Jude Cook
@judecook.bsky.social
Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com
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Jude Cook
@judecook.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I wrote about the Booker Prize, Samantha Harvey's triumphant 2024 win, as well as pleasure and pain-principle novels. Read The Wrong Paul for free here: judecook.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
Delighted to announce that MALC’S BOY by Shaun Wilson will be @conduitbooks.bsky.social’s first title! Coming April 2026.
Freshly launched publisher Conduit Books has announced that its inaugural title will be Malc’s Boy, “a bold and emotionally charged” debut novel by Cumbrian writer Shaun Wilson, following 1,500 submissions over the past few months 👇 #BookSky
Conduit Books reveals Shaun Wilson's Malc’s Boy as its first publication
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November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Delighted to announce that MALC’S BOY by Shaun Wilson will be @conduitbooks.bsky.social’s first title! Coming April 2026.
Travel on well, Jimmy Cliff. #nowplaying
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Travel on well, Jimmy Cliff. #nowplaying
Join us tonight at @burleyfisher.bsky.social for the London launch of Vanguard Editions The Carbon Arc. I'll be reading along with brilliant writers @christianaspens.bsky.social Sam Mills, Karen Krizanovich & Gareth Evans. 6.30pm-9pm (Free) Tickets here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Join us tonight at @burleyfisher.bsky.social for the London launch of Vanguard Editions The Carbon Arc. I'll be reading along with brilliant writers @christianaspens.bsky.social Sam Mills, Karen Krizanovich & Gareth Evans. 6.30pm-9pm (Free) Tickets here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/lau...
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We were shocked and saddened to read that Rachel Cooke had died. She championed Michèle Roberts' work, and her take on French Cooking for One proposed the book to the bestsellers sphere. We remember her exemplary, fearless originality and generous spirit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We were shocked and saddened to read that Rachel Cooke had died. She championed Michèle Roberts' work, and her take on French Cooking for One proposed the book to the bestsellers sphere. We remember her exemplary, fearless originality and generous spirit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Can’t go to this tomorrow night, alas, but it should be excellent. Blackout is one of the books of the year, a sui generis journey into silence, mixing memoir, philosophy & art criticism.
Please join us on 18 November for an event at Reference.Point in London about BLACKOUT with debut author Yann Chateigné Tytelman and his translator @clementoctober.bsky.social in conversation with writer and film curator Gareth Evans.
Get your ticket www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Get your ticket www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can’t go to this tomorrow night, alas, but it should be excellent. Blackout is one of the books of the year, a sui generis journey into silence, mixing memoir, philosophy & art criticism.
Here’s my review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social’s wonderfully irreverent debut novel, Loren Ipsum, in the print edition of today’s @theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here’s my review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social’s wonderfully irreverent debut novel, Loren Ipsum, in the print edition of today’s @theguardian.com
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RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
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“It has a nimble wit and a punk rock attitude that is wholly addictive. Destined, as they say, to become a cult classic.” @judecook.bsky.social’s dream review of Loren Ipsum
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix review – chronically funny satire of the literary scene
Full of word games, in-jokes and grisly murders, this debut pours gleeful scorn on the pretensions of contemporary literary life
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“It has a nimble wit and a punk rock attitude that is wholly addictive. Destined, as they say, to become a cult classic.” @judecook.bsky.social’s dream review of Loren Ipsum
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Loren Ipsum is, by a wide margin, the most enjoyable novel I've read all year. Here's my review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social's mordantly witty debut in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix review – chronically funny satire of the literary scene
Full of word games, in-jokes and grisly murders, this debut pours gleeful scorn on the pretensions of contemporary literary life
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Loren Ipsum is, by a wide margin, the most enjoyable novel I've read all year. Here's my review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social's mordantly witty debut in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Patti Smith: Rare And Unseen Pictures
A new photo-book memorialises Patti Smith’s first trip to Paris in 1976, including a pilgrimage to Jim Morrison’s grave. “She seemed very moved,” photographer Claude Gassian tells MOJO...
A new photo-book memorialises Patti Smith’s first trip to Paris in 1976, including a pilgrimage to Jim Morrison’s grave. “She seemed very moved,” photographer Claude Gassian tells MOJO...
The Unseen Patti Smith
Never-before-seen pictures of Patti Smith’s first trip to Paris in 1976, including a pilgrimage to The Doors singer Jim Morrison’s grave.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Patti Smith: Rare And Unseen Pictures
A new photo-book memorialises Patti Smith’s first trip to Paris in 1976, including a pilgrimage to Jim Morrison’s grave. “She seemed very moved,” photographer Claude Gassian tells MOJO...
A new photo-book memorialises Patti Smith’s first trip to Paris in 1976, including a pilgrimage to Jim Morrison’s grave. “She seemed very moved,” photographer Claude Gassian tells MOJO...
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Great review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social Loren Ipsum from @judecook.bsky.social
He captures the utter fun that comes from reading this novel.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
He captures the utter fun that comes from reading this novel.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix review – chronically funny satire of the literary scene
Full of word games, in-jokes and grisly murders, this debut pours gleeful scorn on the pretensions of contemporary literary life
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Great review of @andrewgallix.bsky.social Loren Ipsum from @judecook.bsky.social
He captures the utter fun that comes from reading this novel.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
He captures the utter fun that comes from reading this novel.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Still got it. Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker Prize, most conspicuous of the prizes, for his truly excellent novel Flesh.
Thanks to all who came to the event with David Szalay at @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social last night. It was brilliant, so was he and I wish we’d recorded it. Ah well. You can still read Flesh before it wins the prizes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Still got it. Congratulations to David Szalay on winning the Booker Prize, most conspicuous of the prizes, for his truly excellent novel Flesh.
Many congratulations to David Szalay on winning @thebookerprizes.com 2025 with Flesh. Two wins in a row for @jonathancape.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Many congratulations to David Szalay on winning @thebookerprizes.com 2025 with Flesh. Two wins in a row for @jonathancape.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social
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My old band Flamingoes is in this month’s Mojo magazine. ‘Flamingoes and Fountains of Wayne share a taste for Superman/ rabbit mash-ups’. #Therecordisforeverman @mojomagazine.bsky.social @keithcameron2.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My old band Flamingoes is in this month’s Mojo magazine. ‘Flamingoes and Fountains of Wayne share a taste for Superman/ rabbit mash-ups’. #Therecordisforeverman @mojomagazine.bsky.social @keithcameron2.bsky.social
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So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Delighted to have a new short story published by @fictivedream.bsky.social. Read my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled here 👇
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
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ICYMI today we're feat. A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we're feat. A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
Delighted to have a new short story published by @fictivedream.bsky.social. Read my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled here 👇
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Delighted to have a new short story published by @fictivedream.bsky.social. Read my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled here 👇
Some new short fiction from me coming tomorrow with the brilliant @fictivedream.bsky.social. Watch this space!
It's a great pleasure to welcome Jude Cook with his #shortstory A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled), out tomorrow @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some new short fiction from me coming tomorrow with the brilliant @fictivedream.bsky.social. Watch this space!
An October Substack from me: an essay on writing about places you've never visited. Read Into the Blue Again: Writing America for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/into-the-b...
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An October Substack from me: an essay on writing about places you've never visited. Read Into the Blue Again: Writing America for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/into-the-b...
I talked to @timrelf.bsky.social about my forthcoming novel, TIME BEING, for @saltpublishing.com's House Magazine. Out September 2026, folks. www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...
Jude Cook discusses his new novel, Time Being
by Tim Relf With the countdown on to publication of Jude Cook’s ‘existential’ literary thriller, Time Being, House catches up with the acclaimed author to find out what makes him tick 1. Tell us a lit...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I talked to @timrelf.bsky.social about my forthcoming novel, TIME BEING, for @saltpublishing.com's House Magazine. Out September 2026, folks. www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...
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Novelist @judecook.bsky.social discusses his forthcoming existential thriller, Time Being, with @timrelf.bsky.social in House Magazine!
Jude Cook discusses his new novel, Time Being
by Tim Relf With the countdown on to publication of Jude Cook’s ‘existential’ literary thriller, Time Being, House catches up with the acclaimed author to find out what makes him tick 1. Tell us a lit...
www.saltpublishing.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Novelist @judecook.bsky.social discusses his forthcoming existential thriller, Time Being, with @timrelf.bsky.social in House Magazine!
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Blackout by Yann Chateigné Tytelman a remarkable little book - a meditation on grief, silences, solitude, the solaces (or otherwise) of art.
Taking in Charles Ray’s Ink Box, Celmin’s sea pictures, David Toop, Judy Nylon along the way. It’s another fantastic work from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
Taking in Charles Ray’s Ink Box, Celmin’s sea pictures, David Toop, Judy Nylon along the way. It’s another fantastic work from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Blackout by Yann Chateigné Tytelman a remarkable little book - a meditation on grief, silences, solitude, the solaces (or otherwise) of art.
Taking in Charles Ray’s Ink Box, Celmin’s sea pictures, David Toop, Judy Nylon along the way. It’s another fantastic work from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
Taking in Charles Ray’s Ink Box, Celmin’s sea pictures, David Toop, Judy Nylon along the way. It’s another fantastic work from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
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"The legacies of Dostoevsky, Gogol and Kafka, along with Robert Walser and Thomas Bernhard, stalk the historical and psychological territory from which Krasznahorkai has emerged with his own original, gigantic, idiosyncratic constructions. "
George Szirtes
www.the-tls.com/literature-b...
George Szirtes
www.the-tls.com/literature-b...
Master of the apocalypse
László Krasznahorkai is only the second Hungarian to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature. He follows Imre Kertész (1929–2016), whose best-known book outside Hungary is Fatelessness – an account b...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The legacies of Dostoevsky, Gogol and Kafka, along with Robert Walser and Thomas Bernhard, stalk the historical and psychological territory from which Krasznahorkai has emerged with his own original, gigantic, idiosyncratic constructions. "
George Szirtes
www.the-tls.com/literature-b...
George Szirtes
www.the-tls.com/literature-b...
I reviewed Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces superb second novel of fathers, sons & dementia in the new issue of @thetls.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
Reborn as a poem
Caleb Klaces’s first novel, Fatherhood (2019), was a lyrical, emotional deep dive into the turmoil and euphoria of early parenthood, with its often
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October 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I reviewed Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces superb second novel of fathers, sons & dementia in the new issue of @thetls.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/f...