For the BFI, I revisted the locations from Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night (1964) which turns 60 this year. bfi.org.uk/features/how-b…

I'm thrilled to be able to announce that I'm now represented by the wonderful Francesca Riccardi - really looking forward to working with Francesca and the rest of the Kate Nash Literary Agency team on my novel At The Laurels.

GF Newman’s Law & Order is landing on the iPlayer soon bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

🚨Are you a crime writer based in the north?🚨 Submissions are still open for MOTIVES UNKNOWN, Dead Ink Books' anthology of northern crime writing! Winners will feature in the published anthology + receive a 1-to-1 with a The Curtis Brown Group or C&W agent. tinyurl.com/y5ry4ae7

Massive congratulations Victoria Stewart! Another brilliant outcome for our #PulpIdol contestants. Very proud!

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Never let anyone tell you that archives don’t matter: this story shows they contain the possibility of justice.

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Some film industry jobs. From Puffin Picture Book ‘Living Pictures’ pub 1950. Illustrations by Phyllis Ladyman

When John says he grew up in Hamburg, George adds, "We were forced grown, like rhubarb..."

Includes my chapter on Mary Renault - very pleased that what's most likely my final piece of academic writing is in such fantastic company.

My short story ‘Miss Mansfield’ is now online👇 - thank you to ChipLitFest and Jo Unwin and many congratulations Chloe Banks and sarah@HoofTales

Hikers by Harold Harvey 1933 (Private Collection). Cornwall.

This sad news brought back memories of feeling very daring reading The Country Girls aged 13 or 14.

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‘Put Out the Light’ a classic of the French resistance, written by Vercors (Jean Bruller). Published clandestinely during the occupation in 1942 and translated by Cyril Connolly (1944). Adapted by Jean-Pierre Melville for his great debut film, Le Silence de la Mer (1949).

Spellow Library needs our help after the riots. Please donate, like, comment, and share to bring new books and a safe space back for the kids. Let's make a difference together! gofund.me/b28ba16d

New on the blog today, I've written about MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar. A meditative, deeply moving novel of loss, friendship and the challenges of building a new life in exile. I'm delighted to see this on the The Booker Prizes longlist! #TuesdayBookBlog jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/08/06/my-…

Now listening to Maconchy's Music for Strings conducted by Barry Wordsworth. This is a staggeringly good disc. I didn't even know of this composer until a few years ago.

Vegetable Garden by Tirzah Garwood c. 1933 (Private Collection).