When I say I want to read a silly, frivolous book, I don't want that book to be poorly written.
12.03.2026 00:22
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When I say I want to read a silly, frivolous book, I don't want that book to be poorly written.
Me? No. As any of my former band mates will confirm, rhythm is not my strong point.
Yellow slip hazard sign with a bottom like a split banana skin
Clever banana skin design on this slip hazard sign.
Good morning.
Last day of The London Book Fair.
Bluemoose books & authors travelling the globe.
Hollywood film, global TV series & streaming sorted.
Magic.
@thebookseller.com
The cover of the novel 'AS IF' by Isabel Waidner
Author Isabel Waidner
Next Thursday (19th March) at 7pm GMT. The author ISABEL WAIDNER joins me live online to discuss their new novel AS IF. Free to join and all are welcome. If you haven't already received an invitation and want to join us send your details address via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
I've heard of it but never read it or anything by Handke.
I'm back in Beirut doing coverage of the war in Lebanon (& the wider region). Here is the first piece, about a church that is sheltering displaced migrant workers, refugees & their families: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
An early reader!!! Publishing in May: sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t...
He was like a brontosaurus out there tonight.
@davidcollard.bsky.social will know.
I love him and will always love him.
Before I was ever a writer I remember thinking, having read his diaries, that he always knows what's interesting about an encounter, incident. And thinking that's what made him a real writer.
(Rule 1: don't be boring.)
"One doesn’t hold one’s nose in Waiting for Godot. The play would carry more credence if one of the characters cut short the runic wisdom and made a bolt for the bushes."
IIRC that *does* happen in Waiting for Godot. That's why Beckett wouldn't allow women to play the parts - no prostate.
Final bump!
I'll be at @yorklitfest.bsky.social this Saturday where I'll be interviewed by the fantastically talented @colettesnowden.bsky.social
Do come!
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/ronan-h...
If we take Jack Charlton as a given, maybe David Attenborough?
As Saint Patrick's Day approaches, I would like to know who YOU believe is the English person* most popular with Irish people.
* spudbabies like Steve Coogan and the Gallagher brothers don't count! If the list was all spudbabies it'd make us really, really bad so be cool.
I'd be happy to play him on his own.
Could be the next Rey Manaj.
Watford should sign Valverde. I think he'd provide a nice contrast to the rest of the team.
We are living in an era of peak football with small margins where every blade of grass is analysed and strategised around and yet there are still so many heavily one-footed players. Managers seem ok with it. Don't really moan about it or talk about it as something to work on.
Otherwise, happy enough?
There's only one solution to that, which is to open the books and read the inside.
They should just go ahead and print "Happy Birthday – love, Grandma" on the banknotes.
New Enard, Fosse and some Polly Barton.
Fitzcarraldo do it so well.
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I was going for the straight up clown angle. No subtext.
Unfortunately the clown disco has been cancelled due to circus dances beyond our control.
I've owned this for nearly 40 years, and I knew its two previous owners, and played in bands with both of them, so a few years shy of half a century. Plugged it in for the first time in maybe 10 years and it still sounds clean and bright.
Eddie Hobbs core.
My new book The Truth About Ruby Cooper will be published tomorrow Thurs 12th March in Uk and Ireland. Please buy it or borrow it from your library for free. 😊
Ross Noble had a gag about him directing the Hulk movie – "You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee."
I think celebrity is stretching it a bit.