All the awards to Rosamund Urwin and co; all the eye rolls to people praising the work and commitment by posting non-paywall links

Interviewed John Mayer for a newspaper and he told me I should try taking Xanax

This blog is great, and painfully true. The omertà that exists about this reality is deeply unfair on debut novelists imho

who’s your favourite colin

First episode of Politics at Jack and Sam's is now live 👇👇 Myself and Sam Coates Sky talk you through the week ahead in UK politics. Let us know what you think! spotify.link/EI4Xs4h2xDb

The mentality of committing fraud to evade tax when you are already worth £2.5 billion is utterly incomprehensible “Bernie Ecclestone to pay £650m after pleading guilty to trust fund tax fraud” thetimes.co.uk/article/344509…

Fascinating (and quite enraging) piece on the broken system of author blurbs esquire.com/entertainment/…

My 13 year old daughter has WhatsApp’d me her supermarket shopping wish list Not sure whether this suggests good or bad parenting?!

Announcing this year's shortlist for the Book Edit Writers' Prize! Congrats to all: thebookedit.co.uk/news/2023/11/7…

We’re celebrating our writers’ many wonderful success stories in 2023: writers who’ve signed with agents, writers who’ve secured book deals with publishers, and—that glorious final step!—the publication of some incredible novels. Read now on our blog! ⭐️ thenovelry.com/blog/success-s…

Publication day for #TheHouseOnRyeLane! I’m so proud of this book about love, death and Peckham 😍 smarturl.it/TheHouseOnRyeL… Thank you The Borough Press Nicola Barr

Such a great idea...

Still a limited no of tickets available for my Senate House Library talk on Thurs 14 March. I'll be discussing Victorian Spiritualist, campaigner & celebrity Georgina Weldon. It's free but booking is essential: pascal-theatre.com/project/women-… PascalTheatreCompany (Scroll down for my event.)

Super cool!

When I encounter a bad character in a novel, I immediately stop reading and call the publisher demanding answers. Do they have documentation verifying that the author does not believe the same things as the bad character? If not, I call the author and ask them to take a polygraph

Listen, I don't love the fact that something I slaved over for ages only costs 99p but a shiny new KMD is indisputably a bargain... amazon.co.uk/Trip-Rebecca-L…

Lucky Day giveaway! A month ahead of publication, I’m giving away one finished copy along with this cute clover pin! Just like and RT to win - on Wednesday I’ll randomly choose a winner. Make it your Lucky Day!* *UK readers only, sorry. 🍀❤️

I’ve spent some time investigating Lambeth Council I’ve found that it has repeatedly let down some of its most vulnerable residents Thread incoming on just some of the issues: The article is here: thetimes.co.uk/article/lambet…

I wrote this about the depressing spectacle of activists attacking literary festivals - surely there are better targets thetimes.com/comment/column…

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