Nicholas Royle

On the Ramblings today for #ReadIndies, a stunning short story collection by @nicholasroyle from @Confingo "Paris Fantastique" - so good! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i-l…

Don't forget that the great Nicholas Royle's new collection of short stories Paris Fantastique is now available from us! Get your copy before they're all gone... #parisfantastique @Confingo @nicholasroyle

‘“The Hands” moves from the slightly mysterious to the downright sinister’ - Anna Aslanyan reviews Paris Fantastique by @nicholasroyle for @TheTLS

@Kerry2001 @Confingo Thank you so much, Kerry. I’ve only just seen this.

Excited to have received @nicholasroyle ‘s new collection AND three beautiful photos from @Confingo Congratulations, Nick.

@Kerry2001 @Confingo Merci, Kerry.

@CivicLilly1 What a lovely thing to say. Here’s the Picador collection photographed just for you this morning.

@nicholasroyle I was looking for a photo of your Picador collection, and spent ages looking through your photos under the "media" tab. This is the closest I will get to an art gallery visit this week, and it was most enjoyable. Is one allowed to say "Thank you for existing"? 😊

@CivicLilly1 Oh very much so.

@nicholasroyle Same mood.

On this day four years ago. The best use of a golf course.

@phoebus_quietus The Dream of a Common Language.

A snippet of some of my books Any title catch your eye?

New short stories. Paris Fantastique. Available to pre-order from @Confingo

Modern life

@alexlarman @djtaylorwriter @TheSpectator I think I have all the old white spine Picador Doctorows in all variant jackets. Couple of great stories in Lives of the Poets.

@djtaylorwriter @TheSpectator I have it already, complete with Picador homage spine! One for @nicholasroyle…

Always pleased to write for @TheSpectator and hospitable @alexlarman

Films watched in April. All for second or third time apart from Niagara, which I don’t think I’ll see again.

Couple of clues in Everyman crossword in new @ObserverUK repeated from last week. 1 down & 16 down 🤔

I suggest to @IKEAUK that that comma should be an ellipsis. Or even a dash. Or nothing. Anything but a comma.

Chucked out yesterday, Central Road, Withington/West Didsbury. What state will they be in this morning?

@alexlarman @spectator Ah shame. I’ve read it now, thanks to a friend having a subscription. I’d love to write a response about the many wonderful Oxfam Bookshops I’ve visited while researching my books about collecting second-hand books, White Spines and Shadow Lines.

@nicholasroyle @spectator Alas I think it’s online only, Nicholas.

I wrote this for @spectator about why Oxfam’s bookshops have driven the second-hand trade out of business. spectator.co.uk/article/the-pr… I worried I may have been too harsh, but judging by the messages from bookshop owners I’ve received, I didn’t go anywhere near far enough.

@amwilson_opera @alexlarman Alexandra, yes, some have gone, but many remain & new secondhand bookshops are opening. I’m going to buy the Spectator & read Alex’s article.

Like @alexlarman, I frequent that particular branch of Oxfam Books regularly, but he's right: almost all other second-hand bookshops have disappeared. spectator.co.uk/article/the-pr…

Definitely not A Certain Ratio on University Challenge tonight @massonix808