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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 5h

On home turf tonight in Ballymena library reading a wee snippet of the new novel and having a lovely chat with Jamie Beamish #FewAndFarBetween @librariesni.bsky.social

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Shirley Jackson explains how she got the idea for The Lottery

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Saw a man trying to fix a flat bicycle tire in the street today, a teenage boy stopped in front of him and sang a note perfect rendition of Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up” and this is probably the best thing I’ll witness this week.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely to see a stack of my books on home turf in Ballymena library @librariesni.bsky.social

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Some cracking recommendations here. Thank you to everyone for all your suggestions. For a moment it felt like the old place but nice.

Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone suggest books like In Cold Blood where the writer went and immersed themselves in a culture/community in order to write about it. The more glaringly obvious the better please.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Good call

Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I want to read that too

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers Max. Much appreciated

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Stu. Great suggestion

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone suggest books like In Cold Blood where the writer went and immersed themselves in a culture/community in order to write about it. The more glaringly obvious the better please.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Damn it, just successfully wired a wireless printer in less than 15 minutes. Missed out on the Nobel Prize for Physics by 8 hours. Early prediction for next year.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 3d

It’s nothing to do with writers. It’s related to staff cuts and shortages at the university that runs the prize

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Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social · 3d

How sad if we've lost the Edge Hill Prize. It's been important to so many people, including me. We were talking about it at the Leicester Writes event last month with Abi Hynes and Malachi McIntosh, both shortlisted last year.

Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · Jul 24

First time in Private Eye. I just wish it was for something a bit more positive.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

One of my gardens? Do you think I live in a stately home?

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Just watched a spider the size of a mouse run across my bedroom floor. I swear my house must be listed on Spider Air BnB

Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Dear spider living in my front door frame, you know what happened yesterday morning and the morning before and you better believe I’m going to walk face first through your web again tomorrow. Like a person-sized wrecking ball. Bring it. If you dare.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Dear spider living in my front door frame, you know what happened yesterday morning and the morning before and you better believe I’m going to walk face first through your web again tomorrow. Like a person-sized wrecking ball. Bring it. If you dare.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Can’t believe I’ve got to Barbara Pym No.10. This is the one which her publishers rejected in 1963 kicking off a 15 year hiatus. It’s definitely not her best but it’s still infinitely readable and, I think, the only Pym that ventures abroad #myyearwithbp

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

My favourite bit of the new Patricia Lockwood, and there are many, is where she does a metal working class and considers giving up writing to be a metal worker. I recently did a metal working class and afterwards entertained similar thoughts for about a month, (am possibly still entertaining them)

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 6d

These are the books with which I will be rewarding myself in October

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Uch no, this is so sad. What a huge loss for all of us.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6d

Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55

Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

www.irishtimes.com

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s Wendy Erskine, Wayne Holloway and Adrian Duncan surrounded by books @noalibisbookstore this evening.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Also I just finished writing a piece on Bas Jan Ader too so I particularly loved that part.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve just finished reading this Luke and I loved it, best thing I’ve read in ages. Your poetry always make me feel like it’s opening up a different part of my brain in a good way. Thanks.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 7d

I’d love to get one too Jillian. Hopefully they’ll appear at some stage soon and I’ll try to get them circulating

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