Daniel Williams

Can't imagine whoever we might take to be the British equivalent of Georges Perec ending up on a Royal Mail stamp. Only in France... My essay on Perec's A Man Asleep - and how it inspired my novel The Edge of the Object - is now available at thequietus.com/articles/31438…

'Our moony pupils meet for a few delicious seconds, before I realise what is happening and startle the bird with a sharp intake of breath.' Dog Walk Report: Diva Harris reflects on a summer of big, ancient oaks and Little Owls 🦉caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/dog-wa…

'Frequently I am circled by this bird of many names.' Nightjars of Ludshott: When a heathland common and its secretive summer resident combine, magic results, writes @awildslimalien caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/nightj…

Selkie Folk: In the face of climate change, the seals colonising the coast of East Anglia are a much-needed success story, writes @awildslimalien buff.ly/3PC4Xym

Come aboard the Hathor, just before it returns to Wroxham to overwinter. The wherry has an Egyptian-themed interior and is entirely reliant on wind or quanting poles for propulsion. Being a pleasure rather than a trading wherry, the saloon even has an antique piano.

In memory of the late Rise Kagona, here are the Bhundus at the height of their powers, before Warners got their mitts on them. youtube.com/watch?v=zhUeXA…

Happy publication day to @jeffyoungwriter! Lots on the new book in the interview below.

The Edo Pop and Hanga Ten exhibitions at the Watts Gallery. The two prints (by Nana Shiomi) underneath the wording 'Japanese Printmaking Today' in the final photo are beautifully titled: The Wind-listening Platform - Day and The Moon-watching platform - Night. #wattsgallery

Limnerslease roundel #limnerslease #wattsgallery

Three Blue Paintings Katsumi Hayakawa.

Wild Twin meets Wild Slim Alien! I quizzed @jeffyoungwriter about his new memoir Wild Twin (published by @littletoller), the follow-up to Ghost Town, one of my favourite books of recent years. awildslimalien.com/2024/09/15/jef…

Barbara Hepworth’s garden - St Ives, England, 1968.

'E' key on my keyboard has almost stopped working.

'You could write a novel set in this place. So much history, stretching back into legend, one that tells of a Spanish sea captain and his mistress, who became its first landlady.' awildslimalien.com/2023/10/16/the…

Delighted to have my piece on first hearing Talk Talk's Laughing Stock while in Paris included in the latest and very lovely-looking Caught by the River zine.

A summer apple poem from #LaurieLee, who once wrote about cider in a novel as well.