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Sam Jordison

@samjordison.bsky.social
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Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent. Across The Pond podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150 Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk

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The Creative Splurge @thecreativesplurge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize is open until 8 November for stories up to 6,000 words. All the details are here → www.galleybeggar.co.uk/short-story-… #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS @galleybeggars.bsky.social
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X. SHORT STORY PRIZE (Full info) — Galley Beggar Press
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The wonderful Gonzalo C Garcia, author of Telenovela is speaking at Conway Hall on Saturday at this fantastic Zine and Book Fair. He's on at 11am - and the whole day looks excellent: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
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Select tickets – London Spanish Book & Zine Fair 2026 – Conway Hall
London Spanish Book & Zine Fair 2026 – Conway Hall, Sat 3 Oct 2026 - The LSBZF returns to Conway Hall, London WC1R 4RL, on Saturday 3rd October 2026 featuring renowned writers and publishers, new voic...
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A few quick thoughts on why Meta is afraid of Virginia Woolf: samj.substack.com/p/no-room-fo...
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No Room For Virginia Woolf
Meta has forbidden reference to A Room Of One’s Own. It almost makes you think that techno-fascism might not be good for the world.
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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I bailed out of Meta for good on Saturday. Should have done so several years ago. But there's definitely no going back now.
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Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New episode alert! we get into "the fact that" Lori's reading Ducks, Newburyport at The Big Book Project, and talk to Laia Jufresa about her impressive literary novel, Wishbone, published by Fern Books: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
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146. Laia Jufresa, "Wishbone" - Across the Pond
Sam gets into
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Jake Goldsmith @jgoldsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m always happy to see your newsletters in my inbox. Especially liked this one. Thank you 🫡
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A few quick thoughts on why Meta is afraid of Virginia Woolf: samj.substack.com/p/no-room-fo...
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No Room For Virginia Woolf
Meta has forbidden reference to A Room Of One’s Own. It almost makes you think that techno-fascism might not be good for the world.
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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join us London friends. Tonight 20th September, I’ll be reading new work alongside @markabowles.bsky.social and others, in Sloane Square for Chelsea Arts Festival. All deets below.
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
At the launch of @markabowles.bsky.social great new book 'How Do People Stay The Same' from @galleybeggars.bsky.social, which I recommend to you all
Mark speaking
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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just listened to this & it's great ⬇️* *completely unbiased view as a NZer obvs. 🙃
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A tremendous, thoughtful review of @markabowles.bsky.social How Do People Stay The Same in @thespectator1828.bsky.social: spectator.com/article/a-su... "A fascinating formal experiment... In its very disjointedness, Bowles’s bracing book gets closer to the messy truth of life than do most novels."
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A succession of selves: How Do People Stay the Same by Mark Bowles reviewed
Readers of Mark Bowles’s All My Precious Madness (2024) will find much that is familiar in How Do People Stay the Same. Both are about a Bradford-born writer with a love of travel, philosophy and espr...
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not content with stealing our books, the AI industry has also started stealing our identities. My latest Substack on the new ways AI is wasting the time of everyone in publishing: samj.substack.com/p/at-last-a-...
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At last a use for AI
Wasting everyone’s damn time.
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not content with stealing our books, the AI industry has also started stealing our identities. My latest Substack on the new ways AI is wasting the time of everyone in publishing: samj.substack.com/p/at-last-a-...
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At last a use for AI
Wasting everyone’s damn time.
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Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week, Lori and Sam discuss The Garden Party and other stories by Katherine Mansfield. Did we like it? Did Sam think it's one of the greatest things ever? Can we not quite believe we've only just read it? I think you can guess the answers: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
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145. Katherine Mansfield, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" - Across the Pond
In this special episode, Lori and Sam dig deep into the life of Katherine Mansfield and discuss three of her wonderful stories: At the Bay; The Garden Party; and, The Daughters of the Late Colonel.
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Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
10th September at Nest and Vine, Queens Rd Peckham. If you haven’t already, please dm or email me if you’re coming. Bowles.mark@gmail.com Hope to see you there!!
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Only just seen this, but Peter was an example of the small press spirit. Before we set up, and with such generosity, he spent an afternoon guiding us through the A-Zs of publishing - from AI sheets to typesetting, contracts to the importance of a good distributor: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
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Peter Tolhurst obituary
Other lives: Founder of Black Dog Books, publishing titles celebrating East Anglia’s cultural landscape
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Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Playlist. All songs mentioned (with one exception) in How Do People Stay the Same: open.spotify.com/playlist/3Pr...
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Playlist · Bowles.mark · 15 items
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Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It was an absolute thought-inciting pleasure speaking to the brilliant and amusing @susannacrossman.bsky.social for the online launch of How Do People Stay the Same @galleybeggars.bsky.social, and here it is online so you can listen too: app.box.com/s/pu14ca4v5v... #howdopeoplestaythesame
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Box
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An article in praise of booksellers. (Features some high-register prose for an article that is also about cash-registers... and business rates. But, you know what? I really mean it.) samj.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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In praise of booksellers
Why the UK government (and everyone else) should support bookshops.
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Max Cairnduff @maxcairnduff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Great article by Sam.
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'll be chatting about setting up Bluemoose and the 20 years since. A celebration at Hebden BRidge Town Hall on October 3rd. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @thebookcase.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk @inpressbooks.bsky.social hblitandsci.org.uk/kevin-duffy-...
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Kevin Duffy: Bluemoose Books at 20: A Hebden Bridge Publishing Success Story
Right here in Hebden Bridge is one of the most admired independent publishers in the country. This year Bluemoose Books celebrates its 20th anniversary, and its remarkable journey from Calder Valley start-up to international literary success. Founded in 2006 by Kevin and Hetha Duffy, Bluemoose grew from a simple but powerful idea. As they once put
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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I enjoyed this essay. Probably because it provided the perfect combination of teaching me something new, and confirming my existing beliefs.
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Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When I (Sam) wrote this, I did, of course, have the peerless Lori Feathers of @interabangbooks.bsky.social and this podcast in mind too.
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An article in praise of booksellers. (Features some high-register prose for an article that is also about cash-registers... and business rates. But, you know what? I really mean it.) samj.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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In praise of booksellers
Why the UK government (and everyone else) should support bookshops.
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Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The wonderful @markabowles.bsky.social is on the podcast talking about his (in my very unbiased opinion) MAGNIFICENT new novel How Do People Stay The Same: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis... Out now from @galleybeggars.bsky.social
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Across the Pond
Across the Pond is a podcast about the most discussed and anticipated books on both sides of the Atlantic. Texas indie bookstore owner Lori Feathers and UK publisher Sam Jordison bring their unique pe...
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Don’t miss this conversation with friends of EWS @susannacrossman.bsky.social and @markabowles.bsky.social ✨
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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Roll up, roll up! I will be interviewing @markabowles.bsky.social for the online launch of the excellent How Do People Stay The Same 20/08 7pm BST. @galleybeggars.bsky.social are opening up 15 extra places, on first-come-first-served basis. To claim a place email info@galleybeggar.co.uk - be quick!
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 15/08/2026
"AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds" > AI companies are the fossil fuel industry's best friends. futurism.com/artificial-i... And yet so many people I know in tech keep finding excuses to justify not only using the tech but even working on the tech itself
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AI's Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds
AI is giving the fossil fuel industry a major leg up, a new paper has found, indicating its carbon footprint extends beyond data centers.
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Ian Mond @mondyboy74.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
One of the best books of the year. Listen to an interview with Geoffrey on the terrific Across the Pond podcast. (They also interviewed @debolinunferth.bsky.social on Earth 7, a book I also loved and reviewed for @locusmag.bsky.social). @samjordison.bsky.social not sure if the pod has a BS account.
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Yukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
1/ "Putting things online is a horrible combination of all too permanent and worryingly ephemeral" -
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Posted this at the weekend on the fragility of digital culture, the fact that very little online lasts forever (except the stuff that shames and/or embarrasses you.) Also features vague memories of various lost websites… samj.substack.com/p/digital-de...
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Digital Death
Is anything you've written online going to survive?
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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Currently reading, rereading the brilliant new novel How Do People Stay The Same by Mark Bowles published by @galleybeggars.bsky.social . ❤️🔥. Highly recommend my friends.
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Jake Goldsmith @jgoldsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
While paper is susceptible to the elements, a book can exist for 200 years, or much longer. Webpages and software will deteriorate and die much more quickly. Our fetish for technology makes us think the internet is immortal
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Something cheery for the weekend. The fact that nothing you write is going to survive. Look on our works and despair! (Also has pictures of Hadrian’s Wall.) samj.substack.com/p/digital-de...
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Digital Death
Is anything you've written online going to survive?
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HellOEarth @helodare.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
And this is why I’ve started printing out my photos. There is nothing guarantee that anything online will exist in the future
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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Some weekend reading from me. First, a terrific edition of the Writer's Bookshelf with the great @misterslang.bsky.social mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
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The writer's bookshelf: Jonathon Green
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Something cheery for the weekend. The fact that nothing you write is going to survive. Look on our works and despair! (Also has pictures of Hadrian’s Wall.) samj.substack.com/p/digital-de...
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Digital Death
Is anything you've written online going to survive?
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Marcus Hobson @marcushobson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The latest Mark Bowles has reached the furthest corners of the earth…or New Zealand as we call it. Love the postcards Joseph Wright of Derby and the Jay in a vacuum. Stunning chiaroscuro. @galleybeggars.bsky.social
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 25/07/2026
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How Do People Stay the Same by Mark Bowles: The making of the man
A tender novel whose meditations on the self’s uncertain parameters urge excavating the past to better understand the present
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Independent Lit @independentlit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Check it out:
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Depression and Dimwits in Mark Bowles’ How Do People Stay The Same
More acerbic wit from the author of All My Precious Madness
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Independent Lit @independentlit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
‘One savours the textures of Bowles’ writing, its flowing, intricate prose, the way Patrick savours a coffee and pain au raisin; the book bursts with memorable passages, one at least for every page.’ Our first ever review is now live! @galleybeggars.bsky.social #booksky
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Depression and Dimwits in Mark Bowles’ How Do People Stay The Same
More acerbic wit from the author of All My Precious Madness
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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get your short stories ready for @galleybeggars.bsky.social Short Story Prize 2026/27! Deadline 8th Nov, with a 1st prize of £3k! I'm really thrilled to be one of the judges this year, alongside Timna Fibert and Gonzalo C Garcia (and there are 200 free entries for low earners if you're quick!)✒️📚
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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hell yes:
Benjamin Myers: whiteadderBenjamin Myers: Wolfspider
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
And at the brand new Independent Lit Review, Roya Khatiblou says: "One savours the textures of Bowles’ writing, its flowing, intricate prose, the way Patrick savours a coffee and pain au raisin; the book bursts with memorable passages, one at least for every page." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Depression and Dimwits in Mark Bowles’ How Do People Stay The Same
More acerbic wit from the author of All My Precious Madness
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
First reviews arriving! In the TLS Philip Womack enjoys Mark's "sharp, bright, mordant intelligence" www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
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What do people talk about?
Mark Bowles’s autobiographical debut novel, All My Precious Madness (TLS, November 8, 2024), followed the philosophical travails of a Bradford-born
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
So please spread the word - and please consider entering!
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's a special bumper year for the prize. We're going to print the shortlisted stories and distribute them to libraries, charities and people in the book industry.
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2026-2027 is now open for submissions: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Info about the prize. £3000 to the winner. £200 Shortlisted. £50 longlisted
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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It’s publication day for this beautiful book. Congratulations @markabowles.bsky.social
How Do People Stay the Same by Mark Bowles looking pretty damn stunning. Just wait until you read it though!
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