John le Carré
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November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Released today – Smiley's People by John le Carré in audiobook, unabridged and narrated by Simon Russell Beale for the first time: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Smileys-P...
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Released today – Smiley's People by John le Carré in audiobook, unabridged and narrated by Simon Russell Beale for the first time: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Smileys-P...
"In Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway has done the impossible and made it look easy. He's written a new George Smiley novel that reads like a long lost le Carré classic." Joe Hill, NYT bestselling author of The Fireman
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"In Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway has done the impossible and made it look easy. He's written a new George Smiley novel that reads like a long lost le Carré classic." Joe Hill, NYT bestselling author of The Fireman
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
It's Bookshop Day tomorrow in the UK
#BookshopDay
#BookshopDay
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's Bookshop Day tomorrow in the UK
#BookshopDay
#BookshopDay
If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
'For le Carré, research was everything; his fictional scenarios, he believed, needed to take place against entirely believable backdrops, if he was going to convincingly grapple with real-life conflicts and issues.'
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Inside the meticulous, marvellous mind of John le Carré
A new exhibition opens up the spy writer’s sprawling literary archive to shed light on his idiosyncratic creative process. Katie Rosseinsky explores how he brought George Smiley and co to life
www.the-independent.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'For le Carré, research was everything; his fictional scenarios, he believed, needed to take place against entirely believable backdrops, if he was going to convincingly grapple with real-life conflicts and issues.'
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Publishing next week Schott's Significa offers an indispensable field guide into the secret languages that surround us.
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
October 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Publishing next week Schott's Significa offers an indispensable field guide into the secret languages that surround us.
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
The Bodleian Libraries’ new exhibition #Tradecraft which draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré is now open to the public.
And do make sure to pause at the gift shop to see if you can spot the new John le Carré merchandise...
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre
And do make sure to pause at the gift shop to see if you can spot the new John le Carré merchandise...
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre
John le Carré: Tradecraft
Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Bodleian Libraries’ new exhibition #Tradecraft which draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré is now open to the public.
And do make sure to pause at the gift shop to see if you can spot the new John le Carré merchandise...
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre
And do make sure to pause at the gift shop to see if you can spot the new John le Carré merchandise...
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre
In the Guardian, Nick Harkaway shared the books of his life from Lord of the Rings to The Hound of the Baskervilles with a special mention to A Murder of Quality by John le Carré.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’
The author on his secret theories about Tolkien, the most perfect and terrifying Moomin book, and how his father, John le Carré, inspired him
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In the Guardian, Nick Harkaway shared the books of his life from Lord of the Rings to The Hound of the Baskervilles with a special mention to A Murder of Quality by John le Carré.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
@nickharkaway.com joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré and carrying on his legacy in Karla's Choice.
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@nickharkaway.com joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré and carrying on his legacy in Karla's Choice.
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
"Survival... is an infinite capacity for suspicion."
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
August 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Survival... is an infinite capacity for suspicion."
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
We are delighted to announce that we have been working with @darkhorse.com to produce a trilogy of comic books set in John le Carré’s Circus: London, present day. The story features the Mothers - the assistants to the various disciplines in the Circus: in this case, Maggie, ‘Mother’ to Control.
July 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are delighted to announce that we have been working with @darkhorse.com to produce a trilogy of comic books set in John le Carré’s Circus: London, present day. The story features the Mothers - the assistants to the various disciplines in the Circus: in this case, Maggie, ‘Mother’ to Control.
'Le Carré wrote 26 novels before he died, in 2020. He traveled to research many of them'
This piece in the @theatlantic.com sees Honor Jones ‘Chasing le Carré in Corfu’, specifically The Perfect Spy.
This piece in the @theatlantic.com sees Honor Jones ‘Chasing le Carré in Corfu’, specifically The Perfect Spy.
Chasing le Carré in Corfu
If you’re trying to find someone who doesn’t want to be found, you don’t go to the obvious places.
www.theatlantic.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'Le Carré wrote 26 novels before he died, in 2020. He traveled to research many of them'
This piece in the @theatlantic.com sees Honor Jones ‘Chasing le Carré in Corfu’, specifically The Perfect Spy.
This piece in the @theatlantic.com sees Honor Jones ‘Chasing le Carré in Corfu’, specifically The Perfect Spy.
“Le Carre’s researcher’s spirit, commitment to understanding real-world problems, meticulous attention to detail and working relationships are uncovered in an engaging and colourful review of his life and career.”
Read more about the Tradecraft exhibit in the Oxford Mail.
Read more about the Tradecraft exhibit in the Oxford Mail.
John Le Carre archive to go on display, including letter from Alec Guinness
Le Carre, whose real name was David Cornwell, wrote best-selling novels including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Le Carre’s researcher’s spirit, commitment to understanding real-world problems, meticulous attention to detail and working relationships are uncovered in an engaging and colourful review of his life and career.”
Read more about the Tradecraft exhibit in the Oxford Mail.
Read more about the Tradecraft exhibit in the Oxford Mail.
Take a break and listen to actor David Harewood read from A Small Town in Germany.
www.theguardian.com/books/video/...
www.theguardian.com/books/video/...
David Harewood reads from John le Carré's A Small Town in Germany – video
To celebrate the publication of John le Carré’s first memoir The Pigeon Tunnel this month, actor David Harewood reads from the author’s 1968 novel A Small Town in Germany
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Take a break and listen to actor David Harewood read from A Small Town in Germany.
www.theguardian.com/books/video/...
www.theguardian.com/books/video/...
Could be a fun word game...
July 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Could be a fun word game...
'I can testify to the accuracy of John le Carré’s research...'
William Wallace
Liberal Democrat, House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
William Wallace
Liberal Democrat, House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
John le Carré: the constant researcher | Brief letters
Brief letters: An embassy in West Germany | Norman Tebbit | Penis reduction | The Salt Path
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
'I can testify to the accuracy of John le Carré’s research...'
William Wallace
Liberal Democrat, House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
William Wallace
Liberal Democrat, House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The @bodleianlibraries at the University of Oxford have announced an exhibition starting in October, titled John le Carré: Tradecraft, drawing on thousands of papers in his vast private archive, which it holds.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
John Le Carre archive to go on display, including letter from Alec Guinness
Le Carre, whose real name was David Cornwell, wrote best-selling novels including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager.
www.standard.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The @bodleianlibraries at the University of Oxford have announced an exhibition starting in October, titled John le Carré: Tradecraft, drawing on thousands of papers in his vast private archive, which it holds.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Sunday Times recommends 10 audiobooks for your summer holidays.
'Audiobooks offer backlisted books a chance to shine anew. And when one is matched with a dream partner as narrator — Simon Russell Beale as John le Carré’s George Smiley — you are reminded why you fell so hard in the first place.'
'Audiobooks offer backlisted books a chance to shine anew. And when one is matched with a dream partner as narrator — Simon Russell Beale as John le Carré’s George Smiley — you are reminded why you fell so hard in the first place.'
The best audiobooks to listen to this summer
Graham Greene, Margaret Atwood and Jilly Cooper feature in our critic’s list of the best modern classics adapted for an audio experience
www.thetimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Sunday Times recommends 10 audiobooks for your summer holidays.
'Audiobooks offer backlisted books a chance to shine anew. And when one is matched with a dream partner as narrator — Simon Russell Beale as John le Carré’s George Smiley — you are reminded why you fell so hard in the first place.'
'Audiobooks offer backlisted books a chance to shine anew. And when one is matched with a dream partner as narrator — Simon Russell Beale as John le Carré’s George Smiley — you are reminded why you fell so hard in the first place.'
Celebrating its 60th birthday, The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war.
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
June 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Celebrating its 60th birthday, The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war.
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
Nick Harkaway, joins Simon Mayo and Matt Williams for a chat about his new Circus novel – Karla's Choice.
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Nick Harkaway
Podcast Episode · Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year · 18/06/2025 · 38m
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June 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nick Harkaway, joins Simon Mayo and Matt Williams for a chat about his new Circus novel – Karla's Choice.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
On this day: 11th June 2001 –
Please take comfort from this: I had an amazing life, against the odds. I turned from a bad man to a much better one.
John le Carré
Letter to his sons, to be opened after his death
news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-do-we-...
Please take comfort from this: I had an amazing life, against the odds. I turned from a bad man to a much better one.
John le Carré
Letter to his sons, to be opened after his death
news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-do-we-...
How do we exist, save on the lips of our friends?
On this day in letters
news.lettersofnote.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
On this day: 11th June 2001 –
Please take comfort from this: I had an amazing life, against the odds. I turned from a bad man to a much better one.
John le Carré
Letter to his sons, to be opened after his death
news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-do-we-...
Please take comfort from this: I had an amazing life, against the odds. I turned from a bad man to a much better one.
John le Carré
Letter to his sons, to be opened after his death
news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-do-we-...
This month's book is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This month's book is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine