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Jarred McGinnis

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'Maybe America isn't ready for a superstar in a wheelchair.' - Ian MacKaye New book! Out with Harvill in 2026. THERE IS NO MEANT TO BE. Debut novel THE COWARD w. ‪@canongate.co.uk jarredmcginnis.com

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Sep 4

There Is No Meant to Be" is available for preorder! My publisher promised that if I have 250 preorders that I get a case of prosecco left over from last year's Christmas party. 500 preorders before March & they'll go halfsies on a vintage George Foreman!

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 16h

I studied philosophy so I know how to make my bullshit sound true. ;)

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 16h

The maths for the shit-for-fuck theorem are surprisingly simple. A second year undergraduate could do the proof.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 7d

I realise when tarot appears in fiction I have an immediate, possibly unfair, reaction.

Tarot in the book. Book in the bin. What's your reading red line?

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 7d

10% of my parenting is having tiny humans to show all my favourite movies. Is 8 and 9 too early for 'Night of the Hunter'?

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Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social · 13d

Sobering take on the economics of publishing in 2025 from @samjordison.bsky.social. Books are incredibly cheap compared to other forms of, uh, entertainment. That's probably got to change. samj.substack.com

Galley Beggar - Pressing issues | SamJordison | Substack

Occasional ideas about books and publishing from Sam Jordison, co-director of Galley Beggar Press, editor, author and journalist. Click to read Galley Beggar - Pressing issues, by SamJordison, a Subst...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14d

‘She and Toklas lived between two worlds – the official avant-garde world of Hemingway and Picasso, and the unofficial lesbian avant-garde of Natalie Barney and Janet Flanner and Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squire.’

Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Thirlwell · Devotion to the Cut: Gertrude Stein makes it plain

We’re so used to voice as confession, as a form of radical honesty, that it can be hard to appreciate Gertrude Stein...

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 15d

One of my wife’s French friends when finding out who long we’ve been married asked her if I was her first ‘sex boy’. I’m using this title for all administrative forms now. Marital Status: spouse’s sex boy.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve been invited to my own event. I’m tempted to respond to the organisers to tell them on a number of occasions the author has touched me inappropriately.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · 28d

On the tram a nursing mother said Bon appétit to her baby. That’s peak French cuteness there.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'd settle for a PBUH following every time Melville's name appears in text.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Sep 1

You're doing the work for the sake of the work. It's great to see that rewarded. Bravo Hession!

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Such great news to see.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jul 30

I present the most french of french delicacies. Pruneaux fourrés. Some french prune farmers decided the only way to improve their plums was to stuff them with more plums.
Pruneaux fourrés are prunes stuffed with prune paste. They are magic.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jul 4

They call them proofs because it always feels like an elaborate hoax until you see them. Book 2 coming next March.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 13

@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social My daughters, 8 and 9, watched Spaceballs and have talked about nothing else. Lots of questions but glorious to see humour reach across generations.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 12

I needed to look up my French editor's name to make sure I spell it right (his name has so many accent marks it looks like a cactus) and I found this great photo. This was the first event in France at Librairie Le livre et la tortue in Paris. That's pretty much how I remember the event going.

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Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social · Jun 10

Gethan Dick signed some copies of Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night around Dublin recently. In case you didn't get one, we also have some limited, signed bookplates!

Image is a copy of Gethan Dick's Water in the Desert Fire in the Night, next to a bookplate that looks a bit like a title page. It's been signed by Gethan with the word "Enjoy!". Backdrop looks like burnt floorboards and suits the apocalyptic vibe of the novel.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Otto von Bismarck was reported to have challenged Rudolf Virchow to a duel. Virchow, being entitled to choose the weapons, chose two pork sausages, one infected with the roundworm Trichinella; the two would each choose and eat a sausage. Bismarck reportedly declined. @wikipedia.org

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Love this cover.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Whenever my daughters struggle to open a jar, I do it and say 'Raw Power!' #iggypop

Now when they need me to open a jar or lid they just shout, 'Papa! I need Raw Power!'

I'm not going to lie. It gives me a little boost. 💪

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Hinterland Magazine - open for submissions @hinterlandnf.bsky.social · Jun 11

Over on our Substack today, the inestimable @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social picks the books that inspire his own writing, books that push the form of nonfiction and memoir - from Hong Kingston to Harry Crews.

hinterlandnonfiction.substack.com/p/the-non-fi...

The Non-fiction That Shapes Us: Jarred McGinnis

Hinterland authors reflect on the non-fiction that inspires their own writing.

hinterlandnonfiction.substack.com

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 8

They say you shouldn’t live your dreams through your children. They are wrong. Behold last night’s dinner. My daughter wanted quadruple potato. I made it happen.

Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 8

If I said it once, I've said it a million times, pride flags need more sweet-ass battle axes.

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Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social · Jun 5

I know what song I'm picking for Karaoke.