What spy novels are you reading this weekend? Tim Shipman rates Tronko highly but he cautions that it requires concentration so the long holiday weekend is the perfect opportunity for me to get stuck in. #spybrary #thrillerbooks #spyfiction #esponage

“Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.” macspaunday.substack.com/p/how-russia...

How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions

Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.

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Today on the all-new Spybrary (dot) com, dive into @markpackuk.bsky.social review of Enemies Within. Fair warning to my fellow @ColdWar nerds, his take is so compelling that I bought the book as soon as I finished reading the review. Have you read it? What did you think? Link in 1st reply.

"To be a Brit was to be a bit of a spy, and to be a spy was to be a bit of a Brit." --Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!

One of my favourite films from LFF this year was The Secret Agent. A towering performance from Wagner Moura, who I hope gets plenty of awards season love. Full review for @spybrary.bsky.social. spybrary.com/the-secret-a...

Can't wait for the sequel @michaelidov.bsky.social ! And thanks as always to @spybrary.bsky.social for keeping the pavement artists ever ready to tail the latest talents!

Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough. spybrary.com/the-persian-...

What’s everyone reading this weekend?

1/26/67: Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair, via the Le Carre novel [M: Quincy Jones] w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99 More: @spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-... @top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...

Yeah, I’ve got an Insight for you: I should have said “yes” when my orthodontist offered to fix my teeth when I was ten, but I never wanted to be on TV and I still don’t. Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice): www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...

Absolute spot on @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-car-chas...

I have bought so many excellent books in London that I will be coughing up luggage excess fees (again!) I am blaming @harkaway.bsky.social and Esterhase for this last minute book purchase. Kosonom.

2024 is an epic year for quality spy reads once again. Narrowing my favourites down to just five is a tough assignment, but that's called Five Book Rules. Check out my interview with the epic @fivebooks.com at the link in the first reply. @harkaway.bsky.social @merlenygate.bsky.social

Very excited for this. I have not seen Roger Moore on the big screen since the late ‘80s. He was my absolute hero growing up and still is. youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI #rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar

From Roger Moore With Love (2024) | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Dartmouth Films

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Buy Karla’s Choice superbly written by @harkaway.bsky.social and pick up a free #Spybrary bookmark at Waterstones Piccadilly.

Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024? www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

The best crime and thrillers of 2024

A choice of whodunnits, a return for le Carré’s Smiley, and dark, disturbing encounters in the woods

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Really, really chuffed to discover today that #AReluctantSpy has gone to a second hardback printing less than three months after release! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and talked about my book.

‘There’s more to life than books you know but not much more.’ Support your local book shops. If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five. #booksoversocks

Bring your own drawing pin and yellow chalk. Tonight in Hampstead. @harkaway.bsky.social will be interviewed by @shippersunbound.bsky.social of the Sunday Times at Waterstones Hampstead. Link to book in the first comment #karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway

I was lucky enough to attend the @waterstones.bsky.social event with @philippesands.bsky.social expertly interrogating @harkaway.bsky.social . Read my field report here #johnlecarré #nickharkaway spybrary.com/nick-harkawa...

Reader meet author. Lovely to catch up with Merle Nygate today! Honour Among Spies is one of my top spy book picks of 2024!! I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’ #spybrary

Did real-life spy Biffy Dunderdale inspire James Bond? From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary. Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond

Buy the new George Smiley novel by @harkaway.bsky.social and get a free #Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nab the bookmark but miss out on what is my favourite spy novel of 2024 @foylesforbooks.bsky.social #johnlecarré #georgesmiley

Thanks to all who are following me. I am just getting settled in here and will be following you all back, well maybe not the conspiracy whackos and extremists… oh wait there aren’t any! #Spybrary

Who else collects books in non English language editions? The literal translation is Shadows from Yesterday but what’s the original novel’s English title? #johnlecarré #johnlecarre

Morning Bluesky! Since I seem to have acquired *another* couple of hundred followers since yesterday, I thought I'd re-post a book trailer I made for #AReluctantSpy, which came out in September from @headlinebooks.bsky.social (with a special edition from @goldsborobooks.bsky.social) - Enjoy!

Heads up John Le Carré fans. @harkaway.bsky.social to speak at CrimeFest 2025 event. www.thebookseller.com/news/crimefe...

CrimeFest 2025 to feature exclusive John le Carré event with author’s two sons

CrimeFest 2025 is set to feature an exclusive John le Carré event with author's two sons. Le Carré’s son, Nick Harkaway will attend the ‘Ghost of Honour’ panel to discuss his latest novel, Karla’s Cho...

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Practice run for a brand new #Spybrary project. Coming soon….

Buy a copy of I S Berry’s The Peacock and The Sparrow and get a free Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nick the bookmark but miss out on what was my favourite spy read of 2023. @waterstoneswestfield London.

The last thing I need in my life is another social media platform but so many good people I follow have migrated here. What are you reading this weekend? #spybooks #thrillerbooks