It’s happening. Directed by Garth Davis who made an amazing film called Lion. Script by the supremely talented Nick Payne and Laura Wade. Blueprint Pictures and Studio Canal at the helm. The library is coming to life in 2027. More info at Deadline.
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MORE TOUR DATES ADDED
EUROPE and NORTH AMERICA tour dates for May and June 2026: GERMANY UK AMERICA CANADA
LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT OF JAMES NORTON READING THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN IS OUT IN AMERICA ON 26TH MAY 2026
Here’s the beautiful American cover. Pre-order links and tour dates are here.
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN IS COMING!
A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library is out on 26th May 2026. When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there.The chance to re-live the moments that meant most.To […]
I want to write a small little non fiction book at some point about the power of a song. I really love a song when the lyrics are simple but a little mysterious where you have to listen a few times to get them. For me Hey Jude is pretty good. I like Landslide. I like Boys of Summer. Hounds of Love. A lot of Fontaines DC. Charlotte Sometimes by The Cure. Something Changed by Pulp is a fave. Stuck in a Moment is good. Freed from Desire is pretty deep for a dance song. I think As by Stevie Wonder is great and corny and wonderful all at once. And daughter has just played me the song Pure by Sienna Spiro and the lyrics have that Amy Winehouse thing of being good simply through sheer honesty. What do you like?
22 hours ago
I am a bit crap. A bit November. A bit filled with grief and existential angst. A bit worried about the fate of the world. A bit depressed about all the sex criminal presidents and performers. A bit fucked off that AI billionaires are devaluing humanity to increase their market share. A bit triggered about news of stockpiling and nuclear weapons.
But I am also writing this in a very privileged position, Andrea working in jewellery designs, with a golden retriever at my feet, and with a son watching a Marvel tv show, after eating a really good tofu curry, aware that although I cried in a park this morning from out of nowhere these fragile feelings will not last.
So, a mixed bag. And feeling the need to hear from strangers or friends about how they are? Good, bad, trivial, serious. How are you?
6 days ago
My editor says they would like it by the end of the year. That is 61 days away. It is called The Midnight Letters. It is a proper sequel, not like the side piece known as The Midnight Train.
Mrs Elm is the focus here. But Nora is there too.
It is first person. It is in the afterlife. I believe in the afterlife. I think string theory explains it. I think my Nan is actually writing this novel from beyond the grave and using me as a vessel. Or maybe I am sleep deprived and a bit mentally fried.
It is better than The Midnight Library I think.
But 61 days is pushing it. Still I need the pressure because I am the scattiest man alive.
Bye.
1 week ago
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
