Sophie Haydock
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social
Author, journalist, marathon runner, mudlark | Curator Folkestone Book Festival | debut The Flames @DoubledayUK #EgonSchiele | agent Juliet Mushens | Madame Matisse coming in March 2025
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Our amazing lineup of Gladfest talks includes Models, Wives, Orphans, Daughters: The hidden women of twentieth-century art with Sophie Haydock.
📖Sat 6th September 5-6pm
📖Join us to discuss passion, creativity, politics – and above all, art.
📖All tickets just £15
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social
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📖Sat 6th September 5-6pm
📖Join us to discuss passion, creativity, politics – and above all, art.
📖All tickets just £15
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Our amazing lineup of Gladfest talks includes Models, Wives, Orphans, Daughters: The hidden women of twentieth-century art with Sophie Haydock.
📖Sat 6th September 5-6pm
📖Join us to discuss passion, creativity, politics – and above all, art.
📖All tickets just £15
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social
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📖Sat 6th September 5-6pm
📖Join us to discuss passion, creativity, politics – and above all, art.
📖All tickets just £15
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social
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Lovely to be hosting @sophiehaydock.bsky.social at @wordfactoryuk.bsky.social : join us for her masterclass focussed on AS Byatt's brilliant short story, Medusa's Ankles. Wednesday July 16:https://tinyurl.com/yn59tksr
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Lovely to be hosting @sophiehaydock.bsky.social at @wordfactoryuk.bsky.social : join us for her masterclass focussed on AS Byatt's brilliant short story, Medusa's Ankles. Wednesday July 16:https://tinyurl.com/yn59tksr
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It has been a joy and immensely cheering to be involved this year. Big thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
It has been a joy and immensely cheering to be involved this year. Big thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: Curating Folkestone Book Festival 2025 - Creative Folkestone
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June 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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It has been a joy and immensely cheering to be involved this year. Big thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
It has been a joy and immensely cheering to be involved this year. Big thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
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London art lovers - and everyone else - I'll be talking with @sophiehaydock.bsky.social about the sibling lives of Gwen and Augustus John at Hatchards on 23 June . Do come ! www.hatchards.co.uk/events/judit...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
London art lovers - and everyone else - I'll be talking with @sophiehaydock.bsky.social about the sibling lives of Gwen and Augustus John at Hatchards on 23 June . Do come ! www.hatchards.co.uk/events/judit...
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Thrilled to have author of The Flames, @sophiehaydock.bsky.social, on the Real Folk with Jo Burke. Hear all about her latest book, Madame Matisse. A must-listen for art lovers and aspiring writers.
joburke.transistor.fm/episodes/21-...
#arthistory #podcast #matisse #egonschiele #henrimatisse
joburke.transistor.fm/episodes/21-...
#arthistory #podcast #matisse #egonschiele #henrimatisse
Real Folk with Jo Burke | 21. Sophie Haydock - Author, editor, journalist
Jo catches up with Sophie Haydock, Sunday Times and Guardian journalist, author of The Flames 'One of the finest historical authors of 2022', The Times. Her latest book, Madame Matisse, is released...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thrilled to have author of The Flames, @sophiehaydock.bsky.social, on the Real Folk with Jo Burke. Hear all about her latest book, Madame Matisse. A must-listen for art lovers and aspiring writers.
joburke.transistor.fm/episodes/21-...
#arthistory #podcast #matisse #egonschiele #henrimatisse
joburke.transistor.fm/episodes/21-...
#arthistory #podcast #matisse #egonschiele #henrimatisse
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🕊️ THE ACCIDENTALS by Guadalupe Nettel, tr. Rosalind Harvey, publishes in flapped paperback, eBook, and audiobook format today 🕊️
Read an excerpt and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-ac...
Read an excerpt and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-ac...
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🕊️ THE ACCIDENTALS by Guadalupe Nettel, tr. Rosalind Harvey, publishes in flapped paperback, eBook, and audiobook format today 🕊️
Read an excerpt and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-ac...
Read an excerpt and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-ac...
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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📚 From Picasso to Lloyd George, Japan to the Beatles, our March 2025 preview is here – with new books by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
@tlgrady68.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @ianleslie.bsky.social and more👇
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@tlgrady68.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @ianleslie.bsky.social and more👇
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New History Books for March 2025 - Unseen Histories
Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📚 From Picasso to Lloyd George, Japan to the Beatles, our March 2025 preview is here – with new books by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
@tlgrady68.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @ianleslie.bsky.social and more👇
www.unseenhistories.com/history-book...
@tlgrady68.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @ianleslie.bsky.social and more👇
www.unseenhistories.com/history-book...
Madame Matisse is out in the world today - a novel about the women behind the art and the explosive ultimatum in his marriage that led to the firing of a gun. A real event in Matisse’s life, never written about before. Until now...
March 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Madame Matisse is out in the world today - a novel about the women behind the art and the explosive ultimatum in his marriage that led to the firing of a gun. A real event in Matisse’s life, never written about before. Until now...
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Henri Matisse's wife, Amélie, was not merely a great painter's spouse – she was his business manager, confidante, and fiercest champion.
So why did she give him a shocking ultimatum?
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse, investigates at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
So why did she give him a shocking ultimatum?
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse, investigates at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Henri Matisse's wife, Amélie, was not merely a great painter's spouse – she was his business manager, confidante, and fiercest champion.
So why did she give him a shocking ultimatum?
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse, investigates at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
So why did she give him a shocking ultimatum?
@sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse, investigates at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
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Seething passion and scandal are absent from most accounts of Henri Matisse, says @sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse.
Yet, after four decades of devoted marriage, his wife issued an ultimatum that changed everything. But why?
Find out at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
Yet, after four decades of devoted marriage, his wife issued an ultimatum that changed everything. But why?
Find out at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
March 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Seething passion and scandal are absent from most accounts of Henri Matisse, says @sophiehaydock.bsky.social, author of Madame Matisse.
Yet, after four decades of devoted marriage, his wife issued an ultimatum that changed everything. But why?
Find out at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
Yet, after four decades of devoted marriage, his wife issued an ultimatum that changed everything. But why?
Find out at historiamag.com/ultimatum-changed-matisse
It's always a pinch-me moment as an author to hold the finished product in your hands for the first time!
Madame Matisse will be published on Thursday 6 March!
Hope you enjoy reading it! Available to order here: amzn.to/4brienn
Madame Matisse will be published on Thursday 6 March!
Hope you enjoy reading it! Available to order here: amzn.to/4brienn
March 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's always a pinch-me moment as an author to hold the finished product in your hands for the first time!
Madame Matisse will be published on Thursday 6 March!
Hope you enjoy reading it! Available to order here: amzn.to/4brienn
Madame Matisse will be published on Thursday 6 March!
Hope you enjoy reading it! Available to order here: amzn.to/4brienn
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A real pleasure & privilege to talk with @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for Fane Productions this 12th March.
Book your FREE ticket to hear us talk all things women, art history & her new novel, Madame Matisse (pub. @doubledaybooks.bsky.social):
www.fane.co.uk/sophie-haydock
Book your FREE ticket to hear us talk all things women, art history & her new novel, Madame Matisse (pub. @doubledaybooks.bsky.social):
www.fane.co.uk/sophie-haydock
February 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A real pleasure & privilege to talk with @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for Fane Productions this 12th March.
Book your FREE ticket to hear us talk all things women, art history & her new novel, Madame Matisse (pub. @doubledaybooks.bsky.social):
www.fane.co.uk/sophie-haydock
Book your FREE ticket to hear us talk all things women, art history & her new novel, Madame Matisse (pub. @doubledaybooks.bsky.social):
www.fane.co.uk/sophie-haydock
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Delighted to be hosting his live Word Factory event: Paul McVeigh and Kit de Waal in a fabulous evening of reading and conversation.
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WORD FACTORY PRESENTS: PAUL MCVEIGH & KIT DE WAAL
Join us for an evening of captivating storytelling with authors Paul McVeigh & Kit de Waal at Word Factory!
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February 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Delighted to be hosting his live Word Factory event: Paul McVeigh and Kit de Waal in a fabulous evening of reading and conversation.
tinyurl.com/2vyv25rb
tinyurl.com/2vyv25rb
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Episode 2 of RLF’s new COLLECTED podcast is out! What an honour it was to have @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the studio with @carosanderson.bsky.social Featuring work by @mirzawaheed.bsky.social, Aisha Zia, Polly Morland, Charlie Hill and Simon Robson podcast.rlf.org.uk/476-kate-mos...
Collected: The Podcast: #476: Kate Mosse, founder of Women's Prizes and bestselling author with Caroline Sanderson
The internationally bestselling author and co-founder of what is now the Women’s Prize for Fiction delves into the Royal Literary Fund’s sound archives, using the recordings to reflect on the highs an...
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February 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Episode 2 of RLF’s new COLLECTED podcast is out! What an honour it was to have @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the studio with @carosanderson.bsky.social Featuring work by @mirzawaheed.bsky.social, Aisha Zia, Polly Morland, Charlie Hill and Simon Robson podcast.rlf.org.uk/476-kate-mos...
I'm excited to be revving up my plans for the Folkestone Book Festival 2025, which will take place 13-23 November.
Which authors, with books out this year or last, should I have on my radar?
Which authors, with books out this year or last, should I have on my radar?
January 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm excited to be revving up my plans for the Folkestone Book Festival 2025, which will take place 13-23 November.
Which authors, with books out this year or last, should I have on my radar?
Which authors, with books out this year or last, should I have on my radar?
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Really enjoyed The Flames by @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
Only knew a little about Egon Schiele as a person but Sophie really brought this period of art history to life
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Only knew a little about Egon Schiele as a person but Sophie really brought this period of art history to life
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Book Review: The Flames by Sophie Haydock. The Story of Egon Schiele’s women
The Flames by Sophie Haydock was published in 2023 and tells a fictionalised story of four women whose lives were intertwined with that of the Viennese bad boy, Egon Schiele: Gertrude Schiele, Egon…
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January 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Really enjoyed The Flames by @sophiehaydock.bsky.social
Only knew a little about Egon Schiele as a person but Sophie really brought this period of art history to life
travelswithmyart.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/b...
Only knew a little about Egon Schiele as a person but Sophie really brought this period of art history to life
travelswithmyart.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/b...
Happily, Madame Matisse was included in the Daily Mail's books to look out for in 2025! Thank you Eithne Farry
"It's an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour"
"It's an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour"
January 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happily, Madame Matisse was included in the Daily Mail's books to look out for in 2025! Thank you Eithne Farry
"It's an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour"
"It's an immersive tale of muses, betrayal, sex and bad behaviour"
Very happy to see Madame Matisse included in @historia-hwa.bsky.social's roundup of historical books to look out for in 2025, alongside some other beauties from writers I admire! Thank you @francesowen.bsky.social 🌸🌸🌸
www.historiamag.com/historical-b...
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January 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Very happy to see Madame Matisse included in @historia-hwa.bsky.social's roundup of historical books to look out for in 2025, alongside some other beauties from writers I admire! Thank you @francesowen.bsky.social 🌸🌸🌸
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www.historiamag.com/historical-b...
Bloggers! Lovers of historical fiction! Fans of Matisse!
Madame Matisse is available to request on Netgalley... it will be published 6 March, 2025
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Madame Matisse is available to request on Netgalley... it will be published 6 March, 2025
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Madame Matisse
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December 18, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Bloggers! Lovers of historical fiction! Fans of Matisse!
Madame Matisse is available to request on Netgalley... it will be published 6 March, 2025
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Madame Matisse is available to request on Netgalley... it will be published 6 March, 2025
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
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⏰ A reminder that the online launch of Red House Alley with translator Stephanie Ortega and novelist @sophiehaydock.bsky.social is happening NEXT WEDNESDAY at 7PM GMT!
Get your FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And order your copy here: www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Get your FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And order your copy here: www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Red House Alley by Else Jerusalem | boiler-house-press
Translated by Stephanie G. OrtegaIntroduction by Sophie Haydock -- Red House Alley is the first complete English translation of Else Jerusalem's Der Heilige Skarabäus, her revolutionary novel about se...
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December 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
⏰ A reminder that the online launch of Red House Alley with translator Stephanie Ortega and novelist @sophiehaydock.bsky.social is happening NEXT WEDNESDAY at 7PM GMT!
Get your FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And order your copy here: www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Get your FREE tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And order your copy here: www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
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🚨 It's only TWO DAYS until the publication of Red House Alley! 🚨
Join us in celebrating at the online LAUNCH EVENT on December 11th ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And pre-order your copy here ➡️ www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
@neglectedbooks.com
Join us in celebrating at the online LAUNCH EVENT on December 11th ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And pre-order your copy here ➡️ www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
@neglectedbooks.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
🚨 It's only TWO DAYS until the publication of Red House Alley! 🚨
Join us in celebrating at the online LAUNCH EVENT on December 11th ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And pre-order your copy here ➡️ www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
@neglectedbooks.com
Join us in celebrating at the online LAUNCH EVENT on December 11th ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
And pre-order your copy here ➡️ www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
@neglectedbooks.com
This was the ultimate finale to the Folkestone Book Festival!
Thank you so much to @joburke.bsky.social for being an amazing host to Steven Moffat, and asking all the best questions. You rocked! 💯😘❤️
Thank you so much to @joburke.bsky.social for being an amazing host to Steven Moffat, and asking all the best questions. You rocked! 💯😘❤️
What an absolute pleasure to chinwag with delightful Steven Moffat as part of Folkestone's Book Festival on Sunday night.
Huge thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for asking me to host their headlining, sold out, event.
I love my job!
#drwho #sherlock
@doctorwho.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for asking me to host their headlining, sold out, event.
I love my job!
#drwho #sherlock
@doctorwho.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
This was the ultimate finale to the Folkestone Book Festival!
Thank you so much to @joburke.bsky.social for being an amazing host to Steven Moffat, and asking all the best questions. You rocked! 💯😘❤️
Thank you so much to @joburke.bsky.social for being an amazing host to Steven Moffat, and asking all the best questions. You rocked! 💯😘❤️
Join us in December for a discussion of Else Jerusalem's revolutionary novel, Red House Alley, which became a best-seller in 1909 for its depiction of sex workers in 19th century Vienna @neglectedbooks.com
(I was honoured to write the introduction!)
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(I was honoured to write the introduction!)
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A Celebration of Else Jerusalem's Red House Alley | Boiler House Press
Join us for a celebration of the publication of Else Jerusalem's Red House Alley | Recovered Books at Boiler House Press
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November 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Join us in December for a discussion of Else Jerusalem's revolutionary novel, Red House Alley, which became a best-seller in 1909 for its depiction of sex workers in 19th century Vienna @neglectedbooks.com
(I was honoured to write the introduction!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
(I was honoured to write the introduction!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
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Photos from my presentation at the Folkestone Book Festival 2024 talking about my book 'Cocoa the Cat'. Had some great conversations afterwards that have given me food for thought. A big thank you to Curator @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for the wonderful opportunity. #folkestone #books #bookfestival
November 23, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Photos from my presentation at the Folkestone Book Festival 2024 talking about my book 'Cocoa the Cat'. Had some great conversations afterwards that have given me food for thought. A big thank you to Curator @sophiehaydock.bsky.social for the wonderful opportunity. #folkestone #books #bookfestival