Just announced, the shortlists for the 2024 Nero Book Awards! 🥳 Ranging across fiction, debut fiction, non-fiction and children’s fiction, discover the nominees here: waterstones.com/category/cultu…

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2023 research shows that only 19% of readers of the top 20 bestselling female fiction authors are male. (1/3)

Now in its ninety-ninth year, #JewishBookMonth traces its ori­gins to Fan­ny Gold­stein’s cre­ation of Jew­ish Book Week in 1925. Explore the roots of #JewishBookMonth and the trailblazing librarian, Fanny Goldstein, who advocated for #JewishBooks. l8r.it/YyuS

It's nearly time folks! NO, not that THAT nearly time, nearly time for our next writing comp - subs open January 13th for Fiction, CNFiction (life writing, memoir travel etc) Poetry & new this year, FLASH! £3.90 entry thru the website with 1st & 2nd money prizes up for grabs!

My reading recommendation this week: Orbital by Samantha Harvey #bookreview #reading #booksbooksbooks #Fridayreads #lovebooks #bookreview The Booker Prizes #SamanthaHarvey #Orbital

Join literary agent Morwenna Loughman for her workshop 'Pitches That Make Us Sit Up And Take Notice.' Learn to craft the perfect pitch from an expert who's worked with bestselling authors like Hilary Mantel and Joe Wicks. 🎟️ Early bird launching soon: tinyurl.com/5dm774sn

Claire Keegan discusses the short story that inspired Small Things Like These, the role of restraint in her writing, and why love is at the core of her novel. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

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