‘All I will say is that you show up for your friends on their hardest days. And you hold their hand through the roughest parts. Life is about who is holding your hand and I think whose hand you commit to holding.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid, #DaisyJonesAndTheSix #FridayFeeling

Never apologize for books you love.

Not sure what to read over the long weekend? We've got you... Use #AskPenguin to let us know what kind of books you enjoy – before 12pm BST – and we'll give you a personalised reading recommendation ✨📚

Apropos of nothing at all: QUERYING WRITERS ARE OUR COLLEAGUES. They aren’t lesser than agented or published ones and shouldn’t be treated as such. People aren’t magically turned into professionals the moment they sign. Professionalism is a journey, and we’re all on it.

'I've always found it ironic that despite the long, sometime frustrating and solitary hours spent crafting a screenplay, it's the writing itself that becomes the source of collaboration.' @LucyRoseCreates on redrafting & collaboration in our latest issue mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lates…

‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.’ Charlotte Bronte, #JaneEyre.

‘Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.’ Mary Shelley's #Frankenstein, the world's most famous work of horror fiction, remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity: bit.ly/3NvPuQv

‘The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.’ Jane Austen bit.ly/3IBIHSf

QOTD: What's your favourite crime novel of all time, and why? 📚

#JohnLeCarré is one of the most celebrated and influential spy authors of all time. His works have been turned into BBC dramas, radio series and a star-studded Oscar nominated film. But where to start reading them? bit.ly/43lj6oP

#TheClimateBook brings together over one hundred experts, activists and witnesses to tell the biggest story in the world: how and why our planet is changing. It's an accessible, compelling, and beautiful resource for all. bit.ly/42mYY4b #WorldEnvironmentDay

Anyone else feeling a bit behind on their Reading Challenge? 👀 A thread.

"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more." —Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid 🧜‍♀️✨ bit.ly/3IZnulb

.W&N has acquired @lucyrosecreates' "tender" début novel The Lamb, a contemporary folktale which uses cannibalism to dissect how women must swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts. Read here: buff.ly/43Ep8RL

‘We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.’ E.M. Forster #WednesdayWisdom

Possession (1981)

‘Books are a uniquely portable magic.’ Stephen King #FridayFeeling

Today is #NationalWritingDay 🖋️ To all writers - aspiring or established - thank you for the stories! 🐧🧡

‘In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.’ Terry Pratchett #InternationalCatDay😺

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