Delighted by the line, ‘I wore an audible amount of corduroy.’

Third book on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist finished. I hadn’t heard of Amma by Saraid de Silva before the prize and I hope this brings her work to more people. Really enjoyed this despite being slightly weary of the “three generations of women” structure in general.

Hot proof alert: Vera, or Faith, the new novel by Gary Shteyngart is out @atlanticbooks.bsky.social in August. Reviewers/booksellers/librarians hmu. Karen Russell says it’s “a novel that you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever.”

Current festive reading (I love her short stories so much).

My cheery festive reading continues! Thank you @chloe-bookpr.bsky.social

Yeah, sounds about right tbh

Jerry achieves levels of comfort and relaxation I can only aspire to

Some bright and cheery weekend reading for me. I’ve been so looking forward to this!

The 2025 titles are gathering…

Is a bit blowy in Northumberland today.

My extremely handsome boy.

Hot proofs! Today I’ll be packaging up proofs for an @atlanticbooks.bsky.social lead 2025 title, The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie. Babs is a doting grandmother and vicious crime matriarch. Her youngest daughter is missing and now the whole town will feel her wrath.

In response, I offer you a cat who has taken to sitting like he’s a human.

I always have three books on the go at once: one physical book, one ebook (my son doesn’t sleep well and I’m often awake in the night, so being able to read with the light off is a must), and one audiobook. Here are my current three, which happens to be a pretty good spread of my reading tastes:

Here’s one of my bookcases (mostly TBR), featuring the miniature room a dear friend handmade for me as a present. Dinosaur occupant added by my son.

Right listen, any book with blurbs from Jilly Cooper AND Eileen Myles is alright be me. What a dream.

Good morning, Bluesky. I offer you this photo of my cat, Jerry, and wish you all relaxation of a similar level.

I’m reading Crudo by Olivia Laing and I’ve just read the excellent sentence: ‘He looked like an untrustworthy fox in a Disney film.’