Look what I found at the Co-op yesterday! Yes, the twelve days of Christmas are still upon us but Easter eggs are in the shops. Don't mind if I do ... 😆 Spending a lovely, lazy day mooching, reading, choc eating and later binge telly watching. Happy #Twixmas everyone!

I was happy to hear down the grapevine that a happy shopper in #Loughborough snapped up two of my books at a bargain price. Great to hear they're being enjoyed. Don't forget you can find my books for free in the #library or buy (audio/print/ebook) here: bit.ly/4pBzBIj

Eleven days until #Christmas Eve. This afternoon I'm planning on a marathon present wrapping session. To give the gift of reading why not buy my #thrillers in paperback/ebook/audio? If you choose the e-version you don't even have to wrap it 😄 Buy here: bit.ly/4pBzBIj

One day left to bid for my book (and others) in ChildrenInRead’s auction supporting BBC #ChimdrenInNeed. Hurry! Bid for a signed + dedicated copy of #TheWomanNextDoor here 👉 jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detail… @emblabooks.bsky.socia#bookloversr#crimem#thrillere#readersrs

Happening tonight for #ConsciousWritingMonth, Changing the Canon. Join Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social, Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung and Natasha Carthew, as they explore sustaining the long work of literary change. 🍂 Free for Being a Writer members

🍂Changing the Canon, with Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung & Natasha Carthew, chaired by Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social 🍂Just Write It, with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social Find the full programme & tickets on our website🔽

Children in Read 2025 - bid for a signed copy of my #PsychologicalThriller #TheWomanNextDoor and support @BBCCiN Bid for my lot here 👇 jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta... @societyofauthors.bsky.social @emblabooks.bsky.social

Love books? Loads of brilliant authors have donated signed books to bid for and raise money for #BBCChildrenInNeed. It's a great way to stock up early on your Christmas shopping + raise money for a good cause. Lot 311 is my #PsychologicalThriller #TheWomanNextDoor. Hurry! @emblabooks.bsky.social

Take a moment with Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung and Natasha Carthew, chaired by Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social in our masterclass, Changing the Canon this #ConsciousWritingMonth

Thanks to The #BronteParsonageMuseum for sending me this lovely photo taken after the Bronte Festival of Women's Writing panel I took part in last month. Rocking it in my lilac DM boots!! ;-) @emblabooks.bsky.social @lucythereader.bsky.social #Haworth #WritersLife #LiteraryFestival #Thriller

We need this in England too! @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Great evening at the world premiere of Andrew Davies’ stage adaptation of #Emma. Kudos to the local actors for putting on a great show. I even spotted the man himself in the bar afterwards! #JaneAusten #TalismanTheatre

I'm really excited about this forthcoming exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social ! #AgathaChristie #crime @victoriadowd.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

Who is looking forward to Celebrity Traitors? I don't know if I'm more excited about the celebs or @claudiawinklewoman.bsky.social's knitwear 😆 #BBC @thetraitors.bsky.social www.blacksheepwools.com/blogs/news/h...

Here's proof of what I got up to on Sunday!! Thanks to @ruthannereads.bsky.social for posting the photo.

I had a fabulous time speaking at the Brontë Women's Writing Festival and also watching two other events. I also got to explore the Bronte Parsonage and see its new treasures. Will post pictures soon!

Not long to go until I have the honour of speaking at the Brontë Women's Writing Festival about my love for Yorkshire, books & the novels of the Brontë sisters. There are still a few tickets available for events - hurry! www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/cat... @emblabooks #WritersLife #Haworth

I'm delighted to be part of #ConsciousWritingMonth with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social ! I'll be part of Changing the Canon 13th Nov thinking about how to create & curate without burning out. Grab a ticket or buy a VIP Pass for the entire series: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/event/consci...

My latest reading, recommended by #AnnieGarthwaite at a recent talk she gave and also by @nathenamin.bsky.social. Loving it so far, wasn’t expecting the humour! #ThePretender #JoHarkin

If you're after a twisty, unputdownable #thriller to keep you entertained this bank holiday weekend then you're in luck: The Woman Next Door is on a #99p @amazonkindle.bsky.social deal Fri 22nd Aug in the UK! #crime @emmareadscrime.bsky.social @emblabooks.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DW8PDCGJ/

I'm speaking at the Brontë Society's Festival of Women's Writing in September. There are lots of amazing women speaking there - I'll be in the audience for other events - why not join us? www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/cat... @societyofauthors.bsky.social #thriller #crime #BookLovers #readers

Following on from #TooMuch with its innate acceptance of character, past, hang ups and body shape in a sexy love affair will someone PLEASE write a rom com with a female physically #disabled protagonist - do I have to do it myself?? 👩‍🦽‍➡️🙋‍♀️💕 @emblabooks.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Happy Yorkshire Day to one and all! #YorkshireDay

Fabulous to meet Orlando Murrin tonight in person at Leamington Waterstones along with the brilliant Jane Corry. A very entertaining evening. #crime #thriller #mustread

Fascinating Kenilworth Books talk tonight with @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social & Elizabeth Fremantle. Great discussion about ‘dangerous women’ in history and why it’s so important their stories are told.

Signed some copies of #TheWomanNextDoor at Waterstones Leamington Spa today and hid a promotional bookmark inside each copy as a surprise treat. Hurry to buy yours! @emblabooks.bsky.social #booklovers #CrimeReaders #PsychologicalThriller ##CrimeFiction #DomesticNoir @waterstones.bsky.social

“Let the era of misery or triumph over tragedy narratives, in-person-only events,the mindset that books with disabled characters are niche & that 1 author is enough to represent the whole community be banished to dusty, bygone relics of the past” @pennyauthor.bsky.social @catmitchell17.bsky.social

Thanks to @vikkipatis.bsky.social for including #TheWomanNextDoor in her roundup of novels to read for #DisabilityPride month 😀 @emblabooks.bsky.social geni.us/TheWomanNextDoor

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"We still have a long way to go for disabled authors and staff to achieve parity with their non-disabled colleagues." Penny Batchelor and Cat Mitchell discuss what you can do to become a disibility ally in this week's disability focus 👇 #BookSky

So chuffed that @emblabooks.bsky.social said that a forthcoming book by ML Hattersley, #TheEx, is perfect for fans of Penny Batchelor. 😀 Next step is for Lisa Jewell, Adele Parks and @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social's next novels to be advertised as perfect for my readers too!!

So proud of @catmitchell17.bsky.social and @pennyauthor.bsky.social for making a #Disability focus issue of @thebookseller.com happen after 3 years hiatus. So heartening to see such brilliant books by disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent writers being published across genres, as in my preview. #BookSky

Tomorrow is the #DisabilityTakeover edition of TheBookseller co-edited by me & Cat CatMitchell with previews from award-winning poet Polly Atkin. Please retweet, read the edition & support #disabled authors, booksellers & publishing staff. thebookseller.com @Embla books

Fabulous news! For the WHOLE of the month of June #TheWomanNextDoor, reviewed by best-selling Crime Writer Janice Hallett as 'Dark, menacing and beautifully written,' is on a #99p @amazonkindle.bsky.social deal. Buy now: bit.ly/43Bpw5z @emblabooks.bsky.social

Bought these fabulous cupcakes to take to my Kenilworth Books signing tomorrow (Sat, 10.30-1.30). For quality control purposes I've eaten 1 and had to be physically restrained from scoffing the whole lot! 😄😄🧁 #WritersLife #NewBook #PsychologicalThriller #MustRead #CrimeReaders @thecwa.bsky.social

"Covering historical, literary and contemporary fiction, there's something on the shortlist for any reader who wants to eschew outmoded disability stereotypes and engage with powerful stories showing the realities of living a disabled life." - Judge @pennyauthor.bsky.social‬

May the fourth (novel) be with you! Sorry, couldn't resist the poor pun ... 😄 To browse & buy all my ebooks/paperbacks/audiobooks go to: bit.ly/43Bpw5z Catch up on my back catalogue whilst I'm busy finishing book 5! @emblabooks.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social #thriller #crime

Readers in the US - it's your lucky day! My thriller #TheReunionParty is on a special $1.99 Amazon Kindle deal today only (May 16th). 'A smart spin on the classic trapped-in-a-hotel genre' says award-winning crime writer @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social. @emblabooks.bsky.social #$1.99 #thrillerbooks

My piece about disabled people’s fears about the #AssistedDyingBill due to ‘lack of safeguards against coercion & financial family pressure to seek an assisted death’ is in this week’s Grazia mag. @carenotkilling.bsky.social @https://www.pressreader.com/uk/grazia-uk/20250513/283472147135021/textview

It's publication day for #TheWomanNextDoor & the amazing @janicehallett.bsky.social said 'dark, menacing and beautifully written, with a strong background in the psychology of behaviour, this is an evocative tale of childhood bullying and its consequences.' I'm blown away! @emblabooks.bsky.social

I believe in widening access to book events, therefore I'm having my book launch for #TheWomanNextDoor online and you're all invited! Expect book chat, giveaways and the chance to ask me your questions. See you on Thursday 😀 @emblabooks.bsky.social #newbook #booklaunch @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social

Very happy with this review of #TheWomanNextDoor: 'I finished it in one sitting! I needed to know what had happened!' Reader review, 5 stars'. Want to know if you can trust the woman next door? Order to read or listen here: geni.us/TheWomanNext... @emblabooks.bsky.social #MustRead #NewBook

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

#TheWomanNextDoor is published next week! Join my VIP Readers' Club to receive the email I'm sending out this week, including details of a special competition to celebrate. Sign up here: www.pennybatchelor.co.uk Pre-order TWND here: geni.us/TheWomanNextDoor @emblabooks.bsky.social #NewBook

I'll be at Stratford Lit Fest on Friday for 2 events - recording Therapy Works podcast with Julia Samuel and at 6pm introducing you to my new novel, The Best of Everything Come say hi! www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/kit-d...

Wanting a thrilling read in the bank holiday sunshine? Why not download one of my #PsychologicalThrillers My Perfect Sister, Her New Best Friend or The Reunion Party & pre-order my fourth that's out on 15th May for next bank hol? 📚😲 www.amazon.co.uk/Penny-Batche... @emblabooks.bsky.social #books

Are you a disabled/ill woman who has suffered domestic abuse/coercive control and is afraid of the proposed assisted dying bill? If so, please get in touch with me via the contacts form on my website to have your say pennybatchelor.co.uk - I can keep you anonymous if you wish.

It's #peony season! Treated myself to Bloom and Wild's letterbox flowers. I identify with the small one peeking out at the bottom of the vase - accidentally cut its stem too short! #flowers #spring

Today I spent ages trying to film some selfie videos @emblabooks.bsky.social asked me to make to promote #TheWomanNextDoor (out 15th May, pre-order here hint hint: geni.us/TheWomanNext...). First obstacle - remembering to put camera on video mode. This is the photo I took instead ...

Squeaked with excitement when I saw an online book panel event I'm in advertised in The Reading Agency's email newsletter. Here's information on how to book your FREE ticket to the Lives Of Crime event taking place at 6pm on 4th June: readingagency.org.uk/our-work/eve... @emblabooks.bsky.social