P.W. Bridgman, Writer
@pwbwriter1.bsky.social
Vancouver writer of poetry, fiction, literary criticism & academic articles about the law. Lover of all things Italian & Irish. Most recent of five titles: The World You Now Own (2024); Idiolect (2021); & The Four-Faced Liar (2021).
www.pwbridgman.ca
www.pwbridgman.ca
Canadians learned that lesson recently when the Toronto Blue Jays had the World Series "in the bag" until they didn't--in the second overtime inning of the seventh & final game. But, despite the loss, the upsurge in excitement & enthusiasm for the team's fine effort lives on. So not a loss, really.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Canadians learned that lesson recently when the Toronto Blue Jays had the World Series "in the bag" until they didn't--in the second overtime inning of the seventh & final game. But, despite the loss, the upsurge in excitement & enthusiasm for the team's fine effort lives on. So not a loss, really.
Congratulations, Nicholas. This is wonderful news. Please DM me with details, if you can, about how I might be able to purchase an inscribed copy. Tom aka PWB
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Congratulations, Nicholas. This is wonderful news. Please DM me with details, if you can, about how I might be able to purchase an inscribed copy. Tom aka PWB
Bravo! Kevin Barry's celebrated Young Skins was one of my Reads of the Year in 2016. Great to see it receiving this new recognition. I also put Karen Solie's The Road in is Not the Same Road Out on my 2016 RoTY list. This year her Wellwater won the Forward.
glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2016/12/31/r...
glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2016/12/31/r...
READS OF THE YEAR 2016: P.W. Bridgman - Glasgow Review of Books
Karen Solie The Road in is Not the Same Road Out (House of Anansi)
glasgowreviewofbooks.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bravo! Kevin Barry's celebrated Young Skins was one of my Reads of the Year in 2016. Great to see it receiving this new recognition. I also put Karen Solie's The Road in is Not the Same Road Out on my 2016 RoTY list. This year her Wellwater won the Forward.
glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2016/12/31/r...
glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2016/12/31/r...
Hope you and John had a glorious anniversary celebration!
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hope you and John had a glorious anniversary celebration!
Thanks, Theresa. Progress in recovery is better and swifter than last year but, even so, getting out to tomorrow's concert is not on the cards, alas. I'm missing the entire Writers' Festival this year too! Timing is everything. Still, I'll be fully mobile and pain-free in a few months.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thanks, Theresa. Progress in recovery is better and swifter than last year but, even so, getting out to tomorrow's concert is not on the cards, alas. I'm missing the entire Writers' Festival this year too! Timing is everything. Still, I'll be fully mobile and pain-free in a few months.
I think that might be a poem.
October 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I think that might be a poem.
And the tragedy echoes down the ages. Basil Fawlty to Sybil: "“Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Hmm?"
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FAWLTY TOWERS on X: "Basil: “Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Hmm? Not enough cream in your eclair?” #ClassicFawlty 🇬🇧 https://t.co/xxaMRTFVML" / X
Basil: “Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Hmm? Not enough cream in your eclair?” #ClassicFawlty 🇬🇧 https://t.co/xxaMRTFVML
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October 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
And the tragedy echoes down the ages. Basil Fawlty to Sybil: "“Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Hmm?"
x.com/FAWLTYTOWERS...
x.com/FAWLTYTOWERS...
When AI climbs over the little plastic fence that surrounds the daycare's sandbox, toddles unsteadily indoors (diaper is full so centre of balance is off) and starts mashing the keys on somebody's laptop with its tiny, moist hands.
Tiny moist hands have much to answer for in this world of ours.
Tiny moist hands have much to answer for in this world of ours.
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When AI climbs over the little plastic fence that surrounds the daycare's sandbox, toddles unsteadily indoors (diaper is full so centre of balance is off) and starts mashing the keys on somebody's laptop with its tiny, moist hands.
Tiny moist hands have much to answer for in this world of ours.
Tiny moist hands have much to answer for in this world of ours.
Happy 46th to you and John, Theresa! Hoping you have something wildly imaginative in mind for your celebration. Tom
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Happy 46th to you and John, Theresa! Hoping you have something wildly imaginative in mind for your celebration. Tom
Did you know that Tess Gallagher formed an enduring friendship & poetic axis with Ciaran Carson in the mid-1970s? CC admired her writing & Irish subject matter is plentiful in her poetry. She read at his memorial in 2020. Clip from an interview circa 2007 is attached.
inside.ewu.edu/willowspring...
inside.ewu.edu/willowspring...
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Did you know that Tess Gallagher formed an enduring friendship & poetic axis with Ciaran Carson in the mid-1970s? CC admired her writing & Irish subject matter is plentiful in her poetry. She read at his memorial in 2020. Clip from an interview circa 2007 is attached.
inside.ewu.edu/willowspring...
inside.ewu.edu/willowspring...
Thank you, Theresa. Once I'm through this and the recovery period, I truly hope to regain some writing momentum. It's been a bit of a lost year in that regard. Hope all is well with you and John. Tom
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thank you, Theresa. Once I'm through this and the recovery period, I truly hope to regain some writing momentum. It's been a bit of a lost year in that regard. Hope all is well with you and John. Tom