Thank goodness all male writers have representation in the literary overlord that is Richard Osman.
"Though women dominate the fiction charts, Richard Osman’s novels took the top two spots for the most books sold in the UK last year." Where to start with this? Perhaps it's all to do with the death of the reader.
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Do we really need more male novelists?
There may not be obvious successors to the likes of Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie among today’s hotshot young writers. But is a new publisher dedicated to ‘overlooked’ male voices necessary?
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May 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thank goodness all male writers have representation in the literary overlord that is Richard Osman.
And some sunshine. For balance.
April 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And some sunshine. For balance.
True then. Truer now.
April 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
True then. Truer now.
Perusing Bluesky and X in separate tabs unsettles me. On one, I see a platform where the left is doping itself with a nostalgic delusion of what social media used to be, while on the other I see the enraged right congregating and organising almost unchallenged. We have reached peak echo chamber.
November 26, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Perusing Bluesky and X in separate tabs unsettles me. On one, I see a platform where the left is doping itself with a nostalgic delusion of what social media used to be, while on the other I see the enraged right congregating and organising almost unchallenged. We have reached peak echo chamber.
And back in September 2021, my short story 'Hearts and Minds' was awarded the Cambridge Short Story Prize theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-...
Short Story: Hearts and Minds, by Jack Petrubi - TSS Publishing
Reading Time: 8 minutes Winner of the Cambridge Short Story Prize 2021 Hearts and Minds Prenatal | ˌprē-ˈnā-tᵊl | adjective Occurring or existing before birth. Providing or receiving prenatal medical ...
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November 23, 2024 at 9:28 PM
And back in September 2021, my short story 'Hearts and Minds' was awarded the Cambridge Short Story Prize theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-...
Also in March 2022, the Mechanics' Institute Review published my short story 'The Weather Changes Here So Fast' mirarchive.co.uk/theweatherch...
The Weather Changes Here So Fast by Jack Petrubi – MIR Online
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November 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Also in March 2022, the Mechanics' Institute Review published my short story 'The Weather Changes Here So Fast' mirarchive.co.uk/theweatherch...
New to Bluesky. Here's some of my stuff. My short story 'Driving in the Dark' was published by Litro USA in March 2022. www.litromagazine.com/usa/2022/03/...
DRIVING IN THE DARK - Litro Magazine USA
I called it in. The rest is on the police, right?
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November 23, 2024 at 9:22 PM
New to Bluesky. Here's some of my stuff. My short story 'Driving in the Dark' was published by Litro USA in March 2022. www.litromagazine.com/usa/2022/03/...