"It began with a real email exchange I had while we trying to renew my tenancy – I realised there was a specific, performative anger that I was channelling that was kind of interesting and funny” Ella Frears discusses GoodLord (Rough Trade Books). forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversatio…

We are at the Hastings Book Festival Indie Salon this Thursday at 19:00, along with Rough Trade Books and Prős Publishing. époque authors, Effie Black and Lisa Fransson, will also be there with us. Can’t wait to see you - tickets via this link: hastingsbookfest.org/events/an-indi…

ALL OF THIS UNREAL TIME by MAX PORTER, FOREWORD by CILLIAN MURPHY PRE-ORDER SIGNED COPIES DIRECTLY FROM YOURS TRULY HERE… 👉 roughtradebooks.com/collections/bo…

'He’d become that boy again, you see? Thinking about the fineness of the day. About a beautiful fish that might be somewhere there in the river, lying deep and still in a dark pool, as though waiting for him…' An extract from Kirsty Gunn’s ‘Pretty Ugly’: caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/kirsty…

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Really excited to be going to the Istanbul Poetry Festival at the end of the month. 💛 I’ve never been before so if you have any recommendations (food, culture, fun stuff etc) I’d love to have them. And if you’re in the city - come along to these events! Rough Trade Books

Who Lived Here Last? a poem by Will Burns caughtbytheriver.net/2024/09/who-li…

Read extracts of Ella Frears’ Goodlord: An Email in The Forward Book of Poetry 2025. Ella Frears’ Goodlord: An Email (published by Rough Trade Books) is shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection. forwardartsfoundation.org/book/the-forwa…

Goblin mode incoming 💚👹 Jen Calleja Rough Trade Books

We. Cannot. Wait. October 23rd. Be with us Tickets: tinyurl.com/3vk4us6b

Thanks Caught by the River and Dan Richards for this great review of Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn 💚

OPEN MIC 🎤 with JILL ABRAM @jillaabram & special guest ELLA FREARS @ellafrears Sign up on arrival for a chance to read your poems. The event will be hosted by the amazing Jill Abram, with readings from Jill & our stellar guest poet Ella Frears @roughtradebooks @brokensleepbooks

Wild Twin, Liverpool Waterstones, signed copies. Waterstones Liverpool You can read about the book here: littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/lit…

My book has a cover! It’s been a berserk 5 years working on this and I’m happy it’s nearly in the world. Also, this weekend Andrew O’Hagan said some things in the Financial Times I'm too modest to repeat. **cough cough** masterpiece **cough cough** Preorders are here linktr.ee/joedunthorne

Brutal in places but also very funny, Ella Frears’ GOODLORD is a scathing commentary on the housing market which reads like a primal scream transcribed as a stream-of-consciousness email. Utterly brilliant at conveying the highs & lows of navigating life without a sense of home.

The Goblinhood tour kicks off this time next week in Hastings, Thurs 10 October 6pm, FREE! Rough Trade Books eventbrite.co.uk/e/goblinhood-j… The Hastings Bookshop

Lovely review - thanks DURA! ✨

Based on the format of the long-running Soho Radio show, Stress Test Live involves poets & musicians writing live on stage to a collective prompt (while inviting the audience to write along) With surprise special guest @dunthornej @ellafrears @marthasprackland @johnosbornewriter

LISTEN: Rough Trade Books - Stress Tess. Hosted by Joe Dunthorne with guests Rachael Allen and Lottie Shevchenko. STRESS TEST is like an anxiety dream made real where guest poets produce new poems under timed conditions and read them aloud on air. mixcloud.com/sohoradio/roug…

Right now on Soho radio - the Blacksell/Hunjan/Frears collab you’ve all been waiting for sohoradiolondon.com Rough Trade Books