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Dominic Nolan
@dominicnolan.bsky.social
· Nov 16
My words in the words of others
"The best crime novel of 2024" — The Times
"Superb" — Guardian
"Quite breathtaking" — Daily Mail
"I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year" — Ian Rankin
"Mind-blowing...frankly an amazing piece of work" — Sarah Pinborough
WHITE CITY is out now
"The best crime novel of 2024" — The Times
"Superb" — Guardian
"Quite breathtaking" — Daily Mail
"I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year" — Ian Rankin
"Mind-blowing...frankly an amazing piece of work" — Sarah Pinborough
WHITE CITY is out now
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August 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Twenty years after CONTROLLED BURN, his utterly essential American stories, there is finally another Scott Wolven collection. Each of his tales do more in a handful of pages than 99% of novels out there manage in hundreds. This is the real fuel.
August 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Twenty years after CONTROLLED BURN, his utterly essential American stories, there is finally another Scott Wolven collection. Each of his tales do more in a handful of pages than 99% of novels out there manage in hundreds. This is the real fuel.
This book's alright, and now it's incomprehensibly cheap to boot.
WHITE CITY for 99p. At that price, you might as well buy a copy even if you own a dead tree edition.
(Don't worry, authors don't require food or gas or leccy. We are fuelled by spite alone)
www.amazon.co.uk/White-City-s...
WHITE CITY for 99p. At that price, you might as well buy a copy even if you own a dead tree edition.
(Don't worry, authors don't require food or gas or leccy. We are fuelled by spite alone)
www.amazon.co.uk/White-City-s...
August 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This book's alright, and now it's incomprehensibly cheap to boot.
WHITE CITY for 99p. At that price, you might as well buy a copy even if you own a dead tree edition.
(Don't worry, authors don't require food or gas or leccy. We are fuelled by spite alone)
www.amazon.co.uk/White-City-s...
WHITE CITY for 99p. At that price, you might as well buy a copy even if you own a dead tree edition.
(Don't worry, authors don't require food or gas or leccy. We are fuelled by spite alone)
www.amazon.co.uk/White-City-s...
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🔪 CRIME FICTION EVENT! 🔪
We’ve a fantastic crime fiction event coming up for next week with two incredible authors! Guy Hale and @dominicnolan.bsky.social will be at our Stockport shop on Thursday 31st July discussing their brilliant new thrillers - PUT OUT THE LIGHT and WHITE CITY.
🎫👇🏻
We’ve a fantastic crime fiction event coming up for next week with two incredible authors! Guy Hale and @dominicnolan.bsky.social will be at our Stockport shop on Thursday 31st July discussing their brilliant new thrillers - PUT OUT THE LIGHT and WHITE CITY.
🎫👇🏻
July 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🔪 CRIME FICTION EVENT! 🔪
We’ve a fantastic crime fiction event coming up for next week with two incredible authors! Guy Hale and @dominicnolan.bsky.social will be at our Stockport shop on Thursday 31st July discussing their brilliant new thrillers - PUT OUT THE LIGHT and WHITE CITY.
🎫👇🏻
We’ve a fantastic crime fiction event coming up for next week with two incredible authors! Guy Hale and @dominicnolan.bsky.social will be at our Stockport shop on Thursday 31st July discussing their brilliant new thrillers - PUT OUT THE LIGHT and WHITE CITY.
🎫👇🏻
VINE STREET was exceptional, but WHITE CITY goes above and beyond
― Ian Rankin
One of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around
― Jane Casey
Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel
― Sarah Pinborough
Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer
― Mark Billingham
― Ian Rankin
One of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around
― Jane Casey
Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel
― Sarah Pinborough
Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer
― Mark Billingham
July 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
VINE STREET was exceptional, but WHITE CITY goes above and beyond
― Ian Rankin
One of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around
― Jane Casey
Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel
― Sarah Pinborough
Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer
― Mark Billingham
― Ian Rankin
One of the most interesting, brilliant crime writers around
― Jane Casey
Mind-blowing...so much more than a crime novel
― Sarah Pinborough
Dominic Nolan is one hell of a writer
― Mark Billingham
Stuff I liked the taste of from the first half of 2025 (list in alt)
July 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Stuff I liked the taste of from the first half of 2025 (list in alt)
An investigation into the missing occupant of a Margate flat turns into a rumination on the many ways people can disappear from places, and how places change and themselves effectively disappear, and how these things go hand in hand with the various movements of grief. Utterly superb, essential read
June 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
An investigation into the missing occupant of a Margate flat turns into a rumination on the many ways people can disappear from places, and how places change and themselves effectively disappear, and how these things go hand in hand with the various movements of grief. Utterly superb, essential read
Fabulous review of VINE STREET by Jeremy Black in The Critic. Satisfying to see a book a few years old make an appearance in press pages, especially with a reviewer not adverse to putting the boot in.
"This is a sprawling masterpiece... A major work of great power."
thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...
"This is a sprawling masterpiece... A major work of great power."
thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...
June 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fabulous review of VINE STREET by Jeremy Black in The Critic. Satisfying to see a book a few years old make an appearance in press pages, especially with a reviewer not adverse to putting the boot in.
"This is a sprawling masterpiece... A major work of great power."
thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...
"This is a sprawling masterpiece... A major work of great power."
thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...
The 5AM StoryTalk newsletter has been an exciting space for talking craft, and @colehaddon.bsky.social has turned it into a podcast. Early guests include Thomas Jane, John August, Hart Hanson, and Kevin Peter Hand (director NASA's Ocean Worlds Lab). Give it a spin:
open.spotify.com/show/2lAv8DK...
open.spotify.com/show/2lAv8DK...
5AM StoryTalk
Podcast · Cole Haddon · A place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role art plays in our lives. Every week, host Cole Haddon (creator, NBC/Sky's "Dracula"...
open.spotify.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The 5AM StoryTalk newsletter has been an exciting space for talking craft, and @colehaddon.bsky.social has turned it into a podcast. Early guests include Thomas Jane, John August, Hart Hanson, and Kevin Peter Hand (director NASA's Ocean Worlds Lab). Give it a spin:
open.spotify.com/show/2lAv8DK...
open.spotify.com/show/2lAv8DK...
A week on Thursday, I'll be at Waterstones St Albans asking @heathercritchlow.bsky.social wonderfully unanswerable questions, such as why do we write? What is a character? When is crime fiction not a crime novel? And, most crucially, what biscuits go best with writing tea?
May 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A week on Thursday, I'll be at Waterstones St Albans asking @heathercritchlow.bsky.social wonderfully unanswerable questions, such as why do we write? What is a character? When is crime fiction not a crime novel? And, most crucially, what biscuits go best with writing tea?
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The boys are back in town…
New Wyndham and Banerjee - book 6 - out 13th November 2025
New Wyndham and Banerjee - book 6 - out 13th November 2025
April 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The boys are back in town…
New Wyndham and Banerjee - book 6 - out 13th November 2025
New Wyndham and Banerjee - book 6 - out 13th November 2025
Might give this a read, I suppose. Heard the writer's not bad.
March 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Might give this a read, I suppose. Heard the writer's not bad.
One of my favourite podcasts that I've done, @nadinematheson.com and I had a good nag about writing these book things, the five ring circus we call publishing, and how failed dreams can lead to new ambitions.
Spotify link (others in Nadine's bio):
open.spotify.com/episode/19u0...
Spotify link (others in Nadine's bio):
open.spotify.com/episode/19u0...
February 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One of my favourite podcasts that I've done, @nadinematheson.com and I had a good nag about writing these book things, the five ring circus we call publishing, and how failed dreams can lead to new ambitions.
Spotify link (others in Nadine's bio):
open.spotify.com/episode/19u0...
Spotify link (others in Nadine's bio):
open.spotify.com/episode/19u0...
Tomorrow on the podcast, I’m joined by the brilliant @dominicnolan.bsky.social acclaimed author of Vine Street and his new novel, White City.
We’re diving into his writing life, the twists and turns of his publishing journey, and what it really means to go down the rabbit hole of research.
We’re diving into his writing life, the twists and turns of his publishing journey, and what it really means to go down the rabbit hole of research.
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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My latest Substack post is live. A reading report for the last couple of months, featuring Queensland noir, Australia's first female crime writer, Richard Stark’s Parker, Bernie Gunther & the pulp of Mort Kunstler. Free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/reading-re...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/reading-re...
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My latest Substack post is live. A reading report for the last couple of months, featuring Queensland noir, Australia's first female crime writer, Richard Stark’s Parker, Bernie Gunther & the pulp of Mort Kunstler. Free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/reading-re...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/reading-re...
February 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Great interview with @dominicnolan.bsky.social, whose novels Vine Street and White City I’d heartily recommend to anyone with a passion for good writing regardless of genre.
New week, new interview: @dominicnolan.bsky.social joins us to tell us about his book White City- @thetimes.com crime book of the year, & which @ianrankin1.bsky.social doubted would be bettered in his crime reads las year, his research methods & a LOT more. interviewroomone.com/dominic-nola...
February 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Great interview with @dominicnolan.bsky.social, whose novels Vine Street and White City I’d heartily recommend to anyone with a passion for good writing regardless of genre.
Was asked for thoughts on publishing by @interviewroomone.bsky.social
"More bang average middle-of-the-road shite from corporate publishers, please. The quicker we get the process of publishing eating itself over and done with, the sooner we can build something interesting from whatever remains."
"More bang average middle-of-the-road shite from corporate publishers, please. The quicker we get the process of publishing eating itself over and done with, the sooner we can build something interesting from whatever remains."
New week, new interview: @dominicnolan.bsky.social joins us to tell us about his book White City- @thetimes.com crime book of the year, & which @ianrankin1.bsky.social doubted would be bettered in his crime reads las year, his research methods & a LOT more. interviewroomone.com/dominic-nola...
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Was asked for thoughts on publishing by @interviewroomone.bsky.social
"More bang average middle-of-the-road shite from corporate publishers, please. The quicker we get the process of publishing eating itself over and done with, the sooner we can build something interesting from whatever remains."
"More bang average middle-of-the-road shite from corporate publishers, please. The quicker we get the process of publishing eating itself over and done with, the sooner we can build something interesting from whatever remains."
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Here's the top 10 books I've read this year 📚💙 @dominicnolan.bsky.social @meggardiner.bsky.social @blacktopkid.bsky.social @praddenkeefe.bsky.social @markleggattbskysoc.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @louberney.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @conorniland.bsky.social & Femi Kayode! 👏🫶
January 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here's the top 10 books I've read this year 📚💙 @dominicnolan.bsky.social @meggardiner.bsky.social @blacktopkid.bsky.social @praddenkeefe.bsky.social @markleggattbskysoc.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @louberney.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @conorniland.bsky.social & Femi Kayode! 👏🫶
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Highly recommend this book from Dominic Nolan, le grand fromage
We all know our Gallic cousins have superior taste in crime fiction, and to prove the point Télérama have included VINE STREET in their best polars of the year. Je suis un grand nom, as if we didn't know.
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
December 13, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Highly recommend this book from Dominic Nolan, le grand fromage
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How have I never read anything by @dominicnolan.bsky.social before, Vine Street is an absolute masterpiece (which I ordered having seen the acclaim for White City, also in the TBR pile) will be searching the rest of the back catalogue as well!
December 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
How have I never read anything by @dominicnolan.bsky.social before, Vine Street is an absolute masterpiece (which I ordered having seen the acclaim for White City, also in the TBR pile) will be searching the rest of the back catalogue as well!
We all know our Gallic cousins have superior taste in crime fiction, and to prove the point Télérama have included VINE STREET in their best polars of the year. Je suis un grand nom, as if we didn't know.
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
December 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM
We all know our Gallic cousins have superior taste in crime fiction, and to prove the point Télérama have included VINE STREET in their best polars of the year. Je suis un grand nom, as if we didn't know.
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
www.telerama.fr/livre/les-vi...
Some excellent selections from some fine writers in the Daily Express books of the year feature (in print tomorrow and Wednesday), and I don't just say that because White City is one of the picks.
"A hard-hitting novel with a very human heart."
Cheers, Sir Ian
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986...
"A hard-hitting novel with a very human heart."
Cheers, Sir Ian
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986...
The best books of 2024 – recommended by authors from Ian Rankin to Mick Herron
The nation's biggest and best authors share their favourite books of the year with Express readers...
www.express.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Some excellent selections from some fine writers in the Daily Express books of the year feature (in print tomorrow and Wednesday), and I don't just say that because White City is one of the picks.
"A hard-hitting novel with a very human heart."
Cheers, Sir Ian
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986...
"A hard-hitting novel with a very human heart."
Cheers, Sir Ian
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20)
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#20DayBookChallenge
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20)
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge
#20DayBookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM