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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1h

Just finished @naomialderman.bsky.social's superb new book, THE STRANGERS. Oh, my, but it packs a *hell* of a punch...

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7h

something that is quite nice for me as I've got older is that I now have no trouble admitting that I am a real stationery pervert

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Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

199. The Strangers by @naomialderman.bsky.social An utterly extraordinary novel, as strange as its title suggests - exploring motherhood, grief and a bizarre new species that has appeared without explanation. One of my favourite reads of this year.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The amazing effect of having had so many excellent reviews for The Strangers is that now I feel that my current work in progress cannot possibly live up to it 😂😭

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Kristine Bolander @kristinebolander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Always difficult to review Naomi Alderman. Her books are never what you expect and never like anything else. This one starts off as science fiction but becomes a memoir of profound grief- I cannot describe it- just read it. Moving and never dull- high recommend. #booksky

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

second-best reviewed book of the a week!

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Zombies, Run! @zombiesrunofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join a chat with ZR co-creator (and bestselling author) Naomi Alderman! We're hosting an AMA for subscribers on the 11th October. Subscribers will also receive our Run For Your Life extras: A bonus epilogue mission, plus BTS writing material. Sign up before 8th October to submit your questions!

AMA with Naomi Alderman for Zombies, Run! subscribers

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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is auto-science-fiction a genre? In her new book, @naomialderman.bsky.social combines a reflective memoir on grief with the story of the appearance of a mysterious new species. I adore and respect the mimmoths! I’m still thinking about this brilliant, original & beautiful novel. Recommend! 💙📚🪐

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Dave Herman @davidmherman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A wonderful mix of @naomialderman.bsky.social trademark speculative imagination and very meta autofiction. An intense exploration of loss and mourning alongside a chronicle of the inexplicable effects of a new species appearing on Earth. Philosophical, funny, serious and tragic. Highly recommended!

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is excellent from @naomialderman.bsky.social. It sounds as though the Pope understands the issues better than many politicians. "Anti-human" is the right phrase for the TESCREAL ideology. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

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The Pope vs the cult of AI | The Observer

Pope Leo XIV has issued an impassioned defence of humanity against Silicon Valley’s nihilist tech believers. Let’s pray they’re listening

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Macarena is the same tune as “It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It”. Sorry and/or you’re welcome.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I get so many of those wretched spam emails now that I actually almost did miss that a real by-post book club emailed saying they want to feature my book!

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ARE YOU DRINKING WATER? Drink more water.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Genuinely do you think they got the idea for this from the film Passport to Pimlico and the fact that Passport to Piddington fits so well?

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Are you fasting tomorrow? This is your starting gun for water drinking. We are going to do 3L of water over the next 6 hours, OK? It's completely doable. Go and drink 500ml of water right now. Go. We go again in 45 minutes.

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Naomi Alderman’s The Strangers should - if there’s justice - supplant The Power as the book she is most famous for. It goes straight into my book of the year contenders. My excitable review:

thetimes.com

Naomi Alderman’s The Strangers is not just a good book, it’s a special one

Naomi Alderman is best known for The Power, which won the Women’s Prize. Her new novel is even better

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm fed up with incomplete, credulous reporting like this. I sent the email below to reporters. Journalists: Google TESCREAL before you write about these dangerous nutters. The Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic—and Became the Face of AI Safety www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jaco...

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My new novel The Strangers is published today in the UK! Next week in the US 🥰 www.penguin.co.uk/books/469678...

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

would genuinely be interested in answers to this: why is Google's Gemini 'email search' so incredibly bad? I ask it eg to 'find all book launch invitations' in my inbox and it says there are none, and then when challenged finds an archived one from 2021, when I swear at it, finds one then loses it

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I presented Start The Week live this morning. It is quite amazing and wonderful doing live presenting. You think about it in advance, you have a list of questions, you ask them, you bring things to a tidy conclusion. (The producers actually do most of the work, casting the show & finding the theme)

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Ed Podesta @edpodesta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’ve not discovered the BBC podcast “Human Intelligence” then please give yourself a wonderful treat. Naomi Alderman tells a fascinating story each episode, showing the worldly and bodily nature and unique character of human intelligence. pca.st/podcast/7db0...

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Human Intelligence

In Human Intelligence, Naomi Alderman dissects the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think and realising that great minds don't, in fact, think alike...

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

This turn-of-the-century Rosh HaShanah card goes hard. The Old Year struggles in the water while the New Year stands on the shore, and a Yiddish inscription urging the old year to "drown forever already"

The Old Year, portrayed as an old man, drowns while the fresh-faced New Year stands on the shore, along with a melodramatic Yiddish inscription:
Drown, old year! Go by!
With your pain and woe,
Drown, drown forever already,
In the abyss of time!
A new year comes now
With new happiness and joy!
And the world will be freed
From grief and sorrow.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

would anyone here be interested in reading (but also CONTRIBUTING TO) a version of Money Diaries but for AI, where we share what we used AI for in a single day or week? how on earth do real journalists find people to do this sort of thing?

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Jo Roach @joroach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Finally, a good sense explainer. It's almost like they're *trying* to create panic. Thanks @abeba.blacksky.app

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apparently we've got a very rare and expensive cask of amontillado in our collection, whatever that is. We're going to try find it and will report back.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

this, which I’m still proud of, went up again on BBC Sounds today. It is a letter about 9/11, about how it was for me being in Manhattan that day and afterwards www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The 9/11 Letters - 2. Naomi Alderman - BBC Sounds

Ten years on five writers use imaginative letters to reflect on 9/11. Today Naomi Alderman

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Grin & Bear It @michelesliger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Love this quote: “I have really always thought of science fiction - from Margaret Cavendish and Mary Shelley onwards, through Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and, of course, Margaret Atwood - as a women’s genre. It is a way of talking about the world as it could be, not as it is.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 05/09/2026

The Recommender: @naomialderman.bsky.social The novelist behind The Power and forthcoming book The Strangers shares her latest cultural discoveries www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

The recommender: Naomi Alderman, novelist, pictured reading a book on a park bench, wearing red lipstick and a denim jacket

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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh this is so wonderful

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Someone just told me that when she uses AI to make anything she includes a link for anyone who wants to look at the chat, at the bottom of the work. If I did that I’d have to stop swearing at it so much but it is a very interesting/challenging thought.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's a new @naomialderman.bsky.social out later this month! The Strangers is an unusual but perfectly executed mix of memoir and speculative fiction, in which strange inexplicable new creatures start appearing while Alderman grieves. It's deeply moving, weird, powerful and beautiful 🪐📚💙 #SFF

The cover of the book. The top half shows a painting of the view across back gardens, with figures working, sweeping, gardening within them. The bottom half shows a neon root network seeing to reach down from the gardens above.

A green banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist: scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

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Connor Ludovissy @connorludovissy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm lying here on my couch hungry, but stubbornly refusing to go get food, because that would involve putting down @naomialderman.bsky.social 's "The Future" which has me glued to the pages. Everyone go read this book. It's so good! #scifi #booksky

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Come on now. We have the contraceptive pill and we can cure most STDs. We all know what the Romans would be doing today.

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Nijmegen Helmet: a visored Roman cavalry display helmet of silvered bronze and iron: ca. Early 2nd Century AD. Busts embellish the diadem; and the name 'Marcianus' is scratched into the right cheek. #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Valkhof Museum (XXI.1.4). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Subscribe! a) You’ll be so glad you do *even a bit more* reading and b) Naomi’s posts are so life-enhancing 😊

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pages and pages @pagesandpages.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this has really helped me, recommend trying if you used to love reading books but now struggle to concentrate on anything that's not the internet

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think this is the thing. If you have specific people in your mind who you really love and do not want to hurt, then you work hard not to pick fights. To be clear, I am NO Dolly Parton, obviously. I just feel a lot of kinship with the no-fight-picking approach.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes. among many many other things: she didn’t pick fights and she avoided describing herself with words that would pick fights for her. I don't know what was in her mind. I know I am constantly thinking of people I love who I don’t want to alienate while also doing what I believe to be right

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

read this yesterday and I've been thinking since then: it is an untold story how much the arrival of the contraceptive pill and then limitless streaming porn on demand has changed the expectations around men being able to control themselves sexually

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