Petros Pisco
@petrospisco.bsky.social
Just this guy, y’know?! School librarian, Who watching, game playing, music… twanging, book reading good egg. Doctor Who nonsense on YouTube @Whoathon.
ENDLING by MARIA REVA - oh! My new favourite! This has it all, funny, sad, tense, slightly ridiculous, and even has time to play all my favourite tricks in novels, fourth wall breaking, meta-textualising goodness. Please shortlist @thebookerprizes.com please please!!
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
ENDLING by MARIA REVA - oh! My new favourite! This has it all, funny, sad, tense, slightly ridiculous, and even has time to play all my favourite tricks in novels, fourth wall breaking, meta-textualising goodness. Please shortlist @thebookerprizes.com please please!!
ONE BOAT by JONATHAN BUCKLEY - Righto, so we’ve hit the seem of virtuosity. Beautiful book, so cunningly crafted and sculpted that you don’t even realise, some deep philosophy rubbing shoulders with beautiful characterisation and scene setting. Very very fine indeed.
August 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ONE BOAT by JONATHAN BUCKLEY - Righto, so we’ve hit the seem of virtuosity. Beautiful book, so cunningly crafted and sculpted that you don’t even realise, some deep philosophy rubbing shoulders with beautiful characterisation and scene setting. Very very fine indeed.
AUDITION by KATIE KITAMURA - Well.. so I think this is probably brilliant. It’s certainly beautifully written. But I need to let it sink way, way deeper in. Too twisty to make a snap judgement on. I could see this growing and growing in popularity and appreciation. Fascinating.
August 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AUDITION by KATIE KITAMURA - Well.. so I think this is probably brilliant. It’s certainly beautifully written. But I need to let it sink way, way deeper in. Too twisty to make a snap judgement on. I could see this growing and growing in popularity and appreciation. Fascinating.
FLESH by DAVID SZALAY - Wowzers. A whole life in a book, which is a common thing to say, but I’ve never felt it so keenly before. Oddly empty, but in a gripping way, sharp and fast and compelling. I feel somewhat browbeaten by it in a very satisfying way. Very, very fine.
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FLESH by DAVID SZALAY - Wowzers. A whole life in a book, which is a common thing to say, but I’ve never felt it so keenly before. Oddly empty, but in a gripping way, sharp and fast and compelling. I feel somewhat browbeaten by it in a very satisfying way. Very, very fine.
UNIVERSALITY by NATASHA BROWN - Punchy, tricksy, intriguing. More ruminations on woke, but with much more drive and focus. I need to let this one settle in my mind, and that’s a good sign. Good stuff
August 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UNIVERSALITY by NATASHA BROWN - Punchy, tricksy, intriguing. More ruminations on woke, but with much more drive and focus. I need to let this one settle in my mind, and that’s a good sign. Good stuff
THE REST OF OUR LIVES by BENJAMIN MARKOVITS - Hummm… not really for me. Just felt a wee bit vague, couldn’t latch onto the point of the book, couldn’t suss the meditation of wokeness. Bit disappointed.
August 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
THE REST OF OUR LIVES by BENJAMIN MARKOVITS - Hummm… not really for me. Just felt a wee bit vague, couldn’t latch onto the point of the book, couldn’t suss the meditation of wokeness. Bit disappointed.
SEASCRAPER by BENJAMIN WOOD - Utterly lovely. I’ve fallen completely in love with Thomas and his sincerity and resilience. Love the details of catching shrimp, the setting which seems so real. Such a rounded and beautiful experience.
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
SEASCRAPER by BENJAMIN WOOD - Utterly lovely. I’ve fallen completely in love with Thomas and his sincerity and resilience. Love the details of catching shrimp, the setting which seems so real. Such a rounded and beautiful experience.
LOVE FORMS by CLAIRE ADAM - Fierce. But not. Very readable. Thought it was going to be really sad or really mawkish, but it actually was really true and really human. I felt after finishing it that the sun had come out after many years. Quite lovely actually.
August 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
LOVE FORMS by CLAIRE ADAM - Fierce. But not. Very readable. Thought it was going to be really sad or really mawkish, but it actually was really true and really human. I felt after finishing it that the sun had come out after many years. Quite lovely actually.
THE SOUTH by TASH AW - what a charming way to begin. Lyrical, very honest and real, and somewhat quietly hard-edged too. About a culture and landscape I know very little about. A very pleasurable read, and one which I think deserves to find a wide audience. Hope it does well.
July 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THE SOUTH by TASH AW - what a charming way to begin. Lyrical, very honest and real, and somewhat quietly hard-edged too. About a culture and landscape I know very little about. A very pleasurable read, and one which I think deserves to find a wide audience. Hope it does well.
Just finished It Comes From The River by Rachel Bower (which I was gifted a signed copy off). Utterly brilliant. Compelling, beautifully written, sharp and sad and hopeful, and so very very human. Very Sheffieldy too which I approve of. Highly recommended, I sincerely hope it finds its audience.
June 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Just finished It Comes From The River by Rachel Bower (which I was gifted a signed copy off). Utterly brilliant. Compelling, beautifully written, sharp and sad and hopeful, and so very very human. Very Sheffieldy too which I approve of. Highly recommended, I sincerely hope it finds its audience.
I am here for you Wisko. I have found you.
February 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am here for you Wisko. I have found you.
Mr. Tickle has lied to me. Childhood ruined.
January 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Mr. Tickle has lied to me. Childhood ruined.
Just stumbled across this - not sure about the guy’s vocals, but there’s something about it that’s drawn me in. Might have to keep an eye on him…
December 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Just stumbled across this - not sure about the guy’s vocals, but there’s something about it that’s drawn me in. Might have to keep an eye on him…
WORLD WITHOUT END by Jancovici & Blain - Goodness. Feels like being hit over the head with what you always assumed was true anyway. Classy, clever, sharp, and if not a template for a world we need to build, then at least a warning and a beacon. Somewhat essential.
December 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
WORLD WITHOUT END by Jancovici & Blain - Goodness. Feels like being hit over the head with what you always assumed was true anyway. Classy, clever, sharp, and if not a template for a world we need to build, then at least a warning and a beacon. Somewhat essential.
Most challenged book in America for three years now I think. Utterly awesome.
December 2, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Most challenged book in America for three years now I think. Utterly awesome.
Fabulous, intoxicating book.
December 2, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Fabulous, intoxicating book.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie (according to my mate Jon anyway).
November 30, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie (according to my mate Jon anyway).
This hit me when I’d just started work as a librarian. Was fascinated by the title. Found my love of contemporary fiction reinvigorated. It blends genres and truth and whatever, and there were a number of moments when I found myself on the page like never before. Utterly enthralling.
November 26, 2024 at 10:10 PM
This hit me when I’d just started work as a librarian. Was fascinated by the title. Found my love of contemporary fiction reinvigorated. It blends genres and truth and whatever, and there were a number of moments when I found myself on the page like never before. Utterly enthralling.
We’ve just had Thank You Week at my school, an idea I thought was naff until the kids started giving me all these lovely slips of paper. Being a school librarian is sometimes the best job in the whole world. Books and board games and being silly - awesome.
November 25, 2024 at 4:10 PM
We’ve just had Thank You Week at my school, an idea I thought was naff until the kids started giving me all these lovely slips of paper. Being a school librarian is sometimes the best job in the whole world. Books and board games and being silly - awesome.
Tomorrow I’m going to watch the football with my Dad (not massively into football, but love going with my Dad), so won’t have time to say this- I bloody love Doctor Who. What an awesome and wonderful thing it is.
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Tomorrow I’m going to watch the football with my Dad (not massively into football, but love going with my Dad), so won’t have time to say this- I bloody love Doctor Who. What an awesome and wonderful thing it is.