Alastair Horne Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alastair Horne

Ian Rankin - Rebus 7: Let it Bleed Ian Rankin - Rebus 8: Black and Blue Georges Simenon - Maigret: The Lazy Burglar Georges Simenon - Maigret: The Flemish House Ian Rankin - Rebus 9: The Hanging Garden Tom Holland - Penguin Monarchs: Athelstan - The Making of England 5/n

Alastair Horne

Very pleased to be at the online launch of the @beprolifiko book <<Written>> with @Eva_Bec, Chris Smith, and @oliverburkeman. https://t.co/eNUhnzGMuL

Alastair Horne

Reading @JocHargrave’s book Teaching Publishing and Editorial Practice, and finding that the introduction is setting off all sorts of ideas for how to kick off discussion of the editor’s role if I end up teaching this again next year here at @stirpublishing…

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Omitting collected works sets, what’re the top 5 authors in your library by number of books on your shelves? QT with your answer: Terrance Dicks Graham Greene Vladimir Nabokov Martin Amis William Shakespeare https://t.co/QgCaHm7phG

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If you’re wondering how my brain is working this Saturday morning, I’ve twice misidentified photos of Sally Rooney as the actress from Normal People and got very confused as a result.

Alastair Horne

5. Little Miss Bossy by Roger Hargreaves. What you'll learn: - Techniques to maintain employee satisfaction and drive results - How to build stronger relationships in your team https://t.co/VSjiOrdkr2

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@Adrian_Bee Oh, you poor thing, Adrian! Take care of yourself and don't push yourself too hard too soon.

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I’m reading Josephine Tey’s first Inspector Grant novel, The Man in the Queue, and I’m mostly enjoying it, but its relentless use of the r*cist term “d*go” is really beginning to wear me down.

Alastair Horne

Ian Rankin - Rebus 7: Let it Bleed Ian Rankin - Rebus 8: Black and Blue Georges Simenon - Maigret: The Lazy Burglar Georges Simenon - Maigret: The Flemish House Ian Rankin - Rebus 9: The Hanging Garden Tom Holland - Penguin Monarchs: Athelstan - The Making of England 5/n

Alastair Horne

A weird coincidence: this morning, I randomly dig out a magazine from 2009 where Robert Wyatt recommends the soundtrack to the film of Kobe Abe’s novel The Woman in the Dunes; this afternoon in Waterstones I find an interesting looking book on display, The Ruined Map by Kobe Abe.