Lochlan Bloom

Mulling things over... | Fiction | Author of The Wave ( Dead Ink Books) | Co-host of @unsoundmethods | All views someone else's.

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This open call looks fantastic!

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Had a great conversation with Holly Pester this morning for a future episode and heard about this great open call from @BooksWork :
https://t.co/iNLkIZVpNR

Two entries will be selected for publication, in the form of a short book (maximum 40,000 words). Check it out...

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This month’s episode is our chat with the late Christopher Priest, who sadly passed away on 2nd February 2024.

Christopher was a hugely acclaimed author, with work spanning a vast universe, and it was fascinating to speak to him about his process.

https://t.co/PgQfnqMww3

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Fascinating conversation with Bill about writing (and not writing) a book

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This month we return to our first in-person recording for way too long, as we sat down with all-round cultural agitator Bill Drummond - founder of the KLF, art-pop icon and author of several books - to talk writing, art and a lot more...

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Now what's going on here then?
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Ep 60 is out now and we are speaking to the fantastic Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams. We discuss collaborative writing, empathy vs solidarity, and the current situation for the displaced Chagossian people.

https://t.co/LVo6UHJrqw

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Great to speak to Natasha and Luke about their unique process

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We have a special offer for all podcast listeners this month with not 1 but 2 guests on the pod.

Tune in for a wonderful conversation with Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams - joint authors of Diego Garcia, winner of the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize.

Ep 60 is out next Wed 21/02

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We're opening 2024 with our chat with David Shields, the internationally bestselling author of twenty-five books, including Reality Hunger (named one of the most important books of the past decade by Lit Hub)

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A New Set of Eyes

Image: Collage Eyes, Wave2. Kim Bosch

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We might have been quiet on here recently but don't worry we've still been busily recording.

After a bit of a pause we'll be launching a new season with some great new conversations in the new year.... stay tuned!

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Great to speak to Johanna for the latest episode of the pod!

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Episode 58 is out today and we speak to writer/ artist/ musician/... Johanna Hedva. We talk about splitting your life between two continents, nostalgia for bad coffee at diners, collecting deleted ghosts, and Tom Cruise Studies amongst many other topics

https://t.co/W2zv3sVdK8

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Get your free e-review copy of The Wake and the Manuscript from @AnsgarAllen online here for a limited period, @AntiOedipusP .

https://t.co/AbPxPN0hdp… or via https://t.co/bV9MmAOhY1

Find our @MinorLits interview with Ansgar at https://t.co/8PYvkHtyWZ

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Again, I find myself walking down that particular stretch of pavement. It leads vaguely towards the centre of town. A place I haven’t been for many years. Not if I can help it in any case. Too many dangers. Too many....

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Fascinating face-off between Etgar Keret and AI Chat

https://t.co/1l4xZQEOqn

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Working link https://t.co/YxkCfmJd9r

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The Weaver Of Balliguish by @LochlanBloom https://t.co/vDV9NS4ICi #fiction #art #life

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Great to speak to @AnsgarAllen for @MinorLits and find out more about his process

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and the original piece: https://t.co/RXzLtm3glw

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Wow @OpenAI Chat GPT has quite some chops when it comes to literary comprehension. It managed to write this pretty coherent review of a piece of mine that is fairly opaque: /1

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disconnection and disorientation, but also offers a glimmer of hope for a different way of being. /9