'Masterpiece... you might just have found your new favourite author' #TheCourseOfTheHeart by @mjohnharrison.bsky.social, reviewed in the Big Issue. This new edition of Harrison's cult novel, featuring an introduction by Julia Armfield, is out now. www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

Hallucinating old geezer somehow got into Waterstones Putney yesterday evening, but Julia Armfield managed to talk him down & he even had some interesting tales to tell.

This is an extraordinary, beautiful novel. I teach it as part of a graduate fiction seminar at NYU and I am still unpicking its mysteries.

Aún recuerdo el final de El curso del corazón fue una mezcla de asombro y belleza (algo que siempre siento con Harrison, una belleza dulce) Volvió a reeditarse El curso del corazón, novela imprescindible (como Light). Acá la consiguen con editorial Sigilo.

Featuring Personal Anthology debuts for: @jencalleja.bsky.social Yuri Felsen Shola von Reinhold So congrats to them! (NB You can read Jen's own Personal Anthology, a selection of Maltese short fiction, here: apersonalanthology.com/category/jen...)

In some belated admin, I've just updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social's selection of a dozen short stories... from way back in June!!!

I'm speaking about my new book, World Cup Fever, at the Wells literary festival in Somerset on October 20. Tickets available here - come one and all: wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/events/2025-...

Gurnaik Johal: ‘I had no idea Zadie Smith was such a big deal!’

Absolutely delightful evening on the 6th floor of Foyles yesterday, chatting to the great Helen Macdonald. Thanks to everyone who came & got the vibe. Followed by a trip to the venerable Pollo's. Photo: Simon Phillips, thanks Simon.

'Engaging, perceptive and clear ... However deep we delve, there’s always another layer of myth-making to keep us fascinated, frustrated – and hungry for more' Tuck into this delicious @theobserveruk.bsky.social review for Chris Newens' #MoveableFeasts 🍽️

'Thrilling' A fantastic review for Gurnaik Johal's #Saraswati in @thetls.bsky.social ✨

Listen now to my chat on Radio4 with Gurnaik Johal on his debut @serpents-tail.bsky.social novel Saraswati on #TakeFourBooks: where a lost river re-emerges in contemporary India. His 3 influences include @amitav.bsky.social, Joseph Conrad and poet Natalie Diaz! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

'Part political satire, part ecological allegory, this is an excellent novel to delve into if you're after something both entertaining and thought-provoking' Another fantastic review for Gurnaik Johal's debut novel #Saraswati 🌊

'Reminiscent of Salman Rushdie, though the debut novels it most resembles in energy and range are David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth' A stellar review from @john-self.bsky.social for Gurnaik Johal's #Saraswati in the Observer ☀️

ICYMI, we had Gurnaik Johal on the podcast this month to talk about maximalist fiction and his debut novel, Saraswati (@serpents-tail.bsky.social). Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Wd3...

From my essay on the political space-time of the short story @literaryhub.bsky.social, the intro to the excellent 22 Fictions: New Writing from Desperate Literature & @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social edited by Kate Ellis and Robert Greer published y'day! Read my essay here: lithub.com/less-matters...

A fascinating interview in @wasafirimag.bsky.social with #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal 👇✨

Introducing the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistees! We're so proud of our author Gurnaik Johal who has been chosen by @waterstones.bsky.social booksellers for his novel #Saraswati 🌊

So great to see this Serpent's Tail double whammy from Bernardine Evaristo as she recommends #NoSmallThing by Orlaine McDonald and #StagDance by @torreypeters.bsky.social in this summer holiday reading piece for @theguardian.com 📚🌞

'As eye-poppingly bizarre as they come' #DengueBoy by Michel Nieva, translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery, is a Financial Times' best science fiction book of the summer! Get your copy of this psychedelic dystopia now 🦟 www.ft.com/content/107d... @rrrahul.bsky.social

There's still time to sign up for @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social's Personal Anthology – his delicious pick of and introduction to a dozen experimental and Modernism-flavoured short stories. Hitting inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here if you don't subscribe. RT if you. apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

'Saraswati works beautifully. Johal has written a major novel, and at his very first attempt' A phenomenal 5-star review for #Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal, out this Thursday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As usual I've been juggling reading multiple books this week but since it's half term I've not actually finished anything Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is one I'm making great progress with. #booksky #litearyfiction #lovereading

'Walking into an independent bookshop is to know I am safe in the hands of people who love books as much as me' A great piece in @thebookseller.com on their Book of the Month pick with @bookshop.org for June, #NoSmallThing by Orlaine McDonald! tinyurl.com/4kks7tet

This is publishing on 19th June, full information here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/22-f...

A tower of #Saraswati signed by Gurnaik Johal today! Pre-order your signed copy of the debut of the summer through @waterstones.bsky.social here 👉tinyurl.com/SaraswatiWaterstones

I’ll be in Bristol (Gloucester Road Books) on the 16th June with the great Gurnaik Johal, discussing his novel Saraswati and my collection Portrait of an Island on Fire. Tickets here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

My 10 #nonfiction titles not to miss for July @thebookseller.com are by @shahnazahsan.bsky.social @arifa.bsky.social Alayo Akinkugbe, Nick Dawson, Sasha Debevec- McKenney, Tim Franks, Mandy Haggith, Chris Newens, Tim Pugh, Slutty Chef

I also reviewed this cracker - an utterly unhinged piece of satirical dystopia from Argentina. @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social @serpents-tail.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

Wonderful book mail thank you so much @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social Sataswati by Gurnaik Johal is out from @serpents-tail.bsky.social in June and sounds brilliant 📚💙 serpentstail.com/work/saraswa...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a... Publishing this week with @serpents-tail.bsky.social.

Uttama Kirit Patel recommends books that explore motherhood and intention by Constance Debré, Julie Phillips, Anna Hogeland, and more.

What do courtroom dramas get wrong about the law? Read former barrister, Guy Morpuss KC's piece on the errors found in your favourite TV whodunnits, and how he avoided similar mistakes in his legal thriller #ATrialInThreeActs ⚖️ www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r... @guymorpuss.bsky.social

Really enjoyed Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, which is really fucking weird, but in the best way possible www.wired.com/story/this-w...

#DengueBoy by Michel Nieva, translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery, is out now 🦟 'Wildly original' Guardian 🦟 'Brutal' Mariana Enriquez 🦟 'Essential' Wired 🦟 'Utterly engrossing' Financial Times serpentstail.com/work/dengue-... @rrrahul.bsky.social

Great to see that @Waterstones is offering 25% off my book #ATrialInThreeActs when you pre-order between now and the end of day on Monday. Use the pre-order code PREORDER25 at checkout to claim your discount. #WPreorder www.waterstones.com/book/a-trial...

Dengue Boy, a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth is unsettling and essential.

'A demented fever dream, bilious, splenetic, awash with spilled bodily fluids and shot through with the blackest of humour... splicing Ballard, Borges and Lovecraft' #DengueBoy by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul Bery is a FT pick for best new sci-fi 🦟 www.ft.com/content/acac...

📚💙You can now read samples via Profile's website! profilebooks.com/work/holy-pl...

'Dengue girl', an exclusive, never-before-seen extract from Dengue Boy, in my translation, available to read now on Joyland: joylandpublishing.com/fiction/deng...

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m reviewing Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, a remarkable speculative masterpiece translated by Rahul Bery and published in February by @serpents-tail.bsky.social fantasy-hive.co.uk/2024/12/deng...

Currently reading the savage, visceral, hypnotic “Dengue Boy“ by Michel Nieva in a dazzling translation by Rahul Bery. Published in February by @serpents-tail.bsky.social

Out on the 6th of March with @profilebooks.bsky.social! Huge thanks to Michael Wood for the endorsement, and the team at Profile for the gorgeous design. If you are interested in finding out more about the history of pilgrimage, you can pre-order now profilebooks.com/work/holy-pl...

#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is one of the i paper's top picks for crime novels out this January 🐾 inews.co.uk/culture/book...

My huge thanks to Robert of @serpents-tail.bsky.social for this cracking finished copy of @guymorpuss.bsky.social A Trial In Three Acts that arrived in surprise mail today 📚❤️ Out on 6th March and sounding a total belter!

We are incredibly proud of our author Gurnaik Johal, who has been chosen as an Observer best new novelist for 2025 👏 Gurnaik's epic debut novel #Saraswati publishes in June ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...