On second thoughts maybe it was overly optimistic of me to renew my annual Berlin museums pass today?

the wee yin and I are all set for Artemis lift-off tonight

We are honoured to announce that ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH has been shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize! Our huge congratulations to author Ana Paula Maia and translator Padma Viswanathan, and to all the other shortlistees. Available here: charcopress.com/bookstore/on...

"Israel has killed dozens of paramedics in this war. Its a pattern we've seen them carry out in Gaza, its a pattern we saw them carry out here 2 years ago, now its happening again" Secunder Kermani reporting from Lebanon.

Peruvian author Cisneros (The Distance Between Us, You Shall Leave Your Land and The World We Saw Burning) reflects on inheritance, silence and identity within a family marked by power and conflict. 🎫 www.hayfestival.com/p-25260-rena...

that is quite the statement from former head of US counterterrorism

Swapped all the fun of the London book fair for Highland fastnesses, but at least these two babies were waiting for me.

Setting off from Berlin for LBF. Hope to see some of you tomorrow at the translators’ gathering. (New side gig: art courier services.)

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

The essence of my philosophy PhD thesis, reduced to a fruity portmanteau. Could have saved myself a lot of work…

I've rarely seen anyone more desperately in need of a good kicking than this cunt.

Hegseth is a maniac. Psychopathic bloodlust.

(gentle reminder for translator friends: if you‘re using a machine to ‘help‘, remember to cover your tracks by converting those pesky 'straight' apostrophes to ‘smart’ ones... 😎)

Out today! One young woman’s fractious, hopeful, attempt to give in to love. X IS WHERE I AM by Sara Torres (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy). Get your copy at your lovely bookstore, or direct from us. Or better yet, get our 2026 Bundle and get all our books for the year! charcopress.com/bookstore/x-...

Another blow for Glasgow, on top of the loss of the CCA. No longer recognise the city that was such a cultural lighthouse when I was growing up.

@reedbrody.bsky.social : "Whatever you think of the dictatorship in Iran these strikes are a clear violation of the foundational principle of the post war legal order"

Diorama at #frannz club at the KulturBrauerei last night

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

Ending the week on a high not only because warmth has finally returned to Berlin (& rare good news from the UK), but above all because I've finally got hold of a very limited copy of @wordkunst.bsky.social's beautifully crafted new offering.

Love that we are maintaining the unbroken pattern of making the Booker list every two years... @charcopress.com thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Gotta be some clues in there somewhere... 🔍

Swa leng, swa wyrse... this is fabulous

My translation of A People's History of Football has received the graphic novel treatment! Radical football stories, retold with outstanding illustrations. Such fun to translate. Pre-order now for 25% off. @plutopress.bsky.social @mickacorreia.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/a-peopl...

Twa-in-yin… 🤍🤍

Palestine Action poem-anagrammed

These strange interstices… I look up a Paz poem because it is cited in the novel I’m editing, and minutes later the same location appears in the novel I’m reading (Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19). Trowbridge.

We came to see Covenant #columbia-theater but now intrigued to know I have a namesake band…

this is very much not the Globe, nor the Thames, Condé Nast. I am full of other travel-related insights if you need me... www.cntraveller.com/article/wher...

Yes it is! Read everything Falco writes (and everything Croft translates and Charco publishes for that matter).

ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH is LONGLISTED for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (US & Canada) @usrofc.bsky.social! Read about the longlist here: www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news/republi...

French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — and details how he has used similar fascistic tactics to intimidate other judges around the world who rule against his alt-right friends.

Publishing TODAY and reviewed in @theskinnymag.bsky.social! "Apparitions is a heady, erotic exploration of the entanglement between sex, religion and art" www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...

A decades-old murder resurfaces, ripping open the secrets a family has spent a lifetime burying. CATHEDRALS, the new novel by Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle) will be hitting the shelves in May – and can be pre-ordered now, or get it as part of our 2026 Bundle!

TEND BEAR BEND TEAR

Football's coming home 🇬🇧 @plutopress.bsky.social

Ashish Prashar: "Its quite obvious it was an unlawful killing. This was an execution... the ICE agent needs to be arrested, he needs to be prosecuted.. ICE needs to be dismantled frankly because they're nothing more than the administrations gestapo"

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Truly saddened to learn that Béla Tarr is gone so soon. It will always be one of the great and strange privileges of my life to have spent a week with him and his wife (and co-director) Agnes in Mexico. He was warm, funny, and patient. I have so many stories from that trip... (cont.)

Exciting #bookmail. The first two books from my @charcopress.com subscription have arrived.

Current status: building a cork-lined room to contain the madness

The books waiting for me in Scotland this year… @cdrose.bsky.social @jencalleja.bsky.social

The residents of the building next to ours turn it into a giant advent calendar each year and I think it’s just lovely. 🎄

Lovely vignette of the German state as we left the Christmas market this evening: four Ordnungsamt guys surrounding a couple of young Roma women and methodically popping the handful of glitzy balloons they were offering for sale.

Sprained my wrist *washing my hair*. Won't be doing that again in a hurry...

Tartan Army reduced to platoon.

Terrifying story. This detail in particular raises so many questions... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our 2026 Bundle lineup. BURY YOUR DEAD by Ana Paula Maia (tr. Padma Viswanathan). More Maia! A brutal, stark, and haunting novella about a roadkill worker who finds the wrong kind of corpse. Subscribe now: charcopress.com/bookstore/20...

This thread is 💯. I laughed out loud but it's an issue that really gets my (vegan) goat. Vested interests trying to tell us what words mean is the definition of fascism.

Happy publication day to my comrade in arms & minorlits sidekick, the one & only @tobiasvryan.bsky.social order GLANTZ now‼️ 👉 www.lulu.com/shop/tobias-...