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If you want to read about how my literary career all went horribly wrong after the 'difficult second novel', sign up for the autobiographical newsletter winging its way to inboxes next Friday bit.ly/3x9ZQf3 #HowNotToWriteANovel #bookstagram

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When #MadelineMartin comes to London on a research trip and @katethompson74.bsky.social's new book has just made the @thetimes.com bestseller list, there's only one drink to have with lunch. #AuthorsWhoLunch #bookstagram

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@LolaJaye, resplendent in silver doc martins and matching headband at last night's packed launch of #TheManualforGoodWives in @DauntBooks Marylebone. It's a stunning story of an African princess who thrives in the UK despite all life throws at her. Highly recommended #NewRelease

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A very happy publication day to my lovely friend @juliakellywrites.bsky.social. Dressmakers of London is an uplifting, page-turning story of two feuding sisters brought together during WW2 to save the family dressmaking store. Enjoy! #newrelease #bookstagram

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It's two weeks till the start of #WomensHistoryMonth. How many of these titles have you read? Enter this survey to win copies us20.list-manage.com/survey?u=a03... #31titleswomeninhistory #bookstagram #Giveaway @janisdaly

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I'm delighted that A Beautiful Rival is published in the Czech Republic today by @grada. If you have any Czech friends, please tell them to look out for Elizabeth and Helena landing in their bookstores. #Newrelease #czechrepublic #BooksWorthReading

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I'm guessing it's not the real Barbara Kingsolver who just started following me on X and has liked three of my posts. She would have more followers, surely? But couldn't stop myself having a massive fan girl moment…

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Here's a selection of some of the covers and titles The Secret Wife has been given on her travels. It's interesting to see the different approaches. Which do you like best? #bookstagram #romanovsisters @AvonBooksUK

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From Corfu to London, Colorado to Cumbria, this month's read's were full of atmosphere and intrigue. I urge you to grab a copy of @Maggie_Brookes's truly wonderful poetry collection, full of precious nuggets of insight.What have you been reading? #bookstagram #BooksMakeGreatGifts

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Excellent news! Looking forward to the return of #AyeWrite.

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Last night I zoomed with a Michigan book club who had been reading A Beautiful Rival and was thrilled to find they had all dressed up as either Elizabeth Arden or Helena Rubinstein. Don't they look great? #bookclub #cosmetics #abeautifulrival @bookclubgirl @WmMorrowBooks

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❛ All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery... One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George Orwell, who died #OTD in 1950.

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Happy publication day, @annamazz.bsky.social! Early readers have called this new thriller tense, unputdownable, whip-smart and witty – can't wait to grab me a copy. #NewRelease #thriller #bookstagram

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#RenéeRosen's wonderful novel about Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll, is out today and it's every bit as brilliant as you would expect. I absolutely loved this and urge you to rush out and buy it today! #newrelease #barbie #bookstagram

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Can't believe it's 25 years since my first novel was published! I'll be telling the story of all the dramas around it and the rookie mistakes I made in my newsletter later this month. There will also be a chance to win a copy of the novel, which is out of print. Sign-up link is here: bit.ly/3x9ZQf3

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A very happy publication day to @katmezzacappa.bsky.social – The Ballad of Mary Kearney is out today. What happens when a nobleman falls in love with his servant in 18th-century Ireland and, what's more, he is Protestant and she is Catholic? Sounds like a must-read! #newrelease #historicalfiction

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This looks such fun!

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This happened in just two days. A January miracle. #daffodils #springiscoming

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This wonderful @LibraryJournal review of the #ScandalousWomen audiobook praises my super-talented narrator Lisa Flanagan. It's the fourth of my novels that Lisa has narrated and hopefully not the last. If you're an audiobook fan, do have a listen. #audiobook #Booksworthreading

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2024 was an incredible year for reading. I read all these authors for the first time and loved them so much that I'll be looking out for everything they write from now on. Can't wait to see what new (to me) discoveries 2025 will bring. #BooksWorthReading #HappyNewYear2025

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A very happy publication day to @carolinelamond, whose novel about three amazing women – Maureen O'Hara, Vivien Leigh and Sonia Orwell – comes out today. Loving the cover and can't wait to read it! #historicalfiction #newrelease 🥳🥳🥳

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@MaryBethKeane, @IonaGrey and #MaryLawson are geniuses at creating believable characters who are somehow damaged, and I love entering their worlds to see what happens. The bottom three are out next year, and all are terrific. #bookstagram #bookrecommendations @essiefox @Marnie_Riches @elenikwriter

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When, oh when, are the humans going to stop dressing us up in Christmassy tat? #dogsatXmas

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Novel set in 1960s USA and LONDON www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... Scandalous Women by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social "The story is clearly written with a profound appreciation of these two icons, there is real energy in the narrative.." @avonbooks.bsky.social

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My Xmas bookstack, excluding a couple that arrived on kindle. The one on the bottom is a beautifully illustrated edition of Dylan Thomas's Under Milkwood! And two are proofs from the fabulous @orendabooks.bsky.social. But where to start, that's the problem… #xmasbooks #bookstagram

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I'm thrilled that Scandalous Women was Critics' Choice book of the year in @TheLadyMagazine. Huge thanks to @lyndsyspence for this lovely review. #stockingfillers #lastminutegifts @AvonBooksUK

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For those who watched the final part of #TheMirrorAndTheLight last night and are still in mourning, I recommend watching #Firebrand, based on the novel by @lizfremantle.bsky.social. Covering Henry's marriage to Catherine Parr, it's like the next episode in the series. Available on Amazon Prime.

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What a letter.

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My recommendation is Remarkably Bright Creatures by @shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social ❤️♥️💙💜🧡💝

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Scandalous Women by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social 1960s #LosAngeles #NewYork #London www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... "...there is real energy in the narrative...' #JackieCollins #JacquelineSusann

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Huge congrats to my good pal @Marnie_Riches on the exciting news reported in @thebookseller today – she's written a new cosy crime series called #TheGardenersClub, first book coming out April 25 from @PenguinUKBooks 🥳🥳🥳 Can't wait!

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Scandalous Women has been featured in @bookclubgirl's list of gift recommendations for the readers in your life. Categories include Tortured Poet, Sports Fan, Holiday Mood Readers, and more – but I'm super-proud that mine is for Brats! Link to entire list here bit.ly/49BJQFl

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My partner went to a drinks reception at the House of Commons last night and brought me back an empty bottle of the fizz they'd been drinking because he "thought I'd like to see it". Could someone please explain to him what he got wrong?

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This was such a hoot! Christmas has officially begun…

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November reads included three spying stories, one Titanic, one about an octopus called Marcellus, and another masterpiece from Mary Lawson, who in my eyes can do no wrong. My latest newsletter will be out this afternoon with festive giveaways. Sign up soon if you want to receive it! bit.ly/3x9ZQf3

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Me, me, me, I want one!

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Any celebs reading this? Rowan would be amazing in your job!

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The Secret Photographs – Jacquie Bloese | Blog Tour | Author Guest Post : Five things you didn’t know about Victorian ‘secret’ photography! | #TheSecretPhotographs | www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/2024/11/the-...

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Breaking News: Barbara Taylor Bradford, the best-selling romance novelist whose works captivated readers across the world, has died at 91. nyti.ms/3B0vD89

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🔊#UK #DealAlert! Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger's electrifying, emotive thriller #Unhinged trs Megan Turney is #99p for a short time! 😱Book 3 in No. 1 bestselling #series ❄️Blix goes vigilante when his daughter is targeted by a murderer… 📸https://bit.ly/4eCb3Zt #NordicNoir #BookDeals #BookSky

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Apologies if anyone has tried to email me through the contact page on my website in the last few months. Seems that something called "CPanel data" has been sending any comms into Outer Space. Order restored now so do please get in touch (but not to sell me web marketing advice). Thx in advance. 😜

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Here’s one for all you proofreaders.

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I don't like cakes, crisps or biscuits – but good dark chocolate is another matter entirely. Re ABBA, I bet you'll find you know the words to their songs, nonetheless…

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