Broken takes Nordic Noir to new hard-edged level... Look forward to the sequel – Toxic – later this year amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7 @graskeggur.bsky.social
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Óskar Guðmundsson's The Commandments really hits hard... Former detective Salka Steinsdóttir finds herself unwillingly pitched into the toughest investigation of her life, just as she recovers from a trauma of her own. amazon.co.uk/dp/B09H1GJ323
I've read this and it's brilliant. It's also very frightening and, sadly, relatable to our times. Like a warning shot to us from a past that looks worryingly like our present.
Corylus Books@corylusbooks.bsky.social · 5d agoWe love all of the books we publish, but this one has a very special place in our hearts. Based on a real historical figure fighting against the Argentinian military dictatorship, Rodolfo Walsh's Last Case deserves to be better known and loved! www.amazon.co.uk/Rodolfo-Wals...
We love all of the books we publish, but this one has a very special place in our hearts. Based on a real historical figure fighting against the Argentinian military dictatorship, Rodolfo Walsh's Last Case deserves to be better known and loved! www.amazon.co.uk/Rodolfo-Wals...
A very touching short story by Jón Atli Jónasson in Aspects of Crime - a taster perhaps of his next novel in the Reykjavik trilogy, to be published by us later this year aspectsofcrime.com/leifur-by-jo...
Leifur by Jón Atli Jónasson - A Short Story - Aspects of Crime
Reykjavík, 30th June 1980 It’s six in the morning. Iceland is bathed in beautiful summer weather. The whole country, those who voted for Védís and those who didn’t, are waking up to a new reality. The...
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Stella always packs a punch! She's thrown in at the deep end, with a murdered artist, a serial rapist and a wrongly convicted woman in a case that stretches around the world. But the real challenges she faces are among her own loved ones... @graskeggur.bsky.social amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H1DZJ6Z7/
At the last Iceland Noir, there was a hugely popular tour of the places mentioned in this novel, right @graskeggur.bsky.social?
Corylus Books@corylusbooks.bsky.social · last wk.Who's the stranger keeping watch on Arnhildur's house? Is the truth buried deep in her past and a long family enmity, or could there be something more? Sólveig Pálsdóttir's Shrouded is a masterclass in slow-burn creepiness... amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1381HJZ
Our lovely friends at Renard Press have a beautiful selection of books on sale for your summer reading. Support your indie publishers, they often produce the BEST, most exciting stuff!
Renard Press@renardpress.com · last wk.🚨🌴 SUMMER READING SALE 🌴🚨 50% off all our contemporary fiction, poetry & non-fiction for the whole month! This summer, whether you’re jetting off or relaxing at home, travel the world via your bookcase. ✈️ 📚 Link in bio. #beautifulbooks #summerreads #booksky renardpress.com/summer-readi...
Who's the stranger keeping watch on Arnhildur's house? Is the truth buried deep in her past and a long family enmity, or could there be something more? Sólveig Pálsdóttir's Shrouded is a masterclass in slow-burn creepiness... amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1381HJZ
The murder of a terminally ill professor is baffling for Norma Forester of the Catalan police. Check out Black Storms for a portion of twisty Barcelona Noir with a sprinkling of humour. Sequel The Butterfly House will be out in Sept, available for pre-order now amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D68255G6/
In 2025 TikTok helped generate £175m in consumer spending on books and concluded that one in four 18–24-year-olds on TikTok bought a book after seeing it on the platform.
Don't they look beautiful? Review copies for the 2nd in the Barcelona trilogy by @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social have just arrived! Out on 12 September, available for pre-order now @corylusbooks.bsky.social
The economic crisis has hit Barcelona hard – and a personal crisis is about to hit Deputy Inspector Norma Forrester’s family. Thrilled to announce that the much anticipated second novel in Teresa Solana's Barcelona series is available now for pre-order! amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H7YS9464/
Narrator Amy falls victim to a deepfake porn video (“I’m slightly annoyed that the woman has a massive ass”) and has to navigate mob reaction, inc the “psychotic moral pedantry” of Gen Z: “it’s like listening to your parents.” Me on Meena Kandasamy’s incendiary new novel Fieldwork as a Sex Object:
Meena Kandasamy’s Fieldwork As a Sex Object is a potent d...
Polite restraint goes out the window in an angry, funny novel about porn, activism and the manosphere
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This week we're celebrating #IndependentBookshopWeek! Whatever you're into, there's a book for you. Just ask your local bookseller. Order from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social by 20 June for a chance to WIN a £250 Gift Card: bit.ly/4vd3QYT All sales support indie bookshops! #bookshop
#Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson Two maverick (but beguiling) cops and the changing world of criminal activity in Reykjavik - all for just £1.79 only for this weekend www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Get your slice of chilly noir this weekend at half-price! #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson transl @graskeggur.bsky.social is a 'crime novel to relish - outstanding' www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Hmmm, not sure about this... but a point worth debating perhaps_ 2028 Is When Traditional Publishing Plans to Quietly Kill Literary Fiction open.substack.com/pub/antipode...
2028 Is When Traditional Publishing Plans to Quietly Kill Literary Fiction
My July 2025 study establishing that literary agents almost never read submissions for quality drew some notoriety and even animosity, but a surprising result was that a few people who worked in publi...
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Ruth Ozeki on her love for typewriters - liked the idea of slowing down lithub.com/the-sound-of...
The Sound of Imminence: Ruth Ozeki in Praise of the Typewriter
Spring is the time of year I buy typewriters. It must be the change of season—green shoots pushing up through the thawing earth, bulbs budding and blooming, trees leafing out—which has nothing to d…
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Still time to register 💫 Join Charlotte Whittle, Jeremy Tiang and Robin Myers for a discussion of life and work as a writer-translator 📅 Wednesday 3 June 2026 ⏲️ 4.30 - 6.00pm (BST) 📍 Online To find out more and register: www.bclt.org.uk/events/Liter...
And our next novel set in Barcelona will be out in September! Meanwhile, here's the first in the Barcelona trilogy by @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social with that very cathedral on the cover
Corylus Books@corylusbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoBarcelona really is a fascinating city of contrasts!
Broken is a sharp new take on Nordic Noir that hit the spot last year. M.W. Craven called Broken 'a crime novel to relish. Outstanding.’ Not going to argue with that. amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7 Now we're deep in edits for the sequel, and Toxic isn't going to disappoint.
Barcelona really is a fascinating city of contrasts!
Nick Lloyd@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 2mo agoPeregrine falcon behind Gaudí's trencadís mosiac and chicks this month in the Sagrada Familia. Kindly sent to by Eduard Durany of Galanthus. A total of 318 chicks have hatched in the Barcelona metropolitan area since Eduard started the reintroduction programme with the council in 2003.
Bank Holiday and/or Whitsun weekend: perfect time to indulge in a few @corylusbooks.bsky.social favourites. Perfect for a novella a Day reading challenge: the very funny, very French Little Rebel, a true hidden gem www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Rebel...
Little Rebel
Little Rebel eBook : Leroy, Jérôme, Roberts, Graham: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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We're deep in edits of Ice Bears, the fifth crime story from @solveigpals.bsky.social transl. @graskeggur.bsky.social – and it's not going to disappoint! In the meantime, here's a reminder of the creepiness of last year's Shrouded amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1381HJZ/
Shadow Panel Winner for International Booker Prize 2026 findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/s...
Shadow Panel Winner for International Booker Prize 2026
I think I detect a little fatigue among my fellow Shadow Panelists, a disenchantment with the political or commercial choices that go into the longlist and then shortlist selections for the Interna…
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It's not quite summer yet (in the UK), why not curl up on this cool, damp weekend with Stella Blómkvist's complete adventures* for the price of a few ink-black espressos? amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H1DZGV5L *so far – there's more to come...
Stella Blómkvist
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We're down to the final tickets for our special International Booker Prize 10th anniversary event at the Southbank Centre on Friday 8 May, featuring Dua Lipa and Simone Ashley alongside IBP authors, translators, judges and publishers. 🎟️ Get your tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
The International Booker Prize Tenth Anniversary | Southbank Centre
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I wrote about how my inbox is inundated with book pitches and how I wish I was more than one person! lithub.com/bridget-jone...
“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox
When I’m looking for topics for this column I try to identify what book-related thoughts have been top of mind day after day. What am I constantly thinking about? The answer, more often than not, i…
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