Marni Appleton
@marniapple.bsky.social
Writer. She/her. Short stories, girlhood, feminism, feeling. Author of I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY ✨
https://www.marniappleton.co.uk
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The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open!
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open!
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
Thrilled with this review, thank you @fullstopmag.bsky.social !
“Appleton can stretch suspense through a story, binding her reader to the page, so effectively it should be studied.” !!!
I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is out in the US in August 🇺🇸
“Appleton can stretch suspense through a story, binding her reader to the page, so effectively it should be studied.” !!!
I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is out in the US in August 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thrilled with this review, thank you @fullstopmag.bsky.social !
“Appleton can stretch suspense through a story, binding her reader to the page, so effectively it should be studied.” !!!
I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is out in the US in August 🇺🇸
“Appleton can stretch suspense through a story, binding her reader to the page, so effectively it should be studied.” !!!
I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is out in the US in August 🇺🇸
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This makes me very excited. deadline.com/2025/06/tiff...
TIFF Adds Five World Premieres: Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’, Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christopers’, Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘The Captive’ & More
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival has set its first five World Premiere Special Presentation titles in the Official Selection including Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive, Steven Soderbergh’s...
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June 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This makes me very excited. deadline.com/2025/06/tiff...
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Its out! Its here!! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY has been released into the world and just begging to be on your bookshelves 🌭
From the fabulous Indigo Press, clever, convincing and wry, this is a collection of haunting and haunted stories from major talent Marni Appleton!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ho...
From the fabulous Indigo Press, clever, convincing and wry, this is a collection of haunting and haunted stories from major talent Marni Appleton!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ho...
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Its out! Its here!! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY has been released into the world and just begging to be on your bookshelves 🌭
From the fabulous Indigo Press, clever, convincing and wry, this is a collection of haunting and haunted stories from major talent Marni Appleton!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ho...
From the fabulous Indigo Press, clever, convincing and wry, this is a collection of haunting and haunted stories from major talent Marni Appleton!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ho...
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Terrific book of short stories just out
February 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Terrific book of short stories just out
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Love is all too often the reason we give when we don’t act to stop bad things, big or small. Nonetheless the global precariat sometimes does take the risk of combating violence, without knowing what is on the other side. This, too, is theorized everywhere as love. lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-u...
An Unkillable Streak of the Utopian | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sophie Lewis considers Keiran Goddard’s “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning.”
lareviewofbooks.org
June 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Love is all too often the reason we give when we don’t act to stop bad things, big or small. Nonetheless the global precariat sometimes does take the risk of combating violence, without knowing what is on the other side. This, too, is theorized everywhere as love. lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-u...
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I've just updated the apersonalanthology.com archive site with @marniapple.bsky.social's Anthology - her pick of and introduction to a dozen short stories all themed around girlhood, with its "capacity for imagining oneself anew, for changing, for grasping for something bigger".
Check them out!
Check them out!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
apersonalanthology.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I've just updated the apersonalanthology.com archive site with @marniapple.bsky.social's Anthology - her pick of and introduction to a dozen short stories all themed around girlhood, with its "capacity for imagining oneself anew, for changing, for grasping for something bigger".
Check them out!
Check them out!
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And off it goes, Marni Appleton’s Personal Anthology, roaming the floor in quadrants, running like a 'demented psycho’, pushing off into the water again, with legs that can piston it out of situations, carrying its ugly suitcase with a degree of irony, blasé as a window-shopper…
A Personal Anthology, by Marni Appleton
Before my short story collection was published, it was part of a PhD thesis on ‘postfeminist feeling in contemporary women’s short stories’.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And off it goes, Marni Appleton’s Personal Anthology, roaming the floor in quadrants, running like a 'demented psycho’, pushing off into the water again, with legs that can piston it out of situations, carrying its ugly suitcase with a degree of irony, blasé as a window-shopper…
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It's Wednesday evening, and so nearly the weekend – and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @marniapple.bsky.social, whose collection I Hope You're Happy is published by The Indigo Press.
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About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's Wednesday evening, and so nearly the weekend – and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @marniapple.bsky.social, whose collection I Hope You're Happy is published by The Indigo Press.
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Marni Appleton’s wry observational style is well suited to these tales of young women navigating the modern world. @marniapple.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
publ by #Indigopress
publ by #Indigopress
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton review – a darkly comic look at millennial womanhood
Eleven short stories tackle mother-daughter relationships and the curse of social media with insight and humour
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Marni Appleton’s wry observational style is well suited to these tales of young women navigating the modern world. @marniapple.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
publ by #Indigopress
publ by #Indigopress
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☕️I’m just about ready to get some more Rippling Pages out this week.
Before then, I thought I’d curate some things I’d learnt from my latest guest @marniapple.bsky.social who wrote I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
🧵
Before then, I thought I’d curate some things I’d learnt from my latest guest @marniapple.bsky.social who wrote I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
🧵
March 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
☕️I’m just about ready to get some more Rippling Pages out this week.
Before then, I thought I’d curate some things I’d learnt from my latest guest @marniapple.bsky.social who wrote I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
🧵
Before then, I thought I’d curate some things I’d learnt from my latest guest @marniapple.bsky.social who wrote I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
🧵
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🌄“Getting up early - why is that inherently good?”
More from Rippling Points on the Rippling Pages where @marniapple.bsky.social was talking about I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🫸 Influencers and being influenced
💻Writing and productivity
open.spotify.com/episode/7rQD7G…
More from Rippling Points on the Rippling Pages where @marniapple.bsky.social was talking about I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🫸 Influencers and being influenced
💻Writing and productivity
open.spotify.com/episode/7rQD7G…
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rQD7G…
March 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🌄“Getting up early - why is that inherently good?”
More from Rippling Points on the Rippling Pages where @marniapple.bsky.social was talking about I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🫸 Influencers and being influenced
💻Writing and productivity
open.spotify.com/episode/7rQD7G…
More from Rippling Points on the Rippling Pages where @marniapple.bsky.social was talking about I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🫸 Influencers and being influenced
💻Writing and productivity
open.spotify.com/episode/7rQD7G…
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🪞 @marniapple.bsky.social talking specifically here about the role of mirrors in her story collection, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
👀The ideas and themes of mirrors reflects - ahem - both on what we can and cannot see in ourselves and others
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👀The ideas and themes of mirrors reflects - ahem - both on what we can and cannot see in ourselves and others
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
March 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🪞 @marniapple.bsky.social talking specifically here about the role of mirrors in her story collection, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY (The Indigo Press)
👀The ideas and themes of mirrors reflects - ahem - both on what we can and cannot see in ourselves and others
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
👀The ideas and themes of mirrors reflects - ahem - both on what we can and cannot see in ourselves and others
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
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💯Bonus content on Rippling Pages!
@marniapple.bsky.social talks the influence of Taylor Swift in I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY her short stories published by Indigo Press
🎵 What is it about the invention or reinvention of Taylor Swift that Marni finds so fascinating?
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@marniapple.bsky.social talks the influence of Taylor Swift in I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY her short stories published by Indigo Press
🎵 What is it about the invention or reinvention of Taylor Swift that Marni finds so fascinating?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
March 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
💯Bonus content on Rippling Pages!
@marniapple.bsky.social talks the influence of Taylor Swift in I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY her short stories published by Indigo Press
🎵 What is it about the invention or reinvention of Taylor Swift that Marni finds so fascinating?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
@marniapple.bsky.social talks the influence of Taylor Swift in I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY her short stories published by Indigo Press
🎵 What is it about the invention or reinvention of Taylor Swift that Marni finds so fascinating?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
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What's the worst that could happen to a group of teenage millennials on a supervised school cruise to the Greek islands?
Ease into the weekend with a story from @marniapple.bsky.social's scintillating debut collection. Out now from The Indigo Press 💙📚😱
bookanista.com/under-the-ci...
Ease into the weekend with a story from @marniapple.bsky.social's scintillating debut collection. Out now from The Indigo Press 💙📚😱
bookanista.com/under-the-ci...
Under the circumstances
A drink-fuelled school cruise out of Athens leads to unwanted liaisons and recriminations. From Marni Appleton’s debut story collection I Hope You’re Happy.
bookanista.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What's the worst that could happen to a group of teenage millennials on a supervised school cruise to the Greek islands?
Ease into the weekend with a story from @marniapple.bsky.social's scintillating debut collection. Out now from The Indigo Press 💙📚😱
bookanista.com/under-the-ci...
Ease into the weekend with a story from @marniapple.bsky.social's scintillating debut collection. Out now from The Indigo Press 💙📚😱
bookanista.com/under-the-ci...
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‘Margot’, a story from I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is online here: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-marg...
Fiction | Margot by Marni Appleton - The London Magazine
An extract from her new short story collection 'I Hope You're Happy', 'Margot' by Marni Appleton is a story of toxic friendships and lies.
thelondonmagazine.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‘Margot’, a story from I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is online here: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-marg...
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Absolutely LOVING this short story collection by @marniapple.bsky.social.
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
March 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Absolutely LOVING this short story collection by @marniapple.bsky.social.
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
But oof, 'Under the Circumstances' hit me hard. Devastating. (In a good way.)
#BookSky 📚💙
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🌎“We construct a specific presentation of ourselves for the world”
@marniapple.bsky.social was on RP to discuss her very recently released collection of short stories, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🤳We talk all sorts including self presentation in the digital age
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
@marniapple.bsky.social was on RP to discuss her very recently released collection of short stories, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🤳We talk all sorts including self presentation in the digital age
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
February 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🌎“We construct a specific presentation of ourselves for the world”
@marniapple.bsky.social was on RP to discuss her very recently released collection of short stories, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🤳We talk all sorts including self presentation in the digital age
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
@marniapple.bsky.social was on RP to discuss her very recently released collection of short stories, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY
🤳We talk all sorts including self presentation in the digital age
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rip…
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UEA #CreativeWriting news
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
February 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
UEA #CreativeWriting news
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
‘Margot’, a story from I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is online here: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-marg...
Fiction | Margot by Marni Appleton - The London Magazine
An extract from her new short story collection 'I Hope You're Happy', 'Margot' by Marni Appleton is a story of toxic friendships and lies.
thelondonmagazine.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‘Margot’, a story from I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY is online here: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-marg...
Reposted by Marni Appleton
🆕 @marniapple.bsky.social is going to be joining me on Rippling Pages to discuss her short story collection, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY coming out from the The Indigo Press
💡moments in the spotlight, s relationship, theatre and mirrors…we’re going to be discussing it all through Marni’s short stories!
💡moments in the spotlight, s relationship, theatre and mirrors…we’re going to be discussing it all through Marni’s short stories!
February 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🆕 @marniapple.bsky.social is going to be joining me on Rippling Pages to discuss her short story collection, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY coming out from the The Indigo Press
💡moments in the spotlight, s relationship, theatre and mirrors…we’re going to be discussing it all through Marni’s short stories!
💡moments in the spotlight, s relationship, theatre and mirrors…we’re going to be discussing it all through Marni’s short stories!
Reposted by Marni Appleton
UEA #CreativeWriting news
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
February 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UEA #CreativeWriting news
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
newwriting.net/category/news
I Hope You’re Happy by Marni Appleton (@marniapple.bsky.social)
Father Myself by James McDermott
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a Read for Empathy Collection choice
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
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Today’s the day! Launch day! Baby Teeth is out in the world @orionbooks.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Today’s the day! Launch day! Baby Teeth is out in the world @orionbooks.bsky.social
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This is a terrific book of short stories by an exciting new writer
Many incredible people said nice things about my book and I made a reel! 🌭❤️✨ coming in Feb! Links in bio.
December 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
This is a terrific book of short stories by an exciting new writer
Many incredible people said nice things about my book and I made a reel! 🌭❤️✨ coming in Feb! Links in bio.
November 29, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Many incredible people said nice things about my book and I made a reel! 🌭❤️✨ coming in Feb! Links in bio.