Happy #BookshopDay, especially to my beloved locals Jonathan Main Dulwich Books and Woke Babies 📚

“In the theatre, you can’t stop what is unfolding in front of you until it’s over, it controls you.” Author and illustrator, Edward Carey, writes about his latest book, Edith Holler. 📚⬇️ bigissue.com/culture/books/…

"An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups." Overjoyed by this PERFECT review of Edward Carey's Edith Holler in Guardian Books today, with comparisons to Peake, Burton and PJ Harvey 🌟 theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

Finished No Country For Girls by Emma Styles 🦎🌊🪸☀️🦘 - a thrilling, funny and moving Australian road trip book about two strangers Charlie and Nao, suddenly outlaws, on the run with a bag of gold bars with a terrifying figure in pursuit. Loved it!

Why are chilling testimonies from doctors who have visited Gaza being ignored? | Arwa Mahdawi theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Friends my pal Kiran has lost this very important ring. Can everyone boost, I’m hoping we can reunite her with it. Likely lost on the 20:52 Paddington to Great Malvern. Please share!

Friday reading: a book I’ve owned for about 10 years!

1/ WGGB strongly opposes ITV s recent decision to appoint a Head of Generative AI Innovation, whose role will include using technology to help create ‘shows, films and digital-first content’

A tremendous month of print reviews for Edward Carey’s magnificent #EdithHoller in Strong Words Magazine Guardian Books Sunday Times Culture and The Mail on Sunday Arts and Culture.‘Ingenious’, ‘macabre whimsy’, ‘idiosyncratic’ and ‘a richly dark fairytale for grown ups’ - and an illustrative beetle! 🪲

Actual quote from my 3 year old, all delivered in one breath: “I don’t want to watch Strictly I don’t like it actually I do want to watch Strictly it’s my favourite”

A spooky special on Field Ramble podcast with the brilliant Erin E. Adams, speaking about #Jackal, and Edward Carey on #EdithHoller - fabulous! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fie… Dead Ink Books Gallic Books

Smart piece by my pal Lamorna Elmer Granta Books about the work of publicists👇The Bookseller

BOYCOTTS WORK, BITCHES

Kathleen DuVal has been announced as the 2024 winner of the £57,770 ($75,000) Cundill History Prize for Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Random House) at a gala in Montreal, where the prize is administered by McGill University 👇 thebookseller.com/news/kathleen-…

'...macabre and menacing, ripe with references to fairy tale and folklore... A virtuoso performance' Brilliant to see #EdithHoller by Edward Carey reviewed in The TLS! Gallic Books

#MasterChefTheProfessionals is so wild like, ‘this lobster is delicious but it’s broken a bit so I can’t really enjoy it and the whole dish is ruined’

Every single US election this throws me, you have their attention, JUST ASK WHO THEY VOTED FOR!

It's Wednesday, and all I've got to offer is that this Friday will see another Personal Anthology. This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Lena Valencia, author of Mystery Lights (Dead Ink Books, Nov 28) Deets: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

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