I couldn't believe The Names by @florenceknapp.bsky.social was a debut novel; it's just so perfectly executed. I gasped, I laughed, and at one point I cried so loudly my husband looked up from across the room and said, "It's that book, huh?" Highly recommend! (TW: domestic violence)

131. The Names by @florenceknapp.bsky.social Three versions of a life, and a family - utterly absorbing and deeply poignant debut novel.

This is lovely - thank you, Wade ☺️.

An agent hat trick :) So delighted for The Names to be included here.

The 12 best books of the year so far - chosen by the BBC Happy to see Catherine Airey’s CONFESSIONS & Florence Knapp’s THE NAMES www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti... @john-ash.bsky.social @florenceknapp.bsky.social

I read these essays several months ago and loved them - you might, too :)

I really enjoyed chatting with @nadineoregan.bsky.social for this piece in the Irish Times :)

Thank you, @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social, for this gorgeous review 💫.

Belatedly (I haven’t been on Bluesky for a while), but no less lovely 💫.

@bertsbooks.bsky.social I want to send a book as a gift and wondered if it’s possible to include a brief note with the order?

Cora’s split-second decision regarding the name of her newborn son shifts her family's future into three different paths. Three names, three versions of a life & the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark. @florenceknapp.bsky.social's THE NAMES is coming May 2025 geni.us/The_Names

Postage is free and the books arrive tied with a satin ribbon📚🎗️(and seeing this post was excellent timing, as the new Curtis Sittenfeld is now heading my way).

And thank you so much, Kingsley, of the very best name emoji 💫.

I haven’t been on Bluesky for a few months, but opened it to find this gorgeous post waiting for me. Thank you so much, @bookishliv.bsky.social 🙏💛

An awful photo (taken from a stepladder, with a stomach-churning fear of heights), but somehow this lone rose is still going at the end of November and miraculously survived Storm Bert where even a fence panel didn’t 💫🌸.

Having loved The Snow Child, I’d preordered a copy of this, but am delighted to receive a proof a few months ahead of its arrival - thank you so much @tinderpress.bsky.social - this is a real treat 💙🐻🪵. (And can keep the preorder to give to a friend who’d also enjoyed Eowyn’s previous novel :) 💙📚

I had such a lovely evening meeting so many bookish people - thanks to everyone who came along 💛. And to @orionbooks.bsky.social for organising it all so beautifully. x

I’ve just posted about Laurie Colwin’s HAPPY ALL THE TIME over in Instagram (in a way that won’t easily be condensed into 180 characters): www.instagram.com/p/DChAXuFKJv... Thank you to @wnbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous edition. 💙📚

Home from the bookshop with Nell (less visible, Tessa Hadley’s The Party and a book about writing called Swallowed by a Whale). 💙📚

The loveliest start to my day. Thank you so much, @jenniegauthor.bsky.social - this means a lot 🐦‍⬛💙.

This is gorgeous. I fell in love with it fairly late on when something in the dynamic between the dog and narrator shifts and really comes to life. So many wise observations on grief, writing, reading, and the bond between animals and humans. One I’d like to reread. #sigridnunez #thefriend

Listening to Western Lane by Chetna Maroo today brought an end to a curiously bookless few weeks. Wonderful characters and I love novels with an intense amount of detail around someone learning or doing a particular thing - in this case playing squash.