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David Collard on James Joyce definitely worth a listen - some terrific readings. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Let's not forget last year's Bloomsday novel, Lee Klein's LIKE IT MATTERS: AN UNPUBLISHABLE NOVEL, set in a Philadelphia drinking hole — https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/like_it_matters/

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Also out today: a new edition of Jacob M. Appel's celebrated Bloomsday novel, THE BIOLOGY OF LUCK, in which we follow NYC tour guide Larry Bloom through the city on the 100th Bloomsday. And there's a novel within the novel. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_biology_of_luck/

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Happy Bloomsday to John Patrick Higgins' scintillating, moving memoir/essay/uncategorizable work of verbal virtuosity SPINE, a counterpart to his earlier TEETH. Soon we hope to offer the complete Higgins skeleton, but for now, you'll want his SPINE. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/spine/

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Nuala O’Connor reviews A Crumpled Swan, by David Collard (Sagging Meniscus Press) (We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊) Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social

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Thanks to all who came to last night's launch of 'A Crumpled Swan' in Dublin. Here I am with Abigail Parry (left) and Wendy Erskine.

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Some more pictures of last night's launch of 'A Crumpled Swan' in Dublin...

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Do join us at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social this evening for the launch of A Crumpled Swan by @davidcollard.bsky.social Starts at 6.30pm. For all those who are poetry-curious.

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Tonight's launch of A Crumpled Swan in Hodges Figgis bookshop will be hosted by Rónán Hession with readings by Stephanie Ellyne. Plus plenty of Jameson whiskey (which Joyceans will know has a particular link to Finnegans Wake). Come for the book, stay for the booze.

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Excited to have received the gorgeous reprint of brilliant storyteller Jacob Appel’s novel, The Biology of Luck, today! I’ve only just started it, but it’s stunningly crafted & engaging. Thanks, Jacob and @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social! Check it out here: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_...

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This is Appel's Bloomsday-in-NYC novel, and it is officially out June 16!

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An engrossing search for understanding and meaning in a single, brilliant poem. A Crumpled Swan is a thoughtful and irrefutable demonstration of the power of art. DC is such a knowledgeable and companionable writer. Published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

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A crumpled swan and a grumpy goose. (The book is well worth reading; the goose is best avoided.) Happy pub day @davidcollard.bsky.social!

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In Quadrant (Australia), Lyn Ashcroft on @davidcollard.bsky.social's A CRUMPLED SWAN: "a refreshingly individual approach to poetry" quadrant.org.au/magazine/boo...

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Reading this book by @davidcollard.bsky.social. The blurb says we’ll find essays about an Abigail Parry poem, but they’re also about history, literature and finding the riches of life in unexpected places, which takes us back to what poetry was designed to do.

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Delighted to think of you and Mrs Ró talking about my latest perpetration, and I'me really looking forward to a cavort in Dublin next week. Details of the Hodges Figgis launch here: www.waterstones.com/events/book-...

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Thanks to Jackie Law for her generous review: 'I gained much from my perusal including enjoyment. More than that, though, any reader will ever after carry with them the ability to read poetry through a clearer lens.' neverimitate.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/b...

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A Crumpled Swan by @davidcollard.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social , out today

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David says everything he possibly can about a single, rich poem and keeps going... this leads to playful possibilities. He draws your full attention to one of the finest female poets today Not so much giving you a "handle" on poetry, but showing you don't need one. You're enough of a reader already

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Published today.

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In @wordgathering.bsky.social, Kate Champlin on @jgoldsmith.bsky.social's IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS: "another epic ... a unique take on global events". wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2...

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A bot that replies to stupid Catcher in the Rye takes with a link to Hashtag Good Guy with a Gun.

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From now on, whenever I see dummies complaining about Catcher in the Rye, I'm gonna encourage people to get this book: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/hash...

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Talking to Dan Tremaglio about dreaming, writing, his Mount Rushmore of authors, and his excellent new book The Only Wolf Is Time, out now thru @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books etceteraetc.podbean.com/e/episode-75...

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Sorry to hijack this post, but look, there's Marvin Cohen's How, Upon Reflection, To Be Amorous at @powells.bsky.social !

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On Bloomsday in 2022 I was at Hodges Figgis in Dublin for the launch of 'Multiple Joyce' where I encountered the distinguished milliner John Shevlin, who is also Joyce's representative on earth. I'll be back at HF next month, on Thursday June 12, to launch my latest book 'A Crumpled Swan.' Do come!

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Available now: Frederick Mark Kramer's THEY SHALL NOT PASS: A novel of Madrid and Manhattan. If you've never read a Kramer novel, you should — it's a deeply moving and memorable experience unlike any other, a theater of the page. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/they_shall_not_pass/

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Londoners: come to the launch of Julian Stannard's THE UNIVERSITY OF BLISS at 6pm, the 17th of June at 49 Great Ormond St., or be the shape of this invitational jpeg.

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Colin Steele, in the Canberra City News, covers Julian Stannard's "over-the-top dystopian satire" THE UNIVERSITY OF BLISS with an enjoyable summary: citynews.com.au/2025/albert-...

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Jordan Blum in Bookends Review on @leeupton.bsky.social's WRONGFUL: "another triumph for Upton...enhanced by a wide array of convincingly multilayered and morally shaky characters": thebookendsreview.com/2025/05/14/m...

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How to Market a Personal Essay Collection | @tylergore.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social terenabell.medium.com/how-to-marke... #booksky #authorsofsky

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A month from now, on Thursday 12th June, I'll be at Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dublin to launch A CRUMPLED SWAN, a collection of 50 essays prompted by Abigail Parry's poem 'In the dream of the cold restaurant' www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_cr... It's free! Join me and three very special guests.

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My review of Spine by @johnnymuggins.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/s... available from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social incredibly funny book

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If you're in Dublin on Friday 13th June please join me and some very special guests for an evening of Joyce-aligned Dada cavortings. Music, poetry, performance, readings and a climax involving noisy audience participation. All welcome - not just Joyceans www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/his-ar...

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Dmitry Samarov showed up with a stamp and took over Maudlin House. Every copy of his illustrated Moby Dick is now officially marked and ready to drift out into the world. Preorder one before the ink dries: shop.maudlinhouse.net#moby-dick

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I'll be at the INDIE LIT FAIR today. 12-5pm, Lafayette Street near Astor Pl. (FREE) I'll signing copies of MY LIFE OF CRIME at the @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social table. Look for the hungover writer who forgot to print business cards. @clmporg.bsky.social www.clmp.org/indie-lit-fa...

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please consider donating to my lovely publisher, who really does let their authors be wholly themselves on the page. fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni... (also, I am a spécialité de la maison)

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Happy publication day to Lee Upton's literary mystery, WRONGFUL! John Baum in Necessary Fiction: "On the surface, this is a playful novel, but its heft comes from questions about art, reading, writing, and the darker side of human nature.” https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/wrongful/

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Please join us at CLMP/PEN's Indie Lit Fair on Saturday afternoon on Lafayette Street in NYC's East Village! https://worldvoices.pen.org/event/25-indie-lit-fair/

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WRONGFUL by Lee Upton (@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social). Reviewed by John Baum. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/wron...

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Pound for pound, the brainiest weirdos in lit. Really deserving of your support.

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In her syndicated review column, First Chapters, Irish critic Anne Cunningham calls Thomas Walton's UNSAVORY THOUGHTS "wholly and spectacularly original": https://www.anglocelt.ie/2025/04/20/this-weeks-books-an-extremely-clever-literary-thriller/

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In NYC? Join me Tues for a talk on covid literature @nysoclib.bsky.social: www.nysoclib.org/events/writi...

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