Parnassus Presents: Douglas Stuart with Ann Patchett
Douglas Stuart in conversation with Ann Patchett about his latest novel JOHN OF JOHN: a portrait of a father’s expectations & a son’s desires set on the Isle of Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri1fx58WFA4
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Pick up a book, is always good advice 😊
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『あの海のリンリン』上下巻2冊セット
2026/8/5 20:00、以下のページより委託通販開始
https://alice-books.com/item/show/4467-8
※8/3 20:00より予約受付開始。規定数に達したら受付停止。
【pixivサンプル】 https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/147420256
【書き下ろし試読】 https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=28647864
【リライト前初回】 https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=24809607
※WEB再録。
※🍮🍮物語の二次創作小説。
#同人誌 #novel #同人小説本試し読み
表紙と挿絵はネオン管さんです。ありがとうございます❗️
Just some #Gratitoot 😁
I realised that I've neglected to thank everyone who has boosted, commented, and favourited my shamelessly self-promotional book posts...
I just wanted to say that as someone who is retired with disablity I really appreciate the support.
It makes me feel maybe I can contribute something 😊
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David Keenan & Andrew O’Hagan: Boyhood
“A book of great joy, of laughter in the face of horror and delight in storytelling… BOYHOOD is a hymn to the resilience of youth, to the brave dreams of artists and lovers and a love letter to Glasgow – a city where magic happens.”
In this London Review of Books podcast, David Keenan reads from his latest novel BOYHOOD, & talks with Andrew O’Hagan
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Congratulations to Douglas Stuart, whose latest novel JOHN OF JOHN has been longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize.
“This excavation of family, violence and shame is woven through with beautiful imagistic detail, and – unexpectedly – shades of hope. We loved the rich, textural detail of the story”
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https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/john-of-john
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“An epic American family saga, it explores a collective emotional malaise at the heart of a great power in decline. This is a bold and ambitious work… an expansive, compelling and heartfelt novel”
—Jake Arnott reviews 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘜𝘴?, Irvine Welsh’s latest novel
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Another #WIPWednesday another sneak preview of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😊
Ebook of Part One available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA
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It's #SilentSunday now you know what to do 😁
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The first Science of Discworld book gets 4/5 stars... I think, wait let me check my math.The Science parts got 3 and the Wizard parts got 5 so if you add 'em up carry the 1, always carry the one, divide by two you get 4... I think.Unless we take into account that the Science chapters were longer than the Wizard chapters, wigheted data-points and all that, but a little lying to children is to be expected, it is #Discworld after all, the narrativum has to go somewhere.
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(comment on Science of Discworld)
What happens when the grammar police inevitably gets corrupted? 🤔 Is that where slang comes from? 😁
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“The influence of Walter Scott can be felt in every province of the literature of his age.”
—Pushkin
Walter Scott was born #OTD, 15 Aug 1771. He was & is one of the most significant figures in world literature
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/issues/issue-16/
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“Scott is the most filmic of writers… He may be considered difficult to read today, long-winded & meandering by modern standards, but his narratives still come alive when the characters move dramatically in a visual world”
—Walter Scott & Cinema
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/wattie-goes-to-hollywood-scott-scotland-and-film/
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From Sept 2025 – Dr Gerard McKeever, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at the University of Edinburgh, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvrXYw1Sus
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I send thanks to the buyer from Maine who purchased a framed print of
Light Reading -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
May the artwork take you to a peaceful afternoon with a very, very good book.
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Six Must-Read Scottish Books
Author Doug Johnstone picks six books that speak to the diversity & range of Scottish fiction
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https://orendabooks.co.uk/news/six-must-read-scottish-books-by-doug-johnstone
“When we try to reduce people, we often try and reduce them to this or that, but we’re all multiple… I think the reason that TRUMPET is still a popular book all these years later is because it deals with some of these questions of multiple identity.”
—Jackie Kay discusses her 1998 novel TRUMPET with Lavender Menace volunteer Maeve Sheridan.
https://lavendermenace.org.uk/jackie-kay-on-trumpet
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Good morning 😁
Time for another chapter starting quote of The Last Philosopher: Part Two...
P.S If you ask me these Knomes sound like they're on to something about technology 😂
Buy Part One: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA
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I need to see the rewritten version of this poem 😂
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Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born #OTD, 25 August, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of historical fiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those fateful words:
“Lymond is back.”
A 🎂 🧵
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https://booksfromscotland.com/2019/06/rediscovering-dorothy-dunnett/
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Another wednesday another chapter quoute from my work in progress 😁
Find Ebook of Part One at your favourite online bookstore here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA and yes that means Amazon is not included 😂
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As I was editing The Last Philosopher I realised I can add images to #ebooks 😁
I've added some examples of #drawings from my world. The question is, should I put them in the story? 🤔 And if yes how? Let me know what you think.
Buy Part One: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA
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Fun with edu-fuckin-cation, am I doing it right? 😂
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Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith & New European Ensemble
30 October, Aberdeen: £0–£14
A concert performance with live readings by Ali Smith from her novels 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, focussing on eternally relevant contemporary themes such as climate, ecology, migrations, social media, Brexit, war, populism.
https://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/seasonal-quartet-ali-smith-writer-new-european-ensemble
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I fear I'm not nice enough to swear to h*ck, but I kind of wish I was that has to count for something 😇😂
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