George Ttoouli

Welcome

Welcome to my homepage. This site was launched with support from an Arts Council England grant in July 2022.

The cover of Brian Blanchfield's essay collection, Proxies

Proximity Mining

A reflection on the multitudes I have contained and killed, via Brian Blanchfield's essays.

The cover of Parchment Scalpel Rock, with a stone, a crumpled ball of paper and a pair of slightly-threatening, slightly-jar stationery scissors. The cover is landscape, not portrait, to match the orientation on inside of the book.

Parchment Scalpel Rock: Broken Sleep

My latest book, from Broken Sleep, and why I failed to promote it until now.

The cover of Tim Marshall's book, Prisoners of Geography

Tim Marshall’s Geographical Prisons

Thoughts on Marshall's bestselling geopolitics book, recollected in tranquility.

Proximity Mining

A reflection on the multitudes I have contained and killed, via Brian Blanchfield's essays.

Parchment Scalpel Rock: Broken Sleep

My latest book, from Broken Sleep, and why I failed to promote it until now.

Currently Reading

Kathe Koja, The Cipher
Simon Marsh, Planning for Nature
Georges Perec, Things
Flann O’Brien, The Poor Mouth
Izzeldin Abuelaish, I Shall Not Hate
Jorie Graham, [To] The Last [Be] Human
James Joyce, Ulysses (this may be here a while)

To love is merely to grow tired of being alone: it is therefore both cowardly and a betrayal of ourselves.

Vicente Guedes (Fernando Pessoa), The Book of Disquiet, trans. Margaret Jull Costa

Recent Blog Posts

Proximity Mining

Parchment Scalpel Rock: Broken Sleep

Tim Marshall’s Geographical Prisons

Recent Blog Posts

Proximity Mining

Parchment Scalpel Rock: Broken Sleep

Currently Reading