Jacob Riley

Author signed to The Liverpool Literary Agency.

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

I never thought I'd be writing essays again after finishing university but here I am, back at it. It has a bibliography and everything:

https://t.co/bEqkyvPfgS

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

My Google Home speaker, totally unprompted, said: 'If I slept, I definitely wouldn't sleep in a coffin. And if I ate, I definitely wouldn't eat blood. I think you're safe.'

Thanks Google

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

Paul Stanbridge is an incredible modern writer. I really hope this book gets the attention it deserves @GalleyBeggars

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

@Lizryan99 @Lpoolcentlib @YBattleFelton @acarolcolombo @JenniferKhalil7 @SHU_Graphics @wowfest @LiverpoolLit @LiverpoolWrites Good speaking to you Liz. Best of look going forward 👍

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

A good free opportunity to get some face-to-face advice about the often confusing world of writing, editing and publishing.

I'll be there from 1-4 to give editorial advice and to fulfil my lifelong dream of working in a library.

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

Adrianne Lenker's songs just seem to pour out of her as naturally as water
https://t.co/DB595B7fFp

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

These two lines of poetry hurt so nicely I had to draw a tiny heart next to them. Apparently I can't draw hearts, but the poetry still stands.

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

'You sing your first song for the wrong hearer, and the look on their face can be enough to send you inside forever'

I'm glad Phil found his hearers, his words (and music) deserve to be heard.

[Phil Elverum's Archived Tweets @PWElverum]

The full text of the thing I wrote about "Fire Dream" by Adrian Orange is here.

[Linda 🇯🇪 @Linda1892]

Best description I’ve read so far of the way Johnson works. He has decimated the UK.

[Dana Schwartz - on hiatus @DanaSchwartzzz]

Has there ever been a more dystopianYA sentence

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

@PWElverum My quality of life has improved just by seeing this. Can only imagine what attending such a fine institution would do for me. I wish I could be a kid again lifting weights, eating popcorn and screaming over blastbeats under Phil's tutelage

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

Seconding the thanks to the @publishing_post for the mention! Exciting times ahead for @LiverpoolLit

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

@TwitterBooks The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

Aisha's A Level English has been downgraded to a D, but it's okay as she has unconditional offer for uni because of her poetry portfolio.

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

@mattcookwriter Thank you!

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

Very proud to be one of the new voices signed by @LiverpoolLit. The Boat would probably still be nothing more than an opening chapter without their support 👍

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

@goodreads The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

but you can't condemn the violence of the oppressed without acknowledgeding the violence of the oppressors. The pendulum swings, it never truly settles.

[Jacob Riley @_Jake_Riley_]

The systematic issues that are being protested against are absolutely bloodied in violent history, to expect retaliation to be entirely peaceful is alien to human nature. It's never good to see violence on such a mass scale, and I hope it ends soon... (4)