(Here in full at the LRB: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...)
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@samjordison.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.social@galleybeggars.bsky.social@galleybeggars.bsky.social"(8) The problems of Albertine are (from the narrator’s point of view) a) lying b) lesbianism, and (from Albertine’s point of view) a) being imprisoned in the narrator’s house."
@galleybeggars.bsky.social"(4) On a good 19 per cent of these pages she is asleep." >
@galleybeggars.bsky.social"(2) Albertine’s name occurs 2363 times in Proust’s novel, more than any other character." (3) Albertine herself is present or mentioned on 807 pages of Proust’s novel." >
@galleybeggars.bsky.socialA niche Carson choice, but our personal favourite = The Albertine Workout. Some excerpts below (and a link):
@samjordison.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialReally interesting article about Books by People and publishing’s battle against AI-slop: www.wired.com/story/organi...
@galleybeggars.bsky.social100,000% Team Anne - hooray!!!!
@acrossthepondbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialAhem - here's the link: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis... Or download it from your favourite podcatching service.
@acrossthepondbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialOur latest episode is just out - and interview with Doireann Ní Ghríofa about her extraordinary new book Said the Dead- which has also just been shortlisted for the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social
@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialThe Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize is open until 8 November for stories up to 6,000 words.
All the details are here →
https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/short-story-prize-full-info
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@blogmywiki.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialI’d go with A Month in the Country but I’m probably a lightweight.
@samjordison.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialUK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says that Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness is the novel he would “press into someone’s hands to get them reading.” Bold move!
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@galleybeggars.bsky.socialThe wonderful Gonzalo C Garcia, author of Telenovela is speaking at Conway Hall on Saturday at this fantastic Zine and Book Fair. He's on at 11am - and the whole day looks excellent:
@susannacrossman.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialEssay writers, creative nonfiction people, my @saloneurope.bsky.social 3-part course, The Personal Essay: From Pitch To Publication, is almost sold out. Perfect if you want to discover essays, try out a book idea, hone your practice. Last few places available but hurry, hurry! Can't wait to see you.
@samjordison.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialA few quick thoughts on why Meta is afraid of Virginia Woolf: samj.substack.com/p/no-room-fo...
@fuzzynick.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialMy "heart is knocking as hard as a bailiff" (to quote it) reading this. My brain knocking, too, if that's possible, though that sounds concussive.
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@markabowles.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialI’m at home feeling lugubrious and listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees. But later I’ll be reading some newly written fiction, along with @susannacrossman.bsky.social and others:
@deborahzafer.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialAt the launch of @markabowles.bsky.social great new book 'How Do People Stay The Same' from @galleybeggars.bsky.social, which I recommend to you all
@galleybeggars.bsky.socialReposted by @galleybeggars.bsky.socialA tremendous, thoughtful review of @markabowles.bsky.social How Do People Stay The Same in @thespectator1828.bsky.social: spectator.com/article/a-su... "A fascinating formal experiment... In its very disjointedness, Bowles’s bracing book gets closer to the messy truth of life than do most novels."