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America the only country where people are so appalled when I tell them I don't drive that I pretend I don't know how to instead of the truth, which is I find it very boring and I'd rather just take the train/bus and chat with someone than spend that time getting mad at random strangers

In 1991, David Campbell bought the hardback reprint rights to the Everyman’s collection and began issuing them as elegant, cloth-bound editions with gold foil title text and ribbon bookmarks. An Everyman’s edition was now a luxury book, rather than an entry-level or educational text.

A thread on special editions, luxury books, and publishing history: In 1903, J. M. Dent created Everyman’s Library, intended as a cheap line of hardbacks to make a classical education accessible as mass literacy rates were on the rise.

This week I am holding onto my Eisenhower matrix for dear life. I may have reached the part of the ADHD cycle where all the cool things I've said I'll get involved with actually need work putting into them!

ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES, my book about grief; who is allowed to mourn and how; and why people want to pathologize the experiences that make us human, is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats, wherever fine books are sold (or loaned, shoutout to libraries).

Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

www.youtube.com/live/pFNIcFp... The Meatstream goes live at 9pm Irish Time.