'That became the story: that there isn’t evidence. But there isn’t usually evidence of queer lives. Writing about queer lives is always imbued with loss.' Alice Hattrick, author of FANCY WORK, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social: observer.co.uk/culture/book...

The kind and quick and oh so beguiling voice of Dooneen's narrator, whose seeming looseness is perfectly controlled. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Yesterday, I talked to Kate Briggs about her new translation 'Twenty Minutes of Silence', a novel by the forgotten French writer Hélène Bessette.It was such a pleasure to ask all I wanted and listen to Kate's reflections on Bessette's radical form, morality,translation. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

'Ambitious and inviting, this confident collection confirms Fitzcarraldo’s entry in the arena of contemporary poetry.' Rowland Bagnall reviews CAFÉS by Holly Pester for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

🔹Our summer reading sale continues with 30 per cent off!🔹 Use the code ‘SUMMER30’ at checkout to redeem the discount, the sale includes Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags: fitzcarraldoeditions.com Sale ends 11.59 p.m. GMT on 5 July.

I know it's only June, but I will be surprised if I read another novel this year as explosively brilliant as Dooneen by @rid9way.bsky.social published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Think Beckett. Think Pynchon. Think whatever the hell you want. I rarely reread books, but I will make an exception.

Many thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for an advance read of Vaim Hotel, the second of three Vaim novels by my favourite, Jon Fosse, translated from Norwegian by the great Damion Searls.

Tomorrow I'll have a conversation with Kate Briggs about the forgotten French writer Hélène Bessette (1918-2000), who wrote brilliant experimental fiction, amongst others the 'anti-detective' 'Twenty Minutes of Silence'. So excited,please join! Kiosk, Rotterdam, 19.00 @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

🍳 CAFÉS by Holly Pester publishes today Head to the link below to read an excerpt and order a copy of the book. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/cafes/...

Holly Pester's novel The Lodgers is, for me, among the most interesting contemporary writing and though it was noted, still needs to find new readers. I am looking forward to her new poems. #poetry

The Mulai is an absolute banger, I would like people to read it when it comes out so I have more people to discuss it with pls and thank.

📚 We are pleased to announce our July publications — CAFÉS by Holly Pester, out on 2 July; — THE MULAI by Munir Hachemi, tr. Julia Sanches, out on 16 July. Head to the link below to pre-order your copies and read excerpts from the books. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/?utm_so...

'Whether finding beauty between the butter smears, smiles in plug-socket scrambles, or philosophical revelations between strands of hair, Pester’s poetic world is never a dull place to be.' Jade Cuttle reviews CAFÉS by Holly Pester, out 2 July.

'With its dark absurdist humour, chronological chaos and effervescent language, this is a dizzying take on a crime thriller: a collage of words and an examination of what lies behind those words.' Lee Langley reviews TWENTY MINUTES OF SILENCE by Hélène Bessette, tr. Kate Briggs, for the Spectator:

In conversation with Leri Price, translator of Samar Yazbek's "Your Presence is a Danger to Your Life: Voices from Gaza," out now from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social arablit.org/2026/06/25/t...

'It’s thrilling to watch Ridgway play with clarity and certainty; the linguistic energy and variety of the prose gives us plenty of sustenance to keep going as we clamber through the shadows.' Michael Donkor on DOONEEN by @rid9way.bsky.social for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

'[A]n updated take on the distance between reality and illusion results in a resonant existentialist text grounded in modern anxieties.' Colm McKenna reviews WHAT AM I, A DEER? by Polly Barton for @irishtimes.com: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

I'm very pleased that @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social are bringing Hélène Bessette into English via Kate Brigg's translations. 'Lili is Crying was one of last year's favourites and I expect no lesser experience with 'Twenty Minutes of Silence'.

"What Am I, A Deer?" by Polly Barton. This is the first of @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social incredible "author collections". Available exclusively through independent bookshops, these SIGNED & numbered editions also have Klein blue sprayed edges Order here. biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Well, Sunday was a lot of fun @leedslitfest.bsky.social Congratulations to Alice Hattrick on publishing their second book FANCY WORK, which is out today from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social My conversation with Alice will be out soon 😊

2026 #62 This is going to be one of my favourite novels for this year, the story of the fraught but enriching relationship between a composer and a brilliant saxophonist working together to bring a new work to life. Alt text has more info. Superb from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚 #booksky

Vincenzo Latronico will be speaking at the America Memorial Library in Berlin on 7 July. You can find out more here: www.zlb.de/veranstaltun...

Textile and fiber arts friends, a new book about May Morris and her circle that sounds amazing!

Happy Publication Day! After talking to Kate Briggs about translating Hélène Bessette, we're so excited to read Twenty Minutes of Silence. 'there is a participatory role, a space that she makes for the reader, across all of her work, I would say. Certainly in Twenty Minutes of Silence...'

🪡 FANCY WORK: UNPICKING PAST LIVES by Alice Hattrick publishes today Head to the link below to read an excerpt from the book and order a copy. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/fancy-...

In her novel Helen of Nowhere, Makenna Goodman ironizes an American myth: “The lure of the fresh start, the virgin soil, nature divine. A man flees the city for the country, like Thoreau. Will he manage to leave his troubles behind him?” —Joanna Biggs

Just about able to walk in a straight line again after inhaling this short, sustained masterpiece by Jon Fosse in one dizzying sitting.

“It’s the only life I’ve ever dreamed of. I know deep down that I don’t aspire to be a university professor.” Annie Ernaux on being a writer.

Keith Ridgway on his new novel, Dooneen – I was really impressed by A Shock, so will get onto this once I'm out of this writing phase. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Tonight! 🎉

🕯️ TWENTY MINUTES OF SILENCE by Hélène Bessette, tr. Kate Briggs, publishes this week Head to the link below to pre-order your copy and read an excerpt from the book. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/twenty...

Holly Pester and Luke Roberts will be at the shop Thursday 2 July to discuss CAFÉS, an elegy for lost communal space, and a stylish political intervention. Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holly-pest...

And finally, Friday, 19 June: Makenna will be in conversation with Sam Reid as part of our special event, 'Nowhere Fancy: An Evening with Fitzcarraldo Editions' at Charleston: www.charleston.org.uk/event/nowher...

New episode of Books Up Close with Oluwaseun Olayiwola! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e... @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Dooneen is the incredible new novel written by Keith Ridgway and published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social. @rid9way.bsky.social will join us at WCLF for a FREE EVENT alongside Djamel White in Bantry Library on Saturday 11 July www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Colette Estelle interviews Giada Scodellaro about her debut novel RUINS, CHILD for Public Seminar: publicseminar.org/2026/06/writ...

I interviewed Keith Ridgway for @irishtimes.com about his outstanding new novel ‘Dooneen’. Published @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and @ndbooks.bsky.social. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Tuesday, 16 June: Makenna will be in conversation with Lara Williams @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Tickets and details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-of-n...

UK friends: do not miss! And say hello for me!

tribunemag.co.uk/2026/06/on-t... An honour to be so well read in Tribune. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social

Just a few things we’re devouring at the moment⚡️ @markabowles.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @matthew-rice.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

ICYMI: Next Friday, 19 June. Join us for an evening at Charleston: www.charleston.org.uk/event/nowher...

🏘️ Next week, Makenna Goodman, author of HELEN OF NOWHERE, will be on tour in the UK: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2026/06/make...

🌷Friday, 19 June🪻 Join us for 'Nowhere Fancy', An Evening with Fitzcarraldo Editions Oluwaseun Olayiwola, Alice Hattrick, Holly Pester and Makenna Goodman with Sam Reid at Charleston in East Sussex. Tickets and details here: www.charleston.org.uk/event/nowher...

This is a truly exceptional novel: transporting, singular, deeply insightful, and compellingly strange. It's going to be much talked about, so get on it.

🟦 DOONEEN by Keith Ridgway publishes today Head the link below to read an excerpt and order your copy. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/doonee...

Dooneen is published today. Many thanks to all the lovely people of @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for their care. I like this book. I hope you will too. Available now off the shelf or to order in all the great bookshops of these islands.

'Dillon’s memoir suggests that to read deeply is to change oneself, and that such change is both personal and, potentially, political.' Luke Kelly reviews AMBIVALENCE by Brian Dillon for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Happy publication day to @rid9way.bsky.social and @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for Dooneen; engrossing tale of revolutionary madness in a labyrinth of semi-dystopian Dublin. Best spot of reading I’ve had in a good while.