Kirstie Pelling
@kirstiepelling.bsky.social
Cumbrian rom-com author and reader. Fuelled by coffee and country music.
Pinned
HarperNorth acquires new novel from Kirstie Pelling in two-book deal
HarperCollins has acquired the rights to the novel Sink or Swim by Kirstie Pelling, the first in a two-book deal.
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SO excited to announce my new rom-com Sink or Swim is being published by HarperNorth next spring. #booksky #books #iamwriting @harpernorth.bsky.social
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Cover reveal day! My new novel Sink or Swim will be published by Harper North next May. It’s a spicy romantic comedy set in the UK’s Lake District… #writing #iamwriting #books #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Cover reveal day! My new novel Sink or Swim will be published by Harper North next May. It’s a spicy romantic comedy set in the UK’s Lake District… #writing #iamwriting #books #booksky
Proud to be featured in Cumbria Life Magazine this month in an article by the wonderful Sue Allan about my writing life. #iamwriting #arts #Cumbria #Cumbriaarts #writing #lakedistrict #books #writing
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Proud to be featured in Cumbria Life Magazine this month in an article by the wonderful Sue Allan about my writing life. #iamwriting #arts #Cumbria #Cumbriaarts #writing #lakedistrict #books #writing
Development workshop for Broken Chords - our hour long gig theatre piece. Exciting to see our production’s name on the venue’s room schedule..
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Development workshop for Broken Chords - our hour long gig theatre piece. Exciting to see our production’s name on the venue’s room schedule..
Back at the cafe desk with a nice coffee for final copyedit #iamwriting #booksky
October 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Back at the cafe desk with a nice coffee for final copyedit #iamwriting #booksky
Had a great time at the @harpernorth.bsky.social fifth birthday celebrations last night. So good to be working with this brilliant northern publisher. #booksky #iamwriting #writing
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Had a great time at the @harpernorth.bsky.social fifth birthday celebrations last night. So good to be working with this brilliant northern publisher. #booksky #iamwriting #writing
Breakfast stack
August 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Breakfast stack
Reposted by Kirstie Pelling
Why not take a trip to Little Sweeting this sunny Sunday for a dash of chaos & catastrophe with a side order of cupcakes?🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 #booksky #cozymystery
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2839SNQ
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2839SNQ
August 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Why not take a trip to Little Sweeting this sunny Sunday for a dash of chaos & catastrophe with a side order of cupcakes?🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 #booksky #cozymystery
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2839SNQ
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2839SNQ
Looking forward to another cold beer and country music kind of day at the British Country Music Festival…. #livemusic
August 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Looking forward to another cold beer and country music kind of day at the British Country Music Festival…. #livemusic
Hello small calves on my evening run…
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hello small calves on my evening run…
Meanwhile back in Cumbria it is business as usual #Iamwriting #writing
August 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Meanwhile back in Cumbria it is business as usual #Iamwriting #writing
Week 4 done of Couch to 5k (again!) Bit sweaty on this summer’s day but not so bad #iamrunning #couch25k #couchto5k
August 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Week 4 done of Couch to 5k (again!) Bit sweaty on this summer’s day but not so bad #iamrunning #couch25k #couchto5k
Dancing on the Harpa building in #Reykjavik #Iceland
August 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Dancing on the Harpa building in #Reykjavik #Iceland
Culture night in #Reykjavik #Iceland
August 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Culture night in #Reykjavik #Iceland
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The #Iceland canyon where Justin Bieber skipped for his music video is open again after regrowth to the limbs that Beliebers besieged and damaged in his wake. No walking on the grass any more though…
August 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The #Iceland canyon where Justin Bieber skipped for his music video is open again after regrowth to the limbs that Beliebers besieged and damaged in his wake. No walking on the grass any more though…
It’s lunchtime in the south of #Iceland. I am hoping the farmer will swing by to feed them as they are making me feel weird for eating my cheese bread in front of them.
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It’s lunchtime in the south of #Iceland. I am hoping the farmer will swing by to feed them as they are making me feel weird for eating my cheese bread in front of them.
