Short notice, but this is on in 96 minutes from now on BBC Radio 3. Thanks to the creatively erudite Michael Berkeley for being such a thoughtful, attentive interviewer.

Morning/Afternoon/Evening All.
Just to say my Hay Day is Sunday 26 May 2024, 11.30am (aka 'The Hangover Slot'). Event 79 in hayfestival.org/wales
See you there.

Last week I finally got myself a real job as a book-defacer, courtesy of Sceptre Books & Hodder & Stoughton. Thanks to Steve N and his team at the frankly astonishing Hely Hutchinson Book Distribution Centre.

Looking forward to this event at Topping's Edinburgh,
Wed 15th May, 7.30pm – my first time at the store, and my first time in Scotland since pre-pandemic times.

Today I'll let this clip from my editor do the talking...

I hope you're all well, All.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of CLOUD ATLAS has landed. Gorgeous plumage, slinky endpapers, nice paper. New intro by (I blush with pride and gratitude) Gabrielle Zevin. New afterword by me.
Pre-orderable here –
lnk.to/CloudAtlas20

Just read a proof of Kevin Barry's THE HEART IN WINTER from Canongate out in June.
Holy Damn it's good. Includes (arguably) THE finest American frontier 'shroom scene in the Western Canon.

Hello All. Sorry I've been so quiet. I'm writing. This however, is a Thing, that makes me feel honoured, happy and old. As we say in showbiz, Very Special Guest & moderator to be announced soon. We'll discuss the present and future as well the past.
See you there I hope.

Probably the loveliest edition of Kenji Miyazawa's wild unclassifiable tales ever published from Vintage Books. Cherished by generations of Japanese readers, translated by Alfred Bester, intro'd by Dr Kaori Nagai University of Kent Arts & Humanities at @UniKent & prefaced by me.

Desde AYER y las CONVERSACIONES con varias personas que asistieron a la charla de David Mitchell en el #Festival42BCN , se me ha ocurrido un PROYECTO de abrir un canal de Discord dedicado a sus novelas y organizar una Macro-LC de TODA su obra👀 ¿Alguien tendría interés en ello?🚀

The audiobook of my first novel GHOSTWRITTEN is on (a rather tasty) offer here courtesy of Audible UK 🎧 Hodder & Stoughton. (Soberingly, I started its earliest sections half my lifetime ago.)
audible.co.uk/pd/Ghostwritte…

I don't have a new novel out this year, but I *did* conclude a lockdown email interview with one of my favourite musicians, Sam Amidon. The interview got wildly out of hand and clocked in at over 50 pages. Here are those pages for fans of Sam's, and the curious.

Welcome to the Forest, Judith.

What a pleasure to agree wholeheartedly with the Talented Mr Hanks.

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Best wishes to all involved in the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize this Friday, on whose panel I was honoured to be a judge. 05:30PM PDT = the middle of the night GMT but I'll be there in spirit (appropriately enough.)

#Rezension zu «Utopia Avenue» von David Mitchell im Hessischen Rundfunk HR 2 Kultur:
ow.ly/FyzL50K0RFY

We are delighted to present a world exclusive unique collaboration! “If I were a story and you were a song” with David Mitchell David Mitchell & Tiny Ruins tiny ruins – supported by APRA APRA AMCOS NZ

First Editions, Second Thoughts ( #FEST ): an auction in support of English PEN is now LIVE until 12 July at Christie's!

Huge thanks to the contributors who have generously looked back & annotated some of their finest work.

Browse the full catalogue: onlineonly.christies.com/s/first-editio…

A recent interview with Stian Omland, my Norwegian translator & viking librarian, in his podcast for YA readers. WARNING: May contain teenage author pic & 80s style choices.

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/75Ue4J…

Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/for…

iTunes:
podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/for…

Thanks to Arjen Lubach for having this scribbling reprobate on De Avondshow, the brainiest satirical show the Dutchosphere. (Brief warning to future guests: if you challenge Arjen or his team to table tennis backstage, you may not leave the building with your dignity intact.)