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Alex Christofi

@christofi.bsky.social
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Publishing director, Transworld (part of Penguin UK) Author, CYPRIA and DOSTOEVSKY IN LOVE (Bloomsbury) My words are my own alexchristofi.com

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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Meme of a man hunting a rabbit. The rabbit is labelled young atheist, the man is Dostoevsky. He holds a knife labelled Orthodox Christianity behind his back.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Remove triple lock, raise taxes, fund a major green transition creating new jobs in deprived areas
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Not Streeting. Please.
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excellent piece about trophy hunting as conservation by my friend Cal Flyn. It's an extract from her excellent book which is out next month! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife
The long read: One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But is it just an exercise in colonialism?
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
That would be great!
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I had a great conversation with Maria on From Root to Vine about the history of Cyprus - I'm pleased to be invited on as it's such a brilliant podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/6wBP...
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"Cyprus is the belly button of the world" Alex Christofi | S4E7
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I think my least popular sincerely held opinion of all time is that I thought Sinners was okay. It's worse than that time I said I didn't like Hamilton in the office.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Yes! So excited about that - it is so fun and also injected a bit of much needed optimism about humanity...
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... Love this piece by Fiona Sampson on the criminally underrated George Sand and her new biography, Becoming George.
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Brave, visionary and queer: the Bohemian brilliance of author George Sand
With her radical politics and flamboyant affairs, Sand was no stranger to controversy, but it’s time to debunk the myths surrounding a writer ahead of her time
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The saddest thing about going cashless is you never find a random fiver on the floor or in a jeans pocket any more. The death of free money 🥲
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A Russian proverb: 'He throws the fur coat onto the fire because he's angry at the fleas.'
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Haha okay - loser sucks it up. Coin toss for preference.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
one gets their preference and also pays?
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
“FFS it’s 4 COLLY birds, not ‘calling’ birds! Colly bird means Blackbird. It’s a specific type of bird, like turtle dove, or partridge - you see?! What even is a ‘calling bird’? Nothing! NOTHING!” [slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert] “And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!”
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I really hope Serkis reels in the public with the funny jokes then hits them with a harrowing 15 minute one-shot of Boxer being turned into glue
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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The meme of Jason Momoa sneaking up on Henry Cavill on the red carpet. 

The text on top of Henry Cavill reads, "Me, assuming that because I turned my book in I'm done writing for the year" 

The text on top of Jason Momoa reads, "revisions"
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Where else but @thefence.bsky.social could you read the collected life advice of Robin Lane Fox? (Though I'd swap 'fox hunting' for 'exploring')
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Polis Loizou 🐺🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Just got out of "Who Do We Think We Are?", a series of talks at Theatro Technis (+ excuse to gather with food) about being a Cypriot working in the arts in Britain. Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event.
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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This is how you blurb
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
On my way to Frankfurt Book Fair - this in the @financialtimes.com made me chuckle
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Thank you!
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I'm so pleased to be shortlisted for the London Hellenic Book Prize alongside some wonderful other books on the Hellenic world!
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The International Hellenic Prize @ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My money's on character actress Margo Martindale share.google/RlPSJCACjowN...
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Denmark says 'professional actor' behind drone incursions over its airports
But the defence minister says there is no evidence of Russian involvement after the latest incident.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Can't wait for this! It's so exciting.
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I find it so funny that royals give themselves so many badges and buttons to show they are good at kinging, it's like a 5 year old found the teacher's sticker drawer. Bless
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Thank you!
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Honestly - one of the mysteries of my childhood was why none of the grown ups ever produced said tooth comb. I imagined it must be a kind of multi-flosser.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This has shaken me to my core
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
'what is your citation house style?' 'plagiarism'
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I did it.
Title page with the name of my book: Data Empire: A Human History of Records and Rule
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The new Terry Deary book has my favourite endpapers I have ever produced. It's like something by Francesco Bassano but way more surreal
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
And you thought all the news in the UK was doom and gloom www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Transport for London (TfL) asks mobile users to wear headphones
A new campaign is asking bus and Tube users to wear headphones for playing music and making calls.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In the bookshop this morning: PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.” CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down * CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
Poem title: At the Intersection
 
The poem is divided into two overlapping circles.
 
The left-hand circle is titled ‘me’ and the text reads:
the day we
went out to have
an ice-cream, we said nothing
just let our silence melt in
the air as we walked across the common
our love never tiring at all
 
The right-hand circle is titled ‘you’ and the text reads:
we should
have talked it over but
nothing ever seems to get
in your fat head. You are so
common that I wish we’d never met
at all and I’d married Tim instead
 
In the intersection of the poem (where the two circles overlap), the text reads:
we
have
nothing
in
common
at all
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
*pauses for two full seconds, before nodding once, decisively*
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This 2,500 year old Siberian tattoo goes hard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Love old papers. Fancy having such a list today!
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
- Plato
Dak posts "My hobby is mentally drafting conversations I’ll never have with people I don’t talk to."
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The Amazon AI summary of reviews for NUCLEAR WAR is so uncanny it's actually funny. 'While some find it has a nice pace, others describe it as sobering and disturbing. The terror level is also mixed, with some customers finding it the most frightening book they've read.'
Average rating 4.6. Full AI summary: Customers find this book a gripping read that is thoroughly researched and highly informative, with a compelling narrative and thought-provoking content. The writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it's written in a conversational style. The pacing and readability receive mixed reactions - while some find it has a nice pace, others describe it as sobering and disturbing. The terror level is also mixed, with some customers finding it the most frightening book they've read.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I think I took one Chinese lesson ever. I tried to say 'how are you?' and instead said 'hello horse' and decided it wasn't for me.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I have finally discovered why my Spanish teacher was so worried about me
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Paul Peros @paulperos.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@christofi.bsky.social I’ve just finished Cypria, and wanted to say it was exceptional. I’m half Cypriot but grew up in the UK and haven’t much Greek, so i’ve always felt Cyprus is a story i can only half understand. Your book has given me my own Cyprus and i’m so grateful to you for writing it.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Thank you so much! I had so many unanswered questions growing up in similar circumstances so it means a lot that it resonated with you.
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy birthday Penguin!
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