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Laurence Laluyaux

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Laurence Laluyaux @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social · Feb 9

That’s right, make space for Asta Olivia Nordenhof, she really is brilliant. MONEY TO BURN out now with @jonathancape.bsky.social in Caroline Waight’s v good translation. The second volume of the septology THE DEVIL BOOK will come in the Autumn 🔥

John Self @john-self.bsky.social · Feb 9

"It's intriguing, it's maddening, it's exciting. I'm in."

Move over Knausgaard and Fosse - there's a new star in the world of Scandinavian multi-decker novels.

Me on Asta Olivia Nordenhof's MONEY TO BURN:

Money to Burn by Asta Olivia Nordenhof review – fire and energy in a new septology

This intense tale of lives connected to the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990 is hardly conventional, but undoubtedly exciting

www.theguardian.com

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Laurence Laluyaux @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social · Feb 2

Get ready, this is an absolutely brilliant novel ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · Jan 31

💋 💋 We are thrilled to announce that we will publish Claire-Louise Bennett's moving and invigorating latest work of fiction, BIG KISS, BYE-BYE, on 9 October 2025.💋 More information: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/01/fitz...

FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS ACQUIRES CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT’S BIG KISS,BYE-BYE | Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions publisher Jacques Testard has acquired UK, Europe & Commonwealth exc. Canada rights to Claire-Louise Bennett’s Big Kiss, Bye-Bye. Testard acquired the book from Peter Straus at R...

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Laurence Laluyaux @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social · Feb 2

“As time goes by, I feel I’m moving towards light”. A wonderful interview of Han Kang by Lisa Allardice in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

‘I want to be hopeful’: Nobel prize-winning novelist Han Kang on the crisis in South Korea

With protests on the streets of Seoul, the celebrated writer talks about the painful process of uncovering her country’s brutal past - and how it felt to win the Nobel prize

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Valerie Miles @valeriemiles.bsky.social · Dec 13

My conversation with Olga Tokarczuk here in English translation, on her time as a Writing the Prado Fellow, the use of image in her novels, and a few of her favourite paintings. @museodelprado.es @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social

“The World as a Painting”: A talk between Olga Tokarczuk and Valerie Miles - New

As part of the second edition of "Writing the Prado" —an international literary residency sponsored by the LOEWE Foundation at the Prado Museum—, writer-in-residence Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018...

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Laurence Laluyaux @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social · Nov 29

Han Kang: her Swedish publishing house Natur och Kultur dresses up a week before the start of the Nobel Prize celebrations.

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