Charlotte Humphery
@CMiscellany
Book person mostly. Also snacks. She/her.
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06-02-2012 22:35:27
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Happy publication day to the people's princess, screwball comedienne កល្យាណ!
The smartest, weirdest, funnest anti-colonial, polar exploration, time travel romp that you will read all year is out ✨now✨
Long live THE MINISTRY OF TIME 🎉
Absolutely delighted to say there’s a free livestream for the event I’m doing tomorrow @ #brightfest with Noreen Masud : Brava @Brightfest! Noreen Masud & Polly Atkin: Writing a Life #AccessIsLove #AccessibleArts brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xl6-l…
Somehow it's only a month until the publication of STRAIGHT ACTING: THE MANY QUEER LIVES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by Sceptre Books. And even more excitingly, I'm taking it on the road in June and July to the very best bookshops in Britain... 🧵
lnk.to/StraightActing…
Another incredible achievement for #FireWeather by John Vaillant – now a The Pulitzer Prizes Finalist! 🔥
Congratulations John!
🚨 THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA 🚨
Islam Issa is today's guest, talking all about this great hub of learning and literature that made Alexandria one of the ancient world’s foremost centres of knowledge and culture, and the jewel of the Nile Delta.
🎙️ podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
Happy paperback publication day Polly Atkin! SOME OF US JUST FALL is out today in its beautiful new clothes.
Poetic, wide-ranging and insightful, this story of nature and human bodies is not to be missed.
Order your signed copy from Sam Read Bookseller now: brnw.ch/21wJnYN 🌿
📢 Fun event alert!
To celebrate the launch of the hilarious Margo's Got Money Troubles, author Rufi Thorpe will be in conversation with Really Good, Actually author Monica Heisey.
4th July, @waterstones Tottenham Court Road.
Buy your tickets here: brnw.ch/21wJmcH
On 28th May we're delighted to welcome 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Winner John Vaillant to Trafalgar Square!
Ticket link below - Get 'em while they're hot!
Hodder & Stoughton
waterstones.com/events/fire-we…
A bit of a mad day. Officially number one across ALL books published last week.
So proud of David Nicholls and the exceptional team at Sceptre Books and Hodder & Stoughton.
Opening the good wine tonight.
Less than a week till the Some Of Us Just Fall paperback is out in the UK. Catch her in your local bookshop or get signed copies from my local Sam Read Bookseller (and catch the green era hardback while you can)!
#Nonfiction #Memoir #NatureWriting #DisLit #DisabledWriters #SOUJF
JOB ALERT! We're looking for an Editorial Assistant to join us Unbound! Previous publishing experience isn't necessary and you'll learn so much about the industry as you'll be supporting both our editorial & commissioning teams. Apply by 10 May. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/unbound/ed… 📚
🧚♂️ Sceptre Books surprise 🧚♂️
A little lunch time walk up one of my local hills in honour of #YouAreHere . Excited for whichever lucky stranger's day is brightened by an unexpected copy of David Nicholls's lovely new novel.
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THE John Vaillant in conversation with THE Katherine Rundell?? Such a fantastic event coming to Hay Festival next month (30 May) 🔥
hayfestival.com/p-21981-john-v…
Join screwball comedienne កល្យាណ, author of THE MINISTRY OF TIME, as she describes her writing routine! 📖✨ ...and stick around for the most relatable ending! 👀
🔗 spr.ly/6012bo2aj
The way that my delight was audible across the whole office!
The very first advance paperback of MONSTERS by the inimitable Claire Dederer has landed and it looks SO good.
Thoroughly festooned with glowing quotes from *everyone* and out 23 May 💞 lnk.to/Monsters-PB
One week until the gorgeous paperback of #SomeOfUsJustFall by Polly Atkin arrives on shelves and... in lakes!* 🌷🏊♀️🌼
Pre-order a signed copy here: brnw.ch/SOUJF_Signed
Standard copies here: lnk.to/SomeOfUsJustFa…
*Please take care when handling your copy around water
Deeply honored to share this review with Jeff Goodell by the seriously erudite John Washington.
nybooks.com/articles/2024/… The New York Review of Books Alfred A. Knopf National Book Foundation
Oh my Saturday goodness, look what arrived today! #SomeOfUsJustFall #SOUJF #memoir #NatureWriting #SwimLit #TheChronicLife #DisabledWriters #EhlersDanlos #Haemochromatosis #Dysautonomia