Chris Power
@chrispower.bsky.social
I read books, write books (Mothers, A Lonely Man) and write about books (Observer, LRB, Guardian etc). Was a Booker judge in 2025.
Incredible to witness all the love in the room for M John Harrison @foylesforbooks.bsky.social last week. The End of Everything is the work of a master who continues to press against the borders of narrative.
I wrote about the similarities and differences between Nolan’s Odyssey and Homer’s Odyssey observer.co.uk/culture/film...
What the Odyssey says about us | The Observer
Homer’s wandering hero has haunted our imaginations for centuries. Can Christopher Nolan remake Odysseus for an age of culture wars and godlessness?
observer.co.uk
For @theguardian.com I compiled a list of 20 books to read in a day (whittled down from 70 - goodbye Readers Block, Turn of the Screw, Less Than Zero, Call Me Ishmael, The Stone Book, Autobiography of Red etc). Not a top 20, but all worth your time I guarantee it. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders
theguardian.com
Oh yes I see. Anyway it looks as though you have satisfied a previously underserved section of FT readers.
Am I the first writer to mention the Butthole Surfers in the FT? www.ft.com/content/04b5...
Still in a Dream — a fun and messy account of music journalism in the ’80s and ’90s
As Simon Reynolds recalls the rise of genres like shoegaze and grunge, he captures ‘the rush of being inside the ride’
ft.com
For @theguardian.com I compiled a list of 20 books to read in a day (whittled down from 70 - goodbye Readers Block, Turn of the Screw, Less Than Zero, Call Me Ishmael, The Stone Book, Autobiography of Red etc). Not a top 20, but all worth your time I guarantee it. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders
theguardian.com
It was a personal joy to interview M John Harrison for the @theguardian.com. I value his writing and him so highly, & it feels like his books - those strange maps of ourselves - are finally spreading beyond the hardcore & people are realising what we have in him. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’
At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on
theguardian.com
This week’s review: Daniel Kehlmann’s International @thebookerprizes.com shortlisted novel about GW Pabst and the morality of art observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Paperback of the week: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
The German author’s International Booker-shortlisted novel puts a tricksy spin on the life of film-maker GW Pabst
observer.co.uk
Wrote about some proper bastards in @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Paperback of the week: Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian
A punchy history of the alt-right shows how it was formed via the connection online of niche groups with shared views on race, borders and money
observer.co.uk