Lou Swannell
@louiseswannell.bsky.social
Comms Director @Headline, Tinder Press & Wildfire. Unapologetically sweary, book pusher, sun worshiper.
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This novel will - if all the stars align - garner the same level of buzz as The Girl On The Train
Coming January '26 (you heard it here!)
#London
www.tripfiction.com/thrilling-no...
Room 706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social
Pop it on pre-order
@louiseswannell.bsky.social
@headlinebooks.bsky.social
Coming January '26 (you heard it here!)
#London
www.tripfiction.com/thrilling-no...
Room 706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social
Pop it on pre-order
@louiseswannell.bsky.social
@headlinebooks.bsky.social
Thrilling novel set in LONDON - TripFiction
Room 706 by Ellie Levenson, thrilling novel set in London. Early June 2025 I began to see a lot of talk about this novel on Social Media, there was a real
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August 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This novel will - if all the stars align - garner the same level of buzz as The Girl On The Train
Coming January '26 (you heard it here!)
#London
www.tripfiction.com/thrilling-no...
Room 706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social
Pop it on pre-order
@louiseswannell.bsky.social
@headlinebooks.bsky.social
Coming January '26 (you heard it here!)
#London
www.tripfiction.com/thrilling-no...
Room 706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social
Pop it on pre-order
@louiseswannell.bsky.social
@headlinebooks.bsky.social
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There’s a lot of hype around #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social, despite it not coming out until early next year, and I was desperate to get my hands on it. It tells the story of Kate and James, who are trapped in a hotel room when the building is taken under siege by a terrorist group.
June 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There’s a lot of hype around #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social, despite it not coming out until early next year, and I was desperate to get my hands on it. It tells the story of Kate and James, who are trapped in a hotel room when the building is taken under siege by a terrorist group.
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It’s tense and taut and really makes you think about what and who matters the most. I think this will be huge next year, and deservedly so.
Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706
Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s tense and taut and really makes you think about what and who matters the most. I think this will be huge next year, and deservedly so.
Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706
Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706
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This book is every bit as epic as I thought it would be. And oh my GOD the ending!!! Get this on your radar, it is superb. Coming January 2026, full review below.
@louiseswannell.bsky.social @ellielevenson.bsky.social
#Booksky
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Room 706
Please don’t hate me, Bookaholics. I’m about to tell you about a book that is so addictively brilliant that I barely slept last night; a story so cleverly told that I am in absolute awe…
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June 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This book is every bit as epic as I thought it would be. And oh my GOD the ending!!! Get this on your radar, it is superb. Coming January 2026, full review below.
@louiseswannell.bsky.social @ellielevenson.bsky.social
#Booksky
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#Booksky
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American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins: ‘I didn’t need to justify my right to write that book’
Five years after being vilified for exploiting the migrant experience in her bestseller, the author reveals how the backlash inspired her latest novel
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May 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🎙️ Pulitzer Prize–nominated author @EowynIvey.bsky.social joins me to talk about her new novel Black Woods Blue Sky, the unpredictability of publishing, and writing from the heart. Listen now (links in bio) wherever you get your podcasts & leave a review! #booksky
May 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🎙️ Pulitzer Prize–nominated author @EowynIvey.bsky.social joins me to talk about her new novel Black Woods Blue Sky, the unpredictability of publishing, and writing from the heart. Listen now (links in bio) wherever you get your podcasts & leave a review! #booksky
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Me in The New Statesman today on poverty.
Please share :)
Please share :)
A cold childhood
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Me in The New Statesman today on poverty.
Please share :)
Please share :)
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#BookReview
#SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Rich & evocative
With a complex cast of characters & an emotional depth, it weaves multiple personal stories into one glorious narrative.
www.swirlandthread.com/speak-to-me-...
#booksky @elaineegan.bsky.social @louiseswannell.bsky.social
#SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Rich & evocative
With a complex cast of characters & an emotional depth, it weaves multiple personal stories into one glorious narrative.
www.swirlandthread.com/speak-to-me-...
#booksky @elaineegan.bsky.social @louiseswannell.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#BookReview
#SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Rich & evocative
With a complex cast of characters & an emotional depth, it weaves multiple personal stories into one glorious narrative.
www.swirlandthread.com/speak-to-me-...
#booksky @elaineegan.bsky.social @louiseswannell.bsky.social
#SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Rich & evocative
With a complex cast of characters & an emotional depth, it weaves multiple personal stories into one glorious narrative.
www.swirlandthread.com/speak-to-me-...
#booksky @elaineegan.bsky.social @louiseswannell.bsky.social
The American Dirt author returns — and this time she won’t be cancelled
www.thetimes.com/article/61b7...
She’s BAAAAACK 🔥🔥 @jeaninecummins.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/61b7...
She’s BAAAAACK 🔥🔥 @jeaninecummins.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
The American Dirt author returns — and this time she won’t be cancelled
In her new novel, Speak to Me of Home, Jeanine Cummins takes her Irish-Puerto Rican heritage as inspiration for a multigenerational love story
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May 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The American Dirt author returns — and this time she won’t be cancelled
www.thetimes.com/article/61b7...
She’s BAAAAACK 🔥🔥 @jeaninecummins.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/61b7...
She’s BAAAAACK 🔥🔥 @jeaninecummins.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
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#3goodthings
1. Sweetpea and Snapdragon incubating in the greenhouse. Grow, my pretties.
2. Present in the post. Loved American Dirt, met Jeanine at Writers Week in Listowel and she's a darling. Looking forward.
3. One of my favourite whites. Been a while.
1. Sweetpea and Snapdragon incubating in the greenhouse. Grow, my pretties.
2. Present in the post. Loved American Dirt, met Jeanine at Writers Week in Listowel and she's a darling. Looking forward.
3. One of my favourite whites. Been a while.
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#3goodthings
1. Sweetpea and Snapdragon incubating in the greenhouse. Grow, my pretties.
2. Present in the post. Loved American Dirt, met Jeanine at Writers Week in Listowel and she's a darling. Looking forward.
3. One of my favourite whites. Been a while.
1. Sweetpea and Snapdragon incubating in the greenhouse. Grow, my pretties.
2. Present in the post. Loved American Dirt, met Jeanine at Writers Week in Listowel and she's a darling. Looking forward.
3. One of my favourite whites. Been a while.
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American Dirt was/is an extraordinary novel, so I'm very excited to be reading #SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
'Three generations of women confront the secrets threatening their family's foundations...'
May 13th w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
#booksky #amreading 📖 💙📚
@elaineegan.bsky.social
'Three generations of women confront the secrets threatening their family's foundations...'
May 13th w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
#booksky #amreading 📖 💙📚
@elaineegan.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
American Dirt was/is an extraordinary novel, so I'm very excited to be reading #SpeakToMeOfHome by Jeanine Cummins
'Three generations of women confront the secrets threatening their family's foundations...'
May 13th w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
#booksky #amreading 📖 💙📚
@elaineegan.bsky.social
'Three generations of women confront the secrets threatening their family's foundations...'
May 13th w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
#booksky #amreading 📖 💙📚
@elaineegan.bsky.social
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Speak to me of home, the new book from Jeanine Cummins author of American Dirt, available now in Tertulia bookshop www.tertuliabookshop.com #abookshoplikenoother @jeaninecummins.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Speak to me of home, the new book from Jeanine Cummins author of American Dirt, available now in Tertulia bookshop www.tertuliabookshop.com #abookshoplikenoother @jeaninecummins.bsky.social
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I just can't rush this one!
Happy Publication Day to @jeaninecummins.bsky.social 🎉
#SpeakToMeOfHome is OUT NOW w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
Family drama exploring identity & what it means to belong Set between Puerto Rico & America
Exquisite writing
Extraordinary descriptions
[Review to follow]
Happy Publication Day to @jeaninecummins.bsky.social 🎉
#SpeakToMeOfHome is OUT NOW w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
Family drama exploring identity & what it means to belong Set between Puerto Rico & America
Exquisite writing
Extraordinary descriptions
[Review to follow]
May 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I just can't rush this one!
Happy Publication Day to @jeaninecummins.bsky.social 🎉
#SpeakToMeOfHome is OUT NOW w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
Family drama exploring identity & what it means to belong Set between Puerto Rico & America
Exquisite writing
Extraordinary descriptions
[Review to follow]
Happy Publication Day to @jeaninecummins.bsky.social 🎉
#SpeakToMeOfHome is OUT NOW w/ @tinderpress.bsky.social
Family drama exploring identity & what it means to belong Set between Puerto Rico & America
Exquisite writing
Extraordinary descriptions
[Review to follow]
@jeaninecummins.bsky.social mins saying it how it is and how it was for the first time since American Dirt. What a woman, what a listen
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
Jeanine Cummins on confidence, identity and surviving the American Dirt controversy
Podcast Episode · The Shift with Sam Baker · 20/05/2025 · 58m
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May 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@jeaninecummins.bsky.social mins saying it how it is and how it was for the first time since American Dirt. What a woman, what a listen
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
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Just considering the best way to propose to the amazing @louiseswannell.bsky.social for sending me this proof ❤️ I am so, so excited about reading it! Out January 2026 eeeekkkkk!!!! #booksky
May 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just considering the best way to propose to the amazing @louiseswannell.bsky.social for sending me this proof ❤️ I am so, so excited about reading it! Out January 2026 eeeekkkkk!!!! #booksky
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📚📮#BookPost📚📮
Another incredibly exciting piece of stunning #bookmail is this copy of #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social which am hearing lots about already!
Sounds an amazing read, my first 2026 proof too!😍
Huge thanks to @headlinebooks.bsky.social for sending 📖
#BookSky📚💙
Another incredibly exciting piece of stunning #bookmail is this copy of #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social which am hearing lots about already!
Sounds an amazing read, my first 2026 proof too!😍
Huge thanks to @headlinebooks.bsky.social for sending 📖
#BookSky📚💙
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📚📮#BookPost📚📮
Another incredibly exciting piece of stunning #bookmail is this copy of #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social which am hearing lots about already!
Sounds an amazing read, my first 2026 proof too!😍
Huge thanks to @headlinebooks.bsky.social for sending 📖
#BookSky📚💙
Another incredibly exciting piece of stunning #bookmail is this copy of #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social which am hearing lots about already!
Sounds an amazing read, my first 2026 proof too!😍
Huge thanks to @headlinebooks.bsky.social for sending 📖
#BookSky📚💙
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It’s official! First 2026 proof is here and it looks like a cracker! Thanks so much for sending #Room706, Louise Swannell and @headlinebooks.bsky.social Out in January.
April 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s official! First 2026 proof is here and it looks like a cracker! Thanks so much for sending #Room706, Louise Swannell and @headlinebooks.bsky.social Out in January.
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A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me niall@happydoggo.com will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
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'If you read anything this summer make sure it's this' Daisy May Cooper
VERSIONS OF A GIRL by Catherine Gray is out in paperback on May 22nd!
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wS8E6
#VersionsofaGirl
VERSIONS OF A GIRL by Catherine Gray is out in paperback on May 22nd!
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wS8E6
#VersionsofaGirl
April 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
'If you read anything this summer make sure it's this' Daisy May Cooper
VERSIONS OF A GIRL by Catherine Gray is out in paperback on May 22nd!
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wS8E6
#VersionsofaGirl
VERSIONS OF A GIRL by Catherine Gray is out in paperback on May 22nd!
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wS8E6
#VersionsofaGirl
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Announcing the Shortlist for the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize 2025 from Abbotsford, home of great historical fiction. Learn more at loom.ly/zu12Mh0
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Announcing the Shortlist for the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize 2025 from Abbotsford, home of great historical fiction. Learn more at loom.ly/zu12Mh0
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Off to The Southbank now to be interviewed by Bernardine Evaristo for my new novel, The Best of Everything - hope to see you there :)
April 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Off to The Southbank now to be interviewed by Bernardine Evaristo for my new novel, The Best of Everything - hope to see you there :)
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Hot Wax is by @mlrio.bsky.social and is out in September. I’ve been sent a proof that has VIP on it and am feeling very VIPish about it. @headlinebooks.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hot Wax is by @mlrio.bsky.social and is out in September. I’ve been sent a proof that has VIP on it and am feeling very VIPish about it. @headlinebooks.bsky.social
A sure fire BRILLIANT debut for 2026 which packs a punch at the end. #thatending #room706 - can’t wait for you all to start reading 😬👀
April 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A sure fire BRILLIANT debut for 2026 which packs a punch at the end. #thatending #room706 - can’t wait for you all to start reading 😬👀
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Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean is back! We're so excited that #TheRestIsDeath by @sirbenfro.bsky.social is here!
Looking for a new series to sink your teeth into? We've got you covered
'Classic McLean. I loved it'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fantastic as always!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.waterstones.com/book/the-res...
Looking for a new series to sink your teeth into? We've got you covered
'Classic McLean. I loved it'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fantastic as always!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.waterstones.com/book/the-res...
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Detective Chief Inspector Tony McLean is back! We're so excited that #TheRestIsDeath by @sirbenfro.bsky.social is here!
Looking for a new series to sink your teeth into? We've got you covered
'Classic McLean. I loved it'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fantastic as always!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.waterstones.com/book/the-res...
Looking for a new series to sink your teeth into? We've got you covered
'Classic McLean. I loved it'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fantastic as always!'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.waterstones.com/book/the-res...
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We are so pleased to see the brilliant #AHistoryOfTheWorldIn47Borders by @jonnelledge.bsky.social selected as the Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Month this April!
April 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We are so pleased to see the brilliant #AHistoryOfTheWorldIn47Borders by @jonnelledge.bsky.social selected as the Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Month this April!