‘I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the fallout from My Struggle and the dark side of ambition | Karl Ove Knausgård

‘I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the fallout from My Struggle and the dark side of ambition | Karl Ove Knausgård

Fifteen years ago, discussing the success of his six-volume autofictional work My Struggle on Norwegian radio, Karl Ove Knausgård said he felt as if he had “actually sold my soul to the... Read more »
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh | Booker prize

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh | Booker prize

Hungarian-British author David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker prize for his novel Flesh. Szalay’s sixth work of fiction traces the life of one man, István, from his youth to midlife. The... Read more »
Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley review – raw, dark folk horror confronts mortality | Fiction

Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley review – raw, dark folk horror confronts mortality | Fiction

Living is hard emotional work – until you try dying. Alongside the rage many terminally ill people feel against the dying of the light, there are the memories that return to flagellate... Read more »
Dark Academia Grows Up – Public Books

Dark Academia Grows Up – Public Books

In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation. Anyone who... Read more »
Ross Raisin’s Ghost Kitchen wins 2024 BBC national short story award with dark gig economy tale – read it here | National short story prize

Ross Raisin’s Ghost Kitchen wins 2024 BBC national short story award with dark gig economy tale – read it here | National short story prize

British novelist Ross Raisin has won the 2024 BBC national short story award for Ghost Kitchen, a story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy. Raisin was announced... Read more »
Ross Raisin’s Ghost Kitchen wins 2024 BBC national short story award with dark gig economy tale – read it here | National short story prize

On the Shadow Tracks by Clare Hammond review – a train to Myanmar’s dark heart | Journalism books

Clare Hammond began her career as a journalist covering the financial markets in Hong Kong, before moving to Myanmar. From 2014 to 2020, she worked freelance for various news outlets and as... Read more »
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother’s Secrets review – a voyage into Ireland’s dark heart | Autobiography and memoir

Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother’s Secrets review – a voyage into Ireland’s dark heart | Autobiography and memoir

Missing Persons must have been a very difficult book to write, for certainly it is difficult to read. This is not due to any defects of style or execution – it is... Read more »
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