Mark Blacklock

The Beadlean Library

Watch out, Mark Blacklock’s about… to tell you about a very interesting book collection.
The Fence

Snooker Loopy

Two writers face off in a grudge match of snooker: the fanciful, ludicrous game of punished error and forced embarrassment. Róisín Lanigan cues off first...
Olly Haynes

Houellebecq Honeypot

Jini van Rooijen is an OnlyFans model and a member of the experimental Dutch art collective KIRAC. She also honeypotted Michel Houellebecq, the world's horniest author.
Megan Nolan

If You Can Make It There…

Megan Nolan moved from London to New York. She writes about the culture shocks of this rarely trodden path.
Sachin Kureishi

Something to Tell You

On Boxing Day 2022, the writer Hanif Kureishi had a fall that left him paralysed from the neck down. His son Sachin reflects on a year caring for his once-carer.
Fiona Mozley

Ghost ‘n’ the Machine

When you open up the spirit realm, you can't control who wanders in. Sometimes – just sometimes – the ghost of Oscar Wilde will give you career advice.
Jo Hamya

Hot Takes

Some conversations, not always with friends.
Anonymous

A Novel Guide

Finally got that first book published? Our anonymous insider tells you what happens next.
Asad Raza

From Rushdie with Love

A guide to making millions from your postcolonial trauma.
Mike Jakeman

In the Beginning Was the Blurb

Stunning, vital and multi-hued investigation into how books get blurbed.