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Guillermo Stitch

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Author of LAKE OF URINE and THE COAST OF EVERYTHING Executive editor at www.exactingclam.com https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/books/review-lake-of-urine-guillermo-stitch.html

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · Sep 3

My novel "The Coast of Everything" will be published by Sagging Meniscus on Bloomsday, June 16th 2026. You can preorder now at https://www.thecoastofeverything.com

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 19h

New Substack. Subscription is free.

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“I sat on a bank of sand and watched waves hit rock and became an atheist.”

Aficionados of the San Pedro cactus will know what it is to be stripped, in real time, of the basic assumption that it is possible to distinguish mind from world—disabused of the notion that reality a...

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 23h

Shakshuka in Belfast! It's not the olden days any more, is it?

Well done to you and Rónán on recent exciting developments.

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 4d

Makes perfect sense to know that he was an influence on Panenka. One of the reads of my life, the trilogy. I've been lucky enough to wander the neighborhood before and after reading it. And to write about it a little in The Coast of Everything.

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to Michael (who you might have spotted recently in #houseofguinness) for doing this.

Michael Hughes Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING

YouTube video by Sagging Meniscus

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 9d

20 years ago we registered as a company.

30 of our books have been short listed for major Lit Prizes.

2 books adapted for BBC drama series.

Not bad for a small Indy from the North of England.

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Leonard and Hungry Paul cast and Director on telling a story about kindness, friendship, and the quiet heroism of everyday life -

The feel-good series stars Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, with Julia Roberts as narrator

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 11d

This is wonderful stuff by @kevinboniface.bsky.social

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Money and Finance | Round About Town

The Privilege of DIY Culture

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 11d

Even if I don't always understand the lyrics, Stevens makes my kind of music.

Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 11d

Sunday Morning
by WALLACE STEVENS
Complacencies of the peignoir, and late
Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,
And the green freedom of a cockatoo
Upon a rug mingle to dissipate
The holy hush of ancient sacrifice...
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GB Somis. Sonata da camera Op.2 No 4: I. Largo. lynkify.in/song/sonata-...
#poetry

Sunday Morning

The day is like wide water, without sound, Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet Over the seas, to silent Palestine, Dominion of the blood and sepulchre. Shall she not find in comforts of the s...

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 14d

When a shortlist includes @cdrose.bsky.social and @benpester.bsky.social someone knows what they’re doing.

m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 14d

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Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist

The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 16d

This is the future of curation.

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 16d

An interview with John Patrick Higgins. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @tylergore.bsky.social #booksky

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 19d

Reviewers who want to get in early for a review copy now have the opportunity to cover the book for Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

Many thanks to them.

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Fiction | Poetry | Nonfiction | Comics | Chapbooks + Mixed Genres Last updated September 25, 2025 We are actively looking for people to write for Heavy Feather—and we cover books that aren’t …

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 19d

Ah, Talbot St . . .

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 21d

Love that bridge. Favourite part of the city.

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 21d

But I'm fine with it @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @stephenathomes.bsky.social

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 21d

This isn't at all what I had in mind.

Bob Osser @lostmyticket.bsky.social · 22d

Disney announces new show - Guillermo and Stitch

#JimmyKimmel #Colbert #DisneyPlus

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 21d

This isn't at all what I had in mind.

Bob Osser @lostmyticket.bsky.social · 22d

Disney announces new show - Guillermo and Stitch

#JimmyKimmel #Colbert #DisneyPlus

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks Jesi!

Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 24d

Also from @guillermostitch.bsky.social's COAST, author Jesi Bender: youtube.com/shorts/WlZ7j...

Brooklyn Book Festival Booth Reading: Jesi Bender Reads Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 24d

Continuing with the @guillermostitch.bsky.social theme, Kenneth reads from LAKE OF URINE: youtube.com/shorts/f_kMi...

2025 Brooklyn Book Festival Booth Reading: Kenneth Reads Guillermo Stitch's LAKE OF URINE

YouTube video by Sagging Meniscus

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 25d

Absolutely my favourite pub.

Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 25d

Guerilla-style

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 25d

Booth 333.

Sagging Meniscus booth at the Brooklyn Book Festival

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 25d

Pretty.

Jeff Chon @jeffchon.bsky.social · 26d

Hark the herald

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 25d

Indeed. Thanks David!

David Henningham 郭大衛 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💖💛💙 @henninghampress.bsky.social · 26d

The Coast of Everything by @guillermostitch.bsky.social

This is a book that is causing stirrings among people that know, like a literary geyser. Whether this geyserade comes out as opus or soup, either way you'll be nourished and it's likely you'll laugh

Preorder:
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A book with no ending and endless beginnings. Includes two free recipes.

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Coast of Everything

The Bab was Moonlit Milkish Blue

Coast Lines. See?

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · Sep 14

Vick Mickunas on John Patrick Higgins' "brutally hilarious" SPINE in the Dayton Daily News: "Fortunately after a few pages I recognized the author has a warped somewhat gallows sense of humor." https://bit.ly/42oIdsg

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · Sep 12

Couple of gents.