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First read of the new year👍@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social

Short story collections are a notorious hard sell. So it has been with Saltburn. Here’s a review that might whet your appetite. And the hardest thing is spreading the word. So a share or a like would be nice. davesbookblog-daja.blogspot.com/2025/04/salt... renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

Thanks! original @brokenfrontier.bsky.social review is ere.... www.brokenfrontier.com/ghost-storie...

This week's No Substance is a discussion on M. John Harrison's new novel, The End of Everything. Please enjoy, or don't, and hit that subscribe button as you must.

This will probably be the front cover of the comic I'm drawing at the moment robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...

Realising more than ever from my #Ravel Substack posts that the act of writing - much more than research - helps to clarify one's ideas, show where gaps need to be filled and move a big project forward. I've also had some valuable feedback substack.com/@carolinefrmus

Me and some of my colleagues @foylesforbooks.bsky.social with a guide to Halloween reads. I chose this one! Click link for daft pic of me looking scared with copy of said tome. www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...

Some Halloween reading. My short story 'The Humming Trick' was published in 'Peculiar Tales 3' published earlier this year. Two urban explorers get more that they bargained for when they enter the grounds of a derelict school with a dark history. wisdomtwinsbooks.weebly.com/peculiar-tal...

Hello. I'm Rob Jackson, a cartoonist from Bolton. My websites at www.robjacksoncomics.com I've made lots of comics and zines over the years. Here's some of their covers. Cheers

". . . he appeared relatively well adjusted. He had introduced me to my first bong." @kieranstories.bsky.social's story 'Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?' starts with a bike theft and then takes a brilliantly unexpected and surreal turn. Superb. #shortstories @saltpublishing.com

Delighted to say my short story chapbook 'Removals' is now available to buy from the Nightjar Press website, alongside a new story by Alison Moore. Such a thrill to be part of this brilliant series of stories nightjarpress.weebly.com

Excited that The Fountain in the Forest is being reissued by #noexitpress on 3 December! ICYMI here’s what 3am Magazine said on first publication of Fountain by @faberbooks.bsky.social in 2018. BTW standalone follow-up Phantom at the Feast is out now, also on No exit Press. I hope you enjoy them!🫡🙏✊

Don't forget the Stratford wrestling!

Morning from windy Stratford (includes ice cream barge)

Trapped in by the stormy weather? Why not have a look in my comics shop, there's loads there and I'll post em on Monday. rob-jackson-comics.sumupstore.com

As time goes by . . .

On two outstanding pieces: disgwylfa.substack.com/p/donaueschi...

I really enjoyed The Purple Feather - Rob’s comics are always shot through with wit, charm and imagination

What Happens When Fiction Walks Into a Milliner's Studio ‘Sometimes a character arrives before the hat does. That is how it felt when I began working with Michelle Lovric on her novel The Puffin.’

"Artists of real substance . . . will attempt to change the form in which they work. So when we think about writers, whether it’s Anakana Schofield, Adrian Duncan, Guillermo Stitch . . . what they are doing is trying to show a mastery of the form but not to just stay at that level."

A poem by @juliangeorge-abhf.bsky.social published in the BH magazine today www.blackheraldpress.com/post/orpheus-calls-their-bluff-a-poem-by-julian-george

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Lovely review of my translation of Mathias Énard's Perfecting the Shot here: www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...

Bad Cat Drawing

This Wednesday: launch of the latest issue of ❄️Snow lit rev❄️ in London Town 🧤👇

My spontaneous review of Laurence Osborn's cello concerto Sun-Sundered Head is now on my Substack: carolinefrmus.substack.com/p/laurence-o...

This is the best and most essential of literary prizes, recognising and celebrating writers with disabilities. It depends entirely on donations (until some generous partner/sponsor steps up who wants to support such a thing). PLEASE SUPPORT THE BARBIE.

@jayaprakash777.bsky.social 👍

…It is a cross-genre award for literature published in the English language. barbellionprize.org

The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. The prize is named after the diarist W.N.P. Barbellion, who wrote eloquently on his life with multiple sclerosis (MS)…

Thank you to all who submitted! The longlist will be announced in December. In the meantime, we need your help! DONATIONS NEEDED Please head over to the Barbellion website to donate any amount! barbellionprize.org/donate/

There’ll be a new episode of The Late Late Book Show tomorrow at 11pm. In the meantime you can listen to the podcast version of last week’s episode featuring me talking writing routine, books, writing short stories. open.spotify.com/episode/2ppV...

We have #SIGNED copies of Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree, a wonderful treat for fans of cosy fantasy and the world of Legends & Lattes. Available now from our little indie bookshop! 🦊🧡 🔗 foxlanebooks.co.uk #TravisBaldree #CosyFantasy #SignedBooks #BookSky💙📚

Here's the final part of the comic I've been posting on my blog robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/10/my-t...

I have some poems in the new issue of Noon: journal of the short poem: noonpoetry.com/issues/

More from Donaueschingen: disgwylfa.substack.com/p/donaueschi...

On the opening concert of the Donaueschingen Musiktage disgwylfa.substack.com/p/donaueschi...

Lovely to see this finally arrive. And how splendid it looks. Lovely work @henninghampress.bsky.social

New zine has arrived!! Ready for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and Short Run!

It's Autumn which means the first Carthorse Curry night 🍁👍

Celebrating 27 years of independent publishing. www.saltpublishing.com Beautiful books you won’t forget

Library visit 👍

My Substack where I'll be tracking the progress of writing my first novel: owenleftchat.substack.com?r=6xx8eo&utm...

The Awkward Jaw New drawing, A4 conte

‘Taints’, a short story @bansheepress.bsky.social bansheepress.org/read/taints-...

We're over the moon that Billy Ramsell's Render has been shortlisted for the 2026 T. S. Eliot Prize! Comhghairdeas Billy! 🎉