Thomas McMullan
@thomasmcmullan.bsky.social
Groundwater out with Bloomsbury in July 2025. Previously, The Last Good Man, winner of the 2021 Betty Trask Prize. Art words in Frieze, ArtReview, others. www.thomasmcmullan.com
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On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @thomasmcmullan.bsky.social on his new novel Groundwater. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
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Little Atoms 972 - Thomas McMullan's Groundwater | Little Atoms
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October 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @thomasmcmullan.bsky.social on his new novel Groundwater. Out now from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social. listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
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'If we are all indeed, to varying extents, parallel straight lines, then the couple at the centre of Thomas McMullan’s Groundwater might have been drawn with a ruler.'
Pablo Scheffer: A city couple moves to the country
Pablo Scheffer: A city couple moves to the country
Speech and silence
www.the-tls.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
'If we are all indeed, to varying extents, parallel straight lines, then the couple at the centre of Thomas McMullan’s Groundwater might have been drawn with a ruler.'
Pablo Scheffer: A city couple moves to the country
Pablo Scheffer: A city couple moves to the country
Lovely review of Groundwater in the latest @thetls.bsky.social by Pablo Scheffer.
‘It is Thomas McMullan’s ability to cultivate this feeling - that all speech is some arbitrary, that all outcomes are somehow just a die’s role away - that gives this disquieting, suspenseful novel its strength.’
‘It is Thomas McMullan’s ability to cultivate this feeling - that all speech is some arbitrary, that all outcomes are somehow just a die’s role away - that gives this disquieting, suspenseful novel its strength.’
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lovely review of Groundwater in the latest @thetls.bsky.social by Pablo Scheffer.
‘It is Thomas McMullan’s ability to cultivate this feeling - that all speech is some arbitrary, that all outcomes are somehow just a die’s role away - that gives this disquieting, suspenseful novel its strength.’
‘It is Thomas McMullan’s ability to cultivate this feeling - that all speech is some arbitrary, that all outcomes are somehow just a die’s role away - that gives this disquieting, suspenseful novel its strength.’
I’m so delighted with how this has turned out. Publishing in a few weeks!
June 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I’m so delighted with how this has turned out. Publishing in a few weeks!
Cover reveal :)
My second novel, Groundwater, will be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 17 July. Pre-order a copy from @pagesofhackney.bsky.social here: www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...
My second novel, Groundwater, will be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 17 July. Pre-order a copy from @pagesofhackney.bsky.social here: www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Cover reveal :)
My second novel, Groundwater, will be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 17 July. Pre-order a copy from @pagesofhackney.bsky.social here: www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...
My second novel, Groundwater, will be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on 17 July. Pre-order a copy from @pagesofhackney.bsky.social here: www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...
My review of Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh for @theguardian.com
Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh review – teenage dreams
The tale of a 17-year-old Irish boy’s painful summer of romance and uncertain friendship captures the tenderness and menace of young men
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
My review of Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh for @theguardian.com
Happy to have a story in this
NUMBER 98 | SPRING 2025 is out! Featuring work by Cathy Sweeney, Neil Hegarty, Philip Ó Ceallaigh, Georgina Parfitt, Thomas McMullan, and Ian Sansom’s diary reflections on the year gone past. Order now:
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March 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy to have a story in this
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“With his authoritarian orders, the president—and his unelected South African Rasputin—have eliminated the fundamental tools of discussion and debate, namely words themselves.” @robspillman.bsky.social on self-censorship and why we shouldn’t obey in advance.
Winter is Here: On the Chilling Effect of Elon Musk and Donald Trump
A functioning democracy needs dissent and debate. Trump won the 2024 election with 49.8 percent of the vote (with 77,302,580 total votes) over Kamala Harris’s 48.3 percent (with 75,017,613 total vo…
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February 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“With his authoritarian orders, the president—and his unelected South African Rasputin—have eliminated the fundamental tools of discussion and debate, namely words themselves.” @robspillman.bsky.social on self-censorship and why we shouldn’t obey in advance.
My review of Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – an object lesson in hollow hipsterism
An expat couple carefully curate their lives through plants and Radiohead LPs in this deliciously pessimistic chronicle of gentrifying Berlin
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February 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My review of Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
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This feels especially prescient today.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This feels especially prescient today.
I reviewed (and enjoyed) Bruno Zhu’s show at Chisenhale Gallery for Frieze www.frieze.com/article/brun...
Bruno Zhu Puts Nothing on Display
In an exhibition with no artworks at Chisenhale Gallery, London, the artist subverts conventions of display
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January 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I reviewed (and enjoyed) Bruno Zhu’s show at Chisenhale Gallery for Frieze www.frieze.com/article/brun...
'Artists unable to fund their activities fall away, while those that come from family wealth, or other forms of privilege, remain. This is toxic for a culture that professes to be democratic. And it doesn’t need to be like this.' Q+A with @lunatejournal.bsky.social www.lunate.co.uk/features/tho...
Thomas McMullan’s Shelf Life — Lunate
‘Countries like the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and France are way ahead of the UK in terms of arts funding. In July The Observer reported that while Britain has cut back its total culture budget by ...
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January 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Artists unable to fund their activities fall away, while those that come from family wealth, or other forms of privilege, remain. This is toxic for a culture that professes to be democratic. And it doesn’t need to be like this.' Q+A with @lunatejournal.bsky.social www.lunate.co.uk/features/tho...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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What UK journals and magazines are publishing good new fiction by not-famous writers? Seems like a pretty bleak moment with no more White Review, Five Dials or Ambit. Any recommendations?
January 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What UK journals and magazines are publishing good new fiction by not-famous writers? Seems like a pretty bleak moment with no more White Review, Five Dials or Ambit. Any recommendations?
All websites should play a little jingle when you open them. Unskippable. Jaunty. Loud.
December 14, 2024 at 10:17 AM
All websites should play a little jingle when you open them. Unskippable. Jaunty. Loud.
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‘Personally, Zichen believed novels should be unstructured, without a defined centre. They should be full of riddles that didn’t need to be answered.’
Fiction by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang, free to read until the end of the year.
granta.com/speedwell/
Fiction by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang, free to read until the end of the year.
granta.com/speedwell/
Speedwell | Zhang Yueran | Granta
‘Let’s get real: this country is dead, and if you want a rich literary life, you need action. We can’t have demonstrations or public gatherings, so what’s left?’
granta.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:17 PM
‘Personally, Zichen believed novels should be unstructured, without a defined centre. They should be full of riddles that didn’t need to be answered.’
Fiction by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang, free to read until the end of the year.
granta.com/speedwell/
Fiction by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang, free to read until the end of the year.
granta.com/speedwell/
Went to the opticians. Apparently one of my eyes is long-sighted and the other is short-sighted and neither of them tell the truth.
December 13, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Went to the opticians. Apparently one of my eyes is long-sighted and the other is short-sighted and neither of them tell the truth.
‘My year in books, then, was also 1895, 1962, 1995, and 1979.’ Helen Charman in @artreview.bsky.social
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We Deserve More Than Novelty from the Publishing Industry
The year in books: Beyond the marketing trends, 2024 offered a refreshing reminder that the life of many texts is cyclical
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December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
‘My year in books, then, was also 1895, 1962, 1995, and 1979.’ Helen Charman in @artreview.bsky.social
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artreview.com/we-deserve-m...
Change identity or win dream monster.
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Change identity or win dream monster.
New, hi, to Bluesky.
November 28, 2024 at 1:23 PM
New, hi, to Bluesky.