One of the great evenings. At the live recording of @GuiltFemPod hosted by the mighty DeborahFrances-White. Rebekah Pierre dazzled speaking eloquently and powerfully about the much needed changes to the care system. Her book #FreeLoavesonFriday @unbounders 👉🏽unbound.com/books/free-loa…

I've just finished reading Northern Boy by Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy I really felt sadness and shock at the end of part one and at one point, was in tears The realism of the Northern Boy helps keep it grounded and so very relatable. Highly recommended. #goodreads

What better read for South Asian Heritage Month #SouthAsianHeritageMonth than “Northern Boy”, a journey from child to man, about being yourself even when everyone around you tells you no. It’ll make you laugh; it’ll make you cry. @unbounders unbound.com/books/northern… amzn.to/3zPyAYs

Thrilled to feature Iqbal Hussain Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy as our headline interview for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth South Asian Heritage Month. Iqbal talks candidly about writing his debut novel, Northern Boy, his writing routine, and working with his publisher @unbounders. theasianwriter.co.uk/2024/07/30/iqb…

Obsessed with the cover for Monaghan, Timothy O'Grady's brilliant new novel following 3 men and how their lives intersect with art and war. Designer Jack Smyth says: 'Inking a portrait of them as 1 is an interesting way of showing that their 3 narratives create a singular book'.

In celebration of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, #NorthernBoy author Iqbal Hussain (Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy) shares some exclusive moments which inspired his debut novel... 🧵1/4

You guys have OUTDONE yourselves! What an incredible spread. Made my day. Hope you enjoyed, dream team! 😍

'If you ask any Muslim or racialised person in the last week whether they’re shocked by the riots that have engulfed the nation, they’d probably say no, not really...We have to call this violence what it is: racist and Islamophobic' The brilliant @shahedezaydi Stylist Magazine

A lovely way to end the week. Seeing this from the amazing Patrick Grant . Thank you! #NorthernBoy @unbounders #Blackburn

So, it's new book announcement time. Yes, already. It's called Burning Down the House and it's a different trip round some of our most famous stately homes - this time looking at all the exploitation, embezzlement and sexism that has made them what they are.

Sat 5 Oct 13:45: hear me talk #NorthernBoy and all things writing, alongside Musih Tedji Xaviere , at Nottingham Central Library. Thanks to Five Leaves Bookshop #ReadingProud. A fun afternoon featuring various writers/poets, including fellow @unbounders Sacha Coward. Tix:

Some very exciting finished copies have landed... 'Readers with high expectations and short attention spans will be riveted by this quick-turning work of post-modern horror' @megelison Hot Singles in Your Area publishes 7th Nov 👀 @unbounders Dread Singles

Obsessed with the cover for José Daniel Alvior's Seven Days in Tokyo 🌸 Two men meet in Manhattan and spend a perfect night together. In Tokyo, they have seven days to see if that one night might mean something more. An addictive story of love and belonging, proofs coming very soon...

An @unbounders author meeting fizzing with positivity and possibility. From left, Andrew Nurnberg Associates Sara O' Keeffe (Sara O' Keeffe), debut author José Alvior (José Daniel Alvior), Unbound Firsts lead @aliyagulamani and editor Marissa Constantinou. #SevenDaysinTokyo is published in June.🌸🏳️‍🌈🍣☕️☔️

Couldn't be more excited to be working on this incredible anthology about food and culture - this is THE book I've wanted in my life for a long time. Serving Up edited by @zoeadjonyoh is out with @unbounders next Summer, with this incredible cover designed by Nathan Burton.

We've been shortlisted at the BBD&PAwards! 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams has made the shortlist for the Trade Illustrated Category 🎉 Read more: britishbookawards.org

It was my pleasure! Who knew when I first walked into the The Children's Society shop on Darwen Street #Blackburn aged 10 in 1981 it would unlock a lifelong love of reading and affordable books. @unbounders

So thrilled for Maud Blair to be longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize alongside a brilliant list of authors! In Between is her memoir of growing up mixed race in Zimbabwe, it's a powerful and eye-opening read that evokes a time and place we should all know more about.

Couldn't be more excited to reveal the gorgeous cover for The Othered Woman. Shahed Ezaydi's accessible, eye-opening and groundbreaking book exposes the link between white feminism and Islamophobia, and is a must read in today's polarised world. Out with @unbounders 07/08.

So pleased for Ben Gazur's hilarious and fascinating A Feast of Folklore to be on this year's Fortnum and Mason shortlist, alongside brilliant such company!