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I finally have some news of my own to share. My second book is being published in 2026 by three of my favourite publishers – A Strange Object/Deep Vellum US, CB editions UK, Upswell Publishing AUS. I still can't quite believe it!!!

Great books under 200 pages 28) Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson

Great books under 200 pages 27) Crudo by Olivia Laing

Great books under 200 pages 26) These Possible Lives by Fleur Jaeggy (trans. Minna Zallman Proctor) Published by @ndbooks.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages 25) Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Great books under 200 pages 24) When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Great books under 200 pages 23) Exposition by Nathalie Léger (trans. Amanda DeMarco) @dorothyproject.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. (in no particular order... I adore them all!) 22) The Haunted Screen by J. M. Tyree

Great books under 200 pages. 21) Vessel by Dani Netherclift @dani-netherclift.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. 20) Now, Now, Louison by Jean Frémon (trans. Cole Swensen)

Great books under 200 pages. 18) This Is the Place to Be 19) Spent Light by Lara Pawson @larapawson.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. 17) At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis)

Great books under 200 pages. 16) The White Book by Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith)

Great books under 200 pages. (in no particular order... I adore them all!) 15) Snake by Kate Jennings

Great books under 200 pages. 12) Childhood 13) Youth 14) Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen (trans. Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman)

Great books under 200 pages. 11) House Mother Normal by B.S. Johnson

Great books under 200 pages. 10) The Employees by Olga Ravn (trans. Martin Aitken)

Great books under 200 pages. (in no particular order... I love them all!) 9) 99 Interruptions by Charles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. 8) Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Kit being amazing, as usual.

Great books under 200 pages. (in no particular order... I adore them all) 7) The Lover by Marguerite Duras (trans. Barbara Bray)

Great books under 200 pages. 6) The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso 😍 @grantabooks.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. 5) Book of Mutter by Kate Zambreno 😍 @semiotexte.bsky.social

Great books under 200 pages. 4) When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back by Naja Marie Aidt (trans. Denise Newman)

Great books under 200 pages. 3) The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje

Great books under 200 pages. 2) Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine

Great books under 200 pages. 1) Reader's Block by David Markson @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social

Currently reading this phenomenal book (translated by Don Mee Choi). 💔♥️

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Once again, Lance Olsen has me enthralled.😍

Fascinating to read the mother then the daughter.

Phenomenal books by one of my favourite writers. 😍

Some of the books I loved reading this year...

Just finished. I am so sad it's over. This is one of those novels I wish would go on forever. Thank god for writers like Lance Olsen.

What a beautiful way to end the year. I did not think I would ever get to see Ninagawa's MEDEA. Thank you Chris @papapishu.bsky.social for fulfilling a dream/obsession of mine. My PhD creative work will (hopefully) be better because of you. 🙏😊

I'm with Alina. I could not put it down and now can't stop thinking about it. And if you love the film Vertigo and German expressionist cinema you will love this gorgeous novel all the more.

"Text of bliss: the text that imposes a state of loss, the text that discomforts… unsettles the reader’s historical, cultural psychological assumptions, the consistency of his tastes, values, memories, brings to a crisis his relation to language." — Roland Barthes 😍

The wonderful Alina has a book coming out in 2025!!! 🎉

Book mail!

My talented husband has launched his YouTube channel! If you're interested in photography I highly recommend you take a look. He's amazing... and a wonderful person to boot! youtube.com/shorts/Npjh-... via @YouTube

This is a delight!

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright is longlisted for the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize! 🎉🎉🎉

What is one of your comfort movies?

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

Six authors I love: Sarah Manguso Kate Zambreno Claudia Rankine Ali Smith Julie Otsuka Muriel Spark

Had the pleasure & honour of interviewing fellow orphaned-when-young writer Heather McCalden about her phenomenal book THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE which examines her loss, the virus that killed her parents in the 90s, & the internet & the concept of "going viral." electricliterature.com/heather-mcca...

I read so many great books this year. My favourites...

I’m excited to announce that @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social & I are collaborating on a special slow read project of Kate Briggs & Roland Barthes next year. All are welcome to join, the more the merrier. More details to come soon! #KateBriggs24 www.joiedevivre9.com/katebriggs24.html