Matthew Craig
@MattGCraig
Books, movies and life in general. Lover of all things @StephenKing, @StarWars, @LEGO_Group, @bbcdoctorwho, @foofighters. Reviews at http://readerdad.co.uk
It’s finally here! Happy publication day @StephenKing! Read my thoughts on his latest novel, #NeverFlinch, featuring superstar private detective Holly Gibney at readerdad.co.uk/2025/05/27/nev… @HodderBooks @hodderscape @eleni_lawrence
Enough of our yakkin' Let's Boogie - again! Trailer drops for 'Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" heyuguys.com/spinal-tap-ii-…
Just one more thing…TWO KINDS OF STRANGER is out next week in the UK. Pre-order linktr.ee/TwoKindsofStra…
"The long walk" @ SDCC by @MarkHamill - @jointhelongwalk x @Lionsgate x @LionsgateHorror x @StephenKing (via @LiljasLibrary)
Anybody I know going to be at SDCC who would help me get my hands on a copy of this, please? I will be eternally grateful!
Stephen King's The Long Walk is coming to Comic Con... Take a selfie with the Stephen King standee and make sure to visit Booth #1128 during the following times to receive a Long Walk Rule Book! Thurs. 7/24: 2–3pm & 6-7pm Fri. 7/25: 12-1pm & 4–5pm Sat. 7/26: 12–1pm & 6-7pm…
"This is narrative non-fiction at its very best. Readers who like David Grann, Candice Millard, & Erik Larsen will devour this terrific book. My vote for the non-fiction read of the season!" --Bill Carl, Book Buyer at An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA. THANK YOU, BILL!
This could literally pass as a scene straight from The Office
Friday means it's time for #FridayReads. What are you reading this week? Here's what I'm feeding my eyeballs with: 📗: GUNNER by Alan Parks 📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski 🎧: ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells
GEORGE SAUNDERS IS BACK! The new novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, VIGIL is a playful, wise, electric novel taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next.
First trailer for #PercyJackson season 2 has dropped Streaming December 10
Lionsgate is sticking with Stephen King. The Long Walk is set to release this fall, and they’ve just enlisted Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner to write/director an adaptation of THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON.
🚨 CALLING ALL THRILLER LOVERS 🚨 We have a very exciting proof giveaway for you. Our biggest thriller launch of 2026, #TheExes, has landed, and we have 3 proofs to giveaway to some lucky winners! To enter, tag a friend in the comments who you think would like this unbearably…
LIT SIRENS ON!!! Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, will publish Vigil, a new novel by the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders, on January 27, 2026.
Great evening at #NoAlibisBookstore this evening watching @LiamMcIlvanney talk about his new novel, #TheGoodFather, and possibly being a marked man on the west coast of Scotland.

OH MY GOD. I KNEW IT. HORROR WAS NEVER BACK. ALL THOSE HIT MOVIES WITH VAMPIRES AND ZOMBIES AND DEATH KILLING PEOPLE THIS YEAR WERE FLUKES!!!!!!! HORROR IS *SO* OVER.
One of the world’s great bookshops in one of the world’s great cities. Brilliant night in No Alibis with Brian McGilloway, David Torrans and a fantastic crowd of readers. I’ll be back… 📚#TheGoodFather