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Thanks Kristian! That’s very nice of you to say. (And thanks for spreading the word)… glad you enjoyed.

Just finished The Picnic by @matthewblongo.bsky.social.

A sharp, compelling take on the opening of the Iron Curtain, especially valuable for centering the Hungarian perspective, not just the familiar GDR story we all know.

Adds real depth to how 1989 is usually told.

A brilliant must read.

Oh that’s really interesting… depressing that so many millions might be killed because of the carve up of a kids game, but. Well, here we are …

Happy New Year peeps…

To keep the tradition going, here is my pile of reading for the year. Same rules as always - only literature (so no philosophy or politics). Some classics, some re-reads; all for fun…

What’ve you been reading?!?!?

#books #reading #resolutions

I find this very beautiful. Map of a bike; story of a city.

50% OFF The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic—it was located on the dangerous militarized fronti...

Hey Friends!

50% sale on The Picnic audiobook ... See link below...

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Brilliant game … Living in Europe, I had the perverse experience of waking up only to find the game still going, and thus found myself surreptitiously checking the scores while pretending to ready the kids for school…

I love good baseball writing. Thanks for sharing… my favorite line: “Baseball is a daily puzzle that requires multiple players to perform deeds in concert and in a palatable order to achieve the one thing everyone wants: to go home.”

Hey @polscileiden.bsky.social peeps… come here @jwassers.bsky.social speak next week in The Hague !!!

I’ll be there… ✊

updated my political philosophy starter pack

all the podcast guests + a few others

go.bsky.app/6BBahr1

This is nice: the paperback of my book 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 has been selected as part of the Waterstone's 25%off pre-order promotion.

So it can be yours for the price of a pizza.

Use the code: OCTOBER25 (valid until Friday 17/10)

www.waterstones.com/book/protect...

Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am!

Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C

@catherinelu.bsky.social
@matthewblongo.bsky.social
@arturochang.bsky.social
@nplaetzer.bsky.social

Oh man I love an esoteric baseball reference

That’s probably why he wants to get rid of them

As an academic, this may be the most relatable thing I've ever seen...

An Asynchronous Patchwork | Los Angeles Review of Books Matthew Longo examines Ed Pulford’s studies of culture and temporality within the China-Russia-Korea borderlands.

Excellent review by @matthewblongo.bsky.social (author The Picnic, which won the Orwell Prize given by @orwellprize.bsky.social last year) of the superb recent @stanfordpress.bsky.social book by Ed Pulford (& discusses the same author’s earlier Hurst book too) lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...

In 1947, Orwell argued that only a "United States of Europe" could survive a nuclear age. Now, Europe is at another crossroads.

Join Katja Hoyer, @matthewblongo.bsky.social & Colin Crouch at Pushkin House as we explore where Europe's been and where it might go next: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

Ah that's too bad! Yes, would have been nice to meet. I hope your event went well!

💥💥Hey Bluesky! 💥💥

Check out my latest essay in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social !!!

It looks at borders and time in the writing of Ed Pulford. Link below.

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Thanks Jeff! (And for the kind words). Was really a pleasure to think with Pulford - thanks for the opportunity.

Mercury Project Findings: Bihar Information and Media Literacy Initiative (BIMLI) – Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines, and mobilizes necessary ...

Great write-up of our media + information literacy intervention funded by the @ssrc.org´s Mercury project

www.ssrc.org/mercury-proj...

partners: Bihar´s BRLPS & Dataleads.

@sumitra.bsky.social @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social Florian Sichart

Looking forward to seeing and testing more of these!

Toward a Renewed European Unity? A Continent at a Crossroads. With Katja Hoyer, Colin Crouch and Matthew Longo Talk: Toward a Renewed European Unity? A Continent at a Crossroads. With Katja Hoyer, Colin Crouch and Matthew Longo

Hey London!

Come see me at the Pushkin House on June 4th... Conversation with Katja Hoyer & Colin Crouch... Thanks to @orwellprize.bsky.social !!!

Details below!

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www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

Literature Events | Book Tickets | Campden Literature Festival

Hey Bluesky!

Please join me in the beautiful Cotswolds next week for the Chipping Campden Literature Festival

Details: “Matthew Longo: THE PICNIC,” May 5th, 10:30am, Cidermill Theatre

@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social

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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Woah!!!! Thanks Cornish Book Fairy! (And thanks Pamela!)

👏👏👏SOLD OUT at Aldeburgh @matthewblongo.bsky.social but still tickets for his event in beautiful Chipping Campden, North Cotswolds in May. Book online
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www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Happy pb publication day THE RISING DOWN @faberbooks.bsky.social Alexandra Harris with us 2024.
This May place & history with @matthewblongo.bsky.social THE PICNIC 2024 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
winner 2024 @orwellprize.bsky.social
Book online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social
in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC
"Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd
Book tickets online:
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
Meanwhile @coldwarpod.bsky.social 👇

See post below by @orwellfdn.bsky.social and catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC "Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd
Book tickets online:
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Thanks for posting!