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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My short story, 'By Water', is published in the autumn issue of Exacting Clam. Thank you to the editors, particularly for making it free to read online. Do subscribe, not least so you can more reliably mark the passing of the seasons. @exactingclam.bsky.social www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-22...

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Non-fic review this time. Joe Luc Barnes' Farewell to Russia follows his travels through the fifteen countries that used to make up the Soviet Union. Boozy, funny and full of insight into places many of us know too little about. Read for free at @review31.bsky.social review31.co.uk/article/view...

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An Old Master Too Large to Ignore

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Many thanks to @davidcollard.bsky.social for hosting this event last night, and this after traipsing around London and Dublin with me to launch the book there. By the end of the week I felt we were a couple of carnies. Very enjoyable. Must dry out. #booksky

Attendees at the online launch of The Coast of Everything, June 25th.

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Monthly Dispatch #31 — ft. Daniel Gianfranceschi, Sharon Zhang, Steinar Løding @zissenberg.bsky.social @wjdavies.bsky.social David Vichnar @nameofauthor.bsky.social @gpayares.bsky.social Antonio Moresco, Jennifer K. Dick & more... OUT NOW minorlits.substack.com/p/monthly-di...

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Monthly Dispatch #31 — January 2026

A letter from the editor[s]

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I spent some time with last year's Nightjar Press chapbooks and ended up writing about creepy birds and the contemporary gothic. Review 31 kindly took it on. Free to read here: review31.co.uk/essay/view/1... @review31.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social

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Contemporary Gothic

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Contemporary Gothic

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Fake Men Having Fake Fights, my article on wrestling, manliness and storytelling, is out now with @minorliteratures.bsky.social

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Fake Men Having Fake Fights, my article on wrestling, manliness and storytelling, is out now with @minorliteratures.bsky.social

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!

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donate | The Barbellion Prize

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

1/2 The Guardian's list of forthcoming 2026 fictions (www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...) overlooks these indie highlights (alphabetically, by title): Anti-social Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo As If by Isabel Waidner The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch

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Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction

Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

My pick for @review31.bsky.social's Books of the Year 2025 is Alex Pheby's Waterblack, the third volume in the Cities of the Weft trilogy. Superb, strange fantasy that has reinvigorated the genre. @alexpheby.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social review31.co.uk/essay/view/1...

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Review 31's Books of the Year 2025

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Exacting Clam @exactingclam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

" . . . there’s always been Dada—in every generation." W. J. Davies talks to Catherine Schelbert, translator of Hugo Ball’s Flametti, on the occasion of a new radio play edition of the novel. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-w…

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Exacting Clam @exactingclam.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

'Dali and the Lobster' Fiction by the inimitable David Rose in our DADA issue. Subscribe for full access. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-w…

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Bluemoose 2025. Two books listed for major prizes. Christ on a Bike by @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Dublin Lit Award The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social OrwellPrize 6 part BBC Two TV Series: Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social From Hebden Bridge with love.

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Congratulations to @cdrose.bsky.social. We Live Here Now is one of the funniest and most inventive novels I've read in a long time. Well deserved!

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Just in time for Christmas, Exacting Clam comes along with its Dada special issue. I've an interview with translator Catherine Schelbert, @br0phy.bsky.social reviews a new Ashbery bio, and C J Patrick has some exquisite poems on show, plus more besides. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...

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No. 19 — Winter 2025 | Exacting Clam

The Discerning Mollusk’s Guide to Arts and Ideas: THE DADA ISSUE. Contributions by Liza Achilles, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Greg Bem, Eric Bies, Christopher Boucher, Ian Boulton, James Brophy, Niamh Mac ...

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Sound advice from the cleric Sydney Smith, courtesy of Stephen Bayley in this quarter’s Slightly Foxed @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social.

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Stuff these, Dirk Bogarde’s spoken word album Lyrics for Lovers is on Spotify.

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

New records out today by CMAT, Blood Orange and The Beaches. Glorious.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It's true! Julia Roberts will be narrating Leonard and Hungry Paul. She read the book when it came out and her agent got in touch to say she really liked it. But I never thought things would go this far. Delighted. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

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Julia Roberts to narrate new BBC series Leonard and Hungry Paul

The feel-good series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines

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kevin davey @kvind.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My thoughts on the remarkable fiction of Paul Griffiths in the latest issue of Exacting Clam www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

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Paul Griffith's let me tell you and let me go on | Exacting Clam

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My review of C.D. Rose’s superb new novel, We Live Here Now, is in the latest TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My review of C.D. Rose’s superb new novel, We Live Here Now, is in the latest TLS @thetls.bsky.social.

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My interview with writer, librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths is out now in the latest issue of Exacting Clam. It's also free to read on the website: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18... @disgwylfa.bsky.social @exactingclam.bsky.social am.bsky.social

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Constraint and Release | Exacting Clam

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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Constraint and Release | Exacting Clam

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

My free monthly newsletter THE GLUE FACTORY goes out this Friday to 2000+ subscribers. If you're not already signed up you can DM me for inclusion on the mailing list. Featuring indie press news, links to broadcasts, podcasts and substacks; forthcoming fiction, non-fiction and poetry; all that.

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

No council, or councillor, has the right to "ban" any books. The library service are the only body that makes decisions on stock selection. A councillor, as a member of the public, can *request* books are removed on a title-by-title basis, but the reply should come that under @cilip.bsky.social

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Wonderful to hear @alicefwrites.bsky.social talk about her short story collection, The Truth Has Arms and Legs, at Camberley Library this evening. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

My review of Kevin Davey’s Toothpull of St Dunstan, a wild ride through 700 years of dentistry at the gates of Canterbury, is in this week’s TLS @thetls.bsky.social. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

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Extirp the worm!

Toothpull of St Dunstan, the testimony of an unnamed, immortal Canterbury dentist, begins with a Donne-ish invitation: “Walk with me. Let your ears attend

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Extirp the worm!

Toothpull of St Dunstan, the testimony of an unnamed, immortal Canterbury dentist, begins with a Donne-ish invitation: “Walk with me. Let your ears attend

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Sadly, @eeahahayteatea.bsky.social has fractured her ankle and is off work. It’s clinically proven that buying her artwork will aid in recovery.* www.studioerratt.com *probably.

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Studio Erratt | sculpture

Handmade figurative and portrait sculpture. Bespoke sculpture commissions. Gaming Dice Pots. Handmade by Studio Erratt

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Yesterday evening, I finished @alexpheby.bsky.social’s Waterblack, the third in the Cities of the Weft trilogy. Incredible. Whether you read fantasy or not, these books are significant. @galleybeggars.bsky.social

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It's Thursday afternoon and officially NEARLY the weekend, and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social Sign up here if you don't already subscribe. RT if you do! apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Interesting discussion on Radio 4 this morning about the difference between reading books and listening to audiobooks that seemed to entirely forget the existence and history of…radio.

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Good morning. It is Independent Bookshop Week. If you are able please do support your local bookshop. They pay their taxes and support the community! @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @sevenoaksbookshop.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @grovebookshop.bsky.social

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Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

An engrossing search for understanding and meaning in a single, brilliant poem. A Crumpled Swan is a thoughtful and irrefutable demonstration of the power of art. DC is such a knowledgeable and companionable writer. Published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

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W. J. Davies @wjdavies.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A brief but revitalising dip back into academic life this weekend at the Samuel Beckett Society conference in Edinburgh. Lovely to see @annamcmullan.bsky.social, @davidpattie.bsky.social and other friends.

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