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Blog: Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal author, dies aged 86 from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 8 months, 3 weeks agoBritish novelist and former MI6 agent died after a brief illness
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robert henry became a registered member 8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Blog: Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen review – anything can happen on this remote Scottish island from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 3 weeks agoLife is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis S […]
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Blog: Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 3 weeks agoGwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biographyA young woman sits reading, a pot of tea to hand, […]
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A brain dump from Matrix Dreams: A better-defined series of sets in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 8 months, 4 weeks agoA brain dump from Matrix Dreams: A better-defined series of sets
I’ve been pondering the weird collection of sets I cooked up in this post. In this post, I’d like to take a crack at defining the sets. I’m going to bo […] -
Blog: ‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories t […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘A Pond for All Eels’ by Taz Rahman from
Seren in the group Seren Books 8 months, 4 weeks agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘A Pond for All Eels’ by Taz Rahman from his collection ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’.
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Blog: Geoff Dyer: ‘I don’t go to books for comfort; I have a memory foam pillow for that’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe author on Marxist revelations, returning to Don DeLillo and reading all of Elizabeth TaylorMy earliest reading memory
Beatrix Potter when I was having my […] -
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From my social node: Bury me with some weird shit in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 8 months, 4 weeks agoFrom my social node: Bury me with some weird shit
Bury me with some weird shit If/when I pass, I want everyone who attends the service to bring things to fill my coffin with. These must be unique or […] -
Matthew Brown commented on the post,
How to add speech bubbles to images with GIMP, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 8 months, 4 weeks ago@Error_Conditioner Happy to help. Thank you for the kind words
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Blog: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene audiobook review – Sam West captures the menace of this modern classic from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe seaside town’s seedy underbelly is vividly evoked in this timeless tale of murder, romance and revengeWe are not short of audio versions of Brighton Rock, G […]
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Blog: Not the art of the endless rooms from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 9 months agoI’m not sure how to feel about this. I asked ChatGPT if it knew about this project. It did. I asked it to draw an image in the style of this project. It gave me […]
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What’s your favourate sweets (candy)? in the group Shall we talk?: 9 months agoWhat's your favourate sweets (candy)?
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Blog: I ask ChatGPT to draw Jane Sillybottom from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 9 months agoI was bored, so I asked ChatGPT to draw Jane Sillybottom. This is what happened. Hi chat, are you aware of the fictional therapist Jane Sillybottom from […]
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Blog: Explore more from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 9 months agoAlso on: brid.gy
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In the last days of the 21st century… in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 9 months agoIn the last days of the 21st century…
… no one expected that the world would be saved by a duck with self-esteem issues and a flatulent monk. #WritingPrompt -
Acorn Boi replied to the topic I'm boared, talk to me in the forum General Chat 9 months ago
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Blog: Oops, I think they are mad at me from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 9 months agoDear Jane, I think that my wife has found out about one of my girlfriends. What should I do? Serial cheater of Kent Dear Serial Cheater of Kent, Oh my, you’ve r […]
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Toni McHadden wrote a new blog post
Who in your life deserves praise? in the group Shall we talk?: 9 months agoWho in your life deserves praise?
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Blog: ‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoAs a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishingJude […]
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Blog: Jacqueline Wilson says it would be ‘inappropriate’ to write about Tracy Beaker’s sex life from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 9 months ago‘I would feel very wary about writing about Tracy in an adult book,’ said the author
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Blog: ‘In his company you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoA giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was warm, funny and friendly – and liked to bet o […]
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Blog: Jacqueline Wilson ‘very wary’ of writing adult Tracy Beaker novel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoAuthor says she won’t revisit the beloved character because it would seem ‘inappropriate’ to discuss her sex lifeJacqueline Wilson has said she would feel “very […]
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Blog: The best recent translated fiction – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe Propagandist by Cécile Desprairies; Lovers of Franz K by Burhan Sönmez; Back in the Day by Oliver Lovrenski; Waist Deep by Linea Maja ErnstThe Propagandist by C […]
