Author Buzz

Go to the Quiraing, but go there early in the morning or on a miserable day. If you want to see any stars, don’t go from May to August, as there aren’t any. Rea […]

It’s about 10 that come in for every one that I answer, I think. And there’s no real rationale to it other than what’s in front of me when I open the app and how m […]

jupiterjames:The tea is scalding.

fuckyeahgoodomens:

fuckyeahgoodomens:👀 Oh! Soho and bookshop plans! 

❤

This was the Soho map for Season 1 :), I wonder how it will change or expand for Season […]

Yes.

I thought Madame Tracy would probably enjoy pretending to be a little Irish girl during her seances. No particular joke.

An illuminating examination of racial classification in a skilfully constructed story of two brothers divided by the colour of their skinAccording to Brazil’s 2 […]

This wise and generous book eschews the usual advice on structure and encourages new writers to open their heartsIn the weeks after my grandfather died in 2019, I […]

From Nabokov to Talking Heads, these insightful and revealing pieces stubbornly reject groupthink In one of Mary Gaitskill’s best short stories, The Agonized F […]

You Lie In A Grave Alone by Rob D Smith in Tough Kay Pualski’s a young woman, Eddie Morrison’s an old man and the two together are just doing what they need to get […]

The renowned editor wittily explores the appeal of the actor, whose ability to charm and mystify mesmerised admirers – until her abrupt retirement in the age of t […]

10 Wild Guesses about the year aheadIt is the start of another year – one I hope will be better than the one we just lived through. So to celebrate, I am going to […]

The author on late-night writing sessions, vulnerability, and rediscovering her love of painting during lockdownRaven Leilani is the author of Luster, a kinetic, […]

The False Prince (Ascendance #1) Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. 342 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: If I had it to do all over again, I would not have chosen […]

New writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Elena Ferrante and Jarvis Cocker – a taste of good things to come Continue reading…

fuckyeahgoodomens:

The Staged New Year’s Special (8mins)! 🙂 Wahoo! 🙂

I love all of these people. Except Lucy. I’ve never met her.

Perimenopausal and appalled by Trump, a suburban woman looks for answers to her country’s crazy collapseIt’s 2017 and Sam, a middle-class, perimenopausal wife and […]

For me, it’s just Crowley and Aziraphale. Sometimes I’ve had people here on Tumblr ask me about perceived differences, and I’ve had to point out that the scrip […]

Don’t worry about how to beat them up. Just love them and care for them and make sure that when the plot takes you to places where they get hurt that you feel f […]

The sky here as the New Year happened. Clouds scud past (4 minutes of clouds in a second.) May your troubles in 2022 pass like these clouds.

        A lot of my reading in 2021 has involved catching up on books published in 2020 or earlier, particularly among non-fiction. Hungry by Grace Dent and […]

This book was brilliant in written form and it’s even better in audio, with a cast of famous voices elevating hilarious, horrifying and moving historical e […]