links, etc.

Socrates made a short animated film that made me LOL out loud a number of times.

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Jenn Ashworth is giving away copies of her novel, A Kind of Intimacy.

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Brian Centrone wrote a short thing (with photos) about the experience of buying a US copy of The Bird Room from a Barnes & Noble.

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The Beat are running a 'birds or room'-themed short story competition (closing date, 4th of Feb).

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has anyone read Ray by Barry Hannah? i am halfway through. i feel scared and a bit confused.

competitions, limited-edition twitter update, photo blogs, etc.

tomorrow is the official release date for the B-Format/Mass-Market (smaller, different cover, £2 cheaper) edition of The Bird Room. think it is also out now in the US and as an e-book.

bookmunch has a competition here to win a UK copy.

goodreads were doing a giveaway thing for US copies (meant to link it earlier). just checked and 'winners have been selected'. sorry.

anyway, to celebrate the release of the aforementioned new editions, i will be posting a 'commemorative', limited-edition twitter update, tomorrow.

this ultra-limited-edition tweet will 'go live' at 12pm (GMT), stay online for approximately 24hours, before being deleted forever.

if you would like to read this special, once-in-a-lifetime tweet, please visit www.twitter.com/chriskillen any time after 12pm (GMT) tomorrow.

UPDATE: the tweet has now been deleted.


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i made some photo blogs today:

'football managers'

and

'a shoe on its own'