Nell Stevens
@nellstevens.bsky.social
The Original (2025). Briefly, a Delicious Life.
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@nellstevens ‘s The Original is one of the best novels of the year, and Nell couldn’t be smarter in thinking through literary and historical hoaxes. It’s a must read. (And a must listen). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
August 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@nellstevens ‘s The Original is one of the best novels of the year, and Nell couldn’t be smarter in thinking through literary and historical hoaxes. It’s a must read. (And a must listen). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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@nellstevens.bsky.social on a 19th-century scandal and the exploration of different worlds through fiction: “There is something utopian about the possibilities revealed by the Tichborne case—for social disruption and reinvention.”
Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us
In 1865, a British man who was working as a butcher in Wagga Wagga, Australia, contacted a wealthy English family to announce himself as their long-lost heir. Roger Tichborne, an aristocrat, had be…
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August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@nellstevens.bsky.social on a 19th-century scandal and the exploration of different worlds through fiction: “There is something utopian about the possibilities revealed by the Tichborne case—for social disruption and reinvention.”
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June 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Only a couple of tickets left for tomorrow night's event with Nell Stevens & Olivia Laing!
They'll be discussing Nell's new novel of art, authenticity and desire THE ORIGINAL
Wed 18 June at 7pm – last chance for tickets: lrb.me/063
They'll be discussing Nell's new novel of art, authenticity and desire THE ORIGINAL
Wed 18 June at 7pm – last chance for tickets: lrb.me/063
June 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Only a couple of tickets left for tomorrow night's event with Nell Stevens & Olivia Laing!
They'll be discussing Nell's new novel of art, authenticity and desire THE ORIGINAL
Wed 18 June at 7pm – last chance for tickets: lrb.me/063
They'll be discussing Nell's new novel of art, authenticity and desire THE ORIGINAL
Wed 18 June at 7pm – last chance for tickets: lrb.me/063
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UK publication of @nellstevens.bsky.social's second novel THE ORIGINAL is on the horizon (Scribner, 19 June), as witnessed by this signing of 400 copies for independent publishers.
www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens
www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens
May 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
UK publication of @nellstevens.bsky.social's second novel THE ORIGINAL is on the horizon (Scribner, 19 June), as witnessed by this signing of 400 copies for independent publishers.
www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens
www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens
A book with covers!
February 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A book with covers!
How is this a whole real book already
December 11, 2024 at 7:24 PM
How is this a whole real book already
There’s two-and-a-bit hours left to outbid Stephen and name a character in my next novel literary.freedomfromtorture.org/view_lot/?id...
Finding the Words Literary Festival
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November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
There’s two-and-a-bit hours left to outbid Stephen and name a character in my next novel literary.freedomfromtorture.org/view_lot/?id...
Should I persevere with this? I am finding it impenetrable but I know many people have loved it
November 14, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Should I persevere with this? I am finding it impenetrable but I know many people have loved it
There’s no single moment in contemporary fiction that comes close, for me, to this, from AS Byatt’s Still Life - after a shocking, sudden death, the novel turns in on itself, a sort of rupture that makes perfect sense. It’s obvious now that I should have written to her to say thank you
November 18, 2023 at 1:46 PM
There’s no single moment in contemporary fiction that comes close, for me, to this, from AS Byatt’s Still Life - after a shocking, sudden death, the novel turns in on itself, a sort of rupture that makes perfect sense. It’s obvious now that I should have written to her to say thank you
I recently did an interview for a US podcast and afterwards they made me record a load of extra “so…”s and “sure”s that they could add in later and it was the most awkward I’ve felt in a long time
I listen to interviews between reporters on NPR. The host reporter will ask a question, the answer reporter will respond... "So,..." or "Yeah" or combination of these two or other placeholder phrases that do not contribute to the answer. It's like "uhmm" in speeches.
October 13, 2023 at 3:51 PM
I recently did an interview for a US podcast and afterwards they made me record a load of extra “so…”s and “sure”s that they could add in later and it was the most awkward I’ve felt in a long time
Hilary Mantel. “As a novelist, I ask if people cry for just one reason.”
October 10, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Hilary Mantel. “As a novelist, I ask if people cry for just one reason.”