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Tony Williams
@tonywilliams.bsky.social
Novelist & poet. Latest novel COLE THE MAGNIFICENT

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Hi new followers 👋 I write poetry and fiction, most recently Cole the Magnificent, which is a novel with bits of verse tucked in here and there, such as this song about a dismembered housecarl
#books #writing #poetry
New word just dropped. I do feel affectional about the Grauniad's legendary proofreading.
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'd like my drag name to be 'Airy Thinness
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
She's found something she loves more than her ball
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Tony Williams
The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
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Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Please consider supporting indie publishing by contributing to this fundraiser for @saltpublishing.com You can of course also support Salt by buying a book or two - I particularly recommend Cole the Magnificent, Hawthorn City, Nutcase, etc...
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Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery
New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
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October 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lydia Davis, from the Collected Stories
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I'm very much enjoying Andrew Neilson's pamphlet Summers Are Other from Rack Press, particularly the lovely lyric 'The Viaduct'
@badlilies.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Ind Coope's Story of Testicles
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cherry plums
August 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I call it an OranGINa
August 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That's like a cross between turning in his grave and rolling in the aisles - he's fuming, but he's also amused, because he knows how inflation works.
August 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A classic of the genre*

*the genre = M John Harrison novels
Begun 1983. Published 1992. Out again today.
August 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Lecturer in Creative Writing (fiction) at Bristol, 0.5 FTE
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Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Bristol
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August 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
You seem to have mistyped 'Life: A User's Manual, by Georges Perec'
Yes Moby-Dick is the best book I have ever read. You do not have to agree. In fact, I don't want you to! Tell me your one, and I will eventually get round ot it. Don't be shy. We're all here to celebrate whatever this is. Just name it.
This is a bit of the very, very best book I have ever read. You should try it too. There is NOTHING like it. OILY VINTAGES #QueuingForCrumble
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Can't quite express how grateful I am to have a poem included in 'Ten Poems from the Peak District' from @candlestickpress.bsky.social - not only because it's a beautiful object, nor that I find myself among poets I deeply admire, but also because... 1/3
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Sleaford Mods out of their minds on spice."

Banging recommendation of Nutcase from @stuhennigan.bsky.social whose novel KESHED is out from Ortac Press next year

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How To Get Keshed and Influence People
A list of titles related to Keshed. Some are works by my literary influences; some are by writers who other people have said Keshed reminds them of; and some are linked in other ways. To keep it inter...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Brilliant and brutal sounds right... KESHED by @stuhennigan.bsky.social will be ace
Always hard reading a book by a mate but needn’t have worried here. @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s KESHED is a brilliant and brutal beast of a book which unflinchingly explores themes of class, masculinity, addiction, depression and parenthood. Not an easy read but pretty much an essential one.
July 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Tony Williams
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Exeter post, closes 15 July 💙https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS852/lecturer-in-creative-writing-education-and-scholarship
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education and Scholarship) at University of Exeter
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July 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I've just heard about this book about a long journey, with a live story at its heart, which is apparently completely made up and written by a total crook 1/
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
RIP Phil Lynott
July 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Maigret's subordinates are so endearing
July 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I know it's, in one sense, not a laughing matter, but, on the other hand, this paragraph 🤩🤩
July 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM