Trevor Berrett
@mookse.bsky.social
Books and Film | The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast with @bibliopaul.bsky.social | 2017 Best Translated Book Award Judge
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This week, @mookse.bsky.social and I joined are by @ds228.bsky.social of @onebrightbook.bsky.social to talk about the difficult, liberating art of culling books. What does it mean to let go of the stories we’ve carried with us? Is it an act of loss, renewal, or self-knowledge?
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This week, @mookse.bsky.social and I joined are by @ds228.bsky.social of @onebrightbook.bsky.social to talk about the difficult, liberating art of culling books. What does it mean to let go of the stories we’ve carried with us? Is it an act of loss, renewal, or self-knowledge?
Our new episode is up! This week @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are joined by @ds228.bsky.social to discuss the agony of book culling! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
Episode 119: The Art (and Agony) of Book Culling
This week, Trevor and Paul are joined by Dorian Stuber of One Bright Book to talk about the difficult, liberating art of culling books.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new episode is up! This week @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are joined by @ds228.bsky.social to discuss the agony of book culling! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
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We publish ‘Makeshift’ by Sarah Campion at the end of next month! Pre-order now here: www.boilerhouse.pres...
‘Makeshift’ is a fascinating and long-neglected novel about the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intolerant world, told in an unforgettable voice.
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‘Makeshift’ is a fascinating and long-neglected novel about the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intolerant world, told in an unforgettable voice.
@neglectedbooks.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We publish ‘Makeshift’ by Sarah Campion at the end of next month! Pre-order now here: www.boilerhouse.pres...
‘Makeshift’ is a fascinating and long-neglected novel about the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intolerant world, told in an unforgettable voice.
@neglectedbooks.com
‘Makeshift’ is a fascinating and long-neglected novel about the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intolerant world, told in an unforgettable voice.
@neglectedbooks.com
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So glad to be revisiting the work of Abbas Kiarostami with my podcasting partner of many years!
We are excited to have in hand Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features! Soon @peutetre.bsky.social and I will be recording a new episode of The Eclipse Viewer! So thrilled @criterion.bsky.social is relaunching this series, and this is a particularly lovely set!
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So glad to be revisiting the work of Abbas Kiarostami with my podcasting partner of many years!
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The first volume of Emily Dickinson’s Poems was published posthumously 135 years ago, on November 12, 1890. After discovering the manuscripts in which Dickinson had collected her writing, her sister, Lavinia, worked to have the poems edited and published—igniting a bitter family feud in the process.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The first volume of Emily Dickinson’s Poems was published posthumously 135 years ago, on November 12, 1890. After discovering the manuscripts in which Dickinson had collected her writing, her sister, Lavinia, worked to have the poems edited and published—igniting a bitter family feud in the process.
We are excited to have in hand Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features! Soon @peutetre.bsky.social and I will be recording a new episode of The Eclipse Viewer! So thrilled @criterion.bsky.social is relaunching this series, and this is a particularly lovely set!
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We are excited to have in hand Eclipse Series 47: Abbas Kiarostami—Early Shorts and Features! Soon @peutetre.bsky.social and I will be recording a new episode of The Eclipse Viewer! So thrilled @criterion.bsky.social is relaunching this series, and this is a particularly lovely set!
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Just a note to say that if you were a supporter of @mookse.bsky.social and @bibliopaul.bsky.social podcast, you could ALREADY listen to my conversation with the boys about getting rid of books.
The rest of you have to wait until Thursday.
The rest of you have to wait until Thursday.
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just a note to say that if you were a supporter of @mookse.bsky.social and @bibliopaul.bsky.social podcast, you could ALREADY listen to my conversation with the boys about getting rid of books.
The rest of you have to wait until Thursday.
The rest of you have to wait until Thursday.
This weekend, I started Time Regained, the final volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. It hasn’t been easy, but it’s become a part of every day. I’m going to miss it when it’s done, so I’m going to be sure to savor my time with this last volume.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This weekend, I started Time Regained, the final volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. It hasn’t been easy, but it’s become a part of every day. I’m going to miss it when it’s done, so I’m going to be sure to savor my time with this last volume.
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Here's hoping: A chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Hope Never Knew Horizon
With Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads
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With Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads
youtu.be/sAIQmTfuEAg
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November 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Here's hoping: A chat with Douglas Bruton about his novel Hope Never Knew Horizon
With Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads
youtu.be/sAIQmTfuEAg
With Lindy of Lindy's Magpie Reads
youtu.be/sAIQmTfuEAg
What I'm currently reading: The Vanishing Man, by Laura Cumming. When in London recently, I bought this at the National Gallery. I’ve been wanting it since @john-self.bsky.social and @jacquiwine.bsky.social recommended it. Wonderfully written and just what I'm wanting on these early November nights.
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What I'm currently reading: The Vanishing Man, by Laura Cumming. When in London recently, I bought this at the National Gallery. I’ve been wanting it since @john-self.bsky.social and @jacquiwine.bsky.social recommended it. Wonderfully written and just what I'm wanting on these early November nights.
We had to record this latest episode on the go, but it was a fun way to commemorate a big personal milestone: I’ve lost 40 pounds since late July, and a big part of that sustained success has been books! Thanks @bibliopaul.bsky.social for celebrating with me! mookse.substack.com/p/118-whole-...
118: Whole Body Reading: Reading, Walking and Well-Being
In this special on-the-go episode, Trevor and Paul take the podcast out for a walk.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We had to record this latest episode on the go, but it was a fun way to commemorate a big personal milestone: I’ve lost 40 pounds since late July, and a big part of that sustained success has been books! Thanks @bibliopaul.bsky.social for celebrating with me! mookse.substack.com/p/118-whole-...
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In this on-the-go episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I take the podcast out for a walk. Trevor reflects on how he's lost 40 pounds and discovered ways to bring books into every part of his daily rhythm. From audiobooks on walks to reading as recovery, we explore making reading a full-body experience.
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In this on-the-go episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I take the podcast out for a walk. Trevor reflects on how he's lost 40 pounds and discovered ways to bring books into every part of his daily rhythm. From audiobooks on walks to reading as recovery, we explore making reading a full-body experience.
Library book club night! We’re discussing The Scarlet Letter. I first read it thirty years ago, as a junior in high school. I’ve wanted to reread it for years since I remembered very little other than the main elements. Excited to discuss it with others!
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Library book club night! We’re discussing The Scarlet Letter. I first read it thirty years ago, as a junior in high school. I’ve wanted to reread it for years since I remembered very little other than the main elements. Excited to discuss it with others!
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The American Masters doc on Edgar Allan Poe, "Buried Alive," is now up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zank... For the NEH, I wrote a piece on Poe's hatchet-job reviews, tied to the doc's release: www.neh.gov/humanities/2...
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS
YouTube video by American Masters PBS
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October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The American Masters doc on Edgar Allan Poe, "Buried Alive," is now up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zank... For the NEH, I wrote a piece on Poe's hatchet-job reviews, tied to the doc's release: www.neh.gov/humanities/2...
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For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Announcing the Children's Booker Prize | The Booker Prize
YouTube video by The Booker Prizes
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October 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Back in 2016, I picked up the first batch of Anita Brookner reprints that Penguin UK released—a stack I’ve loved seeing on my shelf ever since.
This weekend, while book shopping around London, I finally found the second batch — the ones I’d missed, covering most of her 1990s novels.
This weekend, while book shopping around London, I finally found the second batch — the ones I’d missed, covering most of her 1990s novels.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Back in 2016, I picked up the first batch of Anita Brookner reprints that Penguin UK released—a stack I’ve loved seeing on my shelf ever since.
This weekend, while book shopping around London, I finally found the second batch — the ones I’d missed, covering most of her 1990s novels.
This weekend, while book shopping around London, I finally found the second batch — the ones I’d missed, covering most of her 1990s novels.
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I loved this discussion between
Trevor and Paul on the work of KAZUO ISHIGURO, which delves into his key themes, including memory, repressed thoughts/emotions and bearing witness to disturbing events.
My biggest takeaways: I need to read THE UNCONSOLED & AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD. #BookSky 💙📚
Trevor and Paul on the work of KAZUO ISHIGURO, which delves into his key themes, including memory, repressed thoughts/emotions and bearing witness to disturbing events.
My biggest takeaways: I need to read THE UNCONSOLED & AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD. #BookSky 💙📚
This week @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I focus in on the work of Kazuo Ishiguro! These author focus episodes are always a lot of fun to record, and we hope you enjoy it! Please let us know your thoughts on Ishiguro’s work! mookse.substack.com/p/episode-11...
Episode 115: Kazuo Ishiguro
In this episode, Trevor and Paul turn their attention to Nobel Prize–winner Kazuo Ishiguro, whose eight novels over the past forty years have earned both admiration and debate.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I loved this discussion between
Trevor and Paul on the work of KAZUO ISHIGURO, which delves into his key themes, including memory, repressed thoughts/emotions and bearing witness to disturbing events.
My biggest takeaways: I need to read THE UNCONSOLED & AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD. #BookSky 💙📚
Trevor and Paul on the work of KAZUO ISHIGURO, which delves into his key themes, including memory, repressed thoughts/emotions and bearing witness to disturbing events.
My biggest takeaways: I need to read THE UNCONSOLED & AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD. #BookSky 💙📚
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In our latest episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I talk about losing the plot. Or more precisely, reading slumps
—what they look like, what brings them on, and how to find the spark again. From work stress to life interruptions to simple fatigue, we explore how to rediscover the joy of the page.
—what they look like, what brings them on, and how to find the spark again. From work stress to life interruptions to simple fatigue, we explore how to rediscover the joy of the page.
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In our latest episode, @mookse.bsky.social and I talk about losing the plot. Or more precisely, reading slumps
—what they look like, what brings them on, and how to find the spark again. From work stress to life interruptions to simple fatigue, we explore how to rediscover the joy of the page.
—what they look like, what brings them on, and how to find the spark again. From work stress to life interruptions to simple fatigue, we explore how to rediscover the joy of the page.
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"How could a weak, perverse woman like me, someone who dreams of a knife in her hand, be the mother and wife of those two individuals? What was I going to do? I burrowed deeper into the ground, hiding my body." #BookSky 💙📚 #DieMyLove #TranslationThurs
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Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (tr. Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff)
First published in Spanish in 2012 and then in English in 2017, Die, My Love was one of the first books issued by the innovative, independent publisher Charco Press, which remains committed to brin…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"How could a weak, perverse woman like me, someone who dreams of a knife in her hand, be the mother and wife of those two individuals? What was I going to do? I burrowed deeper into the ground, hiding my body." #BookSky 💙📚 #DieMyLove #TranslationThurs
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jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/d...
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“She was moved by her own words (a trap she constantly falls into throughout her life).” And so was I, by these touching, funny, toe-curling and surprising books:
Me on novels by Jon Fosse, Pirkko Saisio and Elmore Leonard:
Me on novels by Jon Fosse, Pirkko Saisio and Elmore Leonard:
Small lives and violent deaths | John Self | The Critic Magazine
If it’s October, it must be Nobel Prize season, so how better to mark the occasion than with the new book by a Nobel literature laureate?
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October 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“She was moved by her own words (a trap she constantly falls into throughout her life).” And so was I, by these touching, funny, toe-curling and surprising books:
Me on novels by Jon Fosse, Pirkko Saisio and Elmore Leonard:
Me on novels by Jon Fosse, Pirkko Saisio and Elmore Leonard:
We have a new episode today on reading slumps! What triggers them? How do we cope? @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I have some ideas: open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
Episode 117: Losing the Plot: On Reading Slumps and How We Find Our Way Back
We’ve all been there: the books are piled high, but nothing calls out.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We have a new episode today on reading slumps! What triggers them? How do we cope? @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I have some ideas: open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
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The new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's modernist epic, Pilgrimage, has been on sale for a little less than three months and we've averaged a sale a day. If folks will keep supporting this project, we'll break even by Christmas.
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asterismbooks.com/product/pilg...
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's modernist epic, Pilgrimage, has been on sale for a little less than three months and we've averaged a sale a day. If folks will keep supporting this project, we'll break even by Christmas.
asterismbooks.com/product/pilg...
asterismbooks.com/product/pilg...
We start our readalong of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on Sunday. Come join in! discord.gg/5KZRYqVf2U
October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We start our readalong of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on Sunday. Come join in! discord.gg/5KZRYqVf2U
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Rude gestures????
THE STONE DOOR episode comes out tomorrow on One Bright Book! This is an unusual episode for us — strange alliances, strong feelings, disagreements, rude gestures. You’ll want to listen. @onebrightbook.bsky.social @nonsuchbook.bsky.social @ds228.bsky.social
Just another day or so until our latest episode drops... Hang in there! You got this!
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Rude gestures????