And to anyone waiting for the new novel, thanks for your patience, too. Sorry it's taking so long. It's the strangest, trickiest fish I've ever tried to land, but hopefully it'll be worth the wait. Home straight now.
Apologies for my long hibernation. I've been working on my big new novel, and I feel a guilty if I post Xs (right word?) before handing in the manuscript to my patient editors. However...
One&All, the US @penguinrandom Cloud Atlas 20th anniversary edition is out in time for Black Friday. Signed copies at Barnes&Noble @BNBuzz in store. Open & tilt the book 90 degrees for full Kapowza🙏to designer Will Staehle @unusualcorp & the mighty @gabriellezevin for new intro.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear @david_mitchell read The Dressmaker’s Tale in Wandsworth on 9 July with tickets to attend this 7pm event free or by donation from https://t.co/oaFdOwSflY Thank you David!
To everyone coming to my event at Bath with Mat Osman this evening – SO SORRY but it's cancelled. The plane I boarded this morning developed a fault prior take off. Rebooking was chaotic & slow, so I've had to drive back home. Really disappointed. My Hay event should be OK.
@samdownie@lilly_wachowski Sam, I hope all goes well on 24th. Next time eh. And if you see a vision of Agent Smith while you're wired up, do like Neo and kick his agent-y ass.
@PolisLoizou @WaterstonesNG Really looking forward to it, @PolisLoizou (and Nottsfolk). Looking thru your profile, *I* should interviewing *you*. See you Monday 13th @WaterstonesNG
@roberthouse1985 Thanks ZombieDuck. I'm afraid that's a slightly hurried-looking signature. If you can bring it to an event this month I'll add a fancy doodle for free. Quack Quack.
@MedleyDave@daveholwill@terryandrob@nickhornby Morning David, I read ESPEDAIR STREET years ago (decades ago!) during a single late shift at Waterstone's in Canterbury. I still remember scenes from it. Thanks for reading UTOPIA AVENUE.
@MrBure@St0eve You're not entirely wrong Tehol (I can't find an emoji that conveys that, so here's Mr Monocle.)🧐
When/if there's firm news, I'll post about it here.
@ToppingsEdin Toppings! Thanks for my shot at karmic redemption after my Notorious Online No-Show in 2020(?)! Hopefully my recurring nightmares of lost laptops, forgotten passwords & WiFi failure will be exorcised by visiting you in person on Wednesday 15th May.
@TheoHakkert Thanks Theo. Spring in West Cork was postponed until about week ago – now it's almost too blue, silver, gold and green. I hope all is well in the Netherlands.
@MrBure The story is too long for Twitter/X Tehol, but the adaptation of a section of it is under discussion. Sorry that's the most I can say for now, but thanks for caring about the strangest black sheep of the family.