Just over a month until my third novel TIME BEING is published on 7th September by @saltpublishing.com! Do please pre-order from either Waterstones, Amazon or direct from Salt Books here: www.saltpublishing.com/products/tim...

Time Being, Jude Cook

When Laura Cameron, a Philosophy professor at a London university, is found dead in a bizarre echo of the Reeva Steenkamp case, the questions are myriad. Her fr

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'In my stories migrants have wings. All migrants have wings otherwise we'd never be here.' Check out this powerful speech and extract of Koushik's Animal Nightlife, taken from the Voices of Wandsworth event last Saturday. ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE is out NOW and is an absolute must read!

I wrote about 70s movies and family dysfunction in my Substack essay for July. Read We Are Not Alone: UFOs, Parents and Other Mysteries for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/we-are-not...

We Are Not Alone

UFOs, Parents and Other Mysteries

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The day is here, it's PUBLICATION DAY for Koushik Banerjea's incredible new novel, ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE... And we are celebrating with cake for breakfast! A compelling novel about identity, belonging, and the power of solidarity. A MUST addition to your TBR! #AnimalNightlife #publicationday #books

Here’s my double review of Nora Lange’s short story collection Day Care and debut novel US Fools in the latest issue of @thetls.bsky.social. Published simultaneously in the Uk by & Stories Press, both are terrific and worthy of your attention. www.the-tls.com/literature/f...

With only TWO DAYS to go until Koushik Banerjea's INCREDIBLE Animal Nightlife is unleashed, Koushik visited the wonderful booksellers at Review Bookshop, Peckham! Not too long to go now. Have you pre-order your copy of ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE yet?

Koushik Banerjea visited the wonderfully charming Daunt Books yesterday, with Animal Nightlife in tow, of course 💚 We're so grateful to have @dauntbooks.bsky.social on our doorstep, and for the ongoing support of its wonderful booksellers. We can't wait to see Animal Nightlife on the shelves!

The Worst Man in Literature has many possible candidates but a strong contender is surely Mickey Sabbath in Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theatre. Read this month's Substack essay, Beyond the Pale, for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

Join us at @owlbookshop.bsky.social for an an evening with Koushik Banerjea discussing Animal Nightlife, his acclaimed new novel, with host and poet, Rishi Dastidar ✨📚 📆 23rd July 2026 🕐 6:30pm 📌 Owl Bookshop, 207-209 Kentish Town Road, London. Tickets available now: shorturl.at/Qqxqu

Congratulations to Simon Crump. Today we publish and launch Post - it Notes from Underground 7pm at waterstones Leeds. @nybooks.com @thetimes.com @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR! We're immensely proud to be able to announce our fourth and last book of 2026, THE LONG LET, by Ben Sims. Written in rococo, Nabokovian prose, an extraordinary #Debut reminiscent of literary classics such as The Talented Mr Ripley. www.conduitbooks.co.uk/books/p/the-...

This July, join Rishi Dastidar in conversation with our very own Koushik Banerjea at Owl Bookshop where they'll be discussing Koushik's new bold, imaginative novel, ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE, which explores themes of race, class, identity, and more! Tickets available now: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/kous...

May Press Wrap-Up for Malc's Boy! Shaun Wilson's incredible debut, Malc's Boy, has been out for just over a month, and the brilliant reviews and press coverage are still rolling in. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, consider this your sign to!

CONDUIT BOOKS submissions re-open during June! Submissions are now open from Monday 1st June to Tuesday 30th June 2026 to writers based in the UK and Ireland only, especially authors from marginalised and underrepresented communities. Please email your submissions to: jude@conduitbooks.co.uk

Delighted to have a new short story in ON BEING ILL, a vital and exciting anthology of work about the challenges of physical & mental illness, alongside Woolf’s foundational essay & pieces by many other talented writers. Out now from New Menard Press www.thenewmenardpress.com/on-being-ill...

I loved the image of a person's past glimpsed fleetingly through a train window, evoked with great poignancy in this wide-ranging personal essay by @judecook.bsky.social.

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A May Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. I wrote about Larkin and home towns in PASSING HOME: THE LESS DECEIVED. Read it for free here: judecook.substack.com/p/passing-home

You have one month left to submit your best 14-liners for this year’s edition of #14magazine! We’ve had hundreds of subs but plenty of room for more. Click here and scroll down for details of how to submit: richardskinner.weebly.com/14-magazine....

A May Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. I wrote about Larkin and home towns in PASSING HOME: THE LESS DECEIVED. Read it for free here: judecook.substack.com/p/passing-home

Good morning and I love publication Day! Congratulations @jamesgwriter.bsky.social Today we publish his debut. THE LIGHTNING. I'm flying over to Belfast for the launch at No Alibis Bookshop Many thanks to @feekra.bsky.social for the great cover design. @thebookseller.com

I'm very excited to be in conversation with Blake Morrison & Neil Griffiths, @foylesforbooks.bsky.social about The Future of Memoir: in a time of infinite self-expression available on social media, what role does memoir have & how does it remain relevant? www.foyles.co.uk/events/the-f...

And it’s live 🎙️ Tune in from the 13-minute mark of the latest Front Row episode to hear Conduit Books publisher Jude Cook discuss the origins of the press, its vision, and much more. Find the download like here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... . . #conduitbooks #frontrow #radioshow

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Author Ann Patchett on her latest novel, Whistler

Nashville novelist Ann Patchett on her tenth novel, Whistler.

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Did someone say book subscription? In 2026, Conduit will publish four bold works of literary fiction and non-fiction spotlighting underrepresented working-class voices and overlooked regional writing. Subscribe now for all four books for just £50!: www.conduitbooks.co.uk/books/p/subs... #Booksky

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And I loved this round-up of cultural offerings from the always well-informed @akennedysmith.bsky.social: 'A May morning letter from Cambridge' open.substack.com/pub/akennedy...

A May morning letter from Cambridge

Books, bouquets of flowers and underground poetry

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Salt’s top 10 comic fiction titles to read in 2027 Ten novels that prove the form is alive – from a Brexit-era apocalyptic farce to a Belfast literary annexation, with new books from Tibor Fischer, Rob Palk, Bill Broady, Guy Ware, Rosemary Jenkinson and more.

Salt’s top 10 comic fiction titles to read in 2027

Ten novels that prove the form is alive – from a Brexit-era apocalyptic farce to a Belfast literary annexation, with new books from Tibor Fischer, Rob Palk, Bill Broady, Guy Ware, Rosemary Jenkinson a...

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 2nd July, 7 p.m, an online event exclusively for peeps who've already read Keshed. The great @heidijames.bsky.social asking the questions. Don't miss this, it's gonna be fucking fire, @ortacpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stuhenni...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Twins Of Evil?

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Join me and Aea Varfis-van Warmelo to celebrate the publication of her debut novel ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR. Live online on Thursday 4th June at 7pm (BST). All welcome. If not already invited email me: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site Order your copy here: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/att...

We-mortgaged the house in 2006 to start Bluemoose Nearly lost the house again in 2013. Authors short listed for 31 literary prizes, 2 books adapted for BBC Two. Another chosen for National Junior Certificate in Ireland. Reaching readers corporates don't even bother with. @thebookseller.com

Brilliant feature article from Christian Spens on Lit Hib – looking at the background to her hit novel, The Colony.

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Islands emerge in novels and poems as mythical, seductive places; they are separate from the mainland in a way that could be a punishment or an escape, or sometimes both. They are places of nostalg…

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