New Year, new me… My debut novel is out now in paperback as THE BERLINERS (prev’sly Friedrichstrasse 19). Buy from your local bookshop or follow the links below. With huge thanks to @agent_luck @jocastahamilton & all at @johnmurrays #Berlin #TheBerliners

@HarriettSG @Janekelly25 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds @FrenchNicci @theMaggieAyre Hi Jane. We've checked the settings our end and can't see any problems. Might be worth checking your personal settings? Or you could also try messaging the AGoodRead insta acccount.

RT @WomensPrize: We are thrilled to announce the 16 books that have made the 2025 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist! With authors drawn…

RT @Max_Fisher: The single most important article yet published on Trump's second term, by two scholars who since 2016 have been consistent…

@Janekelly25 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds @FrenchNicci @HarriettSG @theMaggieAyre Hi Jane, I’ve also checked and can’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to comment.

Feb 11 is the Feast of #Caedmon of Whitby, 7th century cowherd who became England’s first named poet. but the cows as before were calm, and nothing was burning,             nothing but I, as that hand of fire touched my lips & scorched my tongue Caedmon by Denise #Levertov

BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, In the Studio: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane is a Mexican fashion designer who resists traditional notions of masculine and feminine. ⁦⁦@arghlice⁩ travels to Mexico City to follow the creation of their next line

Vidya Wade - original fiction each night 22.45 @BBCRadio4 by Timothy X Atack (writer of Forest 404). Maya thinks they've got a ghost. She needs an extra-natural mediator and Vidya's is the only number she can find. Producer @MaryWL1

We're not in Narnia anymore. It's the late 1940s and Britain is facing a new kind of war. #CSLewis's 'modern fairy tale for grown-ups' warns of a world where technocrats are kings. That Hideous Strength dramatised by Melissa Murray 3pm Sun 9 Feb @BBCRadio4

We're not in Narnia anymore. #CSLewis's 'modern fairy tale for grown-ups' warns of a world where technocrats are kings. That Hideous Strength dramatised by Melissa Murray, with a great cast led by Anneika Rose & Joel MacCormack 3pm Sun 9 Feb @BBCRadio4

RT @jos_med_mac: At least 160,000 rally in Berlin against far right. At least 160,000 thousand demonstrators converged on Berlin Sunday, sa…

From the Radio Times:

‘Speaking in broad terms, there are three different types of scream to be heard in a soft play centre.’ Soft Play - a new short story by Eley Williams, written in response to recent events. Produced by Becky Ripley. 1545 Fri 7 Feb @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds

Giacomo #Meyerbeer was a 19th century #opera smash hit, admired by Wagner & Queen Victoria. Extra points from me for writing an opera called Emma. The music's glorious. Composer of the Week each day 4pm @BBCRadio3 with @DonaldMacleod01 Producer Julien Rosa

James Joyce's birthday today, born #otd in Rathgar #Dublin 2nd February 1882. Celebrate by listening to Drama on 3: The Dead @BBCSounds read by the wonderful Jonathan Forbes.

Loved Medieval Women: In Their Own Words @britishlibrary Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, Christine de Pizan (shown below writing her book, watched over by Minerva), the Paston Letters, the filthy poetry of Gwerfel Merchain, Joan of Arc’s signature…

The astonishing courage & life-affirming music of Ilse Weber, Karel Švenk, František Domažlický & Karel Berman on today’s Composer of the Week: Voices of Terezin, 4pm @BBCRadio3 presented by @DonaldMacleod01 Producer @ameliacparker

RT @BBCBristol: Dr Paul Stephenson, who led the Bristol Bus Boycott and helped pave the way for the Race Relations Act in the 1960s, will b…

RT @hayfestival: Writers at Work, it’s time! Our professional development opportunity for Welsh writers is back for 2025. Deadline 28 Febr…