May 5 is National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S+, to honour and raise awareness for the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two Spirit+ people in Canada. #MMIWG #MMIWG2S #RedDressDay #WhyWeWearRed #NoMoreStolenSisters #DoSomething #ReconciliACTION

Today, May 5th is Red Dress Day. Today we remember and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit peoples. If you need someone to talk to, call First Nations & Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310. #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters

He is tasked with the most dangerous of missions. She is only there from duty. But in the face of treachery and injustice, might they need each other more than they could know…? The King's Messenger by Susanna Kearsley is coming 1 August 2024. Available to pre-order now:

For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue… #TheKingsMessenger is available to request on NetGalleyUK now: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book/3…

YOUR NEW EDINBURGH BOOKSHOP! Coming Summer 2024 We're delighted to announce The Edinburgh Bookshop will be moving to a new site in Bruntsfield this summer. Help make this new chapter a reality - mailchi.mp/7f163567213c/n…]

Toto vs. Joseph & the mattress. This particular skirmish ended with a surrender - someone knows to quit while they’re ahead! This was Toto’s favourite game when he was a tiny baby (this video was taken 2 years ago). Now, he likes to lay in his stable pretending he’s asleep, then

I’m not one for naming and shaming, but this is already all over Twitter so… Literary agents being literary agents again. A client of mine had a similar experience this year with a publishing house rejecting their query but subsequently stealing their idea.

So I guess an agent deactivated after she was called out for tweeting the premise of a book she rejected. Last year she rejected my query because “no one wants to buy books about grief.” She then tweeted part of the rejection as “advice” for authors. I was gutted. 1/?

I almost wanted to quit. I mean, how embarrassing???? A year later, I signed with the perfect agent and that “unsellable” book sold. 2/??

This industry is so subjective. Not everyone will understand your work, or even treat it with respect. But please please please please know one person can’t speak for all of publishing. 3/3

This brand new Jiminy Glick interview with Bill Hader is pure joy. Had poor Bill giggling like a school girl its entire duration. I was particularly fond of “… and you rushed over here. You’re staying at Diddy’s pool house, how’s that going?” 😂 Marty Short has still got it 🤌🏻

Have a lovely weekend everyone! #Bookfacefriday #Summerstars CarlowCountyCouncil Libraries Ireland Susanna Kearsley

Andrea Robin Skinner is very brave. And her story is so important. So much respect for her for sharing it with me and with us.11ef-83f4-9b4275c26d84.html

I wrote about Alice Munro, and then Twitter myseriously deleted my post, so now I'm reposting it. thecut.com/article/alice-…

Heads up, my American readers! Barnes & Noble Rewards Members get 25% OFF ALL PREORDERS July 10-17. You can sign up for free: tinyurl.com/jb2c8cdx & use code PREORDER25 to save $$ on my new book THE KING'S MESSENGER (coming March 4 in the States from Sourcebooks) Build that TBR! 📚

I posted about this before, but last month I was a witness in court describing how a man that I did not know, and had never met, battered me at my front door. His defence solicitor Kieran Clegg said I brought it on myself three times in court- because I didn’t shut the door.

Wow, my little book "On Class" in such big company as a finalist for the Speaker's Book Award along with Ken Dryden Steve Paikin @AdamShoalts Liz Grace and Heidi L M Jacobs ola.org/en/visit-learn… Biblioasis

Thrilled to organise this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour for #TheKingsMessenger by Susanna Kearsley with Simon & Schuster UK Begins 01 August Madeleine Pam Robertson Angi Plant/ @AilsaCawley

GANDALF: do NOT touch the palantír PIPPIN:

On the Word Wenches blog today Christina chats to Susanna Kearsley about her new novel THE KING’S MESSENGER! There’s an #excerpt and a chance to #win a signed copy of the book! #giveaway wordwenches.com/interview-with…