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5 days ago
Have great weekends everyone! Happy reading!
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
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Review of the powerful book REFUGE Stories of War (and Love) by
@profsunnysingh.bsky.social
www.thehindu.com/books/book-r...
@wearefootnote.bsky.social
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Review of Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) by Sunny Singh
Explore Sunny Singh's "Refuge: Stories of War (and Love)," an anthology revealing resilience and tenderness amid the devastation of war.
https://www.thehindu.com/books/book-review-refugestories-of-war-and-love-author-sunny-singh/article70497101.ece#google_vignette
9 days ago
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Darren Simpson
13 days ago
Great news for your ears:
#THIRST
is out on audiobook! 🎉 Thanks to
@wfhowes.bsky.social
for making this happen, and thanks also to Ben Allen for his fab reading of the novel; he captures Maimsbury's atmosphere so well.🩸 You can stream or download
#THIRST
from all the usual places. 👍
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Prof Sunny Singh
14 days ago
“Every aspect of my work focuses on overturning and undoing as many of the structures we have inherited as possible.” - thanks @WordsofColour @MsJoyFrancis for this frank convo:
wordsofcolour.co.uk/spotlight-in...
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Spotlight Interview with author, academic and Jhalak Prize co-founder Sunny Singh - Words of Colour
https://wordsofcolour.co.uk/spotlight-interview-with-author-academic-and-jhalak-prize-co-founder-sunny-singh/
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Salt Books
19 days ago
So thrilled to see this review of Richard Tyrrell’s debut, The Fox of Kensal Green: ‘Original and compelling.’ —Daily Mail
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Dazzling Debuts to kickstart 2026
Debuts reviewed by Sara Lawrence
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-15492611/amp/Dazzling-Debuts-kickstart-2026-Theo-Golden-Allen-Levi-Family-Drama-Rebecca-Fallon-Fox-Kensal-Green-Richard-Tyrrell.html
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Salt Books
18 days ago
Sometimes the only way to find yourself is to get lost where nobody is looking. 🦊✨ 📖 Available now from all good bookstores. Published by @saltpublishing
#TheFoxOfKensalGreen
#RichardTyrrell
#SaltPublishing
#BookTok
#LondonFiction
#NewReads
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Q&A with Richard Tyrrell - Books Ireland
Richard Tyrrell, author of The Fox of Kensal Green (Salt) talks all things bookish in our Q&A.
https://booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-with-richard-tyrrell/
21 days ago
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Mail on Sunday review just in. The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell is selected as Best New Fiction, with Simon Humphreys calling it: “Warm-hearted and observant, wonderfully capturing the thought processes of its unlikely hero.”
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bookanista
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"On one of his regular strolls, his eye was caught by a flash of red among gravestones. The biggest fox he ever saw broke cover. Wilf felt mesmerised and had to follow..." The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell. Out now from
@saltpublishing.com
📚📖💙
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A minority of one
Loner Wilf Kelly, recognising a kindred spirit, resolves to tame an urban fox. Extract from Richard Tyrrell’s big-hearted debut novel The Fox of Kensal Green.
https://bookanista.com/a-minority-of-one/
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A minority of one
Loner Wilf Kelly, recognising a kindred spirit, resolves to tame an urban fox. Extract from Richard Tyrrell’s big-hearted debut novel The Fox of Kensal Green.
https://bookanista.com/a-minority-of-one/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
📚 OUT NOW 📚 The Fox of Kensal Green by Richard Tyrrell ISBN 9781784633660 Available from all good bookshops in the UK & Ireland. 🎉 Congrats to Richard! Launch: 15 Jan, 6.30–8.30pm Queen’s Park Books, London 🔗
www.saltpublishing.com/products/the...
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Mark O’Neill 🐻
2 months ago
It’s a great book
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Prof Sunny Singh
2 months ago
#ReadPalestine
Day 4. Mazen Maarouf’s
#JokesForTheGunmen
is a powerful, disturbing and darkly hilarious short story collection. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, this is a testament to Palestinian resilience, steadfastness and humour
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Prof Sunny Singh
2 months ago
What a lovely review:
#Refuge
“is a collection that walks many roads, but which holds up a signpost: Love is always the one path forward through violence, even if just for a moment of self-redemption.”
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Darren Simpson
2 months ago
Wahey,
#THIRST
has been longlisted for the
@sparkbookaward.bsky.social
!🎉 These awards are voted for by pupils from across hundreds of schools, so I'm pleased as pie to be part of this. Happy reading, all! 📚♥️
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Early 5 star review for THE FOX OF KENSAL GREEN by Richard Tyrrell
www.waterstones.com/reviews/the-...
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Read Reviews of The Fox of Kensal Green (Paperback) by Richard Tyrrell | Waterstones
Will you like The Fox of Kensal Green? Find out with our reader reviews. When your'e ready, Click & Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
https://www.waterstones.com/reviews/the-fox-of-kensal-green/richard-tyrrell/9781784633660
2 months ago
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Paula Read
2 months ago
Book review out today in the latest
@panoramajournal.bsky.social
- Sunny Singh's Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) ❤️
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
@profsunnysingh.bsky.social
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Encounters: Capturing Death, Capturing Love: A review of Sunny Singh's Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) | Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature
Telling seductive stories of love during war is one of humanity’s favourite traditions. If there are a few constants that define our species, love and war must certainly qualify, as do our tales about...
https://panoramajournal.org/issues/issue-16-encounters/encounters-capturing-death-capturing-love-a-review-of-sunny-singhs-refuge-stories-of-war-and-love/
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Darren Simpson
3 months ago
#THIRST
is a Bounce Book of the Year! Thank you Tim Beeden and
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social
.💀🙏
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Darren Simpson
3 months ago
"A splendidly gruesome and gripping folk horror set in a village bound by dark secrets and centuries old traditions" 💀 Thanks so much to Clare for her fab review of
#THIRST
for
@readingzone.bsky.social
. Read Clare's full review (and a free excerpt!) at
readingzone.com/books/thirst
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Darren Simpson
3 months ago
Signed copies of
#THIRST
now available in
@pagesofhackney.bsky.social
! 📚 Have a scroll through my pics of this gorgeous indie bookshop, which boasts not only a fab selection of fiction and non-fiction for all ages, but also a ton of fascinating zines. 👌
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Darren Simpson
3 months ago
How would you like an exclusively SIGNED AND DEDICATED Guardian Book of Month/Irish Times Best YA Book for Halloween, in the form of a signed copy of
#THIRST
from yours truly? 🙌 If you're game, bid at
www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
and raise money for @ChildrenInRead. Good luck! 🎉
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Darren Simpson
4 months ago
"Creepy, compelling YA folk horror"🩸 Huge thanks to
@imogenrw.bsky.social
for including
#THIRST
in the
@theguardian.com
's roundup of the best new books for children and teens. 🙏 This is a cracking start to the weekend. I'll be celebrating tonight with Maimsbury's finest cider.
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"Love in the Third Reich is a brilliant historical novel with a touch of fantasy. Martin Michael Driessen combines the best of both worlds here." De Standaard
4 months ago
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@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
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Book Review | Hope in the Time of Bloodshed & Strife
The title story Refuge is the searing tale of a young couple, Abid and Nur, trying to survive the horror of the Syrian civil war
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/booksart/book-review-hope-in-the-time-of-bloodshed-strife-1912450
4 months ago
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Published for Frankfurt Bookfair by Herder Verlag, SEVEN ANIMALS BITE BACK by Frank Westerman
#animals
#Arctic
#planet
#climate
4 months ago
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Darren Simpson
4 months ago
Big thanks to
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social
for including
#THIRST
among their excellent
#Halloween
Highlights. 💀🙏 Check out the full (and terrifically terrifying) selection at
www.foyles.co.uk/highlights/h...
🩸👌
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Darren Simpson
4 months ago
Had the pleasure of working with the
#TheLittleBookshops
for some
#THIRST
events yesterday. The good folk who run them are knowledgeable and passionate and helped to make it a really fun day. If you're ever in Leeds or Skipton, these gorgeous bookshops are well worth your time. 📚♥️
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Darren Simpson
5 months ago
[1] A few pics from
#NoLimits
yesterday. What a glorious happening this free festival is! Personal highlights include Matt Goodfellow's hilarious/insightful talk, meeting Pushkin-crony Liz Hyder in person, sharing green-room sarnies with a panto dame, learning of Normanby Hall's albino peacock ->
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Prof Sunny Singh
5 months ago
Looking forward to speaking with readers about
#Refuge
: Stories of War (and Love). Some more dates to be added and tickets are for sale now for most of these. Would be wonderful to see as many of you as possible (Will add links for events in replies)
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Prof Sunny Singh
5 months ago
Links to book for an event near you
geni.us/RefugeEvents
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Darren Simpson
5 months ago
Just spotted that
#THIRST
is one of
#SchoolReadingList's
top titles for the autumn term! 🎉 Thanks so much,
@schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
. 🤓 You can find their full (and very fine) list at
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
.
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Darren Simpson
5 months ago
One thing I'll never get used to is taking my kids to school open evenings and seeing my books in the school library. ♥️
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Prof Sunny Singh
5 months ago
New podcast
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reposted by
Prof Sunny Singh
6 months ago
I am in Bristol talking about Refuge at
@bookhaus.bsky.social
next week. Please come
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/
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Prof Sunny Singh
6 months ago
Last week I spoke at the Edinburgh Book Festival about my new book
#Refuge
: Stories of War (and Love). Before my event, I made a statement of solidarity with Fady Joudah and all writers who are forced to make impossible choices.
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Darren Simpson
6 months ago
Come see me as part of the
#NoLimits
festival in Brigg on 20 September. I'll be talking folklore, folk horror and
#THIRST
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@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Darren Simpson
6 months ago
If you go to the woods today...
pushkinpress.com/book/thirst
#THIRST
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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reposted by
Prof Sunny Singh
6 months ago
Coming up 2nd September at
@waterstones.bsky.social
Gower Street
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Prof Sunny Singh
6 months ago
Please come 🙏🏽
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Prof Sunny Singh
7 months ago
No unboxing video but…..They are HERE!!!! Finished copies of my latest book,
#Refuge
: Stories of War (and love). And they are GORGEOUS! Thank you @WeAreFootnote and esp my editor Serena Arthur for the courage and conviction to publish this book 🙏🏽 Out on 7 August!
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Prof Sunny Singh
7 months ago
Cynthia Enloe: Sunny Singh crafts a distinctive woman's voice, an unforgettable atmosphere, revealing wars' myriad rhythms, unpredictable turns. Reading these remarkable stories reminds me to stay ready to be surprised when trying to grasp how any girl, any woman, anywhere makes sense of her own war
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reposted by
Darren Simpson
7 months ago
Pleased as pie to see
#THIRST
in
@thebookseller.com
's Children's Books Preview for September. 🤩 Available for all your blood-curdling needs via
@netgalley.bsky.social
and pre-order.
pushkinpress.com/book/thirst
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Darren Simpson
8 months ago
My best yet! A tale to chill your spine - and couldn't we all do with that in this heat? ☀️ Thank you to Melanie for her kind words about
#THIRST
.
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Darren Simpson
8 months ago
I have good news.
#THIRST
is now available on
@netgalley.bsky.social
! If you're game for an early read, head to
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
. Come on in. The water's nice and cool. 😉💀
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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@profsunnysingh.bsky.social
published soon, available for pre-order now
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An Extract from Refuge by Sunny Singh
Guest Blog by Bonnier Books When they talked, it was of practical matters. “Documents must always stay with you. On you. Not in the bag. You remember,” his hands pushed away her clothes. She nodded, ...
https://refugeeweek.org.uk/an-extract-from-refuge-by-sunny-singh/
8 months ago
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Don't miss Hwang Sok-yong at
@edbookfest.bsky.social
Always brilliant, always fascinating, always inspiring
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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Hwang Sok-yong: The Voice of a Divided Nation
From Tue 19 Aug - With a five-decade-long writing career and Korea's most prestigious literary prizes under his belt, Hwang Sok-yong is unmatched in depicting the social and political realities of his...
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/hwang-sok-yong-the-voice-of-a-divided-nation
8 months ago
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Indonesian copies of Mazen Maarouf's stunning novella THE CURSE OF THE MUDBALL KID came in
9 months ago
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Old Street Publishing
10 months ago
'A refresher course on the world’s accumulated climate science which makes for jaw dropping reading’ DANIEL MURRAY in Business Post on Gwynne Dyer's INTERVENTION EARTH: Life-saving Ideas from the World's Climate Engineers.
@businesspost.bsky.social
@laurasusijn.bsky.social
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Excerpt from the 'fascinating', 'dangerous', 'hypnotic' MY BEAUTIFUL SHADOW by radhujha69
scroll.in/article/1080...
@jacarandabooks.bsky.social
also from Westland Books, Alianza Editorial, Sellerio, Picquier, AST
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Fiction: Kayo is a member of an exclusive club in Tokyo, but it won’t be easy to continue
An excerpt from ‘My Beautiful Shadow,’ by Radhika Jha.
https://scroll.in/article/1080630/fiction-kayo-is-a-member-of-an-exclusive-club-in-tokyo-but-it-wont-be-easy-to-continue
10 months ago
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Prof Sunny Singh
10 months ago
Now available to pre-order: Refuge : Stories of War (and Love), “an ode to humanity's ability to endure, love and retain dignity and compassion.”
amzn.eu/d/5was92C
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Refuge: Stories of War (and Love): Amazon.co.uk: Singh, Sunny: 9781804442302: Books
Buy Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) by Singh, Sunny from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
https://amzn.eu/d/5was92C
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