Author Archives: nickholdstock
Porcupine
My novel about the art historian Aby Warburg’s struggle with madness, that was shortlisted for the Novel Prize, will be out next year.
Schattenfroh
I wrote about this behemoth of a novel for the TLS.
Fly, Wild Swans
I wrote about the sequel to Wild Swans for the TLS
How to Eat a River Crab
UCHANGE
Fitzcarraldo Novel Prize
I am thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Prize.

Partial Object

I have a new story in the latest issue of Exacting Clam.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-14-autumn-2024/partial-object/
Only Kill Advisedly!
I wrote about Antoine Volodine’s Mevlido’s Dreams and Sergei Lebedev’s A Present Past for the TLS.
Writing About Uyghur Erasure
I wrote about memoirs and activism for The Dial.
Rocks and Sand
I have an esssay in the summer issue of the Dublin Review about the desert in Morocco.

Black Ghosts
I have a new piece in the TLS.
The Book of Secrets
I wrote about Xinran’s latest book for The TLS.
Inland
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/
The Ascent of Stromboli

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/
New story in Exacting Clam

I have a new short story in the Winter issue of Exacting Clam.
The Dial
I wrote about The Dial magazine for The TLS
Nanjing Residency
I’m going back to China for the first time in a decade. I wonder if anything has changed?
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers Guild
I wrote about Mathias Enard’s new novel for The TLS.
Waiting to be arrested at night
I wrote about Tahir Hamut Izgil’s memoir for the TLS.
High Caucasus

I wrote about Tom Parfitt’s North Caucasus travel book for Literary Review.
Tangier Tales
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/
Journeys Without Maps
The Turban and the Hat
A Book of Many Erections

I wrote about Wang Xiaobo’s novel for The TLS.
Paperback

The paperback of my second novel is now at liberty.
The Fawn

I wrote about The Fawn for the TLS.
The Rest is Slander

I wrote about the new Bernhard collection for the TLS.
Witness
Too Much of Life

I wrote about Clarice Lispector’s newspaper columns for Literary Review.





