Jason Arthur
@jasonarthur.bsky.social
Associate Publishing Director at Granta Books. Late of the parishes of Routledge, Jonathan Cape, Vintage and William Heinemann.
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Had such an amazing time talking to @hannahhg.bsky.social - I really hope you get a chance to listen
I'll be talking with the extraordinary author Ben Pester (@benpester.bsky.social) whose superb novel The Expansion Project (pub. @grantabooks.bsky.social) lives up to its name, expanding time, space & selfhood in all directions.
Book & stream for free from 23 Feb-9 March: www.fane.co.uk/ben-pester
Book & stream for free from 23 Feb-9 March: www.fane.co.uk/ben-pester
February 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Had such an amazing time talking to @hannahhg.bsky.social - I really hope you get a chance to listen
‘An extraordinary debut...[Liadan Ní Chuinn is] a writer of subtlety despite the polemic that veins these stories...Unpredictable & memorable’
Rave review for Every One Still Here in this round-up of the month's best paperbacks.
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Rave review for Every One Still Here in this round-up of the month's best paperbacks.
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
This month’s best paperbacks: Susan Choi, Sarah Perry and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from a Facebook exposé to a globetrotting family saga
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February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
‘An extraordinary debut...[Liadan Ní Chuinn is] a writer of subtlety despite the polemic that veins these stories...Unpredictable & memorable’
Rave review for Every One Still Here in this round-up of the month's best paperbacks.
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Rave review for Every One Still Here in this round-up of the month's best paperbacks.
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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ICYMI: Granta has acquired Opening Night by Sarah Baume. Publication is scheduled for July 2026 👇 #BookSky
Granta signs Sara Baume’s ‘extraordinary' memoir about the power of art
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February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
ICYMI: Granta has acquired Opening Night by Sarah Baume. Publication is scheduled for July 2026 👇 #BookSky
The brilliant Every One Still Here by the phenomonally talented Liadan Ní Chuinn is out in paperback tomorrow!
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The brilliant Every One Still Here by the phenomonally talented Liadan Ní Chuinn is out in paperback tomorrow!
Amazing to see these words of praise for @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's The Wonderful World That Almost Was:
‘Masterful...Awash with light & clarity...This important book thrums with the lives & works of its subjects. It is a love story, a history & a moving meditation on art and memory’ Jack Parlett
‘Masterful...Awash with light & clarity...This important book thrums with the lives & works of its subjects. It is a love story, a history & a moving meditation on art and memory’ Jack Parlett
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Amazing to see these words of praise for @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's The Wonderful World That Almost Was:
‘Masterful...Awash with light & clarity...This important book thrums with the lives & works of its subjects. It is a love story, a history & a moving meditation on art and memory’ Jack Parlett
‘Masterful...Awash with light & clarity...This important book thrums with the lives & works of its subjects. It is a love story, a history & a moving meditation on art and memory’ Jack Parlett
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Sara Baume does it again - this is the book equivalent of a deep life affirming breath and it’s been a joy to read over the last few days. Out in July from @grantabooks.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Sara Baume does it again - this is the book equivalent of a deep life affirming breath and it’s been a joy to read over the last few days. Out in July from @grantabooks.bsky.social
New stories from @benpester.bsky.social, Sail Away Land, coming in June 2026. And a new novel in 2027!
Granta has snapped up a story collection, Sail Away Land, and an untitled second novel by Ben Pester. Sail Away Land will be released in 2027 👇 #BookSky
Granta snaps up two new titles from Ben Pester
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January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New stories from @benpester.bsky.social, Sail Away Land, coming in June 2026. And a new novel in 2027!
Two new books from @benpester.bsky.social (collection of stories & a novel). Couldn't be happier.
The story collection, Sail Away Land, publishing in June.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/grant...
The story collection, Sail Away Land, publishing in June.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/grant...
Granta snaps up two new titles from Ben Pester
Granta has snapped up a story collection, Sail Away Land, and an untitled second novel by Ben Pester.
www.thebookseller.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Two new books from @benpester.bsky.social (collection of stories & a novel). Couldn't be happier.
The story collection, Sail Away Land, publishing in June.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/grant...
The story collection, Sail Away Land, publishing in June.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/grant...
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I've just filed my claim in the Anthropic 'Let's steal all authors' books because fuck those lousy authors' settlement.
MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY!
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MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY!
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January 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I've just filed my claim in the Anthropic 'Let's steal all authors' books because fuck those lousy authors' settlement.
MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY!
archive.ph/qpS9e
MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY!
archive.ph/qpS9e
@benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project has a tasty new look. (Thanks @jackflag.bsky.social - excellent work!) Paperback edition coming this way in June!
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
@benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project has a tasty new look. (Thanks @jackflag.bsky.social - excellent work!) Paperback edition coming this way in June!
'These stories about Ireland & recent history face up to the truth of lives ...They change & recharge the potential of the short story form. Two have already become some of my favourite stories ever'
Ali Smith on Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
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Ali Smith on Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’
The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters
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January 23, 2026 at 11:50 AM
'These stories about Ireland & recent history face up to the truth of lives ...They change & recharge the potential of the short story form. Two have already become some of my favourite stories ever'
Ali Smith on Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Ali Smith on Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Very pleased indeed to see Issa Quincy's singular, wonderful ABSENCE on the Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 longlist.
Congratulations to all the nominated authors. It a greatr prize (one of the better UK book gongs).
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Congratulations to all the nominated authors. It a greatr prize (one of the better UK book gongs).
uk.bookshop.org/lists/dylan-...
Dylan Thomas Prize Longlist 2026
We are thrilled to unveil the 12 titles that make up this year's Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize longlist, celebrating young writers from around the globe.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Very pleased indeed to see Issa Quincy's singular, wonderful ABSENCE on the Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 longlist.
Congratulations to all the nominated authors. It a greatr prize (one of the better UK book gongs).
uk.bookshop.org/lists/dylan-...
Congratulations to all the nominated authors. It a greatr prize (one of the better UK book gongs).
uk.bookshop.org/lists/dylan-...
'@benpester.bsky.social, one of our discoveries of 2025 for his brilliant novel The Expansion Project, has a short story collection with @grantabooks.bsky.social due this summer'
Sail Away Land, Ben's new collection, a Shortlist 'most anticipated books of 2026'
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Sail Away Land, Ben's new collection, a Shortlist 'most anticipated books of 2026'
www.shortlist.com/books/our-25...
Our 25 most anticipated fiction books for 2026
We’re calling it now - it’s going to be a good year for fiction, with these bold first books, tasty speculative epics and the return of a whole heap of literary big-hitters.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
'@benpester.bsky.social, one of our discoveries of 2025 for his brilliant novel The Expansion Project, has a short story collection with @grantabooks.bsky.social due this summer'
Sail Away Land, Ben's new collection, a Shortlist 'most anticipated books of 2026'
www.shortlist.com/books/our-25...
Sail Away Land, Ben's new collection, a Shortlist 'most anticipated books of 2026'
www.shortlist.com/books/our-25...
'Every One Still Here by the Irish writer Liadan Ní Chuinn is breathtaking'
Ali Smith telling it like it is!
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Ali Smith telling it like it is!
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The Recommender: Ali Smith
The multi-award-winning, Booker-shortlisted novelist picks her current cultural favourites
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January 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
'Every One Still Here by the Irish writer Liadan Ní Chuinn is breathtaking'
Ali Smith telling it like it is!
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Ali Smith telling it like it is!
www.thenerve.news/p/recommende...
And another from the great Wolfgang Tillmans:
‘An era long lost becomes vividly tangible in these pages... @andrew-durbin.bsky.social turns his almost forensic research into a seriously entertaining read’
The Wonderful World That Almost Was
‘An era long lost becomes vividly tangible in these pages... @andrew-durbin.bsky.social turns his almost forensic research into a seriously entertaining read’
The Wonderful World That Almost Was
Wonderful encomium for @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's Hujar/Thek book.
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
And another from the great Wolfgang Tillmans:
‘An era long lost becomes vividly tangible in these pages... @andrew-durbin.bsky.social turns his almost forensic research into a seriously entertaining read’
The Wonderful World That Almost Was
‘An era long lost becomes vividly tangible in these pages... @andrew-durbin.bsky.social turns his almost forensic research into a seriously entertaining read’
The Wonderful World That Almost Was
Wonderful encomium for @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's Hujar/Thek book.
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Wonderful encomium for @andrew-durbin.bsky.social's Hujar/Thek book.
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
‘This is a great American love story that is also an indispensable account of the growth & emergence of Peter Hujar & Paul Thek as influential artists’ Colm Tóibín
(And great that Peter Hujar's Day is finally in UK cinemas.)
Good to see @davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here in @rickoshea.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025 list.
'Cracking, straight from the opening story...I rarely find a collection without a dud story somewhere - this is one of them.'
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'Cracking, straight from the opening story...I rarely find a collection without a dud story somewhere - this is one of them.'
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Rick O’Shea’s best books of 2025: Great reads you might have missed this year
I’m attempting to focus on books that you might not find in other end-of-year lists you’ve seen in the run up to Christmas – the ones that have possibly not gotten the spotlight and love they deserve.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Good to see @davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here in @rickoshea.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025 list.
'Cracking, straight from the opening story...I rarely find a collection without a dud story somewhere - this is one of them.'
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'Cracking, straight from the opening story...I rarely find a collection without a dud story somewhere - this is one of them.'
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
‘Ireland’s short story writers are in a class of their own...One of the most remarkable in 2025 is the mysterious Liadan Ní Chuinn...Stories [that] resonate with an urgency for the reader to face history head-on’
Every One Still Here
Best Irish books of 2025
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Every One Still Here
Best Irish books of 2025
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Ignore the bestsellers — these are the Irish writers you should read
With the help of booksellers and festival directors, Aoife Barry picks the best of this year’s fiction, non-fiction and short stories
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
‘Ireland’s short story writers are in a class of their own...One of the most remarkable in 2025 is the mysterious Liadan Ní Chuinn...Stories [that] resonate with an urgency for the reader to face history head-on’
Every One Still Here
Best Irish books of 2025
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Every One Still Here
Best Irish books of 2025
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
'Calling these stories intricately woven doesn’t do them justice...Wholly original, quietly disquieting short fiction.'
Starred Kirkus review of Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
⭐
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Starred Kirkus review of Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
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EVERY ONE STILL HERE | Kirkus Reviews
The past is never far away in these debut stories about Irish intergenerational trauma.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
'Calling these stories intricately woven doesn’t do them justice...Wholly original, quietly disquieting short fiction.'
Starred Kirkus review of Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
⭐
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Starred Kirkus review of Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here.
⭐
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'The collection of the year was undoubtedly Every One Still Here from the young Northern Irish writer Liadan Ní Chuinn...These stories are fiercely political & confronting, but also hum with the mysteries of life. They mark the arrival of a phenomenal new talent'
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The best fiction of 2025
New novels from Ian McEwan and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a high-concept debut and remarkable short stories are just some of the best new titles of the year
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December 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
'The collection of the year was undoubtedly Every One Still Here from the young Northern Irish writer Liadan Ní Chuinn...These stories are fiercely political & confronting, but also hum with the mysteries of life. They mark the arrival of a phenomenal new talent'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
'One of our most brilliantly eccentric novelists was on top form in this freewheeling farce...A fizzy comedy of 21st-century manners coupled with an intimate tale of family strife'
Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor
Daily Mail 'Best Fiction of 2025'
Bells jingled!
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Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor
Daily Mail 'Best Fiction of 2025'
Bells jingled!
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So which of these jingle your bells?
Want to find the perfect present for the book lover in your life? Our expert reviewers have done the work so you don't have to and picked out the best novels for readers of all tastes.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
'One of our most brilliantly eccentric novelists was on top form in this freewheeling farce...A fizzy comedy of 21st-century manners coupled with an intimate tale of family strife'
Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor
Daily Mail 'Best Fiction of 2025'
Bells jingled!
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor
Daily Mail 'Best Fiction of 2025'
Bells jingled!
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
Three mentions here for Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here:
‘The book of the year...short stories of uncanny depth and astonishing richness' Kevin Power
‘Has a raw power entirely its own’ @lucycaldwell.bsky.social
‘[A] standout’ Sarah Gilmartin
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‘The book of the year...short stories of uncanny depth and astonishing richness' Kevin Power
‘Has a raw power entirely its own’ @lucycaldwell.bsky.social
‘[A] standout’ Sarah Gilmartin
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Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices
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December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Three mentions here for Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here:
‘The book of the year...short stories of uncanny depth and astonishing richness' Kevin Power
‘Has a raw power entirely its own’ @lucycaldwell.bsky.social
‘[A] standout’ Sarah Gilmartin
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘The book of the year...short stories of uncanny depth and astonishing richness' Kevin Power
‘Has a raw power entirely its own’ @lucycaldwell.bsky.social
‘[A] standout’ Sarah Gilmartin
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
'Astonishing skill on display...Whoever they are, Liadan Ní Chuinn is a writer to watch.'
Every One Still Here chosen as an Observer Book of the Year.
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Every One Still Here chosen as an Observer Book of the Year.
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The Observer’s books of the year 2025 | The Observer
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November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
'Astonishing skill on display...Whoever they are, Liadan Ní Chuinn is a writer to watch.'
Every One Still Here chosen as an Observer Book of the Year.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Every One Still Here chosen as an Observer Book of the Year.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Yay! Nicola Barker (and TonyInterruptor) on the Gordon Burn Prize longlist! Lovely to see,
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Longlist announced for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026 - New Writing North
An electrifying list of 12 books longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2026 was announced today (27 November 2025). The...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Yay! Nicola Barker (and TonyInterruptor) on the Gordon Burn Prize longlist! Lovely to see,
newwritingnorth.com/longlist-ann...
newwritingnorth.com/longlist-ann...