Will Buckingham | 白忠修
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Writer (HELLO, STRANGER, Granta 2022) & philosopher. In Pingtung, Taiwan, with a foot in Scotland. Professor @ Parami University, Myanmar. Director @windandbones.bsky.social
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Will Buckingham | 白忠修
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· Dec 12
Somehow, I've not yet mentioned this on Bluesky. But my latest book, "Hello, Stranger" (Granta 2022) is about how most of the 8 billion people on this planet are strangers. So dealing with strangers is one of the central problems of human life.
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it's been a hectic few days, but we're just about ready to move down to #Pingtung tomorrow.... I picked up the keys to our new place today.
www.willbuckingham.com/going-south/
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Going South | Will Buckingham
We're moving south, to the city of Pingtung!
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January 17, 2026 at 11:11 AM
it's been a hectic few days, but we're just about ready to move down to #Pingtung tomorrow.... I picked up the keys to our new place today.
www.willbuckingham.com/going-south/
www.willbuckingham.com/going-south/
I'm still waiting for Bob Dylan to present me with his Nobel Prize for Literature medal. (I will, of course, magnanimously refuse to accept it...)
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I'm still waiting for Bob Dylan to present me with his Nobel Prize for Literature medal. (I will, of course, magnanimously refuse to accept it...)
Books packed. Friendly guy with a van booked. House cleaned. And so, after 2½ years in Tainan, on Sunday we’re moving to Pingtung. #Taiwan
People we talk to fall into two camps: the horrified urbanites (“But there’s nothing there!”), and the dreamy romantics (“Oh, the South… when I retire…”).
People we talk to fall into two camps: the horrified urbanites (“But there’s nothing there!”), and the dreamy romantics (“Oh, the South… when I retire…”).
January 15, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Books packed. Friendly guy with a van booked. House cleaned. And so, after 2½ years in Tainan, on Sunday we’re moving to Pingtung. #Taiwan
People we talk to fall into two camps: the horrified urbanites (“But there’s nothing there!”), and the dreamy romantics (“Oh, the South… when I retire…”).
People we talk to fall into two camps: the horrified urbanites (“But there’s nothing there!”), and the dreamy romantics (“Oh, the South… when I retire…”).
This whole thread is worth reading.
1/ I don't ordinarily send around PRC propaganda, but I have seen this steaming pile of deeply racist, orientalist, factually impoverished crap twice this year, which is 2X too many. Shameful that so many "progressives" send around this call for war and imperialism. Onward and, alas, downward:
Best of 2025 – Taiwan as an integral part of China: A historical, legal and geopolitical analysis https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-taiwan-as-an-integral-part-of-china-a-historical-legal-and-geopolitical-analysis #auspol
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This whole thread is worth reading.
This is a fun news story…
Research shows some dogs "can learn the names of new toys not only through direct instruction but also by eavesdropping on the conversations of their owners." Study by Shany Dror et al., scicomm by @emilyanthes.bsky.social #dogs #animalcognition #animalcommunication #language #anthrozoology
Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This is a fun news story…
2025 was a busy year at @windandbones.com HQ. 2026 is shaping up to be the same....
Happy New Year 2026 from Wind&Bones
New books, new plans! Including a wonderful digital short from writer Martina Mustafova.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
2025 was a busy year at @windandbones.com HQ. 2026 is shaping up to be the same....
We're kicking off the new year at Wind&Bones Books with this lovely digital-only short, from Bulgarian writer Martina Mustafova — a lovely essay about motherhood, grief, care, and what it means to outlive — or be outlived by — those you love.
#literature #essays #writing
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#literature #essays #writing
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The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’, by Martina Mustafova
A meditation on death, loss and legacy, Martina Mustafova's The Bulgarian for ‘I Love You’ is an exquisitely nuanced essay that brings together...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
We're kicking off the new year at Wind&Bones Books with this lovely digital-only short, from Bulgarian writer Martina Mustafova — a lovely essay about motherhood, grief, care, and what it means to outlive — or be outlived by — those you love.
#literature #essays #writing
@windandbones.com
#literature #essays #writing
@windandbones.com
Years ago, I wrote #poetry, but never worked out what I wanted to write about. What was my subject-matter? I had no idea. So I stopped.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Years ago, I wrote #poetry, but never worked out what I wanted to write about. What was my subject-matter? I had no idea. So I stopped.
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This story is so strange, and so beautiful. I love it. It's the perfect listening for a New Year's Eve, or New Year's Day.
What better way to see in the New Year than by listening to a story?
Elissa Hunter-Dorans's tale of a Hogmanay party and an unexpected guest is both magical and strange. You can listen in Scottish #Gaelic, #English, #Mandarin and #Taiwanese.
taigael.com/elissa/
#story #NewYear #Hogmanay
Elissa Hunter-Dorans's tale of a Hogmanay party and an unexpected guest is both magical and strange. You can listen in Scottish #Gaelic, #English, #Mandarin and #Taiwanese.
taigael.com/elissa/
#story #NewYear #Hogmanay
Elissa Hunter-Dorans | Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic
taigael.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This story is so strange, and so beautiful. I love it. It's the perfect listening for a New Year's Eve, or New Year's Day.
Thinking about this today:
“A free man thinks of death least of all things, and his wisdom is a meditation of life, not of death.” Spinoza
未知生，焉知死 （”Not yet knowing life, how could you know of death?”) Confucius.
#philosophy
“A free man thinks of death least of all things, and his wisdom is a meditation of life, not of death.” Spinoza
未知生，焉知死 （”Not yet knowing life, how could you know of death?”) Confucius.
#philosophy
December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thinking about this today:
“A free man thinks of death least of all things, and his wisdom is a meditation of life, not of death.” Spinoza
未知生，焉知死 （”Not yet knowing life, how could you know of death?”) Confucius.
#philosophy
“A free man thinks of death least of all things, and his wisdom is a meditation of life, not of death.” Spinoza
未知生，焉知死 （”Not yet knowing life, how could you know of death?”) Confucius.
#philosophy
Things are looking up with Spinoza. After some tricky passages on the nature and origin of the mind, today’s hot topics are titillation and cheerfulness.
![Text reading as follows;
Schol We see then that the mind can undergo considerable changes, and can pass now to a state of greater perfection, now to one of less perfection, and it is these passive transitions [passiones] that explicate for us the emotions of Pleasure [laetitia] and Pain [tristitia]. So in what follows I shall understand by pleasure "the passive transition of the mind to a state of greater perfection," and by pain "the passive transition of the mind to state of less perfec-tion." The emotion of pleasure when it is simultaneously related to mind and body I call Titillation [titillatio] or Cheerfulness [hilari-tas]; the emotion of pain when it is similarly related I call Anguish [dolor] or Melancholy [melancholia]. But be it noted that titillation and anguish are related to man when one part of him is affected more than others, cheerfulness and melancholy when all parts ar equally affected. As to Desire [cupiditas], I have explained what is in Schol. Pr. 9, III, and I acknowledge no primary emotion oth
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December 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Things are looking up with Spinoza. After some tricky passages on the nature and origin of the mind, today’s hot topics are titillation and cheerfulness.
Right. Having a second go at reading Spinoza. Wish me luck.
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Right. Having a second go at reading Spinoza. Wish me luck.
It’s the time of year when people like to reflect on their greatest triumphs over the past 12 months. So I want to share the news that Woody the (somewhat stand-offish) cat today deigned to sit on my lap.
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It’s the time of year when people like to reflect on their greatest triumphs over the past 12 months. So I want to share the news that Woody the (somewhat stand-offish) cat today deigned to sit on my lap.
A good reading list this, from the fabulous Jenna Tang.
Enjoy books from Taiwan in English translation! Here’s a fine short list from Jenna Tang. 🌴
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Literature in Translation from Taiwan: What to Read Next by Jenna Tang - Words Without Borders
Jenna Tang, translator of "Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise," recommends 8 books and short stories in translation from Taiwan to read now.
wordswithoutborders.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A good reading list this, from the fabulous Jenna Tang.
Here at Abu Dhabi airport, I’ve stumbled across the perfect last minute gift to slip into my hand luggage as I head home to the UK for Christmas….
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here at Abu Dhabi airport, I’ve stumbled across the perfect last minute gift to slip into my hand luggage as I head home to the UK for Christmas….
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there is a crack in everything / that's why
most things have spiders in
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
there is a crack in everything / that's why
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I’ve updated my LinkTree with trusted Myanmar earthquake appeals (ie not ending up with the military dictatorship).
If you are able to give a large amount, please spread the donations among them to maximise distribution on the ground ❤️ linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
If you are able to give a large amount, please spread the donations among them to maximise distribution on the ground ❤️ linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
April 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I’ve updated my LinkTree with trusted Myanmar earthquake appeals (ie not ending up with the military dictatorship).
If you are able to give a large amount, please spread the donations among them to maximise distribution on the ground ❤️ linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
If you are able to give a large amount, please spread the donations among them to maximise distribution on the ground ❤️ linktr.ee/meemalee
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
This is a wonderful photo!
I’m home, which means many hours with my grandfather’s stories, and this visit turned up this gem: the very first IBM computer arriving in Taiwan in 1967 (? the year was a guess)
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is a wonderful photo!
In an achingly cool coffee shop in Tainan, #Taiwan, reading Taiwan Travelogue, and drinking a coffee called Walter Benjamin (華特 · 班雅明). It is, it’s fair to say, a bit much).
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
In an achingly cool coffee shop in Tainan, #Taiwan, reading Taiwan Travelogue, and drinking a coffee called Walter Benjamin (華特 · 班雅明). It is, it’s fair to say, a bit much).
Went to a fun workshop yesterday at Booboo (不不) arts space in Tainan, about the upstart book platform 3ook.com. Anyway, the upshot is that our @windandbones.com books are now going to be accessible on over there as well.
Taigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic - Hannah Stevens, Will Buckingham, Naomi Sím, Kiú-kiong, Elissa Hunter-Dorans, Lisa MacDonald
在臺灣的一座廟裡，一位唾液女神無影無蹤地消失。跨年夜的 Hogmanay 派對被一位不速之客打斷。在臺北，一位年長的先知預言將發生捷運攻擊。某位女子在法院度過一整天、返家途中，發現一隻羊被荊棘纏住。四個故事、四位作家、四種語言：蓋爾語、臺語、華語與英語。
Tâigael 是首創的協作寫作與翻譯計畫，匯聚來自蘇格蘭與臺灣的作家，共同探索語言、翻譯與文化。這四篇故事，穿梭於語言與文化之間，述說...
3ook.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Went to a fun workshop yesterday at Booboo (不不) arts space in Tainan, about the upstart book platform 3ook.com. Anyway, the upshot is that our @windandbones.com books are now going to be accessible on over there as well.
In happier news, the Pingtung Christmas lights are entirely charming.
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In happier news, the Pingtung Christmas lights are entirely charming.
Royal Mail have lost £80 worth of books that we had sent to us at @windandbones.com here in Taiwan. Their tracking number doesn't work. Meanwhile, their "contact us" pages are a labyrinth designed to avoid anybody getting in touch. It's hard not to think that they are awful by design.
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Royal Mail have lost £80 worth of books that we had sent to us at @windandbones.com here in Taiwan. Their tracking number doesn't work. Meanwhile, their "contact us" pages are a labyrinth designed to avoid anybody getting in touch. It's hard not to think that they are awful by design.
Facebook has blocked me for violating their community standards. I'm guessing this is on the grounds that I've been posting images of our former Bulgarian foster cats, and sharing mild-mannered quips about philosophy, rather than calling for genocide or stuff like that.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Facebook has blocked me for violating their community standards. I'm guessing this is on the grounds that I've been posting images of our former Bulgarian foster cats, and sharing mild-mannered quips about philosophy, rather than calling for genocide or stuff like that.