@TomWardWrites

he/ him @Wired, @GQmagazine, @Esquire, @NatGeo, @Outsidemagazine, @thetimes. Novels TIN CAT at @SubstackInc, THE LION AND THE UNICORN @Unbounders

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You asked for it, you got it. TIN CAT is now available in paperback from all the usual sources. Strap in for a story of bandits, a dog called Billy Whistles, and a young boy looking for his mum amid the chaos of the American West 🤠📚🐶 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GMG1XSKV?r…
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Loved this piece from M. R. O’Connor newyorker.com/science/elemen…

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness

By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.

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Tom Ward@TomWardWritesFeb 11
You asked for it, you got it. TIN CAT is now available in paperback from all the usual sources. Strap in for a story of bandits, a dog called Billy Whistles, and a young boy looking for his mum amid the chaos of the American West 🤠📚🐶 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GMG1XSKV?r…
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This is nice. Thanks Tom.
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An Ode To Athletico Mince, The Best Podcast Of All Time substack.com/home/post/p-217… @profanityswan @RealBobMortimer @AthleticoMince
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An Ode To Athletico Mince, The Best Podcast Of All Time substack.com/home/post/p-217… @profanityswan @RealBobMortimer @AthleticoMince
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You’ll be shocked to hear this, but Tom Cruise—the actor famous for riding off cliffs on motorcycles—has no plans to slow down: “I think that a person without a dream, they’ve decided not to live,” he tells GQ: gq.visitlink.me/FG6nI9
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5 More Books To Read If You’re A Fan Of Cormac McCarthy substack.com/home/post/p-209…
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Someone Is Mysteriously Snapping Up Used Books Around the World

Are AI companies to blame?

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5 More Books To Read If You’re A Fan Of Cormac McCarthy substack.com/home/post/p-209…
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One of my favourite pieces I've worked on. The DIY movement to fight coastal erosion, for @WIRED wired.com/story/coastal-eros…

Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion

Farmer and activist David Cottrell’s innovative answer to coastal erosion has slowed the decline of “Washaway Beach” and sparked a movement across the US and Europe.

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This is great from @robotopia nytimes.com/2026/07/31/reale…

To Save Japan’s Heritage Homes, People Are Shipping Them Across the World

Millions of abandoned kominka are scattered across Japan. Now, teams of enthusiasts are dismantling and rebuilding them overseas.

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Yikes from Gideon Lewis-Kraus newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

The Rise of the “Scenario,” a Trendy Way of Forecasting Our Dystopian Future

In “Biological War,” Annie Jacobsen imagines society collapsing from a man-made plague—part of a wave of such prophecies. But what do we miss when we try to predict the future?

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New for @CNTraveler Forget padel: Why bowls is the unexpected sport of the summer cntraveller.com/article/forg…

Forget padel: Why bowls is the unexpected sport of the summer

From the Commonwealth Games to your local green, bowls is shedding its retiree reputation and winning over a whole new generation

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Great stuff from David Anthony on @fiddleheadusa formerclarity.com/fiddlehead…

Fiddlehead decides to live

Fiddlehead's new EP is out this Friday, and here are some words about it.

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13.1 reasons why I didn't do well in my half marathon "My favourite running hat had shrunk in the wash and only my girlfriend knows how to adjust the strap at the back. She was not there." substack.com/@tomwardwrites?
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Great piece from @OliviaGMorelli cntraveller.com/article/the-…

The bookshop boom: how reading became a reason to travel

Libraries, book clubs and literary spaces – why reading is the latest trend fuelling travellers

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Fantastic from @braydbay "Whether a given book is well written, structurally ambitious, or intellectually dense does not seem to matter much on BookTok." newyorker.com/culture/infini…

The Rise of the “As Seen on TikTok” Sticker

How TikTok’s book-review videos, known collectively as BookTok, have become so popular—and powerful in the publishing world.

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"And, without the promise of readership or even minor monetary compensation, how is a writer to maintain, as the novelist Alexander Chee once put it, “the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success”?"
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"It’s revealing that the TikTok book badge stops its praise at being “seen.” Whether the book is good or not is an entirely different question... on BookTok, the social dimension of reading is more important than the private one."
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.@jaycaspiankang says it all: newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…

Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?

I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.

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Really interesting from @shayla__love in the @NewYorker newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish for New and Deadly Microbes

“Flesh-eating” bacteria are spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?

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