@jonathangibbs
Writer and critic; A Personal Anthology; teaching at City, Uni of London
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Randall: US edition of my 90s-set contemporary art debut novel
Randall: US edition of my 90s-set contemporary art debut novel
"Randall" is quite simply one of the shrewdest and most outrageous art-world novels in the English language. Readers will be fascinated and appalled, but also faced with profound questions about art, commerce, and our debts to one
A Personal Anthology: in which a weekly guest picks and introduces a dozen favourite short stories
A Personal Anthology: in which a weekly guest picks and introduces a dozen favourite short stories
Spring Journal: a book-length poem written during the 2020 lockdown
Spring Journal: a book-length poem written during the 2020 lockdown
CB editions - small press publishing novellas, short stories, translations and other new writing
The Large Door: a novel about academia, death & the subjunctive mood
The Large Door: a novel about academia, death & the subjunctive mood
Randall: a novel about art, the YBAs & London in the 90s
Randall: a novel about art, the YBAs & London in the 90s
A 2025 reading thread on Bluesky
A 2025 reading thread on Bluesky
2025 Reading 1: Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton. A fascinating use of format for a memoir/linguistic commentary: Barton picks fifty onomatopoeic or more broadly 'mimetic' Japanese phrases and explores their meaning to her, using the form to narrate her experience of working in Japan as a teacher.
A 2024 reading thread on Bluesky
A 2024 reading thread on Bluesky
2024 Reading 68: Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, tr. Sean Cotter. A deep and wondrous book, as expansive as it is claustrophobic, as inspiring as despairing, and about which I’m tempted to say very little, so that any of you who pick it up can have the same abundant sense of discovery that I had.
My Letterboxd profile: film reviews, starting late 2024
My Letterboxd profile: film reviews, starting late 2024
Jonathan uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 94 films watched. Favorites: Breathless (1960), Three Colours: Blue (1993), Amateur (1994), Perfect Days (2023).
New collaborative Substack: Creative Digest from City, University of London
New collaborative Substack: Creative Digest from City, University of London
Notes on writing and reading from the Creative Writing teaching team at City, University of London. Click to read Creative Digest from City, University of London, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Podcast from the Past: I join Tom Jackson to talk postcards
Podcast
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Podcast
Podcast from the Past: I join Tom Jackson to talk postcards
'The End of the Affair': a new essay on Hal Hartley's Amateur and falling out of love with cinema in The Hinge of a Metaphor
'The End of the Affair': a new essay on Hal Hartley's Amateur and falling out of love with cinema in The Hinge of a Metaphor
Victoria Best / David Collard / Dan Dalton / Andrew Gallix / Jonathan Gibbs / Susana Medina / Mathilde Merouani / Rachael de Moravia / Dan O’Brien / Christian Patracchini / Imogen Reid / Richard...
The Personal Anthology archives, since 2017, now featuring over 2,500 short story recommendations
The Personal Anthology archives, since 2017, now featuring over 2,500 short story recommendations
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
The MA and MFA Creative Writing programmes at City, University of London, where I teach, and am Programme Director
The MA and MFA Creative Writing programmes at City, University of London, where I teach, and am Programme Director
Explore your creative writing passion through the genre of your choice and learn how vivid imagination can impact all our lives.
Notes on creative writing: crowd-sourcing a Non-Fiction reading list
Notes on creative writing: crowd-sourcing a Non-Fiction reading list
One of the most fun parts of the job of being a lecturer in Creative Writing is putting together reading lists. As Programme Director for the relaunched, redesigned MA/MFA Creative Writing Program…
Tiny Camels: Personal website, with blog posts, biographical info etc
Tiny Camels: Personal website, with blog posts, biographical info etc
Personal blog of writer and academic Jonathan Gibbs
A partial 2023 reading list on Bluesky
A partial 2023 reading list on Bluesky
2023 Reading 71: Thunderclap by Laura Cumming. My last book of 2023 (finished just now, but it belongs with the old year) and one of the best. A wonderful book about looking, and knowing, and the limits and extensions of both those things. every bit as good as The Vanishing Man, and maybe better.
Twitter thread: I want a novel...
Twitter thread: I want a novel...
A Twitter reading thread for 2021
A Twitter reading thread for 2021
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