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Victoria Stewart
@verbivorial.bsky.social
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When not reading, often writing. Represented by @litagentfran.bsky.social
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New Celia Fremlin novel drops.
pastpostcard.bsky.social Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 1d
He got married again just before Xmas & Jacky did not like it & kept abusing his wife over the telephone.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Winter Sea https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/winter-sea-1937
Paul Nash's "Winter Sea" captures a surreal and abstract interpretation of the seascape with rolling waves that resemble folded textiles, creating a sense of surreal tranquility. The muted palette and geometric forms reflect Nash's distinctive style, influenced by his experience as a war artist and his interest in symbolic landscapes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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News! On 16 April (same day my book comes out) I'll be chatting with @jennashworth.bsky.social at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social

We'll be talking all about LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, and I’d love it if you could join us. Tickets here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/like-a-cat...
LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: James Bailey in conversation with Jenn Ashworth
Join us to celebrate the publication of James Bailey's illuminating biography of Muriel Spark
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November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Happy Birthday, Anton
tomasjmurray.bsky.social Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 8d
It’s Anton’s birthday tomorrow.
Anton Walbrook
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Always good to see a shout-out for Irmgard Keun
jacquiwine.bsky.social JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 8d
New on the blog today, I've written about CHILD OF ALL NATIONS by Irmgard Keun (tr. Michael Hofmann).

An eye-opening window into the uncertain existence of a family of German refugees, forced to leave their homeland for political reasons. #GermanLitMonth 💙📚

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Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun (tr. Michael Hofmann)
Born in Berlin in 1905, the German writer Irmgard Keun rose to prominence in the early 1930s with her striking novels Gilgi, One of Us (1931) and The Artificial Silk Girl (1932), both of which I lo…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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New on the blog today, I've written about the TIRZAH GARWOOD: Beyond Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich PG, which showcased Garwood as a highly talented artist in her own right.

One of my favourite exhibitions in recent years! #NonFictionNovember2025 #BookSky

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Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious – exhibition and accompanying book
Something a little different from me today – another post in an occasional series of pieces about the art books I’ve accumulated over the past few years, mostly from gallery visits in London and th…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Really glad to hear (belatedly) that CD Rose won the Goldsmiths Prize
goldsmithsprize.bsky.social Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 20d
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2025 is C.D. Rose's We Live Here Now! 🎉🎉

Congratulations Chris! 👏👏
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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One for the Henry Green fans
paintingsoflondon.bsky.social Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 16d
'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman

(Imperial War Museums)
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Still got it. Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker Prize, most conspicuous of the prizes, for his truly excellent novel Flesh.
iammilliam.bsky.social Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · Mar 12
Thanks to all who came to the event with David Szalay at @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social last night. It was brilliant, so was he and I wish we’d recorded it. Ah well. You can still read Flesh before it wins the prizes.
David Szalay’s wonderful new novel Flesh.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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We were the only folks on the beach, just like on postcard.
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Wise advice from Laura Mulvey to her students: ‘You can’t write until you’ve thought…’
You can’t write until you’ve thought. I’d say, remember in The Searchers [1956] when Ethan and Martin have been drawn away by the Comanches, and then they see the farmhouse burning, and Martin leaps on his horse and gallops back, whereas Ethan takes the saddle off, feeds his horse, gives it water, and then when he gallops back he overtakes poor Martin, whose horse has died under him, and is carrying his saddle. You’ve got to be Ethan and not Martin.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The sharp, dark, dazzling fiction of Beryl Bainbridge is being reissued by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social, starting next year with ‘The Bottle Factory Outing’ and ‘An Awfully Big Adventure’ with new introductions by Yiyun Li and A.K. Blakemore.
BERYL BANBRIDGE One of the best novelists of her generation. Guardian "One of Bainbridge's best books." The Times Completely maverick. Penelope Lively AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE 'A genuine original, with a macabre imagination.' New York: Review of Books BERYL BAINBRIDCE THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING 'One of the best novelists of her generation. Guardian One of my most admired writers' Hilary Mantel "A riotous, macabre imagination? Daily Telegraph Coolly stylish, meticulous, beady-eyed and horribly funny: John Banville
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I thought this piece by @ds228.bsky.social was spot on 👇
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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@richardfallon.bsky.social 👀
levistahl.bsky.social Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · Oct 24
This is some real “Victorians dig up bones and put them together any old way” shit.
An inflatable Halloween dinosaur skeleton decoration in a yard down the block. For some reason there are skulls all over it, where other bones should be.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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This (unfortunately timely) documentary about art theft is well worth a look

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Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves - Series 1: 1. Frankfurt
The theft of two Turners on loan from the Tate in 1994 starts a high-stakes game of cat and mouse across Europe from London to Belgrade, deep into the world of Serbian war lords.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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📣 Two new tickets released!📣 Join writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton for a one-day masterclass. Learn how to weave personal journeys into works of creative non-fiction, balancing structure, pacing, and material for maximum impact.

🗓Sat 8 Nov '25
🕓10.30AM-3PM
🎟️£70

Our website to book!
A photo of author Caroline Crampton and a picture of her books 'A Body Made of Glass' and 'The Way to the Sea'. The logo of Gladstone's Library is in the top right corner. Text reads: Book your tickets for: Masterclass: Putting Yourself on the Page with Caroline Crampton, Saturday 8th November 10.30AM-3PM, Tickets: £70.
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The strange world of occultist surrealist Ithell Colquhoun, Tate Britain
October 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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‘A hunger for wild, physical sensation’: Alan Hollinghurst on painter and writer Denton Welch who died tragically young
When the young painter was left severely injured after being knocked off his bike, he began to write – with astonishing vividness. As his paintings go on show, novelist Alan Hollinghurst celebrates th...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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From @jacquiwine.bsky.social, a thoughtful review of a novel I really loved 👇
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The Dark Blue Bird, Edward Lear.
Painting, The Dark Blue Bird
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Surrealist painter, writer, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun was born #OTD in 1906. She was fascinated by megalithic sites, which she explored in painting and in her travel books 'The Crying of the Wind: Ireland' (1955) and 'The Living Stones: Cornwall' (1957).

🎨'La Cathedrale Engloutie' (1952)
Surrealist landscape showing figure-of-eight pattern of stones, half submerged and half on an island.
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Very good news to see that an exhibition of Denton Welch's work is on display at John Swarbrooke Fine Art at 11 Fitzroy Square, London from 10 October to 30 October. This portrait of Welch (1935) is by his friend Gerald Leet.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Oct 8th - A week before she was murdered, Mrs Emily French made Leonard Vole the sole beneficiary of her will.

📽️📅 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957): First, a courtroom scene with a judge addressing a witness in front of the jury. The subtitle reads, "Were you aware of the arrangements Mrs. French made to dispose of her money?" Second, a close-up of an older woman in a dark hat and patterned attire, speaking into a microphone. The subtitle reads, "Yes. He was to have all her money, she told him,". Third, a similar close-up of the same woman, looking slightly to the side with a serious expression. The subtitle reads, "- When did this take place? - On October 8."
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM