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Monday's #readingbythepool during my kids' lessons is taking me to Sicily on hot summer days and it's very welcome escapism in cold, dark, rainy November! Beautiful book by MarinaKempPull, pubbed by 4th Estate Books.

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A #trainread this week rather than by the pool: this beautiful, concise (146pp! Whoop!) novel by Carys Davies and published by Granta Books. Loving the setting (Scottish island, 1843) and the relationships as well as the stunning writing. 😍

What a writer. This is new from @[email protected] in April 2025 from Tinder Press and already, 6 chapters in, I love Paulette, the main character. I'm racing through her story. Seek this out next year and go see Kit at an event - having interviewed her, I know! Thanks Lou Swannell!

I don't even know where to start with this. It should be a massive scandal and fixed immediately. Bravo for writing this.

This is fascinating.

Et un autre. Bientôt inutile de garder cette app.

Such a powerful interview by Katya Adler of a Holocaust survivor, whose grace, eloquence and optimism left me speechless on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning. Radio at its finest.

On a city break as a non-parent adult for the first time in 12 years, and I have a Sarah Moss proof courtesy of Camilla Elworthy and Picador Books. Could. Not. Be. Happier. (It's out 22 May. It is brilliant.)

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Busy reading bursary applications for our April Self Editing Fiction course. We have LOTS of 100% bursary apps (we'll be in touch soon) but no eligible 50% bursary applications this time around. If you'd like to come and might appreciate half off, please do get in touch with me.

I'm lucky to be a judge for the Freelance Writing Jobs New Directions Bursary 2025, with the winner getting a Gladstone's Library retreat. BLOWN AWAY by the entries. It's run by Sian Meades-Williams whose newsletter for freelance writers is a goldmine. You can sub here freelancewritingjobs.substack.com

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I have no understanding or interest in what's happening but I can tell you every Geordie I know has just gone absolutely mad and it's glorious to see. So much love for my adopted home. ❤️

👀 You have got to be kidding me. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Couldn't agree with this more. Especially the last point in this thread.

This is how inaccurate AI is. I haven’t publicly spoken about my experience of cancer treatment and returning to work after a period of absence. That’s because I haven’t had cancer. This has been scraped from a tweet I did about a colleague returning to work after cancer and an

So impressed with this book and this pairing will be great.

Having hosted her at Hexham Book Festival just last week - and being blown away by her writing many years ago - I'm truly delighted at this news.

Well.