'Borges’s mother would ask him, according to Barnstone, “Why not Greek, the tongue of a civilized people?” The answer was that Borges was fond of barbarians, outlaws and gauchos.' Irina Dumitrescu (Irina Dumitrescu) on literary realism, from ‘Beowulf’ to Borges the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…

Heading for the beach and after a holiday read? May I suggest my wintery, Gothic, melancholy, storm-lashed book, variously described as 'weird, astonishing' and 'Folk horror at its most intelligent and beautiful.' It's the perfect holiday companion! Fleet Little, Brown UK

Very happy and honoured to be included in such esteemed and distinguished company. Huge thanks to Nicholas Royle and Salt Books and to The Fiction Desk for giving my strange tale its first home...

Retweet ❗️ This is a Swift. sometimes they can end up on the ground. This is where they need YOUR help! Swifts arrive back to the UK from April/May to nest. 🪺 (A THREAD)

Dear book people, what are the best and/or most interesting novels and short stories set in and around the art world? Thinking modern and contemporary…..

Just finished. Highly recommended. Innovative forms, distinctive voice, odd impulses, unexpected results. Much of it set in a future that is both creepingly familiar and utterly strange. 💥 Congrats to 🌊🌊 Tom Conaghan and Scratch Books

Excited for my first bookish festival thing. I’ll be at Folk East in Suffolk with Halesworth Bookshop on Fri 16 Aug to talk about (and hopefully sign and stamp copies of) The North Shore, my folk-horror adjacent meditation on transformation….. @folkeast Halesworth Bookshop Fleet

Spotted in all its lovely purple glory National Poetry Library on the shiny ‘new books’ shelf no less!

Applications are now once again open for Page One, our annual online mentoring scheme. Seeking candidates from backgrounds which are currently underrepresented in publishing, we want to demystify the industry and give your career a kickstart: johnsonandalcock.co.uk/page-one

I asked Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump's top advisors, what is the evidence for saying that Caracas and Venezuela are safer than the United States. He began by answering that it is the government's numbers. I asked him if he trusted Maduro's numbers. And this was his

Dear friends, if you’ve read The North Shore, please consider rating (or even reviewing) it on Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, Waterstones or wherever you go for bookish matters. It really helps spread the word. If you didn’t like it, just keep that to yourself, ok? Thanks! 🙏

On 26 Sept WORDTheatre will celebrate Salt’s ‘Best British Short Stories’ series. Five stories from the series will be read/performed by actors. My story, ‘An Invocation’, is in BBSS2024 and will be read by Christopher Ecclestone. Oof! Can’t wait…. @wordtheatre Salt Books

Thank you for all the wonderful stories Nightjar Press

The Irish Terrier is well camouflaged in autumn….

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” — Franz Kafka

The pb of my strange little book has been out for 6 months! ‘That rare beast, a work of folk horror that holds its own with the classics...’ Nina Allan, author of The Dollmaker ‘Folk horror at its most intelligent and beautiful.’ Dawn Keetley, Horror Homeroom Fleet

Today’s post. Honoured to be in such esteemed company! Huge thanks to Nicholas Royle and Salt Books

Spotted at Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Always good to see one out in the wild….

Confingo author Sonya Moor (The Comet & Other Stories) features in the Best British Short Stories 2024 anthology edited by fellow Confingo author Nicholas Royle and out now with Salt Books – order your copy in time for Christmas here… saltpublishing.com/products/best-…