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ERT's Poem of the Day #32: Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop!
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#edinburgh
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Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop | ERT's Poem of the Day #32
YouTube video by Ear Read This
https://youtu.be/BvVQTrdI1OY?si=tWK6JUYNPhnBgnB4
21 days ago
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Happy RLS day!
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My Shadow by RLS | ERT's Poem of the Day #5
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about 2 months ago
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Poem of the Day 9th November: Sylvia's Death by Anne Sexton
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Poem of the Day | 9th November 2025
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https://youtu.be/twfwESafHR4
about 2 months ago
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If anyone needs me, I'll be in the attic.
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about 2 months ago
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Rich Neville
about 2 months ago
If it’s not called And Another Thing don’t bother
add a skeleton here at some point
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Quick botanical themed video on E. F. Benson and The Invisible Man:
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What's Growing Under the Bandages?
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about 2 months ago
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Iris Murdoch
about 2 months ago
Thank you!
@earreadthis.bsky.social
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Major Iris Murdoch News!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llUwnJyi_c
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How This Author Outsold J. K. Rowling
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https://youtu.be/V5XpU9UWvIM
2 months ago
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Continuing my reading series on Wind in the Willows, this time its Chapter 2: The Open Road, on which we encounter Rat poetry, unchanging metamorphs and complaining horses.
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#windinthewillows
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5 Talking Points | Chapter 2 of The Wind in the Willows
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2 months ago
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Today I'm starting a new series sharing a handful of highlights, observations and curiosities from each chapter of The Wind in the Willows. We start in the gloom of Mole End, with a pot of whitewash...
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5 Talking Points | Chapter 1 of The Wind in the Willows
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https://youtu.be/Al04rTGLEQk
2 months ago
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Steven Perkins
3 months ago
Went to see The Smashing Machine tonight; still can’t stop myself mentally adding “Gromit” to the end of the title
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Recent Reading in the Bookshop! Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan Haunted by E. Jay Gilbert Paranormal America by Bader, Baker & Mencken A Monstrous Commotion by Gareth Williams
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3 months ago
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Today's video looks at two pieces from the collection Poems for Palestine:
youtu.be/b3NtA3yMXWA
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#freepalestine
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"Suddenly a Kite": A Tale of Two Poets from Palestine
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3 months ago
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Serious book critic wishes you may live long, prosper, and read his reviews. I'm making the most of this because there aren't many bits of writing I have matching sweaters for.
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#startrek
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3 months ago
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Looking forward to seeing this in print next month: a new collection of poems in tribute to Robert Fergusson including one of my own in Scots! Available to pre order now from Taproot's website:
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#edinburgh
#literature
#scotland
#poet
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'O'er a' my labours sey your skill': Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson (9781739207762) - Taproot Press UK
Marking two hundred and fifty years since the death of Robert Fergusson, this collection of poems in Scottish, English and Gaelic from Scotland's most celebrated writers and emerging poets alike evoke...
https://taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-a-my-labours-sey-your-skill-poetic-responses-to-robert-fergusson-9781739207762/
4 months ago
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Lev Parikian
6 months ago
You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound. I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of. So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027.
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Discussing some recent reading in the bookshop: Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams Original Sin by Tapper and Thompson Manic Power by Jeffrey Meyers Daemonologie by James VI
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Recent Reads! Careless, Idle, Deranged and Demonic!
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7 months ago
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I recently interviewed author and storyteller Donald Smith as we walked around Edinburgh's Old Town. Here's a video showing the many authors and snippets of literary history we discussed:
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“Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past
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https://youtu.be/exs8EyYJcEw?si=0y9WyAi0ve5fqt8V
8 months ago
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Reading round up from the bookshop! Books discussed: Open a Channel by Nana Visitor The Starling by Stephen Moss Edinburgh: Our Storied Town by Donald Smith Rommel? Gunner Who? by Spike Milligan The Best of Dorothy Parker
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Recent Reads! Star Trek, Starlings and Storied Edinburgh!
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https://youtu.be/tBPa_u9kt-w?si=qvqxfZ3Y4d0f1g81
9 months ago
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The latest podcast on Iris Murdoch's A Year of Birds with Miles Lesson can now be watched on YouTube!
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
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A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch | Analysis & Commentary
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https://youtu.be/3Zwt2wc7IdA?si=1l2D8penMX80WAWQ
9 months ago
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New episode of the podcast, looking at the poems of Iris Murdoch!
@irismurdoch.bsky.social
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A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch
Ear Read This · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vSuIfM1Sw1hjlpls1kIC2?si=wWRsJLVqTfWn2hCd0OJuWg
9 months ago
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A quick reading roundup from the bookshop!
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Recent Reads! Gugas, Gruoch and Ghosts!
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https://youtu.be/iPBK-LV_Zdk
9 months ago
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Thought this was awful, but enjoyed writing about it:
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Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid
Setting Shakespeare Straight
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9 months ago
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Quick video on connections between Sylvia Plath and The Simpsons:
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Sylvia Plath and The Simpsons!
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https://youtu.be/Q8dG84swihU
10 months ago
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New episode of the podcast out today on the poems Robert Burns wrote in tribute to his 'elder brother in the Muse', Robert Fergusson:
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Epitaph for Robert Fergusson (1789) by Robert Burns | Analysis & Commentary
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https://youtu.be/QH3hupdiHyo?si=E5Yr7qV1FbmSbh5Y
10 months ago
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ICYMI, my interview with Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson, recorded in Portobello Library is now on YouTube! We talked about AI, Sylvia Plath, Edinburgh and much more...
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“Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath | INTERVIEW
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https://youtu.be/SzQ1cEiBiGU?si=spDijTfegeNvy1FU
10 months ago
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I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson about her surreal, haunting fiction. We met at Portobello Library for a conversation about artificial intelligence, Edinburgh and the influence of Sylvia Plath.
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10 months ago
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New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan.
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11 months ago
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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days':
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12 months ago
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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days':
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12 months ago
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My review of Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris reissued by Boiler House Press:
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12 months ago
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