Susanna Crossman
@susannacrossman.bsky.social
Writing.
'The Orange Notebooks' in Electric Literature:
https://electricliterature.com/the-orange-notebooks-by-susanna-crossman/
'Home is Where we Start', Penguin
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue...
https://susanna-crossman.squarespace.com
'The Orange Notebooks' in Electric Literature:
https://electricliterature.com/the-orange-notebooks-by-susanna-crossman/
'Home is Where we Start', Penguin
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue...
https://susanna-crossman.squarespace.com
Samedi matin.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Samedi matin.
Am incredibly moved the brilliant and erudite @genesegrill.bsky.social wrote this about my novel ‘The Orange Notebooks’ (out with @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @pressassembly.bsky.social .)
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Am incredibly moved the brilliant and erudite @genesegrill.bsky.social wrote this about my novel ‘The Orange Notebooks’ (out with @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @pressassembly.bsky.social .)
Le départ de Lili. Jeudi matin. À l’aube.
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Le départ de Lili. Jeudi matin. À l’aube.
L’hôtel. Lundi soir.
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
L’hôtel. Lundi soir.
En attendant le train. Lundi matin.
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
En attendant le train. Lundi matin.
Ce matin. À l’aube.
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ce matin. À l’aube.
Writers, friends. For research for my new novel, I need to see the Marie-Antoinette exhibition at the V &A. sadly it is sold out for when I am in London except for members of V &A. I'll be in UK 19-21 Nov in case anyone can help. DM me. Mercciiiiii.
Please RT.
Please RT.
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Writers, friends. For research for my new novel, I need to see the Marie-Antoinette exhibition at the V &A. sadly it is sold out for when I am in London except for members of V &A. I'll be in UK 19-21 Nov in case anyone can help. DM me. Mercciiiiii.
Please RT.
Please RT.
Dans le jardin. Hier.
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dans le jardin. Hier.
Le chemin des dames. Dimanche.
October 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Le chemin des dames. Dimanche.
Pour tout l’amour des fleurs mortes partagé avec Marguerite Duras.
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pour tout l’amour des fleurs mortes partagé avec Marguerite Duras.
La vue de la chambre d’hôtel. Mardi matin.
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
La vue de la chambre d’hôtel. Mardi matin.
Dans une chambre d’hôtel. Lundi soir.
September 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Dans une chambre d’hôtel. Lundi soir.
En attendant le train. Lundi matin.
September 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
En attendant le train. Lundi matin.
Les dernières tomates. Dimanche midi.
September 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Les dernières tomates. Dimanche midi.
RIP Tony Harrison.
Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain.
Highly relevant today.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...
Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain.
Highly relevant today.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...
September 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
RIP Tony Harrison.
Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain.
Highly relevant today.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...
Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain.
Highly relevant today.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...
La mise-en-scène d’un nouveau livre.
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
La mise-en-scène d’un nouveau livre.
In other news I am very happy to be writing in the library, because of learning, democracy, nerdness -all that- am working on a new novel & a non-fic & submissions, pitches, interviews & all the rest, but I was writing until midnight & I am now so tired that I don't want to get out of my chair.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In other news I am very happy to be writing in the library, because of learning, democracy, nerdness -all that- am working on a new novel & a non-fic & submissions, pitches, interviews & all the rest, but I was writing until midnight & I am now so tired that I don't want to get out of my chair.
Marseille. Jeudi soir.
September 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Marseille. Jeudi soir.
Ce soir. Marseille.
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ce soir. Marseille.
Gorgeous comment by a reader of Home Is Where We Start my memoir of my childhood in a utopian commune. The paperback is out with Penguin now in all the best bookshops:
www.waterstones.com/book/home-is...
www.waterstones.com/book/home-is...
September 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Gorgeous comment by a reader of Home Is Where We Start my memoir of my childhood in a utopian commune. The paperback is out with Penguin now in all the best bookshops:
www.waterstones.com/book/home-is...
www.waterstones.com/book/home-is...
L'écrit ça arrive comme le vent, c'est nu, c'est de l'encre, c'est l'écrit, et ça passe comme rien d'autre ne passe dans la vie, rien de plus, sauf elle, la vie.
Marguerite Duras, Écrire, éd. Gallimard
Marguerite Duras, Écrire, éd. Gallimard
September 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
L'écrit ça arrive comme le vent, c'est nu, c'est de l'encre, c'est l'écrit, et ça passe comme rien d'autre ne passe dans la vie, rien de plus, sauf elle, la vie.
Marguerite Duras, Écrire, éd. Gallimard
Marguerite Duras, Écrire, éd. Gallimard
"It's such a closely-woven text, it makes me want to read it all over again- & it contains so many hints how to cope with grief a little better."
The excellent @tapetenvogel.bsky.social on my novel The Orange Notebooks. Out in NA with @pressassembly.bsky.social & UK @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social ! 🙏🧡
The excellent @tapetenvogel.bsky.social on my novel The Orange Notebooks. Out in NA with @pressassembly.bsky.social & UK @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social ! 🙏🧡
September 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"It's such a closely-woven text, it makes me want to read it all over again- & it contains so many hints how to cope with grief a little better."
The excellent @tapetenvogel.bsky.social on my novel The Orange Notebooks. Out in NA with @pressassembly.bsky.social & UK @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social ! 🙏🧡
The excellent @tapetenvogel.bsky.social on my novel The Orange Notebooks. Out in NA with @pressassembly.bsky.social & UK @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social ! 🙏🧡
"An orphic journey like no other..
a gutsy & gut-wrenching novel about a mother’s attempts to cope with the death of her five-year-old son, The Orange Notebooks is laced with heartbreak and humour—just like real life."
The Orange Notebooks out now in North America @pressassembly.bsky.social !
🧡
a gutsy & gut-wrenching novel about a mother’s attempts to cope with the death of her five-year-old son, The Orange Notebooks is laced with heartbreak and humour—just like real life."
The Orange Notebooks out now in North America @pressassembly.bsky.social !
🧡
September 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"An orphic journey like no other..
a gutsy & gut-wrenching novel about a mother’s attempts to cope with the death of her five-year-old son, The Orange Notebooks is laced with heartbreak and humour—just like real life."
The Orange Notebooks out now in North America @pressassembly.bsky.social !
🧡
a gutsy & gut-wrenching novel about a mother’s attempts to cope with the death of her five-year-old son, The Orange Notebooks is laced with heartbreak and humour—just like real life."
The Orange Notebooks out now in North America @pressassembly.bsky.social !
🧡
"A photograph is static because it has stopped time. A drawing is static because it encompasses time.”
John Berger, Drawn To That Moment
John Berger, Drawn To That Moment
September 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"A photograph is static because it has stopped time. A drawing is static because it encompasses time.”
John Berger, Drawn To That Moment
John Berger, Drawn To That Moment