Sarra Manning
@sarramanning.bsky.social
Reader, writer, chopped liver
Literary Editor for Red Magazine
Representation: Euan Thorneycroft at A.M.Heath Ltd
Literary Editor for Red Magazine
Representation: Euan Thorneycroft at A.M.Heath Ltd
Really sad to hear about the death of Rachel Cooke, a writer and journalist whose work and spirit I loved so much. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Really sad to hear about the death of Rachel Cooke, a writer and journalist whose work and spirit I loved so much. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I had too many sherbets last night. Everything hurts, especially my head and so this is not the right day for this year's #hiddenbooksgame I have 7/10 and I'm both muddle-headed and raging
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November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I had too many sherbets last night. Everything hurts, especially my head and so this is not the right day for this year's #hiddenbooksgame I have 7/10 and I'm both muddle-headed and raging
On my Substack (guys, I have a Substack now!) I definitively ranked all of Jane Austen’s novels. sarramanning.substack.com/p/my-definit...
My definitive ranking of Jane Austen's novels
Hold onto your bonnets, there’s some controversial choices here...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
On my Substack (guys, I have a Substack now!) I definitively ranked all of Jane Austen’s novels. sarramanning.substack.com/p/my-definit...
I'm not a big fan of dystopian fic (real life is scary enough) but Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh is one of those novels that really stays with you. Currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/3JTrZ4m
Blue Ticket
Blue Ticket
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November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm not a big fan of dystopian fic (real life is scary enough) but Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh is one of those novels that really stays with you. Currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/3JTrZ4m
I've had viral conjunctivitis (thankfully only in one eye) for nearly a week now and it's so unpleasant and irritating that actually, yes, I would wish it on the top ten of my worst enemies.
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've had viral conjunctivitis (thankfully only in one eye) for nearly a week now and it's so unpleasant and irritating that actually, yes, I would wish it on the top ten of my worst enemies.
I would happily live here in what was John Hurt's former home but alas, I am far too poor. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 4 bedroom apartment for sale on Rightmove
4 bedroom apartment for sale in Gordon Mansions, London, WC1E for £1,750,000. Marketed by Grant J Bates Property, London
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I would happily live here in what was John Hurt's former home but alas, I am far too poor. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
My third favourite Curtis Sittenfeld novel, Rodham, is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4orGnjv
Rodham: The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller asking: What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill?
Rodham: The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller asking: What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill? eBook : Sittenfeld, Curtis: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My third favourite Curtis Sittenfeld novel, Rodham, is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4orGnjv
I thought I was going to write about the Cecil Beaton exhibition but I ended up with a polemic on the British class system. Don't you hate it when that happens? open.substack.com/pub/sarraman...
Why Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World does not turn for me
(Plus ten Beaton adjacent books to read...)
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November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I thought I was going to write about the Cecil Beaton exhibition but I ended up with a polemic on the British class system. Don't you hate it when that happens? open.substack.com/pub/sarraman...
Biology is not my strongest subject admittedly but I don't understand how I can taste the antibiotic eye drops I put in my actual eye in the back of my throat.
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Biology is not my strongest subject admittedly but I don't understand how I can taste the antibiotic eye drops I put in my actual eye in the back of my throat.
The gorgeous Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a Kindle Daily Deal at £1.19. amzn.to/3X9eRuY
Tom Lake: The Sunday Times bestseller - a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick
BONNIE GARMUS, author of
REESE WITHERSPOON
It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell th...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The gorgeous Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a Kindle Daily Deal at £1.19. amzn.to/3X9eRuY
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October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Last couple of days to catch these 99p kindle bargains.
This has only ever happened once before but my first grown up novel, the now iconic* Unsticky is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4pQV4O7 (*Other people have said this, it's not just me tooting my own horn.)
Unsticky
Unsticky
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October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Last couple of days to catch these 99p kindle bargains.
"The flat may appeal to an artist or student of the arts, as visiting the apartment is an akin to walking into a living museum or onto a set design." I don't know many art students who could afford it! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom flat for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom flat for sale in Glenmore Road, Belsize Park, London, NW3 for £1,400,000. Marketed by Heywoods Estate Agents, Belsize Park
www.rightmove.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"The flat may appeal to an artist or student of the arts, as visiting the apartment is an akin to walking into a living museum or onto a set design." I don't know many art students who could afford it! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Last couple of days to catch these 99p kindle bargains.
This has only ever happened once before but my first grown up novel, the now iconic* Unsticky is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4pQV4O7 (*Other people have said this, it's not just me tooting my own horn.)
Unsticky
Unsticky
amzn.to
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Last couple of days to catch these 99p kindle bargains.
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future
Lit a fancy scented candle from my stash, a big vat of ragu/bolognese simmering on the hob and listening to the new Lily Allen album. Couldn't be happier. (Though, tbf, the new Lily Allen album is slightly harshing my mellow. Poor Lily.)
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Lit a fancy scented candle from my stash, a big vat of ragu/bolognese simmering on the hob and listening to the new Lily Allen album. Couldn't be happier. (Though, tbf, the new Lily Allen album is slightly harshing my mellow. Poor Lily.)
My new Substack has just 'dropped.' Something I could never even conceive of writing this time last year. open.substack.com/pub/sarraman...
Pretty men make cars go vroom vroom
Or I didn’t have being hyper fixated with Formula 1 on my 2025 bingo card
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October 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My new Substack has just 'dropped.' Something I could never even conceive of writing this time last year. open.substack.com/pub/sarraman...
"Hi frens! Shall I break you out of there?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wild bear pays surprise visit to bear enclosure at California zoo: ‘He was very polite’
Sequoia park zoo said staff were doing an inspection when they saw a wild black bear looking in at three captive bears
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October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Hi frens! Shall I break you out of there?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s that time of year and I have some elderly apples that need something done with them. www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/dors...
Easy apple cake
Edd Kimber's Dorset apple cake recipe combines chunks of sweet apple and a crunchy demerara sugar topping. Perfect for a teatime treat or dessert, served with custard
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October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s that time of year and I have some elderly apples that need something done with them. www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/dors...
I see Foyle's War is coming to Netflix. One of the obscure ITV channels repeated it from the beginning during 2020. Each episode is feature film length and I would watch one every Sunday evening and it was a delightful small pleasure that helped me through the pandemic.
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I see Foyle's War is coming to Netflix. One of the obscure ITV channels repeated it from the beginning during 2020. Each episode is feature film length and I would watch one every Sunday evening and it was a delightful small pleasure that helped me through the pandemic.
I’ve had an iPhone for however long you can have iPhones for. This weekend I finally worked out how to delete emails instead of them being automatically archived instead. A design “fault” that used to send me batty.
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’ve had an iPhone for however long you can have iPhones for. This weekend I finally worked out how to delete emails instead of them being automatically archived instead. A design “fault” that used to send me batty.
I just had to verify my age via a screen photo scan and sad to say, but resigned, that I was instantly identified as a withered old crone.
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I just had to verify my age via a screen photo scan and sad to say, but resigned, that I was instantly identified as a withered old crone.
Home from the wonderful Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival. An overnight and rail replacement bus so thank goodness past Sarra took a lasagna out of the freezer yesterday morning to defrost in the fridge. (The lasagna was meant to be eaten by November 2024 but it looks all right. 🤷🏻♀️)
October 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Home from the wonderful Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival. An overnight and rail replacement bus so thank goodness past Sarra took a lasagna out of the freezer yesterday morning to defrost in the fridge. (The lasagna was meant to be eaten by November 2024 but it looks all right. 🤷🏻♀️)
Yes, I have a Substack now. This week I took an honest deep dive into my love for Jilly Cooper. sarramanning.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
In memoriam and praise of Jilly Cooper (mostly.)
My forty year literary love affair with Jilly Cooper is the asylum where they raised me. (Plus my top ten Jilly reads…)
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October 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yes, I have a Substack now. This week I took an honest deep dive into my love for Jilly Cooper. sarramanning.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
Im still thinking about Celia’s fart and giggling. #celebritytraitors #traitors
October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Im still thinking about Celia’s fart and giggling. #celebritytraitors #traitors