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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now!
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@dvbishop.comDays 172 & 173 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2026 bulged with #FrankfurtBookFair entries:
AI • bold • charming • classic • creative • dark • dazzling • deep • disturbing • enchanting • fine • ground-breaking • hilarious • implosive • largest • main • manosphere • mesmerising • seductive
@dvbishop.comHope you enjoy it! Wanted to make sure you got a copy after dipping out on SoM.
@dvbishop.comLove that torch song version of Rent
@dvbishop.comIs it just me, or did anyone else see this year’s Nobel Prize Literature recipient and for a moment think Elizabeth Holmes had won?
@dvbishop.comWe sing the songs of fire and ice now, In the court of thorns and roses - oww!
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@dvbishop.comIt wasn’t that good
@dvbishop.comHad an art portfolio pushed under the cubicle door at UKCAC long ago (while I was editing the Megazine). Suggested they retract the work before I used for wiping
@dvbishop.comIf you enjoy daft Al lyrics acted out videos, this lo-fi NZ ditto might divert: youtu.be/WLSgk78IfNM
@thecwa.bsky.socialReposted by @dvbishop.com📚 Happy publication day to Alys Cummings (@alyseliza.bsky.social) with ‘Murder Most Cryptic’!
Congratulations on your book launch - we hope this new book flies off the shelves 🎉
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@toqs.bsky.socialReposted by @dvbishop.comBookshop Day is just around the corner! Find the @libro.fm Golden Ticket in our store on 10 October and you’ll win a year of audiobooks 🎫
@dvbishop.comScouse Pinhead #FTW
@thatidiotmonro.bsky.socialReposted by @dvbishop.comNeed to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.
@dvbishop.comEnforcing that will be a challenge. Does Niger consider incels to be asexual? What about Catholic nuns?
I still need to find 7-8 regular/monthly lettering gigs to enable me to continue paying my mortgage! My experience includes: • 23 years as a full-time letterer for Marvel, DC, Image, etc • 30 years handling print/pre-press/production tasks • 20 years hitting non-stop weekly deadlines for 2000AD
@damianbarr.bsky.socialReposted by @dvbishop.comLavender Menace, Gays the Word, Book Woman…I’ve fallen in love with so many LGBTQIA bookshops. They’re places of joy and resistance, good coffee and even better books. Support 🌈 stories and businesses by sharing this Starter Pack.
@dvbishop.com#UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2026 Frankfurt Book Fair Day 1 bonus edition has six entries:
cultural • dark • sexy • thrilling • veneer • wry
'Dark' and 'thrilling' both make their fourth 2026 appearances.
@dvbishop.comDay 171 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2026 has two entries:
addictive • human-authored
'Addictive' makes its second appearance of 2026.