Upon publication the FT described TAKE WHAT YOU NEED by Idra Novey as ‘A major novel of contemporary America that urgently reminds us of the messiness and complexity of people, love and intimacy.’ Don't miss Idra Birmingham Lit Fest 09.10.24 at 7pm. ticketsource.co.uk/bhamlitfest/ta…

Why?

'I was a deranged reader as a kid... if I didn’t have something else at hand, I’d finish a book and turn right back to the first page and start it again.' Read a new Shelf Life Q&A from Rumaan Alam RT to go into the hat to win 1 of 3 copies of Entitlement. lunate.co.uk/features/rumaa…

I published my first book last year aged over 50. In July it won the only UK prize for memoir and life writing. Publishers may look as if they have trends but they buy books by everyone. And as for the books by women in their 20s- when I was in my 20s there was v little out there

Our new 'In Brief' section has proved really popular with readers, writers and publishers. And we're delighted to have already filled the Oct & Nov slots with 8 exciting new titles. Cheers, all! lunate.co.uk/reviews/in-bri…

Big book news! Myself and the ultra-talented Kathryn Tann have set up Folding Rock Magazine, a new print-focused literary magazine for Wales-based and Welsh writers. Issue 1 is out March '25! Head to foldingrock.com and sign up to our newsletter for all coming news...

Public transport.

Heidi's extraordinary 'Evidence' is one of the highlights of Lunate vol. 5, which will be landing on doormats next week... An absolute honour to publish a writer of her stature. 🖤 (Ahem! Order link in bio...)

All My Precious Madness is one of the books of the year. A savagely funny debut. Seek it out! We're delighted to have Mark as our Shelf Life Q&A contributor next week. 👍👍

"Yesterday I said 'we are celebrating' in response to a tweet showing innocent Palestinians being burnt alive. I'm now desperately walking that back like the worst kind of coward, fearful that my livelihood is about to be taken away from me."

Ahem, some news:

***FROM THE ARCHIVE*** We first published The Weight of a Shoe by Dr. Philippa Holloway in 2021. Phillipa's excellent debut short story collection Untethered (also including this story) is available now (link in feature) Parthian Books lunate.co.uk/fiction/the-we…

I have now done my own tweet. I will have a new story in the Fall Conjunctions ‘Revenants’. Along with stories from Margaret Atwood, Isabel Allende, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Tremblay , Stephen Graham Jones, jeffrey ford and others. Yes. 👍

Prep.

Exciting News! The deadline for applications is 29th of September. Glenveagh is truly beautiful and the landscape uniquely inspiring. Keep in mind that you will need to have a car to get to and from the cottage.

Masterpiece.

And soon we go again... Just over a fortnight until we open a 2 week-long window for submissions for February's vol. 6. We're excited. Are you? Join us. 🖤 Lunate.co.uk/submissions

Beloveds. I will be talking about nature and writing and nature writing with Richard Kerridge again. Come see us on Weds 27th November East Bristol Books ( it's new! it's cool! it's right next to The Ill Repute!) Info, tickets etc here >>> headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/east-…