For Guardian Saturday, I wrote about long walks, books with maps, melancholy, even - why not - the Moomins. Thanks Merope for commissioning this, which is a little more personal than usual, and Cian Oba-Smith for struggling up Helm Crag. The glamour! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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'...the very act of writing personal narrative often involves an attempt to “reclaim” a story that’s already been told another way—but few trace the lasting residue of parental gaslighting as deftly as Lily Dunn’s “Sins of My Father.” Leslie Jamison

my writer mentor said that we should consider the possibility of writing for our most generous readers, our most attentive & thorough readers

& I’ve loved that advice

We are thrilled to be partners with English PEN and Estate of Seamus Heaney in the new PEN Heaney Prize for poetry. Open for submissions now englishpen.org/prizes/pen-hea…
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Will try not to be too boring about this in the coming weeks but it is exactly one month to publication day for COLD KITCHEN and pre-orders are open!

Thank you to my super agent Jessica Woollard and the ace team Bloomsbury Books UK Bloomsbury Cooks ✨✨✨✨

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Sublime cabbage content: Firmin Baes, Girl with a cabbage, 1903, pastel (!) on paper

Good morning, I’m a paperback writer #TheStirrings is out now, ⁦W&N⁩ ⁦PEW Literary⁩

The Anna Karenina Fix is great, so we're sure this will be too!

This week I speak to the Harshaneeyam podcast about the International Booker Prize 2024, growing up multilingual and reading as a political act ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ harshaneeyam.in/2024/04/10/fia…

Books have a powerful way of shaping our perspectives. Each year, I aim to read several non-fiction books to push my personal & professional growth, uncovering invaluable insights. My latest article dives into 8 books that have left a lasting impression 📚
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Today’s Russian newspapers show that, sometimes, criticism of the authorities is allowed in the Russian press. That’s to say, criticism of local authorities, regional authorities…not the Kremlin. Plus, watch to the end for Anglicisms galore. #ReadingRussia

I genuinely can’t hear anyone mention a total eclipse without quoting this entire Jaffa Cakes advert from 1999. Please someone tell me they also remember this…

The only reviewer I care about 💕

Have signed a pile of these in Foyles, Charing Cross Road - so if you want one with a felt pen doodle in it, pop along “while stocks last” (as the kidz say…)

We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2024 shortlist, featuring six books ‘that interweave the intimate and political in radically original ways’.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2024

Feeling serious International Booker withdrawal symptoms reading this. What a great list!

Loved this read. Very simple. Go places. Do stuff.

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Really enjoying listening to #liftasyouclimb by Viv Groskop also narrated by Viv herself. Making my car journeys go very quickly! Via BorrowBox Libraries Unlimited