Happy publication day to @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social – #TheBruegelBoy is out today. It's a beautifully written dual narrative, rich with atmosphere, that paints a vivid picture of an artist and his muse at a complex turning point in European history. #historicalfiction #newrelease #bookstagram

Happy Bookshop Day to booksellers everywhere. We readers and writers would be lost without you. #bookshopday #Primrosehillbooks @booksaremybag.bsky.social

A very happy publication day to my friend @LorBingham. Her charming, beautifully illustrated #Christmas story for young animal lovers is out today in ebook and paperback. #rabbit #guineapig #christmasgifts #childrensbooks #magical www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1036933296

September's reading was pretty varied: I loved James but wasn't mad keen on Butter, was shocked by Ask Not and moved by @ElizaKnight's new novel (out June 26). #JayMcInerney's druggy tale was a reread and #MaeveBrennan was a real find. What did you read last month? #bookstagram

Got a haircut yesterday. And possibly a little bit of colour too. Why not? It's autumn… #haircut #haircolor #autumnvibes

Today is the last chance to sign up for September's #newsletter, which is about my imposter syndrome when writing a book for the US market about their iconic widow; and promoting a book during lockdown; includes an international #giveaway. Signup here: bit.ly/3V1ZyDz

Thrilled to hear that #maggieofarrell has a new #historical novel coming in June 2026: LAND is a story of a father and son mapping the Irish landscape for Ordnance Survey in 1865, straight after the Great Hunger. Can't wait! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tinde...

Why did #PrincessDiana visit Wallis Simpson's Paris house just hours before her death? Find out in Another Woman's Husband, currently on an #ebook #deal in the US. It was an @USATODAY bestseller and Diana's biographer Andrew Morton called it "Clever". Enjoy! #booksworthreading

This book by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social is the perfect distillation of what I love in a book: publishing history, mid-century, writers, and feminism! Highly recommend!

Here's my haul – all good in different ways. What did you read in July? #Bookstagram #booksread #writerslife

An amazing reading month. I can't recommend these highly enough. Three of them made me cry (see if you can guess which ones), and I don't cry easily. Thank you #AlanHollinghurst @marnieriches.bsky.social #elizabethstrout #colmtoibin #robertseethaler #jessicaanyablau #booksworthreading #bookstagram

UK readers, looking for a weekend read? Four of my books are on 99p #deals for a limited time only. If there are any you haven't read, now's the time… #historicalfiction #bargain #Ebook

I'm happy to announce two more Author's Afterword Live events in June and July. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/authors-af... (with #Booksky authors @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social @kateweston.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social)

Two of my May reads – by @LouiseFein and @RowanColeman – I strongly recommend you preorder. The other three were hugely enjoyable and are available now. What did you read this last month? #historicalfiction #booksworthreading

Want to present at the 2026 @histnovsoc.bsky.social conference in #Maynooth #Ireland? Here's how: hns2026.com/call-for-par... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity please repost

Happy publication day to @rebeccarosenbergnovelist. Silver Echoes is out today – a twisty atmospheric tale set in the 20s/30s, based partly on a real movie star. Enjoy! #newrelease #biographicalfiction #bookstagram

Tube poster in Belsize Park for @TracyChevalier's glorious novel about Murano glassblowing. A perfect gift for #mothersday. #BooksWorthReading #historicalfiction

Lots of great reads last month. Sinners by @lizfremantle.bsky.social is my book of the year so far - out on June 3rd. I also loved @ArielLawhon's Frozen River – great #historicalfiction. Bandit Queens is a terrific read if you want to kill your husband. #BooksWorthReading #Bookstagram

My latest @GoodReads review: "If I could write just one book as good as this, I would die happy."

My next newsletter will be about the #gossip and #scandals when I was writing my 4th novel, #TheAffair. It's set in Rome in 1962, when #ElizabethTaylor and #RichardBurton fell in love. I got unique insights and snaps from a pal of Burton's. For the inside story, sign up here: bit.ly/3x9ZQf3

Authors consider Goodreads a scary place because readers leave very honest (sometimes brutal) reviews there. So it's especially gratifying when one of my novels reaches 1000 ratings with an average score over 4 out of 5. Huge thanks to all who have read and reviewed or rated. #review #bookstagram

Congratulations to @MissLuluTaylor @AtkinsDani @JeanFullerton and all the other authors shortlisted for @RNAtweets awards this year. Good luck! 🍾🎉🥳https://www.thebookseller.com/news/romantic-novel-of-the-year-awards-shortlist-announced

So good I accidentally bought it twice. Do you have any 'doubles' on your bookshelves? #Bookstagram #ArundhatiRoy #Booksworthreading

Congratulations to @essiefox.bsky.social and @orendabooks.bsky.social on the wonderful @thetimes.com review of #Dangerous. #LordByron #Venice #historicalfiction #booksworthreading www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

April 3rd is 'Find a Rainbow Day' – so I found one. With thanks to @ellenalpsten.bsky.social @ronnieturner8702.bsky.social #AnneBerest and @susanmeissner.bsky.social #Booksworthreading #rainbow

A Beautiful Rival is on an audiobook deal in the US for $4.99. "A poignant and timeless story," said Natasha Lester. Enjoy! #audiobook #deals #beauty #historicalfiction www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/a...

A very happy publication day to #EliseHooper – The Library of Lost Dollhouses is out today and it's already getting brilliant reviews that call it 'spellbinding' and 'heartwarming' and 'an absolute gem'. Can't wait to grab a copy! #HistoricalFiction #NewRelease 🥳🎉🍾

My March reads had settings ranging from 17th-century Puritan Boston to 1930s Dustbowl Kansas, 1920s/30s Salzburg to 1970s/80s Dorset, 1990s London and contemporary France and UK. I thought all of them were fabulous. #bookrecommendations #historicalfiction What did you read?

Happy paperback publication day to #LouisaTreger - the wonderful The Paris Muse is out today. It's the story of Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and inspiration for his 'Weeping Women' portraits. Of course, he's the one who made her weep… Highly recommended! #historicalfiction #newrelease #Bookstagram

Great start to a Wednesday – @HazelGaynor sent me sweeties! They're for breakfast, right? #BeforeDorothy #BooksWorthReading

In which @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social discusses with me Jacqueline Susann, Jackie Collins, and the publishing industry of the 1960s and 1970s #booksky

The most exciting book post EVER! I genuinely could not be more excited. Thank you so much @lizfremantle.bsky.social and @MichaelJosephBooks. Out 3rd July. #newrelease #bookstagram

Not sure what this number 1 tag means exactly, but I'll take it! #ElizabethArden #HelenaRubinstein #WomensHistoryMonth #Rivalry #bookstoread

There's an article on Valley of the Dolls in @thetimes today, comparing #JacquelineSusann to #Trump, in that they are both "disruptors". If you want to know more about her, may I humbly recommend my novel #ScandalousWomen. #valleyofthedolls #booksworthreading www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Congrats to @HazelGaynor for writing one of the exhibits in the @saatchi_gallery multimedia Flowers exhibition. Both book and exhibition are highly recommended. #BooksWorthReading

Loved this novel by #PennyHaw and I'm delighted it's featured today in #31titlesinhistory organised by the indomitable #janisdaly #BooksWorthReading

Fill out this quick survey bit.ly/4fVDDq6 and you could win a #free book from the list. #WomensHistoryMonth #bookstagram Happy reading!

Little Gill is aged five here. She's very shy and is happiest when lost in a book. The cardigan was knitted by her Granny Graham, and pinned to the collar there is a Tufty club badge. I hope #WorldBookDay helps to make other children as passionate about books as Gill was, and still is. #bookstagram

#TeaserTuesday I've just read a proof of @hazelgaynor.bsky.social's Before Dorothy, due out in June, and I promise you it's her best yet. Love love love it - do preorder! #comingsoon #bookstagram @HarperCollinsUK

Today's pick for #31titleswomeninhistory is this classic by Eliza Knight and Denny S. Bryce. Want to join the #WomensHistoryMonth celebrations? Come to the Facebook #ThirdThursdayoftheMonthBookClub on Thurs at 8:30pm EST for a Zoom presentation by 15 of the authors (inc me).

The books I read this month had a common theme of bullying: in school, in a 1950s science lab, in a 1960s publishing house, or in the British courts, where an African woman is on trial. All excellent reads. What have you been reading this month? #BooksWorthReading #Bookstagram

A very happy pub day to #FrancesQuinn. I love a #Titanic novel, and this one is special, with a brave and complex heroine and an unusual, heart-warming story. Enjoy! #newrelease #bookstagram

Who thinks I should change my name to Gill Paulová? She sounds fun.

If you want to read about how my literary career all went horribly wrong after the 'difficult second novel', sign up for the autobiographical newsletter winging its way to inboxes next Friday bit.ly/3x9ZQf3 #HowNotToWriteANovel #bookstagram

When #MadelineMartin comes to London on a research trip and @katethompson74.bsky.social's new book has just made the @thetimes.com bestseller list, there's only one drink to have with lunch. #AuthorsWhoLunch #bookstagram

@LolaJaye, resplendent in silver doc martins and matching headband at last night's packed launch of #TheManualforGoodWives in @DauntBooks Marylebone. It's a stunning story of an African princess who thrives in the UK despite all life throws at her. Highly recommended #NewRelease

A very happy publication day to my lovely friend @juliakellywrites.bsky.social. Dressmakers of London is an uplifting, page-turning story of two feuding sisters brought together during WW2 to save the family dressmaking store. Enjoy! #newrelease #bookstagram

It's two weeks till the start of #WomensHistoryMonth. How many of these titles have you read? Enter this survey to win copies us20.list-manage.com/survey?u=a03... #31titleswomeninhistory #bookstagram #Giveaway @janisdaly

I'm delighted that A Beautiful Rival is published in the Czech Republic today by @grada. If you have any Czech friends, please tell them to look out for Elizabeth and Helena landing in their bookstores. #Newrelease #czechrepublic #BooksWorthReading

I'm guessing it's not the real Barbara Kingsolver who just started following me on X and has liked three of my posts. She would have more followers, surely? But couldn't stop myself having a massive fan girl moment…