We're delighted that Apple Books ANZ have selected Heather Critchlow's gripping new #crimethriller #Unsound as a recommended read for September! 🕵️📚 Out on 05 Sept and perfect for fans of Jane Casey, Cara Hunter and Neil Lancaster 👉 apple.co/WhatToReadThis… #CrimeFiction

Happy US publication day to Dunya Mikhail دنيا ميخائيل whose stunning new collection TABLETS: SECRETS OF THE CLAY is out today New Directions

Getting back into spooky season with this - thank you Yassine Belkacemi Baskerville!

Happy publication day Heather Critchlow! Cal Lovett is back for a third outing, this time out to solve the disappearance of an Edinburgh student 20 years ago...

Thank you Intelligence Squared for letting me chat about Spoilt Creatures! Love this podcast, loved this conversation. And with Anna Bogutskaya, no less! You can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/179QS7…

Very tempting...

A thing of beauty on my desk today: Francesca Reece’s stunning second novel, Glass Houses, in German thanks to S. Fischer Verlage 🇩🇪

Chuffed that #Spycraft , the Yale University Press London📚 I co-wrote with Spycrafty , got another amazing review ! 🥂🍾 This time in the @lrb no less! Apologies to Prof Lucy Wooding Lincoln College Oxford that the glow-in-the-dark cover & our uncanny attention to deadly poisons spooked her somewhat

If you needed any excuse to visit East London’s hottest new bookshop… Amy Twigg Hanako Footman

'An essential read – as entertaining as it is insightful,' says Viv Groskop of Sammy Wright's EXAM NATION. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Thrilled to see Nasser Abu Srour’s THE TALE OF A WALL (translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren) on the longlist! Allen Lane Other Press

A thrill if not a surprise to see Tina Makereti included here! theconversation.com/20-best-new-ze…

Dunya Mikhail (Dunya Mikhail دنيا ميخائيل) on the Iraqi legislature’s move to legalize child marriage. go.nybooks.com/3zk95OQ

Delighted to appear on BBC Woman's Hour talking about my new novel, #The Wilds, domestic abuse & coercive control and my work with Refuge in writing the book.

On 26 Sept WORDTheatre will celebrate Salt’s ‘Best British Short Stories’ series. Five stories from the series will be read/performed by actors. My story, ‘An Invocation’, is in BBSS2024 and will be read by Christopher Ecclestone. Oof! Can’t wait…. @wordtheatre SALT · Independent trade publisher, est. 1999

Q&A in GLAMOUR South Africa with the author of ‘Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow’, Damilarekuku glamour.co.za/lifestyle/glam…

A reminder to apply before October 31st! Please note this is a mentorship scheme for aspiring publishing professionals, not for writers

Surprise! I'm one of the judges of the Nota Bene Prize this year. A dreamy shortlist!