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Went to see The Smashing Machine tonight; still can’t stop myself mentally adding “Gromit” to the end of the title
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Recent Reading in the Bookshop!

Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan
Haunted by E. Jay Gilbert
Paranormal America by Bader, Baker & Mencken
A Monstrous Commotion by Gareth Williams

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Serious book critic wishes you may live long, prosper, and read his reviews. I'm making the most of this because there aren't many bits of writing I have matching sweaters for.

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#startrek #bookreview
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You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound.

I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of.

So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027.

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120 copies of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear, in three tall columns, with one copy propped up in front of them.
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Discussing some recent reading in the bookshop:

Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Original Sin by Tapper and Thompson
Manic Power by Jeffrey Meyers
Daemonologie by James VI

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Recent Reads! Careless, Idle, Deranged and Demonic!
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I recently interviewed author and storyteller Donald Smith as we walked around Edinburgh's Old Town. Here's a video showing the many authors and snippets of literary history we discussed:

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“Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past
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Reading round up from the bookshop!

Books discussed:

Open a Channel by Nana Visitor
The Starling by Stephen Moss
Edinburgh: Our Storied Town by Donald Smith
Rommel? Gunner Who? by Spike Milligan
The Best of Dorothy Parker

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Recent Reads! Star Trek, Starlings and Storied Edinburgh!
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New episode of the podcast out today on the poems Robert Burns wrote in tribute to his 'elder brother in the Muse', Robert Fergusson:

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Epitaph for Robert Fergusson (1789) by Robert Burns | Analysis & Commentary
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ICYMI, my interview with Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson, recorded in Portobello Library is now on YouTube!

We talked about AI, Sylvia Plath, Edinburgh and much more...

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“Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath | INTERVIEW
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I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson about her surreal, haunting fiction. We met at Portobello Library for a conversation about artificial intelligence, Edinburgh and the influence of Sylvia Plath.

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New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan.

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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days':

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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days':

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My review of Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris reissued by Boiler House Press:

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