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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 1h

I Swear dramatises John Davidson’s life with Tourette’s brilliantly. You’ll laugh (one scene in the back of a car could be the funniest of the year), you’ll cry and you’ll realise that there are more kind people than cruel. Highly recommended.

Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 11h

Let's have another round of: Things that people say to authors at comic cons...

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Things people say to authors at comic cons #4

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 1d

Ready to sell, sell, sell at Southend on Sea today!

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, can’t wait to dig into this new oral history of the Floyd from Mark Blake (and a signed copy, too!).

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 2d

An Update on The End of Gods (Yes, Another One)…

Sadly, there’s a wee delay. I explain myself here on the Youtubes…
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An update on The End of Gods

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 2d

This might look like a gifty, stocking-filler for fans, but Cleese goes into incredible detail on the writing, rehearsing and filming of Fawlty Towers, and it’s full of stuff that even a sad little nerd like me never knew. Recommended reading for writers, alongside his excellent book “Creativity.”

The book “Fawlty Towers: Fawlts and All” by John Cleese.

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Fi Phillips @fiphillipswriter.bsky.social · 3d

Signed books, brown paper, bookmarks, and twine. All ready for something special launching very soon.

#BookLovers #ReadingCommunity #FantasyBooks #BookSky

Magic Bound by Fi Phillips printed bookmark handmade ribbon and charms bookmark brown paper twine

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 4d

I shall take up knitting immediately!😂

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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 5d

If anyone wants a bit of gently creepy contemporary fantasy this Halloween, The Devil in the Vicarage goes on sale the 30th of October and you can buy it here:

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Vicara...
US: www.amazon.com/Devil-Vicara...

Promo card for The Devil in the Vicarage with the artwork and cover copy: Something bad lurks in the leafy heart of Surrey. Well yes, obviously there’s Guildford, but that’s not what I...

Okay, fine – there’s another horror lurking in the depths of Surrey. When I receive a cryptic phone call one morning, it’s my new life as a gentlewoman-wizard calling. The Carnells may be unpopular and almost extinct, but apparently one of us still has a duty.

My destination? Winterfold Vicarage in the village of Cranleigh. My task? Unknown, but how could sending me of all people to a vicarage possibly go badly? Yes, obviously apart from me being slightly possessed by a devil?

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 5d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 5d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 5d

A man of exquisite taste…

D. V. Bishop's CARNIVAL OF LIES out now @dvbishop.com · 5d

In this week's free newsletter, discover my suggestions for:
Top 5 Podcasts on Reading
Top 5 Podcasts on Writing &
Top 5 Podcasts on Publishing
(Could easily have done a Top 10 for each, left out so many!)
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Bookish podcasts

For your listening pleasure

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Pernille Hughes @pernillehughes.bsky.social · 5d

Excited for this! Come along!!🤩

Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 6d

NEW DATE AND TIME! Join me LIVE with @pernillehughes.bsky.social on Monday 3rd November at 8PM GMT for what promises to be another cracking episode of the podcast that dares to shop early for Christmas.

Facebook: fb.me/e/3zhYHqYHw

Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/P6W74xA...

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever Marina Hyde or Richard Osman says “This episode…”

Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 6d

NEW DATE AND TIME! Join me LIVE with @pernillehughes.bsky.social on Monday 3rd November at 8PM GMT for what promises to be another cracking episode of the podcast that dares to shop early for Christmas.

Facebook: fb.me/e/3zhYHqYHw

Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/P6W74xA...

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry to hear about your father, George. My condolences to you and yours, and thanks for your kind words.

Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 7d

Mum died tonight. We’re with Dad, telling stories and laughing and crying. Death is weird. Miss you, Mum. Love you more than you can know.

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 8d

Today, I witnessed the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man endure an existential crisis during a power cut at a comic con…

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Pernille Hughes @pernillehughes.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to this! Come along!! #Booksky

Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 9d

Join me LIVE with @pernillehughes.bsky.social, author of A COPENHAGEN SNOWMANCE, which is here to herald in Christmas. Yes, I said the C-word! What of it?

Thursday 9th October, 8pm BST
Facebook: fb.me/e/3zhYHqYHw
Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/P6W74xA...

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 8d

I’m selling and signing m’books at the Ashford Comic Con today at the mighty Stour Centre. Come one, come all!

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 9d

Join me LIVE with @pernillehughes.bsky.social, author of A COPENHAGEN SNOWMANCE, which is here to herald in Christmas. Yes, I said the C-word! What of it?

Thursday 9th October, 8pm BST
Facebook: fb.me/e/3zhYHqYHw
Youtube: www.youtube.com/live/P6W74xA...

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 9d

R.I.P. Patricia Routledge.

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 10d

Spooky season? 🎃 So soon? If only I had a series of witchy books set in a little village in England during the Second World War where they combat the supernatural… Oh wait I do. And you can get signed copies from me right here… witchesofwoodville.com/the-village-...

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 11d

It’s nice to meet a fellow victim of this scandal.

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 11d

At least you were reading!😂

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 11d

This is a slightly depressing article, but I do meet plenty of readers every weekend at comic cons and they are without exception smart, empathetic, gorgeous and witty human beings. Or is that just my readers?😁

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The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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