Kishani Widyaratna
@kishani.bsky.social
Book bore
Publishing Dir, 4th Estate
Views all my own, retweets ≠ endorsement
Publishing Dir, 4th Estate
Views all my own, retweets ≠ endorsement
Incredible first look at RESISTANCE in the Observer today with an extract by Steve McQueen and selection of some of the fascinating archival images it gathers
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February 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Incredible first look at RESISTANCE in the Observer today with an extract by Steve McQueen and selection of some of the fascinating archival images it gathers
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John Patrick McHugh, author of Fun and Games, named as one of the Observer’s Best Debut Novelists 2025!
‘A funny and frank coming-of-age drama, propelled by the heart-swelling comic agony of the protagonist’s incapacity to act’
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‘A funny and frank coming-of-age drama, propelled by the heart-swelling comic agony of the protagonist’s incapacity to act’
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
January 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
John Patrick McHugh, author of Fun and Games, named as one of the Observer’s Best Debut Novelists 2025!
‘A funny and frank coming-of-age drama, propelled by the heart-swelling comic agony of the protagonist’s incapacity to act’
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘A funny and frank coming-of-age drama, propelled by the heart-swelling comic agony of the protagonist’s incapacity to act’
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Major @theguardian.com books cover profile of @tonytula.com
Brilliant on craft, ‘The Feminist’, politics, charlatans and satire
‘Extremely dark, mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny…morally and politically ambiguous’—REJECTION, out in Feb!
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Brilliant on craft, ‘The Feminist’, politics, charlatans and satire
‘Extremely dark, mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny…morally and politically ambiguous’—REJECTION, out in Feb!
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January 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Major @theguardian.com books cover profile of @tonytula.com
Brilliant on craft, ‘The Feminist’, politics, charlatans and satire
‘Extremely dark, mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny…morally and politically ambiguous’—REJECTION, out in Feb!
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Brilliant on craft, ‘The Feminist’, politics, charlatans and satire
‘Extremely dark, mordantly, laugh-out-loud funny…morally and politically ambiguous’—REJECTION, out in Feb!
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Persians is @theguardian.com Book of the Day in a rave first review by Joanna Cannon!
'Mahloudji writes with a wisdom and confidence rarely seen in a debut, and her sharp observations are humorous and poignant'
Comped to Min Jin Lee, Elif Shafak & Verghese!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
'Mahloudji writes with a wisdom and confidence rarely seen in a debut, and her sharp observations are humorous and poignant'
Comped to Min Jin Lee, Elif Shafak & Verghese!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
January 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Persians is @theguardian.com Book of the Day in a rave first review by Joanna Cannon!
'Mahloudji writes with a wisdom and confidence rarely seen in a debut, and her sharp observations are humorous and poignant'
Comped to Min Jin Lee, Elif Shafak & Verghese!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
'Mahloudji writes with a wisdom and confidence rarely seen in a debut, and her sharp observations are humorous and poignant'
Comped to Min Jin Lee, Elif Shafak & Verghese!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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my favorite reviews of Rejection so far are like, this made me want to puke up my ribcage. don't show it to anyone or read it in public. wear head to toe PPE while you read it and perform a Shinto cleansing rite as soon as you finish. 5 stars 👍🏼
January 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
my favorite reviews of Rejection so far are like, this made me want to puke up my ribcage. don't show it to anyone or read it in public. wear head to toe PPE while you read it and perform a Shinto cleansing rite as soon as you finish. 5 stars 👍🏼
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REJECTION is coming to the UK in time for Valentine's Day (do not buy as Valentine's gift, buy it for something else) www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Novel in stories Rejection for 4th Estate
Tony Tulathimutte's title 'feels timeless in its craft, exceptional prose and the humanity of its characters'
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January 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
REJECTION is coming to the UK in time for Valentine's Day (do not buy as Valentine's gift, buy it for something else) www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Delighted to welcome @tonytula.com to @4thestatebooks.bsky.social with REJECTION
‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI
‘A book of mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL
'The funniest, darkest thing' ST VINCENT
Out Feb!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI
‘A book of mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL
'The funniest, darkest thing' ST VINCENT
Out Feb!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Novel in stories Rejection for 4th Estate
Tony Tulathimutte's title 'feels timeless in its craft, exceptional prose and the humanity of its characters'
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Delighted to welcome @tonytula.com to @4thestatebooks.bsky.social with REJECTION
‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI
‘A book of mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL
'The funniest, darkest thing' ST VINCENT
Out Feb!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI
‘A book of mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL
'The funniest, darkest thing' ST VINCENT
Out Feb!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
'It’s the best book I’ve read this year – romantic, dangerous and sexy. It made me cry and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up'
SOFT CORE by Brittany Newell is a Stylist magazine best romance novels that will be everywhere!💋
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SOFT CORE by Brittany Newell is a Stylist magazine best romance novels that will be everywhere!💋
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9 steamy romance novels to read before they go viral, according to literary insiders
Can’t get enough of A Court Of Thorns And Roses? These nine expert-approved novels are about to be the next big thing.
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January 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'It’s the best book I’ve read this year – romantic, dangerous and sexy. It made me cry and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up'
SOFT CORE by Brittany Newell is a Stylist magazine best romance novels that will be everywhere!💋
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www.stylist.co.uk/books/best-r...
SOFT CORE by Brittany Newell is a Stylist magazine best romance novels that will be everywhere!💋
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www.stylist.co.uk/books/best-r...
Wonderful to see Adelaide Faith author of Happiness Forever and Sanam Mahloudji author of The Persians in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2025 writers to watch!
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Writers to Watch: Spring 2025
This spring’s buzziest debut fiction has no shortage of drama, whether in biotech startups, Native American reservation politics, psychotherapy sessions, the Scottish theater world, or women’s volleyb...
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January 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wonderful to see Adelaide Faith author of Happiness Forever and Sanam Mahloudji author of The Persians in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2025 writers to watch!
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www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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‘The word-of-mouth breakout … a funny, unexpected and riotous read’
Love to see The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji in Stylist magazine’s most anticipated books of 2025!
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www.stylist.co.uk/books/2025-b...
Love to see The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji in Stylist magazine’s most anticipated books of 2025!
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www.stylist.co.uk/books/2025-b...
January 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
‘The word-of-mouth breakout … a funny, unexpected and riotous read’
Love to see The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji in Stylist magazine’s most anticipated books of 2025!
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
www.stylist.co.uk/books/2025-b...
Love to see The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji in Stylist magazine’s most anticipated books of 2025!
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
www.stylist.co.uk/books/2025-b...
All I want for Christmas is you, Feathers McGraw x
December 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM
All I want for Christmas is you, Feathers McGraw x
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Thanks to the readers, fellow writers and reviewers who have made time for Hagstone; to all the festivals & bookshops who invited me to read, and to @kishani.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @mattclacher.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Thanks to the readers, fellow writers and reviewers who have made time for Hagstone; to all the festivals & bookshops who invited me to read, and to @kishani.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @mattclacher.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
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With thanks to @kishani.bsky.social Delighted to get a proof copy of Fun and Games, the forthcoming debut novel by John Patrick McHugh. Very much looking forward to this – have heard great things. Had the privilege of hearing him read from the excellent Pure Gold a while back.
December 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
With thanks to @kishani.bsky.social Delighted to get a proof copy of Fun and Games, the forthcoming debut novel by John Patrick McHugh. Very much looking forward to this – have heard great things. Had the privilege of hearing him read from the excellent Pure Gold a while back.
‘I thought carefully about the responsibility that my position has afforded me, and I wanted to create something with a collective spirit’
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interviewed in @theguardian.com about @monumentbooks.bsky.social!
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interviewed in @theguardian.com about @monumentbooks.bsky.social!
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Reni Eddo-Lodge launches her own imprint with publisher HarperCollins
The author will serve as editor-at-large of Monument Books, helping to find authors that champion ‘ideas, stories and culture, as well as uplifting or refashioning past legacies’
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December 16, 2024 at 7:51 PM
‘I thought carefully about the responsibility that my position has afforded me, and I wanted to create something with a collective spirit’
@renieddolodge.bsky.social
interviewed in @theguardian.com about @monumentbooks.bsky.social!
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www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
@renieddolodge.bsky.social
interviewed in @theguardian.com about @monumentbooks.bsky.social!
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www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh is essentially unputdownable in my view. So moving, so believable, so unsparing of yet merciful towards its characters. Funny and heartbreaking (what more can you ask for?).
December 11, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh is essentially unputdownable in my view. So moving, so believable, so unsparing of yet merciful towards its characters. Funny and heartbreaking (what more can you ask for?).
Lovely to see BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton and Forest of Noise by @mosababutoha.bsky.social in Helen Charman’s @artreview.bsky.social books of the year
We Deserve More Than Novelty from the Publishing Industry
The year in books: Beyond the marketing trends, 2024 offered a refreshing reminder that the life of many texts is cyclical
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December 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Lovely to see BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton and Forest of Noise by @mosababutoha.bsky.social in Helen Charman’s @artreview.bsky.social books of the year
Great event today at the Irish Writers’ weekend at the British Library with @sineadgleeson.bsky.social talking about her novel Hagstone, alongside the brilliant @ronanhession.bsky.social and @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social on their recent books, deftly chaired by Barry Pierce
November 24, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Great event today at the Irish Writers’ weekend at the British Library with @sineadgleeson.bsky.social talking about her novel Hagstone, alongside the brilliant @ronanhession.bsky.social and @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social on their recent books, deftly chaired by Barry Pierce
Jordan Tannahill, author of The Listeners, interviewed in the @theguardian.com as his debut novel airs as a limited series on the BBC starring Rebecca Hall
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‘Gimp play is a craft’: how a Canadian writer went from fetish sex work to creating powerful BBC drama
Jordan Tannahill has turned his novel, The Listeners, into a tense, timely BBC drama inspired by cults and conspiracy theories. He talks Brexit, banging raves and exploring kinks with closeted junior ...
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November 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Jordan Tannahill, author of The Listeners, interviewed in the @theguardian.com as his debut novel airs as a limited series on the BBC starring Rebecca Hall
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I live for Mark Rylance as Cromwell!
November 17, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I live for Mark Rylance as Cromwell!
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There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries?
www.threads.net/@profsander....
www.threads.net/@profsander....
Sander van der Linden (@profsander.vanderlinden) on Threads
New computational analyses from the University of Queensland on algorithmic bias suggest that the X algorithm substantially boosted Republican accounts right after Elon Musk's endorsement of Donald Tr...
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November 17, 2024 at 6:13 AM
There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries?
www.threads.net/@profsander....
www.threads.net/@profsander....
The new Francis Bacon show at the National Portrait Gallery is so interesting and affecting for bringing out the biographical and personal aspects of his work. Especially moving to see the paintings of George Dyer.
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
The new Francis Bacon show at the National Portrait Gallery is so interesting and affecting for bringing out the biographical and personal aspects of his work. Especially moving to see the paintings of George Dyer.
We are hiring!
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
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4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
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November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
We are hiring!
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...
4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾💻
Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here:
app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...
This is an absolute pain in the arse
August 10, 2024 at 9:52 AM
This is an absolute pain in the arse
Currently reading the utterly brilliant Thunderclap by Laura Cumming, and so went to go find the painting in the National Gallery that opens the book, the remarkable, A View of Delft by Carel Fabritius, tucked away in a corner among some warren-like rooms.
December 31, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Currently reading the utterly brilliant Thunderclap by Laura Cumming, and so went to go find the painting in the National Gallery that opens the book, the remarkable, A View of Delft by Carel Fabritius, tucked away in a corner among some warren-like rooms.