Daniel Williams

Writer and anthropologist at large on Earth. Specialising in its literature and music. First novel The Edge of the Object out now from @halfpintpress

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Can't imagine whoever we might take to be the British equivalent of Georges Perec ending up on a Royal Mail stamp. Only in France... My essay on Perec's A Man Asleep - and how it inspired my novel The Edge of the Object - is now available at https://t.co/qguADswKNl

[Caught by the River @tweetbytheriver]

'Our moony pupils meet for a few delicious seconds, before I realise what is happening and startle the bird with a sharp intake of breath.'

Dog Walk Report: Diva Harris reflects on a summer of big, ancient oaks and Little Owls 🦉https://t.co/6Z4ryptr7J

[Caught by the River @tweetbytheriver]

'Frequently I am circled by this bird of many names.'

Nightjars of Ludshott: When a heathland common and its secretive summer resident combine, magic results, writes @awildslimalien https://t.co/yWnZ28ey93

[Caught by the River @tweetbytheriver]

Selkie Folk: In the face of climate change, the seals colonising the coast of East Anglia are a much-needed success story, writes @awildslimalien https://t.co/9zx14K8mpH

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Come aboard the Hathor, just before it returns to Wroxham to overwinter. The wherry has an Egyptian-themed interior and is entirely reliant on wind or quanting poles for propulsion. Being a pleasure rather than a trading wherry, the saloon even has an antique piano.

[Nige Tassell @nigetassell]

In memory of the late Rise Kagona, here are the Bhundus at the height of their powers, before Warners got their mitts on them.

https://t.co/QzAhtZdglp

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Happy publication day to @jeffyoungwriter! Lots on the new book in the interview below.

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Wild Twin meets Wild Slim Alien! I quizzed @jeffyoungwriter about his new memoir Wild Twin (published by @littletoller), the follow-up to Ghost Town, one of my favourite books of recent years.
https://t.co/X5sMeD5Zgm

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

The Edo Pop and Hanga Ten exhibitions at the Watts Gallery. The two prints (by Nana Shiomi) underneath the wording 'Japanese Printmaking Today' in the final photo are beautifully titled: The Wind-listening Platform - Day and The Moon-watching platform - Night.

#wattsgallery

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Limnerslease roundel

#limnerslease #wattsgallery

[Jim Beattie @JimBeattie18]

Three Blue Paintings
Katsumi Hayakawa.

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Wild Twin meets Wild Slim Alien! I quizzed @jeffyoungwriter about his new memoir Wild Twin (published by @littletoller), the follow-up to Ghost Town, one of my favourite books of recent years.
https://t.co/X5sMeD5Zgm

[Rose Thorns @AprilAubade]

Barbara Hepworth’s garden - St Ives, England, 1968.

[Daniel Fraser @harmlessfires]

'E' key on my keyboard has almost stopped working.

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

'You could write a novel set in this place. So much history, stretching back into legend, one that tells of a Spanish sea captain and his mistress, who became its first landlady.'
https://t.co/cDMnWHMDnD

[Daniel Williams @awildslimalien]

Delighted to have my piece on first hearing Talk Talk's Laughing Stock while in Paris included in the latest and very lovely-looking Caught by the River zine.

[Caught by the River @tweetbytheriver]

From fog, fathers, and Talk Talk to hares, bothies, and abandoned, island-bound mansions: our latest archive-diving print zine is guest-edited by Charlie Gladstone — purveyor of the Good Life https://t.co/Yh03ClPlrO

[David Livewell @LivewellDave]

A summer apple poem from #LaurieLee, who once wrote about cider in a novel as well.