Michael Jarvie
@michaeljarvie.bsky.social
Samizdat novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, poet, editor.Translator of Georg Trakl and Gerhart Hauptmann. Working Class. Marxist. Atheist. Coming in 2026 Transformer: Writing the Black Country by Zero Books. linktr.ee/michaelkjarvie
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Working-class writer. Author of six books - The Prison, Black Art, Autumnal Elegies, Into the Silence, Sonata Form, and Thiel the Level-Crossing Keeper. Athe...
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A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
So far, February's been a dry month. This is what it means to be a working-class writer.
The page reads are in the USA, and they usually mean a book sale will be forthcoming.
#booksky
#writing
#poetry
#translation
#trakl
The page reads are in the USA, and they usually mean a book sale will be forthcoming.
#booksky
#writing
#poetry
#translation
#trakl
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
So far, February's been a dry month. This is what it means to be a working-class writer.
The page reads are in the USA, and they usually mean a book sale will be forthcoming.
#booksky
#writing
#poetry
#translation
#trakl
The page reads are in the USA, and they usually mean a book sale will be forthcoming.
#booksky
#writing
#poetry
#translation
#trakl
So. What we’ve learned. Zionists despise the goyim who are basically their slaves. Non-Jewish girls are basically fair game for them to fuck. They control the media in the USA and the UK, and politicians of whatever persuasion are at their beck and call. Have I missed anything?
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
So. What we’ve learned. Zionists despise the goyim who are basically their slaves. Non-Jewish girls are basically fair game for them to fuck. They control the media in the USA and the UK, and politicians of whatever persuasion are at their beck and call. Have I missed anything?
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Imagine being an author and getting this email:
Hi Author, my friend suggested your book and that's why I messaged you.
Please, can you tell me what it’s about? Because I'm also A book promotion consultant.
Every day I get this kind of shite.
Hi Author, my friend suggested your book and that's why I messaged you.
Please, can you tell me what it’s about? Because I'm also A book promotion consultant.
Every day I get this kind of shite.
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Imagine being an author and getting this email:
Hi Author, my friend suggested your book and that's why I messaged you.
Please, can you tell me what it’s about? Because I'm also A book promotion consultant.
Every day I get this kind of shite.
Hi Author, my friend suggested your book and that's why I messaged you.
Please, can you tell me what it’s about? Because I'm also A book promotion consultant.
Every day I get this kind of shite.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book... The grift continues. She reminds me of that other grifter Sarah Ferguson and her Budgie the Helicopter books. The middle class lap this shite up by the bucketful.
The Salt Path wars are back — all publishers should be nervous
Raynor Winn’s book about a walk with her dying husband set off a storm about the veracity of non-fiction. Can she win back readers’ trust?
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February 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
www.thetimes.com/culture/book... The grift continues. She reminds me of that other grifter Sarah Ferguson and her Budgie the Helicopter books. The middle class lap this shite up by the bucketful.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... As for this vomit-inducing slag. "I need £20,000 for rent". Fuck off you freak.
Sarah Ferguson wrote 'marry me' to Epstein, latest files show
The latest Epstein files will only add to embarrassment for the former Duchess of York.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... As for this vomit-inducing slag. "I need £20,000 for rent". Fuck off you freak.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Speaking of depraved rich people...
Lord Mandelson resigns from Labour Party over Epstein links
Lord Mandelson resigns from Labour Party over Epstein links
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February 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Speaking of depraved rich people...
Three films come to mind when I think of Epstein: Society (where the rich feed on the flesh of the working class); Hostel (where the rich torture and kill tourists for sport) and Eyes Wide Shut (where the rich operate a secret sexual cabal). Some even reckon Kubrick intended to include paedophilia.
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Three films come to mind when I think of Epstein: Society (where the rich feed on the flesh of the working class); Hostel (where the rich torture and kill tourists for sport) and Eyes Wide Shut (where the rich operate a secret sexual cabal). Some even reckon Kubrick intended to include paedophilia.
January 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Another marvellous piece of work from Cold War Steve, Including Erwin Rimmel as someone has wittily commented.
And the South African ketamine addict baring a nipple cracks me up.
And the South African ketamine addict baring a nipple cracks me up.
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Another marvellous piece of work from Cold War Steve, Including Erwin Rimmel as someone has wittily commented.
And the South African ketamine addict baring a nipple cracks me up.
And the South African ketamine addict baring a nipple cracks me up.
According to the BBC Great British Class Calculator, I'd be in the lowest social class of them all - the Precariat - if I rented my own house, rather than owning it outright.
Because I own my own house, I'm Working Class.
That means a lot of people I know are in the Precariat.
Because I own my own house, I'm Working Class.
That means a lot of people I know are in the Precariat.
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
According to the BBC Great British Class Calculator, I'd be in the lowest social class of them all - the Precariat - if I rented my own house, rather than owning it outright.
Because I own my own house, I'm Working Class.
That means a lot of people I know are in the Precariat.
Because I own my own house, I'm Working Class.
That means a lot of people I know are in the Precariat.
linktr.ee/michaelkjarvie
A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
michaelkjarvie | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Working-class writer. Author of six books - The Prison, Black Art, Autumnal Elegies, Into the Silence, Sonata Form, and Thiel the Level-Crossing Keeper. Athe...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:10 AM
linktr.ee/michaelkjarvie
A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
A useful free resource for hard-up proles like me.
Suggested by fellow writer Drew Gummerson.
www.amazon.co.uk/PRISON-COMPO... This is my first novel. It's inspired by James Joyce's Dubliners. The stories all have the same first person narrator, and they are chronological. The settings are Darlington and Birmingham.
This book last sold a copy three years ago. Beckett would have approved.
This book last sold a copy three years ago. Beckett would have approved.
THE PRISON: A COMPOSITE NOVEL eBook : JARVIE, MICHAEL: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
THE PRISON: A COMPOSITE NOVEL eBook : JARVIE, MICHAEL: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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January 26, 2026 at 8:26 AM
www.amazon.co.uk/PRISON-COMPO... This is my first novel. It's inspired by James Joyce's Dubliners. The stories all have the same first person narrator, and they are chronological. The settings are Darlington and Birmingham.
This book last sold a copy three years ago. Beckett would have approved.
This book last sold a copy three years ago. Beckett would have approved.
Darlington’s best bookshop.
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Darlington’s best bookshop.
A heads up.
I’m going to be a featured author in the Crossing The Tees book festival.
I’ll be appearing in June 2026 at Middlesbrough library.
I’m going to be a featured author in the Crossing The Tees book festival.
I’ll be appearing in June 2026 at Middlesbrough library.
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A heads up.
I’m going to be a featured author in the Crossing The Tees book festival.
I’ll be appearing in June 2026 at Middlesbrough library.
I’m going to be a featured author in the Crossing The Tees book festival.
I’ll be appearing in June 2026 at Middlesbrough library.
It’s always pleasant to hit number 1 on Amazon.
It’s a slap in the face for the gatekeepers and makes the hard work all worthwhile.
It’s a slap in the face for the gatekeepers and makes the hard work all worthwhile.
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It’s always pleasant to hit number 1 on Amazon.
It’s a slap in the face for the gatekeepers and makes the hard work all worthwhile.
It’s a slap in the face for the gatekeepers and makes the hard work all worthwhile.
@warren38.bsky.social I see you’re back comrade. Let’s go for a coffee next week.
January 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
@warren38.bsky.social I see you’re back comrade. Let’s go for a coffee next week.
m.soundcloud.com/michael-jarv... If you haven’t read my prize-winning memoir The Class 44, I’ve uploaded it here.
#booksky
#workingclass
#booksky
#workingclass
The Class 43
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January 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
m.soundcloud.com/michael-jarv... If you haven’t read my prize-winning memoir The Class 44, I’ve uploaded it here.
#booksky
#workingclass
#booksky
#workingclass
Today’s comedy email is from a marketer about a book I didn’t write.
January 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Today’s comedy email is from a marketer about a book I didn’t write.
www.culturematters.org.uk/kate-clanchy...
This is my most read piece for Culture Matters. Almost 5500 views.
If only my books were as popular.
This is my most read piece for Culture Matters. Almost 5500 views.
If only my books were as popular.
Kate Clanchy’s Class Conflict – Culture Matters
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January 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM
www.culturematters.org.uk/kate-clanchy...
This is my most read piece for Culture Matters. Almost 5500 views.
If only my books were as popular.
This is my most read piece for Culture Matters. Almost 5500 views.
If only my books were as popular.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... They are killing the poets now.
Renee Nicole Good: Who was the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis?
A mother of three and award-winning poet, Good's sudden death sparks protests across the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... They are killing the poets now.
Maduro is toast.
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Maduro is toast.
January 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM