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Bloomin' Eck, My New Book Is Finally Here!
A little about 1983, a brief extract, and me reading another one aloud...
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Things About The Countryside That Make Me Angry, And Some Photographs I Have Taken Of Them
The Struggle To Leave The Footbath
My Notebooks
And The Book That Emerged From Them
The Village Message Board
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Why Reading Online Reviews Of Your Book Will Lead You Nowhere Good
You could ask your publishers to put advisory stickers on your books saying “NOT FOR FUCKWITS” to try to save yourself some hassle but it’s unlikely they’d be cool with it.
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BOOKS!
Including the new one
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The Gun's Always Loaded, The Horse Always Kicks
Two Days With My Dad
The Very Grungy Caterpillar
The Shopping Malls Of The Past, And Their Art
Writing
A Few Thoughts On The Current Movie Scene From The Hare Who Lives On The Blackboard In My Kitchen
gardening
How (Possibly Not) To Make A Scarecrow: A Photo Story
As those who read my recent Guardian column on the subject will know, I like scarecrows, and have been wanting to make my own and finding excuses to put it off for some time now. Yesterday, however, I finally got down to business, with the help of my friend Jo,
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Local Squirrel Map And Notes: 31.10.2015
A violent storm raged here in the early hours of yesterday morning and my bedroom window, which I keep open at night in all but the absolute coldest weather, twanged off the catch, crashed against the wall and almost smashed. Outside, in a strange cold blue light, the trees moved