Joanna Miller
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social
Writer, reader, whippet lover.
Debut novel THE EIGHTS out 3 April 2025 with Fig Tree Penguin & Putnam Books.
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Debut novel THE EIGHTS out 3 April 2025 with Fig Tree Penguin & Putnam Books.
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Thank you so much Sarah! I’m delighted too 💜
It might not be the biggest literary prize in the UK this autumn but the East Anglian Book Awards always have something interesting.
This year I'm delighted to see graphic novel Florrie & debut novel The Eights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social on the lists
📚💙 #BookSky
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This year I'm delighted to see graphic novel Florrie & debut novel The Eights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social on the lists
📚💙 #BookSky
tinyurl.com/ytwuenvx
East Anglian Book Awards 2025 finalists revealed
The East Anglian Book Awards 2025 celebrate the best writing from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex
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October 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Thank you so much Sarah! I’m delighted too 💜
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So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏
Thank you Sally, so glad you enjoyed it x
Just finished The Eights by Joanna Miller. Four women enrol at St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1920, & navigate their way through their first year. Women weren't able to receive degrees before this. Great chrs, well researched.
#books #bookrecommendation
#books #bookrecommendation
July 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thank you Sally, so glad you enjoyed it x
Love this so much!! 💜
I’m reading The Eights by Joanna Miller, so slightly extended our day in Oxford to pop along the Eights’ home….St Hugh’s College
July 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Love this so much!! 💜
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Congratulations to our July #WriteCBC winner, @rhiannamjones.bsky.social! 🏆
You’ve won an online writing course (worth up to £230). We absolutely loved how you used quiet details to build emotion in this scene.
Read the winning entry here:
You’ve won an online writing course (worth up to £230). We absolutely loved how you used quiet details to build emotion in this scene.
Read the winning entry here:
#WriteCBC tip and task from Joanna Miller
Enter our monthly writing competition on Bluesky! This month's #WriteCBC task comes from debut novelist Joanna Miller.
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July 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Congratulations to our July #WriteCBC winner, @rhiannamjones.bsky.social! 🏆
You’ve won an online writing course (worth up to £230). We absolutely loved how you used quiet details to build emotion in this scene.
Read the winning entry here:
You’ve won an online writing course (worth up to £230). We absolutely loved how you used quiet details to build emotion in this scene.
Read the winning entry here:
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Our #WriteCBC runners-up are @thelilyhyde.bsky.social and @oithmos.bsky.social! 👏
Huge congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount!
We can’t wait for you to join one of our courses soon:
Huge congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount!
We can’t wait for you to join one of our courses soon:
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July 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Our #WriteCBC runners-up are @thelilyhyde.bsky.social and @oithmos.bsky.social! 👏
Huge congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount!
We can’t wait for you to join one of our courses soon:
Huge congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount!
We can’t wait for you to join one of our courses soon:
Thank you for asking me @cbcreative.bsky.social - I really enjoyed setting the task and was super-impressed by the entries!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for #WriteCBC!
Shout-outs go to: @moomin1.bsky.social, @alycolman.bsky.social, @nancyboland.bsky.social & @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social 💐
And a special thank you to our guest @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social for setting such a wonderful task!
Shout-outs go to: @moomin1.bsky.social, @alycolman.bsky.social, @nancyboland.bsky.social & @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social 💐
And a special thank you to our guest @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social for setting such a wonderful task!
#WriteCBC task from @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social:
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you for asking me @cbcreative.bsky.social - I really enjoyed setting the task and was super-impressed by the entries!
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Looking for some extra guidance or inspiration on Joanna’s #WriteCBC task? Head over to our blog!
#WriteCBC tip and task from Joanna Miller
Enter our monthly writing competition on Bluesky! This month's #WriteCBC task comes from debut novelist Joanna Miller.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Looking for some extra guidance or inspiration on Joanna’s #WriteCBC task? Head over to our blog!
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#WriteCBC tip from @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social:
Sparing use of surprising or unusual imagery can make a scene pop for a reader and help to layer character. Consider what figurative language your character might use and what it reveals about them on a subconscious level.
Sparing use of surprising or unusual imagery can make a scene pop for a reader and help to layer character. Consider what figurative language your character might use and what it reveals about them on a subconscious level.
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#WriteCBC tip from @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social:
Sparing use of surprising or unusual imagery can make a scene pop for a reader and help to layer character. Consider what figurative language your character might use and what it reveals about them on a subconscious level.
Sparing use of surprising or unusual imagery can make a scene pop for a reader and help to layer character. Consider what figurative language your character might use and what it reveals about them on a subconscious level.
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#WriteCBC task from @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social:
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#WriteCBC task from @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social:
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
Your character is wandering around a museum looking for a person or an object. Use specific detail and surprising imagery to reflect their state of mind. Perhaps they are hiding something from others – or even from themselves?
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Afternoon! I've just started this which is my book group's current read.
June 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Afternoon! I've just started this which is my book group's current read.
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As we get to the very end of June I thought I'd post my top reads of the year so far (from books that are already published)
As I read a pretty much 50/50 split of fiction & non fiction I thought I'd do the same here but it was far harder to narrow the non fiction down!
💙📚 #BookSky
As I read a pretty much 50/50 split of fiction & non fiction I thought I'd do the same here but it was far harder to narrow the non fiction down!
💙📚 #BookSky
June 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As we get to the very end of June I thought I'd post my top reads of the year so far (from books that are already published)
As I read a pretty much 50/50 split of fiction & non fiction I thought I'd do the same here but it was far harder to narrow the non fiction down!
💙📚 #BookSky
As I read a pretty much 50/50 split of fiction & non fiction I thought I'd do the same here but it was far harder to narrow the non fiction down!
💙📚 #BookSky
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It's time for the July #WriteCBC guest reveal 🥁
Next month's writing task comes from
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, former student and debut author of #TheEights.
Join us next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...
Next month's writing task comes from
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, former student and debut author of #TheEights.
Join us next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...
June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It's time for the July #WriteCBC guest reveal 🥁
Next month's writing task comes from
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, former student and debut author of #TheEights.
Join us next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...
Next month's writing task comes from
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, former student and debut author of #TheEights.
Join us next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...
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I’ve just listened to the conversation between @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, author of #TheEights, and @healeyjane.bsky.social, #histfic author and host of Historical Happy Hour. It's about accuracy and authenticity, and the narrative choices behind them. open.spotify.com/show/2fv5Gfu...
Historical Happy Hour
Podcast · Jane Healey · Jane Healey is the bestselling author of several books of historical fiction and the host of Historical Happy Hour, a live interview and podcast featuring premiere historical f...
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June 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’ve just listened to the conversation between @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social, author of #TheEights, and @healeyjane.bsky.social, #histfic author and host of Historical Happy Hour. It's about accuracy and authenticity, and the narrative choices behind them. open.spotify.com/show/2fv5Gfu...
Thank you @bellahond.bsky.social, that’s so lovely to hear! X
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social absolutely loved reading The Eights. Highly recommended. Sad to have finished it and will put it straight on to the “Read Again” pile!
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thank you @bellahond.bsky.social, that’s so lovely to hear! X
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Four remarkable young women tackle Oxford in the early 1920s. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @putnambooks.bsky.social @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social #BookSky
May 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Four remarkable young women tackle Oxford in the early 1920s. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @putnambooks.bsky.social @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social #BookSky
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Got this @waterstonescambridge yesterday. So excited to read The Eights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social 📖
#amreading #writingcommunity #bookshop
#amreading #writingcommunity #bookshop
April 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Got this @waterstonescambridge yesterday. So excited to read The Eights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social 📖
#amreading #writingcommunity #bookshop
#amreading #writingcommunity #bookshop
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Historical fiction set in #OXFORD
#TheEights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social
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"..The sense of time and place is beautifully brought to life in the extremely competent storytelling.."
#TheEights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social
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"..The sense of time and place is beautifully brought to life in the extremely competent storytelling.."
Historical fiction set in 1920s OXFORD - TripFiction
The Eights by Joanna Miller, historical fiction set in 1920s OXFORD. When you go to Oxford, it is a city that exudes a strong sense of the footsteps past,
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April 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Historical fiction set in #OXFORD
#TheEights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social
www.tripfiction.com/historical-f...
"..The sense of time and place is beautifully brought to life in the extremely competent storytelling.."
#TheEights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social
www.tripfiction.com/historical-f...
"..The sense of time and place is beautifully brought to life in the extremely competent storytelling.."
Tomorrow!
Only two days to go until we host our talk with @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social when she will discuss her brilliant new novel The Eights, set in Oxford in 1920.
Thurs 10 April, 7pm at Primrose Hill Library NW1 8YN
For a free ticket, visit tinyurl.com/jmpb1004.
#BookSky
@penguinukbooks.bsky.social
Thurs 10 April, 7pm at Primrose Hill Library NW1 8YN
For a free ticket, visit tinyurl.com/jmpb1004.
#BookSky
@penguinukbooks.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Tomorrow!
Thank you so much Katie! This is so wonderful to hear 💜
28th book of the year! I’ve read some wonderful books in 2025 so far, but The Eights by @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social has definitely been one of my favourites. Such a gorgeously detailed portrait of four female students at Oxford in 1920. Highly recommended!
April 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thank you so much Katie! This is so wonderful to hear 💜
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Good morning! No sun as yet, but I'm ever hopeful. We'll be out for our coffee date this morning. Currently reading (and enjoying immensely) The Eights by Joanna Miller - Happy Fri-yay! 🙃
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good morning! No sun as yet, but I'm ever hopeful. We'll be out for our coffee date this morning. Currently reading (and enjoying immensely) The Eights by Joanna Miller - Happy Fri-yay! 🙃
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March 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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📘📘BOOK REVIEW 📘📘
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Published 3 April
Full review ➡️ t.ly/9NeGO
“Sometime you know you are going to enjoy a book within a few pages and that how I was with this one…”
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Published 3 April
Full review ➡️ t.ly/9NeGO
“Sometime you know you are going to enjoy a book within a few pages and that how I was with this one…”
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📘📘BOOK REVIEW 📘📘
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Published 3 April
Full review ➡️ t.ly/9NeGO
“Sometime you know you are going to enjoy a book within a few pages and that how I was with this one…”
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Published 3 April
Full review ➡️ t.ly/9NeGO
“Sometime you know you are going to enjoy a book within a few pages and that how I was with this one…”
@joannamillerauthor.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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Out in TWO days time - the remarkable true story of when Oxford University admitted the first women
Come with me and Joanna Miller as we walk around the locations of The Eights:
www.thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc...
#Joannamiller @PenguinUKBooks
Come with me and Joanna Miller as we walk around the locations of The Eights:
www.thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc...
#Joannamiller @PenguinUKBooks
The Eights of Oxford with Joanna Miller - The Book Trail
The Eights of Oxford with Joanna Miller Discover the locations in the novel with The BookTrail Literary Travel Agency
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April 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Out in TWO days time - the remarkable true story of when Oxford University admitted the first women
Come with me and Joanna Miller as we walk around the locations of The Eights:
www.thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc...
#Joannamiller @PenguinUKBooks
Come with me and Joanna Miller as we walk around the locations of The Eights:
www.thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc...
#Joannamiller @PenguinUKBooks
Thank you @exeter.ox.ac.uk! 🎓
📢 Congratulations to Exeter alumna Joanna Miller (1987, English) on publishing her debut novel with Fig Tree! 📖✨
Co-edited by fellow alumna Ella Harold (2013, French & German), 'The Eights' is a love letter to academia and Oxford’s first women.
Read more ⬇️
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Co-edited by fellow alumna Ella Harold (2013, French & German), 'The Eights' is a love letter to academia and Oxford’s first women.
Read more ⬇️
ow.ly/Q1J550Vrxq8
April 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thank you @exeter.ox.ac.uk! 🎓