I loved FERVOR by Toby Lloyd, an emotionally suspenseful family drama posing interesting q’s about what might qualify as amoral literature, alongside explorations of Judaism, belief, & mysticism. I fell in love with shrewd Kate, acerbically witty Tovyah, & mysterious Elsie.

Londoners - do come along. Really looking forward to this!

Went to Genoa, found a parrot that looks like Edgar Allen Poe

What more enticement indeed?

#rawdogging flights is a Don DeLillo joke. All you masochists out there ought to read more

Excited to be teaching at City Lit this term! Come learn to write by reading award-winning novelists, including Penelope Fitzgerald, Kazuo Ishiguro, Edward P Jones & Carmen Maria Machado. Sign up! Spread the word! citylit.ac.uk/courses/readin…

Very excited to be reading alongside Neil D.A. Stewart, Lauren Beukes and Laura Haworth on October 24th. Book quick, last few tix available! eventbrite.co.uk/e/brunswick-ea…

So my halowe'en plans to see the scary Hugh Grant movie were scuppered by the sudden closure of my local cinema. Pls sign this petition to save a vital community hub! Save Catford Mews - A Vital Community Hub - Sign the Petition! chng.it/pRWnTWQJtf via Change.org UK

Fervour made the longlist! This one means an awful lot.

Me talking with Ali Millar at Jewish Book Week. And reading out a fairly horrible section from my only-sometimes-horrible book. Enjoy!

Very excited to start reading this today. A young comic novelist taking up the mantle of Martin Amis. Thanks @EuropaEdition

Loved talking to Elliott Karstadt about the influence of Jewish texts on Fervour. Listen here: alyth.org.uk/learn-us/adult…

For my newsletter I wrote a "top ten" list of Jewish books for 2024, with amazing contributions from Toby Lloyd Sarah Jaffe Oren Kroll-Zeldin @rabbiariana @joshualeifer Dan Jurgens and many others! maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-best-jewis…

Just been made aware of this: somethingcurated.com/2024/12/19/bes… Delight to see Fervour on this list, especially alongside Scott Preston's brilliant The Borrowed Hills, probably my favourite new book of last year bartolomeo_sala 🧉

Me, for UnHerd, on something that has been quietly annoying me for some time, and should really annoy you too... unherd.com/2025/03/aptitu…

Excited to record an episode of All Else is Commentary with Elliott Karstadt on Roth's masterpiece The Ghost Writer. And like a young Nathan Zuckerman, I've been doing all my homework.