Bob Hughes

I am always spilling words. Mucky pup. He/him. Black Lives Matter. I do book reviews on YouTube as Bob The Bookerer.

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

So, in recognition of my favourite artist, I may have made a video talking about the literary references in the music of @KateBushMusic - Enjoy!

https://t.co/HijDROAOWE

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

So, after about 5/6 years, I have finally completed a big reading project: reading every one of the 340 books shortlisted for @TheBookerPrizes since it started in 1969.

Here’s me talking about it here, and much more to come!

https://t.co/KzB3BqBoZ6

[Eric Karl Anderson @lonesomereader]

The NY Times just posted their '10 best books of 2025' and I'm here to discuss it: https://t.co/QsE6CfXFup

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

Another year, another fantastic shortlist for the @GoldsmithsPrize - here’s me talking about these six wonderful books! https://t.co/hBJ7W7xcwF

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

@KarenMcLeod_ @PolariPrize Congratulations! So well deserved!

[Republic of Consciousness Prize @PrizeRofc]

We have partnered up, rebranded, and submissions are now open. Go here: https://t.co/EqT6X0frrS

[Eric Karl Anderson @lonesomereader]

Here are the 13 novels long listed for this year's Booker Prize!

Watch me discuss an overview of the list and each novel individually: https://t.co/Fr8uxa23hg

#BookerPrize2025

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

Continuing on my project to read all the shortlisted books from across the history of @TheBookerPrizes here is the 1990 shortlist! Getting very close to the end of the project now!

https://t.co/zvWxncJedH

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ALL THE YOUNG QUEERS tour day six and it's over to the Bob the Bookerer #YouTube channel for a review of
@nathanevansarts collection like no other. This is an insightful and lively ten minute #MustWatch – though we could listen to @wordbib all day! https://t.co/RFm2cBy1li

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

@keirangoddard1 This scratches my brain in the best way.

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

Reading the lists for the @PolariPrize is a joy every year, and here is me talking about two of this year’s shortlists!

https://t.co/bSu3AVHkDt

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

@Han_Smiff @GoldsmithsPrize Sorry, somehow entirely missed this, but thank you so much! And so glad to see your fabulous book getting more love!

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

I loved reading the shortlist to one of the most exciting book prizes out there, the @GoldsmithsPrize and here is me talking about this fascinating set of 6 books:

The 2024 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist- Innovative Fiction!
https://t.co/GULAYkiaX7

[Bluemoose Books @Ofmooseandmen]

Today of all days, read a book suffused in kindness.

As Leonard's mother says.

'The only acceptable excuse for not having a bird table in the back garden was that you had one in the front garden.'

Leonard and Hungry Paul by @MumblinDeafRo

@booksaremybag

[Bob Hughes @wordbib]

I really enjoyed reading the shortlist for the @notabeneprize - clever and challenging books that are compulsively readable.

Here’s me talking about them:
https://t.co/LfzKTiMglg

[James @james_j_bailey]

31st October 1st November

[Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @WarwickPrizeWiT]

Announcing the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! From Brazil to South Korea to Poland, we honour superbly translated work from great writers of the present and the recent past.
https://t.co/2zfFRemUUx

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