John Jarrold

I'm really delighted to pass on this news for @thetowerofstars.bsky.social and @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social www.thebrokenbindingpublishing.com/news/matthew...

Congratulations to @drfionamoore.bsky.social !!!

A brilliant review for @rbkelly.bsky.social 's collection DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS from Supernova... supernova.reviews/2026/09/19/d...

One of those boringly rotten headaches that have struck occasionally since I started taking meds for high blood pressure a while ago. The doc warned me about various possible side effects. But at 73 I've still only spent one night in hospital, so I'm not doing too badly!

Three edits for clients...onwards...

A reminder that the launch event for NIGHT CREATURES is this weekend in Doncaster! Wine, nibbles and some spine chilling stories! www.dovecotgallery.co.uk/photo_175355...

I'm receiving a dozen or more queries asking if I will accept agency submissions that have used generative AI in any way, every week. The answer is no...

Interesting...about twice as many agency emails over the weekend as usual. Still working my way through them!

Congratulations to all the winners of the British Fantasy Awards...I'm particularly delighted for Jane Johnson , winner of the Karl Edward Wagner Award. file770.com/british-fant...

@johnj.bsky.social I'm interviewed on @corabuhlert.bsky.social 's Non-Fiction Spotlight: corabuhlert.com/2026/10/09/n...

What Bill said. One of the good guys. I met Malcolm in the early 1970s. We laughed a lot...

From @drfionamoore.bsky.social !!!

A wonderful new book from @drfionamoore.bsky.social !!!

THE DUNGEON BOOK - brilliant standalone fantasy novel by @mytholder.bsky.social, published by @orbitbooks.bsky.social - has already reprinted twice in the UK and once in the US, a month after publication! store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the...

I was in bed shivering and sweating all Wednesday, having not slept on Tuesday night. Other unpleasant symptoms that I won't go into. Still feeling dreadful, so I apologise for work delays. I'm guessing that someone sitting near me on the plane back from Lanzarote had a nasty bug. It's not covid...

Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

Lovely day of meetings! Now a glass of wine!!! Salud!!! X

Whizzing around London today for post-holiday meetings...

Next week, I have been working with books for 54 years. My first day in public libraries was 25 September 1972. My first day in publishing was 11 January 1988. Good grief. I may have a glass of lager shandy to celebrate.

Away on holiday this week. SLOW GODS by Claire North, and A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE by Alex White (which I've been meaning to read), on the kindle. As well as the first in a new historical crime series featuring Samuel Pepys and biographies of Geoffrey Chaucer and Doctor John Dee...

From @drfionamoore.bsky.social !!!

Looking forward to the World SF Convention in Montreal next year...

@chazbrenchley.bsky.social !

I was reading an agency submission last night that's giving me an honest-to-goodness sense of wonder. That is a delight!

A wonderful lunch with agency client @daniraanan.bsky.social at Dishoom in Kings Cross to celebrate the publishing deal for her debut novel THE CRAFTER'S WIFE with Newcon Press ! And a lovely, wide-ranging chat!!!

What's nice now, too, is that people like me who prefer e-books can get them from bookshop.org, which kicks a portion of each sale to a buyer-designated indie bookstore!

Time I re-read the classic Greek tragedies of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles. First read them around 1970 in Penguin Classics paperback. Off to Lanzarote in a month, and they're downloaded to the kindle...

A cup of tea on Sunday morning as I consider possible editors for a forthcoming agency submission and make notes. Cogitating...

Great agency news this week, which can't be announced yet. But definitely worth a glass or two this evening. Keep watching the skies...

Out for meetings most of today...and urgent agency reading on the kindle as I travel!

FYI!

Great review for THE DUNGEON BOOK by @mytholder.bsky.social ...

Agency reading on the kindle this morning. Computer this afternoon. En avant...

Congratulations to @mytholder.bsky.social whose brilliant fantasy novel THE DUNGEON BOOK is published by @orbitbooks.bsky.social in the UK and US today! www.orbit-books.co.uk/titles/garet...

From @chadbourn.bsky.social , with some words from me...

A terrific book!

All going well, in three years’ time we will be celebrating together at @dublin2029.bsky.social (2-6 August 2029). In honour of that, an offer for you! It would be great to have you join us as a Supporter of the bid! But if you can go above and beyond…. dublin2029.ie

Agency reading to finish on the kindle this morning. Computer and email later.

I've received US copies of THE DUNGEON BOOK, the very different and outstanding fantasy novel by @mytholder.bsky.social ...published in the UK and US on August 11 by @orbitbooks.bsky.social and available for preorder!

News of the latest novel deal for the brilliant @ramseycampbell.bsky.social ! www.johnjarrold.co.uk/news/1894/fl...

The Crusades, but not as you know them. 100% better politics, 100% more gays, and 25% off in the Smashwords July sale: www.smashwords.com/b...

I keep having reasons to raise a glass to clients in the evening at the moment. Obviously, that is the ONLY reason I'm having a drink...

It's always cheering when you post about a new agency client and their upcoming novel, and receive a show of interest from a publisher the same morning...