THE LAWN OF SLEEPING SOLDIERS by Carl O'Prey child soldiers, WW1, novel, Liverpool, family history,

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Books not bombs...
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My book opens at start of Desert Storm. "I'm ghost-watching 9/11 updates on CNN. Citizen/journalist imagery of the falling towers has been replaced by computer game explosions on a pixelated lunar surface. An indistinct war miles away in a desert where we see no dead..."
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Thank you James Marriot on Radical with Amol Rajan. The Reading Recession
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UK ITV NEWS ARTICLE. CARL O'PREY YouTube video by Carlo O'Prey

April 2026 sees The Lawn of Sleeping Soldiers. ITV News Segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O28k...
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The Lawn of Sleeping Soldiers by Carl O'Prey YouTube video by Carlo O

April 2026 - The Lawn of Sleeping Soldiers -will be here.

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Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind YouTube video by Phil Bebbington

One of these days...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Hide the ketchup.

New independent LGBTQ+ publisher launched to champion queer stories

ICYMI: A new independent LGBTQ+ publisher named PANSY has been launched by novelist Matt Cain and businessman Harry Glasstone 👇 #BookSky

Between the rich and the poor? Shame that never got into the film script...

Echoes and Notes on Instagram: "Susan Sontag viewed storytelling not as comfort, but as a way of sharpening attention and confronting reality. She resisted stories that simplified experience or impose... 21K likes, 89 comments - echoes.notes on December 31, 2025: "Susan Sontag viewed storytelling not as comfort, but as a way of sharpening attention and confronting reality. She resisted stories that si...

The Story The Truth.
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@bsky.app Happy International Women's Day to all women and men!

'When all the mothers of the world unite, there will be no more war' EM Forster.

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My book opens at start of Desert Storm. "I'm ghost-watching 9/11 updates on CNN. Citizen/journalist imagery of the falling towers has been replaced by computer game explosions on a pixelated lunar surface. An indistinct war miles away in a desert where we see no dead..."
#booksnotbombs #literature

Prose and screen writer. Venturing out with latest book about an illiterate author. Speaking in schools which is very cool..
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Books not bombs...
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"I’m side-watching the quivering lips of President Bush on NBC – his mouth moving silently while the subtitles echo a rallying cry... "We will not falter, will not fail, peace and freedom will prevail..."

The beginning of my book. 2002 #literature #literacy #Truestories #TommyKehoe #CarlO’Prey

It's like Dougie Fields in Mauve. V Nice

"... And to those named within the layers of the recent dead—the boys, the girls and the babies—all sleeping in a world where boundaryless wars have become the new topography" The final dedication in my book,

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"... And to those named within the layers of the recent dead—the boys, the girls and the babies—all sleeping in a world where boundaryless wars have become the new topography" The final dedication in my book,

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Happy World Book Day on Thursday! Remember stories are spoken as well as read!

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Penguin Random House launches 'major new' £150,000 grant scheme for indie bookshops

Penguin Random House has launched a "major new" initiative to support independent bookshops across the UK during the National Year of Reading.

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The National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too | Charlotte Higgins Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into ‘reading for pleasure’, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... my friend Charlotte here on why reading for “pleasure” is NOT the be all and end all of reading. With a shout out for non fiction too which hasn’t got too much of a look in during this year of reading.

The National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too | Charlotte Higgins Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into ‘reading for pleasure’, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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Talking to the amazing kids at North Liverpool Academy about the book! #literature #literacy #veterans #WW1 #WW2 #NewYork #Truestories #TommyKehoe #CarlOprey #northliverpoolacademy

Launched today! Introducing a new small press called CONDUIT BOOKS, publishing literary fiction & memoir, focussing (initially) on male authors. You can find us at www.conduitbooks.co.uk. Submissions open 1st-31st May. Read the Bookseller piece here: www.thebookseller.com/news/new-ind...