Prepped & ready. Only game I haven’t worn this shirt for (was at a wedding) is the one v France … which is the only one we lost. Coincidence? I don’t think so 🤣 Wore it in Zurich v Netherlands, St Gallen v Wales, in front of the telly v Sweden & in Geneva v Italy. C’mon England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿#lionesses

Over the moon to see Mixed by Tamar Hodes on this incredible long list for the Comedy Women In Print (Published) Prize. Huge congratulations Tamar and to all the other authors. #proudeditor

Back from Women’s Euro 2025 ⚽️ in🇨🇭… 5 days, 4 matches, 3 cities, 1 chocolate factory. 10 Lionesses’ goals across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿v🇳🇱 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿v🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿… so much fun, so little sleep. Feel like I’ve been hit by a truck but I’d do it all again in a heartbeat

Happy happy paperback publication day to Eirinie Lapidaki and her incredible novel – The Wives of Halcyon. Such a brilliant read ❤️♥️💜

@mslisahighton.bsky.social

An absolute hoot at the Barnet Libraries lit fest chatting to @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social & Mark Billjngham about crime, chutney and errant creme eggs

News from my end (well, perhaps not exactly news as I've been doing it since Jan) is that I’ve decided to go back to freelancing full-time.

I work in all areas of commercial/literary fiction & offer structural, line & copy editing plus sensitivity reading. Details on my website – carirosen.com

It’s William Shakespeare’s birthday. How better to mark it than with a brilliant book about the Bard?

‘A delightful cross between Wolf Hall and Blackadder’

Love this review of Murder Most Foul by Guy Jenkin in The Express

Ten years ago today that I turned up for a Zumba class and no one else did – so I then spent an excruciating hour trying not to catch the teacher's eye as I attempted to follow her every move with absolutely nowhere to hide #cringe

Based on a real place, real people and real 'cures', The Unravelling of Mary Reddish is a captivating and shocking must-read for all lovers of historical fiction. Coming May 2025
#coverreveal #historicalfiction #MaryReddish

View #EngvUsa #Lionesses #Wembley

Such a fab evening celebrating #TheUnexpected by @ellenwiles.bsky.social at @ink84books.bsky.social last night. Thank you so much, Ellen (& for the lovely mentions in the book/speech) - also so good to finally meet @mariannelevy.bsky.social in person!

Going well 🥲

My favourite shelves. There are more dotted around here and there

I have ~1300 on here & it’s arranged almost entirely* by height. I can always find what I need. (More shelves upstairs and also a number of (tidy) stacks here and there)

*only intentional groupings are books I’ve written/published & series of ancient kids’ books

Invalid Hamble? #ifyouknowyouknow

Super super chuffed to see Rosalind by Jessica Mills featured in this round-up of best new historical fiction in The Times 💙💙💙 www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-...

Absolutely delighted that Femicide by Pascal Engman, translated by Michael Gallagher, is the winner of this year’s Petrona Award. The next book in the series, The Widows, will be published in English in March (translation by Neil Smith)