Shane -Spybrary
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Shane -Spybrary
@spybrary.bsky.social
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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!
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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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...
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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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
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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-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
February 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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...
January 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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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...
February 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 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.
December 19, 2024 at 1:57 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
December 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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
From Roger Moore With Love (2024) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Dartmouth Films
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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
Well done IS Berry and @harkaway.bsky.social

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
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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
‘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
December 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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
December 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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...
November 29, 2024 at 4:43 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
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 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
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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
November 19, 2024 at 11:42 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
November 19, 2024 at 10:49 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
November 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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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
Practice run for a brand new #Spybrary project. Coming soon….
November 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM