Charles Boyle
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Writer and publisher (CB editions, 2007 to now: www.cbeditions.com)
Last Sunday I went to a Leicester Square premiere of the new series of Landman which stars Billy Bob Thornton and I've written about why I'm a little obsessed with that man here: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill...
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last Sunday I went to a Leicester Square premiere of the new series of Landman which stars Billy Bob Thornton and I've written about why I'm a little obsessed with that man here: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill...
With a neat new bag for carrying yoga mats and cricket bats CB editions is off tomorrow to the Indie Book Fair at Bath Central Library organised by the wonderful Peirene Press.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With a neat new bag for carrying yoga mats and cricket bats CB editions is off tomorrow to the Indie Book Fair at Bath Central Library organised by the wonderful Peirene Press.
CB editions October newsletter, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/10/cbe-...
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CB editions October newsletter, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/10/cbe-...
Separation anxiety: books I’m fond of that might be hard or expensive to replace if I lose them – if I see another copy of the same edition in a charity shop, I often buy it. This is the most recent, bought at the weekend. Some of these duplicates I’ve given away, some I appear to have lost.
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Separation anxiety: books I’m fond of that might be hard or expensive to replace if I lose them – if I see another copy of the same edition in a charity shop, I often buy it. This is the most recent, bought at the weekend. Some of these duplicates I’ve given away, some I appear to have lost.
The books, yes, but also the shelves - made yesterday from stiff cardboard, they slot together when going up and fold down flat when down. If I designed for IKEA I'd give them a name like Harald.
September 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The books, yes, but also the shelves - made yesterday from stiff cardboard, they slot together when going up and fold down flat when down. If I designed for IKEA I'd give them a name like Harald.
CB editions newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/09/cbe-...
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
CB editions newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/09/cbe-...
Sheila Ramage ran this bookshed for 45 years. “The loveliest person in the trade” – Marius Kociejowski. I’ll be talking about her (5 mins) at 2pm on Saturday, 26 July in this very place, now the Bouda Gallery (W8 4RT), at an event organised by Steven Fowler: london.czechcentres.cz/en/program/p...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sheila Ramage ran this bookshed for 45 years. “The loveliest person in the trade” – Marius Kociejowski. I’ll be talking about her (5 mins) at 2pm on Saturday, 26 July in this very place, now the Bouda Gallery (W8 4RT), at an event organised by Steven Fowler: london.czechcentres.cz/en/program/p...
All the CBe covers 2007-2026 on a poster, free to takers of Season Ticket 2 (10 books of your own choice for £75) on the website www.cbeditions.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
All the CBe covers 2007-2026 on a poster, free to takers of Season Ticket 2 (10 books of your own choice for £75) on the website www.cbeditions.com
Endings, signing off, in novels, are so often tacky. I've written about this, I've argued that 'Everyone lived happily ever after' is metafictional. Here's a good one (Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty):
June 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Endings, signing off, in novels, are so often tacky. I've written about this, I've argued that 'Everyone lived happily ever after' is metafictional. Here's a good one (Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty):
Serve cool: bookshelves for another hot day
June 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Serve cool: bookshelves for another hot day
Mended. Since the bones I fractured in my neck in March have now healed, thanks to the NHS, I owed it to this giraffe to put her/him back together.
June 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Mended. Since the bones I fractured in my neck in March have now healed, thanks to the NHS, I owed it to this giraffe to put her/him back together.
All the CB editions covers, 2007 to now, on one A1 poster.
May 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
All the CB editions covers, 2007 to now, on one A1 poster.
"Umarell": see the Wiki entry: men of retirement age watching roadworks, arms akimbo or hands clasped behind back, offering unwanted advice. Here's me watching a new speed bump being put in in my street.
May 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Umarell": see the Wiki entry: men of retirement age watching roadworks, arms akimbo or hands clasped behind back, offering unwanted advice. Here's me watching a new speed bump being put in in my street.
Me (with ancient author photo) on style, English puritanism, advice and Invisible Dogs: auraist.substack.com/p/was-updike...
April 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Me (with ancient author photo) on style, English puritanism, advice and Invisible Dogs: auraist.substack.com/p/was-updike...
CB editions will have a stall at this fair on Saturday: do come and chat, buy or haggle.
April 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
CB editions will have a stall at this fair on Saturday: do come and chat, buy or haggle.
Just 6 days left to stream for free a reading on Vimeo of @bydanobrien.bsky.social's stage adaptation of these books: register here: lortel.org/the-other-ja...
April 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just 6 days left to stream for free a reading on Vimeo of @bydanobrien.bsky.social's stage adaptation of these books: register here: lortel.org/the-other-ja...
Screenshot from a reading of the stage adaptation by Dan O'Brien of The Other Jack, based on the book by myself (CBe, 2021). The reading can be streamed free on Vimeo until 22 April – you’ll need to register with the Lortel Theatre (lortel.org/the-other-ja...), who will send a link.
April 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Screenshot from a reading of the stage adaptation by Dan O'Brien of The Other Jack, based on the book by myself (CBe, 2021). The reading can be streamed free on Vimeo until 22 April – you’ll need to register with the Lortel Theatre (lortel.org/the-other-ja...), who will send a link.
"Showing off? Remember your age": Goya's title to this drawing of me tumbling down the kitchen stairs last Friday. Back from hospital today. Normal service (posting, emails, etc) will resume gradually.
March 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Showing off? Remember your age": Goya's title to this drawing of me tumbling down the kitchen stairs last Friday. Back from hospital today. Normal service (posting, emails, etc) will resume gradually.
Delivery today of CBe books to the only bookshop in Shepherds Bush (the Waterstones in Westfield doesn't count): stall 64, Shepherds Bush market. Alongside the fabrics, kitchenware and the fish: I want to belong here. Guy in the pic has a great quote from Kleinzahler on his book. Local produce.
March 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Delivery today of CBe books to the only bookshop in Shepherds Bush (the Waterstones in Westfield doesn't count): stall 64, Shepherds Bush market. Alongside the fabrics, kitchenware and the fish: I want to belong here. Guy in the pic has a great quote from Kleinzahler on his book. Local produce.
A decade ago Wiki renamed me as a road in the Midlands and gave me a new pseudonym. They did get my birth year right; my current entry has me 4 years younger.
March 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A decade ago Wiki renamed me as a road in the Midlands and gave me a new pseudonym. They did get my birth year right; my current entry has me 4 years younger.
More dogs. Invisible Dogs (CB editions) is on the shortlist for the RoC Prize: readings & chat at the Deptford Lounge, SE8 4RH, tomorrow, free, come. A pdf of this piece I wrote last year on independent publishing can now be downloaded from the CBe website: www.cbeditions.com/about.html
March 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
More dogs. Invisible Dogs (CB editions) is on the shortlist for the RoC Prize: readings & chat at the Deptford Lounge, SE8 4RH, tomorrow, free, come. A pdf of this piece I wrote last year on independent publishing can now be downloaded from the CBe website: www.cbeditions.com/about.html
Next Thursday, 13 March: 9 Giffin Street, SE8 4RH. Free.
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Next Thursday, 13 March: 9 Giffin Street, SE8 4RH. Free.
Yves Klein lives here, in a house backing onto the Overground track near Willesden Junction.
March 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yves Klein lives here, in a house backing onto the Overground track near Willesden Junction.
CB editions February newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
CB editions February newsletter, as archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com
Here's a link to an online show of my wife's art, put up today: organthing.com/2025/02/25/c... She was artist in residence at the National Gallery, way back, and more. We keep on going.
February 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here's a link to an online show of my wife's art, put up today: organthing.com/2025/02/25/c... She was artist in residence at the National Gallery, way back, and more. We keep on going.