Citizens of Islington head down to your local Waterstones for a copy of Joel Morris magnificent book!

So delighted to be appearing with Fiona Williams, whose novel The House of Broken Bricks is so luminously beautiful. We'll be at First Draft Books in Devon in July. Tickets are free: rb.gy/qh4ma6 Unbound 𝕽𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝕲𝖎𝖑𝖑 Faber Books Mathew Clayton Exeter City of Literature

This is an urgent appeal to Virago Press. Please, please re-issue the Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner edited by Claire Harman (perhaps replacing the caricature cover with a photographic one). Thank you.

A paperback publication day selfie with Men At War! I suppose this is the end of four years of research, writing, editing on this project, which is always an odd feeling. I hope I have done right by the memories of all the people I wrote about who gave so much in the war years

I spent all of March in hospital, much of it in Kafka’s mysterious, troubled, frustrated and fascinating company. Here’s my review of his unexpurgated Diaries theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Sorry, this is utterly gratuitous, but here goes….

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME!!!

Please help make my birthday the bestest, superduperest day ever by pre-ordering my book!

The Diaries of Mr Lucas: Notes from a Lost Gay Life amzn.eu/d/c8iV7w3

(Sorry!! Did say it was gratuitous..)

A special Book Group LIVE on 23 April as we discuss One Fine Day: A Journey Through English Time with author Ian Marchant and Richard Beard.

‘A unique and exhilarating exploration of time and love … elegiac, consistently funny, deeply moving.’

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Our most meta episode ever is out now as we discuss the brilliant BOTTOM: EXPOSED on GOLD “It’s a documentary about fat, old women.” “Oh, are you on it?” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal…

Wonderful atmosphere and lovely people Redruth Book Feast - and a beautiful conversation about #TheGreenHill led by Sarah Connors - Playwright - thank you 𝕽𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝕲𝖎𝖑𝖑 Unbound Mathew Clayton

Is comedy magic?

Find out more in Joel's book, out now: unbound.com/books/comedy-b…

Joel Morris

You ever watch a doc about your favourite show and wonder why people who didn’t even work on that show are on it talking bollocks? Anyway check out these pics from behind the scenes on the set of Bottom: Exposed. Out Thursday 18th April, 9pm on GOLD

This is a short thread about how books happen. This one, which we’ve just launched on Unbound , started with me mucking about online. (1/10)
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Advertise in ROSA - Sussex's arts magazine. We are working on our summer issue so send over your event details. Better still take out an ad to make sure all Sussex's art, music, book, theatre and film-lovers love you, and head your way. Ad rates: bit.ly/ROSAMedia24

Competition to be this year's entry in the Nobody Wants to Work Anymore thread is heating up.

Spotted! Natalie Bennett's CHANGE EVERYTHING in Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town📍📖

Natalie (@natalieben) will be here on Tuesday 23rd April to discuss her bold new thesis to rethink, rebuild and repair society.

Tickets are £6: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/na…

Had a bast@rd of a return journey home from Bali yesterday, arriving back 10 hours later than expected with delay in Gold Coast and diversion via Sydney. Coming back to ⁦Richard Norris⁩ Strange Things Are Happening and ⁦1 of 100⁩ tshirt lessened the blow!

Glad you enjoyed it! Anyone who wants for commute, or other locations, you can get at your good local bookshop, or Unbound
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so thrilled - and alongside some of my absolute faves

For m'colleague Hugh Laurie