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Alexandre Desplat is the new composer I'm exploring. This is Mr. Fox in the Fields. #music

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“There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvellous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.”

Watership Down, Richard Adams #quote #books

Cannibal Rats, Richard Greene I don’t know who originally said that certain rare individuals might step over every body in a battlefield fo mourn the passing of a butterfly. At first glance it suggests a useless personali…

My review of Cannibal Rats, new poetry from Richard Greene:

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Cannibal Rats, Richard Greene I don’t know who originally said that certain rare individuals might step over every body in a battlefield fo mourn the passing of a butterfly. At first glance it suggests a useless personali…

My review of Cannibal Rats, new poetry from Richard Greene:

boydwords.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/c...

Bookmark Now, Kevin Smokler (editor) This review was originally posted to The Danforth Review in 2006, the year before the introduction of the iPhone. Editor Kevin Smokler explains in his introduction to Bookmark Now that the voices b…

There were concerns reading was in decline 20 years ago, before the iPhone, when this review I wrote was posted to The Danforth Review #amreading

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The rabbit word for tractor is hrududu.

#amreading Watership Down

Fox 8 by George Saunders. Concise, inventive, meaningful. I wanted to steal it and pretend it was mine.

#amreading

Read an excerpt from my new novel, The Unravelling of Ou, published by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social.

Thank you, @civilianreader.com!

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90 years after the release date I showed my son Modern Times and he found it delightful. Chaplin gave us timeless gifts. #film

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Before the end of the year I need to say that if you've never seen Jeremy Brett as #SherlockHolmes it's time.

He is literally the best Scrooge ever.

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BBC Archives: Remembering the Christmas Truce.

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My 10-year old has been liking Star Trek Prodigy, if you have access. It's quite well done, with impressive animation.

Once again I've written up a list of stuff I really enjoyed this year (not going to say "best" because who reads everything?) including fiction, nonfiction, essays, graphic novels.

#amreading #books

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"I permitted myself to be amused," is six words that are possibly peak British... from the charming memoir My Dog Tulip, J.R. Ackerley

#amreading

English literature’s last stand Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.

"The screen is replacing the book. Studies show dramatic and unprecedented drops in literacy and reading, especially among teenagers."

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In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times, James Cairns Are things going to get worse before they get better? It’s among the questions In Crisis, On Crisis ponders. We have a decaying social safety net, or maybe the rising cost of living has forced more…

In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times (James Cairns) is a worthy and timely book. Here's my review. #amreading @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

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Excerpt: Dust, More Lives of the Poets by Ray Robertson In 2016, Ray Robertson published Lives of the Poets (With Guitars), essays on the lives of different musicians, reviewed on Goodreads as “essays every bit as rollicking and energetic as many …

An excerpt from Dust: More Lives of the Poets (With Guitars), more portraits of musicians by Ray Robertson, new from @biblioasis.bsky.social

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My Dog Tulip by Ackerley: so far so charming. A great gift for anyone who loves dogs, and in the first thirty pages already advocating gentleness instead of cruelty.

#amreading

Smith’s quasi-satirical gen Z characters navigate pitfalls of work, sex and alienation

"Smith often accurately and anthropologically puts his finger directly on the throbbing purple bruise of modern discontent, disaffection and alienation."—Jill Wilson on Russell Smith's new novel SELF CARE in the Winnipeg Free Press:
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Every year I tip my hat to Biblioasis for producing Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Stories and Best Canadian Poetry, and this year is no exception. #amreading

Still proud of the #BlueJays

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Someone has compared my novel to Time Bandits, and I think that works for me.

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"Please go on being yourself."

William Maxwell, letter to John Updike (2000).

‘What shorts should I wear? The shorts that go down and a... Bill Nighy has strong opinions on the art of living. And now he is imparting his wisdom as an agony uncle. Choice tips: become a glory hunter, shake you...

“Also, how clever is anyone supposed to be? How interesting is anyone supposed to be? Just open up your heart and let him walk around there for a while.”

There is no better way to “squander” your time than this delightful interview with Bill Nighy ⭐️

Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe and Mourn, Jason Guriel There’s a reason I’ve revisited Citizen Kane (including the commentary by Peter Bogdanovitch), listened to the 1966 recording of “River Deep, Mountain High,” and enjoyed a cartoon mashup of Godzill…

I've enjoyed (and reviewed) Fan Mail, essays and articles by Jason Guriel, new from Vehicule Press. #amreading

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Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe and Mourn, Jason Guriel There’s a reason I’ve revisited Citizen Kane (including the commentary by Peter Bogdanovitch), listened to the 1966 recording of “River Deep, Mountain High,” and enjoyed a cartoon mashup of Godzill…

I've enjoyed (and reviewed) Fan Mail, essays and articles by Jason Guriel, new from Vehicule Press. #amreading

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Seems I've never mentioned it here: Army of the Brave and Accidental is a modern retelling of The Odyssey reviewed as "timely, original, and profound." #amwriting #novels

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