“Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.” macspaunday.substack.com/p/how-russia...

Today on the all-new Spybrary (dot) com, dive into @markpackuk.bsky.social review of Enemies Within. Fair warning to my fellow @ColdWar nerds, his take is so compelling that I bought the book as soon as I finished reading the review. Have you read it? What did you think? Link in 1st reply.

"To be a Brit was to be a bit of a spy, and to be a spy was to be a bit of a Brit." --Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!

One of my favourite films from LFF this year was The Secret Agent. A towering performance from Wagner Moura, who I hope gets plenty of awards season love. Full review for @spybrary.bsky.social. spybrary.com/the-secret-a...

Can't wait for the sequel @michaelidov.bsky.social ! And thanks as always to @spybrary.bsky.social for keeping the pavement artists ever ready to tail the latest talents!

Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough. spybrary.com/the-persian-...

What’s everyone reading this weekend?

1/26/67: Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair, via the Le Carre novel [M: Quincy Jones] w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99 More: @spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-... @top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...

Yeah, I’ve got an Insight for you: I should have said “yes” when my orthodontist offered to fix my teeth when I was ten, but I never wanted to be on TV and I still don’t. Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice): www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...

Absolute spot on @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-car-chas...

I have bought so many excellent books in London that I will be coughing up luggage excess fees (again!) I am blaming @harkaway.bsky.social and Esterhase for this last minute book purchase. Kosonom.

2024 is an epic year for quality spy reads once again. Narrowing my favourites down to just five is a tough assignment, but that's called Five Book Rules. Check out my interview with the epic @fivebooks.com at the link in the first reply. @harkaway.bsky.social @merlenygate.bsky.social

Very excited for this. I have not seen Roger Moore on the big screen since the late ‘80s. He was my absolute hero growing up and still is. youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI #rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar

Buy Karla’s Choice superbly written by @harkaway.bsky.social and pick up a free #Spybrary bookmark at Waterstones Piccadilly.

Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024? www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Really, really chuffed to discover today that #AReluctantSpy has gone to a second hardback printing less than three months after release! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and talked about my book.

‘There’s more to life than books you know but not much more.’ Support your local book shops. If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five. #booksoversocks

Bring your own drawing pin and yellow chalk. Tonight in Hampstead. @harkaway.bsky.social will be interviewed by @shippersunbound.bsky.social of the Sunday Times at Waterstones Hampstead. Link to book in the first comment #karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway

I was lucky enough to attend the @waterstones.bsky.social event with @philippesands.bsky.social expertly interrogating @harkaway.bsky.social . Read my field report here #johnlecarré #nickharkaway spybrary.com/nick-harkawa...

Reader meet author. Lovely to catch up with Merle Nygate today! Honour Among Spies is one of my top spy book picks of 2024!! I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’ #spybrary

Did real-life spy Biffy Dunderdale inspire James Bond? From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary. Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond

Buy the new George Smiley novel by @harkaway.bsky.social and get a free #Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nab the bookmark but miss out on what is my favourite spy novel of 2024 @foylesforbooks.bsky.social #johnlecarré #georgesmiley

Thanks to all who are following me. I am just getting settled in here and will be following you all back, well maybe not the conspiracy whackos and extremists… oh wait there aren’t any! #Spybrary

Who else collects books in non English language editions? The literal translation is Shadows from Yesterday but what’s the original novel’s English title? #johnlecarré #johnlecarre

Morning Bluesky! Since I seem to have acquired *another* couple of hundred followers since yesterday, I thought I'd re-post a book trailer I made for #AReluctantSpy, which came out in September from @headlinebooks.bsky.social (with a special edition from @goldsborobooks.bsky.social) - Enjoy!

Heads up John Le Carré fans. @harkaway.bsky.social to speak at CrimeFest 2025 event. www.thebookseller.com/news/crimefe...

Practice run for a brand new #Spybrary project. Coming soon….

Buy a copy of I S Berry’s The Peacock and The Sparrow and get a free Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nick the bookmark but miss out on what was my favourite spy read of 2023. @waterstoneswestfield London.

The last thing I need in my life is another social media platform but so many good people I follow have migrated here. What are you reading this weekend? #spybooks #thrillerbooks