Better living through great books.
Bren Booth-Jones is a writer and educator whose third book, Blue Remembered Star, was nominated for the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize. His debut collection, Vertigo to Go, won the 2019 White Label Competition and was published by Hedgehog Poetry. Bren has co-edited several books and journals, including As Much Heart as a Vending Machine (The Hungry Ghost 2021). He was ‘19/‘20 editor-in-chief of Writer’s Block Magazine. Bren’s poems and prose have appeared in venues such as Dutch Design Week, Open Letters Review, Tableau Magazine, and elsewhere. He was nominated for the 2024 Best of the Net Poetry Prize and won a 2021 Outcast Best Poem Award.
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I’m absolutely bowled over to see that we have hit 20K subscribers. Thank you so much to every single one of you. Shall we do a 20K Q&A video? Drop your questions down below and I’ll rustle up a video. Thanks again for your support of the channel. Bren xx
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Back from illness with a new video! I hope you enjoy it. Happy weekend, everyone x
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Hello friends, no video today, unfortunately. Been a rough start to the year over here. Multiple illnesses in our household. I hope to be back asap. Take care everyone x
Ps. Rereading Edgar Allen Poe in bed with a fever probably hasn’t helped. That’s a double dose of delirium right there. Have now switched to Somerset Maugham. Phew!
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Something more personal from me this week! It would mean the world to me if you watched it x
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Such sad news. RIP Shawn.
1 month ago | [YT] | 11
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Had the best time hunting for books with my mom ❤️
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Who else is going to lavish us with bookshelf tours in 2026? Steve is leading the way!
1 month ago | [YT] | 6
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If you guys are looking for new channels to follow in 2026, then check out both Callosum Books and all the great channels he lists in this video xx
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Last video for the year x
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On this day in 1775 (250 years ago!) Jane Austen was born. Join me for a fun appraisal of everything she wrote. What a gift she is to our world literary heritage. How would you guys rank her works? X
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