Bubbles to celebrate my new book. Summer Under A Starry French Sky is out now. Cheers!🥂

Working in my local bookshop today they’re looking after me well. 😋

Wonderful! Thank you Shirley.

Happy Publication Day @sophieclaire.bsky.social 🎉🥂📚 Summer Under A Starry French Sky by Sophie Claire #NewBook out today 🎉 #BookSky #RomanticFiction #France #Reading #Book

Summer Under A Starry French Sky is out today! You can find it in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, and online or order it from your lovely local bookshop. I hope you love it! 🌞🇫🇷⭐️ mybook.to/StarryFrenchSky

Signing copies today. Can’t believe it will be in the shops tomorrow.

My author copies have arrived! Also bookmarks designed by the talented @maryjaynebaker.bsky.social Just a few days left until my book is in the shops. Now it’s starting to feel real.🥰

It always makes me chuckle when Amazon alerts me that Sophie Claire has a new book coming out soon. She has, and it’s only a week away. I can’t wait to share with you Amber and Nico’s story.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 160: If you're feeling uninspired, try mixing things up. Move into a different space. Change the position of your desk. Use another medium. Try a different time of day. Changes can help reset your brain and boost your creativity.

Au revoir Paris.🇫🇷 I’m home now but seem to have brought the heat with me. Sorry!

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

This one’s for my sewing friends: another gem I visited in Paris🇫🇷was the museum of Toile de Jouy. I love TDJ but the hot air balloon design might be my fave. And I don’t know how I resisted the gift shop.

Of course I visited a couple of bookshops in Versailles🇳🇱and was thrilled to spot some favourite authors in the Feel Good section. My book haul (incl gifts from my lovely godmother) was a bit big for my tiny suitcase but I made them fit. 😂

More culture with a Matisse exhibition at the Grand Palais (where we had a lovely lunch at the restaurant).🇳🇱

Also, the heat!🥵🇳🇱

music & lights show at the Palais de Versailles🇳🇱❤️

A bit of culture at the Musée d’Orsay. (So many tourists! And yes I was one of them😂). If you love Renoir I definitely recommend the exhibition. So much to see.

A visit to Versailles old town this morning before the heat hits, a quick stop at the boulangerie, and tea at an international cake shop.

I’ve escaped for a few days to Paris where it’s ridiculously hot!🥵 This was the Palais de Versailles. 🇳🇱 (Conscious that I’m always wearing this dress in holiday snaps but I love it because it doesn’t crease!😂)

🥳Calling readers in North America 🇺🇸🇨🇦. Summer At The French Olive Grove is just $.99 this month! This is your invitation to escape to the beautiful South of France 🇫🇷 with Lily and Olivier. He’s her best friend- and he’s getting married to someone else. getbook.at/FrenchOliveG...

Did you know all my books are set in the South of France? This is because my mum is French and growing up I spent every summer there at my grandparents’ house by the sea. It’s a beautiful part of the world and the perfect place to escape to if you like an uplifting read.🌞🇫🇷 📸 Toulon 2025

My current read. How about you?📚

Arrived early for a meeting in Manchester so you know I had to. 😂

Thank you so much Shirley.x

Here it is!🥳 I’m so excited to share my new book cover for Summer Under A Starry French Sky. I’m utterly in love with it. 😍 What do you think? Preorder: mybook.to/StarryFrenchSky

I’m completely enthralled by this beautiful book and have also been prepping tomorrow’s newsletter for my wonderful readers. How are you spending this bank holiday Monday? (You can sign up to my newsletter here: bit.ly/3MFoM4Q)

A couple of baby quilts for charity (and birdsong🎶).

Today’s task.

Really enjoying the sunshine and this book was a GEM! If you love Elizabeth Gaskell (or Dickens) you’ll adore this. What are you reading this weekend ?

Did you know it’s World Book Night tonight? From 7-8pm everyone is invited to spend the time relaxing with a book.🥰📚 I recorded a short story but BlueSky says it’s too long to post so here are the outtakes instead.😂 Will you be reading this evening? If so, what are you reading/listening to?

We had a lovely time in Haworth (Thank you for all your tips on what to visit). What an atmospheric place - even in grey wet weather! I really enjoyed visiting the parsonage (it must get SO busy in summer!) and the tiny gift shops and cafes. I’m hoping to go back and fit in a walk on the moors.

I’m going to visit Haworth soon (can’t believe it’s taken me this long!). Any recommendations for what to do there (apart from the Brontë Parsonage which I’ve booked already)?

The bluebells are out!

Did you enjoy the Easter weekend? Ours passed in a blur of food and family. Now the house is quiet but these beautiful flowers are positively glowing (and there is chocolate, lots of chocolate). 🥰

S France 😻

Happy Easter!

I’ve loved all these. Any recommendations for what I should watch next?

Proofs are the last stage in the editing process and it’s always wonderful to see my words looking like a real book. Summer Under A Starry French Sky will be out in July - it still feels a long way away but this year is going so fast! 🌌✨ (My serious concentration face in this reel!😂)

Do we mind that the jam dripped? Not a bit. 😋

Lovely to catch up with writer friends today. @jenniferpagewrites.bsky.social @bossynovelista.bsky.social

Just admiring Mr C’s cinnamon buns😍

It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️ Longer days. Lighter evenings. Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

I had a great day at the Elizabeth Gaskell house yesterday celebrating my friend Livi Michael’s new book, Elizabeth & Ruth. Can’t wait to reread it (it’s wonderful- I highly recommend). And will definitely visit the house again - the guided tour was fabulous.

Thank you Laura Starkey for running a workshop on Canva for writers today. And who doesn’t love a room with a secret door?!

Thank you Shirley!X

Featuring a rundown French farmhouse, a missing will & secrets of the past. Don’t miss this sensual romance about healing past hurts & daring to open your heart again. 🌞💛🏠 And it’s currently on special offer in North America 🇺🇸 🇨🇦. getbook.at/EscapeToProv...

Aren’t tulips just so joyful?

Sunday morning. What are you reading?

A mini meeting of writers at Gladstone’s library. (With cake). 😋