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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of Property by Kate Cayley this past Tuesday, Oct 7! Thanks as well to Kate Cayley and Steven Beattie for the great conversation, and to Society Clubhouse for having us.

PROPERTY is available everywhere now: chbooks.com/Books/P/Prop...

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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 12h

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 14h

Good news for fans of poems about hedges, frogs and long-handled spades: The Poems of Seamus Heaney is out now. Here's a great review by Philip Terry:

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

www.theguardian.com

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PGC Books @pgcbooks.bsky.social · 14h

This week's slightly spooky newsletter for booksellers is all about new picture books for Halloween...

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The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani
Floris 9781782509264
Hardcover Picture Book
3-6 years
36 pages

A grumpy little ghost makes a new friend in this wryly funny, spooky-but-cute picture book with striking illustrations

The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole by Cecilia Heikkila
Floris 9781782509530 | Hardcover Picture Book
4-7 years
44 pages

Fox and Mole find a spooky story spilling into their lives in this autumnal tale for older picture-book readers.

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 1d

Tartan noir master Val McDermid flexes her talent for evocative description in this appealing collection about “memories of winters past and appreciation of winters present.” It’s a satisfying collection of literary amuse-bouches. buff.ly/BTxBx4F

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 1d

This Saturday October 11 at 7pm, join Melanie Dennis Unrau for the launch of her new poetry collection, Goose, hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/melani... @pressassembly.bsky.social

Melanie Dennis Unrau to launch her new poetry collection Goose

Join Melanie Dennis Unrau for the launch of her new poetry collection Goose (Assembly Press), featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Ariel Gordon followed by a book signing.

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ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social · 21h

It has been such a great honour to be one of Krasznahorkai's interpreters into English (since 2008), along with George Szirtes and John Batki. I also have to mention the visionary New Directions and my beyond stellar editor Declan Spring 🧡

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

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Serpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social · 18h

'The 71-year-old has been compared to Kafka, Beckett and Melville for his long, serpentine paragraphs and mournful, dystopian themes'

Catherine Taylor on László Krasznahorkai, following the Hungarian author's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Why László Krasznahorkai deserves the 2025 Nobel prize fo...

The Hungarian novelist won the 2025 Nobel prize in literature for political dystopias that bear the unmistakable imprint of his country’s communist past

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 17h

First look images from Jack Thorne's adaptation of Lord of the Flies are here. From the writer and co-creator of Adolescence, the series has been filmed on location in Malaysia with many of the cast making their professional acting debuts.

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First look images for Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Lord of the Flies revealed

New images show the young cast, many of them making their professional acting debuts, filming on location in Malaysia

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 1d

This interview is incredible.

Congrats to László Krasznahorkai & his publisher, the excellent New Directions, on the Nobel Prize for Literature ❤️

ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 1d

@citylightsbooks.bsky.social - László Krasznahorkai on Allen Ginsberg - the new Nobel-Prize winner's Ginsberg connection - allenginsberg.org/2020/03/t-m-...

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 1d

the absolutely terrific @ndbooks.bsky.social is responsible for every happy english speaking nerd (on this continent) right now

László Krasznahorkai

New Directions was founded in 1936, when James Laughlin (1914–1997), then a twenty-two-year-old Harvard sophomore, issued the first of the New Directions anthologies.

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The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · 1d

László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in Literature!

Read his interview with Hari Kunzru in The Yale Reviewon apocalypse, art, and the urgency of the present—and his short story “An Angel Passed Above Us,” also published in TYR.

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László Krasznahorkai on hope, apocalypse, and his new short story

Hari Kunzru interviews the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 1d

Krasznahorkai has said of his work: ‘You will never go wrong anticipating doom in my books, any more than you’ll go wrong in anticipating doom in ordinary life.’

In 2012, we recorded a 94-minute conversation with Colm Tóibín for our Bookshop podcast:

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

László Krasznahorkai in conversation with Colm Tóibín | London Review Bookshop

Our first Literary Friendships event brought together Colm Tóibín with his friend László Krasznahorkai. Described by the Guardian as a ‘visionary writer’,…

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M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to see the very worthy Krasznahorkai get the Nobel Prize www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter... First batch of linkage up at the Literary Saloon www.complete-review.com/saloon/archi...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 1d

Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today.

Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

László Krasznahorkai | The Booker Prizes

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

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AK Press @akpress.org · 2d

The first excerpt from our forthcoming book edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, Read This When Things Fall Apart, is a letter by Aaron Goggans about how fascism warps consensus reality—and how organizers can learn how to live well outside of it, without letting conflict and trauma rip them apart.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 3d

The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 3d

Kate Cayley considers politics, art, and why we write the extra details.

Why We Write the Extra Details

Some years ago, I saw Yiyun Li interviewed at an event at the Toronto Reference Library. Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, p…

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

“A gloriously surreal 7+ paean to the weird logic of shape and form” START WITH A TEAPOT from @geckopress.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

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Copper Canyon Press @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN whose collections are finalists for the 2025 National Book Award! 🌟

Winners will be announced at a livestreamed ceremony on Nov. 19th. Register at https://bit.ly/48TAcj9

Congratulations to all honorees—it is an honor to be among you!

Three slides: The first reads "We are honored to announce that two Copper Canyon Press titles are finalists for the 2025
National Book Award!"

The second slide depicts the cover of Gabrielle Calvocoressi's The New Economy and the third depicts the cover of Richard Siken's I Do Know Some Things.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 3d

Last year we had the pleasure of sitting down with Solvej Balle and Barbara J. Haveland for our NBA Interview Series. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The National Book Award Interviews: Solvej Balle and Barbara J. Haveland - Words Without Borders

Solvej Halle and Barbara J. Haveland's "On the Calculation of Volume" is longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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New Vessel Press @newvesselpress.bsky.social · 3d

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER is a FINALIST for the National Book Award @nationalbook.bsky.social for Translated Literature! Congratulations author Anjet Daanje+translator David McKay. "Superb...an unforgettable picture of marital love." @ssacks.bsky.social in @wsj.com.
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Dan Wagstaff @danwagstaff.bsky.social · 3d

I love this book...

The Casual Optimist @casualoptimist.bsky.social · 3d

A new picture book for spooky season

Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole by Cecilia Heikkilä

I don't post a lot of picture books here, but seeing how it's spooky season, I thought I would mention The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole by Swedish illustrator Cecilia Heikkilä, published by Floris Books, which just landed on my desk at work. It's an appropriately autumnal and windswept story about a dark and scuffling monster that emerges from the moor after Mole takes his friendship with his neighbour Fox for granted.

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 3d

"Opens space for feminist thought unbound by the assumptions of the Western canon"

LA LUCHA is out now – read our ★★★★★ review of this incredible collection of essays and transformative radical ideas

www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r... @charcopress.com

La Lucha ed. Carolina Orloff: Book Review – The Skinny

Charco Press's latest is an incredible collection of essays destabilising traditions of Western feminism through transformative radical ideas.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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