The ⁦⁦⁦The Irish Times⁩ read my recent newsletter about returning to Derry and were kind enough to republish a version of it here.

It took leaving and returning for me to become a Derry girl – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

Have we ever lived through a period where so many nations have been let down by so many incompetent (and in some cases, malevolent) leaders when decent leaders were most needed?

There'll be a little flurry of #YouAreHere stuff for the next two or three weeks I'm afraid, but I'm so pleased to see this, from Johanna Thomas-Corr.
thetimes.co.uk/article/c2c537…

Amazed and gratified by the love that my hedge thread has received. 726k views in 24 hours. Thank you all.🙏 As a result we've decided to offer some of you a chance to actually come A-HEDGING in September. (1/4)

Just to say #OurHoliday has had a change of pub day - it's out on 4 July 🏖️🏖️🏖️ (Pre-order deets in bio)

In case this is of interest and my apologies for pestering, if not 😊

A love letter to David Mitchell’s masterpiece Cloud Atlas on its 20th anniversary from Gabrielle Zevin, author of the wonderful Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

“I envy a reader who comes to this novel blank now, if such a person even exists”.

theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

It was 80 years ago today, on 7 April 1944, that Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler began their escape from Auschwitz to warn the world - one of the most heroic acts of the last century.

I told the story in my book, The Escape Artist, and talked about it here open.spotify.com/episode/1EzdBK…

We've loved seeing all of the buzz around Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame, out now with Penguin Michael Joseph 🍩🍰

We spoke to Olivia Ford and her Curtis Brown Books literary agent Lucy Morris about the inspiration behind the book!

Read our interview with them both: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/interview…

Lads! The divine David Nicholls is coming to Dublin in May and I have the privilege of interviewing him. Tickets now on sale 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

What a pleasure, to be in conversation with the brilliant Marian Keyes, part of International Literature Festival Dublin in May.

This is both heartbreaking & maddening.
The creative industries account for more than £100bn to UK economy, 15.9% of all UK service exports.; there is more production space here than anywhere in world outside of Hollywood. RT if agree!
#supportthearts theguardian.com/education/2024…

Thrilled to receive gorgeous looking #ShadowsintheMoonlight in the post today! Thank you ⁦Santa Montefiore⁩ ⁦Curtis Brown Books⁩ and ⁦Orion Publishing⁩

Erin Kelly #TheHouseOfMirrors Learn how to write a twisty, suspenseful thriller that readers won’t be able to put down. Join our six-week online Writing a Psychological Thriller course with teaching videos and tasks from Erin Kelly #TheHouseOfMirrors.

Enrol now! Next course starts 11 Apr: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing…

The Queen’s Reading Room research charity announced a study proving that reading 5 mins a day reduces stress by 20% & improves concentration by 11%.
I did say this a few years ago in my ⁦TEDx⁩ talk…
#writing #reading #literaryagent #publishing

If your heart's recovered from One Day, David Nicholls is ready to tug at its strings once again from 23 April, with his new novel You Are Here. Meet Marnie and Michael in this exclusive early reading and preorder your signed copy here: bit.ly/4cuibqW

Don’t write because you can, write because you cannot not.

#WritingCommmunity #writerslife #writing

Hello! I'm 'up', available to be viewed! My gratitude is IMMENSE! 😍😍😍😍

Well, here it is. I am delighted to share our very first Women's Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist. Congratulations to all six authors and heartfelt thanks to our wonderful judging panel Suzannah Lipscomb Kamila Shamsie Professor Nicola Rollock Venetia La Manna Anne Sebba Women's Prize

A hugely moving and thought-provoking article by Clare Mackintosh about her painful experience of grief.

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…