David Quantick
@quantick.bsky.social
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. Author of RICKY'S HAND, ALL MY COLORS, ETC. Emmy (Veep). Website: www.davidquantick.com. AND OTHER STORIES collection - preorder here: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc
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November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Shop!
Christmas is coming and this is an ideal gift for anyone living:
www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Storie...
Christmas is coming and this is an ideal gift for anyone living:
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“I wish this book had been about when I was a teenager! I love this book.”
— Harry Hill
“For as long as I’ve known him, David Quantick has been one of the funniest and most original writers around.”
— Armando Iannucci
IMAGINE A FRIEND, out March 2026.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
— Harry Hill
“For as long as I’ve known him, David Quantick has been one of the funniest and most original writers around.”
— Armando Iannucci
IMAGINE A FRIEND, out March 2026.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
Imagine a Friend – Stars and Sabers
Imagine a Friend is a heartfelt, whimsical, magical novella by Emmy Award winner David Quantick, out March 10, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“I wish this book had been about when I was a teenager! I love this book.”
— Harry Hill
“For as long as I’ve known him, David Quantick has been one of the funniest and most original writers around.”
— Armando Iannucci
IMAGINE A FRIEND, out March 2026.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
— Harry Hill
“For as long as I’ve known him, David Quantick has been one of the funniest and most original writers around.”
— Armando Iannucci
IMAGINE A FRIEND, out March 2026.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
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This is such a gorgeous book by @quantick.bsky.social! Can’t wait for you to read it and also to see the beautiful cover, which we will reveal soon at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
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Seasons change, but does everything have to? Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND is a heartfelt and dream like novella out March 10, 2026. Cover reveal and preorders coming soon! Read more about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #literature #fantasy
Imagine a Friend – Stars and Sabers
Imagine a Friend is a heartfelt, whimsical, magical novella by Emmy Award winner David Quantick, out March 10, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This is such a gorgeous book by @quantick.bsky.social! Can’t wait for you to read it and also to see the beautiful cover, which we will reveal soon at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
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I am very excited by this.
Seasons change, but does everything have to? Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND is a heartfelt and dream like novella out March 10, 2026. Cover reveal and preorders coming soon! Read more about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #literature #fantasy
Imagine a Friend – Stars and Sabers
Imagine a Friend is a heartfelt, whimsical, magical novella by Emmy Award winner David Quantick, out March 10, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I am very excited by this.
Very funny and ripped off by a scummy ad, not vice versa.
Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back!
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
Dan & Dan: The Elephant in the Room
YouTube video by dananddanfilms
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November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny and ripped off by a scummy ad, not vice versa.
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Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back!
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
Dan & Dan: The Elephant in the Room
YouTube video by dananddanfilms
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back!
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...
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All the 2s left to raise. £2,222.
Please share with anyone you think might enjoy it. The clock is ticking and we didn’t reach our target for the first time today. So much for National Kindness Day…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
Please share with anyone you think might enjoy it. The clock is ticking and we didn’t reach our target for the first time today. So much for National Kindness Day…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
A Decade in the Lives
Ten years of Sgt Pepper celebrity tribute montages
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
All the 2s left to raise. £2,222.
Please share with anyone you think might enjoy it. The clock is ticking and we didn’t reach our target for the first time today. So much for National Kindness Day…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
Please share with anyone you think might enjoy it. The clock is ticking and we didn’t reach our target for the first time today. So much for National Kindness Day…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
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I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:
New books for 2026:
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x
@lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68
Covers by Daryl Joyce.
#DoctorWho
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x
@lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68
Covers by Daryl Joyce.
#DoctorWho
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:
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Giving a lecture on the drafts of The Waste Land tomorrow and all the strange and haunting lines that Eliot and Pound decided to cut
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Giving a lecture on the drafts of The Waste Land tomorrow and all the strange and haunting lines that Eliot and Pound decided to cut
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I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's selection of a dozen favourite short stories.
Check them out here!
Check them out here!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
apersonalanthology.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's selection of a dozen favourite short stories.
Check them out here!
Check them out here!
Also coo: bsky.app/profile/lizb...
I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:
New books for 2026:
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x
@lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68
Covers by Daryl Joyce.
#DoctorWho
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x
@lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68
Covers by Daryl Joyce.
#DoctorWho
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Also coo: bsky.app/profile/lizb...
Adrian Tchaikovsky's acclaimed sci-fi series The Final Architecture is getting a graphic novel prequel, and Whovians may recognize the face of its clone soldiers, the Partheni.
First look at Doctor Who star Sophie Aldred in Adrian Tchaikovsky's graphic novel Salvation's Child (Exclusive)
Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Final Architecture sci-fi series is taking a leap to the past with the upcoming prequel graphic novel Salvation's Child, and for fans o
winteriscoming.net
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Vast sin-concealing chaos
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vast sin-concealing chaos
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He still hasn't bought a book…
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
He still hasn't bought a book…
Some people pour soy sauce on their vanquished opponent, but not me. I would never Kikkoman when he's down.
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some people pour soy sauce on their vanquished opponent, but not me. I would never Kikkoman when he's down.
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Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
"One word, book play film."
(makes devil horns, mimes offering stuff to someone, mimes grabbing them, mimes demonic laughter)
(makes devil horns, mimes offering stuff to someone, mimes grabbing them, mimes demonic laughter)
If you are planning to play Charades this year with your family or friends may I recommend Faust as a cultural work to put in the hat. Someone did it a few years ago at a party and my brother almost turned purple with frustration that we were just not getting it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"One word, book play film."
(makes devil horns, mimes offering stuff to someone, mimes grabbing them, mimes demonic laughter)
(makes devil horns, mimes offering stuff to someone, mimes grabbing them, mimes demonic laughter)
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with Europe
When Canada released its federal budget this month, much of it was standard fare, from the plans to downsize the public service to the boost in defence spending.
But one line tucked in the nearly 500-page document has captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic: a mention that the government is working with Canada’s national broadcaster to explore participation in the Eurovision song contest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
Horns gesture then grab someone.
This is very much up my street. Easy to play in German. Less so in English.
If you are planning to play Charades this year with your family or friends may I recommend Faust as a cultural work to put in the hat. Someone did it a few years ago at a party and my brother almost turned purple with frustration that we were just not getting it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Horns gesture then grab someone.
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
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Listening to @iammilliam.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social (wrote for Writing the Future) and @quantick.bsky.social (whose books I copy-edited for Titan) discuss Marc Behm's Eye of the Beholder (@charliehigson.bsky.social recommended in Writing the Murder).
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/248...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/248...
248. The Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm — Backlisted
Emmy Award-winning writer David Quantick ( Veep , The Thick of It ) joins Andy and Una for a discussion of Marc Behm's surreal thriller The The Eye of the Beholder (1980). David ...
www.backlisted.fm
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Listening to @iammilliam.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social (wrote for Writing the Future) and @quantick.bsky.social (whose books I copy-edited for Titan) discuss Marc Behm's Eye of the Beholder (@charliehigson.bsky.social recommended in Writing the Murder).
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/248...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/248...
I still can't stop thinking VPN sgands for Visible Panty Line.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I still can't stop thinking VPN sgands for Visible Panty Line.
It reminds me of Scott Walker but also this, the saddest thing ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsCx...
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It reminds me of Scott Walker but also this, the saddest thing ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsCx...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM