Stuart Evers
@stuartevers.bsky.social
Writer, reviewer, Columbo enthusiast
Showed my 12 year old Pretty in Pink the other night. Was hoping to have that bonding over seminal teenage angst, but as with so many things my memory of it was nothing like the reality. This Duckie, my son said, is an absolute creep. Why is she hanging out with him? I had no answer to that.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Showed my 12 year old Pretty in Pink the other night. Was hoping to have that bonding over seminal teenage angst, but as with so many things my memory of it was nothing like the reality. This Duckie, my son said, is an absolute creep. Why is she hanging out with him? I had no answer to that.
Just finished THE DEVIL BOOK by Asta Olivia Nordenhof, and am again floored by her intimate and expressive concision. It's also very funny in places. I can't wait for the next in this radical suite of novels.
October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just finished THE DEVIL BOOK by Asta Olivia Nordenhof, and am again floored by her intimate and expressive concision. It's also very funny in places. I can't wait for the next in this radical suite of novels.
Went to see The Weir last night. Was slightly apprehensive as the reviews have been so good, but it was absolutely superb. Perfect writing and ensemble cast. If you can get a ticket, make the effort, it's worth it.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Went to see The Weir last night. Was slightly apprehensive as the reviews have been so good, but it was absolutely superb. Perfect writing and ensemble cast. If you can get a ticket, make the effort, it's worth it.
I watched The Brutalist last night. I was expecting to love it. I mean really love it. How could I not? And yet I thought it almost unbearably pointless. Acting, visuals, music all stunning, but there is something vital missing at its heart that stops it from really coming to life.
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I watched The Brutalist last night. I was expecting to love it. I mean really love it. How could I not? And yet I thought it almost unbearably pointless. Acting, visuals, music all stunning, but there is something vital missing at its heart that stops it from really coming to life.
I also really love that the biggest announcement in world literature looks like it's a book talk at a provincial literary festival running in its first year.
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I also really love that the biggest announcement in world literature looks like it's a book talk at a provincial literary festival running in its first year.
We've had some really deserved Nobel Laureates over the last few years, so I really hope that streak continues.
October 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We've had some really deserved Nobel Laureates over the last few years, so I really hope that streak continues.
Last night, I finished Vilhelm's Room by Tove Ditlevsen (trans Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell) and its violent, defiant sadness is still lingering around this morning. There are moments of great beauty in the despair, and also humour, but still it feels like the aftermath of a slap.
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Last night, I finished Vilhelm's Room by Tove Ditlevsen (trans Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell) and its violent, defiant sadness is still lingering around this morning. There are moments of great beauty in the despair, and also humour, but still it feels like the aftermath of a slap.
Tony Harrison's death robs us of one of the most important voices of recent years. His poetry spoke to me like very few others. Rest in V signs, TH.
September 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tony Harrison's death robs us of one of the most important voices of recent years. His poetry spoke to me like very few others. Rest in V signs, TH.
It's an interesting Booker List, with a couple of curveballs in there (surprised not to see Universality make the cut, for example). I've read 4, and am looking forward to the Kieran Desai, but for me my big hope is that the wildly divisive Audition by Katie Kitamura wins.
September 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It's an interesting Booker List, with a couple of curveballs in there (surprised not to see Universality make the cut, for example). I've read 4, and am looking forward to the Kieran Desai, but for me my big hope is that the wildly divisive Audition by Katie Kitamura wins.
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This is the greatest author picture of all time. A great writer too.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is the greatest author picture of all time. A great writer too.
This is the greatest author picture of all time. A great writer too.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is the greatest author picture of all time. A great writer too.
Absolutely devastated to hear about the death of Jonathan Main, one of the most exceptional, joyful, knowledgeable and funny people in the literary world. He was the bookseller's bookseller, a friend to authors and books, and a passionate advocate for great writing. He will be missed beyond words.
September 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Absolutely devastated to hear about the death of Jonathan Main, one of the most exceptional, joyful, knowledgeable and funny people in the literary world. He was the bookseller's bookseller, a friend to authors and books, and a passionate advocate for great writing. He will be missed beyond words.
This pair have brightened a darkening year. Meet Nico and Komi.
September 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This pair have brightened a darkening year. Meet Nico and Komi.
I took this photograph and now want to write a novel that can use it on the cover.
August 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I took this photograph and now want to write a novel that can use it on the cover.
This is so exciting - can't wait to explore these.
We've been sitting on a secret...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is so exciting - can't wait to explore these.
This was a nice thing to see this morning.
August 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This was a nice thing to see this morning.
I find the week before going on holiday a productive time to read as I can't justify taking a half read book on holiday with me. Now cramming in as much time with Flashlight by Susan Choi as possible. Helps that it's largely wonderful.
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I find the week before going on holiday a productive time to read as I can't justify taking a half read book on holiday with me. Now cramming in as much time with Flashlight by Susan Choi as possible. Helps that it's largely wonderful.
Goodbye to this queen. Survived 13 months longer than prognosis and was fucking mint throughout all of them. Je t'aime, Margot. RIP
July 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Goodbye to this queen. Survived 13 months longer than prognosis and was fucking mint throughout all of them. Je t'aime, Margot. RIP
I recently discovered that a film was made of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont in 2005. Last night I sat down to watch it. Oh my. If there is one way (and in this film they find multiple) to piss heartily on the sublime magic of Elizabeth Taylor, it's to set the film in the present day.
July 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I recently discovered that a film was made of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont in 2005. Last night I sat down to watch it. Oh my. If there is one way (and in this film they find multiple) to piss heartily on the sublime magic of Elizabeth Taylor, it's to set the film in the present day.
I'm off to Trieste in a couple of weeks. Any recommendations?
July 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm off to Trieste in a couple of weeks. Any recommendations?
It's been a while since I've read a Delillo and there's always a little worry that the paranoid chill won't work on me any more. And yet, it always feels like a reset. A hymn to the power of American English sentences. The glorious sheen of his prose.
July 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It's been a while since I've read a Delillo and there's always a little worry that the paranoid chill won't work on me any more. And yet, it always feels like a reset. A hymn to the power of American English sentences. The glorious sheen of his prose.
After spending most of my running time listening to late 19th and early 20th Century European novels, I've now gone over the pond and am listening Delillo's The Names, which is one of his I've never read. It is a tonic. A strange tonic, mind you.
July 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
After spending most of my running time listening to late 19th and early 20th Century European novels, I've now gone over the pond and am listening Delillo's The Names, which is one of his I've never read. It is a tonic. A strange tonic, mind you.
There are moments of sublime writing in Susan Choi's FLASHLIGHT; moments too of exquisite understanding, of surprising insight. It's been a while since I've read a longish book that has hooked me so quickly.
July 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There are moments of sublime writing in Susan Choi's FLASHLIGHT; moments too of exquisite understanding, of surprising insight. It's been a while since I've read a longish book that has hooked me so quickly.
