C.D. Rose

Good grief. If I see the same six books on any more best reads of 2026 lists I am going to scream and it’s only October. We have another two months of this. Don’t be sheep. Try reading one of the gazillion great books the publishing industry isn’t trying to force down your throat.

It made me think that what we actually need to address is the state of the conversation about books, rather than the state of books, because it’s completely moribund - an endless recycling of the same three or four topics with no conclusions drawn whatsoever.

"Vinyl Requiem 33.3" - Philip Jeck & Lol Sargent’s landmark 180-turntable work returns to Union Chapel 33.3 years after its 1993 premiere. All profits go to The Philip Jeck Foundation, supporting artists working in experimental and creative arts. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/vinyl-requie...

today @ minor lits ... The Bear — Imogen Clarke The Bear was shortlisted for the 2026 @desperatelit.bsky.social Short Fiction Prize, judged by Ottessa Moshfegh, Claire-Louise Bennett and Joanna Walsh. minorliteratures.com/2026/10/13/t...

Critic @davidcollard.bsky.social kicks off a series of conversations with authors and publishers on the state of criticism, small presses and the reception of a certain novel. First up is @cdrose.bsky.social, author of We Live Here Now, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize. youtu.be/EUbitLCUnqE?...

(Rare) public appearance from me, and (quite frequent) one from @lukekennard.bsky.social talking about black bags, poems, novels, and maybe Strindberg and Slint. @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - a week on Thursday. Come along!

It's National Poetry Day and yes, it should run for a week, or a month, or even longer. Here's my book about reading one short poem very closely for a year - and what a poem! www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_cr...

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2026 shortlist! 🎉🎉   Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥   Visit our website to find out more www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

As always, I'm keen to hear from potential contributors. You just need i) to love short stories ii) to be able to narrow that love down to 12 (TWELVE!) stories and iii) be able to write about what they mean to you. DMs open. Don't be shy!

Jongens, gadver, I have written about the new Joy Division box set and the band in NL in 1980. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Please find the ENSFR Events Programme below. ENSFR Events Programme - Autumn 2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/19/e...

I know the new China Miéville is a big one, but *35 quid*?

Noticing a few "publications" lifting a lot of my recent Soft Cell feature wholesale, so re-upping it in case there's anyone who still wants to read it from the source!

3 September 1832 Enraged that the head of a 3-year-old cholera victim had been severed from his body, a mob attacked the cholera hospital, Swan St Manchester. The head was retrieved from the home of a medical student who fled the town.

A great piece here from Sofia Hallström, regarding a (possibly) non-existent show at a (possibly) non-existent gallery, which would have been even too much for my 'We Live Here Now.' www.interviewmagazine.com/art/ferrari-...

Manchester! I will soon be leading a @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social Reading Round at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social looking at works related to the collection of Enriqueta Rylands. Come along, it's free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-ro...

Feeling increasingly okay about not being able to get a 'proper' academic job at a UK university (such as this one, which I've had more than one unsuccessful interview with). It's all just a straight-up ethical shitshow ain't it.

‘In the centre of the exhibition is a case of non-existent books. Florence Jung’s 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 (2015) is invisible, apparent only through an invoice (€47, which seems rather steep, even if it does include shipping).’ Gill Partington in Brussels, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...

More of the sentences I'm sharing every day on Substack.

New update via Substack. guillermostitch.substack.com/p/i-live-in-...

two weeks left to send us fiction, essays and experimental texts ... details here: minorliteratures.com/submissions/

While I may own more steam train recordings than is strictly necessary, I read a sleeve note like this and have to buy another.

"What each review has in common with the others is that it reads like the report of a surveyor who can’t find the front door, and so (for his supper) surveys the facade." A response to some baffling reviews of The Coast of Everything. Share if you care. www.3ammagazine.com/3am/a-litera...

⚫ Le penseur belge Raoul Vaneigem, mort cette semaine à 92 ans, fut aux côtés de Guy Debord l’une des figures du situationnisme, ce mouvement de contestation radicale du capitalisme et de la «société du spectacle», inspirateur de Mai 68. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/Vc3

ERRATUM REVIEWS | open for submissions | tangents welcome erratumpress.com/reviews

Out now! The first title in Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images & poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. Buy the pamphlet + poster here: intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

Relative letter frequency in The Odyssey, indicated by thickness of white wave, alphabetical, top to bottom.

best bit advice for submitting fiction to @minorliteratures.bsky.social is the one fewest people follow: know what we publish and don't just send whatever cos it's open ... recent pieces here: minorliteratures.com/category/fic...

London! I will be reading in you. This Sunday, 3.30pm, Ellie's Bar on Kingsland Road. (As part of the Soho Reading Series.)

'Ian and I were getting to know each other ... We were planning to do some music together...' Surely one of the great 'what ifs.' www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

In the @thetls.bsky.social, re @guillermostitch.bsky.social, 'The Coast of Everything,' and the necessity of messy, drunken literature.

References to rain in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847), in order of occurrence.

There on the horizon…could it be…yes....the Sale Boat! ⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚⛵️📚 Wednesday, July 15 (tomorrow), all books on our site are 30% off. That means most titles are going for under $20, and many for less than $15.

Happy Bastille Day! Post a French banger grandveymont.bandcamp.com/album/persis...

This is a very good book.

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice is looking for short stories for its forthcoming special issue ‘Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors’. Deadline 1st December and guest edited by Elsa Court, Nina Ellis and Sonya Moor: www.intellectbooks.com/short-fictio...

Any writers in need of one? Never used.

Happy Canada Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ei...

Sylvia Purr-lath appreciating ‘Light Across the Plains,’ forthcoming from @sharonduggal.bsky.social and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Whoops, sorry, I'm clearly blowing things out of proportion. The UK HE sector will be fine. Why, just today I saw this ad for an associate film lecturer. Thinking of applying--too bad my machete is currently in the shop!

“The older I get, the more I distrust discourse”: An Interview with M. John Harrison — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/06/18/t...

Tonight's launch at The Wheatsheaf Tavern in Fitzrovia of Guillermo Stitch's 'The Coast of Everything.' You had to be there.

A fun & fabulous evening at the launch of @guillermostitch.bsky.social new novel #TheCoastOfEverything Loved seeing him turn the tables & interview @davidcollard.bsky.social about it & @cdrose.bsky.social & Johnny White Really Really were fantastic 👏👏 The best Monday evening 💛📚💛 #books #booksky

Celebrations marking the publication of Guillermo Stitch's long-awaited novel The Coast of Everything. Tonight: London launch! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-coast-... Tuesday: Allender Calendar podcast! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Wednesday: Dublin launch! www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-for...

London! Come to this tomorrow! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-coast-...

Cover versions of Fall songs are rarely a good idea, but this - by Elaine Mitchener and Elizabeth Kenny, voice and (I believe) theorbo - is remarkable. (Here, from 32:00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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“Studio at the Wall” - information for people in East Berlin was provided by mobile transmitters from the West near the wall. Photographer unknown. Landesarchiv Berlin

A massive thank you to whoever left this at Todmorden station. It has found a good home.