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Oliver Harris

@oliharris.bsky.social
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Writer - crime novels, thrillers. Teaches creative writing at MMU.

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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Love this photo www.npr.org/2026/09/27/g...
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Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth
Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Book: secrets of ships in bottles by Peter Thorne
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a beauty
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thinking a lot about Borges at the moment. Perfect quote. Thank you
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ha. They would appreciate your concern
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you! Delighted you're enjoying both series. Good luck with the podcast.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
dvrk.mmu.ac.uk/occulture-as...
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OCCULTURE AS METHOD - Dark Arts Research Kollective
Occulture as Method Symposium September 10-11, 2026 Manchester Metropolitan University / SODA (location) Event booking link / Symposium Programme PDF link Thursday 10th September Programme: 0900 / Reg...
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Got my new author photo
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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
During the 2nd World War, various artists found themselves in a safe house in Marseilles, waiting for visas so they could escape the Nazis. André Breton & fellow surrealists like Max Ernst passed the time by designing a deck of playing cards, Le Jeu de Marseille, reimagined on Communist lines.
17 playing cards showing the aces, court cards & joker of Le Jeu de Marseille, all varied colourful images A close up of the deck box & artist list of Le Jeu de Marseille
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Hakan Sonok Antalya 0553 802 52 86 @flowmeow1812.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
labyrinthsociety.org
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Home - The Labyrinth Society
The Labyrinth Society supports all those who create, maintain, and use labyrinths, and serves the global community by providing education, networking, and opportunities to experience transformation.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congrats Gregory
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U+2500 @u2500.rmfrt.com · 08/06/2026
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thanks Josi. The fourth Kane novel will be out next year - hopefully spring. I appreciate your patience.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
That's brilliant to hear. Delighted she's enjoying them. Cheers Susie!
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Just saw your very kind direct message about reading and psychology - thank you. For some reason, Bluesky wouldn't let me reply to it directly, but it created a definite creative uplift. All the best.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Yes! Was very taken by that story. Great potential.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
John Keane - 'Peace Giant' (1989). Army observation tower in South Armagh (National Army Museum, London)
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
All great shouts, thank you (I'm unavailable)
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Haven't seen it yet, but sounds up my street!
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Definitely the atmosphere I was trying to evoke
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What a shot!
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John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
1825: I had a very odd dream last night & I take it as an ill omen for I dont expect that the book will meet a better fate - I thought I had one of the proofs of the new poems from London & after looking at it awhile it shrank thro my hands like sand & crumbled into dust - the birds were singing...
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Hadn't seen that. Such an extraordinary place. Thanks
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thanks Nora. Hope you enjoy the Belsey series. Get well soon.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It looks like we'll have to await interest from a US publisher. Apologies for that, and thanks for pursuing the series so far.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Many thanks, Nora. That's great to hear. The Shame Archive doesn't have a US publisher at the moment but I thought you'd still be able to download the audiobook. Is that not the case? I can investigate...
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The first time you dangle the earring near your ear, it whispers: “Better for you if you take me off.” harpers.org/archive/2026...
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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“The wearer lives an abnormally successful life, usually ending out as a rich and much-beloved pillar of the community,” writes Alexander. After you die, the priests preparing your body for burial usually find that your brain has almost entirely rotted away.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The earring starts out by advising you on major life decisions, but before long it’s telling you exactly what to have for breakfast, exactly when to go to bed, and eventually, how to move each individual muscle in your body.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
'There’s a short story by Scott Alexander called “The Whispering Earring,” in which he describes a mystical piece of jewelry. The whispering earring speaks to you. Its advice always begins with the words “Better for you if you . . . ,” and its advice is never wrong' 1/3 harpers.org/archive/2026...
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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Yeah, Naked-era. Was thinking that
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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Imagine being like this. Maybe we actually were all once like this. Be more like this guy!
Dear Mr Kirkdale bookshop keeper,
It's me, the boy who asked to put the "One Piece" book on hold.
How's your day been so far?
Well for me, I'm getting thro teeth out at the dentist, not because their rotten but because I need to braces (I cind of scared).
Due to the above, I will not be able to buy the book so please, please, please can you keep the book for one more day.
From the boy, Jacob is my name.

p.s. plase, please, please rec.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thanks, maybe one day. Interested to hear you're writing too. Good luck, and do keep us informed
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Will keep pushing
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Yeah, I actually know someone who knows him, and have been pressing them for years to get a copy into his hands
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Well, never something to invest too much hope into, but we'll see
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Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I’m doing some short & sweet online poetry workshops over the coming weeks, first ones are this Friday. Would be lovely to have your company if anyone would like to join! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poems-that...
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Poems that make things happen
Online poetry workshops designed to make you think, bring you joy, make you a better reader and writer AND fit in with your busy schedule.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thanks Susie! This is useful
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Who would play Nick Belsey in a TV adaptation?
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is a really important point
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is a delightful listen, if your ears have a few minutes spare.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thanks so much, Susie. And I just finished thoroughly enjoying I Got the Dog! Have emailed my appreciation.
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Congratulations!
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Oliver Harris @oliharris.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
'A guide told the Guardian he had spotted a “strange” gathering outside the David Hume mausoleum on 16 January at 10pm when the cemetery gates were locked. He claimed four men in long white robes were kneeling by the mausoleum and lighting candles.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Edinburgh tomb of philosopher David Hume vandalised with ‘satanic’ symbols
Tour guide reports drawing of naked woman pointing knife at baby and coded writing at Old Calton burial ground
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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Forgive me for tootling a small trumpet - stuff from the past, reappearing on your radio ...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Kim Jong-un inspected parts of the future monument and museum dedicated to the memory of DPRK soldiers who died fighting against Ukraine.
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