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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Ronald Hartz, David Harvie, and Simon Lilley spoke to the University of Essex's COVER centre about the struggle against the neoliberal university from their book "Shaping for Mediocrity" out now with our friends over at Zer0 Books! youtu.be/KT_-plbuUnw?...

Shaping for Mediocrity

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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · Feb 28

Such a great turnout - and vibe - to celebrate the release of @leilataylor.bsky.social's SICK HOUSES and my own SEEKING ATTENTION.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Mar 1

February’s column is up at the @nytimes.com! I talk about Daisy Pearce’s Something in the Walls, Margie Sarsfield’s Beta Vulgaris, and Leila Taylor’s Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread. Free article link, so share away!
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3 New Horror Books That Put a Fresh Spin on Old Tropes (Gift Article)

Our columnist reviews three new horror books out this month.

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Coming up on Friday the 4th of April, @stanchionbooks.bsky.social presents an evening with @mickypkerr.bsky.social to launch his book "Football, The People's Shame: How to Revolutionise a National Sport" at The Volley in London. Get your ticket today via stanchionbooks.com/pages/events

Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Pre-orders for Matthew Ingram's "The Garden: visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture" are now live! Get 20% off when you buy The Garden as well as his "Retreat: How the Counterculture Invested Wellness" with code: ingrambundle over at repeaterbooks.com!

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

"Sick Houses reaches far beyond and far deeper into the lore and lure of the domestic space than any book before it."-Shelagh Rowan-Legg

Leila Taylor's Sick Houses is out NOW via repeaterbooks.com

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join author Ryann Donnelly at the ICA in London on March 19th for an event celebrating her latest book "Body High: Death, Drugs, & Eva Hesse" in conversation with Amah-Rose Abrams! Get your tickets via www.ica.art/learning/bod...

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Andrew Beaven @theteesra.com · Mar 6

As #cricket in England & Wales prepares to sell itself to the highest bidder, Micky P Kerr presents an impassioned manifesto to reclaim “the People’s Game”, #football, from “the corporations and oligarchs who have stolen it from us.”
#BookReview #ThePeoplesShame
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Review — Football, The People’s Shame: How to Revolutionise a National Sport

Ironically, just as cricket in England & Wales prepares to sell itself to the highest bidder, Micky P Kerr presents an impassioned manifesto to reclaim “the People’s Game”, football, from “the…

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

On Saturday 22nd of March join Brad Evans at in Redditch for an in-person conversation about his latest book "How Black was my Valley: Poverty & Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland". The event is free but booking is essential, secure your place via www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events/profe...

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · Mar 6

On #WorldBookDay why not treat yourself to a book!?
#BookSky 🏏📚

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Different Class The Untold Story of English Cricket

Buy Different Class The Untold Story of English Cricket New by Duncan Stone (ISBN: 9781913462802) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Spicer recognises what made Brötzmann such a singular figure, from the sheer physical power of his sound to the influence of his visual art practice"-Stewart Smith on Daniel Spicer's "Peter Brötzmann" in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social ! Get yourself a copy to check out the full review!

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5

Coming up next week, Brad Evans, author of "How Black Was My Valley", features on "From Despair to Where? The Valleys Then, Now, and in the Future" discussing the challenges and prospects for Wales' Post-Industrial Heartlands on BBC Radio Wales. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Peter Brötzmann was one of the most important musicians of the second half of the 20th century, and was doing vital work until the end of his life. Daniel Spicer has done right by him with this biography. Buy it."-Phil Freeman for Burning Ambulance burningambulance.substack.com/p/peter-brot...

Peter Brötzmann, The Book

Daniel Spicer's biography is vivid and fascinating

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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · Mar 4

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The Hypochondriac

The hypochondriac is shunned in polite society because he pays more attention to his own body than to the social one.

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Seeking Attention: 30 Ways of Being Present - Repeater Books

Simone Weil famously stated: "Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." But what, in fact, counts as attention? Seeking Attention offers thirty compelling "portraits" of modern life- f...

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 4

Check out this extract from @dominicpettman.bsky.social 's upcoming archive of archetypes "Seeking Attention"
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The Doctor

. . . the doctor represents a type of attention that is both impersonal and profoundly intimate. We tend to submit to doctors, and defer to them – sometimes even transfer on to them – due to their pos...

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 4

Tomorrow in Brighton Dr Joy White joins the lineup for Sound Affects to explore cultural nourishment in the age of covid from her latest book "Like Lockdown Never Happened". Get your ticket via www.ticketsource.co.uk/sound-affect...

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 3

Now up on our Substack, legendary director John Boorman reflects on the 50th anniversary of his seminal movie ZARDOZ from the Repeater Edition of the film's Novelization. Read and Subcribe via
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"The Gun Is Good. The Penis Is Evil."

John Boorman on the 50th anniversary of Zardoz

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 3

Just announced! Join author Ryann Donnelly at the ICA in London on March 19th for an event celebrating her latest book "Body High: Death, Drugs, & Eva Hesse" in conversation with Amah-Rose Abrams! Get your tickets via
www.ica.art/learning/bod...

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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · Mar 3

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The Doctor

. . . the doctor represents a type of attention that is both impersonal and profoundly intimate. We tend to submit to doctors, and defer to them – sometimes even transfer on to them – due to their pos...

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Leila Taylor @leilataylor.bsky.social · Mar 3

I was not expecting to wake up with my name in the NYT!

Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 3

"Taylor’s mix of knowledge and humor is a treat. Anyone curious about houses with a history, and historically creepy houses, should check this one out."-Gabino Iglesias highlights @leilataylor.bsky.social "Sick Houses" in their roundup for the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

3 New Horror Books That Put a Fresh Spin on Old Tropes

Our columnist reviews three new horror books out this month.

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 3

TONIGHT! Take a Situationist, alchemical and surrealist dive into the marshy landscape of the sitcom as Sophie Sleigh-Johnson presents her new book Code: Damp, in conversation with Professor Simon O’Sullivan at the BFI Reuben Library, get your tickets via whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Buy cinema tickets for New Writings: Code: Damp – An Esoteric Guide to British Sitcoms | BFI Southbank

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 3

Cafe OTO shoutout at the Oscars... what a time to be alive.

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