Nicholas Royle
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social
Writer. Latest: Paris Fantastique from @confingopublishing.bsky.social
Also runs @nightjarpress.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
Also runs @nightjarpress.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
I’ve finished my new book-about-books. These can go in the recycling.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I’ve finished my new book-about-books. These can go in the recycling.
I watched this in November 2022, followed by a rather dull 1993 remake directed by David Jones with Kyle MacLachlan as Josef K.
December 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I watched this in November 2022, followed by a rather dull 1993 remake directed by David Jones with Kyle MacLachlan as Josef K.
The term ‘aga saga’ caused Joanna Trollope ‘some irritation’, so @theguardian.com subs put it in obituary standfirst
December 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The term ‘aga saga’ caused Joanna Trollope ‘some irritation’, so @theguardian.com subs put it in obituary standfirst
Thanks @newstatesman1913.bsky.social for celebrating & supporting the rich culture of the short story in the UK today by publishing a story by… Anton Chekhov.
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks @newstatesman1913.bsky.social for celebrating & supporting the rich culture of the short story in the UK today by publishing a story by… Anton Chekhov.
2025 & 2026 Booker Prize judging panels. Can we look forward to novelists & short story writers being invited to join judging panels for Golden Globes & Mercury Prize?
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
2025 & 2026 Booker Prize judging panels. Can we look forward to novelists & short story writers being invited to join judging panels for Golden Globes & Mercury Prize?
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
It was twenty years ago today. I can’t remember how it happened.
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It was twenty years ago today. I can’t remember how it happened.
More of their crap going in the recycling. Might as well get some good out of it.
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
More of their crap going in the recycling. Might as well get some good out of it.
Whenever I come across child-killers’ literature in book exchanges, I take it away – and recycle it.
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Whenever I come across child-killers’ literature in book exchanges, I take it away – and recycle it.
About time too @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
About time too @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
Every morning, the dustbins would form a semi-circle under her apartment just off the Champs-Elysées & serenade her.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every morning, the dustbins would form a semi-circle under her apartment just off the Champs-Elysées & serenade her.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
What a difference a single word can make.
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What a difference a single word can make.
Paris Fantastique, follow-up to London Gothic & Manchester Uncanny, announced for 6 Nov, now available to pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social at special price of £9.50 + p&p & with three free b&w postcard photos taken by the author www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
August 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Paris Fantastique, follow-up to London Gothic & Manchester Uncanny, announced for 6 Nov, now available to pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social at special price of £9.50 + p&p & with three free b&w postcard photos taken by the author www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
Two men in Lycra on racing bikes in Salford.
Man 1: two of the best things I ever did.
Man 2: yeah?
Man 1: one, giving up fags.
Man 2: yeah, me too.
Man 1: two, giving up gear.
Man 1: two of the best things I ever did.
Man 2: yeah?
Man 1: one, giving up fags.
Man 2: yeah, me too.
Man 1: two, giving up gear.
June 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Two men in Lycra on racing bikes in Salford.
Man 1: two of the best things I ever did.
Man 2: yeah?
Man 1: one, giving up fags.
Man 2: yeah, me too.
Man 1: two, giving up gear.
Man 1: two of the best things I ever did.
Man 2: yeah?
Man 1: one, giving up fags.
Man 2: yeah, me too.
Man 1: two, giving up gear.
At a Mike Nelson show, you never know if a programme dropped on the floor is part of the work or just a programme dropped on the floor. Great new installation, Humpty Dumpty, at @fruitmarket.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
At a Mike Nelson show, you never know if a programme dropped on the floor is part of the work or just a programme dropped on the floor. Great new installation, Humpty Dumpty, at @fruitmarket.bsky.social
Long boat on the Mississippi.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Long boat on the Mississippi.
My wife wanted to go, but I wasn’t having any of it.
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My wife wanted to go, but I wasn’t having any of it.
I was on this Avanti train the other day.
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I was on this Avanti train the other day.
