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Patrick Kincaid

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Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing. Author of THE CONTINUITY GIRL. Novelist, editor, teacher. Never AI.

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · Nov 2

Oh, this is a great endorsement of my little debut. Nicolas is preparing a BFI Classics volume on Billy Wilder’s masterpiece The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, the film behind the book. A new edition of The Continuity Girl will be available in 2025. Meanwhile, I’m working on a sorta prequel.

Instagram story from Nicolas Pillai. Image of my novel The Continuity Girl. “Thoroughly enjoyed this charming, clever novel by @patrickkincaidauthor”

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 9h

Diane Keaton was so often simply delightful, wasn’t she?

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 9h

I did wonder that too…

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 10h

It’s great, isn’t it? I’m surprised it wasn’t in rotation as often as other things when I was a kid.

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 11h

Bookshop Day haul:
Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn and The Poison King by Katherine Rundell (from Kenilworth Books); The Once and Future King by TH White and Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Treehouse Bookshop — the White was a quid!); and folk horror anthology These Our Monsters (Kenilworth Castle).

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 12h

Reposting because I have to admire how deep you’ve gone.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 12h

What do you call an owl who is torn between his saxon and danish heritage?

HOOTred of Bebbanburg

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 17h

I was very young when punk hit and found SP scary and fascinating (because scary). My much older brother was a headbanger but some of his friends went full punk. The first current non-children’s song I remember loving though was Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 20h

Billy Wilder a surprisingly queer filmmaker. See especially, perhaps, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. But even things like Stalag 17.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22h

I see the UK has now made the plot of Some Like It Hot illegal.

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 22h

“We all stand together!”

a cartoon of a frog with the word bum on his belly

ALT: a cartoon of a frog with the word bum on his belly

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 23h

Mark Kermode on Tron: Ares: “It was like being shouted to sleep.”

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 9d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Trespassers on the line between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Will Scotch do?

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, we’re off to Birmingham Lit Fest to hear @jonathancoe.bsky.social speak about his brilliant cosy/not cosy crime novel/not crime novel The Proof of My Innocence. www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org/book-tickets/

Book Tickets - Birmingham Literature Festival

Every year the festival brings world class writers into the city, champions writers from across the region and showcases wonderful writing in the Midlands. You can book your tickets for the 2025 Birmi...

www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

First day in a school since July. Voice went within half an hour. I used to have technique…

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a pretty bad piece; it’s hard to believe that he swallows this weak rationalisation himself.

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Dr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma @victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social · 6d

Monday #morningread
from a newly published cool book by @littletollerbooks.bsky.social:
The Book of Bogs: Stories from a Yorkshire Moor and Other Peatlands

From The Book of Bogs: Stories from a Yorkshire Moor and Other Peatlands, ed. Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

The main reason why I can’t watch any of these comedians again is that I’ll be thinking about Jamal Khashoggi & his family while they were acting as extremely well-paid court jesters for his killers.
Not really ideal laughter-inducing conditions.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Peru just removed their President!

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 1d

Wars, tariffs , paper, production costs and the battle to get our books seen means there is a crisis in publishing.

Indies do most of the heavy lifting in finding great new stories that the risk averse conglomerates shy away from.

Support Indies!

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Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Unbound publishing me felt like a dream come true. Within a year, before it was even published, I was describing it to my wife as a curse disguised as a blessing. So many phantom highs, so many actual lows…

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write: a thread

My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it.

Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

our cat Charles with Villager, shortly after it was published

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.