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Joined July 2016
Replying to @pbrainey
@pbrainey It's time to go back to school . . .
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hey, i wrote a book. it has quietly alluring selkie folk, triphibious hovercraft, and enough hope/wonder/beauty to make one reviewer give it only 2 stars haha. (review screenshot below. link to buy in my biographical area.)
Hey, I wrote a book. It has the daughter of an addict and the harm reduction worker teaming up to fight the disease creeping through town like kudzu...
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Ian Hagues retweeted
I’m so excited that The Fountain in the Forest is being reissued by @noexitpress on 3 December! ICYMI here’s what 3am Magazine said on first publication of Fountain by @FaberBooks in 2018. BTW standalone follow-up Phantom at the Feast is out now — I hope you enjoy them!🫡🙏✊
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Ian Hagues retweeted
Charles Berthoud uses cello strings on a bass and it sounds pretty rad.
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That dramatic, exquisite moment truly touched the hearts of millions of classical music lovers worldwide! The legendary concert took place on March 21, 2026, at the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg). Under the direction of the brilliant conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Broadcasting Orchestra and Chorus (BRSO), the second movement of Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection Symphony" unfolded as a truly magical musical masterpiece.
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New on Substack: Maurice #Ravel, Basque composer carolinefrmus.substack.com/p…
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70 Years since the 1956 Revolution! To mark the anniversary of 1956, three of our authors have written commentaries on a number of items from historian László Ritter’s photo archive. You can read Pál Závada’s piece here, in Owen Good's translation. 👉hlo.hu/new-work/pal-zavada-a…
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Ian Hagues retweeted
We shall be there too! Looking forward to meeting new readers and publishing friends.
Really looking forward to the Indie Press Alternative Book Fair tomorrow, Sat 24th Oct at the Meeting House Newington Green. Come along to find your next ‘hidden gem’ of a read from some of the most exciting Indie Publishers in the UK. See you all there! #epoquepress #books
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Post office run tomorrow with the first Katzine orders! Grab a copy if you’d like it to be sent tomorrow. Really enjoying having a zine out again! Thank you to everyone who’s ordered 😊
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My spontaneous review of Laurence Osborn's cello concerto Sun-Sundered Head is now on my Substack: carolinefrmus.substack.com/p…
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It's the end of more than one chapter today in 'The Tale of Genji', as Chapter 33, 'Fuji no uraba', sees Genji, his women and his children flush with happiness: tonysreadinglist.wordpress.c…
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Ian Hagues retweeted
A lugubrious novel about a brooding misanthrope, published 27 years ago, deemed untranslatable (David M. Smith said “hold my beer”), and written by an alleged Norwegian “madman”? Sure, pile it on. This is my kind of thing!
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It'll also be available to watch live via YouTube at youtube.com/@panelbordersvid… cartooncounty.com/nextguest
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Ian Hagues retweeted
Next Monday I'll be talking to @panelborders about my comics work, and I think we'll probably mention the animation stuff as well. In a pub! You'd be very welcome to come along. Doors at 6.30pm, Q&A 7.30pm, in ‘The Hideaway’, The Walrus, 10 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD. FREE
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If you’re going to Short Run, I’ll be signing at the @fantagraphics table from 11am -12pm! You can get a hand-coloured sketch in your book! I’ll be at my own table for the rest of the day too 🎉
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In the jungles of Sarawak during World War II, the locals must deal with Japanese soldiers, aggressive boars and various supernatural entities - Zhang Guixin's 'The Crossing of the Boars' (translated by Christopher Rea and Julie M. Wang, from @ColumbiaUP): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.c…
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I too have this book. I saw him play D960 which was a thrill 🎹
“Schubert strides across harmonic abysses as though by compulsion, and we cannot help remembering that sleepwalkers never lose their step.” — Alfred Brendel, 1971
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Ian Hagues retweeted
Pretty sure this review of Phantom at the Feast @noexitpress is the first time a novel of mine has been reviewed in the Mail on Sunday, although not the first time I’ve been reviewed by @JohnelWilliams — that was in Time Out c. 1999! (Swipe to see!) — thanks, all🫡🙏✊
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