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Births, Deaths and Marriages is my first read by Laura Barnett and it won’t be my last. About family, friendship, love and grief it follows the lives of a group of friends and their gloriously imperfect lives. Richly written and so moving 2/

Norman Mailer, Doris Lessing, Frank McCourt, Mary O'Malley, Fiona Mozley, & Joseph O'Connor all appear on Donal Ryan’s reading list, shaped by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted novel Heart, Be at Peace. 📚 Read Donal’s personal reflections on each work via the link below ⬇️

Great event Capital Crime with #Anna Bailey, Robert Rutherford, Chris Chibnall and Tariq Ashkanani (Let the cheese debate continue!)

Anna Bailey with their brilliant new book #OurLastWildDays Capital Crime

Happy #Bloomsday2025! An excellent essay here from #DonalRyan

On ⁦Short Book & Scribes⁩ ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Births, Deaths and Marriages by Laura Barnett public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groo…

Absolutely delighted to see #WhentheCranesFlySouth on the Waterstones debut fiction shortlist. Adore this novel and everything it stands for! 🎉🐕

This is well worth watching - what a great bunch of authors!

A delightful publication day with Caryl Lewis!

'This is character-driven fiction at its finest' On the blog, our booksellers share what they loved about The Artist, Ordinary Saints and When The Cranes Fly South, three of the outstanding novels shortlisted for the 2025 Debut Fiction Prize: waterstones.com/blog/waterston… #WDFP

Great to see Donal Ryan here among this bunch of fine writers. Politicised fiction more vital than ever.

An ageing man fights to mend his relationship with his son before it's too late in WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH, the beautifully bittersweet and profoundly moving debut from Lisa Ridzén. Shortlisted for the 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize: waterstones.com/book/when-the-… #WDFP

The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace. "For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Congratulations, Donal! 🎉 Penguin Books UK Doubleday

Huge congratulations to Donal Ryan for winning the The Orwell Prize for Fiction! #HeartbeatPeace

Good Housekeeping and Rachel Mills Literary Agency launch new competition for aspiring writers thebookseller.com/news/good-hous…

Donal Ryan speaks to RTÉ News on his 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction win - for Heart, Be at Peace "When you write about ordinary people and ordinary lives, or so-called ordinary people... it is going to have political resonance." 🔗listen/read below 👇 Doubleday Books

Genuinely shrieked with excitement for this one! Catherine Newman is such a superb writer and I can't wait to read this - huge thanks to Alison Barrow ♥️ #booktwitter

Join Waterstones Nottingham on 22nd July for a celebration of debut fiction in all its forms and a special chance to hear from the brilliant authors shortlisted for the Debut Prize for Fiction about their process and inspiration. 🎟️ More info & tickets: waterstones.com/events/an-even…

Donie’s lovely, heartfelt acceptance speech ⁦The Orwell Prize⁩ ❤️

thrilled to share the gorgeous UK cover for my next book, a gothic mystery and dark sapphic romance set in a crumbling manor house in 1920s Wiltshire – A Slow and Secret Poison 🥀🐇 out Jan 2026 from @doubledayukbooks find out more and pre-order here: linktr.ee/ASlowandSecret…