Turn and Work (Hugh)
@turnandwork.com
Books, short stories, music, and a sometimes broken website. Based in Toronto.
Web: https://www.turnandwork.com
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Web: https://www.turnandwork.com
Newsletter: https://www.turnandwork.com/follow/#newsletter
IG: https://www.instagram.com/turnandwork
Pray for me, I’m gonna read this.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Pray for me, I’m gonna read this.
I’m reading this book and I think that maybe Hayes isn’t quite the right guy to write it. The first 50 pages could have been, like, 3.
“There are three kinds of attention: voluntary (paying attention), involuntary (CRASH!!), and social (blablablaYOURNAMEblablabla)”
That’s pretty much chapter 2.
“There are three kinds of attention: voluntary (paying attention), involuntary (CRASH!!), and social (blablablaYOURNAMEblablabla)”
That’s pretty much chapter 2.
October 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’m reading this book and I think that maybe Hayes isn’t quite the right guy to write it. The first 50 pages could have been, like, 3.
“There are three kinds of attention: voluntary (paying attention), involuntary (CRASH!!), and social (blablablaYOURNAMEblablabla)”
That’s pretty much chapter 2.
“There are three kinds of attention: voluntary (paying attention), involuntary (CRASH!!), and social (blablablaYOURNAMEblablabla)”
That’s pretty much chapter 2.
Reading the new Jason Mott novel last night. This page felt especially relevant in the current news cycle:
"You Americans...You are already too late. The good times? They are gone. And they will not return."
"You Americans...You are already too late. The good times? They are gone. And they will not return."
September 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reading the new Jason Mott novel last night. This page felt especially relevant in the current news cycle:
"You Americans...You are already too late. The good times? They are gone. And they will not return."
"You Americans...You are already too late. The good times? They are gone. And they will not return."
So far this book is incredibly good and full of rich detail and (oddly) suspense, but it isn’t making me like Carver very much
August 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So far this book is incredibly good and full of rich detail and (oddly) suspense, but it isn’t making me like Carver very much
Just got this in the mail from @iheartnoise.bsky.social it’s the kind album that’s made for physical formats. So glad to have it.
August 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Just got this in the mail from @iheartnoise.bsky.social it’s the kind album that’s made for physical formats. So glad to have it.
(To be clear, the newsletter was half-assed, not the road trip. The road trip was whole-assed and awesome. Vive la Montréal or whatever)
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
(To be clear, the newsletter was half-assed, not the road trip. The road trip was whole-assed and awesome. Vive la Montréal or whatever)
uh oh. Something has people stumbling across my Ocean Vuong book pan.
If you love that book, I'm glad for you! I really wanted to love it too. But, nope.
If you love that book, I'm glad for you! I really wanted to love it too. But, nope.
July 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
uh oh. Something has people stumbling across my Ocean Vuong book pan.
If you love that book, I'm glad for you! I really wanted to love it too. But, nope.
If you love that book, I'm glad for you! I really wanted to love it too. But, nope.
I grew up with salt and pepper as the only seasonings. My first job after uni involved lots of travel and fancy food. I love it all (except the foie gras)
www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...
www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...
June 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I grew up with salt and pepper as the only seasonings. My first job after uni involved lots of travel and fancy food. I love it all (except the foie gras)
www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...
www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...
Holy shit the ending of this book
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Holy shit the ending of this book
On April 13, my website had drawn as much traffic in 2025 as it did in all of 2024.
64 days later it happened again. Last night I hit 200% of the traffic from 2024. I'm in awe that so many people are interested in what I think about stuff.
you guys are pretty great, keep it up, love you all.
64 days later it happened again. Last night I hit 200% of the traffic from 2024. I'm in awe that so many people are interested in what I think about stuff.
you guys are pretty great, keep it up, love you all.
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On April 13, my website had drawn as much traffic in 2025 as it did in all of 2024.
64 days later it happened again. Last night I hit 200% of the traffic from 2024. I'm in awe that so many people are interested in what I think about stuff.
you guys are pretty great, keep it up, love you all.
64 days later it happened again. Last night I hit 200% of the traffic from 2024. I'm in awe that so many people are interested in what I think about stuff.
you guys are pretty great, keep it up, love you all.
Anybody read this and want to talk about it? I’m on the final stretch and this is a novel that takes some *work*
June 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Anybody read this and want to talk about it? I’m on the final stretch and this is a novel that takes some *work*
Here’s my little guy Scooter
May 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here’s my little guy Scooter
Picked up these yesterday. A pretty eclectic pile I think.
I didn’t know there was a graphic novel version of The Parable of the Sower until a few days ago.
Have you read any of these?
I didn’t know there was a graphic novel version of The Parable of the Sower until a few days ago.
Have you read any of these?
May 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Picked up these yesterday. A pretty eclectic pile I think.
I didn’t know there was a graphic novel version of The Parable of the Sower until a few days ago.
Have you read any of these?
I didn’t know there was a graphic novel version of The Parable of the Sower until a few days ago.
Have you read any of these?
Connections is trolling Michael Che this morning. That’s pretty funny.
May 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Connections is trolling Michael Che this morning. That’s pretty funny.
Monday's Welcome distractions post is an abridged version of what goes out in the newsletter on Fridays.
Newsletter subscribers get the links without paywalls, some extra commentary and links, and my eternal gratitude.
A couple people can't be wrong!
Newsletter subscribers get the links without paywalls, some extra commentary and links, and my eternal gratitude.
A couple people can't be wrong!
May 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Monday's Welcome distractions post is an abridged version of what goes out in the newsletter on Fridays.
Newsletter subscribers get the links without paywalls, some extra commentary and links, and my eternal gratitude.
A couple people can't be wrong!
Newsletter subscribers get the links without paywalls, some extra commentary and links, and my eternal gratitude.
A couple people can't be wrong!
Stuff you should buy that I love:
Ribbon Skirt's debut LP Bite Down
Truman Sinclair's record American Recordings
Houseguest's fundraiser single for trans folks in the Vancouver area
Ribbon Skirt's debut LP Bite Down
Truman Sinclair's record American Recordings
Houseguest's fundraiser single for trans folks in the Vancouver area
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Stuff you should buy that I love:
Ribbon Skirt's debut LP Bite Down
Truman Sinclair's record American Recordings
Houseguest's fundraiser single for trans folks in the Vancouver area
Ribbon Skirt's debut LP Bite Down
Truman Sinclair's record American Recordings
Houseguest's fundraiser single for trans folks in the Vancouver area
Bandcamp Friday picks!
(if yer new: bandcamp waives their fee so the artist gets more dough)
Today's buys:
Soot Sprite LP preorder
KAPUT LP preorder
True Names benefit comp
(if yer new: bandcamp waives their fee so the artist gets more dough)
Today's buys:
Soot Sprite LP preorder
KAPUT LP preorder
True Names benefit comp
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bandcamp Friday picks!
(if yer new: bandcamp waives their fee so the artist gets more dough)
Today's buys:
Soot Sprite LP preorder
KAPUT LP preorder
True Names benefit comp
(if yer new: bandcamp waives their fee so the artist gets more dough)
Today's buys:
Soot Sprite LP preorder
KAPUT LP preorder
True Names benefit comp
I think this means I'm legit. I'm in the wikipedia entry for Ciao Malz.
(high five to whoever did this, I promise it wasn't me!)
(high five to whoever did this, I promise it wasn't me!)
May 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I think this means I'm legit. I'm in the wikipedia entry for Ciao Malz.
(high five to whoever did this, I promise it wasn't me!)
(high five to whoever did this, I promise it wasn't me!)
Spotted in the weird and fantastic City Lights bookstore in London Ontario
April 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Spotted in the weird and fantastic City Lights bookstore in London Ontario
(I mean, look at this place. How can you not go in?)
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
(I mean, look at this place. How can you not go in?)
Here's the stamp -- when I met Samantha Harvey to get this autographed, she asked all kinds of questions about it.
April 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here's the stamp -- when I met Samantha Harvey to get this autographed, she asked all kinds of questions about it.
This is Scooter, he’s been with us a little over a year now. The quietest chihuahua I’ve ever met. It was about 3 weeks before we even heard him bark. He’s not always photogenic so I thought I’d share this one.
April 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is Scooter, he’s been with us a little over a year now. The quietest chihuahua I’ve ever met. It was about 3 weeks before we even heard him bark. He’s not always photogenic so I thought I’d share this one.
As of 2:07pm today, traffic to T&W in 2025 has passed all of 2024.
I’m not much for watching numbers, but this is a pretty cool milestone.
I’m not much for watching numbers, but this is a pretty cool milestone.
April 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As of 2:07pm today, traffic to T&W in 2025 has passed all of 2024.
I’m not much for watching numbers, but this is a pretty cool milestone.
I’m not much for watching numbers, but this is a pretty cool milestone.
Another flawless newsletter today. 😂
This is what happens when you stay up late to get the new releases in the playlist and send it in the morning without proofreading.
Anyway. The rest of it is good. You should get my newsletter.
www.turnandwork.com/follow
This is what happens when you stay up late to get the new releases in the playlist and send it in the morning without proofreading.
Anyway. The rest of it is good. You should get my newsletter.
www.turnandwork.com/follow
April 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another flawless newsletter today. 😂
This is what happens when you stay up late to get the new releases in the playlist and send it in the morning without proofreading.
Anyway. The rest of it is good. You should get my newsletter.
www.turnandwork.com/follow
This is what happens when you stay up late to get the new releases in the playlist and send it in the morning without proofreading.
Anyway. The rest of it is good. You should get my newsletter.
www.turnandwork.com/follow
sent out the newsletter without description text. Gonna be one of those days.
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
sent out the newsletter without description text. Gonna be one of those days.