roots, his first graphic novel in fifteen years, Craig Thompson embarks on an extraordinary journey linking his midwestern roots to north-east China.
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
April 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Omg at last!! Let’s gooooo!
saw this last night and was genuinely blown away. movie of the year contender for sure. absolutely stunning.
‘SINNERS’ overperformed official estimates and actually opened to $48M domestically.
Biggest opening for an original film this decade.
Read our review: bit.ly/SinnersDF
Biggest opening for an original film this decade.
Read our review: bit.ly/SinnersDF
April 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
saw this last night and was genuinely blown away. movie of the year contender for sure. absolutely stunning.
what a great piece.
I wrote about the ongoing idea that you can’t make jokes about certain things any more. I don’t make strong conclusions, but I do have some personal examples to throw into the debate. And some jokes. Which I hope are permissible… open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
That joke isn't funny any more
In 2003, I wrote a book called Crap Towns. It seemed funny at the time. But plenty of people say it would not be possible to publish it today. Is that a problem?
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
what a great piece.
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Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
April 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
Hell yeah! I read the Kawakami recently and honestly it's her best yet.
We're delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist – a feast of fiction from around the world that offers ‘a miraculous lens through which to view human experience’.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hell yeah! I read the Kawakami recently and honestly it's her best yet.
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🎉Happy publication day to ON THE CLOCK🕙by Claire Baglin, tr. Jordan Stump.
Exploring themes of reliance on machinery, zero-hour jobs, hierarchy within work and unsung female labour, On the Clock has universal and timely resonance.
'Astonishing.' 5 ⭐Daily Telegraph
'Impressive.' Financial Times
Exploring themes of reliance on machinery, zero-hour jobs, hierarchy within work and unsung female labour, On the Clock has universal and timely resonance.
'Astonishing.' 5 ⭐Daily Telegraph
'Impressive.' Financial Times
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🎉Happy publication day to ON THE CLOCK🕙by Claire Baglin, tr. Jordan Stump.
Exploring themes of reliance on machinery, zero-hour jobs, hierarchy within work and unsung female labour, On the Clock has universal and timely resonance.
'Astonishing.' 5 ⭐Daily Telegraph
'Impressive.' Financial Times
Exploring themes of reliance on machinery, zero-hour jobs, hierarchy within work and unsung female labour, On the Clock has universal and timely resonance.
'Astonishing.' 5 ⭐Daily Telegraph
'Impressive.' Financial Times
Where are the poets in this place? Make yourself known!
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Where are the poets in this place? Make yourself known!
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Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
March 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
Looking for some new or under appreciated poetry collections to revamp the section at work. Pls send recommendations if you have them.
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Looking for some new or under appreciated poetry collections to revamp the section at work. Pls send recommendations if you have them.
tuesday mornings in the laundromat
March 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
tuesday mornings in the laundromat