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Author of The Casualties, Quarantine, China's Forgotten People, et al. Mentor at Ruppin Agency. Shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Novel Prize. http://theguardian.com/profile/nick-holdstock Website: www.nickholdstock.com
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Jan 16
General holding of breath etc.
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · Jan 15
The shortlist for the 2024 Novel Prize (@giramondobooks.bsky.social & @ndbooks.bsky.social) is:

— HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER, Rey Conquer
— TOUCH ME NOW, Neal Amandus Gellaco
— PORCUPINE, Nick Holdstock
— RUINS, CHILD, Giada Scodellaro
— MOSS HOUSE, Hollen Singleton.

More details here: thenovelprize.com
The Novel Prize
The Novel Prize is a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 1d
"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."

In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.

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The Marxist Restless Analyst
Andy Merrifield on David Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 2d
Before you can say "More pricks," read @nickholdstock.bsky.social's 2023 essay about writing PORCUPINE: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/journe...
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 2d
Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature today. Read an excerpt of his novella Animalinside, free from our archives:
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Animalinside: A Collaboration | László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann
Withdraw into protection and safeguard all that is important to you, take it down to below the earth, all that you have, take down the jewelry, the food, the children’s photographs, the armchair…
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 2d
A little gem worth revisiting www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’
My name​ is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I...
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 2d
Hooray for Laszlo! www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
Least worst options
Catastrophe, both real and imagined, looms throughout the work of László Krasznahorkai. In Spadework for a Palace (2018), the narrator proclaims that “total reality can only be seen as continual destr...
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 10d
My novel about the art historian Aby Warburg’s struggle with madness, that was shortlisted for the Novel Prize, will be out next year.

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 11d
'Even a book that has sold 15 million copies worldwide cannot be held responsible for the politics of how China is represented in the West.'

Nick Holdstock: The sequel to Wild Swans
After Mao
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 23d
I wrote about the Wild Swans sequel for The TLS www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
After Mao
When I went to live in China in 1999, three of my friends independently bought me a copy of Wild Swans and said: “You have to read this”. After its publication in 1991, Jung Chang’s book about her gra...
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 22d
I wrote about Schattenfroh for @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
Inside the writing machine
For some readers, a very long novel has the lure of a Himalayan peak. Scaling such a book may be a test of one’s stamina (see Middlemarch, War and Peace)
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · 23d
I wrote about the Wild Swans sequel for The TLS www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...
After Mao
When I went to live in China in 1999, three of my friends independently bought me a copy of Wild Swans and said: “You have to read this”. After its publication in 1991, Jung Chang’s book about her gra...
www.the-tls.com
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The Dial @thedialmag.bsky.social · Sep 9
1/ Dear readers,

The Dial is evolving. You talked, we listened — and have made a few changes to our magazine.
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Sep 9
Anyone else getting a deluge of I-can-promote-your-wonderful-book messages? They are much more detailed than usual - are they AI generated?
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Sep 4
Brings back memories of the old Foyles shop organised in the same way. You could get doubly lost in there...
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Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd.bsky.social · Aug 7
An amazing piece by Robert Foyle Hunwick on Margaret Biottin's book on prostitution in China, which shine when it asks sex workers how they view the industry and themselves: chinabooksreview.com/2025/08/07/s...
Sex Sells | China Books Review
A book on prostitution in China asks sex workers how they see the industry, the state and themselves.
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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Aug 4
From our current issue. Nick Holdstock returns to China for a writing residency. Buy or subscribe at thedublinreview.com
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Jun 19
In the latest Dublin Review I write about the ethics of returning to China for the first time in a decade thedublinreview.com/product/summ... @thedublinreview.bsky.social
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · May 29
Buried very deeply in the accompanying leaflet of my new pills:

"Do not be concerned if you see small white balls or granules in your stools after taking this medicine"
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · May 8
Happy Birthday Thomas Pynchon! An old piece I wrote for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Pynchon in Poland
When the time came for International Pynchon Week, held this spring in Lublin, Poland was a country in mourning. There had been a plane crash in which the Polish president, his wife, a dozen members o...
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · May 4
Please consider donating to them - n+1 is a vital source of timely, interesting writing
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n+1 @nplusonemag.com · May 4
Our NEA grant was canceled.

Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
On Friday night, n+1—alongside many of our peer nonprofit arts organizations—received notice that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated due to the Trump administration’s “shifting funding priorities.” We knew this might be coming, but receiving the official notice was still jarring, as was some of the messaging itself. It’s unclear to us whether we’ll still be able to recover the money we’ve been promised this year—a $12,500 grant meant to help us pay our authors, our editors, and to have the magazine printed and distributed to our readers. We’ve requested the funds we’ve already spent, and now we’re waiting to see if the money will come through. We’re trying to stay optimistic, but with the administration’s other announcement this week that the NEA might be shut down in its entirety, it’s hard to do so. I’m writing to ask for two things—first, for short-term, immediate assistance to help us replace these funds. You can make a donation through our website, or—if you’re in New York and free on June 10—you can buy a ticket to our annual benefit, the N Plus Ultra. Second, we ask for your ongoing support amid the challenges that we, and other small magazines, are already beginning to face. You can do that by subscribing, of course, convincing your friends to subscribe (or simply sending them a gift subscription), or by buying a bit of merch from our shop. And maybe most meaningfully, you can share the n+1 pieces you’re reading and stay engaged with (and be vocal in your support of) the independent media you care about most. We’ll need all the help we can get. With gratitude, Dani Oliver Development Director, n+1
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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · May 4
The first English-language interview of Michael Lentz, together with the translator of Schattenfroh Max Lawton. Give it a listen.

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SCHATTENFROH - With Michael Lenz and Max Lawton
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Apr 30
The sadness of one's last Skype call. Farewell, beloved ring tone! Shall miss those frozen screens.
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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · Apr 17
We’re delighted to announce that award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie will deliver the 2025 #PENLecture in partnership with @newwritingnorth.bsky.social & @nclanews.bsky.social.

Join us at 6pm on 19 June, at Culture Lab, Newcastle University.

Book now ⤵️

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Kamila Shamsie to deliver the 2025 PEN Lecture - News & Events - English PEN
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · Apr 10
In my @theguardian.com review of Krystelle Bamford's fine novel 'Idle Grounds' I quote Robert Aickman and namecheck Shirley Jackson and E.F. Benson, if that's up your street. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford review – wild trouble in a child’s world
An unsettlingly funny debut explores memories of a perilous birthday party, with dark echoes of Grimms’ fairytales and gothic fiction
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Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social · Apr 9
We felt it had to happen, yet were scared of our hope. But yes, a new Pynchon novel approaches. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...
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