Jan Carson
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
I’m not terrific but I’m competent
All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
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Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it.
@ndbooks.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it.
@ndbooks.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social
First sighting of a proof in the wild
— Are you reading the -
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
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— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
@doubledayuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
First sighting of a proof in the wild
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A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
Last five days of writing residency - do I prioritise writing like a demon or completing the enormously complicated jigsaw I started last weekend? (I think we all know the correct answer here)
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Last five days of writing residency - do I prioritise writing like a demon or completing the enormously complicated jigsaw I started last weekend? (I think we all know the correct answer here)
I don’t have to picture myself in Mystic because I went there for the afternoon and learnt lots and lots about building wooden boats and catching whales
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don’t have to picture myself in Mystic because I went there for the afternoon and learnt lots and lots about building wooden boats and catching whales
We’re taking a Christmas break in December. @mexico_and_below book group will be back in the New Year. January’s book is Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi (translated by Marilyn Booth) we meet Jan 21st 6:30pm at No Alibis all welcome. The book’s 10% off in store.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We’re taking a Christmas break in December. @mexico_and_below book group will be back in the New Year. January’s book is Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi (translated by Marilyn Booth) we meet Jan 21st 6:30pm at No Alibis all welcome. The book’s 10% off in store.
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Halfway through this book & (as a Francis Bacon fan) it is a vivid delight. We never give due credit to translators (as a shamefully monolingual cretin, I possess no expertise) but the poetic savagery of the language in this book, points to Cliona Ni Riordain’s huge talent/imagination. #BookSky💙📚
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Halfway through this book & (as a Francis Bacon fan) it is a vivid delight. We never give due credit to translators (as a shamefully monolingual cretin, I possess no expertise) but the poetic savagery of the language in this book, points to Cliona Ni Riordain’s huge talent/imagination. #BookSky💙📚
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Bitter Literary Pigeon does NOT want your pity
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bitter Literary Pigeon does NOT want your pity
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Come to Belfast’s Continental Christmas Xmas market if you like slowly being carried along through a crowd of people looking at exotic treats like burgers, waffles, Game of Thrones chess sets, desk toys made of bolts, two hats for £10 and Nutella.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Come to Belfast’s Continental Christmas Xmas market if you like slowly being carried along through a crowd of people looking at exotic treats like burgers, waffles, Game of Thrones chess sets, desk toys made of bolts, two hats for £10 and Nutella.
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Raked leaves for the first time in six years today and remembered how much I hated raking leaves. Like, immediately. Your one wild and precious life shouldn’t involve piling up and gathering these bastard things.
I give this activity zero stars. Fuck you, leaves.
I give this activity zero stars. Fuck you, leaves.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Raked leaves for the first time in six years today and remembered how much I hated raking leaves. Like, immediately. Your one wild and precious life shouldn’t involve piling up and gathering these bastard things.
I give this activity zero stars. Fuck you, leaves.
I give this activity zero stars. Fuck you, leaves.
The tree of lobster pots has been lit up. It’s officially Christmas in Stonington
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The tree of lobster pots has been lit up. It’s officially Christmas in Stonington
Damn it. Once again tricked into clicking on a small child’s cardigan that looked like something I’d want to wear. They should put actual toddlers in the photographs so people know the lovely brightly coloured clothes are meant for people who are only two foot tall.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Damn it. Once again tricked into clicking on a small child’s cardigan that looked like something I’d want to wear. They should put actual toddlers in the photographs so people know the lovely brightly coloured clothes are meant for people who are only two foot tall.
I still want this quote from Jenny Offill’s Dept of Speculation on my headstone.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I still want this quote from Jenny Offill’s Dept of Speculation on my headstone.
Plans for tonight - watch Train Dreams. Currently praying to the gods of cinema that they haven’t messed a great thing up.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Plans for tonight - watch Train Dreams. Currently praying to the gods of cinema that they haven’t messed a great thing up.
Can anyone explain to me the American obsession with raking and blowing leaves? At such a windy time of the year it seems like a Sisyphean pursuit.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can anyone explain to me the American obsession with raking and blowing leaves? At such a windy time of the year it seems like a Sisyphean pursuit.
There was a cat guarding the beach this morning
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There was a cat guarding the beach this morning
There’s a man who comes to the library here every day just to build jigsaws and apparently he doesn’t mind if other people add pieces to his jigsaw when he’s not there. I do not believe this for a second. If it were me I’d be thinking murderous thoughts about all the jigsaw bandits.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There’s a man who comes to the library here every day just to build jigsaws and apparently he doesn’t mind if other people add pieces to his jigsaw when he’s not there. I do not believe this for a second. If it were me I’d be thinking murderous thoughts about all the jigsaw bandits.
First time watching the 1963 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and it is both stunning and likely to give me very strange dreams tonight #MyYearWithSJ
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
First time watching the 1963 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and it is both stunning and likely to give me very strange dreams tonight #MyYearWithSJ
For those of you who read Serbian, I have a long article in Radar this week.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
For those of you who read Serbian, I have a long article in Radar this week.
Second time reading Ruth Franklin’s epic Shirley Jackson biography and it remains one of my favourite literary biographies, full of insight, incredibly comprehensive but also readable. Didn’t think I could love Shirley more then I read this stunning response to her overbearing mother #MyYearWithSJ
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Second time reading Ruth Franklin’s epic Shirley Jackson biography and it remains one of my favourite literary biographies, full of insight, incredibly comprehensive but also readable. Didn’t think I could love Shirley more then I read this stunning response to her overbearing mother #MyYearWithSJ
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Some much better snaps of last night’s great reading at Bank Square Books
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some much better snaps of last night’s great reading at Bank Square Books
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
What does it mean if you repeatedly dream about climbing a hill made of goats? Asking for friend (obviously)
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What does it mean if you repeatedly dream about climbing a hill made of goats? Asking for friend (obviously)
Had the most fabulous evening at Bank Square Books, Stonington reading my stories and talking about my work. Thank you so much to everyone who came and bought books and to the lovely, very welcoming bookselling team.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Had the most fabulous evening at Bank Square Books, Stonington reading my stories and talking about my work. Thank you so much to everyone who came and bought books and to the lovely, very welcoming bookselling team.