Cyril Connolly and Lady Caroline Blackwood (who had recently married Lucien Freud) outside Wheeler’s, Old Compton Street - photo by Daniel Farson, 1954

Edna O'Brien has left us . . . Revolutionary #60s writer➡️remarkable career And... they burned her books. More: -NYT obit: nytimes.com/2024/07/28/obi… -Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸: image.ie/editorial/edna… -Eimear McBride: newstatesman.com/culture/2024/0… -Lucy Scholes: nytimes.com/2024/07/28/boo…

None of this would ever have happened without Lizza Aiken💙💛 and Julia Churchill taking a chance on us as a fledgling publisher! Thanks to everyone involved. Tales of London Town by Joan Aiken has arrived and - I know I’m biased here - the book is utterly beautiful.

Earlier this year, Posy Simmonds became the first Brit and only the fourth woman to win one of the most prestigious prizes in comics. ✍🏼 Lucy Scholes prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/…

For The TLS, I wrote about Sara B. Franklin's biography of Judith Jones, 'The Editor' Atria Books the-tls.co.uk/lives/biograph…

New on the blog today, I've written about THE GIRLS by John Bowen. A savage gem in which the cosiness of life in an idyllic English village is destabilised by domestic horror. Think Barbara Pym crossed with Inside No. 9 and you're pretty much there! jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/08/11/the…

My Telegraph Books review of Sarah Moss's extraordinary new memoir, 'My Good Bright Wolf' - published this month by Picador Books telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/…

This is exciting news!

octavia bright ‘a howl both exquisitely anguished and profound’ – from Lucy Scholes review of Sarah Moss’s MY GOOD BRIGHT WOLF Join us in 28 Aug when Sarah will be in conversation with Octavia Bright – book here: lrb.me/nn3 x.com/camillaelworth…

A wonderful episode, as ever! Not least because the team's truly excellent summer reading recs include two recent reissues, Ursula Parrott's EX-WIFE and Ann Schlee's RHINE JOURNEY McNally Editions Faber Books DauntBooksPublishing

'My Good Bright Wolf is a howl both exquisitely anguished & profound. It’s further proof that Moss is a towering figure in the contemporary literary landscape.’ Lucy Scholes, Telegraph NW, don't miss this towering figure: a brilliant mind, a glorious writer & a wonderful woman ⬇️

Earlier this year, Posy Simmonds became the first Brit and only the fourth woman to win one of the most prestigious prizes in comics. ✍🏼 Lucy Scholes prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/…

Off on holiday in September for two weeks, abroad. My first proper holiday of the like since 2016 and I’m tempted to *just take McNally Editions. One of the very best publishers around: great choices, beautifully designed. Thank you Lucy Scholes.

"This is a triumph" - Publishers Weekly on Ann Schlee's RHINE JOURNEY, out now from McNally Editions (US) & DauntBooksPublishing (UK) publishersweekly.com/9781961341098

For Telegraph Books, I've written about 'If Only', Vigdis Hjorth's novel 'If Only' (trans. by Charlotte Barslund) Verso Books telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-…

Just read the new preface to this McNally Editions reissue of Michael W. Clune’s White Out and I think it might be the best introduction to anything I’ve read ever. Damn, this guy can write.

Something I never thought I’d say, but I think I’ve had my fill of Olive & Lucy! Elizabeth Strout’s latest ‘Tell Me Everything’ felt tired - my brief review for ⁦Prospect⁩ prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/…

If you know Octavia Butler's work, then this is a no-brainer. If you don't (i) you should and (ii) having Salena Godden and Dr Una McCormack reading from and discussing her ground-breaking work is the best possible intro imaginable...

From the weekend - my Telegraph Books review of Will Self's new novel 'Elaine' Grove Press UK telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-…