‘There were long, argumentative pieces, densely intuitive, often obscure, inviting readers to consider how the poem was supposed to address the world, if it could rise to the occasion.’ The editors on J.H. Prynne, who died on Wednesday, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

New on the podcast: Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Joe Dunthorne about her latest novel WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid... @tricialockwood.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Our Book of the Week is THE PALM HOUSE by Gwendoline Riley. We have plenty of signed copies available in store and on our website: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-pa...

'It is a staggering body of work, with a capacity, sometimes even a necessity to make changes in the way you think about things, and about the words you think you think with.' Ian Patterson on J.H. Prynne: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap... @lrb.co.uk

‘There were opaque, exquisite experiments in lyric, on the one hand, and, on the other, long, argumentative pieces, densely intuitive, often obscure.’ On the blog: the editors on J.H. Prynne, who died on Wednesday. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

william shakespeare was born on this day in 1564. if, every april the 23rd after his birth, you had purchased a single bee, you would still be 39538 bees away from creating a normal-size hive

NEW PODCAST 🎧 Sarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar talk about Howe’s latest collection FORETOKENS. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

‘Prynne’s writing is not impersonal; it is constantly and urgently concerned with questions of personal agency and presence, and with the natural, political and social environments these are involved with or alienated from.’ Patrick McGuinness (@padrig.bsky.social): www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...

Standing by the window I heard it, while waiting for the turn. In hot light and chill air it was the crossing flow of even life, hurt in the mouth but exhausted with passion and joy - RIP J.H. Prynne

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BREAKING - Olly Robbins tells foreign affairs committee that anyone who thought the Strokes hadn't put out any good songs after their first two albums should definitely listen to "the new abnormal" from 2020, assures committee chair Emily Thornberry that it contains some "real bangers"

A superb and necessary conversation!

NEW PODCAST 🎧 Christopher Clark and Marina Warner talk about A SCANDAL IN KÖNIGSBERG. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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NEW PODCAST! Ian Patterson in conversation with Ali Smith about his latest work BOOKS: A MANIFESTO. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Our Book of the Week is THE SHADOW OF THE OBJECT by Chloe Aridjis. Chloe kindly signed some copies at the event last night. Grab your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-sh...

oh wow - just got back to find this magnificent seafood spread waiting downstairs in the back office - a gift from Julian Barnes, to thank us for putting 'Departures' on the new fiction table (I mean this is obviously where we were going to put it! but am very glad we did not turn down the platter)

really enjoying "blake morrison's bleak morrisons", the new podcast where poet & national treasure blake morrison visits increasingly foreboding branches of the popular supermarket

NEW PODCAST 🎧 Stephen Grosz & Helen MacDonald on Stephen's latest book LOVE’S LABOUR. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

trying so hard to avoid work this afternoon that I did briefly stop to consider if I could hop on the tube and get to the shop on time

it's time to play........... "the challenge hour". the time is now 14.07pm. if you can get one (1) jelly baby to me before 15.07, you will win "the challenge hour" and be entered on our leaderboard. it's all to play for....... good luck, and enjoy "the challenge hour"

NEW PODCAST 🍴 Ruby Tandoh & Olivia Sudjic talk about Ruby’s latest book ALL CONSUMING. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

NEW PODCAST: Lorna Goodison & Fawzia Muradali Kane talk about Lorna's new translation of DANTE'S INFERNO. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

samuel beckett was born on this day 120 years ago. astonishing to think that if he had survived, and could run 100m in 9.57 seconds, he would be not only the oldest but also the fastest man in the world - together with his nobel prize for literature, an astonishing trifecta

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did that gent from travis ever get to the bottom of why it was always raining on him

was correct about iroko! johnnywho ended up 4th rather than 3rd. monty's star didn't do anything.

have convinced myself it is going to be monty's star to win, iroko to place, johnnywho in third

looking through my horses for the shop grand national sweepstake. pleased to have 'I am maximus' but more pleased, i think, to have 'monty's star' - very tempting at 11/1

NEW PODCAST! Michael Symmons Roberts and Hannah Westland talk about the life and work of John Burnside. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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NEW PODCAST: Miriam Toews & Octavia Bright on A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

NEW PODCAST! Camilla Grudova and Jennifer Hodgson discuss the latest edition of Ágota Kristóf’s 'I Don't Care'. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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i'm sure the danes know what they're doing but in my opinion this is a daft place to build a new housing district

it's time to play...... "hedge maze". i have before me a picture of a hedge maze from a stately home, taken from above. you decide our path. we will enter from the left. here's the first junction: do we turn to the right, or continue straight ahead? first comment will decide it.

Last night at @lukekennard.bsky.social @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk.

This was a great night thanks so much @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

NEW PODCAST! Lauren Elkin & Lou Stoppard on the life, works and legacy of one of feminism’s most enduring icons, Simone de Beauvoir. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

IF WE TOLERATE THIS is out on 30 April - just ahead of the elections. Come and see me talk about it... 5 May, Nottingham @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/if-we... 13 May, London @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daniel-tri... Hope to see you there!

A full house at the shop this evening to hear Claire-Louise Bennett and Ben Pester discussing MAGIC & MECHANICS, just out from @scratchbooks.bsky.social ,with the book's editor Tom Conaghan www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/magic-...

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astonishing to think that the "young folks" from the 2006 peter bjorn and john song would today be at least in their late thirties and very possibly old folks. but peter bjorn and john's attitude toward them would have remained the same (they don't care either way, all they care about is talking.)

josh klinghoffer from the red hot chili peppers (2009-2019) was in the shop! or at least he rattled the doorknob, looked briefly at the sign saying 'closed for stocktake', and then rattled the doorknob again.

a prequel to helen garner's "the children's bach", called "baby got bach"

Our Book of the Week is Lily Blacksell's dynamic debut collection LIFE IMMEDIATELY. Grab your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/life-i...

WE ARE CLOSED MONDAY 30th MARCH FOR OUR ANNUAL STOCK TAKE!

dave navarro, red hot chili peppers guitarist from 1993 - 1998, was in the shop! he didn't buy anything but came up to the counter to say he'd just seen a fox in pied bull yard. i went out to look but it was gone, and when i came back so was he

the silliest proverb of all is surely "different strokes. four different folks." there are actually five members of the strokes, as everyone knows.