Hoy en nuestro Substack: la increíble historia de John Healy y por qué su obra maestra, The Grass Arena, sigue inédita en español. open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Head down to Parenthesis bookshop in Lavapiés tomorrow at 19:30 for a book presentation on Argentine poet Roberto Juarroz by Jaime Correas. Dive into the world of Vertical Poetry. Free entry. www.eventbrite.es/e/entradas-p... @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social #Poetry #madrid #Argentina #friday

Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”

Happy Canada Day from Prince Edward County!

A camel bathing in the lush, misty hills of Salalah, Oman, where the khareef monsoon turns the Arabian desert green every summer.

magical book spines for my fellow bibliophiles

Mental health crises, clashes with Nazis and painting: some things you might not know about #steppenwolf and #siddartha author Hermann Hesse. #books open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Good night BlueSky. “Radiance of silence" by Ukrainian Impressionist Andrii Chebotaru.

Giant cherry tree on a rainy day in Japan. Photography by Akihiko Fukuyama

You know those books that sit there unread on your night stand? Take them with you on vacation so they can remain unread in a sunny locale.

Giant bumphead parrotfish: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

Soraya French (b.1957 Iran) Sunflower Fields, Provence. mixed media.

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

"Mallorca is the green Switzerland under the sky of Calabria." Born today in 1804, George Sand immortalised Valldemossa with Frédéric Chopin in A Winter in Mallorca (1842). Vivid and controversial, it remains in print nearly two centuries later. #georgesand #chopin #memoir #mallorca

Western Illinois University Librarians Win Their Jobs Back After Illegal Layoffs An arbitrator found that when the university laid off the workers, it violated the collective bargaining agreement with the #union. Find out more: tinyurl.com/4uznfrjj @aft.org#union#LibraryWorkers #LibraryLife

#SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚 #SFF #SFFWriting/Writers 🔱 #writingcommunity

Iran's national team was forced to return to Mexico after the match against Egypt. They weren't allowed to stay in the United States. They arrived in Tijuana at 4:00 am. Absolutely shameful.

As @vanmorrison.bsky.social returns to Madrid for 2 concerts at tonight and tomorrow, @cpenty.bsky.social examines his work.https://open.substack.com/pub/themadridreview/p/the-poetry-of-van-morrison?r=2k593n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #madrid #review #poetry

Our latest review looks at Ocumo: A Latin American Novel by Mel Páez, a sharp, funny debut that explores corruption, media, populism, and power through the voices of ordinary people. #review open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Who better to make sense of Latin America's political contradictions than someone who has spent years reporting on them? open.substack.com/pub/themadri... #latinamerica #Venezuela #fiction #satire #novel #interview

The Madrid Review expresa su solidaridad con el pueblo de Venezuela tras el terremoto. Nuestros pensamientos están con las personas afectadas, sus familias y quienes trabajan en las labores de asistencia y recuperación.

Ambrose Bierce, born this day in 1842, is mostly known for a ghost story and a disappearance in Mexico. Borges put him alongside Poe and Kafka in 1940. The trick he built in 1890 shows up again in Borges's "El milagro secreto" and Cortázar's "La noche boca arriba." open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

An exclusive interview with Cartie Whitelaw @ybernia-books.bsky.social #transformation #growth #memoir #identity #personal open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Out today from @charcopress.com, Animal Spiral by @luisothonielrosa.bsky.social (translated by @katiemarya.bsky.social) is a bold, 2026 sci-fi epic tracing a collective consciousness born in Puerto Rico across 400 years. #puertorico #dystopia #sci-fi #Caribbean #translation #newbook

My painting of Barcelona sold today, yay!! More than 10 people attempted to buy it, I was thrilled and floored! Here is my digital study for my next original painting; “Paris” 16x24” $650 Ready for pick up or delivery on July 15th If you want it, reach out soon. I expect it to sell quickly!

Charles Penty went to the theatre to see @serranoismael.bsky.social in the Machado story with music by Serrat #antoniomachado #Teatro #Madrid #theatre #musical open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Think you know Benidorm? Think again! Join Matthew Clapham and TMR Ed Jayne Marshall tonight at Secret Kingdoms @ybernia-books.bsky.social www.thesecretkingdoms.net/agenda/event... #Madrid #Spain #Travel #Benidorm #Friday #Event #today #books

Blind librarian, master of the labyrinth, creator of infinite libraries and impossible books. Few writers have done more to change how we think about fiction. #borges #joseluisborges #Argentina #buenosaires #biography open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Congratulations to @stevetoase.bsky.social, whose short story “Pollen”, first published in TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN, will be republished in @undertow.bsky.social ‘s Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol 2. 👉🏼 Copies of TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN are available on helleborebooks.com

Dirt Upon My Skin, my archaeology themed horror collection, is still available direct from the publisher @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for the grand total of £5.99 for the paperback, or £1.49 for the ebook. That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!

When someone asks what my favorite books are, I can never remember the title of any book I've ever read in my entire life.

"Writers are loners and observers... there is always a small, hardcore group - the soul of the writing community, we could say - who value telling the truth of what they see above everything else... the effect is powerful and dangerous. It’s magic." @madridlitmag.bsky.social

Breathe…..

"Silence" - my oil painting

Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.

When Allen Ginsberg met Carlos De Ory from Cádiz in NYC - 1987 #beatpoetry #ginsberg #Allenginsberg #ory #NYC #newyork themadridreview.substack.com/p/allen-gins...

I always find it funny when people say "this era will be judged harshly in history books". Like, if we've learned anything from recent world events, it's that nobody reads history books.

In my book, a poem isn't a monologue. It's an invitation to engage in a dialogue.

It's #bloomsday so have a good one! #jamesjoyce #Joyce #Dublin #Ireland #ulysses open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

The Dutch doing this in fuckin Dallas, Texas is very funny to me, an American who has seen Cowboys fans who represent one of the most valuable sports teams on earth never approach this level of enthusiasm this century.

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Behind every tired Ukrainian face Is a stubborn refusal to give up. A quiet decision made every day: To keep living🇺🇦

Five reasons to read Whatever You Do, Just Don't (with thanks to Andy Hopkins @nightjrrs.bsky.social)... andyhopkinspoet.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/m...

The Secret Will Soon Be Out #daviducles #spain #publishing open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

Remembering Daniel Keyes, who died on this day in 2014 #scifi #danielkeyes #rip #algernon #hugoaward #nebulaaward

Today at the Madrid Book Fair: our columnist and local living legend John Liddy signs copies of Spanish Points at Huerga & Fierro, Booth 284 (12:30–14:30). #Johnliddy #huergayfierro #madrid #feriadellibro #domingo #hoy #firmas #poesia #irlanda