Conor Farrington

@cctranslates.bsky.social love your translation of Dunkelblumen - what a staggering novel! Would you mind following me so we could DM? Keen to ask your advice on German publishers - I have a Faust novel out, The Maiden Faust, inspired by Goethe & Mann, and I'm on the track of a German edition...

#BookSky

You wait centuries for a female-led, dark academia Faust retelling, & then two come along at once!

Looking forward to Doctor Faustus with Galileo Books
tonight - and to the June launch of my Cambridge-based novel (Galileo), The Maiden Faust.

"Atmospheric, strange, & addictive" - Louis de Bernières

Cover reveal time!

Delighted to reveal the art for THE MAIDEN FAUST, a female-led Faust legend retelling set in 1840s/1870s Cambridge and out in June with Galileo.

"Atmospheric, strange and addictive" - Louis de Bernières

"A stunning achievement" - @janicehallett.bsky.social (thanks Janice!)

Amazon is showing how to fail upwards

Congrats!

Yay! 🙌 It’s publication day for #DeathInTheArctic by the lovely Tom Hindle 🥳 Huge congratulations, Tom! 🥂❄️

I enjoyed this - especially the allusion to handholds. Reminded me of the incredible Netflix docu Free Solo (though Alex Honnold's virtuosity makes the journey seem more worthwhile than Xue)

“Goethe compared reading the writings of university professors, with their quotations and footnotes, to travelling in a dog-cart and having to stop off at the side of the road every few minutes.” Michael Rosen, The Shadow of God

Awesome! 🤩 This is one fab festive display!

I love Heine! First discovered via Liszt's excellent Heine Leider. And this only makes him more relatable

Letter to Moses Moser, Luneburg May 1823 With regard to the reception of my Tragedies I have found my fears confirmed here. Success must wipe out the bad impression. As for their reception in my family, my mother has read my tragedies and songs, but she did not like them particularly: my sister just puts up with them, my brothers do not understand them, and my father has not read them.

Heinrich Heine’s lament.

Sounds amazing

Delighted to have two of mine (Death on the Trans-Siberian Express & Blood on the Siberian Snow, @littlebrown.bsky.social) in the Bodies in the Bookshop Xmas display!

Honoured to appear next to Dorothy L. Sayers and @janicehallett.bsky.social

Do head over if you're in Cambridge - 1a Botolph Lane.

RSL Public Fellowship Recommendations - Royal Society of Literature The RSL is calling out to the public to recommend writers to be elected as Fellows in summer 2025. The new element of the Fellowship election process will see the public recommending excellent UK writ...

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Politics is the art of deciding who to disappoint.

Can't wait to read this!

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

- Isaac Asimov

We're in the "let's check back after the holidays" stage and honestly it's a relief for everyone.

In 2025 I’ve decided to just read

A terrible book for adults is disappointing. A terrible book for children is unforgivable.

Exactly. It is not a competition. The arts/ humanities and Stem subjects complement each other.

Stunning posters!

Congrats!

Also Murder on the Marlowe Belle looks fantastic - congrats!

Yes it was bonkers... also I almost missed the train back to Cambridge!

Looks like a couple of thousand copies at least? The most I have done was 1500 at @goldsborobooks.bsky.social, which took a hell of a long time!

Yes it's gorgeous!

Thanks so much Erica - great to hear from you!

Delighted to sign some of my Olga Pushkin books at Cambridge's amazing Bodies in the Bookshop!

And great to see my latest, Last Stop on the Murder Express, on display alongside fantastic authors like @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social, @nicolaupson.bsky.social & @jspencerfleming.bsky.social!