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In my book writing era. 🫶 Rep: Michelle Brower/Trellis Literary 🇺🇸 Anna Carmichael/Abner Stein 🇬🇧 #ChristmasWithTheQueen Nov '24
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Ta dah! We are so thrilled to share the gorgeous cover for
#ChristmasWithTheQueen
arriving this autumn! A heartwarming historical romance set in the 1950s during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
🇬🇧
🇺🇸
🎨
@lauraklyn
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Stunning display of paper angels in Hexham Cathedral, to remember those lost to Covid. 💜
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Can't stop looking at these stunning photos of Kate for her 40th birthday. Such elegance and beauty and...pockets! The bottom right looks like a portrait of a young Queen Victoria. Sublime. ❤️
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When the local shop has a new delivery of fidget spinners ... 😲😲
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The most incredible, happy, fun, concert ever! I've never heard cheering so loud and I'll never forget it! Thank you
@taylorswift13
you were absolutely outstanding!
#DublinTSTheErasTour
🇮🇪💚🤍🧡🏹
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Dia dhuit from your brand new Irish citizen! Go raibh maith agat
@DeptJusticeIRL
@HHumphreysFG
for the very warm official welcome, and thank you, dear Ireland, for being my home for the past 20 wonderful years! I am all the emotions! ☺️😭🎉🇮🇪
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Never ask your teenage son to take a 'nice' photo of you with your book. 🙄
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I'm just a girl, sitting in front of a blank page, asking my book to please write itself.
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Pancake Day tomorrow. The perfect time to remember being slightly terrified of this particular pancake. 🥞😳
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How it started/How it's going: Publication Day edition.
It took a few years between these two photos, but I can finally say that
#TheLastLifeboat
is out today in 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿 🎉☺️ I hope you enjoy it!
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If you're lucky enough to still have your mum, I think the best gift you can give her tomorrow is an enormous hug, ask her about her life, and remember stuff that makes you both laugh. That's what I would do. 💗
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Watched the wildfire smoke above
#Jasper
at 8pm. Evacuation alert arrived at 10.30pm. 😔 Currently somewhere at 2am on a very long overnight drive. Hope everyone is safe (including this fella we saw earlier). Apart from that, we are having a wonderful Canadian holiday.
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I have NEWS!! 🎉🥳I'm beyond thrilled to be working with the amazing team at
@BerkleyPub
in the US, and cannot wait to share this incredible story with you all! With enormous thanks, as always, to the mighty
@michellebrower
Happy Friday, and more exclamation marks!!!! 🍾🥂☺️
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To celebrate
#BookLoversDay
I'm giving away a signed proof of the US edition of
#TheLighthouseKeepersDaughter
Like and RT to enter. Open internationally. Winner announced tomorrow morning! 🌊🐚📚💙
#histfic
#fridayreads
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These short explainers from
@BBCRosAtkins
are excellent. Also sharing with my teens to help them try to understand what is happening, and why.
THREAD 1/8: Many of us are watching Ukraine & asking 'why is this happening? We've made a series of videos to try and help - on Ukraine's history (below), the troop build-up, NATO, Russia's denials, sanctions, Putin's world view and Putin's justification.
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@LisaReadsBooks
@Lucy_Worsley
It's that infuriating underlying assumption that it's just a nice little hobby. Why not assume it's our tenth novel, and we're busy getting s**t done on the train? 🙄 I'm off to perfect my Death Stare!
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My next historical novel will be set in 17th century Italy. Looking for character names. So far I have Mario, Luigi and Toad.
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Turning the dial to
@RTElyricfm
for the rest of the year. Much needed peace and tranquility among so much noise and anger. Thank you. 😌❤️
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If you, or anyone you know, could do with a little magic and distraction, I have 3 copies of
#TheCottingleySecret
to giveaway. Set in Yorkshire and Ireland, and based on the famous Cottingley fairies hoax of 1917, reply or DM and I will draw 3 names later. 🇮🇪💚🧚♀️✨
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🥳Giveaway time! 🥳 To celebrate
#LighthouseKeepersDaughter
climbing the
#Kindle
charts and being a historical fiction bestseller, I'm giving away 2 print copies of the book! RT to enter. Winner chosen 19 June. (Open Int). Good luck!
#giveaway
🐚🌊💙
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Happy
#NationalNorthernAuthorsDay
from a proud Yorkshire lass! RT to win one of my books set in the north of England:
#TheCottingleySecret
inspired by the Cottingley fairies hoax, and
#TheLighthouseKeepersDaughter
inspired by Grace Darling. I'll pick 2 winners later today!
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My tuppence worth on the celeb author debate is that I wish celeb authors would champion other books/authors they've read and loved in their genre. It's not difficult to do that. All authors do it. Anyway, I have a book to write and tea to drink...
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Seems to me like there's more pressure than ever to make this Christmas extra special because of the year we've had, but the year we've had means everyone is knackered and we really just want to lie on the sofa surrounded by cheese, and chocolate oranges. 🤔🧀🍊🎄
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Happy birthday to my favourite husband who applies bronzer, sews on buttons, picks labels off new shoes, keeps my glass full of bubbles, and will kill me for posting photos of him!
#keeper
❤️🥂
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Ten years ago, I was deliberating over whether to self publish my first novel, The Girl Who Came Home, a novel about Irish passengers on Titanic. I did, and the book went on to secure my first publishing deal. The latest translated edition arrived from Romania last week. ❤️☺️🙏🏻
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The Bird has landed! Hooray for publication day in Ireland! 🇮🇪🐦🌻 Thank you to everyone who has cheered me on over 3 years of writing it, and said very lovely things after reading it.
#TheBirdInTheBambooCage
is officially launched, and I'm off to enjoy the wine and snacks! 🎉😊
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Ladies and gents, I have NEWS!
#TheBirdInTheBambooCage
is shortlisted for the 2020 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year! Had a little cry, found my ceremony-at-home dress, heading straight to the champagne aisle! I'm SO EXCITED! 🎉🍾☺️ 🥳
@lynnedrew
@HCinIreland
The shortlist for the
@book_token
's POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR has been revealed!
#APIBAS
#ReadersWanted
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Historical fiction is increasingly popular with readers, but what exactly is it? Loved writing this piece for
@irishexaminer
and fantastic to see genre fiction in the weekend papers. 👏🏻👏🏻
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Stop! Cover time!
I'm enormously excited to share the international covers for my new historical novel THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, coming this autumn! Here's my lovely UK editor to tell you a little more about it ... enjoy! 🌊📚😊
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Using my extra hour to celebrate the extra amazing news that
#WhenWeWereYoungandBrave
is a national USA bestseller as reported in the Washington Post! 😯 What the hecking what?! 🇺🇸🥳🥂🎉😊
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Happy Friday! To celebrate
#TheBirdInTheBambooCage
flying into the UK heatseekers fiction chart, I have two copies to giveaway. One for you, one for a friend. Follow and RT to enter. Closes noon 28th Aug. (UK/IRE only). Good luck! 😊🌻
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What a truly remarkable woman. I am so sad. Thank you, dear Lilibet. 🖤
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Put a bottle of fancy rose in the fridge 'for a special occasion' (it's very delicious). Mr G saw it and opened it because he, "fancied a glass of wine." The 'special occasion' is now, people! Sieze the day (and the fancy wine). 🍷🤷🏻♀️🤪
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Once upon a time (in 2012), two unpublished writers shared their woes over a hotel breakfast. Today, by an excellent twist of fate, both their latest books are published. They are very happy girls (and like to think their dress sense has improved over the years)! 😊👭🎉📖
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Eleven years ago today I took a Very Deep Breath and self-published my debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home. Two years later, it had a publisher, a new cover, and a NYT bestseller tag. Not too shabby, eh!
#Titanic
#Writethebook
☺️
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I'm not doing a best of the year book list because... I'm not! Instead, here's to all the authors who quietly got on with the work, and are still creating magic despite things not always going how you hoped. Here's to the grafters and dreamers. The best is yet to come. ❤️
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I'm flying around the world with Jamie Dornan! Honoured to be in June's
@AerLingus
@CARAMagazine
'Storytellers' feature by
@sineadgleeson
😊
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Months after its release, I still can't listen to
@ABBAVoyage
'I Still Have Faith In You' without having a good cry. 😭😭 It's so gorgeous. Also, 'Don't Shut Me Down' is my song of the year. What a gift this album is for ABBA fans. ❤️
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It me! 🥳🤗I've been bursting to announce my new book, and ... ta dah! I've absolutely loved writing
#TheKingfisherPatrol
over the last 2 yrs, and cannot wait to share it with you all! Tuesday prosecco ahoy! 🍾🎉
@michellebrower
@lynnedrew
@WmMorrowBooks
@HarperFiction
🍾📚 Coming soon to a bookshelf near you: a new novel from THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER author
@HazelGaynor
! 📚🍾
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EXCITING NEWS!! The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is an Irish Times bestseller and I'm bursting! ☺️💙🍾🎉Thank you so much to everyone for reading, tweeting, and cheering me on. I'm absolutely chuffed to bits and so grateful! GIN ahoy!
@HCinIreland
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PSA from a frazzled author who has received some extremely lovely messages from readers recently: please *do* contact an author if you've loved their book. Those words of encouragement and connection make an enormous difference on a bleak Monday morning. Thank you!😊
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Finished
#TheCrown
❤️😭 Adored the whole thing (apart from a few rare blips). I don't stream many things, so this has been *my* thing since 2016 and I'll miss it. The final episode... perfection. 💔👑
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Who loves books and fairies?! Win a signed copy of
#TheCottingleySecret
+ fairy door. RT&F to enter. Ends 16/9. 💫📚
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Sunrise over our new home. New beginnings. New memories to be made. 😊🌞💕🏡
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It's here! Publication day in Ireland and it's lighthouses ahoy! Available in bookshops across the land (and beside the sea). Thank you so much to everyone who helped guide this ship to shore. More at 💙🐚🎉
#TheLighthouseKeepersDaughter
#outnow
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Hooray! I've reached Stage Two of my Irish citizenship application. Not quite sure how many more stages there are to go, but I'm hoping to be officially adopted in 2020 to mark 20 years of calling Ireland my home! 🇮🇪☘️😊
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So very sad to hear that my amazing Grandma Daisy died this morning. She celebrated her 100th birthday last year and got her letter from the Queen. This photo, taken 16 years ago, really captures her personality. Rest in Peace, Sarah Catherine Margeurite. We will miss you. 💔😔
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I'm heeeere! 😝 The champagne is nice, but the canapés were a tax disappointing and the red carpet was, well, carpet! Raising a glass to everyone shortlisted tonight. Enjoy the show!
@AnPostIBAS
🥂🎉🍾
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Behold! The stunning cover for
#TheLastLifeboat
coming to 🇺🇸🇨🇦 June '23. 'Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters...' Designer, Colleen Reinhart
@BerkleyPub
Preorder
(🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇳🇿 coming soon!)
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My TED Talk would be called WRITING A BOOK IS REALLY REALLY HARD, and I would basically sit on the stage and eat hot cross buns, and weep. Thank you for listening.
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In the week that you become an Irish citizen, it has to be Chocolate Guinness Cake! 🇮🇪☘️😋
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Historical fiction is hard to write because a quick search for historically accurate clothing leads to hours of fascinating old newsreel clips. My book will be ready in about ten years.
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I heard this on last night's
#WinterWalks
, from John O'Donohue's A Blessing for the Breakup of a Relationship. It struck me that the words fit perfectly for coping with all the 'Best of' roundups, letting go of disappointments, and resetting for a new writing year. On we go! ❤️
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I scrolled past an article about a post-lockdown 'coming back out into society' outfit. What a ridiculous concept.
This is mine.
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Such a powerful image. Ice people, to remember those lost on
#Titanic
😔
#Titanic110
#TitanicAnniversary
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I cannot believe we just stood in our garden in Ireland and saw the northern lights. An absolute bucket list dream. Incredible, even with the naked eye! 😭❤️
#NorthernLights
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🎉Publication day squeals!🎉 In Dublin airport with my Butlers coffee, Grace Kelly, and a tummy full of butterflies! So excited to send our book out into the world! ❤️🌍✈️🇺🇸🇨🇦
#MeetMeinMonaco
#booktour
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We're celebrating! Win a copy of
#LastChristmasInParis
a Paris journal and soap. RT&F to enter. Winner chosen 8 Oct.
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'And now I must stop writing, empty the dishwasher, and make a quiche.' Things Charles Dickens never said.
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Ta dah! I'm so excited to introduce WHEN WE WERE YOUNG & BRAVE, set in China during WW2 and inspired by true events surrounding the internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school. On sale Oct 6th, 2020 in USA/Canada. Pre-order at
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Where it all began. After four years (and three novels) of rejections, I saw my first published book cover seven years ago today. What a journey my words have taken me on since Maggie Murphy first stepped aboard Titanic. ☺️❤️
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A daisy for Daisy. Remembering my dear grandma today as she is laid to rest. Heartbroken that I couldn't travel home for her funeral, but I will think of her, talk about her, wear this lovely bracelet, and say goodbye to her in my own quiet way. 😢🌼😔
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Things I must do today:
Write lots of words
Tax return
Go for a run
Record a video thing
Go to the post office
What am I doing? Eating a wagon wheel and admiring Joe Biden's dogs on Twitter. 🤦🏻♀️
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Including me! 🇮🇪
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Our fabulous boy is a man. We have raised an actual adult! 🤗🎉😍🥂🎈🍾🎁❤️
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I'm currently writing my tenth book. Apparently, writing and publishing nine previous books does not help me at all.
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Oh my! I'm absolutely thrilled and incredibly honoured to be shortlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown! Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors. I'm going for a lie down! 👑🍾🎉
#HWACrowns
#LighthouseKeepersDaughter
@HarperCollinsUK
@AevitasCreative
@TransworldBooks
@dimmerwahr
@TheBodleyHead
@BenMacintyre1
@PenguinUKBooks
@FaberBooks
@HelenRappaport
@WindmillBooks
@HallieRubenhold
@DoubledayUK
@SharpeBooks
@BelgraviaB
2: The Lighthousekeeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor (HarperCollins)
A fictional take on the story of heroine Grace Darling. A beautifully written and moving account, underpinned by a melancholic pull of love and loss.
@HazelGaynor
@HarperCollinsUK
#HWACrowns
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Starting a new bookclub. It's going to be called 'The Ireland Literary and Lockdown Pie Society.' All welcome. 😭
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Made
@Nigella_Lawson
Nutella cheesecake. Scoffed cheesecake before taking pretty photo. Delicious. 😋👌🏻
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90% of writing is working out how old everyone is at any given time. 🤦🏻♀️
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Progress! Many thanks to
@irishexaminer
@MikeMoynihanEx
for responding to my tweet and inviting me to write a Best of Popular Fiction, Romance, and Historical Fiction piece next year. *cracks knuckles* 👏🏻📚😌 Great news
@sheilaoflanagan
@happymrsh
@millyjohnson
If anyone has seen (or written) a round up of 2022's best Popular Fiction/Romance/Historical Fiction in the weekend papers in Ireland can you direct me to it please. Thank you! 📚
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Any tips for successfully waking sluggish teens at crap o'clock tomorrow morning? I already have the fear. 😕🙈
#backtoschool
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This is the Extremely Happy Face™ of an author who didn't think she would see a physical proof ever again! Thank you for an actual miracle, Team HC. They're stunning! 😍✨🙏🕊️🌻
#TheBirdInTheBambooCage
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Tis I, with - as they say - some personal news! Highest of Friday fives to
@lynnedrew
and all at
@HarperFiction
☺️🎉
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I have the Christmas playlist on and am about to embark on my first
@Nigella_Lawson
Lasagne of Love. ❤️🎄
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My mum actually knit lots of Brownie dolls to sell for a Blue Peter fundraiser. I still have mine! And I found a copy of the Brownie Guide Handbook I had as a young girl. Anyone remember this?!
#HarperFictionFriday
Happy
#HarperFictionFriday
@HazelGaynor
! Girl Guides and Brownies play such a big part in
#TheBirdintheBambooCage
. I'd love to know if you ever were one yourself?
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While
#Kildare
is in lockdown, a shout out to bookshops
@WoodbineBooks
@BarkerJonesNaas
@MaynoothBooks
FarrellandNephew
@BookHavenIrl
(Naas). If you're buying a book this week (of course you are!) please
#shoplocal
They'll order a book for you if they don't stock it. Thank you!😌
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Happy Irish Book Awards day! 💚 Kicking things off with flowers from my sister, with every eventuality covered! 😂💐
#APIBA
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What can I say?! Best. Tweet. Ever!!!
@HCinIreland
@fictionpubteam
@michellebrower
@WmMorrowBks
*faints*
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That's me, that is! ☺️🎉🤗
#TheKingfisherPatrol
@lynnedrew
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It says a lot about Current Times that a brief spell in hospital today, followed by Hospital Tea and Toast™ on a tray with a fancy doily, was by far the most exciting thing to happen for months. Also, nurses are actual angels. 😇
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The fairies have landed!! It's USA/Canada pub day for
#TheCottingleySecret
and I'm half woman/half glitter! 😊🍄🎉
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And so we reach the stage of Christmas prep where the cupboards are stuffed full of delicious food and treats, but nobody is allowed to eat any of it, and there's nothing for tea. 🤔
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What?! I just woke up to this amazing news from LA! Huge congratulations,
@billiefb_VO
🥂👏🏻🥇🥹
#Audies2024
@PRHAudio
The best news for
#TheLastLifeboat
🌊🍾
Congrats to the maestro of fiction narration!
@billiefb_VO
sails into victory with "The Last Lifeboat"! Hats off to her,
@HazelGaynor
and
@PRHAudio
! 👏
#Audies2024
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It's only official when you see it in the paper. 😌
#TheLastLifeboat
is an Irish Times bestseller, and flying the flag for historical fiction! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me over the past two weeks! 🧡💙
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A wise person once said you should always have a bottle of champagne in the fridge. Look what was patiently waiting between the sausage rolls and pickled onions! 😝🍾🥂 Raising a glass to
#MeetMeInMonaco
&
#LighthouseKeepersDaughter
Thanks to all who shared my excitement today!
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I stepped off a 7 hr transatlantic flight yesterday and found out this had happened! Absolutely thrilled to see The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter longlisted for the 2019 HWA Gold Crown! ❤️👑
Twelve of the best
#historicalfiction
books published recently have made it to the longlist for the
#HWA
Gold Crown Award. See them all at
#HWACrowns
#Crowns2019
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OMG! I found my teenage diaries. This is 1984. 😂 Better than finding actual treasure! 😍
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Excitement ahoy! I'm so happy to hear that The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is a USA Today bestseller this week! What a wonderful surprise. Thank you so much, readers! 🤩🇺🇸🎉
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