James Wills

Who killed it by being shortlisted for The British Book Awards Graphic Novel of the Year? Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith did! Huge congratulations! Great to see #WhoKilledNessie in such monstrously good company too. thebookseller.com/british-book-a…

There really is only so much ‘raucously inventive state-of-the-nation satire’ to go round… the most part is in this blisteringly brilliant novel! theguardian.com/books/2026/mar…

A happy pub day to this bloody wondrous novel: THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MORALITY by Will Self. “Reads like early Nabokov: barbed, provocative, virtuosic in his performance of linguistic jokes…rollicking, unsettling and furiously intelligent” - Guardian

If you're having book problems I feel bad for you, son I got 99 pennies with which to buy @ajaychow's #TheShadow electronically... amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D4BDSNPN?…

Very excited to be appearing later today on @BBCFrontRow It starts at 7.15pm & we'll be talking about Agatha Christie. Who else?

@victoria_dowd @BBCFrontRow @The_CWA I’ll be listening!

So far, so good! Wonderful to see Iain Sinclair’s masterpiece LONDON ORBITAL on ‘The 25 best books of the century so far’ list in The Observer. observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

Michael Lentz’s monumental SHATTENFROH is very much “A book of confounding visions played out across multiple dimensions” which reads “like a 21st century Kafka cut with William Gibson’s Neuromancer.” And Max Lawton, its brilliant translator, is indeed very much “much in-demand”!

At the 2025 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and the Vintage Prize - cheering on Will Self and THE BUTT. Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends…

I cannot quite contain my excitement for this masterpiece. Will suffice to say, Will Self is a genius, THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MORALITY is sensational and will blow you away.

Watch out 2026, it's only just THE BEGINNINGS

Thankful for all of the writers, translators, and readers who still believe in the possibilities of literature. Here is the SCHATTENFROH balloon from the Macy’s parade this morning. Slightly smaller than the real book, but what can you do?

I’m not a player, I just read a lot… THRILLED and privileged to get my hands on an early (and exceedingly hot) proof for #ThePlayersClub by my far-too-talented friend, Rachel Mills. Beg, borrow, steal (I begged) to get a copy - or preferably pre-order NOW! Play on, player!

At the Speakies audiobook awards, & sadly Kobna didn’t win for his amazing reading of #TheGreatWhen but I spoke to Alan earlier & he said Kobna’s reading is impeccable & definitely a winner in his eyes. If you haven’t already you MUST check out this audiobook, it’s stunning!

Don’t miss this book in the bestsellers list with a quid

If you’re having book problems I feel bad for you, son I got 99 pennies with which to buy @medwardsbooks excellent new book electronically

One day left to go. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for this brand new crime writers' festival - Bloody Barnes. A fabulous line up! Discount for @The_CWA members.

@maxdaniellawton Vai a festeggiar’, dottore!

Tfw you defend your dissertation and you’re meant to be celebrating, but you already feel like you’re behind on MORESCO II

Great to see @victoria_dowd and @medwardsbooks here!