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Adelle Stripe
@adellestripe.bsky.social
Author & Journalist. Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, Ten Thousand Apologies and Base Notes.
https://bio.site/adellestripe
My 2017 novel (which was recently republished by Virago) is this week’s selection at Small Distractions / Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds.

Nice to see it having a second wind.
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The fierce new paperback cover of Base Notes has just landed courtesy of @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social -- and is now available to preorder at your local independent bookshop.

If you squint, you’ll see ‘Clive Loves Dawn’ written on the number plate…

store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/bas...
August 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Starting work on the paperback edition of Base Notes, due out in February. The new cover is smoking hot and I cannot wait to share it. Soon, I hope?

If you're curious, there's an extract from the Old Spice chapter @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social...

www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/02/adel...
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Current buzz…
July 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'll be heading to the splendid Mrs Lofthouse's Emporium in Scarborough on Saturday 5 July with @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social to sign books, drink tea and loiter with intent. If you are in the vicinity, pop in and say hello. We'll be there from midday for an hour or so...
July 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Since when did it become acceptable to take your mobile phone into the swimming pool? Because every time I go, there are people posing and trout-pouting, Turkey-teething it for the camera — and… heavy petting! Have they never read THE RULES?
June 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“When we first started out, we never tried or wanted to fit in. We lived for the now, never thinking or worrying about the future.”

Was a pleasure to interview @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social for the June issue of @crackmagazine.bsky.social >>

Her excellent new album 2T2 is out this week ⚡️
June 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When I'm not writing books, I sometimes write bios for record labels. It was a total pleasure to work with Bob, Pete & Sarah on their final long player, International...

heavenlyrecordings.com/artist/saint...
May 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Over the moon to see Base Notes included in the Telegraph’s Best Books of 2025 list. Thanks to @curiosothegreat.bsky.social for the splendid review which was unexpected and made me very happy indeed.

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
April 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Enjoying this. It’s rather good.
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is happening on Tuesday night in Manchester with Jennifer Jasmine White. You are cordially invited…

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/base-notes...
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
More of this, please. New fave writer alert. First published in 1977 and still fresher than a daisy.
April 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Paperback haul from the most excellent Mrs Lofthouse’s Emporium in Scarborough. I never leave this place empty-handed. Well worth the daytrip.
March 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A new edition of Black Teeth has recently been reissued by Virago. It includes an author’s note + fresh cover ft. Andrea Dunbar on the Royal Court steps drinking a pint & smoking a fag. And a quote by David Peace.

It’s now available in your local independent bookshop. Or here:

tinyurl.com/mvf5ehss
March 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Watched this on a recent flight, and haven’t been able to shake it off since (a bit like the jet lag). Found it incredibly moving. Beautiful and poignant.
March 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM