I'm really starting to enjoy talking about my #debutnovel The Candidate's Husband, today to Banksy on @hulls107fm.bsky.social about why the book's set in #Hull and what being in the public spotlight does to people personally. Politics, marriage and social class. #BookSky

How my student city - #Hull - inspired my #debutnovel The Candidate’s Husband - smashing piece on this in @yorkshirepost.co.uk #booksky @srlpublishing.bsky.social #politicalfiction #thecandidateshusband

The Candidate's Husband seems to be going down well in literary Ireland. One of top 50 books of the year in The Gloss Magazine and mentions in various regional/local papers. #politicalfiction #debutnovel @srlpublishing.bsky.social

A good review of #thecandidateshusband in The Irish News today. @srlpublishing.bsky.social @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social #politicalfiction #debutnovel

Thanks Charles. Really appreciate your support. It’s been an interesting week, my first as a published author!

#TheCandidatesHusband successfully launched with great interview questions from Elise Valmorbida @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social #politicalfiction #bookgroupfiction #debutnovels

Publication day! My first novel, out in print and as an audiobook. #BookSky #TheCandidatesHusband A story about politics, marriage and social class.

Publication month for #TheCandidate’sHusband. ‘This dark story of vicarious marital ambition that unfolds in the murky world of politics & journalism will keep you guessing until the end’ –columnist/broadcaster @sonia-sodha.bsky.social Print & audio. @srlpublishing.bsky.social #BolindaAudio #BookSky

Why Words Matter in Translation – the latest in 26.org.uk podcast series now on Substack. Thanks to my writer guests Diane Webb, Elise Valmorbida, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Nabeela Ahmed & for help from @societyofauthors.bsky.social translators association. 26writersgroup.substack.com/p/why-words-...

Here's the cover for the audiobook version of my novel out Dec 9, narrated by Liam Gerrard & Sarah Durham. A little different from the print cover. #booksky @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social @srlpublishing.bsky.social #TheCandidatesHusband #politicalfiction #debutnovels

“An entertaining, often unnerving story that keeps you reading right through to the unexpected and satisfying conclusion.” Thank you, Ian Nettleton lecturer @writerscentre and Bath Novel winner, for generous words on my debut novel The Candidate’s Husband out Dec 9. @iannettleton.bsky.social

“Gripping and insightful. The moving personal side of political life by a writer who knows her craft.” Thank you @charlesharrisauthor for your words on my debut novel, The Candidate’s Husband, out Dec 9. @srlpublishing @bolindaaudio #TheCandidatesHusband #politicalfiction #bookclubfiction

An advance copy of my novel has just landed on my desk. Thanks Stuart @srlpublishing. It’s beginning to feel real. Waiting now for the audiobook version from @bolindaaudio. Both published early December. #TheCandidatesHusband #debutnovel #politicalfiction #bookclubfiction #northernnovels #Hull

Thrilled to see that #TheCandidatesHusband is a @thebookseller.com debut of the month for December. @srlpublishing.bsky.social @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social

Now 3 months to go to the publication of my first novel The Candidate's Husband and somehow it feels even more topical today with the loss of Angela Rayner from the frontbench – a sad day for UK politics. @SRLpublishing.bsky.social @Bolindaoriginals.bsky.social #Womeninpolitics

I’m thrilled to sign with @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social for the audio version of my political novel The Candidate’s Husband alongside print & e-book from @srlpublishing.bsky.social out in Dec. Thanks for all the advice I’ve had from societyofauthors.bsky.social & my good friend Florence Hyde.

The latest addition to 26's Memento Mori on Substack - from Richard Axtell – A Final Note: How Music Helped Me Grieve open.substack.com/pub/26mement...

At last! My debut (political bookclub) novel, The Candidate's Husband, will be out in December. News on the audiobook to follow. It's been a long journey... #BookSky #politicalbookclub #debutnovel

A very powerful piece from Sue Heggie as part of 26 Writers' Memento Mori writing on Substack.

It's #WorldSleepDay and here's my contribution to #26MementoMori. 26mementomori.substack.com/p/sleep-deat.... Thanks Sophie for the image – that's exactly how I often feel at 3 a.m. @margaretkenna4 @26writers