Fiona Mozley
@fjmozley.bsky.social
Novelist. New book AWAKE, AWAKE (2026). Also, ELMET (2017) and HOT STEW (2021). Booker-shortlisted. FRSL. Words in New York Times, Guardian, The Fence, British Vogue. Psychodynamic counsellor-in-training.
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Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley | Waterstones
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Awake, Awake (June 2026)
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Awake, Awake (June 2026)
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'...a rich retelling of a haunting book' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @fjmozley.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social
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Elmet review – the brutal tragedy of a feral family living on the edge of society
Adaptation of Fiona Mozley’s novel wisely leaves the looming figure of Daddy unseen in this quasi-mythical tale of an off-grid family’s doomed fight against class and capitalism
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October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'...a rich retelling of a haunting book' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @fjmozley.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social
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ELMET (the play!) will be opening in Bradford tomorrow. Catherine Love has written about the process of bringing it to the stage.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
‘Epic with a capital E’: inside Elmet, a tale of violence and greed on haunted Yorkshire heath
Elmet, a novel that was shortlisted for the Booker, is a lyrical, richly written tale of a woodland family on a collision course with an avaricious landowner. Can it work on stage in Bradford?
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ELMET (the play!) will be opening in Bradford tomorrow. Catherine Love has written about the process of bringing it to the stage.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
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AWAKE, AWAKE (June 2026)
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
AWAKE, AWAKE (June 2026)
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
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Pre-order my new novel from @waterstones.bsky.social with discount code OCTOBER25
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley | Waterstones
Buy Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pre-order my new novel from @waterstones.bsky.social with discount code OCTOBER25
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
AWAKE, AWAKE (June 2026)
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
AWAKE, AWAKE (June 2026)
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
Waterstones discount code OCTOBER25
Pre-order my new novel from @waterstones.bsky.social with discount code OCTOBER25
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley | Waterstones
Buy Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pre-order my new novel from @waterstones.bsky.social with discount code OCTOBER25
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
Awake, Awake (June 2026)
www.waterstones.com/book/awake-a...
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Elmet looking good @fjmozley.bsky.social
John Murray Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is set to launch its first classics list this month, including titles by David Attenborough, Jane Austen and Margaret MacMillan 👇
John Murray Press launches first classics list
John Murray Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is set to launch its first classics list this month, including titles by David Attenborough, Jane Austen and Margaret MacMillan.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Elmet looking good @fjmozley.bsky.social
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Always been a big fan of Héctor’s. Sure, he couldn’t cross a ball, but he brought so much style.
Always been a big fan of Héctor’s. Sure, he couldn’t cross a ball, but he brought so much style.
‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list
Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Always been a big fan of Héctor’s. Sure, he couldn’t cross a ball, but he brought so much style.
Always been a big fan of Héctor’s. Sure, he couldn’t cross a ball, but he brought so much style.
Picked up some entry-level Pynchon to read on the train. Halfway through and totally lost. Send help.
July 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Picked up some entry-level Pynchon to read on the train. Halfway through and totally lost. Send help.
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Idea for a book about a successful nature writer who gets exposed as a fraud but recovers from the trauma by going back to nature again and then writes a book about the experience which turns out to be an even bigger success than the one that got them into trouble in the first place but then
July 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Idea for a book about a successful nature writer who gets exposed as a fraud but recovers from the trauma by going back to nature again and then writes a book about the experience which turns out to be an even bigger success than the one that got them into trouble in the first place but then
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Next came @souljaleonn.bsky.social on memories and images of memories of the ancient kingdom of Elmet, plugging among many pieces of literature (and osteological reports), the brilliant 2017 novel Elmet by @fjmozley.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Next came @souljaleonn.bsky.social on memories and images of memories of the ancient kingdom of Elmet, plugging among many pieces of literature (and osteological reports), the brilliant 2017 novel Elmet by @fjmozley.bsky.social
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York City have unveiled next season’s shirt, featuring a rune version of the club name, in collaboration with the Jorvik Viking Centre. Unfortunately you don’t want to mess with York’s fanbase when it comes to runes.
June 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
York City have unveiled next season’s shirt, featuring a rune version of the club name, in collaboration with the Jorvik Viking Centre. Unfortunately you don’t want to mess with York’s fanbase when it comes to runes.
Elmet’s been turned into a play by total genius Javaad Alipoor. Known for theatre about Iran & its diaspora, with Elmet he’ll be exploring his Yorkshire roots. 22nd October - 2nd November in Bradford, with live music from Mercury Prize-nominated The Unthanks.
bradford2025.co.uk/event/elmet/
bradford2025.co.uk/event/elmet/
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June 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Elmet’s been turned into a play by total genius Javaad Alipoor. Known for theatre about Iran & its diaspora, with Elmet he’ll be exploring his Yorkshire roots. 22nd October - 2nd November in Bradford, with live music from Mercury Prize-nominated The Unthanks.
bradford2025.co.uk/event/elmet/
bradford2025.co.uk/event/elmet/
Always meet your heroes @brighteyesband.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Always meet your heroes @brighteyesband.bsky.social
Selling my tickets for Bright Eyes in London on 25/6 and seeing them in Glasgow instead. Link here secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060D5B...
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June 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Selling my tickets for Bright Eyes in London on 25/6 and seeing them in Glasgow instead. Link here secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060D5B...
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In New York for the week, based in Brooklyn (which I don’t know very well). Suggestions welcome! 🙏
May 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In New York for the week, based in Brooklyn (which I don’t know very well). Suggestions welcome! 🙏
In New York for the week, based in Brooklyn (which I don’t know very well). Suggestions welcome! 🙏
May 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In New York for the week, based in Brooklyn (which I don’t know very well). Suggestions welcome! 🙏
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I know I normally only talk about non-fiction history books, but I had to post my thoughts on ELMET (2017) by @fjmozley.bsky.social (1/?)
April 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I know I normally only talk about non-fiction history books, but I had to post my thoughts on ELMET (2017) by @fjmozley.bsky.social (1/?)
This reveals so much, both about Ice and Amazon Prime.
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
* US politics live – latest updates
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he’d like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US.
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” the acting Ice director, Todd Lyons, said. He said that he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings”. His comments were first reported by the Arizona Mirror. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This reveals so much, both about Ice and Amazon Prime.
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The five co-authors of this report on copyright, AI and the arts are all from the science and technology sectors. Not one artist or creator among them.
April 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The five co-authors of this report on copyright, AI and the arts are all from the science and technology sectors. Not one artist or creator among them.
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If you think intellectual life is already dominated by a narrow elite, I promise you ain’t seen nothing yet.
March 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you think intellectual life is already dominated by a narrow elite, I promise you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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The sad thing is that email and admin have taken over academic life so much that many of us have to squeeze in the poisoning of minds on evenings and weekends.
Kemi Badenoch this morning: "A country cannot be successful if its people and intellectual elite don’t believe in it. This means dealing with the poisoning of minds through higher education."
February 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The sad thing is that email and admin have taken over academic life so much that many of us have to squeeze in the poisoning of minds on evenings and weekends.
Reminds me of the dust heaps in Our Mutual Friend - potentially a fortune; potentially just rubbish.
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill
James Howells lost case to force Newport city council to allow him to search for hard drive discarded by accident
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reminds me of the dust heaps in Our Mutual Friend - potentially a fortune; potentially just rubbish.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Is Radio 4 just going to be non-stop unfunny comedy from now on?
February 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Is Radio 4 just going to be non-stop unfunny comedy from now on?