loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Nice surprise from Kirkus Reviews. The March issue picked my novel Hollywoodski as one of the five Indie Books for the Month. They will also be reprinting the starred review. 030
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Nice surprise from Kirkus Reviews. The March issue picked my novel Hollywoodski as one of the five Indie Books for the Month. They will also be reprinting the starred review. 000
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 05/02/2026If you missed the Pushcart Prize reading at Beyond Baroque, you can catch it on YouTube. Lotta laughs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwtU...youtube.comThe Pushcart Prize ReadingYouTube video by Beyond Baroque 000
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Next Thursday, the 29th will be a blowout reading at one of my favorite venues, Beyond Baroque. Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pushcart Prize. Wine and Pizza after. For tickets and more information : www.eventbrite.com/.../the-push.... 030
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Wringing out the old year: One of my favorite people, Mike Sonksen and one of my favorite web sites, L.A. Taco picked Hollywoodski as one of the 25 Best L.A. – Centric Books of 2025. If you don’t know L.A. Taco, you should, they break stories nobody else covers. lataco.com/25-best-la-b...lataco.comThe 25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025 ~ L.A. TACOWhile a book cannot stop evil forces, it can educate us, warn us, and prepare us for what’s coming. The books listed here not only meditate on current events like the Los Angeles wildfires, late stage... 040
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Nice Christmas present from Kirkus, a starred review for Hollywoodski. The money line : "A lively, funny journey on the fringes of Hollywood." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...kirkusreviews.comHOLLYWOODSKI | Kirkus ReviewsMathews offers a sardonic novel-in-stories about life in the world of screenwriting. 040
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 17/11/2025My thanks to Elizabeth McKenzie, one of my favorite editors, at Chicago Quarterly Review for posting this on Facebook. 020
Reposted by @loubeard.bsky.socialJason Mazzotta @jasonmazzotta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Check out the new @catamaranlit.bsky.social with my Halloween-themed story, "A Kiss." 🎃 Many thanks to @loubeard.bsky.social & @elizabethmck.bsky.social catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025catamaranliteraryreader.comCatamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly literary and visual arts magazine. 153
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Just heard the resounding news that my story "Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes" from The New England Review 45.3 has just won a Pushcart Prize. My thanks to Jim Gavin at Tiger Van Books who did the heavy lifting on this one, and Carolyn Kuebler at NER who did the fine tuning. 040
Reposted by @loubeard.bsky.socialGabe Soria @bitchinville.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Tips On How to Enjoy the Upcoming Depression, made by me and Joseph Remnant back in 2008/9 for @jaywbabcock.bsky.social’s Arthur Magazine, a sincere/satirical (but practical!) guide to surviving hard economic times. Posting for no particular reason at all. Stay up! Stay together! Stay strong! 1103
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Apparently there is one brilliant literary critic in the wilds of Pasadena who happens to be whiling away her days at Vroman’s Bookstore. Ocassionally she makes her opinions known and bibliophiles of taste take note. Chocolates for Ella if I ever get out to the San Gabriel. 090
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Have to be happy with this very serious and very good review posted today by LARB lareviewofbooks.org/article/down...lareviewofbooks.orgDown and Out in Hollywood | Los Angeles Review of BooksJustin Gautreau considers Lou Mathews’s new novel “Hollywoodski.” 050
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 07/02/2025New story from my friend Anne-Marie Kinney up at Terrazzo. We go back to the late great Black Clock and this story should remind you of that and Annie Ernaux. Stick around for the interview. www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...terrazzoeditions.comPetite Mort by Anne-Marie Kinney — Terrazzo EditionsAnne-Marie Kinney is the author of two novels, Radio Iris and Coldwater Canyon. Her short fiction has appeared in Catapult, Tin House, Fanzine, The Adroit Journal, The Rupture and elsewhere. She was p... 000
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Couldn't ask for a better launch for "Hollywoodski". Chevalier's Books put together a great event, 80+ people and they sold every copy of the book they had. 060
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025If you had any doubts as to whether you should be buying a copy of "Hollywoodski" here is yet another free sample posted today by the kind editors at Lit Hub. My thanks to Emily Firetog. If you like this, make it to the launch tonight at Chevaliers. 6 p.m. lithub.com/tutorial/lithub.com“Tutorial”Coming out of the freeway tunnel in Santa Monica is a transformation. Dark, subway-tiled, no radio reception, then, instantly a burst of music, blue sky, white sand, and the glory of the ocean acro… 010
Reposted by @loubeard.bsky.socialJim Gavin @jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Hello Bluesky friends! You might know me as the creator of LODGE 49, the lowest rated show in the history of television. But did you know I also founded Tiger Van Books, a rad indie press? Well, I fucking did, and we are so proud to announce our third title by the great Lou Mathews! Dig: 99311
Reposted by @loubeard.bsky.socialJim Gavin @jimatdeltaco.bsky.social · 02/01/2025HOLLYWOODSKI by Lou Mathews will be published by Tiger Van Books on January 21st!! Fuck yeah!! This dark and hilarious gem completes Lou's masterful trifecta of novels about his hometown of Los Angeles. For the love all that is holy and merciful, order this book! Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social 2234
loubeard.bsky.social @loubeard.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Relentlessly promoting my new book atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris. What actually happened was that the lovely Sonya Cassidy brought her copy over from London, handed it to me along with a glass of champagne then recorded my sheepish grin for posterity. Official publication date is January 21st. 030
