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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 months

Some news! This is baby Tess and she's doing very well so far

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@BooksJoel

3 years

Say hello to Maya!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

I will not bore you all with all seven thousand wedding pictures, but please enjoy this one of us looking like the smug evil couple from an American TV drama.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

It still hasn't really sunk in, but feel it's maybe helpful to let people know that as of this week I am officially on parental leave! Very strange to not be obsessively battling email/submissions, but luckily I have a marauding jetlagged baby to keep me busy...

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6 months

@SarahHarwood_ Maya put my keys in the washing machine of her play kitchen, and then produced them a week later just after the replacements had been cut!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

I try hard, but @ktaussig takes the best baby photos ❤️

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Team tiger

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

Errrr, is it me, or is this the best-looking proof you've seen in years?! Authors, if you want an unputdownable tale of obsession, guilt and glamour in the acting world, please let me know!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

As a reader and as a publisher I'm delighted bookshops are re-opening today, but sending love (and wishes for responsible shoppers!) to all the booksellers who'll be staffing them, which must feel a little scary

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Potted cat.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

I am down to my final five proofs of this brilliant twisty thriller, which has one of the best first chapters ever, and is beloved by @cjtudor @SarahPinborough @JillMansell @JaneCorryAuthor and more! RT for a chance of winning one! (UK only, sadly!)

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

20 days

Errr, did someone say most exciting crime debut of 2025? (It is SO SO SO good!)

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

Look what's arrived! Spooky season is here and we have proofs of the CHILLING new thriller from the brilliant @writer_north . Can't wait to send some of these out into the world!

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3 years

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

So some GREAT travel news. Maya does NOT need a covid test. She does require an Esta to prove she's yet to commit acts of genocide...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

7 months

Did someone say "the book of the fair"?? I read The Exes in one sitting - it had me hooked by Chapter One, and the twists will blow your mind. Could not be more thrilled to be working with the brilliant @Leodora_ - this is going to be massive!

Leodora Darlington

@Leodora_

7 months

So, I wrote a book! Totally chuffed to be working with the brill @BooksJoel and @MichaelJBooks in the UK.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

They say you spend 25 years of your life sleeping, 11 years of it in the office, and the rest walking 0.3 miles with a toddler

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

How it started how it's going

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Imagine if instead of talking so much about Harry and Meghan, the world's media instead devoted that time to something worthwhile, like reviewing specifically my books. We'd all be so much happier!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Update - petrol purchased, and Maya is en route to her ancestral home* for the first time! *Aka my parents' house

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

7 months

Ahem, is it me, or are the proofs for @KLSlaterAuthor 's MESSAGE DELETED the coolest thing you've ever seen? I can promise, the book inside is even better!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

These proofs just landed on my desk - I am INCREDIBLY excited for this book, coming next Spring, and already attracting love from @cjtudor @HarlanCoben @JaneCorryAuthor and more. Safe to say you won't have read a thriller like this one before...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 months

Look at this gorgeous new arrival! Message Deleted is the hookiest, twistiest, paciest thriller you'll read all year - so excited about this one!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Some news!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Whoop! Couldn't be more delighted to have both of these outstanding thrillers in the Richard and Judy book club! Congratulations @thegyth and @writer_north

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

I don't want to intimidate anyone with how on-trend I am, but I have made some banana bread.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Are they *sure* the most depressing day of the year isn't today?

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

9 months

Pride dictates I can't possibly admit how much grovelling I had to do to get this - so excited!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Not sure how to express this neatly, but (while VERY happy it's been a great year for book sales and publishing), it feels as though all the celebrations are missing the many authors (and editors!!) who had a far tougher time, with books coming out to closed shops and small sales

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

Incredibly proud to see this brilliant debut rocket up to no.15 in the hardback bestseller list! Congratulations @thegyth #SheLiesInWait

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

This is maybe a very basic thought, but the individual scientists who have successfully created these vaccines so quickly under extreme pressure are very brilliant, and I don't think they are getting enough credit.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

lol Houghton and Stodder

Lewis Goodall

@lewis_goodall

3 years

We understand that at no point in the PM's premiership has any work on the book been submitted. The publisher Houghton & Stodder also confirmed this to us today. This does not mean of course, that no work was conducted.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

It would appear Wednesday-Joel was confident that some work would be done over the bank holiday; Thursday-Joel forgot this immediately, and now Monday-Joel is, as ever, carrying the can...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Attention published authors! #EightDetectives is brilliant, and I have a tiny handful of proofs left. In the potential-office-closey circumstances I would love to send them out ASAP. If you'd like one, please like this and DM me and I'll put you into the hat!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 months

I am SO excited about this! Crime fans know @mredwards has been one of the best writers in the genre for years now, as well as one of the best people - very honoured to bring him to @MichaelJBooks ! (And the book is great too! 🐝🐝🐝)

Mark Edwards

@mredwards

5 months

Here's my big book news! I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed a deal with Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks . The first book, The Wasp Trap, is coming summer 2025 and it's available to pre-order now #TheWaspTrap

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Twas here, in a glamorous Wild West-themed hotel suite in Pocatello, Idaho, that I heard the news that #TheWhisperMan IS A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! Congratulations @writer_north , you superstar!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Put on my England shirt this morning, only for Maya to immediately projectile vomit all over it. Secret Scottish tendencies?

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

8 months

Authors! I have a very small handful of proofs for this incredible debut, from our PMJ Prize winner @ByClaireWilson . Part-thriller, part doomed-love-story, all set in an intensely claustrophobic prison, it is SO good! DM me if you're keen...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

An auspicious image for the day @ktaussig goes back to work, leaving me in sole control of the baby...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 months

In order to get an ESTA (visa waiver to the US) for our three-year-old, I had to promise the US government that I had read the seven page form out loud to her in full.

michael 🙆🏻‍♂️ goldsmith

@mgoldsm

4 months

filling out a passport application form for my four month old

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

I am SO thrilled to be publishing this one. @amymcculloch is just ridiculously impressive at everything, and that includes writing unbelievably gripping thrillers.

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

4 years

Magnificent news from @MichaelJBooks has acquired a "unique" and "chilling" debut thriller, Breathless, from mountaineer and former @PuffinBooks editor @amymcculloch in a two-book deal, following a six-way auction! More here: (£)

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

8 months

Not to brag but The Fury is a no.2 Sunday Times bestseller! Happy days!!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 months

Humbling to be scrolling on your phone and have your 3yo announce "that's you daddy!"

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 months

Maya (almost 3), very loudly on the tube: "That man looks scary!" "That lady has no clothes!" (She did) And, to a woman in what I imagine she thought was a fashionable, fluorescent-lined jacket: "That lady is in a builder costume!"

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

9 months

Could not be more proud to be publishing #TheActor ! It's so original, emotionally devastating, and absolutely fascinating on method acting/obsession/Hollywood. @ChrisMacDwriter is an absolute star and I strongly suggest you buy it now!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Maya wants you to know it is publication day for the brilliant #ForYourOwnGood ! I love this book so much

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

20 seconds into our trial wfh day - so far so good 👌

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 months

Sending out more copies of @JoshWinning 's Heads Will Roll and I cannot get over how cool it looks! Out next week! 🪓🪓🪓

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

7 years

Today marks my first anniversary as a Penguin!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Editing at home made slightly trickier by my enthusiastic but inconveniently situated editorial assistant.......

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Happiest of publication days to @pavesi_alex for the sublimely original and devilishly clever #EightDetectives ! Could not be prouder to have published this one 🕵️‍♂️✒🥃🔪🤯

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 months

I'm always terrible at remembering to take photos, but it was such a joy to celebrate #FiveByFive with the brilliant @ByClaireWilson today - this one is so good, and it's almost out in the world!!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

Amazing to be at the @CapitalCrime1 launch at the wonderful @GoldsboroBooks - so excited for a great London festival!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Moxie has called me into her office and she is not impressed

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

👌

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Raced out to buy the Sunday Times this morning - check out what's brand new on the bestseller list! #MyLovelyWife

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

@hatteatime I'm never sure about ghost-written memoirs. I'd rather get it straight from the horse's mouth.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

🚨🚨Hot proof alert!!!🚨🚨 The new book from mega-bestselling @smariedowning is here, and it is sensational! I have a tiny handful for authors only - if you are interested slide into my DMs!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

We scrub up alright, if I say so myself

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

There are worse ways to read a submission on a sunny evening

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

Waiting at @ktaussig 's citizenship ceremony(!!!) and the quite loud PA is playing Common People... Welcome to Britishness!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Every christmas @ktaussig and I do a book swap where we each read a book the other loves. This year I have this behemoth to look forward to - wish me luck!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

8 months

This book is the twistiest, most fun thriller I have read in forever! It's such a clever concept that totally grabbed me, and it's SO satisfying by the end. I love it!

Penguin Michael Joseph

@MichaelJBooks

8 months

THE MESSAGE HAS DISAPPEARED. SO HAS YOUR BEST FRIEND… Get ready for the most unputdownable thriller of 2024, from no.1 bestselling author K. L. Slater. Available to pre-order now: @KLSlaterAuthor

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Learning all about good editorial notes from Gossip Girl.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Frustrating that the reward for not panic buying petrol is not being able to get petrol

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Griffin, devilishly eating the very shoe that I would need to put on in order to stop him

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Turns out when you have to wash a mucky puppy, he turns into a bedraggled meerkat

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

So thrilled for the brilliant @pavesi_alex - and massive thanks to everyone who has read, tweeted, recommended and most of all BOUGHT this brilliant book. And if you haven't yet, then what are you waiting for??

Penguin Michael Joseph

@MichaelJBooks

4 years

A great mystery can be murder to solve🔍 We are delighted to see @pavesi_alex 's 'genuinely original' debut #EightDetectives at No.12 on the bestseller list!🍾 A HUGE thank you to all the wonderful booksellers & amazing bloggers who have helped us spread the word!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

For various reasons we are currently bedless and sleeping on a mattress on the floor, but we do still have a bedside table, and the consequence is being stared down at by this apex predator.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

I like this! But is it a very small mermaid or a very big book........?

Penguin Michael Joseph

@MichaelJBooks

4 years

To mark our 85th anniversary, we're delighted to reveal our new logo! 🧜‍♀️📖 Inspired by our original mermaid motif from 1935, we've given it a fresh new design appearing on our hardback spines from October! What do you think of our new look? #PenguinMichaelJoseph

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

There are more than 6 million books on the Kindle store, and right now, #MyLovelyWife is no.1!!!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

I am SO thrilled that the brilliant @ByClaireWilson has won our first ever PMJ Prize! Five by Five feels totally unique and extremely gripping, and I can't recommend it enough. And delighted to have a book with @DavidHHeadley too!

Claire Wilson

@ByClaireWilson

1 year

From confidence building @MoniackMhor to pitching @BloodyScotland my dreams finally coming true Thank you @davidheadley @booksjoel @shotsblog @amymcculloch #beacarvalho @syimaaslam @michaeljbooks for choosing me as your winner. I won’t let you down! #fivebyfive #writingcommunity

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

7 months

Is this poster in our work lift a) a placeholder, or b) a teaser for Penguin Random House's first ever balloon/pool party?

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@BooksJoel

4 years

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

Happy publication day to @pavesi_alex - is this in the top 8 most beautiful books you've ever seen??? #EightDetectives

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

I'm not saying having an almost-one-year-old is dysfunctionally exhausting, but that is the third time in a month that I have literally got on a tube going in precisely the wrong direction...

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Absolutely chuffed to bits to have FIVE MJ authors on these longlists - huge congratulations @TimWeaverBooks @writer_north (x2!), @smariedowning @GarethRubin and Jorn Lier Horst. AND @MichaelJBooks are on the Publisher Longlist too! 🍾🍾🍾

The Crime Writers’ Association

@The_CWA

4 years

Normally we announce the 🗡 #CWADaggers longlists 🗡 at CrimeFest, but of course this year that’s not possible. So instead we’ve made a video presentation of the 2020 lists. Share it far and wide! 👇

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Look what's hanging out in the Amazon Top 100!! Only out 3 days and a bestseller already - congratulations @pavesi_alex 🍾🍾🍾 #EightDetectives

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

If you are an aspiring writer who is currently procrastinating on Twitter (I've heard rumours such people exist), you should check this out. I've heard good things about this editor... (She's my wife xxxxxxxx)

writing.ie

@writing_ie

4 years

Join @simontrewin & @inkwellHQ this Friday for The Writing Game: Big Idea to Bestseller & meet Kathryn Taussig Publishing Director at Bookouture who has published everything from romance to psychological thrillers! 12 BST, over at the @writing_ie FB page!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

Look what's a NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 🎇🎇🎇🍾🍾🍾📚📚📚 #SheLiesInWait @thegyth

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

That feeling when the sad man in the pub wont stop talking to you

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

Worried about staying cool on a hot day? Have you tried Soupinthehair (TM)?

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Wishing the happiest of publication days to @writer_north for #TheShadowFriend . If you loved The Whisper Man, you will love this!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

I have always wanted to do one of these: happy publication day to @smariedowning for #HeStartedIt ! If you were one of the zillions of people who devoured My Lovely Wife, you do not want to miss this!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

🚨🚨🚨One week to go!!!🚨🚨🚨 ...which must make this the perfect moment to preorder your copy! #EightDetectives

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

9 years

A year ago today @twenty7books didnt even have an employee, today we have a Top 20 bestseller! Huge congratulations @djy_writer #StasiChild

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

This is SUCH a brilliant book. Not just a gripping mystery but also an incredible love story. Honestly, I think basically anyone would love this. Welcome to @MichaelJBooks @katie_gutz !

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

4 years

. @MichaelJBooks has signed a "gripping mystery" novel from @katie_gutz , with More Than You'll Ever Know, which was pre-empted within 24 hours of the publishers finishing the manuscript! Find out more here: (£)

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

Such a fun and sweet part of parenting when your toddler picks up new phrases and vocab! For example today Maya enthusiastically learned to say "Kill daddy!"

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

Maya and I feel the spirit of cricket was violated

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

She wisely stays off Twitter, but between this, the women's prize longlist and @GoldsboroBooks Book of the Month, my lovely colleague Jill Taylor is SMASHING it this spring!

Penguin Michael Joseph

@MichaelJBooks

4 years

We’re so excited that Another Life by @jodiechapman is one of the six new titles selected for the second series of #BetweenTheCovers – returning to @BBCTwo soon! @sarajcox #AnotherLife

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

5 years

After another amazing Harrogate, honoured to be temporary custody of @smariedowning 's @DeadGoodBooks Reader Award! Thanks to everyone who voted - if you've not done so already, you should read #MyLovelyWife immediately!

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 months

So excited to have a proof of the new Liane Moriarty! She is one of my all-time must read authors going back to The Husband's Secret - feeling very lucky to get this early... #HereOneMoment

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

1 year

I hope whoever did the Yellowface cover got a nice raise

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

8 years

So this is happening! Sad to leave my fab colleagues + authors @BonnierZaffre , but very excited to get to work at @MichaelJBooks next week!

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

8 years

. @MichaelJBooks appoints Joel Richardson as crime and thriller publisher:

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

6 years

I *love* this cover, and it's not even half as good as the book itself. If you've been waiting for a book that's gripping, chilling and heartbreaking, this is the one for you!

Dead Good

@DeadGoodBooks

6 years

We're delighted to reveal the cover of #TheWhisperMan , the brilliantly creepy new thriller by Alex North! With film rights already optioned, this book is guaranteed to have everyone talking when it hits shelves next year. Pre-order your copy now:

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

2 years

Big week for security breaches in publishing, but in better news, I think I've identified the hacker.

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

Bought this because I thought it was the best-published book of lockdown, and have absolutely loved it, especially the Les Mis references. Bravo @HarperVoyagerUK @kester_grant

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

3 years

It's been ages since I had exciting book post - this is the swankiest proof ever! Perforated edges! I have heard amazing things and cannot wait to read #HostageBook

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Joel Richardson

@BooksJoel

4 years

What better way to end the #EightDetectives publication day than a glass of wine and a murder mystery! 🍾🕵️‍♂️🍷

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