Gareth Brown
@GarethJohnBrown
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International bestselling author of The Book of Doors from @transworldbooks (UK) and @WmMorrowBooks (USA). Human servant to two Skye terriers.
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🌟GIVEAWAY!🌟
To celebrate two months since publication I’m giving away two rare hardback ARCs of TBoD. To enter:
- Like this post and follow me before midday Monday 15th April (UK time).
Winners picked at random. I will post internationally!
Two more to win on Instagram.
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🌟GIVEAWAY🌟
It’s a month since the US publication of TBoD by
@WmMorrowBooks
so I am giving away two signed copies of the beautiful US edition.
To enter:
- like this post & retweet by 19 March.
I will post INTERNATIONALLY so anyone can enter!
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Wow! The Book of Doors is an instant Sunday Times Bestseller in the UK! Thank you to everyone who has made this possible - readers, reviewers, booksellers and everyone at
@TransworldBooks
! I am over the moon!
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I am amazed and delighted to be an official Sunday Times bestseller this week. Thank you again to everyone who made it happen!
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Very excited to reveal the beautiful UK cover for The Book of Doors from the wonderful people at
@TransworldBooks
@PenguinUKBooks
! (Sound on!)
Pre-orders now open - please order multiple copies for family, friends, pets, strangers and so on!
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Delighted to announce that I’ve signed with
@harryillers
at
@DHHlitagency
. Really excited to get to work with Harry and hopefully we’ll be able to share The Day We Invented Time Travel with the world sometime soon!
I'm thrilled to to sign
@GarethJohnBrown
for The Day We Invented Time Travel, which is Cloud Atlas meets All of Our Wrong Todays. This book is wonderful! Eilidh is sitting in the pub working on a ground-breaking physics theory when a stranger approaches her and begs her not to...
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More exciting news:
@WmMorrowBooks
tell me that The Book of Doors is already going for a second print run, just a week after publication!
Thanks to all the US booksellers and readers for making this happen - it means more of these beauties out in the word.
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What is this? Only beautiful final copies of The Book of Doors from
@TransworldBooks
! What a surprise to receive these today. It’s all getting a bit real.
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Dramatic animation! Epic, ominous music! Gold sparkles!
Look at this beautiful blockbuster trailer for The Book of Doors from the fab people at
@TransworldBooks
. How brilliant is this?!
For pre-orders or more orders: .
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So pleased this news is out at last - it’s been hard keeping it quiet over the last few weeks! Incredibly grateful to
@harryillers
for all his support over the last year. Can’t quite believe I will actually be published… what a start to our anniversary holiday!
This book! Never experienced anything like the excitement The Book of Doors by
@GarethJohnBrown
received.
@sejdubt
&
@PomericoD
are the perfect editors to bring this magical tale to the masses and I can’t wait for you all to experience it!
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A morning of serious wrist action. 2,000 special editions of The Book of Doors signed for
@GoldsboroBooks
. I thought there was a lot of books… then I saw the other pile against the wall. And then the pile in the corner.
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The Book of Doors is out in the wild… I’ve just spotted it in Waterstones Piccadilly! If you see it on your travels let me know or tag me!
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Life goal achieved… first experience signing books, at
@TransworldBooks
this morning. Thanks to
@Melissa_3011
and
@sejdubt
for making it so enjoyable.
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Today is UK publication day for The Book of Doors, so I want to celebrate Team UK who made it all possible and so much fun -
@harryillers
;
@BeckyShort1
;
@Melissa_3011
;
@sejdubt
(all pictured at a lovely lunch this week) as well as
@JuliaTeece
,
@izzieghaffari
and
@HelenLEdwards
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Thank you to everyone snapping up The Book of Doors during today’s Kindle deal - you’ve made it
#1
all over the place on Amazon!
Still time to buy it - 99p all day!
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Signed some more books today at
@GoldsboroBooks
- the lovely blue special edition (still a few left available to buy) and the red GSFF club special edition. Beautiful sprayed edges on both.
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I’ve done no writing for over three months now. Time to get back in the saddle and break some ground on a new construction. With mixed metaphors like that, what can go wrong?
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First airport sighting! TBoD outselling Stephen King and Jeffrey Archer - in the WH Smith in Singapore airport at least!
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We were in
@Waterstones_Edi
today and saw them advertising this event. It looks like it will be a total banger. I am definitely going to go to.
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A surprise from
@TransworldBooks
and
@JuliaTeece
yesterday - door hanger bookmarks to go out with the advanced reader copies of The Book of Doors. This is top-tier swag!
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I am having a book-day and a half today! Paperback ARCs for Book of Doors have arrived from
@TransworldBooks
! So shiny! So beautiful!
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Very excited to hear that The Book of Doors is a USA Today bestseller! Number 91… but it counts! 😀 Thanks to everyone in the US for all the support, especially
@WmMorrowBooks
!
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Do you fancy an incredible deal? Tomorrow, 6th March, The Book of Doors will be an
@AmazonKindle
Daily Deal, meaning you can pick up months of my hard work for only 99p!
If you haven’t bought your ebook yet, tomorrow is the day to do it.
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Me and my book hanging out in Popular bookstore in Petaling Jaya. First in-person overseas sighting. (See how I use my awesome pointing skills.)
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Today we discovered a prominent pile of The Book of Doors at the very front of
@BlackwellEdin
! Even Dougal and Flora seem delighted! Thanks
@dominikka_k
and everyone at Blackwells – I am very honoured! Now all signed!
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I was delighted to receive a copy of the
@GoldsboroBooks
special edition of The Book of Doors today - one of the two special editions that have been produced. GSFF members will be getting their own signed and numbered editions later this month! It’s so red and shiny…
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Thank you again to everyone who entered this giveaway - I was overwhelmed by the response! The winners have been selected: congratulations to
@ruththompson100
and
@JimAndrewClark
, the random finger of luck has pointed your way - DM me to arrange delivery!
🌟GIVEAWAY!🌟
To celebrate two months since publication I’m giving away two rare hardback ARCs of TBoD. To enter:
- Like this post and follow me before midday Monday 15th April (UK time).
Winners picked at random. I will post internationally!
Two more to win on Instagram.
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Thank you to
@harryillers
and
@DHHlitagency
for this lovely present to celebrate the bestseller-ness of The Book of Doors! Anyone who knows me knows how much tea I drink, so this is perfect! Excited to try and Fortnum & Mason brew!
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Thank you to all the lovely people who entered this giveaway! This is now closed!
I am travelling for the next 36 hours so I will pick winners and announce them later this week… watch this space!
🌟GIVEAWAY!🌟
To celebrate two months since publication I’m giving away two rare hardback ARCs of TBoD. To enter:
- Like this post and follow me before midday Monday 15th April (UK time).
Winners picked at random. I will post internationally!
Two more to win on Instagram.
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Exactly six weeks from today, The Book of Doors will be published by
@WmMorrowBooks
in North America. The Dutch translation will already be on the shelves and the UK edition from
@TransworldBooks
will be two days away.
I still don’t quite believe it.
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Gratuitous and indulgent photo of my collection of advance reader copies! Look at them… the extra special clothbound hardback and the special shiny paperback.
@TransworldBooks
is showing The Book of Doors a lot of love and I am a very lucky boy.
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About to start the journey over to Malaysia to see friends and family. Can’t help but reflect on all that has happened since I last took a flight three years ago. Looking forward to great food and sunshine and good times with May. And good things to come.
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Today I received my first ever payment from a book publisher. An exciting moment, and it’s all becoming a bit real.
I say ‘I’ received… I really mean my credit card received.
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Just heard that the US edition of The Book of Doors from
@WmMorrowBooks
has gone for its FOURTH printing! Thanks to everyone who has bought copies and supported the book!
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Just a few more days to enter this giveaway! 👇
🌟GIVEAWAY!🌟
To celebrate two months since publication I’m giving away two rare hardback ARCs of TBoD. To enter:
- Like this post and follow me before midday Monday 15th April (UK time).
Winners picked at random. I will post internationally!
Two more to win on Instagram.
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My fourth ever attempt at making shortbread and I’ve just made the best shortbread I have ever eaten. It’s like discovering a super power. I am now Shortbread Man.
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I fell off my chair when I learned that
@LeeChildReacher
had provided this brilliant quote! It’s a dream come true to have anyone read and like something I’ve written - but when it’s one of my favourite authors… 🤯😱
Very excited to receive this wonderful blurb from
@LeeChildReacher
on The Book of Doors by
@GarethJohnBrown
! "A stunning fever dream of a story that feels completely real – don't miss this fantastic thriller debut."
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Stock of The Book of Doors now signed in South East Asia’s biggest bookshop - Kinokuniya Singapore! (The novel is shelved under ‘literature’ - alongside John Buchan, a much more famous Scottish novelist.)
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The Book of Doors has hit
#25
on the Indie Bestsellers List in the US! Thanks to all the independent bookstores (and
@WmMorrowBooks
) for their support.
I’m told that this officially makes me an International Bestseller… a title I will now use gratuitously!
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Reminder! TODAY and today only, The Book of Doors is only 99p on
@AmazonKindle
! You can’t buy much for 99p anymorez
Do you fancy an incredible deal? Tomorrow, 6th March, The Book of Doors will be an
@AmazonKindle
Daily Deal, meaning you can pick up months of my hard work for only 99p!
If you haven’t bought your ebook yet, tomorrow is the day to do it.
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Sitting in Cafe Kafka in the Literature House in Basel and have signed a foreign rights book contract while having lunch. Peak poncy literary life. Combed my hair especially for it.
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Important for everyone to see Flora in her new winter coat. She is better dressed than me, which admittedly isn’t hard.
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The Book of Doors has arrived in May’s home town of Kuantan in Malaysia! Thanks to May’s former English teacher for the sighting!
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Fabulous visit with
@harryillers
to the audiobook recording for The Book of Doors at
@TransworldBooks
today. It was a thrill to hear Miranda Raison bring the book to life. The seemless switching between accents was nothing short of astonishing!
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Winners will also receive one TBoD-themed bookmark - either the doorhanger or the library card from the Fox Library (not both, as shown in the photo - I don’t have enough!)
Good luck!
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Look at this beautiful cover for the US edition of The Book of Doors from
@WmMorrowBooks
- I love it!
I got a big box of US advance copies today too. I might give some of these away in the next few weeks, but US friends can pre-order here:
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A quick visit to
@WstonesEdinGyle
at the very end of the day, and they were putting out a pile of books ahead of tomorrow’s publication date - the most we’ve seen so far! Now all signed…
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Stop two on today’s Wild West tour –
@WStonesArgyleST
. Met Jack and Keela who were ever so accommodating – even Dougal and Flora got in on some book action!
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It’s our 21st meetiversary, so May and I are having lunch at
@weerestaurant
in North Queensferry - so pleased to be back at our favourite local restaurant after more than a year. The mussels are as good as ever.
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We’re on Skye for a few days. Same dog, same spot four years apart. He is much bigger and I have more grey hair… these things may be connected…
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Heard some very exciting news about The Book of Doors today. Annoyingly I can’t say anything about it just yet, other than this irritatingly vague tweet…
Watch this space… 👀
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Lochcarron today, by May. It looks like a watercolour. A view to lift the spirits.
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Once every nine months, when the planets are in just the right alignment, and the gods look kindly upon us, both dogs will look at the camera at the same time. My wee family at the Skye Bridge today.
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Got a bunch of signing to do for
@TransworldBooks
. Someone stick the kettle on, I’m gonna need a tea.
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I have a minor cold/stomach bug type thing - not Covid - and it’s the first time I’ve been unwell in over two years. How did we ever tolerate two or three colds a year? I am going to wear masks forever.
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I am surprised and delighted that The Book of Doors has been included in this list of 2024 Books from the BBC.
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What’s this..? Only a lovely delivery of books from
@bertsbooks
. What a nice way to start the week.
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I am unbelievably lucky to have been able to pay a chunk off our mortgage yesterday, thanks to book money. A dream-come-true moment, so last night we went out for dinner at
@weerestaurant
to celebrate. Amazing food as always.
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Over lunch today I finished this amazing book by
@Frances_Writes
. It’s one of my books of the year so far - funny, entertaining and completely satisfying. As good as the cover is pretty!
I exhort you all to buy it when it comes out in January - you won’t be disappointed!
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Happy Friday!
Remember last week when I revealed the brilliant trailer for Book of Doors from
@TransworldBooks
? Good times…
Shall we watch it again…? I think we should. Because it is bloody brilliant.
Pre-order now!
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I’ve just finished this fabulous book from
@AJWestAuthor
. It’s a clever mystery, a powerful love story, and chock-full of atmosphere and historical detail. One scene near the end affected me more than anything I’ve read in a long time. Essential reading. Out 4 July.
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Afternoon tea for May and me
@WAEdinburgh
to celebrate my birthday and all-round general happiness. The pastries were inspired by British biscuits. It was superb.
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We are dining at the
@weerestaurant
in North Queensferry to celebrate recent bookish happenings. This bread and butter pudding dessert was the highlight. (Can a meal that ends with bread and butter pudding ever be a disappointment?)
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Look at this beautiful thing from
@GoldsboroBooks
! So excited by this!
📚 Some doors should never be opened... 📚
Our February 2024 GSFF book is The Book of Doors by
@GarethJohnBrown
Our edition will be signed & numbered with a bespoke dust jacket, digitally sprayed edges & hidden foiling ✨️
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We’re back on Skye and we have a great view from our cottage. The dogs survived five hours in the car but now must run furiously and bark at the distant sheep.
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I had a lovely time signing at
@FalkirkWtstones
this morning - thanks to Laura and Louise for the warm welcome. I even bought my first ever Sarah J Maas on a recommendation by Louise!
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Thanks to
@WJHG_TV
for picking The Book of Doors for their Chapters Chat bookclub this month. I got to be a giant head on live TV this morning too, which was great fun.
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Amazing lunch at
@TheFatDuckBray
for May’s birthday - where the food came disguised as fob watches, playing cards or rocket ice lollies, amongst other things. A real experience and great service too.
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This is how my wife addresses the Christmas card (and chocolate biscuits) for the binmen.
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I ordered a bunch of books by
@DHHlitagency
authors, and the first have arrived. Love a new, unread book, and the first creak of the spine opening. All going straight to top of my bottomless pending pile.
@AndrewJEwart
@adamsimcox
@AnnaSmithWrites
@FemiKay_Author
@harryillers
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Today I had a trip into Edinburgh for the first ever in-person meeting of the
@NHSNSS
screening oversight team. We had drinks and chips and good chat. It’s so nice to meet people in person for the first time.
@Tasmin1974
@proud_david
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It’s Malaysia’s 65th National Day today, so to celebrate May has spent many hours preparing dinner - vegetable curry, garlic mushroom rice and beef curry puffs. What a lucky boy I am.
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I’ve been fine not travelling during lockdown, but I’ve just starting to miss it. I miss being somewhere else, making new memories with May. I even miss being annoyed by airports. Thinking back on our fab trip to the US two years ago. Loved the Oregon coast.
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An hour in the dog park after work. I am the third best-dressed and have the worst hair in the photograph. So hard to compete.
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Wow! After a starred review in Booklist, I’ve just heard that The Book of Doors has also now received a starred review in
@LibraryJournal
, the American trade publication for librarians. Amazing! (Thanks Library Journal and
@WmMorrowBooks
!)
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Very excited today to get an advance copy of
@AJWestAuthor
’s upcoming novel, The Betrayal of Thomas True (pre-orders: ).
Look how beautiful this cover is! I loved The Spirit Engineer, Andy’s first book, so can’t wait to dive into this.
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I love seeing stories that talk about the growing evidence of the real world impact of HPV vaccines. I played a very small part in supporting the introduction of HPV vaccination in Scotland and it remains one of the things I am most proud of.
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Stop 6 on the Book of Doors tour of Manhattan. It’s an apartment building above a cheesecake shop on the edge of Chinatown - where Cassie and Izzy live.
#thebookofdoors
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Exciting news: The Book of Doors is one of Reader’s Digest’s 30 Most Anticipated Books for 2024!
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I have watched Back to the Future more times than I can count, and I still get stressed when Doc Brown has to reconnect the cables before the lightning strikes the clock tower. Like one time he might not make it.
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Thanks to
@DougChapmanSNP
for this letter, which reached me via
@DHHlitagency
- a very nice gesture.
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Amazing birthday-eve dinner at Number One in Edinburgh. May insisted I pose with the petit fours, which was annoying because I wanted to inhale them immediately. Fabulous experience - I still flinch at unpasteurised cheese on a menu though.
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Just finished The Dying Squad by
@adamsimcox
- I had a great time and romped through it in two sittings. Some great twists I didn’t see coming, and the Xylophone Man alone was worth the price of admission.
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Back at
@weerestaurant
for a Friday night dinner. Still our favourite - great food and welcomed like friends. If only all weekends could start this way…
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Don’t Stop Movin’ by S Club 7 is one of the finest pop songs of the last 50 years. I will die on this hill.
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Author copies of the beautiful
US edition of The Book of Doors have arrived! Look at those endpapers! Get yours (if you are in the US…) on February 13.
@WmMorrowBooks
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Sitting in Newark Airport waiting to board our flight. You know what would be handy right now…? Something that would let us just walk through a door and be home straight away…
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What a rush. Phoned a customer services line for a major airline about a complex refund issue and I got through immediately, got a helpful person who understood my issue straight away and who took decisive action. This is what it’s like when the world works as it should.
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Jet lagged: waking up after a solid eight hours of sleep feeling like it’s time for bed. Still, not a bad view for breakfast.
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What a thrill to see a tweet like this from the author of one of my favourite reads of last year - thanks
@AJWestAuthor
! I hope the rest of it lives up to the first chapter!
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Reminder! One more day to enter this giveaway! 👇 Entries close at 9pm UK time on Tuesday 19 March!
🌟GIVEAWAY🌟
It’s a month since the US publication of TBoD by
@WmMorrowBooks
so I am giving away two signed copies of the beautiful US edition.
To enter:
- like this post & retweet by 19 March.
I will post INTERNATIONALLY so anyone can enter!
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Managed to change a faulty extractor fan in the bathroom without electrocuting myself or drilling holes in the wrong place. Never felt so accomplished. Ready to build a log cabin single-handedly.
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First day with early morning sunshine, so we had a visit to the beach of May’s childhood.
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Three hours this evening, 4.5k words written and after four months, the first complete draft of what will hopefully be book 2 is complete.
This one was a bit of a wrestle so I’m glad it’s done. Can’t bear the thought of redrafts just yet.
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Thanks to
@Tasmin1974
for giving me this special key ring today, marking the Dutch publication of The Book of Doors! I am very lucky to work with some brilliant, lovely people.
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At some point in the next few days I might be uploading an actual trailer for a certain upcoming book*… Keep your 👀 peeled…
(*My book, in case that was not clear.)
(Also: who knew that books could have a trailer?!)
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