Arvind Ethan David
@arvd.bsky.social
New Novel THE GREAT GAME out now! Olivier Nominated Playwright. Grammy & Tony Winning Producer. Bearded Dad. Serial Immigrant Reps: @UnitedTalent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social www.arvindethandavid.co. https://www.amazon.com/author/arvindethandavid
Some reviews mean more than others. This one from @malaysiakini.com meant a lot. www.malaysiakini.com/columns/8856...
BOOK REVIEW | More than a thriller: Empire, murder, intrigue in David's debut novel | Malaysiakini
A historical fantasy blends Sherlock Holmes, romance, and sharp social satire.
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I'm grateful that the good people at @ala-booklist.bsky.social continue to champion books and libraries. Here's an interview I did with them. #BookSky www.booklistonline.com/products/983...
Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery
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Very pleased to announce the first LA event for The Great Game and there is nowhere I rather have it than @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social My mother was a librarian and I grew up in libraries, they are sacred places, particularly in these unsacred times. Please do come along! #BookSky
There's writing, and then there's writing about writing. And in the latter category, there's a new writer in town. @davidcornue.bsky.social has a new book and it's hit #1 on Amazon's chart on its first day out. If you are serious about your craft, it's worth a looksee. #BookSky
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
Why are Empires viewed so sunnily in much had sci-fi, asks @jdnicoll.bsky.social - one of the moments where Lucas got it very right. Empires are seldom (never?) benevolent. They are engines for extracting wealth and restricting freedom.
James Davis Nicoll@jdnicoll.bsky.social · 2mo agoWell, you might enjoy my effort to determine how many Hiroshimas it takes to equal one Raj. At least 1000. reactormag.com/side-eyeing-...
Pleased to have caught the notice of @jdnicoll.bsky.social - though his disapproval of my "choice of publisher" suggests that this first time author had a line up of keen presses at his door, which wasn't the case.
James Davis Nicoll@jdnicoll.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Great Game by Arvind Ethan David Who is murdering the great men of British imperialism and why exactly is this a problem to solve for the great men of British burglary? jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wait-...
New Substack is up. A discussion of the unlikely fellowship of brown detectives, or how I found myself in a club #BookSky thedreadandtheenvy.substack.com/p/brown-dete...
Brown Detectives: An Unlikely Club
In writing my debut novel I accidentally wrote myself into a members club
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#Booksky - The Daily Mail's WHICH BOOK questions are worth a ponder. Reading now? Gave you the reading bug? Take on a desert island? Left you cold?
Arvind Ethan David@arvd.bsky.social · 2mo agoMe in @thedailymail.bsky.social who have an unrivalled ability to make everything about Hate. www.dailymail.com/home/books/a...
UK based BlueSky friends, my #DouglasAdams audiobook is now available from @bbcsounds.bsky.social as a podcast! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Sounds - Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth
A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.
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Dear #booksky -- Author event in Santa Barbara coming up - come on down chaucersbooks.com/event/2026-0...
Author Event - Arvind Ethan David "The Great Game"
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Me in @thedailymail.bsky.social who have an unrivalled ability to make everything about Hate. www.dailymail.com/home/books/a...
Which Olivier award nominee hates Dickens?
Arvind Ethan David answers our burning What Book questions
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So we just launched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tarot Cards on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tarot Cards
The official tarot cards to the HHGG live show designed by Jack Brutus Penny
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Ever since I wrote The Great Game, I've been wanting to talk to Arup Chatterjee, one of the academics whose work inspired it. Here's our conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xewY...
A Sherlock Holmes Novel with an Indian Plot | The Great Game, and The Age of Empires l
YouTube video by The Unofficial Seminar
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This rather nice piece is now available online. Nothing like being recognized in your hometown. Thanks @theedgemalaysia.bsky.social www.optionstheedge.com/topic/cultur...
Malaysian-born writer and producer Arvind Ethan David on his debut novel ‘The Great Game’ and chasing his creative dream
He also discusses how the craft of adaptation entails identifying and distilling the most vital parts of any story.
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The name of this playlist is hilarious 😂😂😂 the songs are 🔥🔥🔥🔥
In my new substack I try and make sense of the Emily Wilson, Tomi Adeyemi and Black Panther internet storms, which all seem to me to circle round the question WHO OWNS A GREAT STORY? Would love feedback. #BookSky #TheOdyssey #EmilyWilson #BlackPanther open.substack.com/pub/thedread...
Who Owns a Great Story?
What the Emily Wilson, Tomi Adeyemi, and Black Panther internet storms teach us much about story and tribalism. Just not what you think.
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It's lovely to see Dirk still appear on lists like this after all this time. #DirkGently www.cbr.com/best-forgott...
5 Great Detective Shows Nobody's Talked About in Years
These exceptional detective shows have flown under the radar, but they offer gripping mysteries and compelling characters that deserve a second look.
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The Criterion closet is not going to survive The Odyssey promotional tour. If they let just one more cast or crew member in they’ll be completely depleted.
Well, if the Sirens turn up, it is every man for himself.
Tab@tabfried.bsky.social · 2mo ago20 minutes into the Odyssey on IMAX, sirens started up and they evacuated the theater. So still haven’t seen the movie, but just like the main character of the movie (Tom Holland I presume based on what I saw), my journey continues!
The venom of these critics on the question of the Odyssey and each other is so eighteenth century I love it!!! We are in Whig vs Tory land!!! We are in The Dunciad!!! And it’s all about the ancients vs moderns as well
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 2mo agoOkay now it's getting real
Doing the page 69 test on The Great Game was illuminating. @marshalz.bsky.social #MarshallMcLuhan #Page69Test page69test.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
"The Great Game"
Arvind Ethan David has written seven graphic novels, including most recently his adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business (...
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The influence of tarot on Sylvia Plath.
A Tarot Reader Considers Sylvia Plath’s Relationship to the Deck
According to Smithsonian Magazine, Sylvia Plath used the Tarot de Marseille deck, which her husband, Ted Hughes, gifted her on her 24th birthday in 1956. It is believed that she also used the Rider…
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So we may have started something with #TheGreatGame - #Raffles is back.... Thanks @queerty.com - my original article in the thread. What do you mean there was a queer Sherlock Holmes spin-off in the 1900s? www.queerty.com/what-do-you-...
What do you mean there was a queer Sherlock Holmes spin-off in the 1900s? - Queerty
Somehow an even queerer serial was happening alongside Sherlock Holmes
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Had a great chat with @traceydevlyn.bsky.social on the High Stakes pod. Listen to it now. #BookSky #AuthorsLife #Classics #Sherlock tinyurl.com/SpotifyHSEp46
Arvind Ethan David on THE GREAT GAME & Classics Take on Different Meanings When Read as an Adult
High Stakes with Tracey Devlyn · Episode
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For someone who didn't know he was writing a literary satire, I'd still say this is a good result. #BookSky #BestSeller ? #ChartTopper @amazonpublishing.bsky.social
