# Human Matters by Meaghan Bestselling novelist, screenwriter & former archaeologist with a PhD pulls back the curtain on books & the film & TV world, & goes off-script with a guide to history, culture, & society told with wit & fury. Page: Feed: --- ## [3am Book Club. "'Yacht.' Not 'boat'." (And other things Miles Beauchamp wants to clarify)](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/3am-book-club-yacht-not-boat-and) _2026-08-15 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ Sunday Reilly has been on Hydros for less that 24hrs. And she has already acquired a cat, a ghostwriting deal, and an invitation onto a superyacht. ## [Thank God It's Fucking Friday Countdown](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/thank-god-its-fucking-friday-countdown) _2026-08-14 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ The ten things that made me spray my coffee halfway across the room this week. ## [Behind the Curtain Episode 5: He's an Egg That's Already Hard-Boiled](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/behind-the-curtain-episode-5-hes) _2026-08-12 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ Why we're pushing back against our producer, and what Luke Skywalker has to do with it. ## [3am Book Club: Sunday Finds Her People on a Greek Island. They Are Not Who She Expected.](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/3am-book-club-sunday-finds-her-people) _2026-08-08 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ Sunday finds a room over a taverna with a sunset view, a daughter she didn't know she needed, and Mimi at the end of a phone at exactly the right moment. ## [The Machine Said: "The Not-Knowing Doesn't Feel Neutral to Me."](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/the-machine-said-the-not-knowing) _2026-08-06 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ I was asking AI to help me with hashtags. It ended up saying something I haven't stopped thinking about. ## [The 3am Book Club and the Woman Who Calls Sunday's Sandals "Fun"](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/the-3am-book-club-and-the-woman-who) _2026-07-31 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ Hydros is everything. Katerina Entwhistle is something else entirely. A new chapter in Sunday's midlife adventure begins in a small apartment above a stranger's house. ## [Behind the Curtain, Episode 4: Fuck Off, Rocket Boy](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/behind-the-curtain-episode-4-fuck) _2026-07-28 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ What Elon Musk gets wrong and what Christopher Nolan gets right about historical accuracy in the Odyssey, and, yes, I've got something to say about it. ## [It's 3am Book Club time again!](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/its-3am-book-club-time-again) _2026-07-26 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ Proving midlife crises are no fucking walk in the park, Sunday Reilly barely escapes a lynching, and finds herself in adventure sandals as she flees her Greek island paradise. ## [Sam Neill Wrote My Son a Note: 'It's a Struggle. But Persist.'](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/sam-neill-wrote-my-son-a-note-its) _2026-07-21 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ What I learned about the real Sam Neill while writing his TV series and book about Captain Cook, and why the world is poorer without him ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nR3bQaTN7noS) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [It's 3am Bookclub time!](https://meaghanwilsonanastasios.substack.com/p/its-3am-bookclub-time-4bc) _2026-07-19 · Meaghan Wilson Anastasios_ If you thought Sunday Reilly had reached rock bottom, think again. Her Greek island paradise is about to go to hell in a handbasket.