🚨 On 18 Oct @jackaldane.bsky.social will not only be hosting a live #podcast about the 100th anniversary of Kafka’s The Trial, but also speaking about the legacy of Jane Austen at 250 (see below)👇 Don’t miss either! Use code ‘BOOKCLUB’ for 20% off all tickets 🎟️ 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

🗓️ SAT 18 OCT 25 @jackaldane.bsky.social takes the stage at #battlefest 2025 along with @nickwallis.bsky.social, Maxie Allen of Times Radio, and @johnyorkestory.bsky.social to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Kafka's The Trial. Use code BOOKCLUB for 20% off 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

Was there ever a face more made for the movies? #robertredfordrip

🗓️ HOLD THE DATE: SAT 18 OCT 2025 @jackaldane.bsky.social and guests return to this year's #battlefest for a centennial celebration of one of the most disturbing and enduring novels of all time. Any guesses?🤔 Use the code BOOKCLUB for 20% off ALL 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

Ian McGuire, author of the 2016 novel The North Water, reads from #MartinAmis's The Rub of Time, in which an essay appears on the toll age can take on the writer's 'inner ear', and what Amis belives this meant for John Updike. See 🔗 in the bio for the FULL EPISODE

Such a wonderful episode with John and Ian BTW, I finished listening this morning and immediately had to contact them. Your questions were so good.

"[Martin Amis] said: I'm no longer reading with a pencil in my hand, and I knew that that was probably the closest he'd come to complaining to me about his state of health. I think the pencil represents an idea of the future. About a week later he was dead."’ www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

🚨 Listen to the latest episode with writers John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire of The University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing. Here's John reading from #MartinAmis 's collection of essays 📚The Rub of Time📚, about watching football live. Link to full episode in bio

🚨 NEW EPISODE! John McAuliffe & Ian McGuire of meet @jackaldane.bsky.social to share memories of #MartinAmis you won’t hear anywhere else. 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/64Ui... Acast shows.acast.com/6480a754d9a8...

A spot of cross-pollination here as Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social, Amis fan and fellow podcast creator, offers his two cents on Yellow Dog, an underdog novel in the Amis corpus that he argues brings more pleasure than its critics would have you believe. Here are the 3 reasons why 👇

After a discussion with @mymartinamis.bsky.social @jackaldane.bsky.social I have put together a partial defence of Amis's Yellow Dog. It's not as bad as you thought, honest! x.com/i/status/195...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6Pgm... Acast shows.acast.com/5eb2ec99ca79...

Daniel Day Lewis is back people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqo...

🔊 OUT NOW! Phoebe Greenwood and @jackaldane.bsky.social meet at #hibaexpress Lebanese and Palestinian restaurant to discuss her debut novel 📚 Vulture 📚, a grim satire of the 2012 War in Gaza @europaeditions.bsky.social 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6Pgm...

👀COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER... Friends and former colleagues of #MartinAmis, the writers John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire, talk to @jackaldane.bsky.social next about founding the University of Manchester's @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social, and the indispensable role Amis played in bringing it to life.

Next episode is taking @jackaldane.bsky.social to Manchester… 🤔

Never thought I'd finish listening to a Martin Amis podcast and end up thinking I need to read "Lonesome Dove"...!

🚨Listen up! Phoebe Greenwood @pagreenwood.bsky.social has something to announce... @jackaldane.bsky.social @europaeditions.bsky.social

LISTEN NOW to Geoff Dyer on Ep#18 of the series, where he and @jackaldane.bsky.social discuss the lasting power of The War Against Cliché to inspire writers everywhere.

This is a great episode, thank you. Very glad that you are keeping going - plenty more books to cover, as you mention. The chat about, and quotes from, the Don Quixote review had me weeping with laughter on the train. Many thanks.

🔊NEW EPISODE! Geoff Dyer and @jackaldane.bsky.social discuss the auspicious power of The War Against Cliché, how Geoff would have fared against #MartinAmis on the 🎾 court, and more! Spotify🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/4qvg... Apple 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Geoff Dyer and @jackaldane.bsky.social wrap another terrific episode, surrounded by the rich archives of Geoff’s study.

COMING UP THIS MONTH... Award-winning author Geoff Dyer and @jackaldane.bsky.social reenter Martin Amis's 'The War Against Cliché'. STAY TUNED FOR MORE.

👀 IT’S HERE! Listen for the first time or relive FICTION FIRST, wherever you get your podcasts. @judecook.bsky.social @jackaldane.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @serpents-tail.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social

ICYMI, listen now to Ross Barkan discussing Inside Story with @jackaldane.bsky.social on the latest episode of My #MartinAmis.

Re-upping this since everything I want to say about #USYK today I wrote seven months ago on a flight home from Riyadh, and all of it feels truer now than ever before. #Dubois #UsykDubois2 #UsykVsDubois #usykvsdubois2 🔗 jackaldane.substack.com/p/the-lighte...

⏰ NEW EPISODE of the My Martin Amis #podcast! Listen to Ross Barkan and @jackaldane.bsky.social discuss Amis's last novel Inside Story, #Trump and the Amisian spirit of fearlessness that Ross hopes modern writers can reclaim for the 21st C. 🔗 t.co/aA4XgEE9bV 🔗 t.co/kBmqh3bhl7 🔗 t.co/JEpj7gwWqR

Fabulous evening at 21 Soho for Fiction First! Thanks @jackaldane.bsky.social & @bookingclubpod.bsky.social for a nuanced exploration of the novel with 6 brilliant debut writers: Harriet Armstrong, Lisa Smith, Rowe Irvin, Thomas Peermohamed Lambert, Nicolas Padamsee & William Rayfet Hunter👏

Last call for this tonight at 21soho 7pm. Come and see six brilliant debut novelists talk about their books and paths to publication for a special edition of @bookingclubpod.bsky.social hosted by @jackaldane.bsky.social. Not to be missed! Tickets £11 & late bar 👉 www.tickettext.co.uk/cHPHYTmiv5?p...

Still a few tickets left for this tomorrow night at 21 Soho 7pm. Do come along to hear six brilliant debut novelists talk about their books and paths to publication. Not to be missed! @jackaldane.bsky.social Tickets 👉 www.tickettext.co.uk/cHPHYTmiv5

🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Screenwriter and novelist @nivenj1.bsky.social meets @jackaldane.bsky.social at #ScottsMayfair to discuss📚 The Fathers 📚, his heart-rending eleventh novel where two worlds collide in Glasgow. 🔗 shows.acast.com/5eb2ec99ca79...

📚Nicolas Padamsee, @profilebooks.bsky.social 📚Thomas Peermohamed Lambert, @europaeditions.bsky.social 📚Lisa Smith, @johnmurrays.bsky.social 📚Harriet Armstrong, @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social 📚 @willhunterr.bsky.social, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 📚 Rowe Irvin, @canongate.co.uk

🔊We've just wrapped Ep.80 of The Booking Club with the brilliant @nivenj1.bsky.social who chose to meet at Scott's in Mayfair to speak to @jackaldane.bsky.social about his new novel The Fathers. @canongate.co.uk @emmafinniganpr.bsky.social Listen out for this new episode, coming soon in July ☀️

What a line up! Come along to 21Soho next Wed July 16th 7pm for FICTION FIRST: a live recording of @bookingclubpod.bsky.social with 6 brilliant debut novelists. Nicolas Padamsee, William Rayfet Hunter, Rowe Irvin, Harriet Armstrong, Thomas Lambert & Lisa Smith. www.tickettext.co.uk/cHPHYTmiv5

Author of Life Cycle of a Moth, Rowe Irvin, is one of the debut novelists due to appear at Fiction First at 21Soho on Weds 16 July. Don't miss this superb literary experience! 🎟️ 🔗 in replies! @judecook.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @europaeditions.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Had a ball and a hell of a time talking to @jackaldane.bsky.social of the @bookingclubpod.bsky.social about Lost Boys and the manosphere www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttNi...

🚨NEXT UP on The Booking Club, novelist and screenwriter @nivenj1.bsky.social joins @jackaldane.bsky.social at his favourite restaurant to discuss his new work of fiction 📚The Fathers 📚

🔊 On WED 16 JULY, @jackaldane.bsky.social will be hosting a live show for The Booking Club - FICTION FIRST - featuring six celebrated debut novelists. Join us at 21 Soho for the best literary evening event of the season. @judecook.bsky.social TICKETS 🎟️ AND LINE-UP IN COMMENTS!

Delighted to announce that @bookingclubpod.bsky.social will be hosting FICTION FIRST on Wednesday 16th July - a fresh look at the novel featuring six standout debut authors. See line-up in comments! TICKETS ON SALE NOW: tickettext.co.uk/cHPHYTmiv5

Delighted to announce that @bookingclubpod.bsky.social will be hosting FICTION FIRST on Wednesday 16th July - a fresh look at the novel featuring six standout debut authors. See line-up in comments! TICKETS ON SALE NOW: tickettext.co.uk/cHPHYTmiv5

From our latest episode with @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on his new book Lost Boys, #adolescence and his personal journey through the #manopsphere. If you tuned into last night’s #bbcqt, time to hit play.

Happy days to all the fathers #fathersday @nivenj1.bsky.social

☀️☀️☀️COMING THIS SUMMER!☀️☀️☀️ Journalist, novelist and essayist Ross Barkan joins @jackaldane.bsky.social in London to re-open📚 Inside Story📚 and discuss his own work as a 30-something novelist, journalist and New Yorker. Catch them later...🍸🍸

Thanks Palm Court Brasserie for having me and @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social round for dinner to record @bookingclubpod.bsky.social New episode out soon!

Thanks Palm Court Brasserie for having me and @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social round for dinner to record @bookingclubpod.bsky.social New episode out soon!

"It was loud and clear on My Martin Amis  — note that title — a podcast series of interviews with some of his followers. Must say, I licked it up." Jonny Ford with ref to @dpatrikarakos.bsky.social’s episode with @jackaldane.bsky.social t.co/dHQs0WI04T

🚨 LISTEN NOW to the latest episode of The Booking Club in which @leorobson.bsky.social discusses his first novel with @jackaldane.bsky.social at Jincheng Alley in Central London. 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6FlK... 🔗 shows.acast.com/5eb2ec99ca79...

This time next week I will be in Athens Georgia, the city where my all-time favourite band was formed in 1980. A Graceland destination. #REM @remhq.bsky.social