Loved Manchester Literature Festival | ON BLUESKY this week! Andrew O'Hagan talked about Caledonian Road – one of my fave books of the year by far – and Andrew Michael Hurley introduced Barrowbeck, set in a fictional version of the area we're moving to, and no I'm not frightened, not at all...

Composer Oliver Coates on the cello, chaos and connection: ‘The best music is out there in nature’ theguardian.com/music/2024/oct…

Ban grouse moors. Tax landed estates. Make tweed waistcoats and plus fours a jailable offence. Sorted.

This is a very moving piece in the Times from ⁦@grahamallcott⁩, around his new kindness book: thetimes.com/article/907930…

Yesterday was my last day working for Greystone Books, as my contract there has ended. So, I'm looking for a new job! If you think your may have something that suits my wide publishing skills, especially in adult trade nonfiction, please get in touch - my DMs are open!

Lucca parkrun! And my best-ever position finish too: fifth! ⁦Running Punks⁩ #parkrun

My piece in the Sunday Times today. Hallowe'en books for children that won't give them nightmares. #Halloween Times Books thetimes.com/article/7c8d0a…

Hello: this is 'Riversong', a "broadside ballad" which protests the slow death of rivers in the UK & around the world––& sings for their revival. 'Riversong' is free to print, share, set & sing, speak aloud on a riverbank, post on walls or windows, adapt, translate, perform,

Huge thanks to ⁦Di Speirs⁩ for her tireless work promoting new literature. Open Book is a big loss. I understand the new team has experience only in news. Radio 4 ends 'Open Book' after 26 years and Di Speirs leaving after three decades thebookseller.com/news/radio-4-e…

CLIMATE PROTESTORS NEED TO STOP BLOCKING ROADS!!

Both Interpol, the organisation, and Interpol the band are going to be in Glasgow tomorrow, and that's scratching a part of my brain that I didn't know needed scratched

I really, really liked this

🥁 Today we are thrilled to launch #BooksThatGive 🥁 10% of the sale of these hand-picked Independent Alliance titles will go to the fantastic charity bookbanksuk. Snap up a great book and support indie bookshops, indie publishing and Bookbanks this winter. bit.ly/booksthatgive

Back in the UK after a week away and stepping up my search for my next publishing job - either freelance or permanent. If you're in need of my many skillz across the books world here is my CV and my DMs are open! drive.google.com/file/d/1oT3xzb…

Publishing people - it's your dream come true! Andrew Furlow is now available for work! He's clever, he's talented, he's considerate, he's the best (he's also my husband)

Lovely to be interviewed in The Madrid Review his month, chatting about We Are Together Because. They were great questions – you can read the whole thing by visiting their page & subscribing (for free). Photo by 𝔸ℕ𝔻ℝ𝔼𝕎 𝔽𝕌ℝ𝕃𝕆𝕎 #books #fiction #poetry #dystopianfiction

He’s co-author too of Icon Books’ Introducing The Holocaust

I'm outta here - I've left it too long but I've so many connections to good publishing people it's taken a while. I'm on Insta and my email is [email protected]