Christopher Shevlin

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On the coming of spring and the existence of time

I’m constantly surprised by the existence of time. I mean, I understand intellectually that time ticks by relentlessly in a one-way fashion, drawing us all on to our doom. But I notice that deep inside, at my core, I don’t expect time to pass. I expect it to stand still. That means I expect the […]

Extensively remodelled website on quiet internet cul-de-sac

Welcome to my newly remodelled and refurbished website. This prime internet property is under active owner-occupation, and is not – as it may have appeared while I was writing my last book – abandoned. While you’re here, allow me to give you a quick tour of the place, pointing out some of the recent upgrades. […]

Interview: Difficult Second Album Syndrome

Christopher Shevlin was interviewed by imaginary Guardian journalist, Libby Hesketh-Myers, about the life-or-death struggle behind the writing of Jonathon Fairfax Must Be Destroyed. Libby: So, let’s get this out in the open right from the outset, this is a fake interview, isn’t it? I’m a character that you made up, and I’m asking you questions. […]

Two covers – what do you think?

When I put my first book out, there was no easy way of finding a professional cover designer. And I was sure it would disappear without trace anyway, so I decided to do everything on the book myself. Designing and drawing the cover was the bit I enjoyed most. But I’ve always suspected that people […]

A gigantic blog post I wrote when I left London, but never put up

Well, this is odd. I’ve just stumbled upon this huge blog post that I wrote when I left London, but which I obviously felt too ashamed to post at the time. It is fearsomely long, and probably only of interest if you are me. But I suddenly feel like posting it. After all, no one […]

Coming to Berlin

On the 11th of May, I left London, where I’ve lived since 1998, and came to Berlin, where I know no one and have no job or place to live. I don’t know when I’ll return. This may strike you as mystifying and stupid, or life-affirming and exciting, depending on your temperament and mood. My […]

Shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award – and other good things

I’ve had lots of good things happen to my book recently. Actually, they’ve been happening since Christmas, which is how long I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for. But today it was shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award, and it has pleased my head clean off. They say the book “cleverly combines intrigue with […]

How’s the book doing, Chris?

Sort of all right, thank you. Well, I’ll let you make your own mind up: over 30,000 sales (by early 2016) #1 in Political Humour (UK) #2 in Humorous Fiction (UK) (those are its highest rankings on Amazon) UK – 4.3 stars (out of 5) from 413 reviews US – 4.2 stars from 160 reviews Lately I’ve been finding it a bit […]

Tattoos

I saw someone on the tube the other day with a penguin tattooed on her arm. It was quite well done, with shading and perspective. In fact, it could easily have been used as an illustration in a school textbook. Seeing her made me surprised all over again at how popular tattoos are. They’re basically […]

Thank you

I think one reason I don’t blog more is that I’m not sure how much I ought to reveal, especially about my emotions. I’m of that peculiarly British type who feels everything extremely sharply, but believes he shouldn’t: completely ineffective stoics, you might call us. Anyway, I hope it’s all right to admit that there […]

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