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Today’s the big day - first sighting of LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE in the wild
@Waterstones262
in Bristol! You can pick up signed copies across Waterstones stores and lots of lovely indies from today ♥️💚💙 congratulations
@taffyakner
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1. If all cis women at Hachette were polled today to ask if they were happy for trans women to share the same facilities then the overwhelming majority would say yes. To say ‘all women’ in H’s employ are being discriminated against because of a policy we WELCOME is ludicrous
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Just found out that a guy I used to see has released a solo album feat. a song about our shitshow of a relationship and I am aaabsolutely delighted. My chaotic romantic life pays off at last! Gonna change my twitter bio to 'muse'! Call the paps!!
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2. Being transphobic is not equivalent to being gay, Jewish or Black. It is equivalent to being racist or homophobic. Being a bigot is not a protected characteristic I’m afraid!
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Sighing as I write because I know how horny the terfs get when anyone gives them attention, but also can’t let statements like this go unchallenged within our industry, so here we are. Looking forward to the usual, not-at-all sexist accusations that I am ‘shilling for men’ ♥️
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‘The people at this thing are so nice and therefore we should let it be funded by blood money’ is not a real argument surely
I want to talk a little bit about why book festivals are the best thing in the world & why attacking them, actually, is about punching down and guilt-tripping the single best group of people I know. Readers. Reading is the most peaceful thing you can do. It makes us think. It's a
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The irony of the terf brigade naming themselves 'SEEN' while bravely remaining anonymous is simply delicious
A publishing network for those “concerned about the impact of gender ideology on our sector and wider society” launched today for publishing professionals, authors and creatives 👇
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Very curious to know if Hyde et al held the same views of e.g. Nan Goldin’s protests against the Sacklers funding NY arts institutions? Both situations pretty comparable but somehow this one seeming to cause much more uproar. Just an observation.
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Turning down submissions = so nerve-racking. If the agent doesn't reply I have to resist the urge to follow up with a 'but we're cool tho yeh?xxx'
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correct, this IS how i look when i fret (sexily) about my bills
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Just uttered the words ‘Oh yeah she just had her debut baby’ and am now quitting my job immediately
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Sooooo this happened. I am overwhelmed! Thank you to everyone who bought a copy, to all my amazing colleagues who helped make this happen, and most of all to
@taffyakner
for being a bloody genius 💛
#Fleishman
#Fleishman
Is... a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller!!! CONGRATULATIONS to the amazing
@taffyakner
, we could not be prouder!
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Hello friends, I have now returned from sabbatical with an empty brain and a full <3 heart <3. Agents, please send me the good stuff (specifically your best literary fiction & narrative non-fic).
Dora the Explorer but make it *drab*. Last time in the Hachette lifts for a while as I’m off on sabbatical 🌞 submit to
@NotThatAreen
in the meantime plz and I’ll be back in 4 months
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Some happy news for me today, and also for my colleagues
@SheriseHobbs
,
@RosieMargesson
and
@katiesunners
who are the best in the biz and who I am so lucky to work with every day. (I'm also proud of Alex but he has not in fact been promoted. Gutted Alex.)
.
@headlinepg
has announced four promotions in its editorial and publicity departments, with
@SheriseHobbs
,
@katiesunners
,
@EllaSGordon
and Alex Clarke all stepping up! See more:
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Celebrating
@taffyakner
’s Sunday Times bestseller success from a beach in Cornwall (excuse the mad camping hair)
#Fleishman
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Sold-out event, every copy in
@bookhaus2
snapped up… what a night. Happy happy publication to
@eastsidemoses
, couldn’t be prouder to be your editor.
#AnOliveGrove
in Ends is out NOW.
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Spent last Friday doing important book research
@anniemacmanus
' local Irish bar. Her second novel, THE MESS WE'RE IN, is a love letter to music and the Irish diaspora, and publishes this May☘️
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@Rookerylaw
It will shock you to learn that I, a single editor in a corporation that employs thousands, have no sway over hiring practices.
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Dora the Explorer but make it *drab*. Last time in the Hachette lifts for a while as I’m off on sabbatical 🌞 submit to
@NotThatAreen
in the meantime plz and I’ll be back in 4 months
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Sold-out event
@WaterstonesPicc
tonight. Had to wait till
@chemelumadu
was looking at someone else to take a nice photo but we got there. One week till Dazzling! 🐆
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Finished copies of
@anniemacmanus
’ Mother Mother are IN and even more beautiful than I could have DREAMED 😭
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Scuse the claw 🦞 but early paperback copies of Mother Mother are IN and very beautiful 😍
@anniemacmanus
’ debut publishes in paperback on 17th March!
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#Fleishman
has been longlisted for the
#WomensPrize
and I am just so proud and thrilled for
@taffyakner
, sitting exactly where she belongs alongside these incredible authors. ❤️🎉
We're delighted to reveal this year's
#WomensPrize
longlist 🙌
Congratulations to our sixteen brilliant longlisted authors. Discover them here:
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Cannot bloody wait for everyone to read this gorgeous, hilarious, meaty, Great American Novel.
@taffyakner
has done it again. (Also can't wait for everyone to find out what the title refers to.) Pre-order your signed copies nowwww
Follow the kidnapping of New York businessman and charting four decades’ worth of repercussions, Long Island Compromise is the sharp, poignant exploration of legacy, family and wealth coming soon from
@taffyakner
. Signed Edition:
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The news is out! Hats off to
@AnnieMac
- in MOTHER MOTHER she has written the most astonishing, emotionally exacting portrayal of motherhood (and womanhood generally), and the toll unconditional love can take on a person. Can’t wait for you all to read it.
Hello! I am so so happy to announce my debut novel. It’s called Mother Mother and it comes out in May 2021 through Wildfire Books.
Mother Mother is available for pre-order now:
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I was really honoured to be invited to join the
#TransWrites
panel on improving trans representation in publishing, in collaboration with
@AllAboutTrans
. Thanks especially to
@EvaEch0
and
@theFoxFisher
for such an illuminating discussion. 🏳️⚧️
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Just arrived at the London office to find a pretty excellent gift waiting for me. Thanks
@chemelumadu
, I shall be wearing it to all your future events (starting tonight
@WaterstonesPicc
) xxxx
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This debut by Moses McKenzie (
@Mosesyarroz
) is so beautiful and special, written with a lyricism that is completely breathtaking and transportive. The extraordinary An Olive Grove in Ends is coming spring 2022 and it's going to be big, mark yer calendars.
"I wrote this novel for those of us who have never seen ourselves in literature",
@Wildfirebks
wins a "staggering" coming-of-age story from 22-year-old debut novelist Moses McKenzie in a two-book deal! Find out more about An Olive Grove in Ends here: (£)
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Celebrating
@eastsidemoses
at Southwark Cathedral as he wins a
@Soc_of_Authors
Somerset Maugham award, presented by
@valmcdermid
💛
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Had a bangin time last night celebrating the launch of
@anniemacmanus
’ beautiful debut novel Mother Mother, which publishes TOMORROW. Can’t wait to see
@hollydrawsinink
’s artwork gracing bookshop shelves
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Very much enjoyed eating unidentifiable vegetables and talking upcoming projects with the *delightful*
@taffyakner
in New York this week. Lots of great stuff in the pipeline and I am EXCITED.
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I LOVE walking home in the dark. I love listening to music really loudly while I do it, and I love it even more when I’m drunk. Come at me. Justice for Sarah.
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I am SO excited to be publishing
@brandimwells
incredible debut novel CLEANER, a withering satire about a night-shift cleaner and her nocturnal empire. It's coming next September, get readyyy
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Tonight
@eastsidemoses
won the Breakthrough Writer award at the inaugural
#SohoHouseAwards
. Here he is sharing a stage with the other winner in the writing category. I am very proud.
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Flatmate is trying to buy us a lamp and the search is going great so far.
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Here’s
@taffyakner
being as eloquent as ever in
@GdnSaturday
. Just 3 days till Long Island Compromise is out in the world ✨
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As a fellow Publishing Depressive™️ I'm grateful for Katy's openness on this subject. Many of her experiences have been mine too (minus some of her success, heh) and she's written about it with much more eloquence and clarity than I ever could
I wrote a piece about what I found in the year after leaving corporate publishing. Spoiler: good stuff happened.
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Shortlistee baybeeeeeeee 💚💚💚 Huge day for this little book. Congratulations to Ia and
@kiracecilia_
, proud proud proud
We are delighted to reveal the
#InternationalBooker2024
shortlist, featuring six books ‘that interweave the intimate and political in radically original ways’.
➡️ Discover the full list:
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WHO CARES will shed much-needed light on the unacknowledged work of informal carers, who make up an 8th of our population yet have been abandoned.
@emilykenway
is an extraordinary writer (and person) and it’ll be my privilege to publish her on the
@Wildfirebks
list
"My time as a carer and the stories shared with me by others have made me acutely aware how vital it is that we reshape society with care at its heart",
@Wildfirebks
signs
@emilykenway
's Who Cares, a book on non-professional care work:
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Out and about with
@anniemacmanus
today signing copies of
#MotherMother
. Thank you
@WaterstonesPicc
for this beautiful display
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Made my much taller sister crouch down for this picture, merry Xmas 2 my ego 🎄
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This perfect little book, The Details by Ia Genberg (translated so beautifully by
@kiracecilia_
) has been longlisted for the
#InternationalBooker2024
and I could not be prouder. Thank you 💚
We are delighted to reveal the
#InternationalBooker2024
longlist, featuring 13 books ‘that speak of courage and kindness, of the vital importance of community, and of the effects of standing up to tyranny’.
➡️ Discover the full list:
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SIGNED paperback copies of
@eastsidemoses
’ debut novel An Olive Grove in Ends now available from
@bookhaus2
(out everywhere on Thursday 👀)
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Proud gal here celebrating the publication of Down and Out by my good m8
@DaniLavelle
(
@GuardianBooks
' Book of the Day today, while I'm on the subject: ) Get yourself a copy!!
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Join our publishing posse sorry I said posse x
Fancy an entry-level editorial role at an exciting and dynamic imprint? Wildfire Books is looking for an Editorial Assistant - apply now:
Salary £24K-£26K, depending on experience.
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Delighted to say that Jill's launch
@thervt
raised almost £1,600 for
@THTorguk
! Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and/or donated on the night💕
The most perfect launch for a very special book. Thank you
@thervt
@RichardAngell
@THTorguk
and all who came to celebrate Jill and LOVE FROM THE PINK PALACE with us last night, I am now very very tired 💕
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The most perfect launch for a very special book. Thank you
@thervt
@RichardAngell
@THTorguk
and all who came to celebrate Jill and LOVE FROM THE PINK PALACE with us last night, I am now very very tired 💕
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Staying with my auntie in Dublin and yesterday came across her ‘Abortion Campaign Stuff’ folder, containing, among other things, old articles she wrote for the campaign back in 1983. 👌
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‘Seized’ is quite strong but I did acquire it with great enthusiasm!
.
@Wildfirebks
has seized DJ, podcaster and author
@anniemacmanus
’s ‘vibrant, unforgettable’ second novel.
Find out more:
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Cancel all your November plans, for TV Fleishman is nigh!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Streaming on Disney+ in the UK and Australia, cannot wait
I am so proud (and so terrified) to announce that you will be able to watch FX's FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE on Nov. 17 on Hulu. Here's our poster!
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Mother Mother is one of those books that creeps up on you, and before you know it you’re head over heels for the characters and ugly-crying your eyes out. Preorder and thank me later!!
My debut novel, Mother Mother is out on 27th May and is available to pre-order now!
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It’s true: LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE is coming next summer to fill that FLEISHMAN-shaped hole in our lives. Get excited.
And don’t miss out on these limited signed copies 👀
Those who were transfixed by major international bestseller Fleishman Is in Trouble will be thrilled to hear
@taffyakner
will return next year with another exhilarating novel, Long Island Compromise. Arriving June 2021. Secure a signed copy here:
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Here it is - the beauuutiful cover for An Olive Grove in Ends, designed by the great
@Jack_Flag_
. So proud of this book by amazing
@eastsidemoses
, coming to ya 28/04/22. Preorder link below.
UK cover for An Olive Grove In Ends. April 28th 2022. Preorder link deyah:
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An unholy noise left my mouth when this was announced earlier. So so proud of
@DaniLavelle
, joint WINNER (alongside
@fmarshallpayne
) of the inaugural Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 😭🏆🫡
The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 2023 goes jointly to Daniel Lavelle
@DaniLavelle
& Freya Marshall Payne
@fmarshallpayne
for reporting drawing on their experiences of rough sleeping and hidden homelessness. Congratulations Daniel, Freya and all the inaugural finalists.
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Make way for the ✨dazzling✨
@chemelumadu
!
Feverishly tore through this stunning debut back in March and knew immediately I had to publish it. Coming spring 23, can’t wait.
🎆 DAZZLING 🎆
#CBFirstNovelPrize
winner
@chemelumadu
has written a spectacular novel bursting with imagination and wit, and I’m so pleased that
@EllaSGordon
will be publishing it!
@Wildfirebks
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This is very funny in fairness
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Crashed Amy’s honeymoon, she was quite nice about it in fairness
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Well well looky here. Congratulations
@eastsidemoses
, you continue to slay.
Officially announced in the
@LRB
this week:
@eastsidemoses
is the winner of the 2023 Hawthornden Prize for Literature, Britain's oldest literary award. Previous winners include Hilary Mantel, Ali Smith, Colm Tóibín, Evelyn Waugh...We are so proud of you, Moses.
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Oh I am buzzing about this book. HERMIT is so gorgeous -- funny, mad, thought-provoking and warm-hearted -- and
@ChrisMcQueer_
is so exceptionally talented. Can't wait for everyone to read.
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'The family epic is my favorite kind of novel, and, as a magazine writer I have learned there is nothing more revelatory of a person than where that person is from'. An exclusive first look at
@taffyakner
's forthcoming second novel, LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE, in
@VanityFair
‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ author Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel examines family trauma over multiple generations.
Take an exclusive sneak peek:
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In 2021 I will find the perfect off-white boot at an affordable price. This is the destiny I am manifesting for myself and I don’t think it’s a lot to ask ok
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@thebookseller
@HarryNicholas_
Huge congratulations Harry, ignore these joyless individuals xxx
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Facebook hackers deleted my Instagram account and I feel nothing but mild gratitude
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I know we throw the world 'important' around a lot in this ol' industry, but I think it's warranted in the case of
@DaniLavelle
's first book. DOWN AND OUT has real potential to change some things around here, and I'm so proud we'll be publishing it at Wildfire.
.
@Wildfirebks
picks up Down and Out,
@DaniLavelle
's debut book, which is a work of investigative journalism and "a state-of-the-nation look at homelessness in modern Britain". Discover more here:
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What a book, what a woman 🥲🥲🥲
We’re still buzzing after a fantastic London visit from
@taffyakner
, who we kept very busy! The countdown to
#LongIslandCompromise
is officially ON — have you preordered yet??
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Hangin out with ‘television’s Jill Nalder’ as she now prefers to be called 💕
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Lol the irony is I bet his family are fuuuucking delighted he’s not allowed near them this Xmas.
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When Moses tells you he’s gonna ‘wing it’ for his speech, this is what that looks like
Greatest awards speech ever? Congratulations to the brilliant
@eastsidemoses
on winning the inaugural
#SohoHouseAward
for Breakthrough Writer last night! If you haven’t read An Olive Grove in Ends yet…what are you waiting for?
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Can't express how much this book lifted my spirits when it landed in my inbox 97 yrs into lockdown, Mar'21. I'd barely been able to read for weeks, everything felt tedious & pointless, and then came DAZZLING. Congrats
@chemelumadu
, you're really fucking cool and I like ya a lot✨
A day to be dazzled. Congratulations to Curtis Brown First Novel Prize winner and total treasure of a human
@chemelumadu
on publication of a tremendous debut, and published so beautifully (have you seen this cover!) by
@EllaSGordon
and
@Wildfirebks
🐆✨
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Nigella speaks the truth. So bloody excited to be
@taffyakner
’s UK editor - and her brilliant, warm, wonderful debut novel will be available for UK readers on 18th June.
#FleishmanIsInTrouble
I have just finished Fleishman Is In Trouble by
@taffyakner
(out in US June) and feel bereft. I read it too fast, because I couldn’t stop, but can’t bear that it’s ended. It is a Great Novel (yes: cap G; Cap N). It has depth, wit, nuance and life. Heartbreaking and funny
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@JenniKonner
@JuddApatow
Mm kay congrats for not being a rapist Judd pal but let's not pretend your oeuvre has shown women in the most accurate or fair light
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Hun you literally conspired to assault someone x
People have a right to protest peacefully & while observing social distancing but they have no right to attack the police. These demonstrations have been subverted by thuggery - and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve. Those responsible will be held to account.
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Amazing night with
@anniemacmanus
last night celebrating the paperback launch of The Mess We’re In
@RoughTrade
East, feat. special guests
@grimmers
,
@KNEECAPCEOL
and several pints of Guinness ☘️💕
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@Glinner
Feel like the irony of this will be lost on you, but one might argue that a dude obsessively tweeting about females every hour of the day is incredibly seedy and weird.
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I dunno I guess I always took for granted I was a Gryffindor but as I get older I’m slowly beginning to wonder if I might actually be a Ravenclaw. Lots left to work through but thanks I’m doing OK
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‘Announcing the arrival of a promising 23-year-old author whose work is wise beyond his years…’
@eastsidemoses
@headlinepg
An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie review – an impressive debut
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Been looking forward to reading this - thank you for the proof,
@CMiscellany
, and congrats
@loco_mote
!
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Assumed my friends would be dressing up for Barbie too, they did not x
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The
#hometovote
feed is making me sad and happy at same time. Women travelling home so that other women never have to travel again
#repeal
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‘There is an impressive depth to McKenzie’s storytelling…Brutal in places but always beautiful, An Olive Grove in Ends is a bullishly brilliant debut by a young author with a very bright future.’ 🥰
@eastsidemoses
My review of ‘An Olive Grove in Ends’ by Moses McKenzie (
@eastsidemoses
) in today’s
@ObsNewReview
/
@GuardianBooks
: Trials of a Bristol rover.
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💛 this book, 💛 this legend, can’t wait to share THE MESS WE’RE IN with everyone this May. If you’re a chaotic girlie (non gender specific) and you live for music, this book is for YOU 🫵
My second novel is called The Mess We’re In and it’s coming out in May next year. I couldn’t be happier to share the cover with you today. Novel number 2. It’s real! It’s out of my head! I can’t wait for you to meet Orla.
Pre-order here:
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SO EXCITED that I can finally talk about this - Moses McKenzie (
@eastsidemoses
)'s AN OLIVE GROVE IN ENDS to be adapted for TV!!!
‘Gangs Of London’ Producer Pulse Films Options ‘An Olive Grove In Ends’; Writer Moses McKenzie To Adapt For TV
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Is this not the most beautiful book you have ever clapped eyes on??
@hollydrawsinink
does it again 🐆
THEY ARE HERE AND THEY ARE PERFECT! 💫
I have a *very* limited number of
#Dazzling
hardbacks to giveaway so drop me a comment below if you would like one!
UK only
#bookbloggers
#bookstagram
#Giveaway
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It’s true, we have a new
@eastsidemoses
book for you. It’s called Fast by the Horns and it’s pretty great. Coming this May!
.
@Wildfirebks
has landed the second novel by Moses McKenzie, author of An Olive Grove in Ends, which won the 2023 Hawthornden Prize, a Somerset Maugham Award, and the inaugural Soho House Breakthrough Writer Award ⬇️
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