Sam Jordison
@samjordison.bsky.social
Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
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On my blog today, my review of the benefactors by Wendy Erskine and my first critical reading session with @galleybeggars.bsky.social and @samjordison.bsky.social to discuss it. Https://annabookbel.net/the-benefactors-by-wendy-erskine-galley-beggar-critical-reading-class-1/
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
On my blog today, my review of the benefactors by Wendy Erskine and my first critical reading session with @galleybeggars.bsky.social and @samjordison.bsky.social to discuss it. Https://annabookbel.net/the-benefactors-by-wendy-erskine-galley-beggar-critical-reading-class-1/
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Deforestation, fascism, cults, resistance and more in our latest episode, a fascinating conversation with Chilean writer Simón López Trujillo about his novel Pedro The Vast: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
129. Simón López Trujillo, "Pedro the Vast" - Across the Pond
Author Simón López Trujillo joins us to talk about his novel Pedro the Vast, a multitudinous novel that explores manuel labor, parenting, religion, and corporate greed.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Deforestation, fascism, cults, resistance and more in our latest episode, a fascinating conversation with Chilean writer Simón López Trujillo about his novel Pedro The Vast: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
Wondrous strange
Some thoughts on Hamnet. Yes, I’m here to spoil your fun!
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January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Links, Tips and Suggestions: "Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
Links, Tips and Suggestions
"Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Links, Tips and Suggestions: "Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
Links, Tips and Suggestions: "Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
Links, Tips and Suggestions
"Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Links, Tips and Suggestions: "Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
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Our latest episode features a conversation with writer and musician Ausyn Wohlers about her book Hothouse Bloom: interabangbooks.com/across-pond freight.cargo.site/w/422/q/75/i... A very interesting book by a talented writer. Just what we enjoy talking about.
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Our latest episode features a conversation with writer and musician Ausyn Wohlers about her book Hothouse Bloom: interabangbooks.com/across-pond freight.cargo.site/w/422/q/75/i... A very interesting book by a talented writer. Just what we enjoy talking about.
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Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... "a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"
Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia: Chile’s dark era revisited through a family drama
Novel examines the moral compromises of ordinary Chileans living under Pinochet’s dictatorship
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January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... "a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"
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Our latest conversation is with Gonzalo C Garcia about his incredible novel Telenovela, Chile, Pinochet, and much more.
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124. Gonzalo C. Garcia,
Podcast Episode · Across the Pond · 10/12/2025 · 47m
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December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our latest conversation is with Gonzalo C Garcia about his incredible novel Telenovela, Chile, Pinochet, and much more.
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Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three book recommendations: open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...
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It's an honour to have written a foreword for a new edition of perhaps my favourite novel (or is it a novella?), A Month In The Country by JL Carr.
It's published by Quince Tree Press, now run by the Carr family. Do investigate their other wonderful wares.
www.quincetreepress.co.uk
It's published by Quince Tree Press, now run by the Carr family. Do investigate their other wonderful wares.
www.quincetreepress.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's an honour to have written a foreword for a new edition of perhaps my favourite novel (or is it a novella?), A Month In The Country by JL Carr.
It's published by Quince Tree Press, now run by the Carr family. Do investigate their other wonderful wares.
www.quincetreepress.co.uk
It's published by Quince Tree Press, now run by the Carr family. Do investigate their other wonderful wares.
www.quincetreepress.co.uk
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On today’s Advent Calendar, Gonzalo C. Garcia gives us a Xmas song he cannot stand.
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Gonzalo’s excellent ‘Telenovela’ is out now on @galleybeggars.bsky.social - to hear more about it from Gonzalo himself listen to the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social!
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Gonzalo’s excellent ‘Telenovela’ is out now on @galleybeggars.bsky.social - to hear more about it from Gonzalo himself listen to the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social!
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On today’s Advent Calendar, Gonzalo C. Garcia gives us a Xmas song he cannot stand.
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Gonzalo’s excellent ‘Telenovela’ is out now on @galleybeggars.bsky.social - to hear more about it from Gonzalo himself listen to the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social!
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Gonzalo’s excellent ‘Telenovela’ is out now on @galleybeggars.bsky.social - to hear more about it from Gonzalo himself listen to the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social!
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Overjoyed to see this in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social ! (and thanks to @markabowles.bsky.social for sending the picture.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Overjoyed to see this in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social ! (and thanks to @markabowles.bsky.social for sending the picture.)
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Here's our Telenovela publication day newsletter - full of glad tidings!
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Two things to celebrate
Happy publication day to this wonderful writer:
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November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Here's our Telenovela publication day newsletter - full of glad tidings!
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"No human being is just one way, then. And Telenovela also suggests, quietly but boldly, that no political side is wholly virtuous either." Heart pounding. Not just a glowing review, but a real insight into the complexities of the "ambitious, unsettling" Telenovela:
www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
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Life no longer infinite
Born in Chile, Gonzalo C. Garcia has long been based in Britain, yet his imaginative roots linger back home. His first novel, We Are the End (TLS,
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November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"No human being is just one way, then. And Telenovela also suggests, quietly but boldly, that no political side is wholly virtuous either." Heart pounding. Not just a glowing review, but a real insight into the complexities of the "ambitious, unsettling" Telenovela:
www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
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This is a cracking book
The splendid @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social have reduced the price of the AWARD WINNING audiobook of All My Precious Madness on their site, for a short while, to celebrate winning the best fiction Speakie on Monday: www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/a...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is a cracking book
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Did AI write this?
AI will reshape publishing jobs, from editorial and production to marketing, sales and operations. The question is not whether this happens, but who shapes these changes, says Bec Evans 👇 #BookSky
Knowledge is power
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November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Did AI write this?
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The first - splendid! - reviews of Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia have started arriving:
Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia
Review by Victoria Best
The telenovela is a uniquely Latin American creation. It began as the radionovela, a drama told in episodes of 15 minutes that was broadcast during the daytime as enter
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November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The first - splendid! - reviews of Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia have started arriving:
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A special episode! An interview with Sarah Hall about her splendid new novel Helm: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis... Amazing facts about this unique - hurricane force! - wind and the inspiration it provided for Sarah.
125. Sarah Hall, "Helm" - Across the Pond
The wonderful writer Sarah Hall returns to the podcast, this time to talk about her latest novel Helm, in which the Helm Wind of Cumbria, England's Eden Valley has her own puckish point of view about ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A special episode! An interview with Sarah Hall about her splendid new novel Helm: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis... Amazing facts about this unique - hurricane force! - wind and the inspiration it provided for Sarah.
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All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Fiction Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Fiction category at The British Audio Awards 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
A new Links,Tips and Suggestions. News about counter culture, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
Links, tips, suggestions
Book recommendations for December, news about counter culture, revisiting Oral Sadism and The Vegetarian Personality, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A new Links,Tips and Suggestions. News about counter culture, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
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A very generous and flattering profile of our press from the excellent Will Dady at @renardpress.com and in association with the splendid @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social : www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/articles/sam... I spoke - at great length! - and he very kindly and patiently took it all down...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A very generous and flattering profile of our press from the excellent Will Dady at @renardpress.com and in association with the splendid @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social : www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/articles/sam... I spoke - at great length! - and he very kindly and patiently took it all down...
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This is wonderful!
Today’s damned soul is author Gonzalo C. Garcia!
As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Pre-order Telenovela tinyurl.com/galleynovela
As well as the 5 tracks he will meet in Hell, Gonzalo told us about his @galleybeggars.bsky.social book ‘Telenovela’, set in Chile during the last days of dictatorship.
Listen podfollow.com/hellish
Pre-order Telenovela tinyurl.com/galleynovela
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is wonderful!