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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 2h

Waterstones are running 25 per cent off pre-orders of some of our Spring 2026 titles this week!

Order yours here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 2h

'BIG KISS, BYE-BYE is a careful probing of the elusiveness of human connection and an unsettling portrait of the heart as the loneliest of hunters.' Michael Cronin on BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett in the @irishtimes.com: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett: the elusiveness of human connection

Author of Checkout 19 and Pond returns with an exploration of love and loss

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4d

omg! new claire-louis bennett!! are you kidding me?! squee!

Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 5d

💋 BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett published today 💋

‘Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY
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Read an extract and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/big-ki...

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 4d

Claire-Louise Bennett’s BIG KISS, BYE-BYE is our book of the week this week.

To celebrate, we have produced a small number of limited edition @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social X LRB Bookshop totes. The bags cost £10.00 when you purchase a copy of the novel in store. Come get them while stocks last!

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 5d

💋 BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett published today 💋

‘Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY
💋
Read an extract and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/big-ki...

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Julia @chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social · 6d

Intimate autumn reading courtesy of @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 😍

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 6d

Listen to Jacqueline Rose and Yasmin El-Rifae discuss Rose's book, WOMEN IN DARK TIMES on the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk Podcast www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

Jacqueline Rose & Yasmin El-Rifae: Women in Dark Times | London Review Bookshop

Women in Dark Times begins with three remarkable women: revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg; German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon; and film icon Marilyn Monroe. The…

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Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social · 7d

This is very, very good! New Claire-Louise Bennett novel, BIG KISS, BYE-BYE, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social later this week.
You can also find CLB in Tolka Issues Two and Seven . . .

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder: Our BIG KISS, BYE-BYE x LRB tote bag giveaway ends on Thursday! Sign up to our newsletter now to be in with a chance to win one: fitzcarraldoeditions.com

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Matthew Francis @mjfrancis.bsky.social · 8d

Book 73: Jonathan Buckley's One Boat (from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) and an LHG x Põhjala Bestla.

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Chris Parker @chrisparkerwriter.bsky.social · 9d

I've had this only one day and I'm halfway through. But it's so brilliant, I want it to last. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social translated by Natasha Wimmer

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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · 11d

On the blog today, a fascinating new release from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social in which Gorky shares his memories of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev - translated by Bryan Karetnyk - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/w...

“What a rogue he is.” #gorky #tolstoy #fitzcarraldoeditions

One of the authors who popped up as an option when I was considering what to read for 1925 was the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky. His novel, “The Artamonov Business”, was published in tha…

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 12d

New episode of the Rippling Pages is out now with @joannapocock.bsky.social on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

This one is finding kindness and perspective while out on the American Road and much more

It’s a journey Joanna’s done twice! Find out why here:

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Dave C @duckpondsreview.bsky.social · 12d

So October starts with this fine set of stories from Chile's Alejandro Zambra. There's a nice blurb in the alt text and as always Megan McDowell's translation helps bring the writer into our language very nicely indeed. Just more excellence from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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#booksky💙📚
#books

My Documents, by Alejandro Zambra, tr by Megan McDowell.

My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. Whether chronicling the attempts of a migraine-afflicted writer to quit smoking or the loneliness of the call-centre worker, the life of a personal computer or the return of a mercurial godson, this collection of stories evokes the disenchantments of youth and the disillusions of maturity in a Chilean society still troubled by its recent past. Written with the author's trademark irony and precision, humour and melancholy, My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers.

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Keith Ridgway @rid9way.bsky.social · 13d

There are a few of these floating around out there. Please be careful.

Advance review copy of my novel Dooneen, out from Fitzcarraldo Editions next year.

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Deborah Friedell @deborahfriedell.bsky.social · 13d

Based on the novel "Box Hill" by none other than Adam Mars-Jones! @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 13d

The trailer for Harry Lighton’s ‘PILLION’ starring Harry Melling & Alexander Skarsgård.

In theaters February 2026.

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 13d

10 October: Thea Lenarduzzi will be in conversation with Jodie Matthews @raremags.bsky.social: raremags.co.uk/blogs/events...

10/10 - Thea Lenarduzzi And Jodie Matthews - The Tower – Rare Mags

On Friday 10th October Thea Lenarduzzi, writer, broadcaster and editor will be coming to Stockport to chat all about her new book The Tower. We've been looking forward to hosting this author since the...

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 13d

🎧 PODCAST🎧

Jacqueline Rose discusses revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, film icon Marilyn Monroe, and her book WOMEN IN DARK TIMES with Yasmin El-Rifae

Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): lrb.me/1g3

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Mandy-Suzanne Wong @mandysuzannewong.bsky.social · 14d

For Asymptote's blog, I reviewed Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev by Maxim Gorky, translated from the Russian by Brian Karetnyk @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/new-in-...

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 14d

9 October: Thea Lenarduzzi will be in conversation with Dr. Sophie Oliver @deadinkbooks.bsky.social: deadinkbookshop.com/products/the...

OCT 9 - Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation with Dr Sophie Oliver

Date: 9 OctoberTime: 6 PM - 8 PMDead Ink Books, 375 Smithdown Road, L15 3JJTickets from £5 Join us as we celebrate the launch of THE TOWER with author Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation with Dr Sophie Ol...

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 14d

8 October: Thea Lenarduzzi will be in conversation at the inimitable Dormouse Books, Belper: www.belpertowncouncil.gov.uk/council_even...

Belper Town Council | Dormouse Books – Author Event

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 14d

7 October: Thea Lenarduzzi will be in conversation with Molly Aitken at @junobooks.bsky.social in Sheffield: www.outsavvy.com/event/29544/...

The Tower: Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation with Molly Aitken Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy

Join us to hear Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation about her latest book, The Tower, with Molly Aitken.Once upon a time, there was a tower on a hill, beyond the dark trees, somewhere north. An octagonal ...

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 14d

We are thrilled to announce Thea Lenarduzzi's book tour for her second book, THE TOWER. There will be events in Sheffield, Liverpool, Stockport and beyond. Find out more details here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/09/thea...

Thea Lenarduzzi's THE TOWER Book Tour | Fitzcarraldo Editions

Thea Lenarduzzi, author of The Tower, will be on tour this autumn. Please see below for details and links to each event. 7 October – In conversation with Molly Aitken at Juno Books, Sheffield. 8 Octob...

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theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 17d

★★★★ A writer retraces her steps to furrow a deeper path through modern America: Joanna Pocock's Greyhound @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social reviewed by Claudia Bull theartsdesk.com/books/joanna...

Joanna Pocock: Greyhound review - on the road again

Joanna Pocock’s second full-length book, Greyhound, tells the story of a single journey made and remade. In 2006, after the death of her sister and several miscarriages, Pocock travelled 2,300 miles f...

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 16d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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