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Arvind Ethan David

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New Novel THE GREAT GAME out now! Olivier Nominated Playwright. Grammy & Tony Winning Producer. Bearded Dad. Serial Immigrant Reps: @UnitedTalent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social www.arvindethandavid.co. www.amazon.com/author/arvindethanda…

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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some reviews mean more than others. This one from @malaysiakini.com meant a lot. www.malaysiakini.com/columns/8856...
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BOOK REVIEW | More than a thriller: Empire, murder, intrigue in David's debut novel | Malaysiakini
A historical fantasy blends Sherlock Holmes, romance, and sharp social satire.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm grateful that the good people at @ala-booklist.bsky.social continue to champion books and libraries. Here's an interview I did with them. #BookSky www.booklistonline.com/products/983...
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Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very pleased to announce the first LA event for The Great Game and there is nowhere I rather have it than @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social My mother was a librarian and I grew up in libraries, they are sacred places, particularly in these unsacred times. Please do come along! #BookSky
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There's writing, and then there's writing about writing. And in the latter category, there's a new writer in town. @davidcornue.bsky.social has a new book and it's hit #1 on Amazon's chart on its first day out. If you are serious about your craft, it's worth a looksee. #BookSky
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This week #BookSky - in #SantaBarbara - @sbindependent.bsky.social www.independent.com/2026/08/30/h...
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He’s Got Game
Author Arvind Ethan David discusses his novel ‘The Great Game’ at Chaucer’s Books on Sept. 3.
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why are Empires viewed so sunnily in much had sci-fi, asks @jdnicoll.bsky.social - one of the moments where Lucas got it very right. Empires are seldom (never?) benevolent. They are engines for extracting wealth and restricting freedom.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Pleased to have caught the notice of @jdnicoll.bsky.social - though his disapproval of my "choice of publisher" suggests that this first time author had a line up of keen presses at his door, which wasn't the case.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New Substack is up. A discussion of the unlikely fellowship of brown detectives, or how I found myself in a club #BookSky thedreadandtheenvy.substack.com/p/brown-dete...
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Brown Detectives: An Unlikely Club
In writing my debut novel I accidentally wrote myself into a members club
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#Booksky - The Daily Mail's WHICH BOOK questions are worth a ponder. Reading now? Gave you the reading bug? Take on a desert island? Left you cold?
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And for fullness #BookSky #Podcasts #DouglasAdams @bbcsounds.bsky.social
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK based BlueSky friends, my #DouglasAdams audiobook is now available from @bbcsounds.bsky.social as a podcast! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC Sounds - Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth
A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dear #booksky -- Author event in Santa Barbara coming up - come on down chaucersbooks.com/event/2026-0...
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Author Event - Arvind Ethan David "The Great Game"
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Me in @thedailymail.bsky.social who have an unrivalled ability to make everything about Hate. www.dailymail.com/home/books/a...
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Which Olivier award nominee hates Dickens?
Arvind Ethan David answers our burning What Book questions
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So we just launched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tarot Cards on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tarot Cards
The official tarot cards to the HHGG live show designed by Jack Brutus Penny
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Talking #GreatGame with @easterneye.bsky.social www.easterneye.biz/arvind-ethan...
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Arvind Ethan David's Debut Novel Introduces a Sikh Detective in a Thrilling Historical Mystery
The Great Game eecasts Victorian London through a Sikh detective's eyes
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ever since I wrote The Great Game, I've been wanting to talk to Arup Chatterjee, one of the academics whose work inspired it. Here's our conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xewY...
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A Sherlock Holmes Novel with an Indian Plot | The Great Game, and The Age of Empires l
YouTube video by The Unofficial Seminar
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This rather nice piece is now available online. Nothing like being recognized in your hometown. Thanks @theedgemalaysia.bsky.social www.optionstheedge.com/topic/cultur...
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Malaysian-born writer and producer Arvind Ethan David on his debut novel ‘The Great Game’ and chasing his creative dream
He also discusses how the craft of adaptation entails identifying and distilling the most vital parts of any story.
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The name of this playlist is hilarious 😂😂😂 the songs are 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In my new substack I try and make sense of the Emily Wilson, Tomi Adeyemi and Black Panther internet storms, which all seem to me to circle round the question WHO OWNS A GREAT STORY? Would love feedback. #BookSky #TheOdyssey #EmilyWilson #BlackPanther open.substack.com/pub/thedread...
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Who Owns a Great Story?
What the Emily Wilson, Tomi Adeyemi, and Black Panther internet storms teach us much about story and tribalism. Just not what you think.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It's lovely to see Dirk still appear on lists like this after all this time. #DirkGently www.cbr.com/best-forgott...
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5 Great Detective Shows Nobody's Talked About in Years
These exceptional detective shows have flown under the radar, but they offer gripping mysteries and compelling characters that deserve a second look.
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Edwin Davies @edwinjdavies.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Criterion closet is not going to survive The Odyssey promotional tour. If they let just one more cast or crew member in they’ll be completely depleted.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Well, if the Sirens turn up, it is every man for himself.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The venom of these critics on the question of the Odyssey and each other is so eighteenth century I love it!!! We are in Whig vs Tory land!!! We are in The Dunciad!!! And it’s all about the ancients vs moderns as well
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Doing the page 69 test on The Great Game was illuminating. @marshalz.bsky.social #MarshallMcLuhan #Page69Test page69test.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
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"The Great Game"
Arvind Ethan David has written seven graphic novels, including most recently his adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business (...
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The influence of tarot on Sylvia Plath.
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A Tarot Reader Considers Sylvia Plath’s Relationship to the Deck
According to Smithsonian Magazine, Sylvia Plath used the Tarot de Marseille deck, which her husband, Ted Hughes, gifted her on her 24th birthday in 1956. It is believed that she also used the Rider…
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
So we may have started something with #TheGreatGame - #Raffles is back.... Thanks @queerty.com - my original article in the thread. What do you mean there was a queer Sherlock Holmes spin-off in the 1900s? www.queerty.com/what-do-you-...
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What do you mean there was a queer Sherlock Holmes spin-off in the 1900s? - Queerty
Somehow an even queerer serial was happening alongside Sherlock Holmes
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New substack now live thedreadandtheenvy.substack.com/p/my-first-m...
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My First Movie was a Flop. Here’s why I’m grateful.
Wax on / Wax off - and other wisdom from my Honorary Grandmother.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Had a great chat with @traceydevlyn.bsky.social on the High Stakes pod. Listen to it now. #BookSky #AuthorsLife #Classics #Sherlock tinyurl.com/SpotifyHSEp46
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Arvind Ethan David on THE GREAT GAME & Classics Take on Different Meanings When Read as an Adult
High Stakes with Tracey Devlyn · Episode
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
For someone who didn't know he was writing a literary satire, I'd still say this is a good result. #BookSky #BestSeller ? #ChartTopper @amazonpublishing.bsky.social
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I wrote this piece for @writersdigest.bsky.social on what I learnt as a screenwriter and playwright doing my first novel #BookSky #Writer #WritingTips #Advice #Pontificating #Blowhard www.writersdigest.com/long-time-wr...
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Long-Time Writer, First-Time Novelist
Television and theatre writer Arvind Ethan David shares the unexpected challenges and triumphs of switching to novel writing.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#booksky
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
On The Fellowship of Writers open.substack.com/pub/thedread...
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On The Fellowship of Writers
An antidote to polarization
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Saw #THEINVITE last night and it was great on modern marriage & loneliness. A wonderful illustration of how to make a chamber piece cinematic. Director/star Olivia Wilde uses space, lighting, frame and lenses to tell the story as much as Rashida Jones & Will McCormack’s excellent script does.
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CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"E.W. Hornung's Raffles stories... are almost entirely forgotten outside specialist circles, yet they contain one of Victorian literature's most compelling implicit queer relationships." crimereads.com/the-secret-q...
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The Secret Queer True Crime History Behind the Victorian Era’s Other Sherlock Holmes
In June 1898, Ernest William “Willie” Hornung began publishing the short stories that would comprise the collection The Amateur Cracksman. Hornung was at that point a relatively minor l…
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This was a fun interview with Desiblitz - #BookSky #Sherlock #Detectives #Indians www.desiblitz.com/content/arvi...
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Arvind Ethan David on Rewriting Detective Fiction in 'The Great Game'
Arvind Ethan David chats to DESIblitz about his debut novel 'The Great Game' and how he reimagines detective fiction.
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Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Now, ep. 411D: Arvind Ethan David brings back mystery the solving duo of Bunny and Raffles in THE GREAT GAME! @arvd.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/07/16/t...
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The last thing I thought I was doing as I was writing "The Great Game" was writing myself into a members' club... but thanks to @imranmahmood777.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social @ajaychow.bsky.social I find myself in one. wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2026/07/brow...
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Brown Detectives: An Unlikely Club…by Arvind Ethan David
Abir Mukherjee's Wyndham and Banerjee. Vaseem Khan's Baby Ganesh and Malabar House. Imran Mahmood's courtroom protagonists and Ajay Chowdhur...
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I wrote a piece on @crimereads.bsky.social celebrating the coded queerness of Raffles & Bunny, Sherlock and Watson's forgotten counterparts. crimereads.com/the-secret-q... #Sherlock #Edwardian #BookSky #QueerHero #LGBTQLit
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The Secret Queer True Crime History Behind the Victorian Era’s Other Sherlock Holmes
In June 1898, Ernest William “Willie” Hornung began publishing the short stories that would comprise the collection The Amateur Cracksman. Hornung was at that point a relatively minor l…
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's nice to wake up to find yourself having cracked the top ten. Obviously, this is in one of Amazon's very specific subcategories, immigration fiction, but I don't hate my companions, not least The Extraordinary Flesh by my old classmate David Zsalay.
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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Q&A with Arvind Ethan David about his new novel, THE GREAT GAME. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/07/q-wi... @arvd.bsky.social
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Eric's agenting is a big part of why this book exists. So buy it already. #booksky
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to @scalzi.com for letting me play in his bullpen - The Big Idea: Arvind Ethan David whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/14/t...
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The Big Idea: Arvind Ethan David
The world makes up stories and stories make up the world. Author Arvind Ethan David aims to challenge the narrative of some of these stories in the Big Idea for his newest novel, The Great Game. Fo…
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to you Dave, it's been a joy to work in your worlds and to invite you into mine.
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#MRCarey - he of #TheGirlwithalltheGifts aka #MikeCarey, the comic creator behind #Lucifer and #TheUnwritten" is one of the most prolific, erudite, talented and nicest writers I know. I was a fan before we were friends. His endorsement of #TheGreatGame means the world to me. #Booksky
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks @medium.com and the mysterious "staff writer" for this lovely write up and Q&A - #BookSky #Quick6 medium.com/the-reading-...
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THE GREAT GAME by Arvind Ethan David
THE QUICK SIX Interview
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In ONE HOUR. at 1730 BST / 930 PST / 1230 EST I will be talking to @saradivello.bsky.social -about the imminent release of THE GREAT GAME join us HERE - www.facebook.com/Murder-by-th... or for YouTube fans: www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_... #BookSky
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Murder By The Book
Murder By The Book is one of America's oldest and largest mystery bookstores. To order, please visit www.murderbooks.com
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#booksky - #authorsofbluesky #pubday
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It's RELEASE WEEK y'all. and I'm a nervous nelly, but also very busy! Here's a run-down of the weeks live and in person events as well as a heads up for what's coming. Come say hi and get a copy of the book
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Arvind Ethan David @arvd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thanks to #ParadeMag for including #TheGreatGame in this fun list of reads that will "wreck your productive week" - Question, is anyone actually likely to have a productive week with the World Cup and the Heat Wave? Reading by the river seems ideal. #Booksky parade.com/books/11-mul...
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11 Multi-Genre Books That Will Absolutely Wreck Your Productive Week—and One Is the Highly Anticipated Romantasy ‘Dominion'
From Chinese mythology to 'Sherlock Holmes,' this week in books has everything you need.
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