Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
La Chouffe (0.04%) bij Den Draak
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
La Chouffe (0.04%) bij Den Draak
Me and Tiger aka Teegster aka Teeg of the Clan McTeague (late 1990s) photograph my my late grate mate, the much missed Kevin Jackson
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Me and Tiger aka Teegster aka Teeg of the Clan McTeague (late 1990s) photograph my my late grate mate, the much missed Kevin Jackson
Twiggy (2015) photograph by Anne Billson
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Twiggy (2015) photograph by Anne Billson
Coiffure Paris-Look (2016) photograph by Anne Billson
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Coiffure Paris-Look (2016) photograph by Anne Billson
Sloppy selfie with first novel", circa 1993
(*not first book; I'd already had a couple of film books and a novelisation published)
(*not first book; I'd already had a couple of film books and a novelisation published)
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Sloppy selfie with first novel", circa 1993
(*not first book; I'd already had a couple of film books and a novelisation published)
(*not first book; I'd already had a couple of film books and a novelisation published)
The illustrations are same cover artwork as for the French editions. The photograph is a crop from a picture by the great Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert. The Cat, new translation just out from Penguin, has yet another style of cover design.
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The illustrations are same cover artwork as for the French editions. The photograph is a crop from a picture by the great Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert. The Cat, new translation just out from Penguin, has yet another style of cover design.
BOOKS READ IN NOVEMBER 2025
The Cat by Georges Simenon; translated by Ros Schwartz
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock by Maxim Jakubowski (editor)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung
The Cat by Georges Simenon; translated by Ros Schwartz
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock by Maxim Jakubowski (editor)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BOOKS READ IN NOVEMBER 2025
The Cat by Georges Simenon; translated by Ros Schwartz
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock by Maxim Jakubowski (editor)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung
The Cat by Georges Simenon; translated by Ros Schwartz
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock by Maxim Jakubowski (editor)
Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung
Zestra (0.03%) at Cafe Moeskop (surprisingly underpopulated)
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Zestra (0.03%) at Cafe Moeskop (surprisingly underpopulated)
THE EX: A Ghost Story (kindle or paperback)
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
THE EX: A Ghost Story (kindle or paperback)
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
Café de Zure (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Café de Zure (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
Antwerpen Centraal (2019) photograph by Anne Billson
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Antwerpen Centraal (2019) photograph by Anne Billson
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"super pithy (like Halliwell but without the snobbery)"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"tremendously informative and very, very funny"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
Dokkie (0.03%) at Beer Lovers Bar.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Dokkie (0.03%) at Beer Lovers Bar.
In my teens and early twenties, my taste in interior decor was heavily influenced by that of Sarah Bernhardt.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In my teens and early twenties, my taste in interior decor was heavily influenced by that of Sarah Bernhardt.
Tom (mid-1970s) photograph by Anne Billson. From the days when I absolutely HAD to cram every available surface with clutter.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Tom (mid-1970s) photograph by Anne Billson. From the days when I absolutely HAD to cram every available surface with clutter.
THE EX: A Ghost Story (kindle or paperback)
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
THE EX: A Ghost Story (kindle or paperback)
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
"Witty, blackly comic, pacy & original... as if Harold Lloyd had strayed into The Omen"
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"would give M R James sleepless nights"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"an essential book for cat lovers who watch movies"
"If you love cats and film, this book is for you!"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"an essential book for cat lovers who watch movies"
"If you love cats and film, this book is for you!"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"an essential book for cat lovers who watch movies"
"If you love cats and film, this book is for you!"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"the perfect book for cat lovers"
"an essential book for cat lovers who watch movies"
"If you love cats and film, this book is for you!"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
Lighting test selfies (early 1980s) photographs by Anne Billson
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Lighting test selfies (early 1980s) photographs by Anne Billson
Cable release selfie from late-1970s. I mean, WTF. Photograph by Anne Billson
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Cable release selfie from late-1970s. I mean, WTF. Photograph by Anne Billson
Another Sue Barnes Special Art Project (hence the cut-outs). Me drinking tea or coffee and blowing my nose (I had a cold IIRC), mid-1970s.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Another Sue Barnes Special Art Project (hence the cut-outs). Me drinking tea or coffee and blowing my nose (I had a cold IIRC), mid-1970s.
Reminds me of the semi-detached house I spent most of my teenage years in, in Croydon.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reminds me of the semi-detached house I spent most of my teenage years in, in Croydon.
Same coat, same bag, some years later. Originally thought this was early 1980s, now more inclined towards late 1970s, given the Effi Briest and Communion (?) posters.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Same coat, same bag, some years later. Originally thought this was early 1980s, now more inclined towards late 1970s, given the Effi Briest and Communion (?) posters.