Oliver Harris
@oliharris.bsky.social
Writer - crime novels, thrillers. Teaches creative writing at MMU.
Exciting opportunity for writers from working-class backgrounds
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November 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Exciting opportunity for writers from working-class backgrounds
I got the idea for The Shame Archive when a friend started telling me about Epstein's potential links to intelligence services. The novel's gone down to 99p on Kindle this month. www.amazon.co.uk/Shame-Archiv...
The Shame Archive: 'Puts him firmly in the Mick Herron class' Daily Telegraph eBook : Harris, Oliver: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Shame Archive: 'Puts him firmly in the Mick Herron class' Daily Telegraph eBook : Harris, Oliver: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got the idea for The Shame Archive when a friend started telling me about Epstein's potential links to intelligence services. The novel's gone down to 99p on Kindle this month. www.amazon.co.uk/Shame-Archiv...
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Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), The Saints of Hampstead Heath, 1997, oil and gold leaf on canvasboard, 45.7 x 35.6 cm, private collection
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), The Saints of Hampstead Heath, 1997, oil and gold leaf on canvasboard, 45.7 x 35.6 cm, private collection
Got to say, Polanski understands how you bring the fight
The Green Party now has 78,000 members.
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Got to say, Polanski understands how you bring the fight
One irony of all this is that South Korea (until now) had a lot of pro-Trump love, central to its big pro-US right wing
South Korea is conducting a government investigation into potential human-rights violations against more than 300 Korean citizens detained in Georgia this month.
South Korea Probes Allegations of Human-Rights Violations Tied to Hyundai Raid
Seoul is looking at the U.S.’s treatment of Korean citizens inside a detention center, and whether any of them was unfairly arrested.
on.wsj.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One irony of all this is that South Korea (until now) had a lot of pro-Trump love, central to its big pro-US right wing
This podcast makes a strong case for how central AI is to both ICE and Gaza - predictive models giving authority to arrests and killings therealnews.com/trump-silico...
Trump and Silicon Valley’s plan to rule the world with AI weapons
“We're talking about millions of devices all over the world that are supposedly sending information into some kind of centralized point in the military-industrial apparatus from which they can control...
therealnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This podcast makes a strong case for how central AI is to both ICE and Gaza - predictive models giving authority to arrests and killings therealnews.com/trump-silico...
Sharing this on the occasion of Constance Martens and Mark Gordon's sentencing - a brilliant, very deep, very long read on the couple and their trials from Clair Wills in the LRB (which may be accessible without a subscription) - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Clair Wills · The Price of Safety: Constance Marten’s Defiance
The trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were held to determine their criminal responsibility for their daughter...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sharing this on the occasion of Constance Martens and Mark Gordon's sentencing - a brilliant, very deep, very long read on the couple and their trials from Clair Wills in the LRB (which may be accessible without a subscription) - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Was surprised to find a section of the Berlin Wall currently on display in Lewisham Shopping Centre
September 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Was surprised to find a section of the Berlin Wall currently on display in Lewisham Shopping Centre
The Eulogy I did not Give by Bob Hicok, from the New Yorker
August 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Eulogy I did not Give by Bob Hicok, from the New Yorker
If I had money to invest, I'd invest in the past
August 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I had money to invest, I'd invest in the past
Re the Rooney row: How would someone donate money to Palestine Action if they wanted to?
August 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Re the Rooney row: How would someone donate money to Palestine Action if they wanted to?
Enjoyed learning about the history of the Salvation Army while using their cafe in Denmark Hill, but my attention was very much stolen by The Skeleton Army, their hedonistic 19th c foes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleto...
Skeleton Army - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Enjoyed learning about the history of the Salvation Army while using their cafe in Denmark Hill, but my attention was very much stolen by The Skeleton Army, their hedonistic 19th c foes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleto...
@primitiveknot.bsky.social Saw this in Camberwell. Zine called Weird Walk.
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@primitiveknot.bsky.social Saw this in Camberwell. Zine called Weird Walk.
Enjoying this picture of me at work by the 5-year-old. Medieval scriptorium vibes.
May 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Enjoying this picture of me at work by the 5-year-old. Medieval scriptorium vibes.
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Next week -
This new event features Centre for Place Writing associates @oliharris.bsky.social (crime writer & Snr Lecturer in Creative Writing) and Rachel Genn (novelist & Snr Lecturer in Creative Writing) as well as Leone Betts & Emma Bradley.
#AI #event #BookSky #Writers #Writing
This new event features Centre for Place Writing associates @oliharris.bsky.social (crime writer & Snr Lecturer in Creative Writing) and Rachel Genn (novelist & Snr Lecturer in Creative Writing) as well as Leone Betts & Emma Bradley.
#AI #event #BookSky #Writers #Writing
FICTION WRITERS RESPOND TO AI
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
May 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We don’t know how lucky we are to have a country with so much immigration. Just spent 2 years in South Korea, which is great but relatively homogenous – often narrow, culturally, in a way that S Koreans themselves find oppressive. Immigration means freedom; it creates a deep diversity... 1/2
May 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We don’t know how lucky we are to have a country with so much immigration. Just spent 2 years in South Korea, which is great but relatively homogenous – often narrow, culturally, in a way that S Koreans themselves find oppressive. Immigration means freedom; it creates a deep diversity... 1/2
Reposted by Oliver Harris
FICTION WRITERS RESPOND TO AI
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
May 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
FICTION WRITERS RESPOND TO AI
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
The Centre for Fiction research group - online panel discussion on the implications of AI for writers & readers of fiction.
Threat or opportunity? Can AI write our books, or is there something humans can do that AI never can?
Join them online on Thursday 22 May 5-6pm
It's amazing how much of the world you can come to understand through the prism of male pattern hair loss.
April 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
It's amazing how much of the world you can come to understand through the prism of male pattern hair loss.
Interesting. So some of those sent to El Salvador without due process were about to stand trial in the US where they may have revealed dirty secrets about... the authorities in El Salvador. Convenient. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The real reason El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele cozied up to Donald Trump
The self-described "coolest dictator" has big secrets to hide, according to one journalist who spoke to Al Letson.
www.motherjones.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Interesting. So some of those sent to El Salvador without due process were about to stand trial in the US where they may have revealed dirty secrets about... the authorities in El Salvador. Convenient. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...