Jason Arthur
@jasonarthur.bsky.social
Associate Publishing Director at Granta Books. Late of the parishes of Routledge, Jonathan Cape, Vintage and William Heinemann.
A second prize shortlisting for @benpester.bsky.social after the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social. Whoop!
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A second prize shortlisting for @benpester.bsky.social after the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social. Whoop!
So pleased to see @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project has been shortlisted for the Nero Debut Novel Award. Richly deserved.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
So pleased to see @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project has been shortlisted for the Nero Debut Novel Award. Richly deserved.
Very excited to go see Ira Sachs's Peter Hujar's Day, with Ben Wishaw as Hujar. Almost as excited as I am to be publishing @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's magisterial dual biography of Hujar & Paul Thek.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (April 2026)
THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (April 2026)
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Very excited to go see Ira Sachs's Peter Hujar's Day, with Ben Wishaw as Hujar. Almost as excited as I am to be publishing @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's magisterial dual biography of Hujar & Paul Thek.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (April 2026)
THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (April 2026)
It’s been a fab week for book events. Sayaka Murata wowed a huge crowd at the wonderful Ps & Gs church in Edinburgh on Monday. Thanks to the brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social for that.
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It’s been a fab week for book events. Sayaka Murata wowed a huge crowd at the wonderful Ps & Gs church in Edinburgh on Monday. Thanks to the brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social for that.
@benpester.bsky.social reading from The Expansion Project at the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social shortlist event last night. A great evening.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
@benpester.bsky.social reading from The Expansion Project at the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social shortlist event last night. A great evening.
Another sold-out event for Mariana Enriquez on her UK tour. This one at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and chaired by the brilliant @akblakemore.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another sold-out event for Mariana Enriquez on her UK tour. This one at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and chaired by the brilliant @akblakemore.bsky.social.
Where better to host an event for Mariana Enriquez's new book than a chapel in a Victorian cemetery. Thank you Storysmith in Bristol for hosting, and @chrispower.bsky.social for orchestrating an excellent conversation.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Where better to host an event for Mariana Enriquez's new book than a chapel in a Victorian cemetery. Thank you Storysmith in Bristol for hosting, and @chrispower.bsky.social for orchestrating an excellent conversation.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
Some nonfiction from Mariana Enriquez. Translated by Megan McDowell.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave.
September 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Some nonfiction from Mariana Enriquez. Translated by Megan McDowell.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave.
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave.
'@davetynan.bsky.social brilliantly captures romantic longing, including in men – a rarity in contemporary fiction…Tynan’s stories effectively explore modern masculinity but also convincingly portray female characters…His societal observations are spot-on’
The Irish Times on We Used to Dance Here
The Irish Times on We Used to Dance Here
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
'@davetynan.bsky.social brilliantly captures romantic longing, including in men – a rarity in contemporary fiction…Tynan’s stories effectively explore modern masculinity but also convincingly portray female characters…His societal observations are spot-on’
The Irish Times on We Used to Dance Here
The Irish Times on We Used to Dance Here
‘A debut novel with echoes of Kafka, Flaubert & the office sitcom… Both poignant & disconcerting… Beautifully observed… A fever dream of a novel – disconcerting, strange & unexpectedly touching’
Terrific review of @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project in @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
Terrific review of @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project in @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
August 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
‘A debut novel with echoes of Kafka, Flaubert & the office sitcom… Both poignant & disconcerting… Beautifully observed… A fever dream of a novel – disconcerting, strange & unexpectedly touching’
Terrific review of @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project in @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
Terrific review of @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project in @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
‘Sharp, funny & vivid, these stories are brilliantly attuned to the messiness of life.’ @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
‘Sharp, funny & vivid, these stories are brilliantly attuned to the messiness of life.’ @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor 'Heading up' in the Sunday Times 'Style Barometer'.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor 'Heading up' in the Sunday Times 'Style Barometer'.
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Nicola Barker & @waidner.bsky.social discussing TonyInterruptor tonight at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social. Wonderful event.
August 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nicola Barker & @waidner.bsky.social discussing TonyInterruptor tonight at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social. Wonderful event.
Coming to the end of a crazy four months of publishing but v. proud of every one of these singularly brilliant authors.
Sayaka Murata
Issa Quincy
Irene Solà
@catherinelacey.bsky.social
Liadan Ní Chuinn
Nicola Barker
@benpester.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social
Sayaka Murata
Issa Quincy
Irene Solà
@catherinelacey.bsky.social
Liadan Ní Chuinn
Nicola Barker
@benpester.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Coming to the end of a crazy four months of publishing but v. proud of every one of these singularly brilliant authors.
Sayaka Murata
Issa Quincy
Irene Solà
@catherinelacey.bsky.social
Liadan Ní Chuinn
Nicola Barker
@benpester.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social
Sayaka Murata
Issa Quincy
Irene Solà
@catherinelacey.bsky.social
Liadan Ní Chuinn
Nicola Barker
@benpester.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social
'@davetynan.bsky.social moves persuasively between male & female viewpoints...Dublin is the downbeat setting…lifted by Tynan’s fine eye for the telling detail, his terse & exact dialogue & exquisite descriptions’
Financial Times on We Used to Dance Here
Financial Times on We Used to Dance Here
August 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
'@davetynan.bsky.social moves persuasively between male & female viewpoints...Dublin is the downbeat setting…lifted by Tynan’s fine eye for the telling detail, his terse & exact dialogue & exquisite descriptions’
Financial Times on We Used to Dance Here
Financial Times on We Used to Dance Here
‘Inside the closed world of the novel, [@benpester.bsky.social] has succeeded in creating an extreme “drowning out” of the normal sounds of human life & activity. [A] vision of a genuinely soul-sucking workplace… Magical, folk horror-informed & time-twisting' Financial Times
The Expansion Project
The Expansion Project
August 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
‘Inside the closed world of the novel, [@benpester.bsky.social] has succeeded in creating an extreme “drowning out” of the normal sounds of human life & activity. [A] vision of a genuinely soul-sucking workplace… Magical, folk horror-informed & time-twisting' Financial Times
The Expansion Project
The Expansion Project
‘Pounds with dark energy, the prose as hypnotic as the dance music that pulses from clubs’ Daily Mail
We Used to Dance Here by @davetynan.bsky.social is published next week!
We Used to Dance Here by @davetynan.bsky.social is published next week!
August 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
‘Pounds with dark energy, the prose as hypnotic as the dance music that pulses from clubs’ Daily Mail
We Used to Dance Here by @davetynan.bsky.social is published next week!
We Used to Dance Here by @davetynan.bsky.social is published next week!
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social got the memo!
Nicola Barker’s TonyInterruptor published today and Foyles is doing it proud!
Nicola Barker’s TonyInterruptor published today and Foyles is doing it proud!
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social got the memo!
Nicola Barker’s TonyInterruptor published today and Foyles is doing it proud!
Nicola Barker’s TonyInterruptor published today and Foyles is doing it proud!
Two of my favourite books of the year being published today!
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester
*PersonalSuperThursday*
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester
*PersonalSuperThursday*
August 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Two of my favourite books of the year being published today!
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester
*PersonalSuperThursday*
TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester
*PersonalSuperThursday*
@benpester.bsky.social, having signed copies of The Expansion Project (which is published tomorrow), takes a stroll in the beautiful grounds of Capmeadow (in, er, @foylesforbooks.bsky.social).
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@benpester.bsky.social, having signed copies of The Expansion Project (which is published tomorrow), takes a stroll in the beautiful grounds of Capmeadow (in, er, @foylesforbooks.bsky.social).
Welcome to Capmeadow Business Park (currently residing in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Charing Cross Road).
The Expansion Project
The Expansion Project
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Welcome to Capmeadow Business Park (currently residing in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Charing Cross Road).
The Expansion Project
The Expansion Project
‘Splendidly inventive…The tricksiness & elusiveness of @benpester.bsky.social’s technique makes the reading experience abundantly worth it. The Expansion Project is a wonderfully strange & haunting book’ Literary Review
August 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
‘Splendidly inventive…The tricksiness & elusiveness of @benpester.bsky.social’s technique makes the reading experience abundantly worth it. The Expansion Project is a wonderfully strange & haunting book’ Literary Review
‘TonyInterruptor is a novel of hectic questions and formal tricks...Nicola Barker is our laureate of the edge. This, her latest dispatch from the periphery, is a brilliant, if bewildering, novel with an eccentric take on the many ways we fail to live our lives honestly’ Literary Review
August 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
‘TonyInterruptor is a novel of hectic questions and formal tricks...Nicola Barker is our laureate of the edge. This, her latest dispatch from the periphery, is a brilliant, if bewildering, novel with an eccentric take on the many ways we fail to live our lives honestly’ Literary Review
The proverbial hot cakes!
‘ASTONISHING’ Sunday Times
‘EXTRAORDINARY’ Guardian
‘UTTERLY BRILLIANT…REMARKABLE’ Daily Mail
‘BRILLIANT & REMARKABLE’ Irish Times
‘THE ARRIVAL OF A STUNNING NEW VOICE’ Guardian
‘PHENOMENAL’ Lucy Caldwell
‘EXCEPTIONAL’ Louise Kennedy
‘TRULY EXCITING’ Lisa McInerney
‘ASTONISHING’ Sunday Times
‘EXTRAORDINARY’ Guardian
‘UTTERLY BRILLIANT…REMARKABLE’ Daily Mail
‘BRILLIANT & REMARKABLE’ Irish Times
‘THE ARRIVAL OF A STUNNING NEW VOICE’ Guardian
‘PHENOMENAL’ Lucy Caldwell
‘EXCEPTIONAL’ Louise Kennedy
‘TRULY EXCITING’ Lisa McInerney
July 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The proverbial hot cakes!
‘ASTONISHING’ Sunday Times
‘EXTRAORDINARY’ Guardian
‘UTTERLY BRILLIANT…REMARKABLE’ Daily Mail
‘BRILLIANT & REMARKABLE’ Irish Times
‘THE ARRIVAL OF A STUNNING NEW VOICE’ Guardian
‘PHENOMENAL’ Lucy Caldwell
‘EXCEPTIONAL’ Louise Kennedy
‘TRULY EXCITING’ Lisa McInerney
‘ASTONISHING’ Sunday Times
‘EXTRAORDINARY’ Guardian
‘UTTERLY BRILLIANT…REMARKABLE’ Daily Mail
‘BRILLIANT & REMARKABLE’ Irish Times
‘THE ARRIVAL OF A STUNNING NEW VOICE’ Guardian
‘PHENOMENAL’ Lucy Caldwell
‘EXCEPTIONAL’ Louise Kennedy
‘TRULY EXCITING’ Lisa McInerney
Liadan Ní Chuinn's brilliant EVERY ONE STILL HERE published today and already reprinting!
July 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Liadan Ní Chuinn's brilliant EVERY ONE STILL HERE published today and already reprinting!