The messiest part of her youth
On googling yourself, publicity goals, The Boys, The Rachel Incident and The Bee Sting Hello everyone! Woah, this last fortnight has sped...
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Isolation Bear
Oct 26, 20235 min read
My hideous visage
On launching a debut novel, my bad reading habits, conquering the cultural cringe, and Deadloch Hello there, How has everyone been? Any...
Isolation Bear
Oct 2, 20236 min read
A pomegranate or a bouquet of tulips
On DuoLingo, Only Murders in the Building, Northanger Abbey, and some nervous feelings about publication Bonjour mes amis! Yes, I’m...
Isolation Bear
Oct 2, 20236 min read
What is a dandy to do?
On late capitalism, unboxing videos, The Sound of Music and Jonathan Franzen Hello my fellow productive economic units!* How are you all...
Isolation Bear
Aug 30, 20237 min read
Very leafy buttocks
On spring cleaning, Absolutely Fabulous, more VDPR, and Jane Austen Dear friends, How is everyone? Having a thrilling August, I hope? I’m...
Isolation Bear
Aug 30, 20236 min read
Simply bursting with mental wellness
On Barbie, Percival Everett and literary re-education camps, and an invitation to my book launch Dear valued customers! How is everyone?...
Isolation Bear
Aug 2, 20236 min read
Leonard Cohen's funeral
On one star reviews, The Logies, Emma Cline, Hernan Diaz and ChatGPT Hello darlings, How are things? I have been having a somewhat busy...
Isolation Bear
Aug 2, 20232 min read
She's here and she's perfect
In which a COVER is REVEALED Oh my goodness, what is this??? Why, it’s just THE BEAUTIFUL COVER of my DEBUT NOVEL, which is coming out on...
Isolation Bear
Jul 20, 20237 min read
Hanky is depressed
On parties, a reality TV masterpiece, Andrea Levy, Robert Skinner and a literary assassination Greetings, fellow children of god! I hope...
Isolation Bear
Jul 8, 20237 min read
Coolly alienated and fashionably glum
On cowering indoors, Tadao Ando bowling alleys, Black Mirror, Ottessa Moshfegh, Lauren Oyler and Bo Burnham Hello blossoms! What’s new?...
Isolation Bear
Jul 8, 20237 min read
The Compliment Goblin
On sore heads, the socialist revolution, The Other Two, and bonkers WhatsApp group chats Hello my little frogs! How is everyone?...
Isolation Bear
Jun 7, 20236 min read
Innovative and Stylish Insulated Wallpaper Solutions
On Schmigadoon!, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Curtis Sittenfeld and Martin Amis Dear god, is it really two weeks since I last wrote one of these?...
Isolation Bear
May 23, 20236 min read
Hell Spores of Doom
On Covid-19, Happy Valley, Somebody Somewhere, Milk Fed and Eleven Letters to You Why, hello there! Can you believe it has been two weeks...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20237 min read
Fully Commit to the Magic
On audiobooks, the Coronation, Jerry Saltz, Dylan Moran, and the Melbourne Writers Festival Hello there, old sock, what’s new? Around my...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20237 min read
The 10th circle of hell
On copyediting, Love is Blind, Barbara Kingsolver, Jennifer Down, and the joy of failure Dear fellow human beings, How are things with...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20235 min read
Paranoid, Miserable, Dead on the Inside
On family holidays, Succession, Rebecca Makkai, and Cormac McCarthy Hello, my darlings! How was everybody’s Easter? Mine was pretty...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20235 min read
Post-Civilisational Comic Relief
On Alone, Birnam Wood, the IPCC report and the magic of gastroenteritis Beloved subscribers, How’s it going? Around here things have been...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20235 min read
A Wicked, Joyful Energy
Beloved acquaintances, What’s going on? I have no idea, obviously, but if you do, please don’t hesitate to send me an email with a dot...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20235 min read
My Matchless Beauty
Hello friands! What’s up? There are so many things up around here that I don’t even know where to begin!!! I say this not to boast, by...
Isolation Bear
May 11, 20233 min read
Relentless Existential Dread
Hello every people! This week my youngest kid turned 6, which was pretty cute—she requested a first aid kit for her birthday, and is now...
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