Readers and bookshops: please boycott any publisher that replaces literary translators with the non-reading, uncultured, lying, manipulative plagiarism regurgitator.

Following a spring clean at Longbarrow HQ, I've found a number of hardbacks (ex-bookshop / damaged in transit) that are perfectly readable, but not saleable. If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.

"I genuinely thought the pandemic would change the art world for the better." Winter mail #2: 'Obiter Dicta', the latest addition to @tonywhite.bsky.social's 'lo-tech, sustainable publishing platform' Piece of Paper Press. Further information: pieceofpaperpress.com/about-popp/

Stuck for gift ideas for the crime fiction fan in your life? The paperback of THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST is in the shops right now, AND the follow-up PHANTOM AT THE FEAST comes out on No Exit Press in June ‘26. You don’t have to be amid Tokyo cherry blossom like Hiromi, who sent this after reading🙏!

individuals who support the short story in the uk - list in 2025 anthology by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social - @prototypepubs.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @cathygalvin.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @johnnymains.co.uk @chrispower.bsky.social @tonywhite.bsky.social

"Only 95% of people told us to get fucked even after we ran their answers through the very slop machine we were trying to force them to tolerate. It's just not clear what this means."

2016 by Sarah Hesketh was named in the Guardian as a Poetry Book of the Year. Booksellers ordering in from Gardners are told “Publisher out of Stock”. The book's in stock both at the distributor and here, within arm’s reach – order from the CB editions website and I’ll post within 24 hours.

Thames looking upstream at The Terrace, Barnes, 3:30 pm

ICYM👇🏼👍🏼🫡✊

Thames at Barnes Bridge, London, around 3:00 pm

Bedford Square Publishers’ No Exit Press imprint has signed Tony White’s new novel, Phantom at the Feast, previously with Unbound. Publication is scheduled for June 2026 👇 #BookSky

I’m delighted to hear that @tonywhite.bsky.social ‘s Phantom at the Feast has found a publisher in @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since reading The Fountain in the Forest.

Congratulations Tony! Keen to catch up with exploits of Rex King.

So excited to be able to share that my new novel PHANTOM AT THE FEAST has been acquired by No Exit Press at @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social for publication in June 2026, followed by a reissue of THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST! Full announcement @thebookseller.com ✊👇 www.thebookseller.com/rights/bedfo...

Thames in London around 4:15 pm

Book post. Delivered myself the latest from @tonywhite.bsky.social and Piece of Paper Press: Alexa Wright's Obiter Dicta. Brilliant. Thank you : )

If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!

Real mail… Piece of Paper Press - Obita Dicta. Thank you @tonywhite.bsky.social

Morning, all ;) (Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, around 7am)

Just to say that there’s some big news waiting in the wings, so if you don’t already but would like to get book news and invites to my events and launches, it’s easy! — and you can unsubscribe any time ;) Link in bio👍🏼🙏 Paint frame photo of course by the brilliant Chris Dorley-Brown🫡✌️

RIP Porter Anderson – always incredibly interested in and supportive of the innovative margins of publishing. Sincere condolences to friends and family.

Transformation and the new year are the themes of December, says Natasha Onwuemezi 👇 #BookSky

Beautiful book post! Obiter Dicta by Alexa Wright, published by @tonywhite.bsky.social at Piece of Paper Press, photo pinched from Tony! Thank you so much 🔥 🔥🔥 Find out more about the press here: pieceofpaperpress.com/about-popp/

Snap! My copy arrived a few minutes before I saw your post. Many thanks and a tip of the hat to @tonywhite.bsky.social

Thames at Barnes Bridge just after 4:00 pm today

A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....

GIVE THANKX — for the great Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) RIP

Mount Fuji looking nice this time of year

Morning, all ;) (Thames in SW London around 8:00 am today)

Morning, all ;) (Thames from Hammersmith Bridge, London, just before 7:00 am today ICYWW)

Thames in SW London at 4:15 today

Thames looking upstream at Barnes Bridge around 4:10 pm today

Know it well........

Dazzling afternoon walk Royal Holloway, University of London where I’m RLF Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund — there two days a week to give free and confidential writing advice to anyone in the college community that asks! @royalholloway.bsky.social @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social

OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”

"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...

Thames in SW London at dusk — 4:30 pm

Cheers👍🏼Great photo, Roy

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

Anyone up for a Folk Funk Friday? Here's a great cassette I bought from 'Jazzman' Gerald's stall in Camden Market around 30 years ago. It's recreated here Spotify ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2gz... YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Congratulations to Alan Hollinghurst, the @newwritingnorth.bsky.social team, the #CohenPrize and all concerned — plus *really* great speeches all round. Glad to have been there👏🙏✊

Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 520,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,410,000 km² below the 1980s mean More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Highly recommend this ambient soundtrack if your dog is upset by fireworks. It’s like Brian Eno for canines and really helped our previous hound who had a week-long panic attack each year around Bonfire Night. m.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9m...

RIP and thank you David Bellos👏👏👏👏✊

RIP to David Bellos, a great translator, teacher, scholar and popularizer. Here's a charming little essay about what he learned from his landmark translation of Georges Perec's 'Life: A User's Manual'. online.wsj.com/article/SB10...

Morning, all, from the banks of the Thames in SW London — have a good one ;) PS zoom in for bonus swan flypast🦢🦢🦢🦢🫡

Twilight’s last gleamings, Stratford-style