Alex Christofi
@christofi.bsky.social
Publishing director, Transworld (part of Penguin UK)
Author, CYPRIA and DOSTOEVSKY IN LOVE (Bloomsbury)
My words are my own
alexchristofi.com
Author, CYPRIA and DOSTOEVSKY IN LOVE (Bloomsbury)
My words are my own
alexchristofi.com
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Alex Christofi
@christofi.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Amazing to see CYPRIA right after Dawkins as one of the Guardian's best ideas books of 2024! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
A Russian proverb: 'He throws the fur coat onto the fire because he's angry at the fleas.'
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
A Russian proverb: 'He throws the fur coat onto the fire because he's angry at the fleas.'
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now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
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“FFS it’s 4 COLLY birds, not ‘calling’ birds! Colly bird means Blackbird. It’s a specific type of bird, like turtle dove, or partridge - you see?! What even is a ‘calling bird’? Nothing! NOTHING!”
[slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert]
“And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
[slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert]
“And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
December 13, 2024 at 8:03 AM
“FFS it’s 4 COLLY birds, not ‘calling’ birds! Colly bird means Blackbird. It’s a specific type of bird, like turtle dove, or partridge - you see?! What even is a ‘calling bird’? Nothing! NOTHING!”
[slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert]
“And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
[slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert]
“And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
I really hope Serkis reels in the public with the funny jokes then hits them with a harrowing 15 minute one-shot of Boxer being turned into glue
December 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I really hope Serkis reels in the public with the funny jokes then hits them with a harrowing 15 minute one-shot of Boxer being turned into glue
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Where else but @thefence.bsky.social could you read the collected life advice of Robin Lane Fox? (Though I'd swap 'fox hunting' for 'exploring')
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Where else but @thefence.bsky.social could you read the collected life advice of Robin Lane Fox? (Though I'd swap 'fox hunting' for 'exploring')
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Just got out of "Who Do We Think We Are?", a series of talks at Theatro Technis (+ excuse to gather with food) about being a Cypriot working in the arts in Britain.
Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just got out of "Who Do We Think We Are?", a series of talks at Theatro Technis (+ excuse to gather with food) about being a Cypriot working in the arts in Britain.
Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
On my way to Frankfurt Book Fair - this in the @financialtimes.com made me chuckle
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
On my way to Frankfurt Book Fair - this in the @financialtimes.com made me chuckle
I'm so pleased to be shortlisted for the London Hellenic Book Prize alongside some wonderful other books on the Hellenic world!
Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm so pleased to be shortlisted for the London Hellenic Book Prize alongside some wonderful other books on the Hellenic world!
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Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.
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So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰
We are absolutely delighted to announce DATA EMPIRE: A Human History of Records and Rule by the incredible @roopikarisam.bsky.social 🧮
DATA EMPIRE will be published by PRH in the U.K. and HarperCollins in the US in July 2026
DATA EMPIRE will be published by PRH in the U.K. and HarperCollins in the US in July 2026
September 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰
I find it so funny that royals give themselves so many badges and buttons to show they are good at kinging, it's like a 5 year old found the teacher's sticker drawer. Bless
September 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I find it so funny that royals give themselves so many badges and buttons to show they are good at kinging, it's like a 5 year old found the teacher's sticker drawer. Bless
This has shaken me to my core
I definitely thought of this word as pain-staking, which doesn't actually make any sense now that I think about it
September 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This has shaken me to my core
'what is your citation house style?'
'plagiarism'
'plagiarism'
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
'what is your citation house style?'
'plagiarism'
'plagiarism'
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The new Terry Deary book has my favourite endpapers I have ever produced. It's like something by Francesco Bassano but way more surreal
August 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The new Terry Deary book has my favourite endpapers I have ever produced. It's like something by Francesco Bassano but way more surreal
And you thought all the news in the UK was doom and gloom
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Transport for London (TfL) asks mobile users to wear headphones
A new campaign is asking bus and Tube users to wear headphones for playing music and making calls.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And you thought all the news in the UK was doom and gloom
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
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In the bookshop this morning:
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the bookshop this morning:
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
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The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
This 2,500 year old Siberian tattoo goes hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This 2,500 year old Siberian tattoo goes hard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...