New Release
The Influencer's canvas
The Influencer’s Canvas explores what happens when art meets algorithm, authenticity confronts performance, and creativity navigates the digital maze. My most experimental novel yet—featuring multilingual dialogue and visual storytelling elements that push literary boundaries.
New book 2026
Project Mirror
Your face just crashed. Reboot required.
In a world of neural beauty filters, one woman hunts glitches: frozen smiles on Zoom, clashing features in the feed. She resets stacks, erases flaws, convinced she’s smashing the genetic lottery.
But perfection demands perfect minds.
Dive into the filtered future we’re building. Pre-order now and unmask the truth.
A Word From The Author
Writing The Influencer’s Canvas felt like painting with pixels instead of pigments—each chapter required balancing analog creativity with digital reality. The characters emerged from countless nail art sessions with content creators who trusted me with their unfiltered truths. This story honors both the art and the artifice of our hyperconnected age.
Julia Zolotova
Writing & publishing since 2021
From London nail salons to luxury labyrinths, Eastern empires to digital hearts — each book peels back another layer of modern identity. Explore the complete collection that established my reputation for psychological insight wrapped in cultural sophistication.
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December at Daunt Books
The Marylebone branch always feels different in December. The Christmas displays are obvious, but the light falls differently through those tall windows when London gets properly winter. I wasn’t hunting for anything specific. Walking between shelves without agenda lets your brain process recent months without forcing conclusions. 2025 has been

When Psychoanalysis Meets Politics: Decoding the Present Through the Unconscious
Thursday evening at Beveridge Hall felt electric. Amia Srinivasan’s “The Impossible Patient” wasn’t just another academic lecture—it was intellectual archaeology of our current political moment. Srinivasan approached the podium with that quiet confidence you recognize in serious thinkers. Her premise? Political theorists are turning back to Freud not for nostalgia,

Burabay Reflections
Four days at Voices of Friends V taught me something unexpected about creative territories. Not the usual festival insights about networking or inspiration – something rawer. Watching Kazakhstani poets read alongside British writers, listening to Russian authors translate emotion into English in real-time, I realised we’re all performing translation. Not