Just finished this extremely well written novel based on a true life murder case in the 1920s. It was gripping, emotional and the research was perfectly balanced with the storytelling. Will definitely be seeking out #LittleDeaths for my next read. @emmaflint.bsky.social #OtherWomen #BookSky 💙📚

#MrsPearcey - Out in February

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

I’ve just finished #Adrift by Will Dean, and MY GOD, he just gets better and better. ADRIFT is an unbearably tense thriller, a crime waiting to happen - & a love letter to libraries. It’s brilliant and painful and written with so much heart. His best book yet. Out Feb 26.

Adored this. Hedonistic, exquisite and dark as a New Orleans night. THE SECRET HISTORY meets THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY.

The greatest action sequence ever committed to celluloid.

Booking now open for this fantastic event on Sat 20 Sept featuring @emmaflint.bsky.social @johnsutherland.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social @mjarlidge.bsky.social & @chrisewan.bsky.social 🤩 tinyurl.com/The-word-is-...

Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved. by J. D. Vance

@emmaflint.bsky.social can i just fanboy for a moment? i thought Other Women was remarkable. i have a lot of sisters and we recommended books to each other. i raved about yours. they all thanked me. so I thank you.

I’ll be asking META to #DoTheWriteThing on Thursday 3 April More info here: societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s... @lisanandymp.bsky.social

Remember this?! 👇 Never. Forget. This. ✨

Possibly the best description of genAI "creative writing" I have ever seen.

SADIQ MY PRINCE www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

What a fabulous day it was at @baytales.bsky.social 🤩 Thank you so much to @emmaflint.bsky.social for moderating the @viperbooks.bsky.social panel, and @guymorpuss.bsky.social @tariqashkanani.bsky.social and @oskarjensen.bsky.social for being my entertaining panel mates… LOVE this festival! 🥰

Want to know how to forge a Great Master and get away with it? Then read THE LAST LETTERS OF VILLA CLARA. She’s out today in paperback in all the usual places. @headlinebooks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social #1960s #art #tuscany #london #vermeer #historicalfiction #publicationday

Me Too!!

Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

Look at these. Aren’t they beautiful?? I’ve never seen Virginia Woolf laughing before. And these exquisite photos of her sister, Vanessa Bell. (From Maggie Humm’s book THE BLOOMSBURY PHOTOGRAPHS)

One of many timely pieces by Wear and Resist. This one is a glow-in-the dark brooch - like the message, it shines in the darkness.

I find old English men adoring their obscenely large produce strangely comforting in troubled times.

If you love a Christmas Mystery set between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day that has secrets, lies, and peers behind the doors of one Norwich street you should definitely buy my Christmas novel One Christmas Night. Includes Baby Cham references. And a cat. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/one-...

Just got a new TV, and my goodness — watching the Jaws 4K Blu-ray on it reveals so much detail I'd never noticed before.

Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.

J’adore 👌

I'm enjoying finding new people on here, but if you want to find old friends/followers: 1. Install the Sky Follower Bridge chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f... 2. Open your Twitter Follower page twitter.com/following 3. Press 'Alt(or option key on Mac) + B' 4. Input your Blueksky login.

Today’s poem is called ‘She’d Dance’.

Enjoying this photo of the young John and Pauline Prescott in which they appear to be a turbulent young couple in a televised play by Alan Sillitoe

It’s after 1am and I’m watching the night sky, listening for owls and to the sound of my cat snoring. This is my writing space. I love that I know lots of you will be writing now too. All these tiny candles of imagination, glowing quietly and steadily all over the world.

As snow and ice is coming, here’s a list of my ten favourite gritter names… 10. David Plowie 9. Nicole Saltslinger 8. Creedence Clear-Road Survival 7. Spreddie Mercury 6. I Want to Break Freeze 5. We Will Rock(salt) You 4. Super Spreader 3. Thaw and Order 2. Gritter Thunberg 1. Snow-be-gone Kenobi

I couldnt see one, so I started one! I literally just threw this up on my coffee break so will have missed many awesome people. Shout if you’re one of them go.bsky.app/MeKxG4G

Bloody hell. I had a couple of hundred followers, went AWOL for a week, and I’m nearly at 2000! And every single one of you is just so damn pretty x

My Audible credits are very precious, and not spent lightly, so making my choice purely by its cover was a risk, but just look at it! Thankfully it was fab! Highly recommended. Other Women by @emmaflint.bsky.social #bookreviewer #audible

The algorithms are getting better. Hello, my lovely new bookish followers! 📚 🐱 🍷 🐶 🍃 ☕️ 🎨

A call to all un-agented authors who have written a sweeping historical love story. My submissions are open, and I am waiting to read your book. www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...

I’m having a pretty exhausting week. Tonight I have lit the lamps and the fairy lights; I have opened the biscuits and the books; I have spread out the blankets and turned on the fire.

A reminder to people that independent bookshops that are coming to here from Twitter are taking a financial risk as that social media outlet is a major factor in marketing and getting sales.

A pair of daffynitions every day until I run out, number 16…   Avoidable = what a matador tries to do Abominable = when a bull swallows an explosive device

I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free. Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.

For hundreds (thousands) of years, reading and writing was considered too radical and complex for the masses. Slaves were prohibited from both. Books are regularly banned and burned. Why? Because of their power to inform, educate, change minds, galvanise, organise, overthrow. Let’s go!

Fellow muffin wallopers, ASSEMBLE! 🍰

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

The Small Things Like These adaptation is extraordinary. One small thing - I was so moved to hear the voice of the late, great King of Radio, Larry Gogan in the opening sequence. Just one of many perfect details, but it got me! 💙

If you're looking for something positive to grasp hold of, it's this. An increasingly confident demand for a united Europe.

I’ll try again… Beatles for a thing

Here's a picture of some books. I know some of you are into stuff like this.

Homan is the most extreme pick imaginable for this job. The father of family separation has insisted that yes, they will be deporting 15m+. They weren’t exaggerating. Congrats to the libertarians and anti-anti Trumpers who downplayed this threat. Enjoy the cruelty and human misery that’s coming.

I love this

She was too old for the care system. There was no support. She became instantly homeless. If she hadn’t found a friend whose mum was willing to put her up, she’d have been immediately on the streets. We send too many people to prison. Prison is a terrible, stupid response to most crime.

Henry VIII and friends

People trying on clothes at the Way In boutique at Harrods, painted by Muriel Lewis c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live. Her work often depicts scenes from a seemingly materially affluent life outside hospital.