Dan
@daninfragments.bsky.social
Student on the Bath Spa Writing for Young People MA. he/him
Loved the inaugural Foyles Pride Fest. I mean Sarah Waters signed a book for me, so my life is now officially complete. Here's hoping it's back next year. @foylesforbooks.bsky.social
Um, it was great thanks, but... it didn't look much like that.
Escape from New York Assault on Precinct 13 Prince of Darkness The Thing Starman
Taylor@monkeytailor.bsky.social · 4mo agoTop 5 John Carpenter films...GO!
You're trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you?
Rachael Scotson@rachaelscotson.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou're trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you?
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian, which has a fabulous Joan Crawford cameo
Anne Trubek@atrubek.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat are your favorite novels that interweave real personages into an imagined plot?
Wait, the ships have to spar with the pope before being eliminated? Sounds... complicated.
Absolutely adored Glasgow Boys by @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social. I've never come across a YA book about a friendship (or, as the book tells us, love) between a gay guy and a straight guy before, and I didn't even know that was something I needed until now.
Ooh, I will definitely be checking out some of these
Mayor of London's Culture team@ldnculture.bsky.social · 6mo agoHappy #WorldBookDay📚 What's your favourite book about London? There's so many magical bookshops across our city and always a new one to discover✨ Check out 11 wonderful London bookshops that opened last year⬇️ whatshotblog.com/new-independ...
I was an extra in a Laurence Olivier movie, Inspector Morse and a Bollywood film.
Kayla Cromer Official@kaylacromer.bsky.social · 6mo agoTell me a random fact about yourself that sounds fake but is 100% true.
I tapped on a jumper on Instagram. Now it's jumpers all the way down.
If you're wondering how long the enemies-to-lovers trope has been around, I just read this near the end of Wuthering Heights:
The husband's off to the cinema tonight, so I'm going to watch a Hong Kong action movie, a genre I am sadly unfamiliar with. Just need to choose from the three that caught my eye on Kanopy.
More like Tepid Rivalry, amirite? (Posted after watching the first episode, so I may yet change my mind.) #HeatedRivalry
Our attempt at Veganuary lasted ten days. Highlight: Meera Sodha's Malaysian dal curry theguardian.com/food/2022/oc... Lowlight: vegan cheese 😬
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Malaysian dal curry | The new vegan
A dal made fragrant with lemongrass and star anise, rounded out with coconut milk and lightly soured with tangy tamarind
theguardian.com
This is now becoming a tradition. On the morning of Jan 1, I avoid the New Year's Day concert in favour of a less saccharine version of Vienna: The Third Man.
Top: Sunset on Mars (Curiosity rover, April 2015) Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
Tired but inspired after the @leafjournal.bsky.social conference. Writing will be resumed tomorrow, but tonight is all about pizza and TV.
