🇮🇪 Delighted to be in attendance at the beautiful Irish Embassy for the launch of Elaine Garvey’s novel, THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Canongate (has left) Delighted to say that Elaine is also my next guest on the Rippling Pages Pod this week! We recorded the conversation not long ago!

Marni Appleton & Ross Raisin on the power of Short Stories at Hexham Book Festival 2025! We can't wait! 10 May 2025 at Hexham Library from 3:45pm hexhambookfestival.co.uk/event/shortsto… Hexham Book Festival Marni Appleton

New episode of Rippling Pages Pod for Easter! Elaine Garvey is talking about her novel, THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Canongate (has left) 📆 We talk about stepping back to 2002 🎭 Intimacy of the wardrobe dept. ✏️ Sacrifices to get books done Listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

Five Books to Keep This Easter Interesting from Something Curated, includes Calls May Be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes! 'Emotional and earnest . . . his struggle is that of a pure soul trying to escape the cage of his own cumbersome body.' somethingcurated.com/2025/04/16/boo…

Enjoying this on a sunny day in Leeds! HopeRoad

🎭What is the costume department? Here’s a longer clip of Elaine Garvey talking about what working in the costume department entails! 👗This is where her novel THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT is set Canongate (has left) Thoroughly researched - hear how! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

A couple of recent acquisitions…it’s been too long since I dived into And Other Stories And prep underway for Katharina Volckmer in Leeds Hyde Park Book Club The Indigo Press hydeparkbookclub.co.uk/arts-literatur…

🎭Another longer clip from my interview with Elaine Harvey on THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Canongate (has left) 👗As you can see here Elaine explored the meticulous, often invisible work of the costume department The characters aren’t always on the stage! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

❓Over the years, I’ve been asking writers the questions, but it’s about time I answered some too I think! This new section of the Rippling Pages Pod find out: 💭 Dream guest 🔮Books I’m excited about 🐼 Talk to animals? A ton of books mentioned too! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

I read Katharina Volckmer’s new novel The Indigo Press for the third time this weekend. ‘What about the sharks then?’ 🤣 Still time to get some tickets for our conversation but hurry I’m told! Hyde Park Book Club hydeparkbookclub.co.uk/arts-literatur…

Tomorrow afternoon join Marni Appleton & Ross Raisin at Hexham Book Festival 2025! From 3:45pm they'll be at Hexham library talking about why short stories are such a unique and effective form of storytelling. hexhambookfestival.co.uk/event/shortsto… Marni Appleton

Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom This looks ace! Need a Leeds equivalent - what so you think ⁦Jack Simpson⁩? theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

💯What a fun night that was! Katharina Volckmer live in conversation with me in Leeds about her second novel with The Indigo Press 👂here’s part one of our conversation which was recorded on Monday, which you can listen to here for the Rippling Pages Pod : podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

Katharina Volckmer started our conversation on Monday by reflecting on some of the sights and sounds of Leeds. And yes, this did include the sight where Marks and Spencer’s was born 😅 (It started in what is Europe’s largest covered market) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…

📞Its part 2 of Katharina Volckmer talking about CALLS MAY BE RECORDED (The Indigo Press) for Rippling Pages Pod 🤡In this part we talk about clowns, fantasies and jokes There’s also some audience q&a, and a special treat - a reading from poet Kirsty Went podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…