I've been working all day - once more - on this murder mystery podcast (not true crime; a serialised, semi-interactive audio novel). I think this is going to be one of the best things I have begged the general public to engage with, over the years. Will begin in the weekend November 28-30.

Sorry In my last post I posted the review of @watsoncomedian.bsky.social instead of my interview, here is the promised ‘roasting’ #Decade www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa...

Thank you once again for the interview @watsoncomedian.bsky.social www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa... Unfortunately, much like the review, not the roasting you were promised by fellow #Decade (not a cult) member @novelcharacters.bsky.social 😉

This is one of the best biographies of a writer that I have read. Grace Metalious was a 1950s American housewife who wrote a novel loosely based on the residents of her New Hampshire. That book was called Peyton Place and it became the best-selling American novel of all time for a while.

Thank you to @watsoncomedian.bsky.social for the interview & the tickets! Apologies that the review is not the roasting you had been promised by @novelcharacters.bsky.social www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa...

I’m in PETWORTH tonight chatting about Jane Austen and my book. If you live nearby, come!

@watsoncomedian.bsky.social great show Mark, and great to see you - thanks so much from me & @austenpowers.bsky.social

My Ostensibly Ostentatious October Crime Club newsletter went out yesterday. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up via my website to receive the October newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

Another great author newsletter from @lucyvandrew.bsky.social A perfect Sunday morning read!📰🗞️🫖☕️

(Can you infer from this that I am currently involved in making a mobile game? You certainly can if you like.)

Question for people who play Wordle/Connections and so on regularly: what's the perfect amount of time for it to take, per day? At what point does it tip over from agreeable distraction to 'this is eating into my life'? I realise it depends partly on what else you have to do in the day.

Looky looky I got booky! So excited to get an early look at an Austen-y mystery from my fabulous stablemate @lucyvandrew.bsky.social!

Good News! A Very Vexing Murder, my cosy crime retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, is in the @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order deal! Order from the Waterstones website between 14th and 17th October with the code OCTOBER25. Order here: www.waterstones.com/book/a-very-...

My Sublimely Sensational September Crime Club newsletter went out this morning. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up to receive the September newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

I’m ready for my ‘Murder Most Austen talk at @brlsi.bsky.social today at 12.30pm at the #janeaustenfestival. Tickets still available on the door or here for the livestream: janeausten.co.uk/pages/jane-a...

This morning I enjoyed author @lucyvandrew.bsky.social first newsletter with a nice cup of tea.📰 Fortunately, it was not like the cup of tea served up in her upcoming novel and it was served with milk rather than poison! ☕️🫖☠️

The first rule of @liarsleague.bsky.social is... you talk about Liars League. Was at a fab "cosy crime" event today at Shrewsbury Library with 3 Austen influenced readings! Tagging them in! @austenpowers.bsky.social @jenniferewrites.bsky.social @lucyvandrew.bsky.social @novelcharacters.bsky.social

@hayfestival.bsky.social can you tell me what time the festival site opens tomorrow?

I'm the guy who designed Windows 11. My concept was 'All the same buttons, slightly different places'. My other job is changing where things are in supermarkets.

It’s the #bookbirthday for our UK paperback! And it looks like someone already found one! 😍 We’re proud of this book and we hope you love it!! ❤️

Ruin a book or band name with one letter The Beatless

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” (Quote from Jane Austen's Persuasion) #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #internationalwomensday

Hello (Regency House) Party peeps! Your favorite inclusive and accessible Jane Austen con is here. Check out the (free to watch!) programming from past years here: virtualjanecon.com/past-cons/

If you missed it this weekend, Waterstones has picked Who Wants Normal? to be in their pre-order sale. That means you can grab the hardback - very briefly - at 25% off. Offer ends *midnight tonight*. Wheel, don’t walk! www.waterstones.com/book/who-wan...

@watsoncomedian.bsky.social @chrissyd-comedy.bsky.social @chrisjack.bsky.social @harecomedy.bsky.social Hello Decade folk! I’m having problems with Discord of late. I know there is a meeting this eve, is it via a email and zoom link or can you only join via Discord? Also, what time does it start?

Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters

MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES is ‘hugely successful’, according to The Times 🎉🎉🎉 I’m in bed with suspected Covid, so this has cheered me right up! A FORTUNE MOST FATAL, my follow-up, is now available to preorder, and request on Netgalley UK & US (links below).

I must say a huge thank you to @bonnierbooks.bsky.social for sending me Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf. It’s an absolute treasure trove of women’s literature, recounting the lives and works of the female writers who deserve to be remembered alongside Austen, in a witty and personal way.

I can’t quite believe cosmopolitan have included MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES in their list of ‘The 25 best historical fiction books to take a journey back in time’, never mind at number 3! Thank you so much Team Cosmo 🥰 www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertain...

The first 5-star reviews of A FORTUNE MOST FATAL from UK Netgalley. Thank you so much to everyone who has shared a review 🥰 My follow-up to MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES is now available to preorder, and request on Netgalley UK & US (links below).

I have a copy of the “eat, sleep, crochet, repeat” and “knitting nana” notebooks to give away (UK only) - just like and share this post if you’d like to win one - I’ll choose a winner at random! #win #notebook NB I have 2 notebooks to give away & am running this across Bluesky, threads, insta & FB

This groundbreaking book - part memoir, part manifesto for disabled women by the amazingly talented @francesryan.bsky.social is written with such honesty and warmth - a total game changer. Out 11th April from Fig Tree. See below to preorder…

Groundhog. #art #GroundhogDay

I’m so looking forward my talk on #JaneAusten and detective fiction at #WolvesLitFest tomorrow and I’ve got my new author website launched just in time! I’d love for you to check it out and sign up to my Crime Club newsletter: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club (First rule of Crime Club: tell everyone!)

Exciting news for Austen fans! An excellent talk tomorrow & join @lucyvandrew.bsky.social Crime Club for news of her upcoming work! 🎩👒🔍

I spent a few months last year editing Arthur Baker's memoir, which is coming out in May. Plenty of sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll, as you'd expect, lots of hip-hop, as well as chapters on Bob Dylan, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, New Order and Al Green, but also quite a lot about food.

Still chance to get tickets for my free talk on #JaneAusten and the birth of detective fiction at Wolves Lit Fest on Saturday 1st February. Do check out the full programme - there are loads of great events on! wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #JaneAusten250

Just finished this wonderful little book from @maureenjohnsonbooks.com, @jaycooper.bsky.social and @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social. It’s hilarious, dark and brilliantly illustrated! It’s been a rough start to January but this has cheered me up no end!

#JaneAusten's 250th birthday year (aka Austen 250) has arrived! A (small) sampling of the (many, many) celebratory events coming our way: www.deborahyaffe.com/post/celebra...

Journalists at the Guardian and the Observer are holding a 48-hour strike in protest at the proposed sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Hey, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe and would really appreciate your help. Any donation or share makes a difference. gofund.me/bc16a61a

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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it