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(Rare) public appearance from me, and (quite frequent) one from @lukekennard.bsky.social talking about black bags, poems, novels, and maybe Strindberg and Slint. @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - a week on Thursday. Come along!

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been told they used to use 'trespassers on the line' as a euphemism, but have now dropped this.

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's National Poetry Day and yes, it should run for a week, or a month, or even longer. Here's my book about reading one short poem very closely for a year - and what a poem! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_cr...

Cover of A Crumpled Swan: fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold restaurant' published by Sagging Meniscus Press

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2026 shortlist! 🎉🎉 Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Visit our website to find out more www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All the best novels have this rare quality.

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As always, I'm keen to hear from potential contributors. You just need i) to love short stories ii) to be able to narrow that love down to 12 (TWELVE!) stories and iii) be able to write about what they mean to you. DMs open. Don't be shy!

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@jonathangibbs.bsky.social Set up in the early 50s, Transacord were the Motown of rail recordings. Many many discs (some sold up to 30 000 copies), this one is a favourite, mostly because of its inclusion of platform passenger announcements and excellent sleevenotes.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know the new China Miéville is a big one, but *35 quid*?

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Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Noticing a few "publications" lifting a lot of my recent Soft Cell feature wholesale, so re-upping it in case there's anyone who still wants to read it from the source!

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It appears in 2026 we're back again with some insisting the novel must end at Middlemarch. Some days it's as though modernism never happened. This is the only work where you're requested to do it poorly to satisfy people's tame and dull appetites. We would never been this unambitious for visual art

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

3 September 1832 Enraged that the head of a 3-year-old cholera victim had been severed from his body, a mob attacked the cholera hospital, Swan St Manchester. The head was retrieved from the home of a medical student who fled the town.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A great piece here from Sofia Hallström, regarding a (possibly) non-existent show at a (possibly) non-existent gallery, which would have been even too much for my 'We Live Here Now.' www.interviewmagazine.com/art/ferrari-...

interviewmagazine.com

Ferrari x2 Is the Buzziest Gallery in London That Doesn't Actually Exist

If a joint exhibition between George W. Bush and Louise Bourgeois happens and no one is around to see it, did it really happen?

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Manchester! I will soon be leading a @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social Reading Round at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social looking at works related to the collection of Enriqueta Rylands. Come along, it's free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-ro...

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Reading Round at The John Rylands Library

A time for stories, poems, and community in the historic John Rylands Library.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Feeling increasingly okay about not being able to get a 'proper' academic job at a UK university (such as this one, which I've had more than one unsuccessful interview with). It's all just a straight-up ethical shitshow ain't it.

theguardian.com

Exeter University approves deal with Saudi Arabia to train military officers and officials

In move that could generate millions, Exeter academics to deliver MA at National Defense University in Riyadh

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/08/2026

‘In the centre of the exhibition is a case of non-existent books. Florence Jung’s 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 (2015) is invisible, apparent only through an invoice (€47, which seems rather steep, even if it does include shipping).’ Gill Partington in Brussels, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...

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Gill Partington | At the Wittockiana

The Wittockiana museum has a slight air of mystery. Deep in suburban Brussels, crouching discreetly behind ramparts of...

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Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More of the sentences I'm sharing every day on Substack.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Also, 'The Coast of Everything' by Guillermo Stitch.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fennesz is still making great music: fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com

The Last Days of May, by Fennesz

1 track album

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New update via Substack. guillermostitch.substack.com/p/i-live-in-...

An image of a torpedo and the words "I find that I'm living in interesting times"

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Rather beyond my purview, but some superficial research seems to turn up the fact that two of the guys from Lt. Pigeon were sound engineers who recorded some of the Transacord discs. They were also responsible for this banger, which I had never heard until now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK4A...

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Stavely Makepeace - Slippery Rock 70's

YouTube video by Mr Charlie Chalk

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The evidence is compelling, but I prefer to dwell in uncertainty.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m writing about Majorana at the moment.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

While I may own more steam train recordings than is strictly necessary, I read a sleeve note like this and have to buy another.

The sleeve of a 1970s Argo World of Railways record, showing George Heiron's picture of 'The Merchant Venturer,' a Castle class loco, waiting to leave Bristol Temple Meads station.

The sleeve notes from the LP. Noted: Band Three, its meticulous setting of time and place, and its 'warning for the signalman.'

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"What each review has in common with the others is that it reads like the report of a surveyor who can’t find the front door, and so (for his supper) surveys the facade." A response to some baffling reviews of The Coast of Everything. Share if you care. www.3ammagazine.com/3am/a-litera...

The front cover art for The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch

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Libération @liberation.fr · 30/07/2026

⚫ Le penseur belge Raoul Vaneigem, mort cette semaine à 92 ans, fut aux côtés de Guy Debord l’une des figures du situationnisme, ce mouvement de contestation radicale du capitalisme et de la «société du spectacle», inspirateur de Mai 68. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/Vc3

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Erratum Press @erratumpress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ERRATUM REVIEWS | open for submissions | tangents welcome erratumpress.com/reviews

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intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Out now! The first title in Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images & poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. Buy the pamphlet + poster here: intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

The cover of Vik Shirley's 'Amorous Electrons' pamphlet

Vik Shirley's 'Amorous Electrons' pamphlet and poster

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Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Relative letter frequency in The Odyssey, indicated by thickness of white wave, alphabetical, top to bottom.

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Tobias Ryan @tobiasvryan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

best bit advice for submitting fiction to @minorliteratures.bsky.social is the one fewest people follow: know what we publish and don't just send whatever cos it's open ... recent pieces here: minorliteratures.com/category/fic...

minorliteratures.com

fiction – minor literature[s]

Posts about fiction written by @MinorLits

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I wish Nico could have worked with Muhly.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

London! I will be reading in you. This Sunday, 3.30pm, Ellie's Bar on Kingsland Road. (As part of the Soho Reading Series.)

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In the @thetls.bsky.social, re @guillermostitch.bsky.social, 'The Coast of Everything,' and the necessity of messy, drunken literature.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

God bless my near namesake, who is no relation.

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Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

References to rain in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847), in order of occurrence.

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Melville House @melvillehouse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

There on the horizon…could it be…yes....the Sale Boat! ⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚 Wednesday, July 15 (tomorrow), all books on our site are 30% off. That means most titles are going for under $20, and many for less than $15.

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C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy Bastille Day! Post a French banger grandveymont.bandcamp.com/album/persis...

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Persistance et changement, by Grand Veymont

1 track album

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