My book #KGBLiterati expertly reviewed by a retired #CIA officer John Ehrman in the March 2026 issue of the CIA's long-established & highly regarded quarterly journal Studies in Intelligence. ⬇️ @socintelhist.bsky.social

The link: cia.gov/resources/cs...

Last week, my book #KGBLiterati was ranked #21 on
@amazonkindle.bsky.social Best Sellers in Russian & Soviet Literary Criticism eBooks. #spies #writers #coldwar @socintelhist.bsky.social

Just dropped: my interview on Roland Elliott Brown's podcast The Orwellians talking about my new book #KGBLiterati and #KGB spies & counterspies who wrote spy fiction.
#intelhistory #writers #ColdWar @socintelhist.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5op...

It's on now! I am at the AskHistorians Reddit Forum answering questions about KGB spy fiction & my new book #KGBLiterati! See you there! @socintelhist.bsky.social

Check out #AskHistorians Reddit forum, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, 11 AM US Eastern Time!

I'll be doing a live Q&A session known as Ask Me Anything (AMA) on my new book #KGBLiterati.

Your chance to "ask me anything" about KGB spy fiction. @socintelhist.bsky.social

reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Really enjoyed speaking in Prof. Mindy Haas’s graduate class on espionage & surveillance in international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh!

I discussed #KGB institutional culture, ops mindset, and my book, #KGBLiterati.

Thanks, Mindy, for your invitation! @socintelhist.bsky.social

Great crowd last night at the Commonwealth Club of California for my talk on #KGB institutional culture & my new book #KGBLiterati. Q&A for almost an hour! @socintelhist.bsky.social

Thanks, Luca! I really enjoyed this conversation with Antonia Senior, a wonderful host of the Spy Masters podcast on all things #KGB and my new book #KGBLiterati.

Association of Former Intelligence Officers AFIO's mission is to build a public constituency for a sound, healthy and capable U.S. intelligence system.

It's a great honor to have Sean Wiswesser, a former #CIA senior operations officer & author of the forthcoming book "Tradecraft, Tactics & Dirty Tricks: Russian Intel & Putin's Secret War," write a review of my book #KGBLiterati for #AFIO! ⬇️
www.afio.com/book-reviews...

Dr. Filip Kovacevic: Inside KGB Culture A large segment of the Russian ruling elite is still composed of Soviet state security (KGB) officers, including President Vladimir Putin. Professor Filip Kovacevic will discuss the deep-seated KGB my...

This Thursday, January 15, 2026, the Commonwealth Club of California is hosting my lecture on the legacies of #KGB institutional culture & my new book #KGBLiterati at the Dominican University in San Rafael, California. See you there!

www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

Dr. Filip Kovacevic: Inside KGB Culture A large segment of the Russian ruling elite is still composed of Soviet state security (KGB) officers, including President Vladimir Putin. Professor Filip Kovacevic will discuss the deep-seated KGB my...

👀10 days left!

Join me at the Commonwealth Club of California for an evening talk on #KGB Culture drawing on my archival research & insights from my new book #KGBLiterati.

Date: January 15, 2026
Location: Dominican University, San Rafael, CA.

www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

#AskHistorians Reddit forum, February 2, 2026.

I'll be doing a live Q&A session known as Ask Me Anything (AMA) on my new book #KGBLiterati.

Your chance to "ask me anything" concerning KGB spy fiction & institutional culture. Be there! @socintelhist.bsky.social

reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Ever wondered why I wrote #KGBLiterati? My interview with Miranda Melcher, a great host at New Books Network, covers that.

Here's our in-depth discussion of KGB spy fiction & institutional culture: newbooksnetwork.com/kgb-literati

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social
#spies

#CIA-funded Joint Publications Research Service translated several Soviet spy fiction novels in the 1970s but only one of them was written by #KGB officers.

Rezident's Mistake was the first in a trilogy of novels on KGB counterintelligence.

I discuss all three in #KGBLiterati.

#KGBLiterati soon on New Books Network!

I just recorded an interview with Miranda Melcher, a great New Books Network host. Will be posted next week. #spies #writers #kgb

In mid-February 1965, the Sino-Soviet Study Group of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) discussed #KGB spy fiction based on a report provided by #CIA.

I discuss the content of this CIA report in my new book #KGBLiterati.

#KGBLiterati is featured in the Hoover Library & Archives Newsletter among the newly catalogued library materials in Fall 2025. @uoftpress.bsky.social @hooverinstitution.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social

The link: tinyurl.com/ypdja9m4

My new book #KGBLiterati presented at Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco. @utpress.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social

#spies #writers #coldwar

When the Chekists Took Up the Pen BOOK REVIEW: KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet UnionBy Filip Kovacevic / University of Toronto PressReviewed by: Bill HarlowThe Reviewer Bill Harlow served as chief spokesman ...

"In #KGBLiterati, intelligence historian Filip Kovacevic unearths the forgotten front of the Cold War — the one fought not with wiretaps or microfilm but with words." @thecipherbrief.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social
www.thecipherbrief.com/kgb-literati...

My 95-year-old grandmother just received her copy of my new book #KGBLiterati.

To order your copy: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

#spies #writers #spyfiction #KGB

Dr. Filip Kovacevic: Inside KGB Culture A large segment of the Russian ruling elite is still composed of Soviet state security (KGB) officers, including President Vladimir Putin. Professor Filip Kovacevic will discuss the deep-seated KGB my...

#KGBLiterati at the Commonwealth Club of California.
January 15, 2026. @uoftpress.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social

www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

"Why You Should Read #KGBLiterati: An Elevator Pitch for My Book"

Read it here: tinyurl.com/mspbns8a

#KGB #CIA #spies #writers #books

Tomorrow my book #KGBLiterati meets the world & the world meets #KGBLiterati!
amazon.com/KGB-Literati...

Simon Willmetts: "A must read for anybody interested in intelligence, spy fiction, and the role that culture played during the Cold War." ⬇️ @socintelhist.bsky.social

Just 4 days left until my new book #KGBLiterati hits the shelves! amazon.com/KGB-Literati...

Kevin Riehle: "Kovacevic's meticulous research illuminates a dark corner in Soviet intel history by opening the world of Soviet spy fiction to a non-Russian audience." @socintelhist.bsky.social ⬇️

Former #CIA officer & acclaimed spy fiction novelist I. S. Berry on my new book: "#KGBLiterati is a revelation, drawing back the iron-curtain to reveal the little-known world of Soviet espionage literature."

#KGBLiterati release is 7 days from today.

The link: amazon.com/KGB-Literati...

Roman Kim, Soviet #NKVD officer who wrote #spy fiction, based his novel Burn After Reading in the US before and during WWII.

His main protagonists are two US Navy officers.

To find out more, check out my upcoming book #KGBLiterati.

The link: amazon.com/KGB-Literati...

Countdown has begun! #newbook #intelhistory

#KGBLiterati will be released in 20 days. (pre-order: amazon.com/KGB-Literati...)

Here's a sneak #preview of some of the main themes.

University of Toronto Press book catalogue, Fall 2025. @socintelhist.bsky.social

My new book #KGBLiterati is prominently featured on page 30.

#spies #spyfiction #coldwar #newrelease

#KGBLiterati book premiere took place on Friday at
Stanford's Center for Russian, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies (CREEES).

Thank you to the organizers & the audience! @stanforduniversity.bsky.social