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The Nobel prize is my absolutely favourite prize; the drama of it, the secrecy, the idea of a hundred of so writers around the world waiting by their phone this morning.
As I’ve never read her, where should I start with Anne Carson?
As I’ve never read her, where should I start with Anne Carson?
October 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The Nobel prize is my absolutely favourite prize; the drama of it, the secrecy, the idea of a hundred of so writers around the world waiting by their phone this morning.
As I’ve never read her, where should I start with Anne Carson?
As I’ve never read her, where should I start with Anne Carson?
Imagine my surprise, yet secret delight, to discover one of my all time favourite authors is a cult writer other people haven’t yet discovered.
“I’d just assumed that anybody could write,” Barbara Trapido recalled. “I began to realize that, actually, a lot of people can’t.”
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The Constant Rediscovery of the Cult Novelist Barbara Trapido
Like other perfect but not extremely famous novels, “Brother of the More Famous Jack” has mostly been passed from people who adore it to people who have never heard of it. Now its author is considering writing a sequel.
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October 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Imagine my surprise, yet secret delight, to discover one of my all time favourite authors is a cult writer other people haven’t yet discovered.
I LOVE these posters in my local library and now I’m considering petitioning them to make them for adults?
September 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I LOVE these posters in my local library and now I’m considering petitioning them to make them for adults?
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Robin speaks to @rymkechacha.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE APPLE AND THE PEARL. We also get into spinning plots, tricksters of the world, when corvids attack, a reading taskforce, and a good deal more.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
August 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Robin speaks to @rymkechacha.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE APPLE AND THE PEARL. We also get into spinning plots, tricksters of the world, when corvids attack, a reading taskforce, and a good deal more.
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
Thank you so much @robincmduncan.bsky.social for having me on the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social podcast to talk about The Apple and the Pearl
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BFS Podcast: Long Story Short – The British Fantasy Society
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August 23, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Thank you so much @robincmduncan.bsky.social for having me on the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social podcast to talk about The Apple and the Pearl
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This was such a lovely conversation!! Thank you so much for having me
I had the pleasure of chatting with @rymkechacha.bsky.social back in March about The Apple And The Pearl, her experience as a writer, her place in the literary ecosystem, and the best coincidence involving ballet in the history of interviews!
Here’s a link:
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Here’s a link:
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RYM KECHACHA INTERVIEW | The Apple And The Pearl, ballet, writing, and more...
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August 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This was such a lovely conversation!! Thank you so much for having me
Waiting for the rain tonight like
August 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Waiting for the rain tonight like
The best bit of the Odyssey was when my husband said on the way there, so what’s the backstory of this film? And I felt so happy as I said, ok, so there was this sea nymph called Thetis and a king called Peleus…
August 10, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The best bit of the Odyssey was when my husband said on the way there, so what’s the backstory of this film? And I felt so happy as I said, ok, so there was this sea nymph called Thetis and a king called Peleus…
One more prime minister will do it, this next guy will sort us out, we promise, just one more, don’t worry we’ve got this
June 21, 2026 at 9:01 AM
One more prime minister will do it, this next guy will sort us out, we promise, just one more, don’t worry we’ve got this
Please tell me one of you has read (and loved) at least one of these?
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June 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Please tell me one of you has read (and loved) at least one of these?
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The irony is that if Tokarczuk said, so, my new novel is about a writer working on a novel in collaboration with an LLM and things get fungal and weird, with a few Sebaldian digressions about central European history and a mysterious and reclusive programmer hallucinated by the AI…
May 20, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The irony is that if Tokarczuk said, so, my new novel is about a writer working on a novel in collaboration with an LLM and things get fungal and weird, with a few Sebaldian digressions about central European history and a mysterious and reclusive programmer hallucinated by the AI…
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First author up is @rymkechacha.bsky.social reading her supernatural & magical tale of a ballet troupe, The Apple & The Pearl.
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#books #bookshop #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #sf #romantasy #london #fiction #booksky
@srfantasyclub.bsky.social @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
#books #bookshop #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #sf #romantasy #london #fiction #booksky
May 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
First author up is @rymkechacha.bsky.social reading her supernatural & magical tale of a ballet troupe, The Apple & The Pearl.
@srfantasyclub.bsky.social @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
#books #bookshop #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #sf #romantasy #london #fiction #booksky
@srfantasyclub.bsky.social @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
#books #bookshop #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #sf #romantasy #london #fiction #booksky
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Ancillary Review of Books: Year 7!
Questioning power, imagining possibility: ARB provides thoughtful criticism of speculative fiction. Help us pay our writers and staff!
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May 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
3 days left in our fundraiser! We've hit our first stretch goal and are excited to share our plans once it's wrapped up, but: still rewards left! Still cool possibilities to make real, with your help! Shares appreciated!
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Is there a word for the feeling of when you were going to make a rare trip to the cinema to see a film and then a new trailer drops and you think ah, never mind, this one’s not for me after all?
May 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Is there a word for the feeling of when you were going to make a rare trip to the cinema to see a film and then a new trailer drops and you think ah, never mind, this one’s not for me after all?
We’re really at the stage of collapse where the robots make you solve impossible puzzles before they’ll let you into your emails, just in case you’re a robot pretending to be a human. 😒
April 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
We’re really at the stage of collapse where the robots make you solve impossible puzzles before they’ll let you into your emails, just in case you’re a robot pretending to be a human. 😒
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SRFC is back on Tuesday 12th May - two authors celebrate the meeting of fantasy and ballet:
RYM KECHACHA - The Apple and the Pearl
LEXY HUDSON - Wonders Never Cease
For all fantasy and genre fiction fans!
Reserve your FREE spot now: srfcmay2026.eventbrite.com
RYM KECHACHA - The Apple and the Pearl
LEXY HUDSON - Wonders Never Cease
For all fantasy and genre fiction fans!
Reserve your FREE spot now: srfcmay2026.eventbrite.com
April 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
SRFC is back on Tuesday 12th May - two authors celebrate the meeting of fantasy and ballet:
RYM KECHACHA - The Apple and the Pearl
LEXY HUDSON - Wonders Never Cease
For all fantasy and genre fiction fans!
Reserve your FREE spot now: srfcmay2026.eventbrite.com
RYM KECHACHA - The Apple and the Pearl
LEXY HUDSON - Wonders Never Cease
For all fantasy and genre fiction fans!
Reserve your FREE spot now: srfcmay2026.eventbrite.com
It is SO unbelievably kind of Pope Leo to take time away from attempting to coax Trump out of darkness to visit an important location in my new novel, shortly going on submission 👀
This is the Basilica of Notre Dame d’Afrique in Algiers, where Leo gave a message of interfaith solidarity yesterday
This is the Basilica of Notre Dame d’Afrique in Algiers, where Leo gave a message of interfaith solidarity yesterday
April 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It is SO unbelievably kind of Pope Leo to take time away from attempting to coax Trump out of darkness to visit an important location in my new novel, shortly going on submission 👀
This is the Basilica of Notre Dame d’Afrique in Algiers, where Leo gave a message of interfaith solidarity yesterday
This is the Basilica of Notre Dame d’Afrique in Algiers, where Leo gave a message of interfaith solidarity yesterday
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I don't think we are talking enough about the astounding historical twist that one of the most powerful institutions standing up to defend liberal democracy around the world today is the Papacy
April 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I don't think we are talking enough about the astounding historical twist that one of the most powerful institutions standing up to defend liberal democracy around the world today is the Papacy
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Official fundraiser announcement: it's kicking off April 8! Shares appreciated!
ARB Fundraiser Starting April 8!
We are excited to announce that we’ll be launching our Kickstarter fundraiser campaign on April 8! Follow our Kickstarter pre-launch page here to get an email as soon as our campaign goes live. Whi…
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March 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Official fundraiser announcement: it's kicking off April 8! Shares appreciated!
Thank you so much to Richie for such a lovely conversation about The Apple and The Pearl!
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Writing the Fae, Present Tense Storytelling and Confined Fantasy Worlds | Rym Kechacha on The Apple and the Pearl
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March 26, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Thank you so much to Richie for such a lovely conversation about The Apple and The Pearl!
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open.spotify.com/episode/2f8c...
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Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme: @rymkechacha.bsky.social reads some recent metafictional SF novels together to think about how works-within-works...work!
Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme
Rym Kechacha Early in Lincoln Michel’s novel Metallic Realms, the narrator describes another character as wearing a T shirt with the words “Yubaba’s bathhouse—no face, no entry” written on it. On t…
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March 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme: @rymkechacha.bsky.social reads some recent metafictional SF novels together to think about how works-within-works...work!
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ARB fundraiser, coming soon! We'd love your support in taking the magazine to the next level, and just spreading the word helps a ton!
ARB Fundraiser Incoming!
Big news! ARB’s first fundraiser goes live next month! Follow us on Kickstarter to get notified when we’re live, and we’ll be posting plenty of updates as we go. Ever since I’ve been a part of ARB,…
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March 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ARB fundraiser, coming soon! We'd love your support in taking the magazine to the next level, and just spreading the word helps a ton!
Such a deep pleasure to be read so thoroughly!! Thank you to the BtGS team
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Theatre as portal fantasy – with Rym Kechacha | Breaking the Glass Slipper
Join us at the ballet with Rym Kechacha & the company of The Apple and the Pearl. We talk liminal spaces, sinister fae and how theatre acts as portal fantasy!
www.breakingtheglassslipper.com
March 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Such a deep pleasure to be read so thoroughly!! Thank you to the BtGS team
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