Dominic Hilton 10/18/22 Dominic Hilton 10/18/22

A Hologram for a King

Thunderstorms, tapping out, and The Crown. The Queen’s death hit different in Buenos Aires, writes Dominic Hilton.

Jack Shamash 10/11/22 Jack Shamash 10/11/22

Three Poems About ASDA

The housewarming / ASDA terror attack / The tinned meat aisles

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 10/8/22 Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 10/8/22

A Letter from the Apocalypse

An extract from Yudhanjaya Wijeratne’s email novel about a Kafkaesque, near-future Sri Lanka, and about the stupidity of it all.

ASH Smyth 10/8/22 ASH Smyth 10/8/22

News At A Glance #26

Wormholes, Nando’s, Dire Straits, and Norwegian literature. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Howard Male 10/4/22 Howard Male 10/4/22

The KUUincidental Case of the Three-Legged Greyhound

“That was a three-legged greyhound!” Claire exclaims. Novelist Howard Male is dogged by another barking coincidence.

ASH Smyth 10/3/22 ASH Smyth 10/3/22

News At A Glance #25

Knock knock jokes, hot communists, undertakers, and rats. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Anthony McGowan 9/29/22 Anthony McGowan 9/29/22

An Ode to Autumn

“Puffed up Autumn ain’t so great” — New poetry by award-winning author Anthony McGowan.

Peter Foggitt 9/21/22 Peter Foggitt 9/21/22

Paddington Who?

Proposed collaborations for His New Majesty: from Thomas the Tank Engine to The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

ASH Smyth 9/17/22 ASH Smyth 9/17/22

News At A Glance #24

Birdsong, long sonnets, stinkbugs, and Facebook disinformation. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Richard Simon 9/11/22 Richard Simon 9/11/22

#NFThankyou! Working on the Blockchain Gang

Richard Simon on the machine in art, computerised poetry, and trying to earn a living in the Catch-22 NFT market.

Joel Rapp 9/11/22 Joel Rapp 9/11/22

Spotify Sundays: Joel Rapp on/in Uzbekistan

“One time I hallucinated an entire Denny’s.” Joel Rapp presents a unique playlist of songs that got him through a 700km stretch of desert in Uzbekistan.

Dominic Hilton 9/10/22 Dominic Hilton 9/10/22

The Beatles & Me: Remembering the Sixties

As grieving Britain plunges head first down a vortex of nostalgia, Dominic Hilton suffers an acid flashback to the time he met those other apparently-immortal national treasures… The Beatles.

ASH Smyth 9/10/22 ASH Smyth 9/10/22

News At A Glance #23

Jennifer Grey, Sir Roger Moore, loose chickens, and disrobed Irishmen. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

ASH Smyth 9/5/22 ASH Smyth 9/5/22

News At A Glance #22

George Orwell, Liz Truss, Count Binface, and toilet paper. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood 9/4/22 Jon Courtenay Grimwood 9/4/22

Spotify Sundays: Jon Courtenay Grimwood on Thrilling Cities

From Bowie in Berlin to SQÜRL in Valletta, award-winning author Jon(athan) Courtenay ‘Jack’ Grimwood offers a playlist in honour of the cities he’s lived and written in.

Howard Male 8/31/22 Howard Male 8/31/22

Etc Etc Amen (Extract)

On publication day for his fourth/final book in the KUU series, Howard Male takes us right back to the beginning with an extract from his novel Etc Etc Amen.