Alex Starritt

In the state of Wyoming in the USA lies a real hydrological oddity. It's a small stream (creek) that is thought to be the only one of very few examples in the world. It is placed so precariously and perfectly that it's hard to believe it is able to exist. 1/n

@HugoGye @jamespriceglos Thank you so much! Very glad you enjoyed it

@jamespriceglos @StarrittAlex 💯💯

I’m late to the party, but this by @StarrittAlex really is so bloody good. Go and get a copy now!

One week until publication! Pre-orders will be delivered on pub date

A fascinating interview with BERTRAND RUSSELL from 1952 that has him talking about his Grandfather meeting Napoleon, and about life in Europe in the 1800’s.

More than a book about business. Has the breadth of a 19th century Russian novel. ⁦@StarrittAlex⁩

A wee swally!!🍺👍

I try to avoid being melodramatic about cultural decline. Then I read that, when the BBC adapted Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels in 1974, the Radio Times published an *84* page illustrated special on its historical context. Unimaginable today.

Times obituaries are meant to be anonymous, but this is so good I need to boast that it was written by my father, Magnus Linklater, who has penned hundreds of such mini-biographies over the years, but few as important to Scottish culture as this one. thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…

@LMethv @icod Lovely to hear. Thank you

So. Finished this last night and still unable to articulate HOW much I loved this book. I feel bereft. An exquisite portrait of humanity and friendship. Utterly authentic. It’s my entire career too. So so glad @icod tweeted 👇🏻 Outstanding @StarrittAlex

Finished reading Drayton & Mackenzie last night. It leaves you dealing with so much, you feel like you stepped out of a whirlwind. It took me a day to gather what I actually felt about the book. Books about startups usually tend to be advice for founders. It’s rare to find a good fiction anchored about startups. And then, there is this one. Each part, each theme so laboriously researched and dealt with. The tech development slows down the pace but then it is exactly how it is for founders. The beautiful treatment of the messy, loopy, multi-threaded journey makes you feel frustrated. Exactly what founders go through! And, what’s often not talked about enough - life. The ping-pong of love-hate between founders, feeling responsible and then wanting to run away, hiring people, being let down and letting them down, homes, families, friends, love, loss… If you’re into good fiction and/or startups - you must pick it up. @StarrittAlex 👏

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A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 'A big, bustling novel about love, friendship, money, ambition and the 21st century, packed with humour & intelligent observations. Come to our first book event of 2026 eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk/event-details/…

@HugoGye @alexmassie He's a legend and I am very very honoured to get a mention

@alexmassie That's a great piece, and lovely that he (quite rightly) singles out @StarrittAlex's Drayton and Mackenzie as proof that the literary novel is still going strong.

Very grateful to David Robinson for this lovely piece about my father who, at the age of 87 and after 50 years as a contributor, has filed his last copy to The Scotsman. share.google/TpGoF5Xh14LDJF…

@LiamMcIlvanney one of the all time great collections, and one of its finest poems. I also find that much of "Stephen Boyd" leaks into my subconscious. "A Hebrew melody gone underground: the trace note of some fellow in the faith"

The great Mick Imlah. What a loss. His poem ‘London Scottish’ still floats into my head at odd moments…

To mark the paperback publication of The World Within, I will be interviewed at Southwark Cathedral later this month.

@MichaelGlennan7 That's great. Very glad to hear it

@StarrittAlex I enjoy reading your book Drayton and Mackenzie - I ordered it after I saw the book on the Financial Times list for book of the year

goals for my year-end break kinda got summarised in this line from Alexander Starritt's Drayton and Mackenzie (just finished, highly recommend): "Freed for a while from the overhanging whip of ambition, James discovered curiosity".

@GuyStagg @EngelsbergIdeas Thanks Guy! Very kind of you

Absolute pleasure to recommend novels by @StarrittAlex and Megan Hunter for the @EngelsbergIdeas 2025 Books of the Year round-up: