Francesco Dimitri
@francescodimitri.com
Author. Making the world stranger one book at a time.
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Francesco Dimitri
@francescodimitri.com
· Jan 21
Pan
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‘Those who let Wonder pass unseen
Shall soon hear Death’s clock strike thirteen.’
Tell them he’s coming back.
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Shall soon hear Death’s clock strike thirteen.’
Tell them he’s coming back.
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Another very short story from my substack - starting again soon...
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October 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Another very short story from my substack - starting again soon...
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Portrait of the author as a young magician
October 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Portrait of the author as a young magician
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INTERVIEW: with author Francesco Dimitri and translator Sophia McDougall
We are honored to bring you this conversation with Francesco and Sophia as they discuss Wonder, the art of translation, and the Italian language.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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‘This orgiastic fireworks display of a book’. Thank you so much!
We speak with Francesco Dimitri, a prize-winning author, screenwriter, graphic novelist, and overall master wordsmith from Italy.
Full interview below:
Full interview below:
October 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
‘This orgiastic fireworks display of a book’. Thank you so much!
A very short story from my substack - starting again soon...
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Summer In A Grain Of Sand
The other day I opened the book I had been reading last summer...
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October 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A very short story from my substack - starting again soon...
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One of the many problems with generative AI is that our minds are like sponges: the more artificially generated content we consume on social media, the more we instinctively adapt our thinking and writing to that. It’s like eating tons of junk food. Your inwards won’t look pretty.
October 2, 2026 at 8:36 AM
One of the many problems with generative AI is that our minds are like sponges: the more artificially generated content we consume on social media, the more we instinctively adapt our thinking and writing to that. It’s like eating tons of junk food. Your inwards won’t look pretty.
Is October the crispiest of months?
October 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Is October the crispiest of months?
What if AI is randomly branding human-made content as AI generated content just to gradually erode our trust to the point we don’t care anymore who did what?
I’m kidding.
Am I?
I’m kidding.
Am I?
I’m told we got an AI use notification for that last Murderbot post on Insta, the one with the Sanctuary Moon logo. I can assure you we didn’t use AI. #Murderbot
October 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
What if AI is randomly branding human-made content as AI generated content just to gradually erode our trust to the point we don’t care anymore who did what?
I’m kidding.
Am I?
I’m kidding.
Am I?
The Invite is a wonderful little gem of a film. Funny and pitiless and thought-inducing.
September 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The Invite is a wonderful little gem of a film. Funny and pitiless and thought-inducing.
October is coming. Ray Bradbury season is upon us.
September 30, 2026 at 8:07 AM
October is coming. Ray Bradbury season is upon us.
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Look what's happening at Cosmic Lighthouse!
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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September 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Look what's happening at Cosmic Lighthouse!
I just listened to the audiobook of Pan. The acting is FANTASTIC. Cannot guarantee for the story of course…
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September 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I just listened to the audiobook of Pan. The acting is FANTASTIC. Cannot guarantee for the story of course…
www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GGC6KZ9...
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Awesomely translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social
Spotlight on "Pan" by Francesco Dimitri - #booksky #books #booklove #litstack #reading #bookworm #amwriting #whatyoushouldread
September 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Awesomely translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social
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Francesco Dimitri’s Pan, Hypersigils, and the Return of Enchantment — Marco Visconti
It’s a strange feeling to realise that a younger version of yourself lives on in someone else’s fiction.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The link got eaten, predictably. Here it is:
An old friend, who was the inspiration for a key character in the book, talks of Pan, the passing of time, and the curse of Greyface… @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social @marcovisconti.org
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September 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
An old friend, who was the inspiration for a key character in the book, talks of Pan, the passing of time, and the curse of Greyface… @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social @marcovisconti.org
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And the people will learn Pan is coming, and it’s coming for them.
We're delighted to share an excerpt from @messapianfrank.bsky.social's Pan, a "brutal" retelling of the Peter Pan story translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social!
We're delighted to share an excerpt from @messapianfrank.bsky.social's Pan, a "brutal" retelling of the Peter Pan story translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social!
Read an Excerpt From Pan by Francesco Dimitri - Reactor
Across the sprawling metropolis of Rome, children dream of an island that doesn’t exist.
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September 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
And the people will learn Pan is coming, and it’s coming for them.
We're delighted to share an excerpt from @messapianfrank.bsky.social's Pan, a "brutal" retelling of the Peter Pan story translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social!
We're delighted to share an excerpt from @messapianfrank.bsky.social's Pan, a "brutal" retelling of the Peter Pan story translated by @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social!
Reposted by Francesco Dimitri
Hey, if you're in reach of Barnes and Noble, from now until Friday you can get 25% off pre-orders of PAN (35% for Premium members) in either hardcover, paperback, and ebook! Written by @messapianfrank.bsky.social, translated by me! Use the code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pan-france...
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September 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Hey, if you're in reach of Barnes and Noble, from now until Friday you can get 25% off pre-orders of PAN (35% for Premium members) in either hardcover, paperback, and ebook! Written by @messapianfrank.bsky.social, translated by me! Use the code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pan-france...
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September 10, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Folks! You want to preorder Pan? Barnes & Noble is running a 25% discount on preorders on all editions - 35% for members. Just use code PREORDER25. Come join the Lost Children…
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I delivered my next book after Pan and before the next novel set in Pan’s universe. It’s nonfiction. I won’t say much about it just yet but I will only answer to folks calling me Rupert Giles once it’s published.
September 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I delivered my next book after Pan and before the next novel set in Pan’s universe. It’s nonfiction. I won’t say much about it just yet but I will only answer to folks calling me Rupert Giles once it’s published.
I used to like a contrasting negation, every now and again, and now I find it impossible to stomach it. This would be reason enough to go Sarah Connor.
August 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I used to like a contrasting negation, every now and again, and now I find it impossible to stomach it. This would be reason enough to go Sarah Connor.
It is perfectly fine not to like Nolan’s Odyssey of course. But if you’re not a writer and you say it’s written abysmally, you sound a little cringeworthy. The craft is great. It might leave you cold, bored, whatever. You might dislike, even hate, the take on the story.
July 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM
It is perfectly fine not to like Nolan’s Odyssey of course. But if you’re not a writer and you say it’s written abysmally, you sound a little cringeworthy. The craft is great. It might leave you cold, bored, whatever. You might dislike, even hate, the take on the story.
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Oh so NOW it’s cool for nerds who’ve read the source material a thousand times to get mad about adaptations?
July 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Oh so NOW it’s cool for nerds who’ve read the source material a thousand times to get mad about adaptations?
Nolan’s Odyssey is the GOAT. It modernises characters and events, where lesser filmmakers would have just created modern characters and events and slapped old names on them. It’s a spectacular feat of writing, among other things.
July 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Nolan’s Odyssey is the GOAT. It modernises characters and events, where lesser filmmakers would have just created modern characters and events and slapped old names on them. It’s a spectacular feat of writing, among other things.
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"For most of human history, 'literature'...has been narrated, not written--heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men & women whose labor created our world." - Angela Carter
July 22, 2026 at 6:31 AM
"For most of human history, 'literature'...has been narrated, not written--heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men & women whose labor created our world." - Angela Carter