Digital Editions
Newsletters
Subscribe
Digital Editions
Newsletters
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
In the frame
blog

BM curator's fan club kickstarts his horror story

Irving Finkel has penned his first novel

The Art Newspaper
1 September 2017
Share
British Museum

British Museum

The esteemed British Museum curator Irving Finkel has raised enough money on Kickstarter to publish his novel, The Writing in the Stone, which is described as “a horror story set in ancient Assyria”. “This book unveils the world of ancient Mesopotamia in a shocking narrative in which reality and horror intertwine,” says the Kickstarter blurb. Only 243 hardback editions will be produced according to Finkel, the assistant keeper (ancient Mesopotamian), in the BM’s Middle East department. Finkel evidently has a following: £29,119 was raised against a goal of £10,500.

In the frameMiddle Eastern & North African art
Share
Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox.
Newsletter sign-up
Information
About
Contact
Cookie policy
Data protection
Privacy policy
Frequently Asked Questions
Subscription T&Cs
Terms and conditions
Advertise
Sister Papers
Sponsorship policy
Follow us
Instagram
Bluesky
LinkedIn
Facebook
TikTok
YouTube
© The Art Newspaper

Related content

In the frameblog
18 March 2018

Mary Beard's Bronze Age "museum" heads to Firstsite

The Art Newspaper
In the frameblog
23 January 2019

Andrei Molodkin wants to turn your blood into art in new Belgian show

The Art Newspaper
In the frameblog
31 October 2019

Taner Ceylan creates his own version of Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi for Castello di Rivoli show

The Art Newspaper