Strange framing here, where the translator Lin King is only mentioned in the third paragraph. They both won the prize! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

I Said, Somebody's Got to Take Care of Him* margot-kin-berg.com/2026/05/21/i...

#BookReview #TheBoneMother by @suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social 'marries mythology with contemporary issues and poignant family matters perfectly.' hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-... @orendabooks.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social #Bookblogger #booksky 📚💙

It’s on the way! We’re taking pre-orders now!

Today is Sherlock Holmes Day in honour of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday!🕵️‍♂️📚

Yearning for space to create and shape your #writing project? ✍️ Whether you’re at the idea stage or revising a complete draft, join me for a six-day #writingretreat in the #Alps 🚠, and connect with like-minded #writers in a stimulating and supportive environment. valeriavescina.com/teaching/wri...

Short stories live or die on the first sentence and the last. The middle is allowed to wander; the bookends are not. Edit the first sentence ten times, the last five, and the middle once. That's the math. #WritingTips #WritingCraft #ShortFiction #AmWriting

Here's a fascinating approach to #ShortStory #Writing and #Editing.

There's a lovely interview on @fanbasepress.bsky.social with @julesscheele.bsky.social on Orlando! Read the interview: fanbasepress.com/press/interv... Preorder the book (out in a couple of weeks) averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/orla...

So the walking ends and we turn in at our doors and switch on the light and there are all the books in rows trying to tell us what we could have done. From ‘Nine Poems’, in Peter Riley's 'Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls' longbarrowpress.com/featured-poe...

Our Paris contingent went to Paris Lit Up last night and took to the stage. (We are jealous.) Live in France and want to join them next time? Get in touch and we will add you to the community.

Finally, my paper on public responses to Stonehenge in British news is out. "What's the Meaning of Stonehenge?" reveals that archaeological news faces challenges of scepticism & backlash in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic era. Open Access (currently with mistakes in rendering, waiting for T & F to fix)

Not long to wait now! 😀📚😍 Can't wait for the book signing! Some stories never end. They wait to be found. Discover the magic hiding between the lines... mybook.to/NCV13Gz #writingcommunity #booksky #reading #magic #cornwall #mystery

Not clever. Not polished. True. #DoveCry #AntiWarPoetry #Writing

Look at this London Schools Literature Festival! Writers live, talking with 1000s of children - free events! Packed theatres. All over London. www.londonschoolslitfest.org

Today on the blog, the second (and equally fascinating) book from @oldstpublishing.bsky.social on controversial art exhibitions! "...an insult to the taste of the English people." #ArtQuake1910 #oldstreetpublishing kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/a...

New on my blog - Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller: Madness, manipulation and suspense alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/hung... #BookSky

Join us in Leeds on 7th June for our stacked historical fictional panel, chaired by none other than the brilliant Carolyn Kirby of Ravenglass fame! Come and support northern independent publishing! Tickets available here: share.google/6Zdzb27XAQgH...

"The Insect Farm" by Stuart Prebble - Book Review from @fictionophile.bsky.social #BacklistReview #TheInsectFarm #StuartPrebble #BookReview fictionophile.com/2026/05/21/t...

First Line Friday 23rd May 2026: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett  | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚 Today I'm sharing the first lines of my current read: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett. Stockett is well known as the author of phenomenally successful The Help which was published way back…

Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller: Madness, manipulation and suspense alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/05/hung...

LUST, CAUTION (Ang Lee, 2007, rewatch). A gorgeous film of covert looks, smouldering body language, animalistic sex and flashes of brutal violence as Tang Wei tries to ensnare Tony Leung in 1940s China. Espionage has rarely looked so involving and alluring on the big screen. #FilmSky

k.d. lang Billy Joel Rolling Stones The Pretenders/Chrissie Hynde Phil Collins Eurythmics Maddy Prior Joan Armatrading Joan Baez Tracy Chapman and, of course, Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers!

@noveldeelights.bsky.social reviews 'The Repentants' by Kate Foster noveldeelights.com/2026/05/21/t...

For Romain Gary, #BornOnThisDay in 1914, my thoughts on LADY L. A charming, hugely enjoyable story of love, long-held secrets & railing against the establishment, in which personal desires are pitted against political principles & beliefs. I loved it! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/l...

My book ‘Chaos Theory’ is on a Kindle Daily Deal just for today. No better time to read about hilarious robot antics, techbro takedowns, and chaotic road trips around Ireland. Plus a (human) love triangle, found family, and office humour! linktr.ee/SylviaLeatham

#BookReview - Wings Over Valletta by Tracy Cook #WingsOverValletta #ARC #NetGalley #HistFic #WW2 #Malta #BookSky #Allison&Busby #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2026/05/21/b... via @nickimags.bsky.social

Are you an artist interested in working with our collection? Apply for a funded creative fellowship with the Eccles Institute to explore one of two expansive areas of our Americas collection. Find out more 👇

These sweetly small Soft White Dinner Rolls are #RecipeOfTheDay, and they’re child’s play to make. Indeed, my children helped me bake this very batch when they were little! Well worth keeping in mind for entertainment over half term. www.nigella.com/recipes/soft...

I’m talking about my flash fiction collection Salt City Runaway with Christopher Allen in the Village for SmokeLong Summer soooo yunno, if you were THINKING about signing up anyway then now would be an AWESOME time! @smokelong.bsky.social @christopherallen.bsky.social @heyflashvillage.bsky.social

Are you all set for our monthly #womenwriters #skychat to talk Writing Events: Festivals and Readings? It is today- Thursday, 21 May 6pm BST. Follow #WomenWritersNet to get involved in a really 'eventful' conversation with some friendly and knowledgable writers. #writingcommunity

‘Poetry helped me find my feet again’: Joanna Scanlan and Ophelia Lovibond perform readings in memory of loved ones for Celebration Day www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

G. E. Trevelyan's Oxford novel Hot-House was an early inspiration for Barbara Pym. From her autobiography in diaries and letters, A Very Private Life.

Reading Scotland Month anyone? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 portobellobookblog.com/2026/05/20/r...

It’s Agnes Owens’s centenary on Sunday. I was thrilled to be able to write about her life and her bitterly funny books for @theobserveruk.bsky.social, talking to her family, her first readers (“What the fuck is this?!”), her first publisher, and fans like Douglas Stuart:

Yes Sir Ben, please keep going. We have a TBR list to build...

Red Sorghum by Mo Yan (incredibly brutal) and the much lower stakes story of a loafer Berlin Blues by Sven Regener #traslationthurs

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Even better than the first!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A joy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Nora Breen is fast becoming my favourite amateur sleuth' 'A delightfully, cosy, seaside town, historical, crime caper... Perfect for a summer holiday read' - Murder at the Spirit Lounge is out today 🔮

❄️OUT NOW❄️ A brutal TV host. A crowded marathon. A killer hiding in plain sight… #StopDead, the DARK new #IcelandMysteries thriller is here😍 by #KatrínJúlíusdóttir (t. by #LarissaKyzer)🙌 ORDER NOW! Print: 🔗https://geni.us/vJ4x Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/CKJpC6 @DHHlitagency #TeamOrenda

More of Dr. Tutino's research on this topic can be read in HAHR, made open-access by @dukepress.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1215/0018...

Black Undertow. Out later this year with DUP. For now, gratitude… and the cover.

My most recent novel, The Last Days Of Summer, pitched to my publisher as “a big sexy tearjerker,” is 99p for all of May. The best 99p you spend this month. Get involved! amzn.to/4vZDj2h

manillapress.bsky.social has acquired The Sitting Tenant, the new novel from Stacey Halls, in a two-book deal. 👇

One of the more unusual crimes found in our Quarter Sessions collections... ‘Stealing Hair'... Human hair? Horse Hair? So many questions.

A new article about Ernest Hemingway and how he might just be allowed back into polite society. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/a...

Getting ready for 20BooksofSummer 2026 #20BOS26 - My List lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/05/21/g...

Write Smarter with Rebecca Spelman www.swirlandthread.com/write-smarte... From @maireadhearne.bsky.social

49) Crazy Genie by Inès Cagnati (1976), translated from the French by Liesl Schillinger. NYRB Classics, 2026

What drives South Asian migration? Scholars from across 3 continents gathered to explore this at a landmark interdisciplinary conference. This Asian Heritage Month, UTP recognizes Asian Canadian contributions. This article is now available free-to-read: https://bit.ly/4d5129R 

Sabrina LaVopa, our intern in the Editorial, Design, and Production department for the past academic year, talks about what she learned during her time with the Press, and how her experience with the behind-the-scenes aspects of publishing have increased her love for books and reading.