'I’m living in a haunted house, inhabited by a ghost Paul and I made together, a “we” that doesn’t exist anymore, not in the present anyway, but it has penetrated all the rooms. It’s a hugging, touching, lovemaking, laughing, soothing, arguing, quietly talking double figure of the past with secret jokes and references known only to “us.”'
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt. Coming 5 May.
The signed edition is available to pre-order from Waterstones and independent bookshops at the link in our bio.
Join us on the 21st of May for a very exciting event with Siris Hustvedt and Sara Collins to celebrate the release of Ghost Stories.
Told through letters and journal, a memoir of her life with the writer Paul Auster who died in 2024.
#sirishustvedt #paulauster #saracollins #bookevent #londonevents
With her memoir Ghost Stories, Siri Hustvedt has written a deeply moving account of grief. At home in Brooklyn, the author and essayist tells @kittygrady about the cognitive splintering that followed the death of her husband, the author Paul Auster, finding a form for her mourning, and the power of the senses in conjuring the deceased. Photography by @amirbangs
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We are honoured to be welcoming one of the great writers of our time, Siri Hustvedt, to celebrate her latest book, Ghost Stories: a deeply tender memoir of the time spent with her husband – writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster – from their first encounter in 80s New York to his recent death.
Whether it be her novels, essays, or short stories, Siri's work never fails to captivate us. Head over to our website to book your place!
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If you had told me when I started The Shift podcast almost six years ago that some of these conversations would be the privilege of my life, I would never have believed you, but oh how they are.
Today’s guest is one of my favourite writers, the acclaimed and (I thought) intimidatingly brainy @sirihustvedt . (Brainy, she is. Intimidating, definitely not.) Amongst others, she wrote one of my most beloved books, What I Loved, the brilliant The Shaking Woman (or a history of my nerves) and now the utterly generous, tender, one of a kind memoir, Ghost stories, about her long love with Paul Auster and the year after losing him. It is destined to join the canon. Read it, seriously. I won’t give you your money back bc I haven’t got any, but I would if I did, that’s how good it is.
Siri and I talked about:
- why nobody talks about long love
- why she believes in - if not ghosts, then something!
- learning not to feel guilty about being “outspoken”
- how enduring relationships mould us
- the luckiness of not having a brother
- how grief made her creaky
- the media endlessly crediting Paul with her work
and so so so much more
It’s sad, it’s joyous, it’s wonderful
Link in bio to listen - or get it wherever you get your pods
AND if you’re in the edinburgh region, I’ll be talking to Siri at @toppingsedin at the end of May. Link in their bio.
#theshift #podcasts #griefandloss #bookstagram
Happy publication day to @sirihustvedt whose unflinching, tender and wise memoir Ghost Stories is out today.
'A remarkable achievement' LOUISE KENNEDY
'What a kind, honest book. What a gift of love' DAVID MITCHELL
'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with love' SARAH WATERS
'Essential reading from an all-time great' SARA COLLINS
Available now in hardback, ebook and audiobook.
Hoy se cumplen dos años desde la muerte de Paul Auster, ocurrida en 2024.
A partir de esa pérdida, Siri Hustvedt comparte la obra más personal de su carrera, en la que reconstruye la unión legendaria que compartieron a través de la textura desgarradora del duelo y el consuelo de un amor eterno.
📖 "Historias de fantasmas" llega a librerías en mayo de 2026.
#CreemosEnLosLibros 📚 #PlanetaDeLibros #ViveTusLibros
Deux ans après sa disparition, Siri Hustvedt se livre sur le grand amour de sa vie, l'écrivain Paul Auster.
Elle revient sur leur longue et magnifique vie à deux, depuis leur rencontre à New York en 1982 jusqu’à la fin. Le combat contre la maladie, le deuil quand l’être aimé, celui de tous les instants, n’est plus.
Enfin, ce livre célèbre aussi la relation de Auster avec sa fille et son petit-fils, à qui il dédiait son prochain projet, dont les premières pages sont dévoilées.
📍 Mercredi 20 mai à 19h
Rencontre avec Siri Hustvedt, menée par Nathalie Crom
Interprète : Marguerite Capelle
📘 Siri Hustvedt, "Ghost Stories", traduit par Frédéric Joly, coll. "Hors Fiction", Gallimard, 2026
My daughter, @sophieauster , is soon going on tour in Germany. I was just there for Ghost Stories, but we didn’t overlap. There was a moment earlier in her life, before she met her husband, @spencerostrander , and before their son, Miles, was born when she, her father, Paul, and I were all traveling here and there at various times for our work, and Paul jokingly took to calling the three of us “The Flying Wallendas” after the famous circus family. Sophie wrote that little family joke into her song “Blue Team,” which she wrote for father before he died. He loved it, as do I.
Sophie Auster
Milk For Ulcers Tour 2026
May 6, 2026 Berlin // Franz
May 7, 2026 Hamburg // Nochtspeicher
May 8, 2026 Dortmund // Piano
May 9, 2026 Frankfurt // Mousonturm
May 11, 2026 München // Ampere
May 12, 2026 Dresden // Blauer Salon
Book tours are always whirlwind events, but they also give a writer a chance to look into the faces of readers and exchange some words with them, and this is a gift. Writers work alone. Solitude is crucial, but after Paul’s death, I have spent more time alone than at any time of my life. Meeting readers, shaking their hands, listening to them tell me stories about my books and their lives has been a tonic for me. I am deeply grateful.
Photo by @spencerostrander
Hair & makeup @hervecb
Lighting @88.bent
Styling @odileiturraspe
