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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌍Are you wanting a reminder of the beauty of our planet and your place in the world? Well, this is what Deb’s novel gave me. I absolutely love this sense of wonder, amazement and awe that Deb Olin Unferth inspired Her novel Earth 7 is published by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here’s three things I learnt from Louisa Bello! 1️⃣ Will the truth set us free? It’s hard to know! But Louisa was committed to depicting someone contending with the darkness and depths of their psyche.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Finally got the chance to visit Voce Books in Birmingham Highly recommend! Great indie and curated selections.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Church Street, Leeds, 1970, photo by Peter Mitchell.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🍾Bit of a tongue twister this one! That moment when you’ve got a publisher must feel amazing…and Louisa Bello was certainly deserving of it after the long road to getting there. I’m not sure she expected it to end in a pub with @epoquepress.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Friends…First time in Paris for a few years in September…let me know if you’ve any recommendations for culture and food!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Oh these short essays are so capacious from @cclarklewes.bsky.social @blackheraldpress.bsky.social There full of brilliant critical insights on language poetry and translation Also reflective moments about family, change and sentiment

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Excellent pickups in recent days A couple of visits to the excellent Veranda Books near Marble Arch and Word on the Water by Kings Cross! @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @foundryeditions.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📚I’ve been trying to take some insights from my guests and put them into practice, and enjoying when there’s a bit of time and space to do so. My recent guests Deepa Anappara and Louisa Bello had some really interesting ideas about research. @oneworldbooks.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here’s three things we learnt from Deepa Anappara after she joined me on the Rippling Pages to discuss THE LAST OF EARTH @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New episode of the Rippling Pages is here It features one of the most determined stories I’ve ever heard to someone getting published And being inspired by a friend’s experience of schizophrenia and mental health Louisa Bello is here to talk about WHERE THE SHADOWS END @epoquepress.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌍Some of my favourite books are translations…. from Olga Tokarczuk, Constance Debre, Montserrat Roig, Yan Ge’s early work in Chinese, Han Kang… Here’s some more ive been reading for Women in Translation month Featuring books from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social and Peirene

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The barriers that writers from under-represented backgrounds face is discussed here by Deepa Anappara. I sat and listened as Deepa explained by some of the challenges she and other writers have faced in forging a writing career. Certainly thought provoking stuff…

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In my Rippling Pages Patreon diary this month 🏠 Reacquainted with some old books after my parents moved house ⚽️ Alan Shearer football programmes ⛅️Behind the scenes on the latest episode…and a Booker Prize near miss… www.patreon.com/RipplingPage...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Get your ears around today’s release with some bonus content of Deepa Anappara’s object of influence And you’ll also get a glimpse of the Rippling Pages Patreon Podcast For those who want to go deeper into the ideas behind books podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

At the core of Deepa Anappara’s book is a really personal experience that shaped it Which might be slightly surprising considering it’s set in the mountains of Tibet 150 years ago Also I’m so grateful when writers open up to me and so glad they feel comfortable to do so.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Whats a day in the life of a Rippling Pages Coffee Conversation look like? Well it looks a little like this…

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Slightly ashamed my, Jon Fosse is a bit of a blot on my reading horizons and have not read him…what are your thoughts?

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

☕️I had coffee with Deepa Anappara and we recorded our conversation for the Rippling Pages We’re talking about Deepa’s novel, THE LAST OF EARTH @oneworldbooks.bsky.social It’s a truly beautiful novel set in the mountains of Tibet podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A couple of the Booker Prize books I’ve read (I’ve started M John Harrison and picked it as a summer read in my latest Ask the Host!) I’ve read Makenna’s book a couple of times now. I really like it. It’s ethereal, spectral, dry…there’s a riff on the ego as a container in there which I love

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

⛰️These are the kinds of the summer reads that I love… A book has a bit of everything, but, most importantly, a ton of really good writing that makes you think deep and long about writing, travel and life… Deepa Anappara joined me to discuss THE LAST OF EARTH @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thanks to @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social Rippling Pages podcast for recommending 'Dad Had A Bad Day' 🎾 👍

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thanks Ian - I hope you like it! I’m sure you will!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🎾A convincing and compelling narrative voice is crucial to any novel – so how did Ashton find Ned’s? How how @ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social discovered Ned’s voice in the latest episode as we spoke about DAD HAD A BAD DAY @dauntbookspub.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social shared with me the challenges of writing about something he is very passionate about – and very good at! A former tennis player himself, his artful taut novel set in a local tennis club is about when passion becomes obsession podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🎾How does this novel about tennis lead to a descent into obsession and addiction? @ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social joined me on the Rippling Pages to discuss his tight and taut novel DAD HAD A BAD DAY @dauntbookspub.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Writing about feelings is hard But Alice Hattrick happens to be very good at it And it’s essentially to the work they are writing Listen more as we discuss FANCY WORK @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A slightly late 4th of July post…reading this retelling of an American epic by Xiaolu Guo

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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Thanks @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social & many readers for a great response to my new @aeon.co essay uncovering the secret world of modern French fire-tamers, their practice, belief, hospital work & tiny gestures of care. If, as Sontag writes, illness is metaphor, what is the symbolism of the fire?

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This really is excellent from @susannacrossman.bsky.social on @aeon.co Craft and subject level, hitting a lot of notes for me to say the least Give it a read if you haven’t done so yet aeon.co/essays/who-a...

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#BookSky the time is upon us. Thursday 2nd July, 7 p.m. via Zoom, an in-depth dive for people who've already read Keshed, hosted by the great @heidijames.bsky.social. Unique opportunity to hear it discussed in this level of detail with one of the very best writers in the game. It's gonna slay 🙏🖤

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

📸Here’s some crowd shots from Alice Hattrick in conversation @leedslitfest.bsky.social for the Rippling Pages live. The conversation I had with Alice is now available for you to hear and listen to as well! You can hear Alice and me talking about

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I was really grateful for Alice Hattrick sharing such a range of feelings and emotions with me in our conversation about their new book Alice shares hope in pain, especially for those groups underserved, neglected and rejected by the systems that are supposed to be there to help and support people

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Well, Sunday was a lot of fun @leedslitfest.bsky.social Congratulations to Alice Hattrick on publishing their second book FANCY WORK, which is out today from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social My conversation with Alice will be out soon 😊

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Start the final day of @leedslitfest.bsky.social with me and @alicehattrick.bsky.social We’re delighted to be bringing a super talented eriter of narrative non-fiction published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, a home of Nobel prize winners and an exciting diverse stable of artists, here to Leeds

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What can a scrap of embroidery tell us about how to live? How can the past help us imagine unconstrained

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

😊Some sights and sounds from a literary week in Leeds @leedslitfest.bsky.social included @stuhennigan.bsky.social at @smalldistractions.bsky.social Jake Morris-Campbell and @rickardsisters.com 🐇And a rabbit on Leeds Uni campus!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🤔Fellow Leeds-based writer @stuhennigan.bsky.social is here talking about how and why he turned to reading, and how books and literature were fundamental to him in developing empathy compassion and perspective. We were talking about his novel KESHED @ortacpress.bsky.social

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

📗 I was asked to curate a selection of some of my favourite narrative non-fiction and personal essays for you to read and buy at The Hyde Park Book Club. (I was asked to pick five but I couldn’t help picking an extra – read why below!)

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It’s a chilled saturday morning and I’ve just done an archive re-release to set the tone for the day It’s with writer,editor, critic, publisher and all round bookish good guy @nicholasroyle.bsky.social WHITE SPINES:CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK COLLECTOR @saltpublishing.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Cloth Hall Street, Leeds, 1970s, photo by Peter Mitchell.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

😱How do we create an emotional response in a reader? And what’s it like when we do? @stuhennigan.bsky.social knows how, and perhaps it’s something to do with the way he writes his characters. We were talking about KESHED @ortacpress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Some pics from Kent, and the South East My wife was working down there so I had a couple of days of wandering some of Dickens haunts in his youth Wandered down the Medway into Rochester Restoration House (thought to be Satis House in Great Expectations) was a particular highlight.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🌞Are you going to be in Leeds and want to meet and listen to one of the most exciting emerging non-fiction writers working today? Join us for a special live recording of the Rippling Pages podcast at @leedslitfest.bsky.social - there are still some tickets left so grab them while you can!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of the world’s most interesting writers here in Leeds 👇

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Ortac Press @ortacpress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@stuhennigan.bsky.social is the latest guest on Rippling Pages with @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social. A great, wide-ranging interview. Check it out!

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