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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fantastic evening with @coryhanson.bsky.social at the Moth Club Hackney last night.

DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing the great @coryhanson.bsky.social at the Moth Club on Sunday night and bringing two sons with me.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Taylor offers instead a wittier, shorter and more irreverent book that traces Tolkien’s life, while grappling with the mysteries and contradictions of his personality and his achievements. www.ft.com/content/5747...

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The King Under the Mountain: In Search of JRR Tolkien by DJ Taylor — the reluctant wizard

A witty, irreverent study revisits the Oxford don whose private languages, losses and procrastinations helped to create modern fantasy fiction

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Darcy Moore @darcy1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Finished @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social's excellent new book, stocked with literary yarns, on Tolkien. The chapter on #Orwell and #Tolkien I read with particular interest, learning a few new things. Here is my own thinking on the two writers. www.darcymoore.net/2022/03/19/o...

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On Tolkien and Orwell - Darcy Moore

On first looking at J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) and George Orwell (1903-1950) they appear to have little in common, as men or writers, other than being peculiarly English authors with evergreen book sa...

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien published in U.K. today. Signing copies at Norwich’s wonderful Book Hive.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Published 17 September! With thanks to this enlightened hub of boreal culture.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Finished copies just arrived. UK publication 17 September @littlebrown.bsky.social US early November @pegasusbooks.bsky.social

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Terrific cover for The King Under the Mountain from @pegasusbooks.bsky.social published Stateside early November.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Best raconteur I ever met. Never saw him without a fag in his mouth and a glass of red wine in his hand. Much missed.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Sorry about postponed London date, but all good wishes to @coryhanson.bsky.social

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Glad this went down well with the family.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Just caught wonderful @coryhanson.bsky.social Kpex performance on You Tube. Top stuff. Looking forward to UK tour.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Afraid I laughed just now when I read that all the novels on the Booker list are ‘brilliantly human.’

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Deeply alarmed to see the world’s leading demagogue on the news just now wearing a ‘What would Orwell think!’ T shirt.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Great to hear the wonderful @coryhanson.bsky.social is playing the Moth Club Hackney in February!

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Apropos of this, very sorry to hear just now of death of Byron Rogers, Carr’s biographer.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Greatly enjoyed this tribute to the great Jim Carr.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Published today in paperback, the retitled Who is Big Brother? @yalepress.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social Great design job.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Enjoyed doing this. And he turned out to be a fan of Rock and Roll is Life, which is always a good start.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Terrific stuff! This is the view of Norwich market from Caffè Nero, where much of Poppyland @saltpublishing.com was written. Greatly obliged to @jonathancoe.bsky.social

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Delighted to report that @coryhanson.bsky.social ‘I Love People’ is the business and joins @stereolabgroop.bsky.social album as best thing I’ve heard this year.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Superb design job by @yalebooks.bsky.social for pb of Who is Big Brother? Out next month @orwellprize.bsky.social

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Great to see three generations of the family getting a mention!

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Very depressed to learn that @thetls.bsky.social is going fortnightly as of 6 September. Little enough space for serious book reviewing as it is.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Love this illustration to Critic piece in support of my new short story collection Poppyland @saltpublishing.com This is ‘The Frogman’, who prowled the streets of south-west Norwich in my childhood.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Andrew O’Hagan terrific on Joan Didion in new @lrb.co.uk

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

With JS Barnes, who conducted the Q&A, at launch of Poppyland @saltpublishing.com @bookhive.buzz

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Very much obliged to Mr Cochrane here.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Obliged to Mr Akram here. Gather he’s never been to Norfolk. Ought to visit!

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 04/06/2025

More reviews of @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social’s sensational Poppyland – here's Harry Cochrane in The Tablet. #Booksky

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Another splendid production and publicity job from the fine people @saltpublishing.com Looking forward to Thursday’s launch at The Bookhive, Norwich.

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 29/05/2025

🌺 New from DJ Taylor – Poppyland 🌺 Published Mon 2nd June, a dazzling collection of short stories explores the murky edges of nostalgia, ambition, and identity in England. 📖 Buy now: www.saltpublishing.com/products/pop... #Poppyland #DJTaylor #ShortStories #BookSky #IndieBooks #SaltModernStories

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

With two top lads just before Iggy Pop’s arrival on stage at the Alexandra Palace last night. He was terrific. Adroitly managed exit in a coffin.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Publication date not until Monday,but pleased to see copies in Norwich @waterstones.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Happy Birthday to Paul Weller, who was and is the man. Bought this in November 1978 to celebrate finishing Oxbridge exams.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Highly recommended for all kinds of reasons.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Wonderful to see that the mighty @stereolabgroop.bsky.social have a new album out and are touring. I’ll be there:

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Wonderful design and production job here!

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Poppyland coming on 2 June from the wonderful people at @saltpublishing.com More Norfolk stories, and one or two from beyond the Great Eastern Land.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The Independent reports that 120 people in Texas have been ‘sickened’ by an outbreak of measles.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Was delighted to read this long and highly astute piece by Martin Tyrrell @yalepress.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @orwellfdn.bsky.social

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Pleased to discover that Oxford Orwell Companion now out. Less pleased that it’s £160 on Amazon and that no contributors got paid

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A very happy 80th birthday to the mighty Robert Wyatt, to whose ‘Moon in June’ suite I shall be listening in tribute.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

This month’s Uncut with a feature on Sean O’Hagan’s best albums, including the Microdisney and Stereolab stuff - just what one wants on a freezing Sunday afternoon.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Give MPs assisted dying to debate and they suddenly sound impressive and decent rather than dim and self-serving.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Delighted to read encomium to the late Paul Bailey by @john-self.Bsky.social in current Critic.

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DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Enjoying Tim Blanchard’s Behind the Moon, insider’s take on early ‘90s indie, and especially loving chapter on the mighty Fatima Mansions. Amazing what the TLS invites you to review these days.

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