about my massive crush on Hisham Matar’s new novel for Engelsberg Ideas engelsbergideas.com/reviews/a-liby…

I’m in this month’s Literary Review alongside Hannah Arendt

Sheila Heti and Phyllis Rose. "(the best interview i've read in ages!)": heartily agree. Highly recommended.

Vashti editor Kate Greenberg explores the Instagram Story as literary form, placing these disappearing social media posts in the tradition of the short story in Gazan literature. Read our latest Pickle 🥒 here: vashtimedia.com/2024/02/29/for…

very much enjoyed Holly Pester’s The Lodgers, which was like nothing I’d read before — literaryreview.co.uk/waiting-for-mo…

'Now, that’s not a bad thing, it just wasn’t what he wanted – namely a "traditional French lifestyle" The next town over was impossible: too close to one of France’s 56 nuclear power stations.' Eve Webster helped people find their dream home the-fence.com/kaiser-wilhelm…

my piece on Annie Ernaux and the woman who made her a writer, with thanks to The London Magazine thelondonmagazine.org/article/review…

loved Danielle Dutton’s strange creature of a book from prototype - in The Telegraph today 🌷

Lucy Thynne on Jo's The Hypocrite literaryreview.co.uk/are-you-sittin…

Have read this several times now and the first para still gets me. Such a good article from Madame de la Lucy Thynne

Honoured to make my Literary Review and Grazia debuts in the same week

beguiling beginning, and beautiful so far

Beautiful, beloved John Burnside. Rest in Peace.

My review of Rachel Cusk’s new book, her strangest yet, in The London Magazine thelondonmagazine.org/article/review…

So excited to hear my story 'The Pomegranates' on BBC Radio 4 this Friday (28/06) at 3:45pm. If you get the chance to tune in, please do – the way Mali Harries reads it breaks my heart (and I wrote the thing!) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The most state educated government ever. Seismic. #stateschoolproud

belated — Wrote about Kate Zambreno's lockdown-moir The Light Room for The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-…

Who else can write or think like this? Anne Carson the magician lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

mi review of Tokarczuk’s weird latest, which had me by the end — telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…

i wrote about the concept of sally rooney (& love) for Telegraph Books telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-…