https://livesteven.com/2026/08/23/do-booker-winners-become-so-for-a-reason-the-2026-longlist-came-out-on-28-july-update-3/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-23T16:16:35+00:00Do Booker winners become so for a reason? The 2026 Longlist came out on 28 July. Update.literature, books, book-review, fiction, booker-prize, bookhttps://livesteven.com/2026/08/23/agathe-the-first-person-narrator-of-the-vivisectors-tells-us-that-she-has-never-been-good-at-bringing-disparate-events-into-a-cohesive-narrative-such-that-either-its-parts-looked-like-st/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-23T15:39:05+00:00Agathe, the first-person narrator of ‘The Vivisectors’ tells us that she has ‘never been good at …bringing disparate events into a cohesive narrative’ , such that either its parts looked like statues standing independently, thus to be gazed at or mixed up as if they were an ‘inchoate mass’. This is a blog on Missouri Williams (2026) ‘The Vivisectors’.dailyprompt, book-reviews, books, book-review, reading, fiction, booker-2026, dailyprompt-2866, missouri-williams, the-vivisectors, nature-of-fictionhttps://livesteven.com/2026/08/22/do-we-need-conspiracy-theory-because-we-find-trust-in-short-supply-august-18th-day-seven-in-edinburgh-highlights-1-pleasance-dome-10-moth-and-dog-are-dying-to-get-out-a-play-exploring-the/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-22T12:27:25+00:00Do we need ‘conspiracy theory’ because we find trust in short supply? August 20th Day Seven in Edinburgh Highlights: 1. Pleasance Dome 10, ‘Moth and Dog Are Dying to Get Out’, a play exploring the relationship of two boys, their  coming out and the confrontation of distrust and ‘conspiracy’ involved (The Fringe Festival); 2. NW Room, Jem Calder & Derek Owusu (The  Book Festival) & Courtyard Theatre Édouard Louis (The Book Festival).dailyprompt, writing, books, book-review, fiction, derek-owusu, edouard-louis, jem-calder, dailyprompt-2857, moth-dog-are-dying-to-get-out