Shakespeare and Company isn’t just a bookshop. It’s a place where generations of writers and readers have found belonging — from Sylvia Beach to James Joyce. A century later, its green doors still open onto something sacred. Read more: tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/10/shak...

Shakespeare and Company isn’t just a bookshop. It’s a place where generations of writers and readers have found belonging — from Sylvia Beach to James Joyce. A century later, its green doors still open onto something sacred. Read more: tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/10/shak...

Fan fiction has grown up. Once dismissed, it now defines mainstream publishing—from The Atlas Six to Fourth Wing. Meet the writers turning fandom creativity into the new canon. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Every writer leaves behind fragments: ghost stories, drafts, the half-finished. These aren’t footnotes; they’re maps. Greene, Plath, Morrison, Nabokov, Smith: their minor works have major things to say. Read: Minor Works, Major Joy: #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/10/mino...

Every writer leaves behind fragments: ghost stories, drafts, the half-finished. These aren’t footnotes; they’re maps. Greene, Plath, Morrison, Nabokov, Smith: their minor works have major things to say. Read: Minor Works, Major Joy: #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/10/mino...

From candlelit libraries to dangerous obsessions—dark academia has more to say than moodboards. 7 novels (plus a classic twist) to read next. tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/dark...

From candlelit libraries to dangerous obsessions—dark academia has more to say than moodboards. 7 novels (plus a classic twist) to read next. tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/dark...

Just finished rereading Lonesome Dove and it still knocked the wind out of me. Epic in scale, yet piercingly human. Where are the great sweeping novels now? The ones that stretch decades, break your heart, and remake you? tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/wher...

Just finished rereading Lonesome Dove and it still knocked the wind out of me. Epic in scale, yet piercingly human. Where are the great sweeping novels now? The ones that stretch decades, break your heart, and remake you? tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/wher...

When writers go serial: The fiction newsletter Renaissance #booksky t.co/H22oziT0bX

When writers go serial: The fiction newsletter Renaissance #booksky t.co/H22oziT0bX

Unfinished business: the allure of the incomplete novel tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/unfi...

Unfinished business: the allure of the incomplete novel tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/unfi...

‪Gordon MacMillan‬ What makes a book viral — and is that always a good thing? From dragons to doomed love, we’re looking at the novels that broke the internet and the complicated aftermath of all that hype. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...

‪Gordon MacMillan‬ What makes a book viral — and is that always a good thing? From dragons to doomed love, we’re looking at the novels that broke the internet and the complicated aftermath of all that hype. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...

What writers can learn from pop stars #booksky t.co/US26N2mS5b

What writers can learn from pop stars #booksky t.co/US26N2mS5b

The annotated life: Why marginalia in books and novels is back in style #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

This ain’t no cowboy song: writing through grief with music tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...

This book really helped me in my time of loss from my dad.

This ain’t no cowboy song: writing through grief with music tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...

What do you call a novel that blends gothic romance, dark academia, political allegory, and a magic system based on linguistic theory? In 2025, the answer might be: a bestseller. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/09/genr...

Why men read less than women — And how to change it #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Why men read less than women — And how to change it #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

I'm here to tell you that blogs aren't dead. You can make money. I made 98p this month. I'm considering how to spend it. Maybe a charity shop book to go on my bookshelves (which I adore). tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com

When cosy meets cathartic: the reading revival of WWII family sagas — and the resurgence of writer Elizabeth Jane Howard #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/when...

When cosy meets cathartic: the reading revival of WWII family sagas — and the resurgence of writer Elizabeth Jane Howard #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/when...

Beyond genre: experimental and alt-lit’s bold new directions #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/beyo...

Beyond genre: experimental and alt-lit’s bold new directions #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/beyo...

Just a suggestion. Drop the price. It’s how the property market works.

Eco-fiction and cli-fi: why climate-centred narratives are more crucial than ever #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/eco-...

I don't know how, but my children have become obsessed with this whole Labubu thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsL...

Not every book is meant to be rushed. Some are written to be lived in. Here are seven slow books that reward patience and presence. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Why do we return to the same novels again and again? Seven books that reveal the art of re-reading. #Booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Why do we return to the same novels again and again? Seven books that reveal the art of re-reading. #Booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Why Lonesome Dove Is Trending on BookTok — and the Enduring Power of the Literary Western #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Reading for Joy: How to escape a reading slump and embrace comfort in 2025 #books #boosky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/read...

A Joan Didion sentence is unmistakable. Cool, clipped, and devastatingly precise. It doesn’t tell you how to feel—it leaves you with no choice but to feel it. Here’s how she does it, and why no one else quite can: tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/writ...

A Joan Didion sentence is unmistakable. Cool, clipped, and devastatingly precise. It doesn’t tell you how to feel—it leaves you with no choice but to feel it. Here’s how she does it, and why no one else quite can: tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/writ...

Experimental & Alt-Lit movements — When internet culture writes fiction #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/expe...

Experimental & Alt-Lit movements — When internet culture writes fiction #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/expe...

Alt-lit is messy, raw, and utterly internet — and it might just be the future of fiction 📚💻 #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/clim...

Alt-lit is messy, raw, and utterly internet — and it might just be the future of fiction 📚💻 #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/clim...

Is fan fiction the new slush pile? What editors are really looking for #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/is-f...

You're probably packing anyway. Joan Didion’s packing list and the illusion of preparedness #joandidion #writing tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/joan...

You're probably packing anyway. Joan Didion’s packing list and the illusion of preparedness #joandidion #writing tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/joan...

How long before AI writes a Bestseller? A Literary Thought Experiment. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-...

How long before AI writes a Bestseller? A Literary Thought Experiment. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-...

It’s not just that Emily Henry writes bestsellers. It’s that she writes the kind of commercial fiction people want to reread, smart, emotionally layered romcoms. #booksky tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/08/emil...