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#TheEndOfEverything by M. John Harrison is included in the New Statesman's list of fiction to look forward to in 2026.

A slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding, out this June 🌊

www.newstatesman.com/culture/cult...

Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year

#TheEndOfEverything by M John Harrison is one of the Guardian's books to look out for in 2026, described as an 'unsettling destabilisation of our contemporary moment'.

This slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure is out in June.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

Old-fashioned – and astonishing – stories from a talented young writer Camille Bordas’s new collection is a deadpan and delightful feat. Plus, the best of January’s fiction

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'One of the best new collections I’ve read in a long time'

A stellar review for Camille Bordas' #OneSunOnly, publishing new week 🍳

Thanks Linda! Hope you enjoy.

Thank you very much @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social for this fantastic surprise finished copy of Intelligence by Robert Newman coming from @serpents-tail.bsky.social 5th March

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The greatest books of 2025 Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

'Superb debut'

#Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is a Telegraph best book of 2025 📚✨

Better to delete John Tottenham is a British-born, middle-aged poet, novelist, artist, bookseller and semi-professional misanthrope who has lived for many years in Los

'Highly accomplished, deeply satisfying… For fans of the classic television sitcom Black Books, Service will come as welcome news'

John Tottenham's debut novel #Service gets a glowing review in the TLS, out in bookshops now 📚

www.the-tls.com/literature/f...

A rectangular graphic featuring a photo of author Christian Kracht and the cover of his novel Eurotrash. The text on the graphic reads, 'Christian Kracht at Waterstones Edinburgh West End. Monday 17th November 7pm. Visit waterstones.com/events for details'. The Waterstones logo is at the bottom.

Join Christian Kracht at Waterstones Edinburgh this coming Monday as he discusses his @waterstones.bsky.social Fiction Book of the Month #Eurotrash. Details below!

📍 Waterstones Edinburgh West End
📅 Mon 17th Nov
🕖 7pm
🎟️ tinyurl.com/33wwkjf2

A rectangular landscape graphic with a dark blue background. On the right-hand side is the paperback book Eurotrash by Christian Kracht. To the left of this are the words, 'Discover the cult translated hit Eurotrash'. The Serpent's Tail logo is centred and underneath.

'Astonishing and captivating' – Karl Ove Knausgaard

A week today, we publish the new paperback edition of the International Booker Prize-longlisted #Eurotrash by Christian Kracht. Discover a darkly comic road trip novel like no other 🚗

tinyurl.com/EurotrashWaterstones

A photo of László Krasznahorkai next to a quote from him on his win of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 that reads ‘I am deeply glad that I have received the Nobel Prize — above all because this award proves that literature exists in itself, beyond various non-literary expectations, and that it is still being read. And for those who read it, it offers a certain hope that beauty, nobility, and the sublime still exist for their own sake. It may offer hope even to those in whom life itself only barely flickers. Trust — even if there seems to be no reason to’

László Krasznahorkai, born in Hungary in 1954, has written 14 novels and won multiple awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 and the 2015 International Booker Prize.

Discover his work here: serpentstail.com/contributor/...

Would you like to know HOW TO EAT EVERYTHING IN PARIS today? Tune in to our revelatory @garlicandpearls.bsky.social chat with Chris Newens, author of terrific food memoir Moveable Feasts!
Insights galore! A sample…
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The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occult Back in print for its 20th anniversary, The Course of the Heart refuses give away all the answers, or hardly any for that matter.

'Masterpiece... you might just have found your new favourite author'

#TheCourseOfTheHeart by @mjohnharrison.bsky.social, reviewed in the Big Issue. This new edition of Harrison's cult novel, featuring an introduction by Julia Armfield, is out now.

www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

This is an extraordinary, beautiful novel. I teach it as part of a graduate fiction seminar at NYU and I am still unpicking its mysteries.

Aún recuerdo el final de El curso del corazón fue una mezcla de asombro y belleza (algo que siempre siento con Harrison, una belleza dulce)
Volvió a reeditarse El curso del corazón, novela imprescindible (como Light).
Acá la consiguen con editorial Sigilo.

Jen Calleja – A Personal Anthology Jen Calleja is a writer and literary translator based in London. Her short story collection I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For is forthcoming from Prototype, and her translation of German aut…

Featuring Personal Anthology debuts for:

@jencalleja.bsky.social
Yuri Felsen
Shola von Reinhold

So congrats to them!

(NB You can read Jen's own Personal Anthology, a selection of Maltese short fiction, here: apersonalanthology.com/category/jen...)

A Personal Anthology Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories

In some belated admin, I've just updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social's selection of a dozen short stories... from way back in June!!!

Simon Kuper - World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments | Wells Festival of Literature

I'm speaking about my new book, World Cup Fever, at the Wells literary festival in Somerset on October 20. Tickets available here - come one and all: wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/events/2025-...

Gurnaik Johal: ‘I had no idea Zadie Smith was such a big deal!’ The author on a brilliant biography of Buster Keaton, coming round to Joseph Conrad, and marathon training with Karl Ove Knausgård

Gurnaik Johal: ‘I had no idea Zadie Smith was such a big deal!’

www.foyles.co.uk/events/m-joh...

How to eat like a Parisian | The Observer In Moveable Feasts, Chris Newens journeys through Paris peeling back its layers of gastronomic myth

'Engaging, perceptive and clear ... However deep we delve, there’s always another layer of myth-making to keep us fascinated, frustrated – and hungry for more'

Tuck into this delicious @theobserveruk.bsky.social review for Chris Newens' #MoveableFeasts 🍽️

Alternating currents The six great rivers of the historical Punjab all rise in the High Himalayas, then chart their own paths through eastern Pakistan or northeastern India

'Thrilling'

A fantastic review for Gurnaik Johal's #Saraswati in @thetls.bsky.social ✨

Listen now to my chat on Radio4 with Gurnaik Johal on his debut @serpents-tail.bsky.social novel Saraswati on #TakeFourBooks: where a lost river re-emerges in contemporary India. His 3 influences include @amitav.bsky.social, Joseph Conrad and poet Natalie Diaz! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I read every day — these are my 10 favourite books of the year If you're looking for something new to read this summer, I would highly recommend trying any of these 10 books, all published this year.

'Part political satire, part ecological allegory, this is an excellent novel to delve into if you're after something both entertaining and thought-provoking'

Another fantastic review for Gurnaik Johal's debut novel #Saraswati 🌊

Gurnaik Johal’s Saraswati: myth and politics in modern India The discovery of a holy river sparks celebration and protest in an ambitious, continent-crossing debut novel

'Reminiscent of Salman Rushdie, though the debut novels it most resembles in energy and range are David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth'

A stellar review from @john-self.bsky.social for Gurnaik Johal's #Saraswati in the Observer ☀️

ICYMI, we had Gurnaik Johal on the podcast this month to talk about maximalist fiction and his debut novel, Saraswati (@serpents-tail.bsky.social).

Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Wd3...

From my essay on the political space-time of the short story @literaryhub.bsky.social, the intro to the excellent 22 Fictions: New Writing from Desperate Literature & @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social edited by Kate Ellis and Robert Greer published y'day!

Read my essay here:
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A fascinating interview in @wasafirimag.bsky.social with #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal 👇✨