Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am! Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C

@catherinelu.bsky.social @matthewblongo.bsky.social @arturochang.bsky.social @nplaetzer.bsky.social

That’s probably why he wants to get rid of them

As an academic, this may be the most relatable thing I've ever seen...

Excellent review by @matthewblongo.bsky.social (author The Picnic, which won the Orwell Prize given by @orwellprize.bsky.social last year) of the superb recent @stanfordpress.bsky.social book by Ed Pulford (& discusses the same author’s earlier Hurst book too) lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...

In 1947, Orwell argued that only a "United States of Europe" could survive a nuclear age. Now, Europe is at another crossroads. Join Katja Hoyer, @matthewblongo.bsky.social & Colin Crouch at Pushkin House as we explore where Europe's been and where it might go next: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

💥💥Hey Bluesky! 💥💥 Check out my latest essay in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social !!! It looks at borders and time in the writing of Ed Pulford. Link below. 👇👇👇

Great write-up of our media + information literacy intervention funded by the @ssrc.org´s Mercury project www.ssrc.org/mercury-proj... partners: Bihar´s BRLPS & Dataleads. @sumitra.bsky.social @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social Florian Sichart Looking forward to seeing and testing more of these!

Hey London! Come see me at the Pushkin House on June 4th... Conversation with Katja Hoyer & Colin Crouch... Thanks to @orwellprize.bsky.social !!! Details below! 👇👇👇👇 www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

Hey Bluesky! Please join me in the beautiful Cotswolds next week for the Chipping Campden Literature Festival Details: “Matthew Longo: THE PICNIC,” May 5th, 10:30am, Cidermill Theatre @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Woah!!!! Thanks Cornish Book Fairy! (And thanks Pamela!)

👏👏👏SOLD OUT at Aldeburgh @matthewblongo.bsky.social but still tickets for his event in beautiful Chipping Campden, North Cotswolds in May. Book online 📚🦋 www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Happy pb publication day THE RISING DOWN @faberbooks.bsky.social Alexandra Harris with us 2024. This May place & history with @matthewblongo.bsky.social THE PICNIC 2024 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social winner 2024 @orwellprize.bsky.social Book online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC "Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd Book tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Meanwhile @coldwarpod.bsky.social 👇

See post below by @orwellfdn.bsky.social and catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC "Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd Book tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

"Here I take a page from Orwell himself..." Read @matthewblongo.bsky.social's "Imposter!" - a profound reflection on winning The Orwell Prize, European history, and the role of "unsurety" in Orwell's own work - on The Orwell Foundation Substack: orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/imposter

From the archive - The Picnic That Ripped Open The Iron Curtain with @matthewblongo.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2171a7

At this weekend's sold-out* Aldeburgh Literary Festival @matthewblongo.bsky.social discusses THE PICNIC *(their admirable policy: "If you don't get tickets one year, then do try again. Or move to Aldeburgh.") www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk/shop/the-pic...

Hey Twitter! Very pleased to announce that I have an essay up on the Orwell Foundation (@orwellfdn.bsky.social) Substack… Its about writing history, imposter syndrome, and the merits of insecure narration. I really like this one. Please give it a read! orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/imposter

from @orwellfdn.bsky.social this extraordinary essay by @matthewblongo.bsky.social: Imposter! open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...

Hey Australia peeps... I'm coming to Adelaide Writers' Week !!!! If you're around. DM me... Details below 👇👇👇👇

And this Adelaide Writers' Week event on March 4th, discussing THE PICNIC: An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-...

A special thanks to everyone that came out to our Arendt conference… It was *SO* terrific… especially the way we closed it off: with a brilliant Jazz performance by Joris Roelofs… That’s right, we turned @polscileiden.bsky.social into a jazz bar!!!! Pics below…

‼️‼️REMINDER‼️‼️ Today is our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt" Conference at Leiden. Come join us! In person or on zoom! (DM if you want to participate). Program below... 👇❤️👇❤️👇❤️👇

Hey Bluesky!! If anyone is Australia, come join me at Adelaide Writers' Week!! Brilliant line up at a beautiful location. Details below 👇 ❤️👇❤️👇❤️👇❤️

Some great looking events at Adelaide Writers' Week, coming up in March, including this with @matthewblongo.bsky.social www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-...

Engaging and informative read @matthewblongo.bsky.social making history relevant and personal #booksky

‼️‼️REMINDER‼️‼️ We will be hosting our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!) Date: Feb 20-21 If interested DM or mail: [email protected] @polscileiden.bsky.social

Update: Now in print! I have a piece about how we define borders (and problematic assumptions that get baked in). Now #openaccess.

Contributions by law and political science scholars, including @alixabeth.bsky.social @matthewblongo.bsky.social @itamann.bsky.social @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social. I wrote about the role of proximity for states' protection obligations. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

4, because only 4 pictures are allowed, favourite books I read in 2024 4 Children of the Night - @paulkenyontv.bsky.social 3 The Trigger - Tim Butcher 2 Caledonian Road - Andrew O’Hagan 1 The Picnic - @matthewblongo.bsky.social #Booksky #Books #Readsof2024

Hey Bluesky! Here is my year in reading #2024. Rules: just “literature” broadly construed (novels, essays, poetry, narrative nonfiction, etc); only non-work books (so no philosophy or politics); only completed works (cover to cover); some re-reads. Was a good year! 🤓How was yours?!?!?!

Christmas 2024. @matthewblongo.bsky.social / @johnkampfner.bsky.social

Hey Bluesky! My book #ThePicnic was named one of the best books of 2024 by critics in the @nrc.nl (One of the leading newspapers in the Netherlands). And in print! (pic attached)... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

My favorite events to do are conversational ones w/writers I admire on topics I care about, so delighted my January UK time will begin w/an Orwell panel w/D.J. Taylor & @sannewman.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orwells-fi... & end w/a Hong Kong 1 w/Hilton & Hawkins www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

Hey Bluesky! My book #ThePicnic was named one of the best books of 2024 by critics in the @nrc.nl (One of the leading newspapers in the Netherlands). Thanks @ivovdw.bsky.social!!! @1morepage.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

With honourable mentions for @matthewblongo.bsky.social, Tijn Sadée, @sathnam.bsky.social, @pete-apps.bsky.social and @benjaminduerr.com 😉 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

Looks worthwhile. @emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social would have made a great speaker.

Hey Bluesky! We are proud to announce our *seventh* annual "Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt Conference" at Leiden, w our Radical Re-Readings workshop (this year: Plato!) Date: Feb 20-21 If interested email: [email protected] And pls repost! @polscileiden.bsky.social

I've been asked 2day by Cambridge Uni Press whether I'd like to sign a deal for my books 2 be used in generative AI licensing agreements. The offer is a royalty % of any deal. Am very wary of my work being used this way for various reasons. Any advice? Feel free to re-post...

I'm incredibly grateful to @thijsreuten.bsky.social and his team at the #EuropeanParliament for hosting my book presentation 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 yesterday. The panel discussion with @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social, László Andor (FEPS) & Samira Rafaela was moderated by @anthonyzach.be 1/4

It’s a good name…

@matthewblongo.bsky.social: 2024 Orwell Prize-winning expert on borders and migration is (back) on bluesky 👋

This is an essay on Vermeer and liberalism in @thepointmag.bsky.social). Reposting now bc I was away from Bluesky…). Pleas give it a read!

Hey peeps! Just writing to say … I’M BACK … after a long Bluesky hiatus… Plan to be more active now. Love you all… ❤️👊❤️👊❤️👊❤️👊❤️👊

Today's arrivals

NEW EPISODE - The Picnic That Ripped Open the #IronCurtain with @matthewblongo.bsky.social #coldwar #Hungary Listen here coldwarconversations.com/episode329/

Amsterdam folks, don’t miss the book launch of THE PICNIC by @matthewblongo.bsky.social Tonight 19:30 @ Boekhandel Athenaeum Editors choice in the NYT, reviewed in NYT, WSJ, Boston Globe… I skim-read it quickly (because Matt’s a friend) then read it again slowly because it is really fantastic.