Shane -Spybrary
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"To be a Brit was to be a bit of a spy, and to be a spy was to be a bit of a Brit."
--Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social
Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!
--Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social
Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"To be a Brit was to be a bit of a spy, and to be a spy was to be a bit of a Brit."
--Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social
Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!
--Michael Idov @michaelidov.bsky.social
Thanks to @spybrary.bsky.social for turning me on to this emerging talent. Le Carre tradecraft & betrayal meets Bourne-style action. Plus lots of spy & sci-fi Easter eggs!
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One of my favourite films from LFF this year was The Secret Agent. A towering performance from Wagner Moura, who I hope gets plenty of awards season love. Full review for @spybrary.bsky.social.
spybrary.com/the-secret-a...
spybrary.com/the-secret-a...
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One of my favourite films from LFF this year was The Secret Agent. A towering performance from Wagner Moura, who I hope gets plenty of awards season love. Full review for @spybrary.bsky.social.
spybrary.com/the-secret-a...
spybrary.com/the-secret-a...
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Can't wait for the sequel @michaelidov.bsky.social ! And thanks as always to @spybrary.bsky.social for keeping the pavement artists ever ready to tail the latest talents!
October 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Can't wait for the sequel @michaelidov.bsky.social ! And thanks as always to @spybrary.bsky.social for keeping the pavement artists ever ready to tail the latest talents!
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Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough.
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough.
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
February 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
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1/26/67: Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair, via the Le Carre novel [M: Quincy Jones]
w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99
More:
@spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-...
@top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...
w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99
More:
@spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-...
@top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...
January 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1/26/67: Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair, via the Le Carre novel [M: Quincy Jones]
w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99
More:
@spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-...
@top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...
w/Mr. James Mason, Simone Signoret, Schell, Andersson
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/99
More:
@spybrary.bsky.social: spybrary.com/the-john-le-...
@top10films.bsky.social: www.top10films.co.uk/46348-the-de...
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Yeah, I’ve got an Insight for you: I should have said “yes” when my orthodontist offered to fix my teeth when I was ten, but I never wanted to be on TV and I still don’t.
Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice):
www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...
Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice):
www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...
February 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Yeah, I’ve got an Insight for you: I should have said “yes” when my orthodontist offered to fix my teeth when I was ten, but I never wanted to be on TV and I still don’t.
Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice):
www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...
Insta Link (short clip from the @spybrary.bsky.social podcast on Karla’s Choice):
www.instagram.com/reel/DFm654q...
Absolute spot on @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-car-chas...
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Absolute spot on @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-car-chas...
I have bought so many excellent books in London that I will be coughing up luggage excess fees (again!) I am blaming @harkaway.bsky.social and Esterhase for this last minute book purchase. Kosonom.
December 19, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I have bought so many excellent books in London that I will be coughing up luggage excess fees (again!) I am blaming @harkaway.bsky.social and Esterhase for this last minute book purchase. Kosonom.
2024 is an epic year for quality spy reads once again. Narrowing my favourites down to just five is a tough assignment, but that's called Five Book Rules. Check out my interview with the epic @fivebooks.com at the link in the first reply. @harkaway.bsky.social @merlenygate.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM
2024 is an epic year for quality spy reads once again. Narrowing my favourites down to just five is a tough assignment, but that's called Five Book Rules. Check out my interview with the epic @fivebooks.com at the link in the first reply. @harkaway.bsky.social @merlenygate.bsky.social
Very excited for this. I have not seen Roger Moore on the big screen since the late ‘80s. He was my absolute hero growing up and still is.
youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI
#rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar
youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI
#rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar
From Roger Moore With Love (2024) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Dartmouth Films
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Very excited for this. I have not seen Roger Moore on the big screen since the late ‘80s. He was my absolute hero growing up and still is.
youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI
#rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar
youtu.be/KPJ33hx7DAI
#rogermoore #jamesbond #simontemplar
Buy Karla’s Choice superbly written by @harkaway.bsky.social and pick up a free #Spybrary bookmark at Waterstones Piccadilly.
December 5, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Buy Karla’s Choice superbly written by @harkaway.bsky.social and pick up a free #Spybrary bookmark at Waterstones Piccadilly.
Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social
What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024?
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024?
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The best crime and thrillers of 2024
A choice of whodunnits, a return for le Carré’s Smiley, and dark, disturbing encounters in the woods
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social
What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024?
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
What are some of your favourite spy thrillers of 2024?
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Really, really chuffed to discover today that #AReluctantSpy has gone to a second hardback printing less than three months after release! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and talked about my book.
December 2, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Really, really chuffed to discover today that #AReluctantSpy has gone to a second hardback printing less than three months after release! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and talked about my book.
‘There’s more to life than books you know but not much more.’
Support your local book shops.
If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five.
#booksoversocks
Support your local book shops.
If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five.
#booksoversocks
December 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM
‘There’s more to life than books you know but not much more.’
Support your local book shops.
If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five.
#booksoversocks
Support your local book shops.
If you find yourself over Chiswick/Hammersmith way do check out Everybody Reads and buy a book or five.
#booksoversocks
Bring your own drawing pin and yellow chalk. Tonight in Hampstead. @harkaway.bsky.social will be interviewed by @shippersunbound.bsky.social of the Sunday Times at Waterstones Hampstead.
Link to book in the first comment
#karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway
Link to book in the first comment
#karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway
December 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Bring your own drawing pin and yellow chalk. Tonight in Hampstead. @harkaway.bsky.social will be interviewed by @shippersunbound.bsky.social of the Sunday Times at Waterstones Hampstead.
Link to book in the first comment
#karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway
Link to book in the first comment
#karlaschoice #johnlecarré #nickharkaway
I was lucky enough to attend the @waterstones.bsky.social event with @philippesands.bsky.social expertly interrogating @harkaway.bsky.social . Read my field report here
#johnlecarré #nickharkaway
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#johnlecarré #nickharkaway
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November 29, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I was lucky enough to attend the @waterstones.bsky.social event with @philippesands.bsky.social expertly interrogating @harkaway.bsky.social . Read my field report here
#johnlecarré #nickharkaway
spybrary.com/nick-harkawa...
#johnlecarré #nickharkaway
spybrary.com/nick-harkawa...
Reader meet author. Lovely to catch up with Merle Nygate today! Honour Among Spies is one of my top spy book picks of 2024!!
I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’
#spybrary
I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’
#spybrary
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Reader meet author. Lovely to catch up with Merle Nygate today! Honour Among Spies is one of my top spy book picks of 2024!!
I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’
#spybrary
I agree with Charles Cumming ‘Merle Nygate is a writer to watch’ and with the podcaster who said that Merle writes ‘modern day Len Deighton-style page turners.’
#spybrary
Did real-life spy Biffy Dunderdale inspire James Bond?
From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary.
Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond
From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary.
Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Did real-life spy Biffy Dunderdale inspire James Bond?
From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary.
Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond
From sinking German trawlers at 17 to mingling with Ian Fleming, Dunderdale's life feels straight out of a spy novel. Discover his incredible story on Spybrary.
Watch now on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app! #Spybrary #JamesBond
Buy the new George Smiley novel by @harkaway.bsky.social and get a free #Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nab the bookmark but miss out on what is my favourite spy novel of 2024 @foylesforbooks.bsky.social
#johnlecarré #georgesmiley
#johnlecarré #georgesmiley
November 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Buy the new George Smiley novel by @harkaway.bsky.social and get a free #Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nab the bookmark but miss out on what is my favourite spy novel of 2024 @foylesforbooks.bsky.social
#johnlecarré #georgesmiley
#johnlecarré #georgesmiley
Thanks to all who are following me. I am just getting settled in here and will be following you all back, well maybe not the conspiracy whackos and extremists… oh wait there aren’t any! #Spybrary
November 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Thanks to all who are following me. I am just getting settled in here and will be following you all back, well maybe not the conspiracy whackos and extremists… oh wait there aren’t any! #Spybrary
Who else collects books in non English language editions? The literal translation is Shadows from Yesterday but what’s the original novel’s English title? #johnlecarré #johnlecarre
November 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Who else collects books in non English language editions? The literal translation is Shadows from Yesterday but what’s the original novel’s English title? #johnlecarré #johnlecarre
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Morning Bluesky! Since I seem to have acquired *another* couple of hundred followers since yesterday, I thought I'd re-post a book trailer I made for #AReluctantSpy, which came out in September from @headlinebooks.bsky.social (with a special edition from @goldsborobooks.bsky.social) - Enjoy!
November 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Morning Bluesky! Since I seem to have acquired *another* couple of hundred followers since yesterday, I thought I'd re-post a book trailer I made for #AReluctantSpy, which came out in September from @headlinebooks.bsky.social (with a special edition from @goldsborobooks.bsky.social) - Enjoy!
Heads up John Le Carré fans. @harkaway.bsky.social to speak at CrimeFest 2025 event. www.thebookseller.com/news/crimefe...
CrimeFest 2025 to feature exclusive John le Carré event with author’s two sons
CrimeFest 2025 is set to feature an exclusive John le Carré event with author's two sons. Le Carré’s son, Nick Harkaway will attend the ‘Ghost of Honour’ panel to discuss his latest novel, Karla’s Cho...
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Heads up John Le Carré fans. @harkaway.bsky.social to speak at CrimeFest 2025 event. www.thebookseller.com/news/crimefe...
