Liam Bishop
@liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social
✍️Writer from Leeds with bylines in Irish Times, LA Review of Books, TLS and many others.
🎧Curating the world’s most interesting writers on the Rippling Pages
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👨🏻⚕️Elsewhere, health researcher
https://tinyurl.com/Lbhealthbluesky
🎧Curating the world’s most interesting writers on the Rippling Pages
Linktr.ee/ripplingpagespod
👨🏻⚕️Elsewhere, health researcher
https://tinyurl.com/Lbhealthbluesky
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If you can’t make it to an independent bookshop to buy books for Christmas presents and have to buy online, buy them from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. Free shipping ends tomorrow. uk.bookshop.org
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.
uk.bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you can’t make it to an independent bookshop to buy books for Christmas presents and have to buy online, buy them from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. Free shipping ends tomorrow. uk.bookshop.org
Super excited for this event in Leeds next week.
At Chapel Allerton library with Eva Meijer on SEA NOW, tr. by Anne Thompson Melo, is absurdist climate crisis novel (shades) of Saramago
Horatio Clare hosting. Need to read his Nero shortlisted book, WE CAME BY SEA!
@leedslibraries.bsky.social
At Chapel Allerton library with Eva Meijer on SEA NOW, tr. by Anne Thompson Melo, is absurdist climate crisis novel (shades) of Saramago
Horatio Clare hosting. Need to read his Nero shortlisted book, WE CAME BY SEA!
@leedslibraries.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Super excited for this event in Leeds next week.
At Chapel Allerton library with Eva Meijer on SEA NOW, tr. by Anne Thompson Melo, is absurdist climate crisis novel (shades) of Saramago
Horatio Clare hosting. Need to read his Nero shortlisted book, WE CAME BY SEA!
@leedslibraries.bsky.social
At Chapel Allerton library with Eva Meijer on SEA NOW, tr. by Anne Thompson Melo, is absurdist climate crisis novel (shades) of Saramago
Horatio Clare hosting. Need to read his Nero shortlisted book, WE CAME BY SEA!
@leedslibraries.bsky.social
A really heavy work week
FAIR by @jencalleja.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social really has been wonderful to have to read when I can
FAIR by @jencalleja.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social really has been wonderful to have to read when I can
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A really heavy work week
FAIR by @jencalleja.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social really has been wonderful to have to read when I can
FAIR by @jencalleja.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social really has been wonderful to have to read when I can
New episode of the Rippling Pages is out!
Lee Cole is talking about how he found an old book at his grandparents to inspire his work!
Lee considers himself a preserver of idiom - I’ve never heard a writer call themselves this before.
Find out what Lee means 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Lee Cole is talking about how he found an old book at his grandparents to inspire his work!
Lee considers himself a preserver of idiom - I’ve never heard a writer call themselves this before.
Find out what Lee means 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Lee Cole Bonus - how Lee found old books at his grandparents to build his characters and worlds
Podcast Episode · Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers · 27/11/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New episode of the Rippling Pages is out!
Lee Cole is talking about how he found an old book at his grandparents to inspire his work!
Lee considers himself a preserver of idiom - I’ve never heard a writer call themselves this before.
Find out what Lee means 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Lee Cole is talking about how he found an old book at his grandparents to inspire his work!
Lee considers himself a preserver of idiom - I’ve never heard a writer call themselves this before.
Find out what Lee means 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
🍗A southern fried rendition of Marx? What would Karl or the colonel say about that?!
Find out why two half brothers are divided in Lee Cole’s novel and the (anti)intellectual conflict at the heart of it @faberbooks.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Find out why two half brothers are divided in Lee Cole’s novel and the (anti)intellectual conflict at the heart of it @faberbooks.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🍗A southern fried rendition of Marx? What would Karl or the colonel say about that?!
Find out why two half brothers are divided in Lee Cole’s novel and the (anti)intellectual conflict at the heart of it @faberbooks.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Find out why two half brothers are divided in Lee Cole’s novel and the (anti)intellectual conflict at the heart of it @faberbooks.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Was up early watching the cricket and doing some work.
What a bizarre game this has been
What a bizarre game this has been
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Was up early watching the cricket and doing some work.
What a bizarre game this has been
What a bizarre game this has been
Ever wondered what else your Christmas and Black Friday packages might be mixed in with?
Some of Lee Cole’s novel is set in a packaging warehouse.
In the episode, Lee talks about how he turned this ‘boring’ job into a really interesting setting of his novel
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Some of Lee Cole’s novel is set in a packaging warehouse.
In the episode, Lee talks about how he turned this ‘boring’ job into a really interesting setting of his novel
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ever wondered what else your Christmas and Black Friday packages might be mixed in with?
Some of Lee Cole’s novel is set in a packaging warehouse.
In the episode, Lee talks about how he turned this ‘boring’ job into a really interesting setting of his novel
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Some of Lee Cole’s novel is set in a packaging warehouse.
In the episode, Lee talks about how he turned this ‘boring’ job into a really interesting setting of his novel
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Looking forward to 2026!
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Looking forward to 2026!
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social
🚨New episode of the Rippling Pages is out now!
I’m talking to Lee Cole and asking why is that two people from the same place and family can end up in very different places?
This is Lee Cole’s novel, HOMECOMING @faberbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
I’m talking to Lee Cole and asking why is that two people from the same place and family can end up in very different places?
This is Lee Cole’s novel, HOMECOMING @faberbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨New episode of the Rippling Pages is out now!
I’m talking to Lee Cole and asking why is that two people from the same place and family can end up in very different places?
This is Lee Cole’s novel, HOMECOMING @faberbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
I’m talking to Lee Cole and asking why is that two people from the same place and family can end up in very different places?
This is Lee Cole’s novel, HOMECOMING @faberbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Another episode tomorrow, but here’s what I learnt from the wonderful essayist @joannapocock.bsky.social
🙏 Writing kindness
🚎 the importance of buses
🛣️ another road trip on RP - and I’m here for it!
We were discussing GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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🙏 Writing kindness
🚎 the importance of buses
🛣️ another road trip on RP - and I’m here for it!
We were discussing GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Bonus! Joanna Pocock on why your phone and notebook might be all you need to write
Podcast Episode · Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers · 30/10/2025 · 13m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Another episode tomorrow, but here’s what I learnt from the wonderful essayist @joannapocock.bsky.social
🙏 Writing kindness
🚎 the importance of buses
🛣️ another road trip on RP - and I’m here for it!
We were discussing GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
🙏 Writing kindness
🚎 the importance of buses
🛣️ another road trip on RP - and I’m here for it!
We were discussing GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Tavistock Square looking wonderfully autumnal
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tavistock Square looking wonderfully autumnal
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‘Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend. . . a profoundly moving experience.’ Ann Patchett
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
‘Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend. . . a profoundly moving experience.’ Ann Patchett
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize - we're looking forward to finding out the winner this evening ✨
www.faber.co.uk/book/9780571...
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Good morning #bluesky!
The wonderful @ccrrll.bsky.social has a new short story out in Glut Magazine.
'When I'm Thirsty and When I'm Not' is about a woman's infatuation with a deceased playwright.
Read it below:
shorturl.at/Ugfws
[ #MondayReads #BookSky💙📚 #AmReading]
The wonderful @ccrrll.bsky.social has a new short story out in Glut Magazine.
'When I'm Thirsty and When I'm Not' is about a woman's infatuation with a deceased playwright.
Read it below:
shorturl.at/Ugfws
[ #MondayReads #BookSky💙📚 #AmReading]
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Good morning #bluesky!
The wonderful @ccrrll.bsky.social has a new short story out in Glut Magazine.
'When I'm Thirsty and When I'm Not' is about a woman's infatuation with a deceased playwright.
Read it below:
shorturl.at/Ugfws
[ #MondayReads #BookSky💙📚 #AmReading]
The wonderful @ccrrll.bsky.social has a new short story out in Glut Magazine.
'When I'm Thirsty and When I'm Not' is about a woman's infatuation with a deceased playwright.
Read it below:
shorturl.at/Ugfws
[ #MondayReads #BookSky💙📚 #AmReading]
🕵️Is there a clue to @joannapocock.bsky.social
next book in the full episode of our conversation?
Fans of Joanna will be pleased to hear that she has ideas for her next book - a new subject she’s becoming increasingly obsessed by!
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next book in the full episode of our conversation?
Fans of Joanna will be pleased to hear that she has ideas for her next book - a new subject she’s becoming increasingly obsessed by!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🕵️Is there a clue to @joannapocock.bsky.social
next book in the full episode of our conversation?
Fans of Joanna will be pleased to hear that she has ideas for her next book - a new subject she’s becoming increasingly obsessed by!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
next book in the full episode of our conversation?
Fans of Joanna will be pleased to hear that she has ideas for her next book - a new subject she’s becoming increasingly obsessed by!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Me and @joannapocock.bsky.social about old film cameras on the Rippling Pages
I love film photography - this is a cheap little point and click i found on eBay. Not sure they measure up to Joanna’s! 🤣
Listen to more on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
I love film photography - this is a cheap little point and click i found on eBay. Not sure they measure up to Joanna’s! 🤣
Listen to more on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Me and @joannapocock.bsky.social about old film cameras on the Rippling Pages
I love film photography - this is a cheap little point and click i found on eBay. Not sure they measure up to Joanna’s! 🤣
Listen to more on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
I love film photography - this is a cheap little point and click i found on eBay. Not sure they measure up to Joanna’s! 🤣
Listen to more on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Hoping Alan wins - can’t see it happening!
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hoping Alan wins - can’t see it happening!
Prof Gary Younge lecture at Leeds Uni this evening - ‘the man who photobombed De Gaulle’
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Prof Gary Younge lecture at Leeds Uni this evening - ‘the man who photobombed De Gaulle’
High praise! Thank you!
Great conversation and great pod. I’ve been binging episodes 🎧📚
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
High praise! Thank you!
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Great conversation and great pod. I’ve been binging episodes 🎧📚
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great conversation and great pod. I’ve been binging episodes 🎧📚
Artful weekend
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Artful weekend
Catching Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante this afternoon
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Catching Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante this afternoon
📸Photographs are like writing - they’re all about editing and what you choose to leave out!
Bonus content with @joannapocock.bsky.social is now out - we’re talking more about objects of influence and GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Come and listen👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Bonus content with @joannapocock.bsky.social is now out - we’re talking more about objects of influence and GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Come and listen👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📸Photographs are like writing - they’re all about editing and what you choose to leave out!
Bonus content with @joannapocock.bsky.social is now out - we’re talking more about objects of influence and GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Come and listen👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Bonus content with @joannapocock.bsky.social is now out - we’re talking more about objects of influence and GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Come and listen👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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#Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal has been selected by Waterstones as a best fiction book of 2025 🌊
A holy river returns, seven lives change course. Saraswati is a masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
A holy river returns, seven lives change course. Saraswati is a masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal has been selected by Waterstones as a best fiction book of 2025 🌊
A holy river returns, seven lives change course. Saraswati is a masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
A holy river returns, seven lives change course. Saraswati is a masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
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It is full of gossip, though she doesn't reveal much about her affair with Nelson Algren... though it's all there if one reads between the lines. (The book is beautifully translated by Carol Cosman)
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is full of gossip, though she doesn't reveal much about her affair with Nelson Algren... though it's all there if one reads between the lines. (The book is beautifully translated by Carol Cosman)
Love this cover from de Beauvoir’s reissue of America Day by Day
As @joannapocock.bsky.social says, ‘it’s full of gossip’
Joanna mentions it in her book GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Which we spoke about on RP (doing some bonus content to release tomorrow!)
As @joannapocock.bsky.social says, ‘it’s full of gossip’
Joanna mentions it in her book GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Which we spoke about on RP (doing some bonus content to release tomorrow!)
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Love this cover from de Beauvoir’s reissue of America Day by Day
As @joannapocock.bsky.social says, ‘it’s full of gossip’
Joanna mentions it in her book GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Which we spoke about on RP (doing some bonus content to release tomorrow!)
As @joannapocock.bsky.social says, ‘it’s full of gossip’
Joanna mentions it in her book GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Which we spoke about on RP (doing some bonus content to release tomorrow!)