The paperback of Matrescence is here! Out June 6. It looks mint.
Details/preorder: penguin.co.uk/books/443864/m…

Upcoming events: Hay June 1, Basingstoke June 29, public lecture at LSE in July (details tc), Matrescence festival in Exeter, Carol Carol.

Lucy Jones writes about the brain and fatherhood for British GQ for ‘Daddy Issues’, GQ’s series exploring modern fatherhood in its many forms. She discusses ‘eminent primatologist’ Sarah Hrdy’s new book Father Time. Read her excellent article here: hubs.ly/Q02xLFMk0

It was good to speak about Matrescence / Moederteit (the Dutch edition) with Emma Curvers for de Volkskrant. In today's print edition with pics by Renee de Groot. I don't think I've ever seen so much space on a national newspaper given to an account of the transition to motherhood.

Launching the paperback of Matrescence in the library where I wrote quite a bit of it! In convo with the mega Stacy Hart. Q&A/signing. Basingstoke; June 29; 2pm. Tickets shop.hants.gov.uk/products/lucy-…

Olivia Laing - The Garden Against Time’ Picador Books - will be appearing at @HayFestival as will interviewer Lucy Jones

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Looking forward to a Matrescence conversation event this Friday on Zoom with ✨ Point Reyes Books
Noon, Pacific time; 8pm, BST.
Free to register here ptreyesbooks.com/event/lucy-jon…

'As a society, we just don't seem to be very interested in the actual flesh and bones of the maternal experience.'
Lucy Jones
#Matrescence
#maternalhealth
#reprojustice

How becoming a father changes your body and brain, by Lucy Jones
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Lucy Jones in conversation: Matrescence 🗨️📚

Discovery Centre
ℹ️ Saturday 29 June at 2pm
🎟️ Tickets: £3 per person. Book today: shop.hants.gov.uk/products/lucy-…

Acclaimed journalist and author Lucy Jones in conversation with Stacy Hart about her book Matrescence.

Stacy Hart

Tomorrow my book tour of the Low Countries begins! I’ll be in Amsterdam, The Hague and Antwerp talking about Matrescence / Moederteit

Bespreking van #Moederteit van Lucy Jones in De Standaard afgelopen weekend standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024050…

The launch of the APPG Birth Trauma Inquiry this evening with Rosie Duffield MP Theo Clarke MP and a response from Victoria Atkins
I hope the recommendations are made swiftly. Major investment needed and also change that doesn’t cost any money at all.

As we continue to honor #MaternalMentalHealth month, we are sharing @lucyfjones' thoughtful reflection on how motherhood transforms perspectives.

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“As my baby lay crying, waiting for a feed that I had no idea how to give, covered in my own blood, without even a glass of water by the bed, I have never felt so alone.'
Sobering reading.
Every single MP needs to read this report.
Thank you Theo Clarke MP & Rosie Duffield MP

This is very welcome.

“I thought about how life started, for all of us. That experience we all have in common.” Lucy Jones on how pregnancy changes someone forever.
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I'll be in Halifax tomorrow to speak about Losing Eden/why our minds need the wild at a mini rewilding conference. Info below>>

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Mother's Day is next Sunday, and here are six brand new books offering different views on motherhood. In Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, Whoopi Goldberg reflects on her mother, and in My Mama, Cass: A Memoir, Owen Elliot-Kugell reveals the talents and trials of

Matrescence is out in the US today!

Kom ook naar de boekpresentatie van 'Moederteit' van Lucy Jones ! Donderdag 16 mei 19.00 uur, interview door Daan Borrel bij Athenaeum Boekhandel Amsterdam. Voor tickets, voorpublicatie en info:
athenaeum.nl/agenda/athenae… #moederschap #matrescentie #geboorte #boekentip #moederteit