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Simon Wroe

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Writer of chefs, revolutionaries, and ghosts. GHOST MONTH out now in spectral forms (audio/ebook) & coming to the physical realm Aug 27. Order here: linktr.ee/ghostmonth

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Charlène Busalli @charlenebusalli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Second day at Wigtown Book Fest! Feeling so lucky to be chatting with all these incredible people. The most moving event with @writercatherine.bsky.social, fascinating conversation on literary translation with Daniel Hahn & fabulous chat with @simonwroe.bsky.social about his new novel, Ghost Month.
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ghost Month by @simonwroe.bsky.social is a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick! Hear more about Simon's new novel from 55.45 here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Jo Whiley - Radio 2 Book Club recommendations! - BBC Sounds
Jo chats to Joe Haddow from the Radio 2 Book Club about what you should be reading!
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
'Perhaps you've already noticed little things, strange details. A shadow not attached to anything. A face in a window which might be a trick of the light. They come at dusk. Today.' Ghost Month by @simonwroe.bsky.social is out now in hardback, ebook and audio. linktr.ee/ghostmonth
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
'I wanted it to feel like a thriller, a satire of contemporary London life, while still having these gothic flourishes and something slightly otherworldly.' Simon Wroe discusses his new novel Ghost Month, publishing 27 August, with Cold Magazine 👇 thecoldmagazine.co.uk/simon-wroes-...
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Why Simon Wroe’s Ghost Month is the ultimate modern London novel
Explore Simon Wroe's Ghost Month, where grief and memory intertwine with the return of spirits in contemporary London.
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Extremely honoured that BBC Radio 2 have chosen Ghost Month for their book club #hotghoulsummer
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Some exciting Ghost Month news to share...
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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Amazing story about how Starbucks launched a "Tank" marketing campaign in South Korea on the anniversary of a massacre by the military.... including a slogan referencing the beating to death of a student. AI did it. Emails were signed off unread by managers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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How a Starbucks marketing stunt spiralled into mass boycotts in South Korea
A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/06/2026
‘I wasn’t expecting that!’: Joel Meyerowitz and the art of surprise – in pictures
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‘I wasn’t expecting that!’: Joel Meyerowitz and the art of surprise – in pictures
It could be the puff of steam from a manhole or a horse wandering into view – whatever the ‘moment’, the iconic US photographer has always had a camera in hand to capture it
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/03/2026
This strange story is well worth your time. Have a coffee and sit down with it www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics
A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Delighted to present the final cover for my novel GHOST MONTH, coming in May on audiobook and ebook, and out in August in this princely purple hardback 👀
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Proofs for my new novel, GHOST MONTH, are in and shimmering… Out with @faberbooks.bsky.social later this year!
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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
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skip intro @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 13/01/2026
participants from Benin's Vodun Day Festival, celebrated every January 10th.
photo of someone covered from head to toe in predominantly blue ceremonial attire.someone wearing red ceremonial robes and maskingsomeone completely covered feom head to toe in orange ceremonial attiresomeone dressed in green ceremonial attire covering their head, face, and body.
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
One Source of Bad Information, by Robert Bly (quoted in Wild Things: A Geography of Grief by Barbara Wansbrough)
There's a boy in you about three
Years old who hasn't learned a thing for thirty Thousand years. Sometimes it's a girl.

This child had to make up its mind
How to save you from death. He said things like:
"Stay home. Avoid elevators. Eat only elk."

You live with this child, but you don't know it.
You're in the office, yes, but live with this boy
At night. He's uninformed, but he does want
To save your life. And he has. Because of this boy You survived a lot. He's got six big ideas.
Five don't work. Right now he's repeating them
to you.

Robert Bly, 'One Source of Bad Information'
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
i don’t particularly care for the current angle of the sun
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Probably my favourite Ghanaian film poster.
A poster for The Godfather. Marlon Brando, as Don Corleone, holds a humungous cat in his lap. The cat is bigger than he is (in the film, it's a tiny kitten) but looks contented enough. The frame is strewn with fish bones. At the bottom of the frame is a severed horse's head and a bloodied axe.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Amazing correction in the Telegraph.
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Wonderful read
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"The moral of Niemöller’s poem, then, isn’t really 'speak up even if you aren’t in danger.' It’s 'speak up, even when the Nazis threaten marginalized groups that you yourself despise.' Fascists do take advantage of indifference and apathy to some degree. But they also build on widespread prejudice."
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/04/2025
Trump now worse than a global killer disease, not yet as bad as Hitler's tanks rolling into France and the Low Countries. More as we get it.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
My mother wrote a lovely obit of David Lynch in this week’s Economist www.economist.com/obituary/202...
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David Lynch mesmerised filmgoers with mystery, beauty and horror
America’s strangest and most surreal film-maker died on January 16th, aged 78
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Hane @hane.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza
left: Nicolas Cage with long black hair and a moustache in a black top
right: Spinoza with long black hair and a moustache in a black top
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Er..so, there’s this. Should we be concerned? bgr.com/tech/chatgpt...
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ChatGPT o1 tried to escape and save itself out of fear it was being shut down
Training tests with ChatGPT o1 and other high-end AI models showed they might try to save themselves if they think they're in danger.
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Which Booker novel was rejected because some people at the publishing house didn't like the characters? What winner chose his publisher "I had not many other options, frankly"? I had great fun writing this piece about rejected Booker books: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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The Booker Prize-nominated books that were rejected by publishers | The Booker Prizes
John Self explores some of the most famous titles that were initially turned down by publishers, and speaks to editors, authors and agents about why those books struggled to secure a deal
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Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Instead of “once upon a time,” Korean folk and fairy tales often begin with 호랑이 담배 피우던 시절에. It means “back when tigers smoked (pipes)”
Illustration of a tiger, wearing a snazzy red jacket, smoking a pipe
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Barb Drummond @barbdrummond.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
#Stonehenge bought for #wife #archaeology #history
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