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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So it's National Poetry Day, and I have skin in the game. #trakl #booksky #translation #poetry

Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Gb... More research material for my novel The Golden Echo. My mother was 14 years old when this air raid took place. #booksky #dusseldorf #ww2

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DÜSSELDORF 1943 | AFTER THE BOMBS | Rare Color Footage

YouTube video by timetravelfootage

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Latest total. Be advised, this book is NOT on sale in any bricks and mortar bookshops. It is ONLY available through Amazon. One further sale this week in Canada, which makes 47 altogether in that country. #booksky #trakl #poetry #translation

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/o... BOOM. My life-writing piece "From Dusseldorf to Dudley (via Darlington) is included in this book. It was commissioned by Anthony Cartwright and R.M. Francis. Rob Francis has described me as "a writer's writer". #booksky #writing #workingclass #marxism

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Transformer from Zer0 Books

Transformer brings together essays, poetry, and fiction that celebrate and interrogate the Black Country in equal measure, from it...

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

www.writersblocknortheast.com/wbne?fbclid=... This may be of interest to writers based in the North East of England. It's free, which always helps when you're poor like me.

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WBNE | Writers' Block NE

Creative writing workshops, mentoring and advice from agents, helping you to write the first draft of a novel.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I bet that was quite a Prom. Janet Baker in fine voice. In my novel a character moves to Philadelphia hence the reference.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I mention him in my forthcoming novel.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Seen in Darlington Waterstones. Louise Powell: Underdogs.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

More bullshit. Must think I have straw for brains. Can't even spell my name right. #fraud #parasite #writing

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A year later, the Daily Mail printed this.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've had a new review today on Goodreads. The reviewer, Thomas Keith, is American and from Austin Texas. #booksky #poetry #trakl

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My first sale in September. An e-book in the USA. A working-class translator is something to be. #trakl #poetry #booksky

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So, I'm at this stage now. Don't you just love writing synopses. #writing #author #booksky

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

63 sales so far this year. A working-class translator is something to be. #booksky #trakl #translation #writing #poetry

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“I found a author discovery hub that drives organic traffic to your book with full authority, chances to earning from it. Interested?” Imagine sending me this ungrammatical shite and expecting me to reply. #writing #parasites

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The month so far. Both of my translations. Sales mainly in the USA. My work is banned from bookshops, so my only avenue is Amazon. #booksky #poetry #trakl #hauptmann #translation

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Drafting a new chapter. Already up to page 288. Soon be 300. No generative AI used here! Jarvie is a proper author. #booksky #writing #germany #WW2

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ1-... This is my mate Rob Francis. He commissioned me to write an essay about the Black Country, which is where this footage was recorded. #geopoetics #dudley

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Geopoetics A Journey Through Time

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Don't get me started on Franky K. His father referred to one of his son's actor pals as "Ungeziefer". The origin of that word goes back to Old High German and means an unclean animal unfit for religious sacrifice. The first sentence alone contains three words beginning with the negative prefix "un".

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just received this delightful review for my thriller Black Art. #booksky

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Was this your stint as a gamekeeper?

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That's 46 sales in Canada and 14 in Germany.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As I keep banging on, a prophet is not without honour, except in his own country. Thank God for Canada and Germany. #booksky #trakl #translation #expressionism #poetry

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

www.culturematters.org.uk/who-owns-the... I like this article. Fucking canapés, eh. Do you realise, Jarvie has never had them? Nor has he ever sampled foie gras, pheasant or oysters. He's a fucking prole is our Jarvie.

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Who owns the Tenement Novel? – Culture Matters

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Always remember that writing is a mug’s game.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Your monthly earnings should pay for your weekly coffee in the big Tesco.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have three American readers for every English one. As the Jesus character said, a prophet is not without honour except in his own country. Aussies like my work as well.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Advice” from a literary agent. Spot the grammatical errors. Poor as pish. #writing #grammar

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today’s reading. No peacocks to report, so far, white or otherwise. #lawrence #booksky

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

29 copies, eh. I’ve sold 56 copies of my Autumnal Elegies in the past seven months so we’re pretty similar.

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another sale now. Enough for two coffees!

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

First sale of the month. Whenever there's a new page read there's always a sale in the pipeline The USA comes to the rescue again. #booksky #trakl #translation #poetry #expressionism

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My first page read in August. USA of course. #booksky #trakl

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My translation of Georg Trakl has now reached first position if you use that search term on Amazon. This is why so many readers have chosen my translation. I spent 30 years on that book, so who's to argue I don't deserve it? #booksky #trakl #translation #poetry

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Michael Jarvie @michaeljarvie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I had to delete your videos because of storage issues, which was a shame.

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