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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.)
Good morning from our magnificent creature.
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good morning from our magnificent creature.
Our new newsletter is newsy: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our new newsletter is newsy: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
Features glad tidings about this beauty:
(Also this beautiful poem:)
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
(Also this beautiful poem:)
Brick Lane never fails.
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Brick Lane never fails.
Sirius loves autumn.
(Prince of dogs.)
(Prince of dogs.)
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Sirius loves autumn.
(Prince of dogs.)
(Prince of dogs.)
Just under two weeks left to enter the annual GBP Short Story Prize - one of the highlights of our year, and where, for 2025/26, we'll be joined by two brilliant writers and one brilliant literary agent as judges (Sam Mills, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Sebastian Godwin:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just under two weeks left to enter the annual GBP Short Story Prize - one of the highlights of our year, and where, for 2025/26, we'll be joined by two brilliant writers and one brilliant literary agent as judges (Sam Mills, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Sebastian Godwin:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Cover too, because it's very cool:
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Cover too, because it's very cool:
Here's the stamp on the back!
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here's the stamp on the back!
This weekend’s charity shop find:
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This weekend’s charity shop find:
Jilly! 💔
"Jilly Cooper ’s work is not, so far as I know, much studied in universities. In the [SCR] recently, when I mentioned that I was writing this review, a Very Senior Person slumped forward with his head in his hands, muttering: ‘Oh no, soft porn!’..." 1/2
"Jilly Cooper ’s work is not, so far as I know, much studied in universities. In the [SCR] recently, when I mentioned that I was writing this review, a Very Senior Person slumped forward with his head in his hands, muttering: ‘Oh no, soft porn!’..." 1/2
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Jilly! 💔
"Jilly Cooper ’s work is not, so far as I know, much studied in universities. In the [SCR] recently, when I mentioned that I was writing this review, a Very Senior Person slumped forward with his head in his hands, muttering: ‘Oh no, soft porn!’..." 1/2
"Jilly Cooper ’s work is not, so far as I know, much studied in universities. In the [SCR] recently, when I mentioned that I was writing this review, a Very Senior Person slumped forward with his head in his hands, muttering: ‘Oh no, soft porn!’..." 1/2
Charity shop buy. Look at that marvellous title! (1937, before the war, obvs - and also before mansplaining entered the dictionary. Oh Bernard!)
September 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Charity shop buy. Look at that marvellous title! (1937, before the war, obvs - and also before mansplaining entered the dictionary. Oh Bernard!)
You could use it to light the room 😬
September 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You could use it to light the room 😬
Just arrived, one electric iron, from 1920. Look at that cord! You plug it into the ceiling light. All in all, terrifying.
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just arrived, one electric iron, from 1920. Look at that cord! You plug it into the ceiling light. All in all, terrifying.
Loved going to the launch of Loren Ipsum this evening. Wonderful work by Dodo Ink and the great @andrewgallix.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Loved going to the launch of Loren Ipsum this evening. Wonderful work by Dodo Ink and the great @andrewgallix.bsky.social
Gonzalo’s swag has arrived - almost as fine as the book!
September 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Gonzalo’s swag has arrived - almost as fine as the book!
Our dog Sirius hates flies so much he will hide if he hears one. There is currently (i) one in the house; (ii) he disappeared; (iii) I have just found him, in our daughter's wardrobe...
September 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our dog Sirius hates flies so much he will hide if he hears one. There is currently (i) one in the house; (ii) he disappeared; (iii) I have just found him, in our daughter's wardrobe...
Five days home and Sirius is starting to think that any convalescence that involves steaks, constant pats, tummy tickles, chin rubs, and sleeping on the bed might be a convalescence worth having. (Rubbish walks, though.) Good boy!
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Five days home and Sirius is starting to think that any convalescence that involves steaks, constant pats, tummy tickles, chin rubs, and sleeping on the bed might be a convalescence worth having. (Rubbish walks, though.) Good boy!
He's doing well thank you! Antibiotics working, tail wagging.
August 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
He's doing well thank you! Antibiotics working, tail wagging.
Just home from a week in doggy hospital (surgery, near death, icu) - and a very, very, very good boy.
August 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just home from a week in doggy hospital (surgery, near death, icu) - and a very, very, very good boy.
Independent publishers have rabbits nicely covered:
July 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Independent publishers have rabbits nicely covered:
Look at this beauty from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Look at this beauty from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Very proud to be sitting with Mark Bowles at the Authors' Club Best First Novel dinner last night. No prize this time (but congratulations to Ferdia Lennon!) It was fun to be in the National Liberal Club. Enjoyed seeing one of Gladstone's axes.
May 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Very proud to be sitting with Mark Bowles at the Authors' Club Best First Novel dinner last night. No prize this time (but congratulations to Ferdia Lennon!) It was fun to be in the National Liberal Club. Enjoyed seeing one of Gladstone's axes.
These people are not welcome in Norwich. Stay out of our city, stay out of our country, stay away from our women.
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These people are not welcome in Norwich. Stay out of our city, stay out of our country, stay away from our women.