This week marks the 20th anniversary of Independent Bookshop Week. We particularly love the window display at Henry Pordes Books in London. Do you have a favourite bookshop? #IndieBookshopWeek #ChooseBookshops

Found my missing Nirvana ticket inside John Lewis Carré's The Honourable School Boy. I must have been using it as a bookmark 32 years ago. I think I need to restart the book, I can't remember much about it! @nickharkaway.com

The Night Manager team on the second series: deadline.com/2026/06/the-...

Have you been to see The Spy Who Came in from the Cold yet? Currently performing at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. #SpyOnStage, starring Ralf Little, on tour across the UK until 22 August. Tickets: spyonstage.com/uktour/

Friday debate: George Smiley or Alec Leamas? Two icons. Two very different men. Which defines John le Carré's writing for you?

"The Night Manager Perfectly Realizes John le Carré's Suspenseful Novel" www.cbr.com/spy-shows-vs...

The legendary The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré is only 99p on Kindle in May. www.amazon.co.uk/Came-Cold-Ge...

What do we learn about George Smiley in A Murder of Quality? #GeorgeSmiley #JohnleCarré

Whilst looking into the prospects for grouse shooting in 1962, Country Life Magazine reviewed John le Carré's second novel – A Murder of Quality.

In case you missed it... new cast announcements for Legacy of Spies. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...

Happy Easter. Egg hunt techniques inspired by great detectives. @tomgauld.bsky.social for the Guardian.

Very pleased with this little Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MOC, replacing the crap Disney inserts included in the TV set with one of George Smiley in the Circus SCIF. cc @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social bcc @nickharkaway.com ❤️

The winner of this election will face Soldier or Spy in 2028

There's only a week left to catch the John le Carré: Tradecraft exhibition at the Weston Library in Oxford. 🎟️ visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

Further cast announcements for the Chinese-language remake of The Night Manager. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Once again, the surest source of @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social love in US Pop Culture is a @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social clue! And tonight's contestant nailed it, which earned her an overly enthusiastic huzzah!

'Turning this massive book into a cogent screenplay was itself a considerable feat. Hopcraft did it with exemplary skill by taking the novel to pieces and rearranging it chronologically. Wisely, he drew extensively on le Carré’s often spellbinding dialogue.' rts.org.uk/article/comf...

The John le Carré archive is full of treasures. As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of A Perfect Spy we have unearthed some gems. We hope you enjoy these character notes from the 1980's that went on to form A Perfect Spy. #APerfectSpy #JohnleCarré

This month we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of A Perfect Spy, first published on the 17th March 1986. #APerfectSpy #JohnleCarré

Did you enjoy The Night Manager series 2?

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Stoppard, a dear friend of le Carré. They corresponded frequently, from congratulations for Shakespeare in Love to feedback for A Legacy of Spies. At his 87th birthday in 2019, David said that he thought of Tom as the external reader to whom he wrote.

'This is a great comic—and more than that, this is the essence of what a great spy story should be.' Fanbase Press reviews The Circus: Losing Control issue #1 fanbasepress.com/press/review...

Out today! A modern day Circus brought to life in fascinating detail. The Circus - Losing Control issue 1, the new @darkhorse.com written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland.

Season two is coming... #TheNightManager www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

The first line of this month's book... do you know which Smiley it is? #JohnleCarré

Released today – Smiley's People by John le Carré in audiobook, unabridged and narrated by Simon Russell Beale for the first time: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Smileys-P...

"In Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway has done the impossible and made it look easy. He's written a new George Smiley novel that reads like a long lost le Carré classic." Joe Hill, NYT bestselling author of The Fireman US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.

It's Bookshop Day tomorrow in the UK #BookshopDay

If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold! Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.

'For le Carré, research was everything; his fictional scenarios, he believed, needed to take place against entirely believable backdrops, if he was going to convincingly grapple with real-life conflicts and issues.' www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Publishing next week Schott's Significa offers an indispensable field guide into the secret languages that surround us. Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...

The Bodleian Libraries’ new exhibition #Tradecraft which draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré is now open to the public. And do make sure to pause at the gift shop to see if you can spot the new John le Carré merchandise... visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

In the Guardian, Nick Harkaway shared the books of his life from Lord of the Rings to The Hound of the Baskervilles with a special mention to A Murder of Quality by John le Carré. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

@nickharkaway.com joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré and carrying on his legacy in Karla's Choice. Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...

"Survival... is an infinite capacity for suspicion." Do you know which book we're looking at this month?

We are delighted to announce that we have been working with @darkhorse.com to produce a trilogy of comic books set in John le Carré’s Circus: London, present day. The story features the Mothers - the assistants to the various disciplines in the Circus: in this case, Maggie, ‘Mother’ to Control.

'Le Carré wrote 26 novels before he died, in 2020. He traveled to research many of them' This piece in the @theatlantic.com sees Honor Jones ‘Chasing le Carré in Corfu’, specifically The Perfect Spy.

“Le Carre’s researcher’s spirit, commitment to understanding real-world problems, meticulous attention to detail and working relationships are uncovered in an engaging and colourful review of his life and career.” Read more about the Tradecraft exhibit in the Oxford Mail.

Take a break and listen to actor David Harewood read from A Small Town in Germany. www.theguardian.com/books/video/...

Could be a fun word game...

'I can testify to the accuracy of John le Carré’s research...' William Wallace Liberal Democrat, House of Lords www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

The @bodleianlibraries at the University of Oxford have announced an exhibition starting in October, titled John le Carré: Tradecraft, drawing on thousands of papers in his vast private archive, which it holds. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...

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The Sunday Times recommends 10 audiobooks for your summer holidays. 'Audiobooks offer backlisted books a chance to shine anew. And when one is matched with a dream partner as narrator — Simon Russell Beale as John le Carré’s George Smiley — you are reminded why you fell so hard in the first place.'

Celebrating its 60th birthday, The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war. Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?

Nick Harkaway, joins Simon Mayo and Matt Williams for a chat about his new Circus novel – Karla's Choice. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

On this day: 11th June 2001 – Please take comfort from this: I had an amazing life, against the odds. I turned from a bad man to a much better one. John le Carré Letter to his sons, to be opened after his death news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-do-we-...

This month's book is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Do you know which book it is? #JohnleCarré #FirstLine

'Karla’s Choice breathes new life into the murky world of the Circus. If you haven’t read any Smiley books, then this wouldn’t be a bad place to start' – The Sunday Times Karla's Choice is out today in paperback. Perfect bank holiday reading: linktr.ee/realjohnleca...

“He was an optimist, he believed in people and that we could build a better world” Nick Harkaway spoke to the The Guardian about John le Carré as it’s announced that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold opens in the West End this November. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...