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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 12

Email me [email protected] and I’ll look into it now

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hmmm can you message us with your address and name and we’ll follow up at our end.

If lost in the system, we’ll get another one sent out.

Thanks

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 11

"But rather than ‘cleaning up’ the area around the park, the imposition of the chain link fence has created a narrow, terrifying corridor far worse than anything I’d ever seen."

Chris Kraus on what Los Angeles wanted to be: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/malaise-of...

The malaise of a city

Chris Kraus on what Los Angeles wanted to be

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 9

"Even then, that familiar murmur, the buzz that travelled with him everywhere, had risen in pitch and volume and become audible. The echo of a whisper he’d first heard when he was five, he said, and had been echoing in his ears ever since."

An extract from Faiqa Mansab's The Sufi Storyteller:

The worst sinners

An extract from Faiqa Mansab's The Sufi Storyteller

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 4

"I had expected there to be girls in horsey girls in white trousers and men in gilets who had studied Land Economy drinking lukewarm pints out of those plastic cups. But it was not, it became clear [...] that sort of do."

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Some kind of deer magic

Patrick Galbraith heads to a new literary festival and comes away thinking a little differently

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 23

Alison also joined Erica on the latest episode of the Boundless Podcast, which you can listen to now on:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Alison Bechdel on capitalism, representation, and her comic novel Spent

Podcast Episode · The Boundless Podcast · 23/05/2025 · 20m

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Sadia @sadianowshin.bsky.social · May 23

Wrote about my grandad knocking on the door every Saturday when I was a kid with bags full of shopping and a Lion bar in his pocket — and how times, and the high street we once frequented, have changed

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Werther’s Originals, and a changed high street

Sadia Nowshin remembers the grocery stores of her childhood, and the people who once made it what it was

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 23

@ericawgnr.bsky.social says @alisonbechdel.bsky.social's new comic novel Spent is "serious and joyous, acerbic and compassionate. It’s rare to be able to combine such qualities, and in tough times it’s inspiring to see."

Catch an extract here: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/putting-fo...

Putting food on the table

An extract from the comic novel Spent by Alison Bechdel

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 21

@alvior.bsky.social's Seven Days in Tokyo has been called ‘A study of misplaced desire and a poetic love letter to the city itself’ by playwright Jemma Kennedy — read an extract here:

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/symbols-of...

Symbols of permanence

An excerpt from Seven Days in Tokyo, by José Daniel Alvior

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 19

Read an excerpt here: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/rain-over-...

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 19

"Exploring Coppermill Lane is a bit like watching open heart surgery on a city – those unseen arteries that course about it, service it and sustain it come to the surface, many old and failing after centuries of hard living."

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Flying over Coppermill Lane

Oliver Smith takes a ritual walk west from Walthamstow

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · May 18

Canal laureate Roy McFarlane on Benjamin Zephaniah.

We've loved working with Roy over the last few years on his canal laureateship, and Benjamin was a Poetry Society Vice President. Lovely to read this tribute to him!

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 9

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — including two of Zephaniah's poems from the recently published collection Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Poems published in their hearts

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — and two poems from the recently published Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 16

On the latest episode of the Boundless podcast, @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social talks to @troopersnooks.bsky.social about hedgelaying, nature writing, and the disconnect between the urban and rural sphere

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12j3...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Hedgelayer and writer Richard Negus on the disconnect between the urban and rural

The Boundless Podcast · Episode

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 15

This is a literary event. Order it, read it

John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social · May 15

I'm very pleased and not a little relieved that this fine book is published today by @unboundsocials.bsky.social . It's GOLDENGROVE the fourteenth novel by the great Patrick McCabe.
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Goldengrove a book by Patrick McCabe.

‘Wild, anarchic, and wonderfully head-spinning’ Neil Jordan, award-winning film directorA dark theatrical comedy about the vexed and violent relationship between Britain and Ireland, from twice Booker...

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 15

Happy publication day to Patrick McCabe's Goldengrove, out now (unbound.com/products/gol...)

A perfect time to revisit the brilliant piece Pat wrote for us, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/when-holly...

When Hollywood puts your darlings on the block

The Irish novelist, Pat McCabe, on the joy and terror of seeing his 1992 masterpiece, The Butcher Boy, get turned into a major film

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 14

Congrats to Kaliane Bradley on making the shortlist with The Ministry of Time! Back in February, Kaliane let us into her obsession with piecing together the patchy life of Polar explorer Robert McClure, which you can read here:

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/finding-ro...

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 14

"Writers of science-based narrative nonfiction can help scientists communicate their work and doing this is part of how we combat the spread of fake news. They can bring human interest to what to the uninitiated can sometimes feel a dry topic. They can translate between worlds."

Did aliens build the pyramids?

Helen Gordon on the literary genre that could quash fake news

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · May 13

If you are a lover of BBC Radio 3 as I am, you'll love Douglas Kennedy's @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social piece — and you'll join me in hoping that the Sounds app works things out for international listeners! www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/music-hear...

Music heard all around the world

Douglas Kennedy on the global power of Radio 3

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 12

"Mark Twain died in 1910. But he continues to speak to our present moment in ways that are as startlingly prescient as they are witty, brazen, and bold."

Shelley Fisher Fishkin on what Mark Twain would think of today's political predicaments: www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/reader-sup...

Reader, suppose you were an idiot

Shelley Fisher Fishkin on what Mark Twain would think of today's political predicaments

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J.S. Watts @j-s-watts.bsky.social · May 9

Lovely article. I had the honour of meeting Benjamin 3 or 4 times. Ever the professional (not!) on one occasion I shuffled up to him and told him I loved his words. I looked embarrassed. He looked embarrassed. I shuffled silently away... Oh well.

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 9

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — including two of Zephaniah's poems from the recently published collection Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Poems published in their hearts

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — and two poems from the recently published Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics

www.boundlessmagazine.com

Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 9

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — including two of Zephaniah's poems from the recently published collection Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Poems published in their hearts

National Canal Laureate Roy McFarlane on being inspired by the great Benjamin Zephaniah — and two poems from the recently published Dis Poetry: Selected Poems & Lyrics

www.boundlessmagazine.com

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · May 8

I love this beautiful piece in @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social so much. About damage and healing and summer fruit — and what a picture of Signe and her grandpa! 🇳🇴 🍓🫐

Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · May 8

As we mark 80 years since Europe declared allied victory over fascism, I’ve been thinking about my grandfather Julius, and the taste of freedom 🇳🇴

Many thanks @ericawgnr.bsky.social @patrickgalbraith.bsky.social for commissioning this piece

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/fruits-of-... #VEday #FoodSky

Fruits of his labour

Signe Johansen on her grandfather, resistance, and the sweetness of a Norwegian summer

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 7

"'The lure of novelty has always been so key to seaside attractions,' Ferry tells me. 'Because to get people to travel there, you've got to offer them something new. Something faster, taller, brighter. The competition is intense.'"

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/mobius-loo...

Mobius loops and bunny hops

Lucy Kenningham on why there’s still nothing better than a wooden rollercoaster

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Boundless Magazine @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social · May 5

Spending your bank holiday Monday watching AppleTV+'s hot new show, CARÊME?

Ian Kelly, whose book penned two decades ago formed the basis of the show, reveals how he first crossed paths with the subject he quickly became obsessed with:

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/in-bed-wit...

In bed with the hot chef

CARÊME, the new AppleTV+ series about the first celebrity chef, was developed and created by Ian Kelly based on a book he wrote over two decades ago

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · May 2

Luscious cuisine! Political intrigue! What more could you want? A piece by the guy who wrote the book the series was made from, that's one. Subscribe to @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social and hear of Ian Kelly's adventures with the first celebrity chef... www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/in-bed-wit...