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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 29/04/2026

First images from the The Whisper Man, coming out on Netflix on 28 August. I could not be happier or more excited!

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ScreenRant @screenrant.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#Netflix has now confirmed that The Whisper Man will premiere on August 28 on the streaming service. 🍿 The film is an adaptation of Alex North's New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, in which #RobertDeNiro stars as a retired former police detective. Read More: bit.ly/4dcilWk

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 08/04/2026

The Rule of Jenny Pen director James Ashcroft's Netflix serial killer thriller THE WHISPER MAN has been rated R for "some bloody violence, disturbing images, suicide, language and brief sexual references." Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan & Adam Scott star.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Wonderful afternoon in Bridlington with East Riding Libraries talking to @alexnorth.co.uk as part of the Springfest programme. Be rude not to have fish and chips afterwards...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Excellent morning spent gathering my thoughts and writing questions ahead of talking to @alexnorth.co.uk next week. Tickets here: www.bridspa.com/event-detail...

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Merry Christmas.

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 16/12/2025

Really lovely to see that The Man Made of Smoke made the list of Apple’s best books of 2025. apple.co/bestbooks202...

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Really happy to be at this too - I love Waterstones Leeds, and I’m looking forward to seeing people there. 6-8pm ish. No ticket required, as far as I know. Just rock up, get out of the cold for a bit, maybe buy some books, and chat to some fabulous local authors.

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Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We're thrilled to announce the highly acclaimed “queen of the psychological thriller” and bestselling writer Lisa Jewell as Programming Chair for the 2026 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. 👉 Find out more: bit.ly/3XiRnnu

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 06/11/2025

“It is a rare talent to be able to write a compulsive thriller with such heart … both terrifying and heart-wrenching, bittersweet and hopeful, nightmarish and deeply, deeply human.” Thank you, @spookyrebecca.bsky.social The Man Made of Smoke is out in the UK as a very lovely paperback today.

The cover of the novel The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North. There is blood-red smoke surrounding a white keyhole through which the silhouette of a little boy can be seen.

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 01/11/2025

This is a really great speech about the value of the arts and storytelling, and the importance of empathy.

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 01/11/2025

“Surprisingly packed with profound humanity” is a lovely thing to read. Thank you so much, Linda.

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 23/10/2025

I forgot to mention on here that I had a ‘new’ book out in the UK last week. Dark Room was previously published years ago under my real name, and then went out of print. It won’t set the world on fire, or anything, but it’s nice to have it out there again. Four more of them to come…

The cover of Dark Room by Alex North, previously published under the name Steve Mosby. A greeny-black background, with a half-open door with yellow light spilling through.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Once Again Aims To Help Working Actors Get Health Insurance With New Casting Notice

Jimmy Kimmel wants to help actors get health insurance with a new casting notice for his talk show

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The link below is a subscriber link with a handful of free clicks. Maybe a kindly FT staffer will share a gift link... 👀

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 30/07/2025

Filmed in Leeds city centre! And judging by the clock, if it had been ten minutes later then I’d have been in the background. (Really lovely song too.) youtu.be/BQDDbesNPJ4?...

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TIM MINCHIN - NOT PERFECT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Tim Minchin

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This post by @lewisgoodall.com on the Afghan super-injunction should be read - and read *very* carefully - by all with any interest in law and policy in the UK. And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...

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My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal

The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.

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Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

⏰ Last chance to vote! The shortlist vote closes tonight, Thursday 10 July at 23.59. Hurry and vote for you favourite to win the coveted Theakston's cask 👉 bit.ly/VOTETOP25 @brookmyre.bsky.social @mwcraven.bsky.social @ellygriffiths.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 08/07/2025

Absolutely brilliant news!

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Paul Cornish @paulgcornish.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The Salt Path (post-credits scene): *Moth & Raynor Winn enter their home to find Hannah Ingram-Moore & Johann Hari waiting for them* Hari: "I'm putting together a team."

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

With this and Captain Tom, it's getting hard to trust people who go on really long walks.

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 29/06/2025

The Prodigy are laying absolute fucking waste to that field right now.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story… Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Oh my. I can’t stop rewatching. The stuff of courtroom nightmares. (H/T @timmorton2.bsky.social)

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Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Outreach work is at the heart of our ethos: promoting engagement with the arts in Harrogate & beyond through collaborations with our local communities. We're incredibly grateful to our funders, the Wild Foundations, for supporting us to make these workshops happen.

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‘Who dunnit’ murder mystery workshops for school kids | Harrogate International Festivals

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

You’ll be too young to remember, but there was a time when you could wake up as many as three mornings in a row and not find the world had lost its fucking mind.

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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A fantastic launch for the 2025 programme which has now been let loose on the world! Tickets at bloodyscotland.com/whats-on

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/06/2025

Newsletter: I want my damn tech industry back. I'm sick of these sociopathic and directionless freaks wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on AI and ruining products in search of perpetual growth. It has never been more urgent to hold them accountable. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forget...

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Never Forget What They've Done

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Villains of Circumstance Listen to my podcast Better Offline if you haven't already. I want my fucking tech industry back. Maybe you think I sound insane, bu...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

It is genuinely unsafe for average people to use Twitter and speak freely. It appears to be this administration's primary intelligence gathering operation.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 09/06/2025

There’s a fairly significant effort underway to conflate “software which can simulate conversation” with “a machine which has a meaningful experience of the world” and it’s hurting people, the planet and policy-making.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

They're doing it on purpose now surely?

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 05/06/2025

I feel for the historian who will have to write this saga up in a coherent way in future textbooks

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/06/2025

O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.

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Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The suspects are in... 🕵️‍♀️ We're thrilled to reveal the shortlists for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the McDermid Debut Award 2025! Discover who made the cut! 👇 bit.ly/Shortlist2025 @waterstones.bsky.social @express.co.uk

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Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 02/06/2025

And while you’re waiting - if you are - for these re-releases, you could check out this to keep yourself entertained in the meantime. www.amazon.co.uk/Copying-Cat-...

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The Copying Cat eBook : Mawson, Dark: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Harrogate International Festivals @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Site Passes for #Theakstonscrime are on sale now! A Festival Site Pass is the perfect way to be part of the action. You can access the Festival grounds for either a full day or the whole weekend - head to our website to book yours today 🕵️‍♂️

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"I need you to mistrust me ... one ... last ... time ..."

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The Unbound scandal keeps getting worse…

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

If you just watch Musk during this press conference he is really struggling to keep it together

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I recently left my job which was in an Estates department at one of Leeds’ Universities. I’ll never ever forget one of the first things that struck me when I started there: Oh damn, we’re running a small city adjacent to Leeds here. So, y’know, good luck if you want local economies to collapse.

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