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Happy Publication Day
@AlexMarwood1
! The paperback of ‘gripping’
#TheIslandOfLostGirls
is out today ☀️ To celebrate we’re giving away this copy right here ⬇️ - to
#win
, simply RT this before 12noon tomorrow & we’ll announce the winner later that day. Good luck! 🎉
#giveaway
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It’s
#WorldBookDay
and to celebrate we’re giving away copies of
@BecElliott
’s brilliant
#UnicornDiaries
- to enter, simply RT and follow us (and Rebecca too!) and we’ll choose a winner at 12 noon tomorrow.
#competition
#win
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To celebrate
#WorldBookDay
we're giving away this Margaret Mahy children's book bundle! RT to win. 📚
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We have news! 🎉 To celebrate our 50th birthday this year, we're launching the
#WatsonLittlePrize
and in this inaugural year we're looking for writers of upmarket fiction that are aged 50 and over - find out more here:
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#FreeBookFriday
as we're feeling generous! Simply follow & RT for the chance to win a copy of the fantastic
#DeadlyGame
!
#win
#competition
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What’s better than one
#SundayTimes
Bestseller? TWO! Congratulations to
#AlanMoore
and
@Adam_byt
🎉 We’re so thrilled to see
#Illuminations
and
#AdamWinsTheInternet
storm the charts!
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Congratulations
@Adam_byt
, your spectacular debut is finally here!
#AdamWinsTheInternet
is out today in stunning hardback 💜 Illustrated by the brilliant
@jameslancett
. Get your own copy here:
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Why do one
#giveaway
when you can do two?
#TheIslandOfLostGirls
is out in the US today 🎉🇺🇸 To
#win
this copy of
@AlexMarwood1
’s latest ‘stomach-churning’ thriller simply RT this before 12pm tomorrow (14/06) - a winner will be announced shortly after. Good luck!
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We are delighted to be announcing the winner, and the longlist for the
#WatsonLittlePrize
! Huge congratulations to our winner
@dmccaulay
, the highly commended entrants and our incredibly strong longlist. It was a joy to read your work! More details here:
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We have a special visitor for the next two weeks! Say hello to Cooper 👋🏻🐶
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The
@GreatestGamePod
is back today 🎉 Listen to Series 3 wherever you get your podcasts and buy
#TheGreatestGames
wherever you get your books!
@Carra23
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Today’s the day: Alan Moore’s
#Illuminations
is out now! ‘One of the greatest fiction minds of his generation’ is back with his first-ever short story collection. Get your copy, here:
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What’s better than one book launch? Two simultaneous book launches, of course! Congratulations to
@sarahgristwood
and
@NicolaTallis
on these brilliant books, we can’t wait for them to be out in the world tomorrow! 🎉
#secretvoices
#youngelizabeth
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We're hiring! 🎉📚
#publishinghopefuls
We are looking for an
#agencyassistant
to work alongside
@MeganACarroll
and
@drrachrich
.
Salary: £23k per annum
Deadline: July 26th 2023
Further details about the role, and how to apply can be found here:
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Well this is exciting! The wonderfully funny ADAM WINS THE INTERNET is out today in paperback! ✨💫
Congratulations to
@Adam_byt
from everyone at Watson, Little 📚
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We are very sorry to share the sad news that Sheila Watson, co-founder of Watson, Little who retired in 2005, passed away last night at age 92. Sheila was an exceptional, much loved agent and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with Sheila’s daughters, her family and friends.
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RT (and make sure to follow us) for the chance to win one of the six brilliant WL books below. We'll pick 5 winners, at random, after the competition closes at 4pm. Good luck!
#competition
#win
#books
#birthday
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We're in
@thebookseller
! Our very own
@agentandagent
spoke with
@tomtivnan
about our 50th anniversary, what we've all been up to this past year, book fairs, and lockdown beards...
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When one new Christopher Fowler in the office just isn’t enough...
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A very cheeky office visitor today - say hello to Susan Barker! 🐾🦴
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The
#WatsonLittlePrize
is officially open for entries! 🎉 If you're aged 50 and over, and writing upmarket fiction then we'd love to hear from you. T&C's, as well as more about what we mean by 'upmarket fiction', can be found here:
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Cake and chaos at the launch for
@greg_jenner
’s latest brilliant book,
#TotallyChaoticHistory
- out next week!
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Thank you so much to everyone who entered the
#WatsonLittlePrize
, we received 435 entries from over 20 countries! And now, we’re off to read…
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.
@GuardianBooks
names the legendary
#AlanMoore
’s new novel
#TheGreatWhen
as one to look out for in 2024!
@BloomsburyBooks
@BloomsburyPub
From Salman Rushdie to RuPaul: the books to look out for in 2024
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Huge congratulations to
@HibaNoorKhan1
on winning the Older Fiction Children’s Book of the Year at the
@theweekjunior
Awards! 🎉
@AndersenPress
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Thank you to everyone who entered the
#WatsonLittlePrize
, it was a joy to read your work! All of the longlistees have now been contacted, and we'll be announcing the longlist in full - as well as the winner - in early October. Stay tuned!
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Christopher Fowler's
#OrangesAndLemons
is only 99p this month. If you've not dived in to the brilliant world of Bryant & May yet, this is your chance!
@Peculiar
@TransworldBooks
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Sunday at
#CheltLitFest
🎉 First stop is the
@Waterstones
pop up where we spotted a few familiar names…
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It's our 50th birthday tomorrow and to celebrate the last 5 decades of WL, we're giving you the chance to win one of our most recent publications...and you get to pick which one you'd like! 🎉 Enter before tomorrow (Feb 9th) at 4pm - UK & Ireland only - via the next tweet.
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We are hiring! 🎉📚
We're looking for an
#agencyassistant
to work alongside our MD James Wills (
@agentandagent
).
Salary: £23k per annum
Deadline: February 9th 2022 (midnight)
Further details about the role, and how to apply can be found here:
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The
#WatsonLittlePrize
is opening soon (July 5th) to entrants aged 50 and over who are writing upmarket fiction but what do we mean by 'upmarket fiction'? Over the next few weeks, each member of the WL team will discuss their favourite examples of the genre.
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Debut News 🎉
@PuffinBooks
to publish historical middle-grade
#TheWhisperling
by the brilliant
@HayleyHoskins
! Congratulations, Hayley - September 1st can't come soon enough...
@katmaisin
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It’s
@LM_Chilton
on
@thismorning
! Talking about his brilliant debut,
#DontSwipeRight
- buy a copy here:
@HoZ_Books
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We’re DEAD EXCITED to get a final copy of
#DeadFamous
in the office! Look at it, isn’t it marvellous? 😍 Get your own copy on March 19th.
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Brilliant to see
@DavidVeevers1
,
@HibaNoorKhan1
,
@JoGibsonWriter
,
@mrendell
and
@jwoody67
in the
@Waterstones
Best Books of 2023 lists! 🎉
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NEWS! We are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Juliet and her wonderful authors to the agency. Read more here:
"I am thrilled to have found such a good home for my authors and to be working with such a dynamic team."
@watsonlittle
has acquired the Juliet Burton Literary Agency.
Read here:
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Celebrating 25 years of the
@BranfordBoase
Award at
@clpe1
and keeping our fingers crossed for
@HibaNoorKhan1
and
@EwilsonEloise
🤞🏼
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.
@sarahgristwood
’s riveting
#TheTudorsInLove
is out in paperback today! 🎉 Get your copy of ‘one of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation’, here:
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When you’re catching up on the Christmas
#UniversityChallenge
and spot not one, but two WL clients! 🎉
@ENortonHistory
@sarahgristwood
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FYI: the office is now closed until January 5th. We wish you all a restful and happy holiday and a healthy New Year! And, special thanks to the wonderful
@rachael_
who illustrated our very cute annual card 😍🐈
#SeasonsGreetings
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Happy Publication Day
@AndrewGold_ok
! The Psychology of Secrets is out today with
@panmacmillan
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We have not one, not two but THREE paperback publications out today! Congratulations to
@chrissiemanby
,
@mahsudasnaith
and
@petrinabanfield
! 🎉 We recommend you start with all three...
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Hello! 👋🏼 We’re back in the office...what day is it? Can we still eat chocolate for breakfast? How do emails work again?
#backtowork
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Spotted in
@WaterstonesPicc
:
@Peculiar
's fantastic
#ForgottenAuthors
! We quite agree, it is an 'absolute treasure'.
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#ImpossibleMonsters
is out today! Happy Publication Day
@M_H_Taylor
🎉 Get your copy of this ‘truly marvellous’ book here:
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Happy Publication Day
@GordonDoherty
and
@SJATurney
! The thrilling
#MastersOfRome
is out in hardback today 🎉 Get your copy of book two in the
#RiseOfEmperors
series, here:
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A beautifully illustrated reminder from
@chrisriddell50
for all authors & illustrators to sign up with the
@PLR_UK
!
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And we have been bursting to share this brilliant news!! New Alan Moore fiction on it’s way with
@BloomsburyBooks
and
@BloomsburyPub
🎉
#AlanMoore
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And, the brilliant
@Peculiar
and his latest
#BryantandMay
,
#OrangesAndLemons
, is up for Crime Book of the Year! 🎉 Vote here:
CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
And the nominees are: Find Them Dead by
@peterjamesuk
Your House Will Pay by
@stephycha
Bryant & May - Oranges and Lemons by
@Peculiar
Without A Trace by
@mariwriter
Moonflower Murders by
@AnthonyHorowitz
Vote for your favourite:
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Christopher Fowler's brilliant
#LondonBridgeIsFallingDown
is only 99p this month! Get your eBook copy here:
@TransworldBooks
@Peculiar
#BryantandMay
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How about these wonderful classic
#MargaretMahy
books? RT to enter, competition closes tomorrow @ 12!
#win
#comp
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Want a teaser of the fantastic illustrations for
#Scorpia
? Of course you do. The graphic novel is out today!
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Today's office excitement brought to you via the stunning hardback of
@RebeccaRideal
's 1666! 😍 Out August 25th!
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Thrilled to receive early copies of
@NicolaTallis
’s
#UncrownedQueen
in the office today! It’s out Nov. 7th and you can pre-order here:
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A triple publication day today at Watson, Little📚Congratulations to
@alexrowsontv
@medwardsbooks
and
@ChionnaUi
- what a line up!
#TheYoungAlexander
#BlackstoneFell
#QueenofCodes
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Happy New Year to all! The office is open and we are officially back 🎉
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Happy Publication Day
@LaurenMFord
! The ‘hilarious, heartwarming’
#LivIsNotALoser
is out today - get your copy of this brilliant debut here:
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We are deeply saddened to share the news that Christopher Fowler passed away yesterday. Our thoughts are with his husband, Pete, his family and friends. Chris was an extraordinary talent and a much loved member of the crime writing community. He will be sorely missed by us all.
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A shout-out to some of the fantastic, brilliant, and incredibly talented women we are enormously proud to represent on
#InternationalWomensDay
!
#IWD19
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We have a winner! 🎉 Congratulations to Sue Amos! We all absolutely loved reading the atmospheric and pacy Teardrop - and bravo to our runners up Alison and Natasha for their brilliant entries too.
#WLxINPrize
#WLxINPrize
Delighted to announce the Watson, Little x Indie Novella Prize winner is Sue Amos for her submission Teardrop! Congratulations Sue! A huge congratulations also to Alison Giannoni and Natasha Samrai as runners up!
@watsonlittle
@Ink84Books
@allgoodbookshop
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#Happypublicationday
to
@TheTomWood
The new
#Victor
thriller,
#BloodDebt
is out today! 📚
The incredible latest novel in the most visceral, action-packed series around sees the assassin Victor fighting enemies on all sides, with no allies in sight.
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A great interview with long-standing
#literaryagent
and the woman who gave her name to Watson, Little -Mandy Little. 📚
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Join
@Carra23
tomorrow at
@LinghamsBooks
where he'll be signing copies of the terrific
#TheGreatestGames
! Tickets and further information, here:
@TransworldBooks
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The incredibly moving and important
#Unforgettable
by
@Tommo33s
is out today in paperback.
**Shortlisted for the 2023 Sports Book Awards**
**Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022**
**Named as one of the Sunday Times 12 best sports books of 2022**
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UK readers,
@AnikaScott1
’s
#TheSovietSisters
is out today! Happy Publication Day, Anika 🎉 Grab a copy of this ‘beautifully atmospheric, tense and timely’ novel, here:
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This absolute beauty by
@MissNicolaTal
is out in paperback today! 😍 Its the perfect way to escape all the news today - packed with intrigue, scandals, turmoil, plots and coups...oh, wait a minute...
#ElizabethsRival
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The ‘hugely entertaining’ debut,
#TheWaiter
is out in paperback today! Happy Publication Day
@ajaychow
🎉 A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year not to be missed! Grab your copy here:
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The third in the
#RiseofEmperor
's series is finally here! The
#GodsOfRome
eBook, 'a page turner from beginning to end' is out today ⚔️
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Happy Paperback Publication day
@TheTomWood
! You can now pick up Blood Debt in Paperback- out TODAY with
@BooksSphere
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#FridayNews
at its very best - a new
@AlexMarwood1
is coming! The Jeffrey Epstein-inspired psychological thriller,
#TheIslandofLostGirls
will be published by
@BooksSphere
on July 14th 🎉
@LaetitiaLit
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And not only are
@audibleuk
giving away free signed copies but
#TheSquickerwonkers
audio book is free to download! (for a short time only!)
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The news is out! Kelly Frost’s
#TheKingsHead
snapped up by
@AtlanticBooks
and due to be published in February 2025. 🎉
@CiaraMcEllin
.
@Atlanticbooks
has nabbed The Kings Head, a "swaggering debut of conflict and camaraderie" by Kelly Frost about a London gang known as the Teddy Girls 👇
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Please note: the office is now closed until January 4th. Wishing you all a restful break and a happy and healthy New Year! Special thanks to the brilliant
@iamdanham
who beautifully illustrated our annual card 😍
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The US edition of this ‘wonderful, brilliant and moving’ collection, also published by
@BloomsburyPub
, can be purchased here:
#Illuminations
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We are deeply saddened by the news that beloved author Lynne Reid Banks passed away yesterday. Our thoughts are with her three children, grandchildren, family and friends. Lynne was a remarkable woman, a terrific writer and a born storyteller; she’ll be sorely missed by us all.
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A glorious few weeks for
@medwardsbooks
. A nomination
#AnthonyAward
, a win
#Edgars2023
, and now the latest Rachel Savernake is here! Happy publication day Martin, and congratulations.
#SepulchreStreet
@AriesFiction
⭐️
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Only two weeks left until your trip to Florence 🌞 Pre-order the eBook now to get this hilarious new novel from
@chrissiemanby
straight to your Kindle on July 11th:
#ThreeDaysInFlorence
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Chris Naunton schmoozing at the launch of
#SearchingForTheLostTombsOfEgypt
at
@Dauntbooks
this evening! A great launch for an even greater book 📚 🍷
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ICYMI:
@greg_jenner
's brilliant new comedy podcast You're Dead To Me is here! Listen at
@BBCSounds
now:
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Happy Publication day Aika Stephenson of
@Justforkidslaw
and
@emmadonnan
! In Their Defence is out today with
@OMaraBooks
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Happy Publication Day to the wonderful
@NicolaTallis
!
#YoungElizabeth
charts the youth of one of England’s most famous monarchs and offers a ‘nuanced and realistic portrait of a formidable and multi-faceted woman’. Get your copy here:
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Advance copies of
@AbiCurtisWriter
's
#WaterandGlass
are here...and don't they look sublime! Out Nov 30th! 🌀
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What a way to start the week! A sneak peek at
@pavesi_alex
's brilliant
#EightDetectives
, coming 2020...
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If only you could see the collective freaking out that’s been happening in the office...IT’S A NEW EVIE WYLD!
#TheBassRock
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'In her candid, witty memoir,
@marianne_eloise
offers a powerful account of what it is like to feel trapped by mental health problems and obsessions. A brave book that puts vulnerability fully on show.'
#ObsessiveIntrusiveMagicalThinking
in
@indybooks
April non-fic picks!
Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by
@marianne_eloise
@iconbooks
is included in
@MartinChilton
's pick of April's best new
#books
#mentalhealth
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The brilliant
@HelenLederer
's memoir "Not That I'm Bitter" is out today with
@TheMirrorBooks
! Happy Publication Day, Helen!
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Congratulations
@alicebell
!
#OurBiggestExperiment
is on the
@wainwrightprize
2022 Shortlist 🎉 You can order a copy (or pre-order the paperback) here:
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