Introduction to this now on Substack

https://nickholdstock.substack.com/p/w-or-the-memory-of-childhood-by-georges

Now up on substack

https://nickholdstock.substack.com/p/too-much-of-life-by-clarice-lispector

At the risk of jumping on a bandwagon that has pulled over to the curb, I have started a Substack where I will do what is expected of me. First up is a piece I wrote for the Dublin Review more than a decade ago about online dating in Kyrgyzstan. I am sure that will have aged well! https://tinyurl.com/mbze39az

You can be first to pre-order Porcupine from Asterism, a site that is much kinder on publishers than the usual deathstars, though it is of course your right to offer them your patronage. More on them and pre-ordering from elsewhere soon to follow…

https://asterismbooks.com/product/porcupine-nick-holdstock

I wrote about the great M John Harrison for The TLS.

https://www.the-tls.com/literature/fiction/the-course-of-the-heart-m-john-harrison-book-review-nick-holdstock

It gets out in December.

I wrote about the Chinese Internet for the TLS

Ring of fire

My novel about the art historian Aby Warburg’s struggle with madness, that was shortlisted for the Novel Prize, will be out next year.

https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/porcupine/

I wrote about this behemoth of a novel for the TLS.

I wrote about the sequel to Wild Swans for the TLS

I have a new piece in the latest issue of the Dublin Review.

Here’s my story from Banshee Issue 7. You can still buy copies of issue 12, which also features a story by me.

UCHANGE

I am thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Prize.

https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-fitzcarraldo-editions-novel-prize/the-novel-prize-entry-requirements/

I have a new story in the latest issue of Exacting Clam.

https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-14-autumn-2024/partial-object/

I wrote about Antoine Volodine’s Mevlido’s Dreams and Sergei Lebedev’s A Present Past for the TLS.

I wrote about memoirs and activism for The Dial.

https://www.thedial.world/issue-17/china-uyghur-books

I have an esssay in the summer issue of the Dublin Review about the desert in Morocco.

I have a new piece in the TLS.

I wrote about Xinran’s latest book for The TLS.

I wrote about Gerald Murnane’s sui generis masterpiece for The TLS.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/inland-gerald-murnane-book-review-nick-holdstock/

I have a new piece of non-fiction in the latest issue of The Dublin Review, a magazine I love writing for – one of the few quality homes for longform non-fiction.

You can order it here (and subs are cheap): https://thedublinreview.com/product/winter-2023-24/

I have a new short story in the Winter issue of Exacting Clam.

https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-11-winter-2023/

I wrote about The Dial magazine for The TLS

I’m going back to China for the first time in a decade. I wonder if anything has changed?

Nick Holdstock is Selected for the Nanjing Residency

I wrote about Mathias Enard’s new novel for The TLS.

I wrote about Tahir Hamut Izgil’s memoir for the TLS.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/waiting-to-be-arrested-at-night-tahir-hamut-izgil-book-review-nick-holdstock/

I wrote about Tom Parfitt’s North Caucasus travel book for Literary Review.

I wrote about Mohamed Choukri’s short stories for The TLS.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tales-of-tangier-mohamed-choukri-book-review-nick-holdstock/

I wrote about my apparently aimless wandering for the Royal Literary Fund.

Journeys Without Maps