Samizdat novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, poet, editor.Translator of Georg Trakl and Gerhart Hauptmann. Working Class. Marxist. Atheist. Coming in 2027 Transformer: Writing the Black Country by Zero Books. linktr.ee/michaelkjarviehttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mwvepl75qk2bToday’s purchase. #booksky #nazism #worldwar202 Oct 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvepl75qk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mwsffzppks2mSo it's National Poetry Day, and I have skin in the game. #trakl #booksky #translation #poetry01 Oct 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsffzppks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mwjqru5tak22https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/09/27/prize-contending-author-orelien-s-ai-controversy-challenges-the-literary-world-s-postcard-image-of-the-solitary-writer_6758007_23.html27 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjqru5tak22https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mwiagx7tbs2bhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26127593-the-gustav-sonata My latest review. #booksky27 Sep 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiagx7tbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvxk47xo522oAnother Goodreads rating today. #booksky #trakl #poetry #translation20 Sep 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxk47xo522ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvumdsjua22khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8GbyInzJrE More research material for my novel The Golden Echo. My mother was 14 years old when this air raid took place. #booksky #dusseldorf #ww219 Sep 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvumdsjua22khttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvuiu2e4g22gLatest total. Be advised, this book is NOT on sale in any bricks and mortar bookshops. It is ONLY available through Amazon. One further sale this week in Canada, which makes 47 altogether in that country. #booksky #trakl #poetry #translation19 Sep 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuiu2e4g22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvkwv5yawk27https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/transformer-writing-black-country BOOM. My life-writing piece "From Dusseldorf to Dudley (via Darlington) is included in this book. It was commissioned by Anthony Cartwright and R.M. Francis. Rob Francis has described me as "a writer's writer". #booksky #writing #workingclass #marxism15 Sep 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkwv5yawk27https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvkricygnk27Chekhov’s gun? #booksky #WIP #germany15 Sep 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkricygnk27https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvhn4clo222whttps://www.writersblocknortheast.com/wbne?fbclid=IwY2xjawUUh51wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMDAzczBkdGlVVnh0VGZKVXNzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEenFHX6jkmD9d6FICu0aZNPYIyPfqOvKnZcTP3-fuForMQsH66x6rjHkOafZY_aem_V-JN7dZ4CefCVO7G-_9kQg This may be of interest to writers based in the North East of England. It's free, which always helps when you're poor like me.14 Sep 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhn4clo222whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mvfmmce6gs2uSeen in Darlington Waterstones. Louise Powell: Underdogs.13 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfmmce6gs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3muwkvspkr22xMore bullshit. Must think I have straw for brains. Can't even spell my name right. #fraud #parasite #writing07 Sep 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwkvspkr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3muu422wuvk2jI like that it's Chapter 13. #writing #WIP #germany #ww2 #booksky06 Sep 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu422wuvk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mus34rijes2qhttps://soundcloud.com/darlingtonwonders/makers-and-quakers One of my life-writing pieces, which was commissioned by Creative Darlington.05 Sep 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus34rijes2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3murlotwhw223I've had a new review today on Goodreads. The reviewer, Thomas Keith, is American and from Austin Texas. #booksky #poetry #trakl05 Sep 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3murlotwhw223https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3muoihps64s2vMy first sale in September. An e-book in the USA. A working-class translator is something to be. #trakl #poetry #booksky04 Sep 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoihps64s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mulzh6iek22zSo, I'm at this stage now. Don't you just love writing synopses. #writing #author #booksky03 Sep 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulzh6iek22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mudgxbv6ns2ihttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/qCJdNB9t31k The easiest £1 million question ever.30 Aug 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudgxbv6ns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mu7dce3jnk2463 sales so far this year. A working-class translator is something to be. #booksky #trakl #translation #writing #poetry29 Aug 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7dce3jnk24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mu7cwpmpck2bThe bullshit piles up. #lies #fraud #impersonation #writing #booksky29 Aug 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7cwpmpck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mtw4jzcxvc2a“I found a author discovery hub that drives organic traffic to your book with full authority, chances to earning from it. Interested?” Imagine sending me this ungrammatical shite and expecting me to reply. #writing #parasites25 Aug 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4jzcxvc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mtvbv3rxps2xThe month so far. Both of my translations. Sales mainly in the USA. My work is banned from bookshops, so my only avenue is Amazon. #booksky #poetry #trakl #hauptmann #translation25 Aug 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvbv3rxps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mtqordisyk2fI’m on TikTok now. #booksky #trakl #poetry #translation vm.tiktok.com/ZN8Neb4uK/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8Neb4uK/23 Aug 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqordisyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mtezwt4jg22uDrafting a new chapter. Already up to page 288. Soon be 300. No generative AI used here! Jarvie is a proper author. #booksky #writing #germany #WW218 Aug 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtezwt4jg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mta3zldlik2chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ1-q-RDKjw This is my mate Rob Francis. He commissioned me to write an essay about the Black Country, which is where this footage was recorded. #geopoetics #dudley16 Aug 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta3zldlik2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3msxlvdvn3s2aJust received this delightful review for my thriller Black Art. #booksky13 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxlvdvn3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3msvvfvorfs2uAs I keep banging on, a prophet is not without honour, except in his own country. Thank God for Canada and Germany. #booksky #trakl #translation #expressionism #poetry12 Aug 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvvfvorfs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3msqkjkn37s2bhttps://www.culturematters.org.uk/who-owns-the-tenement-novel/ I like this article. Fucking canapés, eh. Do you realise, Jarvie has never had them? Nor has he ever sampled foie gras, pheasant or oysters. He's a fucking prole is our Jarvie.10 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqkjkn37s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3mslxmnzmos2c“Advice” from a literary agent. Spot the grammatical errors. Poor as pish. #writing #grammar08 Aug 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslxmnzmos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljarvie.bsky.social/post/3msltxeykak2yToday’s reading. No peacocks to report, so far, white or otherwise. #lawrence #booksky08 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:l7x5kpjgv5wr7pk3o7zzky4m/app.bsky.feed.post/3msltxeykak2y