An insightful and timely Aeon essay...

#RecommendedReading

https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies

#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon

The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written?

#UnderTheVolcano2026 #Books #RecommendedReading #bookstodon

Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025

Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wondering why this post is for July, I got behind on posting my lists and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/

#freenonfiction #RecommendedReading #DanielSilva #EvgeniaPerez #GabrielAllon

#WhatWereReading : Fiona loved Salina Yoon's Penguin and Pinecone from Bloomsbury.

It's an older book, but just such a warm, charming story of love & friendship we wanted to share it.

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #PenguinAndPinecone #RecommendedReading #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #SalinaYoon #PictureBooks

#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed Yasuhiko Nishizawa's The Man Who Died Seven Times (pub Pushkin Press), translated by Jesse Kirkwood (who also translated Matsumoto's Tokyo Express, which we loved).

A family murder mystery with a dash of time-loop; think Knives Out meets Groundhog Day!

#books #livres #bookshops #librairies #CrimeFiction #RomanPolicier #JapaneseFiction #FictionInTranslation #bookstodon #YasuhikoNishisawa #TheManWhoDiedSevenTimes #RecommendedReading

Recommended Reading List: October, 2025

I decided to do the Recommended Reading List as intended, releasing it the month after I did the reading. I got behind earlier in the year, so the place where I store the recommended reads has turned into a towering mass of fiction. I’m going to catch up on those, but first,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/11/08/recommended-reading-list-october-2025/

#freenonfiction #MiddleGradeYoungAdult #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction

#WhatWereReading : Joe adored the Grandville series by the great Bryan Talbot, eagerly awaiting this standalone prequel, which combines superb artwork & storytelling with layered references.

And yes, Joe is biased as he considers Bryan one of the greatest UK comics creators, and the Grandville series was a triumph (in his humble opinion)

Out now from Jonathan Cape

(and yes, that is a Star Trek top, we're dressed up for #Halloween in the bookshop today!)

#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #BryanTalbot #TheCasebookOfStamfordHawksmoor #Grandville #UKComics #BritishComics #EuropeanComics #JonathanCape #bookstodon #RecommendedReading #comics

Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.

https://raindrop.io/armin-hanisch/ai-31838189

#AI #KI #RecommendedReading #LLM #FediLZ

Recommended Reading List: April 2025

Still operating from behind here, because these past two years were insane. At least I found time to read again, even when conducting a workshop or working with student manuscripts. I didn’t find a lot to like, though, in April. I read a number of books that either didn’t end well or…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/08/28/recommended-reading-list-april-2025/

#Fantasy #freenonfiction #historicalfiction #RecommendedReading #AaronCouch
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