Dan Richards

OVERNIGHT by Dan Richards is out in paperback with @canongatebooks With new material delving deeper into all things nocturnal, this is a hymn to nighttime wildlife, travel, dreams and art uk.bookshop.org/p/books/overni…

I’m taking over @amazingradio 5pm today. Spinning some of my fave tracks PLUS new single ‘Where Are The Heroes?’ inspired by @Dan_Zep Feat. new album collaborator @IrvineWelsh @Leftfield @welovepulp @thestrokes amazingradio.com New MHS album @LNFGlasgow @colinmacIntyre

@nmrqip As a railway design engineer, I can confirm that this is utter bollocks.

Thanks Chris Power for this wonderful review of Overnight - now online and in this Sunday’s @ObsNewReview print edition observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

Jupiter and Venus over Stonehenge😍

which is very lovely of her. If you’d like to see if I’m witty and humane off the page, do join me at a bookshop near you soon! #danrichards #overnight #paperback #canongatebooks #canongate

and Sarah Perry described the book as ‘both gripping & consoling, & full of an intelligent, querying tenderness for its subjects. I was never sure whether I'd be moved to laughter or tears: often, it was both, & in the end I was sad to leave Richards' humane and witty company…’

The paperback of Overnight is published this week on Thursday 12th. Thanks to everyone who supported the hardback. The updated edition has extra material and a beautiful new cover photograph taken on Skye by Nicholas J R White

There is magic to be found when the world goes dark abc.net.au/listen/program… via @ABCaustralia

@dakegra Thanks, Dave! Delighted to know Overnight made it into your top 10 of 25. All best to you for 2026, Dan

Better late than never, here's the list of my books of the year for 2025 espressococo.com/2026/01/23/boo…

'How fast are we going? Ten, 12 miles an hour? How amazing that must have been 200 years ago; as fast as a horse, but for miles and miles.' Dan Richards takes a ride on the very first locomotive train. the-fence.com/choo-choo-cha-…

Great Bowie show, just him talking, telling stories, he does talk about the creative process in a way that very few get close to. Clever chap. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0…

Fascinating talk I attended at @McrPoetryLib with #author Dan Richards. The word he said, "benighting", has found it's way into my upcoming novel "Witch and King - Vol. 2" :) (out 2026) Night Vision: Dan Richards and Helen McGhie: youtube.com/live/idoTqws2e… #writing #books

Album cover reveal! A stunning painting by Lola Buchanan PRE-ORDER @MullHistorical @LNFGlasgow shorturl.at/NbRMm Feat Len Pennie @IrvineWelsh Ali Smith @ColumMcCanno @AlexanderMSapp Yiyun Li @louisewelsh00 @jehanbseiso @IrenosenOkojie @paullynchwriter @dan_zep @AAJBooks

Invite: 'Night Vision: Dan Richards and Helen McGhie' talk this Thursday, 6.30-7.30pm - mailchi.mp/f960f33968f7/a…

The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives. Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks

Some more of her pictures here:

Photographer Alice Morrissey and I had a most wonderful time travelling on 'The Shap Mountaineer'

A new piece out with the @ObserverUK today featuring @Vintage_Trains – a great pleasure to travel with them last month and thanks also to @ThwaitesBrewery for their hospitality. observer.co.uk/style/travel/a…