I loved Brooklyn and I can’t wait to read the sequel #LongIsland Picador Books … #ColmToibin

“A novel is the only place where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy. The reader and the writer make the book together. No other art can capture the essential inwardness of human life.” —Paul Auster

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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (1st May🔥) was at 5.38am, sunset is at 8.31pm #Beltane #MayDay

#ArtistStudios Gregory Crewdson

'Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures.'

In particular, I loved Old God’s Time and Haven - both so captivating and beautifully written Dublin Literary Award

History writers! Short story writers!
The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition is open for entries.
We're looking for stories of up to 3,500 words set 35 or more years in the past.
More details: historicalwriters.org/awards/ddshwas…
#HWADDSS24
Dorothy Dunnett Soc.

Thank you ALCS for my lovely secondary rights payment. Writers … if you’re not yet signed up, do so! It’s a wonderful authors’ organisation. ✍️ #ALCS

Just over 100 years ago, Jacques Lartigue photographed his partner ‘Bibi’ (Madeleine Messager), quietly reading in a sunlit corner at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Cap d’Antibes. She lives on reading here forever...

We are thrilled to reveal the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist sponsored by Bailey Steinworth and Mark Kelso. 16 luminous novels to take you to different worlds, to share, recommend, love and pass on. Which ones are you excited to get your hands on? bit.ly/WPFiction

I’m celebrating the first day of Spring with the arrival of this beautiful proof from ⁦W&N⁩ ⁦Orion Publishing⁩. I wish you could feel the embossing, but look at the silver lid! 💙🕊️🦡 🫖

Paula Hawkins’ fourth thriller is set on a Scottish tidal island and is due from Doubleday Books in 2024.

Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/paula-h…

Writing fiction is like ‘sitting with ghosts in solitude’ - what a huge treat to see Ian McEwan interviewed by Ella Berthoud at the The London Library tonight - and to get a book signed! #IanMcEwan

I can’t wait for this!

“…the best-selling author for 2023 for Hodges Figgis was Claire Keegan… she ‘was head and shoulders above anyone else’ with all her titles selling very strongly… ‘Claire Keegan has been phenomenal. We can’t keep her in stock.’”⁦ independent.ie/business/irish…

Setting the bar high - my first read of 2024 - and a novel so pure, taut, and urgent. It’s rare for me to exclaim out loud at the beauty of certain sentences, but I did with this book. Oneworld Publications Paul Lynch The Booker Prizes

There is nothing quite like discovering an amazing new debut author. From a novel of a Malayan mother-turned-spy during WII to a fantasy featuring a NYC bookseller and her best friend, uncover more than 80 exciting, upcoming debuts this season.

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The London Library Emerging Writers Programme opens for submissions today! The Programme is geared towards supporting writers at the start of their careers✍️

Applications close at 11am on 28 February 2024.

Find out more and how to apply: londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-em…

I’m excited to say that this gorgeous re-edition of my book, Beautifully Casual Home, is available to pre-order from 14 May 2024 published by Ryland Peters & Small, featuring beautiful real homes photographed by Polly Wreford. Casual, easy style is simply the best way to live!

Do join me for this … the perfect way to kickstart your projects for 2024!

We are absolutely delighted to reveal our fantastic Shortlist for The Writers' Prize 2024! 🥳

9 books, 3 categories, all nominated by the Folio Academy

#writersprize2024 Jonathan Cape Simon Prosser Penguin Books UK Chatto&Windus Allen Lane Granta Books Carcanet Press Faber Books