Nick Holdstock

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Sunset is a perfect film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttF-...

Pentland quarry fern fossils

The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet

A book to watch for in 2026 (have been eager to see it since reading and liking some magazine pieces by @yilingliu95.bsky.social) bookshop.org/p/books/danc... + it comes with blurbs by @karenhao.bsky.social & @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social (who refers to it as a
"masterful piece of reporting")

The Marxist Restless Analyst Andy Merrifield on David Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.

"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."

In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.

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Before you can say "More pricks," read @nickholdstock.bsky.social's 2023 essay about writing PORCUPINE: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/journe...

Animalinside: A Collaboration | László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann Withdraw into protection and safeguard all that is important to you, take it down to below the earth, all that you have, take down the jewelry, the food, the children’s photographs, the armchair…

Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature today. Read an excerpt of his novella Animalinside, free from our archives:
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László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’ My name​ is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I...

A little gem worth revisiting www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

Hooray for Laszlo! www.the-tls.com/literature/f...

My novel about the art historian Aby Warburg’s struggle with madness, that was shortlisted for the Novel Prize, will be out next year.

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After Mao

'Even a book that has sold 15 million copies worldwide cannot be held responsible for the politics of how China is represented in the West.'

Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans

After Mao When I went to live in China in 1999, three of my friends independently bought me a copy of Wild Swans and said: “You have to read this”. After its publication in 1991, Jung Chang’s book about her gra...

I wrote about the Wild Swans sequel for The TLS www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...

Inside the writing machine For some readers, a very long novel has the lure of a Himalayan peak. Scaling such a book may be a test of one’s stamina (see Middlemarch, War and Peace)

I wrote about Schattenfroh for @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/f...

After Mao When I went to live in China in 1999, three of my friends independently bought me a copy of Wild Swans and said: “You have to read this”. After its publication in 1991, Jung Chang’s book about her gra...

I wrote about the Wild Swans sequel for The TLS www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...

1/ Dear readers,

The Dial is evolving. You talked, we listened — and have made a few changes to our magazine.

Anyone else getting a deluge of I-can-promote-your-wonderful-book messages? They are much more detailed than usual - are they AI generated?

Brings back memories of the old Foyles shop organised in the same way. You could get doubly lost in there...

Sex Sells | China Books Review A book on prostitution in China asks sex workers how they see the industry, the state and themselves.

An amazing piece by Robert Foyle Hunwick on Margaret Biottin's book on prostitution in China, which shine when it asks sex workers how they view the industry and themselves: chinabooksreview.com/2025/08/07/s...

From our current issue. Nick Holdstock returns to China for a writing residency. Buy or subscribe at thedublinreview.com

In the latest Dublin Review I write about the ethics of returning to China for the first time in a decade thedublinreview.com/product/summ... @thedublinreview.bsky.social

Buried very deeply in the accompanying leaflet of my new pills:

"Do not be concerned if you see small white balls or granules in your stools after taking this medicine"

Pynchon in Poland When the time came for International Pynchon Week, held this spring in Lublin, Poland was a country in mourning. There had been a plane crash in which the Polish president, his wife, a dozen members o...

Happy Birthday Thomas Pynchon! An old piece I wrote for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

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SCHATTENFROH - With Michael Lenz and Max Lawton

The first English-language interview of Michael Lentz, together with the translator of Schattenfroh Max Lawton. Give it a listen.

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The sadness of one's last Skype call. Farewell, beloved ring tone! Shall miss those frozen screens.

Kamila Shamsie to deliver the 2025 PEN Lecture - News & Events - English PEN

We’re delighted to announce that award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie will deliver the 2025 #PENLecture in partnership with @newwritingnorth.bsky.social & @nclanews.bsky.social.

Join us at 6pm on 19 June, at Culture Lab, Newcastle University.

Book now ⤵️

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Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford review – wild trouble in a child’s world An unsettlingly funny debut explores memories of a perilous birthday party, with dark echoes of Grimms’ fairytales and gothic fiction

In my @theguardian.com review of Krystelle Bamford's fine novel 'Idle Grounds' I quote Robert Aickman and namecheck Shirley Jackson and E.F. Benson, if that's up your street. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...

We felt it had to happen, yet were scared of our hope. But yes, a new Pynchon novel approaches. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...

Long Ling · Diary: In the new Beijing As the buildings continue to go up and the city expands, another Xiong’an is being built in the cloud. Every financial...

‘Even an elderly woman who doesn’t know how to use a smartphone and doesn’t watch TV is constantly feeding data into this network by turning lights on and off, using the toilet or turning on the stove.’

Long Ling on the new city being built for Beijing’s overflow: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist.

Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025