Beatrice Cenci, executed for killing her father in 1598, is elusive. Was she an innocent victim or a cunning murderer? Both, says Elizabeth Fremantle, whose novel, Sinners, is a powerful reinterpretation of Beatrice's story. Find out more at historiamag.com/beatrice-cenci @lizfremantle.bsky.social

Delighted to host the great @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social on the Writer's Bookshelf this week talking about the books that have inspired and influenced her. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...

What can you buy for 99p? SINNERS but just for today! bit.ly/43po2uP

Waiting for the paperback of SINNERS? Waterstones are offering an amazing 25% off on pre-orders until Friday. @waterstones.bsky.social @michaeljbooks.bsky.social Here's the link: www.waterstones.com/book/sinners...

Waterstones are offering an amazing 25% off paperback pre-orders of SINNERS. Here's the link: www.waterstones.com/book/sinners...

I’d watch Jessie Buckley read the phone book. Can’t wait to see her in this

Epic; no notes

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

😭 IG newberlinlibrary

Authors! Is anyone else making a claim from the Anthropic Settlement? I've filled in the whole claim form but there doesn't appear to be a payment option that works for the UK. Anyone got advice?

We know it but seeing it reported like this is so depressing

"Artemisia Gentileschi: Naples to Beirut" at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, October 31, 2025–May 31, 2026 www.columbusmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Elizabeth Cropper on Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, and women in art history.

A great endorsement from @lizfremantle.bsky.social for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Elizabeth has written so many wonderful historical novels, including Firebrand, on which the major feature film was based last year ‘A fascinating exploration’ #womenwhoruledtheworld

Wonderful to get such great feedback for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy @wearefootnote.bsky.social @ewoodacre.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld

A must listen for me! 👇the epigraph of Sinners!

Plato & socrates – are we human? 🤣

If you haven’t yet discovered Poddysy then I urge you to do so. Alex Andreou weaves a wonderful web of culture through time. You will love it.

If you like an author's books and want to make their day then drop a review on Amazon (you don't have to have bought through them). It really makes a big difference algorithm wise. If it happens to be my book well..... 🥰

In case you were feeling withdrawl symptoms for publishing drama after The Salt Path, I give you... Publishing Drama 2: Booker Boogaloo www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

This healine 😂

Absolute hero

Lucy Bronze: "I just played the whole tournament with a fractured tibia" 💪

England - champions of Europe ⚽️🏆

Am I the only one who thinks granite man looks like he’s made of dog poo? 💩

1) 12 Women Old Masters to Know by Karen Chernick www.artnews.com/list/art-new... Art Herstory has resource pages for many of these artists: Lavinia Fontana, artherstory.net/lavinia-font... Clara Peeters, artherstory.net/clara-peeters/ Artemisia Gentileschi, artherstory.net/artemisia-ge...

Thank you so very much for this wonderful review of SINNERS, Heidi – it's so greatly appreciated. If you don't mind I'd like to warn readers that it contains spoilers.

lol you’ve got an AI girlfriend?? ur putting techbros in charge of your relationship??? ok buddy lmfao ok champ

Why do I keep telling you this? Because all of you have elderly relatives. Elderly relatives who are being targeted by vanity presses offering to publish their memoirs, or their picture books. Vanity presses telling them that they can make money, as long as they "invest" their life savings first.

The single worst thing about allowing 16 & 17 year-olds to vote is the awful 'down-with-the-kids' TikToks MPs will be making.

Out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT to summarise my latest novel Sinners, which is about the young Italian noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci, and her imprisonment and struggle for survival under the regime of her abusive tyrannical father. Look what AI said it was about 🤯

I always enter bookshops with trepidation when I've got a new book out, as I'm so used to it not being stocked and ending up feeling miserable. So the joy of finding this in @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly and @hatchards.bsky.social #Sinners

OMG – YES!!!!

Artemisia Gentileschi – born on this day in 1593. Decapitation was a big theme for her, find out why if you read my book DISOBEDIENT.

It was a great pleasure to see you and so many other lovely HWA people there xx

It’s publication day!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Another 32 needed by 8:20!

I'm plugging my book! SINNERS – 'the electrifying tale of rage and resistance' is out on Thursday. You'll get it delivered on the day if you pre-order 😜

Awake at 6 to find we’re still needing 60 signatures by 0820 to hit our daily #parkypetition100K target - please sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

The high price of convenience

So depressing

This is the ghraph I just referenced.

So happy about this! SINNERS is out July 3rd – pre-order now!

Karma-karma-karma-karma-karma chameleon!

Fabulous thread 🌞

Artemisia Gentileschi - once a survivor, always a survivor!

SINNERS is here, and it’s GOLD 🤩 So much gratitude for those quotes 🙏 Out July 3rd

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)

The 5 stages of grieving, UK edition

So instead let's kill the creative industries 🫤