One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
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Working on debut novel, 'Owen Left the Chat', a millennial coming-of-age story and satire of 00s-10s pop culture. 🟠 substack.com/@owenleftchat
Quite a paranoid week! 🐕Under the Silver Lake Insomnia 🐀The Secret of NIMH ⛵️The Truman Show Me: boxd.it/2ZapL #LetterBoxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Why are so many Millennial novels so boring? Hillary Kelly on a new novel that encapsulates the trap of her generation’s fiction:
Why So Much Millennial Fiction Is Boring
The generation’s novels tend to focus on the flatness of modern life—but alienation doesn’t have to be dull.
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Always happy to see a new novel set in my hometown, especially one written by an author with this pedigree! #BookSky #Sheffield #Authors
Jo Cheetham - I love you, you pay my rent: How the cost-of-living crisis inspired Sheffield's new 'anti-romance' novel
Author Jo Cheetham talks to Now Then about helping to end page 3 and how struggling to pay the bills inspired new novel Love and Rent.
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🔶The Boy and the Heron 🔶The Boy and the Poorly-Planned Art Heist 🔶The Boy and the Plan to Raise Money to Enter a Table Tennis Tournament 🔶The Boy and Historical Memory #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but it needs more voices. Sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"
How do you define the difference between upmarket and literary fiction? And what contemporary examples can you give? #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Publishers
Still on a streak of great films! I wonder what will derail it… boxd.it/2ZapL #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky
Is Reddit good for writers? It depends what subreddits you use! open.substack.com/pub/owenleft... #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
Is Reddit good for writers?
A brief guide to some potentially useful subreddits (and their discontents)
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I'm 14 minutes in and instantly I love and would die for her
Jon Hamm's knowing smile and gesture
ALT: Jon Hamm's knowing smile and gesture
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Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you're old enough to remember this commercial—you knew that its purpose was more than just selling Coca-Cola. The message is powerful and beautiful at the same time. 🥹☮️🕊 #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 🌎🌏🌍✊🏻✊️✊🏾✊🏿🪶🌈✡️ *sound up🔊
Zendaya holding copies of 'DUNE: MESSIAH' and 'THE ODYSSEY' at Rakestraw Books. #Zendaya #DuneMessiah #TheOdyssey
I've read 30 out of 100 on the list. How many have you read? I need to read more Woolf and Faulkner urgently! www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5
The 100 best novels of all time
The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
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‘Although they are inclined to groupthink, self-importance, vengefulness, incuriosity and conformism, Labour politicians are not terminally stupid.’ The ultimate backhanded compliment from James Butler in the LRB. Can’t say it’s not deserved…
It's Monday again and today I'm reading "The Library of the Dead" by T. L. Huchu What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR alt text in images please
Box Hill is a great read. Judging by the trailer and previews, Pillion looks like it will be much more ‘feel-good’ in comparison!
Fitzcarraldo Editions@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 7mo agoPILLION, adapted from BOX HILL by Adam Mars-Jones, has been nominated for two BAFTAs: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...