Porcupine

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

https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/porcupine/

Fitzcarraldo Novel Prize

I am thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Prize.

https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-fitzcarraldo-editions-novel-prize/the-novel-prize-entry-requirements/

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Only Kill Advisedly!

I wrote about Antoine Volodine’s Mevlido’s Dreams and Sergei Lebedev’s A Present Past for the TLS.

The Ascent of Stromboli

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I have a new piece of non-fiction in the latest issue of The Dublin Review, a magazine I love writing for – one of the few quality homes for longform non-fiction.

You can order it here (and subs are cheap): https://thedublinreview.com/product/winter-2023-24/

The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers Guild

I wrote about Mathias Enard’s new novel for The TLS.

Waiting to be arrested at night

I wrote about Tahir Hamut Izgil’s memoir for the TLS.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/waiting-to-be-arrested-at-night-tahir-hamut-izgil-book-review-nick-holdstock/