I didn’t have ‘looking for a new bank after 40 years’ on my nonsense 2025 is going to throw at me bingo card, but here we are. *This is absolutely a post about Nationwide

I’m going to be on BBC South East News tonight, mainly talking about @womensprize.bsky.social #Discoveries2026 I fear, though, that I rambled on about other stuff that I’ve completely forgotten about now. 🤦🏾‍♀️ PLEASE, make my sacrifice worth it by starting on your #Discoveries entry now. 😅😭🤣

Hey again. My other bit of great news is that my dramatic rights (film, TV & stage versions of my books plus original scripts) are now being handled by @thehaworthagency.bsky.social Am very excited to be working with Georgina, Sylvia and the team. X 🥳☺️

Was meant to share this picture with my post. 🤦🏾‍♀️

It’s been a difficult few days, so am grateful to have something positive to share: I’m a judge for @womensprize.bsky.social #Discoveries2026 If you’ve always wanted to write a novel & have it looked at by professionals, this is your chance. Get together 10,000 words to submit by 12 Jan 2026. 1/5

Am on the look out for a podcast/video podcast editor. Hit me up if you know someone who is quick, efficient and available for work. X

Can’t believe this is real. I loved Sareeta. She was the very best of people in publishing. The very best of us as humans. R.I.P. to the brightest star. ❤️

🚨 If you upload content to Spotify check out their new T&Cs. To me, the terms go beyond needing permission to use your content - you give up your moral rights and they can make derivative works from your content for free and much more. I’ll be removing my podcasts from its platform.

There are just a few days left to get your submissions in for the 2026 Writer's Award! Apply by Friday 12 September: bit.ly/BL-WritersAw...

Watched a vid from someone reminding us to boost the people whose values align with ours rather than constantly giving free advert space to those other ‘people’. We need to be as intentional about boosting, talking about & uplifting those we support as those ‘others’ are about pushing their h*te.

Feliz Dia da Publicação Portuguesa ELE É MEU!!!🎉🤩🥳 @portoeditora.bsky.social

If any other MP did what the ‘leader’ of R*form did, tried to have our country sanctioned by another country as if we’re naughty kids like he did, they’d be denounced in the press and arrested for treason. But not him. Was amusing watching him have his backside handed to him by Raskin, though.

To be frank, after all these years I trust no politicians, no matter their flavour….but we could do with more of this energy from non-Tory and non-r*form types.

It’s been obvious that this is a coordinated attack. 😒

Saw this on a friend’s page and decided to repost. Being a friend really means stepping up behind the scenes at times like this. And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.

The same ‘people’ abusing others & putting up fl*gs are the m ones who ruined their (and our) lives in 2016 by listening to the f-wit they’re listening to now. They’ve learnt nothing & are doing this to us again. Also, more people are opposing it than we think. We need to keep opposing this cr*p.

My new fave activity? Blocking anyone who posts about sm*ll boats or anything in support of that man, fl*gs , or that rhetoric. Honestly, if this is your jam or you agree with them/him just block me now so we can get on with our lives far, far apart. I mean it, bae, block me now so I don’t have to.

Hear me out… Robert De Niro in Zero Day is literally Carl from Up. 😭😭😭

At this point, we’re just assuming the leader of the Labour Party actually voted Labour. Cos the signs don’t really point to that… 🤷🏾‍♀️

Wish those ‘protesting’ the idea of m*grants being treated like humans would protest billionaires who don’t pay taxes, the energy companies fleecing them, MPs who’re destroying the NHS, stripping our rights & using our money to fund wars…you know, the people really responsible for their situations.

Yesterday, at my appointment, the health care professional asked: ‘Is it OK if I use an Ai tool to record our conversation?’ You can imagine my reply. You want my voice & health info for those making a profit by stealing work & destroying the planet?! No thank you.

Some of those ribbons may or may not be Kez Lanyon ribbons 👇🏾

So… the company* that ‘allegedly’ used millions of pirated books to train its Ai has a ceo who is releasing a book (non-fiction) under their banner later this year. And I… Honestly, I had to check it wasn’t 1st April when I saw the email. *yes, it’s Meta

Here’s my Shelf Love piece in today’s i-paper & books by @nadinematheson.com @kiaabdullah.bsky.social @kellyekell.bsky.social Mel Pennant & Lesley Mcevoy (Some things have been edited, for eg I didn’t say Lesley is a criminal profiler. She’s a therapist and profiler as well as writer.) Enjoy! X

Happy Paperback Birthday to GIVE HIM TO ME! Shout out to the audiobook stars Pippa Bennett-Warner & Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman. Like Pippa with Kez, Joséphine absolutely brings Robyn to life. You can find the physical book in bookshops, Tesco, Sainsbury’s & ASDA. Joséphine pic: Anita Kinga

This is what you get when you buy a book & event ticket for the ONLINE launch of Give Him To Me tomorrow! Complete with bespoke ribbon! (Glad @bertsbooks.bsky.social tied it cos it would have been a mess if I tried! 😅) Hope you can make it! Ticket: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th... Pic: Claire Woods

Just finishing up proofreading #TheQuietGirls and getting ready for the paperback release of #GiveHimToMe and was reminded of this… cos you know those bedroom doors are usually all the way open in my books and the spice levels are 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 🤣 (I’m allowed to use emojis again. Yay!)

Babes, if you come to the online launch of Give Him To Me with @bertsbooks.bsky.social this Thursday, and choose the book & ticket option, you’ll also get a coaster like this (while stocks last) & hear Pippa Bennett Warner talk about ‘being’ Kez for the audio books. bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th...

Why I’m Using XigXag For Audiobooks **NOT SPONSORED** 1 No subscription - buy your audiobooks as & when. 2 SO easy to gift audiobooks. 3 The more you buy, the cheaper they get. 4 They don’t store your credit card details. 5 They’re an independent UK-based firm. xigxag.co.uk/audiobook/gi...

It's hardback to paperback time lovelies! #GiveHimToMe is out in paperback this Thurs 14 August. Am excited to have another book out & grateful to the readers who support me by buying my books. Do pre-order it and/or come to our online launch with @bertsbooks.bsky.social Lots of love, Dorothy x

You have to do this for every individual chat if you don’t want Meta Ai to access your private info. Thanks to Essie Fox for sharing on Insta.

I have ‘legitimate concerns’ that billionaires who dodge taxes are regularly telling us that the millions who pay taxes and live in poverty despite working more than 50hrs a week are the problem. *waits patiently to be interviewed for a national news story*

There is so much wrong with this proposal. Thin end of the wedge comes to mind. The @societyofauthors.bsky.social explains some of the issues here.

We’ve got a special guest star coming to the online paperback launch for Give Him To Me - Pippa Bennett-Warner, from loads of things inc including Gangs of London. Pippa has voiced, Kez, in Every Smile You Fake & Give Him To Me audiobooks so I’m very excited. Tix: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th...

The speed with which I did this.

Have to go cold turkey with emojis for a week to prove I don’t have an emoji problem. How am I meant to remind you about the online pb launch for #GiveHimToMe with @bertsbooks.bsky.social ? Or just react to anything?! Yes, I did want to put a ROFL emoji then. (Obviously I have a problem.)

I think we can call this Dapo Level Unlocked! Had a wonderful evening with this wonderful person. Good thing we’re sitting down cos he’s nearly a foot taller than me😭 please buy his books, they’re brilliant. Talk about a national treasure. 🤩🥰 @dapsdraws.bsky.social

Today is your last chance to give 14 August you a real treat at a bargainous price by pre-ordering Give Him To Me from @waterstones.bsky.social Honestly, 14 August you will love you (even more) for it. 😘😍🥰 Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/give-hi...

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Please can you help save Rottingdean Library? The last thing we need during times like these is the loss of more free community spaces. Please sign the petition on the Brighton and Hove council website to make your voice heard. 👉🏾 democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD... Thank you! X

Babes, we're having an online launch party for the paperback of Give Him To Me! It’s on Thursday 14 August. Tix are £5 for an event-only ticket or £9.99 for an event ticket, signed copy of Give Him To Me & a coaster. PLUS, a chance to win a box of goodies. Deets: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th...

Hey! From 28 to 31 July @waterstones.bsky.social have 25% off #GiveHimToMe paperback pre-order (out 14 Aug). LOVE a bargain so would snap this up if I hadn’t written it. 🤣 (Jollof used for illustrative purposes only - you don’t get a discount and a dog, sorry.) www.waterstones.com/book/give-hi...

This is why the technologies minister didn’t want to support authors and creatives who had their work stolen. Clearly we’re the wrong type of victims that he used to want to support.

The way the prime minister, the foreign secretary and other MPs talk as though they’re powerless to help stop what is happening makes you wonder if they’re just evil or if someone has some pretty horrendous sh*t on them.

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Is this really what ‘change’ meant?

The first stadium concert I’ve been to in the UK for more than 20 years. You can’t tell me nothing right now. Enjoyed every moment. Even the nightmare journey home can’t take the shine off tonight’s brilliance. #AllTheStarsAreCloser #Kendrick #SZA

If you use WeTransfer, you’ll want to take notice of its changes to terms and conditions. (Same if you use CapCut.) Another company thinking it has the right to take & use other people’s stuff to make profit. 😒 WeTransfer, this isn’t on👇🏾 Thanks to @justinleeanderson.com for the heads up

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About to go on BBC Radio Sussex. Tune in if you can!! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

That’s a hard no from me…