Nicola Garrard 🏳️🌈BLM
@nmgarrard.bsky.social
Carnegie Medal-nominated author #ontheedge
“Nicola Garrard's writing burns with the intensity of teenage emotion” – The Observer
5 Stars – Emily Bearn
Agent: Abi Fellows DHH
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“Nicola Garrard's writing burns with the intensity of teenage emotion” – The Observer
5 Stars – Emily Bearn
Agent: Abi Fellows DHH
nicola-garrard.co.uk
linktr.ee/nmgarrard
At my adult education Spanish lesson yesterday, and one of my classmates whips out a copy of #OntheEdge for me to sign for his grandkid’s Christmas present! Que emocionante! 🥰😊
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
At my adult education Spanish lesson yesterday, and one of my classmates whips out a copy of #OntheEdge for me to sign for his grandkid’s Christmas present! Que emocionante! 🥰😊
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"Published authors are always back at square one the minute their book is released, and find themselves on the old familiar rollercoaster."
@nmgarrard.bsky.social author of On the Edge, shares her experience of publishing a third novel.
Read: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/third...
@nmgarrard.bsky.social author of On the Edge, shares her experience of publishing a third novel.
Read: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/third...
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Published authors are always back at square one the minute their book is released, and find themselves on the old familiar rollercoaster."
@nmgarrard.bsky.social author of On the Edge, shares her experience of publishing a third novel.
Read: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/third...
@nmgarrard.bsky.social author of On the Edge, shares her experience of publishing a third novel.
Read: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/third...
I really appreciate my publisher putting #OnTheEdge in Pen & Inc magazine for all the lovely school and county librarians to see! Thank you!📚🥰❤️🔥
#cilip #carnegies #schoollibrarian #indiepublishing #countylibrary #librariansofinstagram
#cilip #carnegies #schoollibrarian #indiepublishing #countylibrary #librariansofinstagram
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I really appreciate my publisher putting #OnTheEdge in Pen & Inc magazine for all the lovely school and county librarians to see! Thank you!📚🥰❤️🔥
#cilip #carnegies #schoollibrarian #indiepublishing #countylibrary #librariansofinstagram
#cilip #carnegies #schoollibrarian #indiepublishing #countylibrary #librariansofinstagram
So this happened on Monday and I couldn’t be happier!🥳❤️🔥Somehow I forgot to post about it on Bluesky. #OnTheEdge @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So this happened on Monday and I couldn’t be happier!🥳❤️🔥Somehow I forgot to post about it on Bluesky. #OnTheEdge @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Why is @knightsofbooks.bsky.social. Closing? It has so many prize winners & dominates long/shortlists every year in every major children’s award. I’m reading the brilliant #heretoslay by Radhika Sanghani today, on the @uklitassociation.bsky.social book awards 11-14+ longlist. What’s going on?🥺
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Why is @knightsofbooks.bsky.social. Closing? It has so many prize winners & dominates long/shortlists every year in every major children’s award. I’m reading the brilliant #heretoslay by Radhika Sanghani today, on the @uklitassociation.bsky.social book awards 11-14+ longlist. What’s going on?🥺
“I read this beautiful book on holiday and couldn't put it down.”
😁I’m delighted to see more 5 star reviews for #OnTheEdge popping up, especially when they praise its beauty AND unputdownability (is that a word?😂)❤️🔥🥰
THANK YOU READERS! Keep ’em coming ⭐️🌟💫✨
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
😁I’m delighted to see more 5 star reviews for #OnTheEdge popping up, especially when they praise its beauty AND unputdownability (is that a word?😂)❤️🔥🥰
THANK YOU READERS! Keep ’em coming ⭐️🌟💫✨
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“I read this beautiful book on holiday and couldn't put it down.”
😁I’m delighted to see more 5 star reviews for #OnTheEdge popping up, especially when they praise its beauty AND unputdownability (is that a word?😂)❤️🔥🥰
THANK YOU READERS! Keep ’em coming ⭐️🌟💫✨
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
😁I’m delighted to see more 5 star reviews for #OnTheEdge popping up, especially when they praise its beauty AND unputdownability (is that a word?😂)❤️🔥🥰
THANK YOU READERS! Keep ’em coming ⭐️🌟💫✨
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
There are now signed copies of #OnTheEdge🔥at The Book Nook in Hove! 😁🥰🤩This specialist indie children’s bookshop has a huge collection of YA & children’s books. Check it out! Thank you @booknookhove.bsky.social for the warm welcome!❤️
#ukya #bookshop #Brightonandhove
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#ukya #bookshop #Brightonandhove
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There are now signed copies of #OnTheEdge🔥at The Book Nook in Hove! 😁🥰🤩This specialist indie children’s bookshop has a huge collection of YA & children’s books. Check it out! Thank you @booknookhove.bsky.social for the warm welcome!❤️
#ukya #bookshop #Brightonandhove
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#ukya #bookshop #Brightonandhove
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
I love it when “oldies” love my books!🥰😊🔥I want #OnTheEdge to be the kind of book that young people read again later in life and see a whole different story!
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#yacrossover #ukya #bookrecs #booksbooksbooks #youngadultfiction
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#yacrossover #ukya #bookrecs #booksbooksbooks #youngadultfiction
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I love it when “oldies” love my books!🥰😊🔥I want #OnTheEdge to be the kind of book that young people read again later in life and see a whole different story!
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#yacrossover #ukya #bookrecs #booksbooksbooks #youngadultfiction
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
#yacrossover #ukya #bookrecs #booksbooksbooks #youngadultfiction
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This thread.. thank you, thank you @nmgarrard.bsky.social. If you like the sound of this, do please read, buy, borrow, listen, gift, review. These forgotten women & their ghosts will love you for it, as will I!
#GhostsOfTheFarm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social is an outstanding fusion of memoir and creative historical non-fiction. It is tender and sentiment-filled, without ever being sentimental, and strikes a deeply painful, elegiac note without losing hope…
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This thread.. thank you, thank you @nmgarrard.bsky.social. If you like the sound of this, do please read, buy, borrow, listen, gift, review. These forgotten women & their ghosts will love you for it, as will I!
#GhostsOfTheFarm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social is an outstanding fusion of memoir and creative historical non-fiction. It is tender and sentiment-filled, without ever being sentimental, and strikes a deeply painful, elegiac note without losing hope…
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#GhostsOfTheFarm by @nicolawriting.bsky.social is an outstanding fusion of memoir and creative historical non-fiction. It is tender and sentiment-filled, without ever being sentimental, and strikes a deeply painful, elegiac note without losing hope…
Reposted by Nicola Garrard 🏳️🌈BLM
So @nmgarrard.bsky.social has read my book, & given me the most astonishingly lovely review. Had to have a little sit down & a cry. Her writing & voice is just brilliant, crystalline & vivid. So oh wow, this means everything.
I was thrilled today to receive an early copy of Nicola Chester’s beautiful new book, #GhostsOfTheFarm. The Preface is stunning - I can’t wait to read the rest of it. Thank you, @chelseagreen 🌱❤️
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So @nmgarrard.bsky.social has read my book, & given me the most astonishingly lovely review. Had to have a little sit down & a cry. Her writing & voice is just brilliant, crystalline & vivid. So oh wow, this means everything.
I had a FABULOUS day at The King’s School in Hove 🥰Thank you so much for inviting me to lead a full day of assemblies & creative writing workshops across KS3 & KS4! We read, we wrote, we debated, we learned about POSITIVE protest …😍
#OnTheEdge #nicolagarrardauthor @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social #UKYA
#OnTheEdge #nicolagarrardauthor @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social #UKYA
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I had a FABULOUS day at The King’s School in Hove 🥰Thank you so much for inviting me to lead a full day of assemblies & creative writing workshops across KS3 & KS4! We read, we wrote, we debated, we learned about POSITIVE protest …😍
#OnTheEdge #nicolagarrardauthor @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social #UKYA
#OnTheEdge #nicolagarrardauthor @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social #UKYA
Check out my @campyafest.bsky.social campfire chat! 🏕️🔥🥰#OnTheEdge @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
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October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check out my @campyafest.bsky.social campfire chat! 🏕️🔥🥰#OnTheEdge @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
campya.org/campfire-cha...
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Teachers & school librarians! If your school is north of Nottingham, or abroad, you can book an author e-visit with me!
Here’s what Literacy School of the Year 2025 @SharplesSchool said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest & extremism. 😁🔥📚🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
Here’s what Literacy School of the Year 2025 @SharplesSchool said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest & extremism. 😁🔥📚🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Teachers & school librarians! If your school is north of Nottingham, or abroad, you can book an author e-visit with me!
Here’s what Literacy School of the Year 2025 @SharplesSchool said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest & extremism. 😁🔥📚🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
Here’s what Literacy School of the Year 2025 @SharplesSchool said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest & extremism. 😁🔥📚🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
Happy #bookshopday! I popped into the gorgeous @chocolitbooks.bsky.social in Clapham & was delighted to find the multitalented Gareth P Jones playing his music. There are now signed copies of #ontheedge at Chocolit ❤️🔥Thank you, Martina!🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy #bookshopday! I popped into the gorgeous @chocolitbooks.bsky.social in Clapham & was delighted to find the multitalented Gareth P Jones playing his music. There are now signed copies of #ontheedge at Chocolit ❤️🔥Thank you, Martina!🥰
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social
@oldbarnbooks.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social
Reading helps me to relax! Even ten minutes of reading each day is enough to boost my mood. Don’t forget, children and animals love to be read aloud to! I’m taking 10 to read to Harold the sheep!🐏📚🥰 #Take10ToRead #WorldMentalHealthDay @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reading helps me to relax! Even ten minutes of reading each day is enough to boost my mood. Don’t forget, children and animals love to be read aloud to! I’m taking 10 to read to Harold the sheep!🐏📚🥰 #Take10ToRead #WorldMentalHealthDay @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
Know your history! My recommendations for #BlackHistoryMonth are David Olusoga’s sweeping history #BlackAndBritish & Samuel Selvon’s #TheLonelyLondoners. Olusoga’s chilling Preface, about the 70s & 80s racism & ethno-nationalism in his childhood, reads like an account of today.
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Know your history! My recommendations for #BlackHistoryMonth are David Olusoga’s sweeping history #BlackAndBritish & Samuel Selvon’s #TheLonelyLondoners. Olusoga’s chilling Preface, about the 70s & 80s racism & ethno-nationalism in his childhood, reads like an account of today.
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Exciting #booksky post, all in just over a week! All subjects so close to my heart: #TheEmpathyFix, #NeurodivergentbyNature, #LoveAngerBetrayal, #OntheEdge, #Fenwomen & #Village added to my pile of books tbr, that will inform, enlighten, move & enrich my life, writing & understanding. Books eh? 1/4
August 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Exciting #booksky post, all in just over a week! All subjects so close to my heart: #TheEmpathyFix, #NeurodivergentbyNature, #LoveAngerBetrayal, #OntheEdge, #Fenwomen & #Village added to my pile of books tbr, that will inform, enlighten, move & enrich my life, writing & understanding. Books eh? 1/4
It’s been a bumper Ceptember! 🍄🟫Scroll through the photos to see what I made with these penny buns (AKA cep, porcini, boletus) We eat like kings for free! Super yellow eggs thanks to my garden hens. 🥰
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s been a bumper Ceptember! 🍄🟫Scroll through the photos to see what I made with these penny buns (AKA cep, porcini, boletus) We eat like kings for free! Super yellow eggs thanks to my garden hens. 🥰
Thank you Midhurst Rother College for inviting me to visit your school😁. It was great talking to Yr 9 about the history of protest & the dangers of extremism. I loved discussing the causes of riots with your A-Level Politics students. Teenagers are really engaged in the issues in #OnTheEdge!🥰
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Thank you Midhurst Rother College for inviting me to visit your school😁. It was great talking to Yr 9 about the history of protest & the dangers of extremism. I loved discussing the causes of riots with your A-Level Politics students. Teenagers are really engaged in the issues in #OnTheEdge!🥰
“When I eventually encounter the gang, I'm faced with a 14-year-old girl in pink leggings and Crocs.”
Interesting how the BBC journalist codes socioeconomic background without naming it. Now let’s talk about the 1,243 youth centres closed since 2010.😠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting how the BBC journalist codes socioeconomic background without naming it. Now let’s talk about the 1,243 youth centres closed since 2010.😠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teenage girls with no fear of police torment shopkeepers on Shirley High Street
Teenagers have been targeting shops in Shirley, Hampshire, with antisocial behaviour - leaving the owners feeling
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“When I eventually encounter the gang, I'm faced with a 14-year-old girl in pink leggings and Crocs.”
Interesting how the BBC journalist codes socioeconomic background without naming it. Now let’s talk about the 1,243 youth centres closed since 2010.😠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting how the BBC journalist codes socioeconomic background without naming it. Now let’s talk about the 1,243 youth centres closed since 2010.😠
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“A comment on the state of Britain worthy of Dickens … a major tour de force and I cannot recommend it enough.”
I love this very detailed and thoughtful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review of #OnTheEdge on Amazon. Thank you, Piers! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks
I love this very detailed and thoughtful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review of #OnTheEdge on Amazon. Thank you, Piers! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“A comment on the state of Britain worthy of Dickens … a major tour de force and I cannot recommend it enough.”
I love this very detailed and thoughtful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review of #OnTheEdge on Amazon. Thank you, Piers! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks
I love this very detailed and thoughtful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review of #OnTheEdge on Amazon. Thank you, Piers! 🥰
@oldbarnbooks
I was thrilled today to receive an early copy of Nicola Chester’s beautiful new book, #GhostsOfTheFarm. The Preface is stunning - I can’t wait to read the rest of it. Thank you, @chelseagreen 🌱❤️
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I was thrilled today to receive an early copy of Nicola Chester’s beautiful new book, #GhostsOfTheFarm. The Preface is stunning - I can’t wait to read the rest of it. Thank you, @chelseagreen 🌱❤️
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
#ruralhistory #sustainability #environment #womeninfarming #farminghistory
Thanks to Phil Hewitt, Arts Editor at @sussex_express @Sussex_World for the interview - and a shout-out for my Chichester Literary Society event in January 2026! ❤️🔥
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
Coastal tensions and violence explored in new book
The dangers of extremism and the challenges of many of our coastal communities are at the heart of On the Edge (Old Barn Books), the latest novel from Nicola Garrard who lives near Petworth.
www.sussexexpress.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to Phil Hewitt, Arts Editor at @sussex_express @Sussex_World for the interview - and a shout-out for my Chichester Literary Society event in January 2026! ❤️🔥
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/coastal...