Holophin

A sparky, image-rich novella that reboots familiar genre themes. - The Telegraph A compelling adventure in cyberindustrial espionage - Annexe Magazine Wonderful reading, imaginatively fresh, technically surprising [...] It deserves to sell millions. I haven't read so much joy since Heartsnatcher. - Gists & Piths Holophin needs a couple of hours of your time and is going to do something to your head. - Edward Field Like David Mitchell, [Kennard] seems to have assimilated a wide range of influences in such a way that whatever he lays out, he has considered all the angles. In this case, what starts as a tight, imaginative flight of fancy, soon collapses in on itself. - Adrian Slatcher



Luke Kennard is a poet and writer of fiction who was born in Kingston Upon Thames in 1981. His second collection The Harbour Beyond the Movie was published by Salt in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted. His most recent collection, Cain, was published by Penned in the Margins in 2016 and shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel, The Transition, was BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and his second novel The Answer to Everything will be published in 2021.