Tony White
@tonywhite.bsky.social
London author. Novels include Foxy-T, The Fountain in the Forest. Coming soon: Phantom at the Feast. Tony White is an RLF Fellow. CWA member. Views my own. Mailing list and other links👇🏼
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Tony White
@tonywhite.bsky.social
· Sep 27
Delighted that my short story ‘Plain Speaking’ written to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Brian O’Nolan aka Flann O’Brien is now collected in a new textbook for grammar school students in Germany: ‘Great Britain in Nine Short Stories’ from @cornelsenverlag.bsky.social See: bit.ly/4nKSKq6
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
GIVE THANKX — for the great Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) RIP
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
GIVE THANKX — for the great Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) RIP
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Mount Fuji looking nice this time of year
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Mount Fuji looking nice this time of year
Morning, all ;)
(Thames in SW London around 8:00 am today)
(Thames in SW London around 8:00 am today)
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Morning, all ;)
(Thames in SW London around 8:00 am today)
(Thames in SW London around 8:00 am today)
Morning, all ;)
(Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, just before 7:00 am today ICYWW)
(Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, just before 7:00 am today ICYWW)
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Morning, all ;)
(Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, just before 7:00 am today ICYWW)
(Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, just before 7:00 am today ICYWW)
Thames in SW London at 4:15 today
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thames in SW London at 4:15 today
Thames looking upstream at Barnes Bridge around 4:10 pm today
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thames looking upstream at Barnes Bridge around 4:10 pm today
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Know it well........
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Know it well........
Dazzling afternoon walk Royal Holloway, University of London where I’m RLF Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund — there two days a week to give free and confidential writing advice to anyone in the college community that asks! @royalholloway.bsky.social @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Dazzling afternoon walk Royal Holloway, University of London where I’m RLF Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund — there two days a week to give free and confidential writing advice to anyone in the college community that asks! @royalholloway.bsky.social @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social
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OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
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"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
Thames in SW London at dusk — 4:30 pm
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thames in SW London at dusk — 4:30 pm
Cheers👍🏼Great photo, Roy
@tonywhite.bsky.social
Low tide at Twickenham, just after midday
Low tide at Twickenham, just after midday
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Cheers👍🏼Great photo, Roy
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
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Anyone up for a Folk Funk Friday? Here's a great cassette I bought from 'Jazzman' Gerald's stall in Camden Market around 30 years ago. It's recreated here
Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz...
YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz...
YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Anyone up for a Folk Funk Friday? Here's a great cassette I bought from 'Jazzman' Gerald's stall in Camden Market around 30 years ago. It's recreated here
Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz...
YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz...
YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Congratulations to Alan Hollinghurst, the @newwritingnorth.bsky.social team, the #CohenPrize and all concerned — plus *really* great speeches all round. Glad to have been there👏🙏✊
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to Alan Hollinghurst, the @newwritingnorth.bsky.social team, the #CohenPrize and all concerned — plus *really* great speeches all round. Glad to have been there👏🙏✊
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Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 520,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,410,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 520,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,410,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 520,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,410,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 520,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,410,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
Firework Music for Dogs! Calm Music for Dogs Scared of Fireworks For Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving!
YouTube video by Relax My Dog - Relaxing Music for Dogs
m.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...
RIP and thank you David Bellos👏👏👏👏✊
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
RIP and thank you David Bellos👏👏👏👏✊
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RIP to David Bellos, a great translator, teacher, scholar and popularizer. Here's a charming little essay about what he learned from his landmark translation of Georges Perec's 'Life: A User's Manual'. online.wsj.com/article/SB10...
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
RIP to David Bellos, a great translator, teacher, scholar and popularizer. Here's a charming little essay about what he learned from his landmark translation of Georges Perec's 'Life: A User's Manual'. online.wsj.com/article/SB10...
Morning, all, from the banks of the Thames in SW London — have a good one ;)
PS zoom in for bonus swan flypast🦢🦢🦢🦢🫡
PS zoom in for bonus swan flypast🦢🦢🦢🦢🫡
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Morning, all, from the banks of the Thames in SW London — have a good one ;)
PS zoom in for bonus swan flypast🦢🦢🦢🦢🫡
PS zoom in for bonus swan flypast🦢🦢🦢🦢🫡
Twilight’s last gleamings, Stratford-style
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Twilight’s last gleamings, Stratford-style
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Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.
Thames at Hammersmith, London, just after low tide this morning
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Thames at Hammersmith, London, just after low tide this morning