I wrote about the Chinese Internet for the TLS
Blinding
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.
Schattenfroh
I wrote about this behemoth of a novel for the TLS.
Fly, Wild Swans
I wrote about the sequel to Wild Swans for the TLS
How to Eat a River Crab
UCHANGE
Fitzcarraldo Novel Prize
I am thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Prize.

Partial Object

I have a new story in the latest issue of Exacting Clam.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-14-autumn-2024/partial-object/
Only Kill Advisedly!
I wrote about Antoine Volodine’s Mevlido’s Dreams and Sergei Lebedev’s A Present Past for the TLS.
Writing About Uyghur Erasure
I wrote about memoirs and activism for The Dial.
Rocks and Sand
I have an esssay in the summer issue of the Dublin Review about the desert in Morocco.

Black Ghosts
I have a new piece in the TLS.
The Book of Secrets
I wrote about Xinran’s latest book for The TLS.
Inland
I wrote about Gerald Murnane’s sui generis masterpiece for The TLS.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/inland-gerald-murnane-book-review-nick-holdstock/
The Ascent of Stromboli

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/
New story in Exacting Clam

I have a new short story in the Winter issue of Exacting Clam.
The Dial
I wrote about The Dial magazine for The TLS
Nanjing Residency
I’m going back to China for the first time in a decade. I wonder if anything has changed?
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.
High Caucasus

I wrote about Tom Parfitt’s North Caucasus travel book for Literary Review.
Tangier Tales
I wrote about Mohamed Choukri’s short stories for The TLS.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tales-of-tangier-mohamed-choukri-book-review-nick-holdstock/
Journeys Without Maps
The Turban and the Hat
A Book of Many Erections

I wrote about Wang Xiaobo’s novel for The TLS.
Paperback

The paperback of my second novel is now at liberty.
The Fawn

I wrote about The Fawn for the TLS.
The Rest is Slander

I wrote about the new Bernhard collection for the TLS.





