C.D. Rose
@cdrose.bsky.social
Writer of stories. 'We Live Here Now' out Aug 5th. (Also: 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (@melvillehouse.bsky.social)
Good to see a hefty pile of @andrewgallix.bsky.social in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Good to see a hefty pile of @andrewgallix.bsky.social in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate.
Sylvia would like to say thank you to everyone for awarding her the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social.
(And so would I.)
(And so would I.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sylvia would like to say thank you to everyone for awarding her the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social.
(And so would I.)
(And so would I.)
Sylvia casually hanging with Glenn Gould. That cat is so damn cultured.
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sylvia casually hanging with Glenn Gould. That cat is so damn cultured.
Co-op garlic showing its fine (musical) taste.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Co-op garlic showing its fine (musical) taste.
Pleasingly complementary covers.
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pleasingly complementary covers.
Joy Williams, from 'Train.'
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Joy Williams, from 'Train.'
I own this very record. Have just put it on and the cats are freaking out.
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I own this very record. Have just put it on and the cats are freaking out.
Quid each. God bless charity shops.
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Quid each. God bless charity shops.
Regular readers will know that I collect short stories set on trains. This one by Agota Kristof is a fine addition to the canon.
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Regular readers will know that I collect short stories set on trains. This one by Agota Kristof is a fine addition to the canon.
Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social for this review in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social - a ‘surreal joyride’ indeed.
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social for this review in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social - a ‘surreal joyride’ indeed.
Quite the strangest 7" I might have ever found: a-side is a recording of French baroque composer Marin Marais' 'Tableau of a Lithotomy', then the b-side is a recording of a drug salesman telling a doctor why he should use their new laxative.
August 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Quite the strangest 7" I might have ever found: a-side is a recording of French baroque composer Marin Marais' 'Tableau of a Lithotomy', then the b-side is a recording of a drug salesman telling a doctor why he should use their new laxative.
I'm biased, but it has had some very good reviews.
August 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm biased, but it has had some very good reviews.
'We Live Here Now' is now in shops. You know what to do.
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'We Live Here Now' is now in shops. You know what to do.
'Next Episode,' a short novel by revolutionary and Grand Prix driver Hubert Aquin. A tale of an imprisoned revolutionary trying (and failing) to write a novel. Little known, and highly recommended.
July 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
'Next Episode,' a short novel by revolutionary and Grand Prix driver Hubert Aquin. A tale of an imprisoned revolutionary trying (and failing) to write a novel. Little known, and highly recommended.
Nomeansno featured at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria. (@jahduran.bsky.social might be impressed?)
July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nomeansno featured at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria. (@jahduran.bsky.social might be impressed?)
Less than a month to wait.
July 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Less than a month to wait.
Dudley Moore on piano, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and Mátyás Seiber and Igor Stravinsky composing. Yes please!
July 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Dudley Moore on piano, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and Mátyás Seiber and Igor Stravinsky composing. Yes please!
Happy Canada Day! Why not celebrate by watching some Guy Maddin, and listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor?
July 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy Canada Day! Why not celebrate by watching some Guy Maddin, and listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor?
Out in just over a month. Pre-order from your usual dealer.
June 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Out in just over a month. Pre-order from your usual dealer.
This morning's listening.
June 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This morning's listening.
If you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'Jaws' and you haven't read this book, then what are you even doing?
June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
If you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'Jaws' and you haven't read this book, then what are you even doing?
A crumpled swan and a grumpy goose.
(The book is well worth reading; the goose is best avoided.)
Happy pub day @davidcollard.bsky.social!
(The book is well worth reading; the goose is best avoided.)
Happy pub day @davidcollard.bsky.social!
June 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A crumpled swan and a grumpy goose.
(The book is well worth reading; the goose is best avoided.)
Happy pub day @davidcollard.bsky.social!
(The book is well worth reading; the goose is best avoided.)
Happy pub day @davidcollard.bsky.social!
When you're reading something and think 'Hellooooo! That's meeee!'
May 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When you're reading something and think 'Hellooooo! That's meeee!'
Elizabeth Bishop ('silent generation'?) said it better.
May 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Elizabeth Bishop ('silent generation'?) said it better.