my favourite books of 2023 — a mixture of high-concept, sweeping epics, a modern love story for the ages, and the most enjoyable crime novel i’ve read in a long time
seems i reallllllly enjoyed reading about the mundanity of life in extremis which feels like it tracks?¿
lots of goofy smiles this friday as i’m super excited to say the folks at
@HodderBooks
have promoted me to a press officer — many pints of guinness for me pls🤠☄️
Well, I'm absolutely OVER THE MOON to announce that the rumours are true - I will be returning to books next month!☄️
I've been offered a down-right delightful position with the publicity team at
@HodderBooks
(!!!) and I cannot wait to get started!🥳
really jazzed to have opened
@HachettePride
’s doors last night and hosted the first cross-industry Pride social — a chance to celebrate the immense contribution of queer people in the publishing industry🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
i’ve agonised over synonyms for ‘some news,’ so should just say it — after two years at
@hodderbooks
, today is my last day! it’s been real fun; great books and even greater people
delighted to be stepping up and starting as Publicity Manager on
@headlinepg
’s list next week🤠
🚨oh, also, some news 🚨
very proud (har har) to be heading up the Hachette Pride Network for the next two years so just really cannot wait to make Carmelite House even gayer xxx
a hoot of a lunchtime hosting Naoise Dolan in conversation with editor,
@letticefranklin
about her brilliant, zingy new novel, The Happy Couple⛪️
the first
@HachettePride
event of 2023 and it was a stone cold banger ft wedding cake
honestly, the
#PotteryThrowdown
has been the highlight of my lockdown weekends - i’m not really sure what will replace the sheer feel-good escapism of it, also
@siobhni
is pure joy
introducing the Dallergut Dream Department Store - a shop that exists on the edge of consciousness; each floor selling different kinds of dreams, mysteries and nightmares
#1
bestselling novel in Korea and BOOK OF MY DREAMS
publishing Nov 2023, via
@wildfirebks
😴💭
completely floored by Young Mungo – a quietly beautiful novel of first love, shame and shifting perceptions. the sense of place and character is staggering and will stay with me for a long time
thank you
@picadorbooks
and
@CamillaElworthy
for the early copy –out in April🕊
sexy, existential translated fiction post today😴
finished copies of
#1
, million-copy-bestseller, Dallergut Dream Department Store are *in* and looking quite gorgeous
reviewers, journos, booksellers, pls shout if you’re looking to avoid responsibility and read about dreams👋🏻
the list nobody asked for but everybody wants — my 5 fav books of the year! an eclectic mix of memoir and escapist fiction; all of them seem to be united by one common thread: dark and complex stories laced with notes of hope which i guess kinda sums up my 2022
i couldn’t slim it down to the usual five, so here are my top reads of 2021 – a year of exemplary, wistful fiction that helped in these strange times, and revelatory non-fiction that explained the past and let me hope for a better future
huge day at Headline — proofs of
@thebobpalmer
’s tender, polyphonic second novel, Small Hours are in the building (!!!) it’s a wild and beautiful story about our relationships with the ones we love, the natural world and identity
publishing March 2024🦊
somehow i managed to blag a proof of
@matthaig1
’s ‘notes on a nervous planet’ through work and i’ve just finished it on a particularly anxious train journey and it is a bloody masterpiece. i’ve never felt more at peace with anxiety and i am going to make every1 ever buy a copy
a hoot of a lunchtime hosting Naoise Dolan in conversation with editor,
@letticefranklin
about her brilliant, zingy new novel, The Happy Couple⛪️
the first
@HachettePride
event of 2023 and it was a stone cold banger ft wedding cake
it’s publication day for maame by
@JessGeorge_
— we bought it in my first week at hodder (18 months ago?!) and i’m endlessly proud to have worked on it with PR maestro,
@BeccaCMundy
— it’s a book about caring, the messiness of grief, and coming into your own
not to be dramatic but i sat in front of florence welch at the southbank centre on sunday and now there’s new music coming tomorrow?? am i her muse??? i think i might be her muse
proofs of
@mattcoyney
’s timeless debut, Frank & Red are in the office and warming up a freezing cold Monday
if you’re a fan of laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh novels about unlikely friendships, make yourself known🙋🏻♀️
publishing feb 2024 via
@Wildfirebks
DELIGHTED to announce my first acquisition - MY STORY by Liz Truss Lettuce.
An electrifying and whip-smart look at how a lone leaf vegetable captured the heart of the nation and beat the prime minister out of office.
'Timely' - Theresa May.
#MAAME
is a compelling and tender novel about what it means to care, grieve and grow as a young person — its quiet confidence sings from page one, and the novel is a ray of light☀️
quite poetic how the sun came out as we made these boxes. quite gross how much it made me sweat xx
Get ready to meet Maddie.
#Maame
by
@JessGeorge_
is THE book everyone will be reading in 2023. We're so excited that from today a few lucky people will be receiving these beautiful, exclusive early proofs😍 Find out more about the incredible Maame here >
spent a rainy valentines day spreading the love for
@sarramanning
’s latest – London, With Love – dropping proofs and roses off across london bookshops🥀📚
twitter pls help me, i am in the doghouse - hello
@taylorswift13
i am missing my boyfriend’s 22nd birthday for your concert next friday, pls put 22 on the set list so i can facetime him when it’s on and make it all better, ty love you xxxx
astonished by this novel and its brilliance – unsure if i’ve read a book so few in pages, but so huge in scope. beautifully written with threads that tie together perfectly – shall be thinking about it for a long time.
thanks for sending
@picadorbooks
– out in april🌗
We are launching a survey for industry staffers aged 25 years old and younger!
Our quick online questionnaire aims to explore the concerns facing young people working in the book trade, as well as their visions for its future.
Take part here:
covid 2.0 has been so unchic, but have at least had the company of
@Chomsky1
’s brilliant debut, Ghost Girl, Banana — ambitious and sprawling, it’s a book about family, belonging and memory
out May 2023 from
@HodderBooks
🧧
cannot believe the undoing of boris johnson isn’t the unnecessary deaths of countless 1000s in the pandemic, breaking ministerial code or general buffoonery… but a tory being a nonce
regret to inform everyone that i did in fact survive primavera and two (2) weeks in barcelona despite healing a broken leg, getting mugged and experiencing clinical dehydration
had a glorious evening last night celebrating
@bertsbooks
’ first birthday as a bricks and mortar shop — complete with a sold-out panel between Bryan Moriarty and
@julie_cohen
discussing their latest books🎂🏳️🌈
SURELY one of the year’s literary standouts — struggling to think of a time i’ve been more emotionally affected by a book than Bellies by Nicola Dinan
a sexy, tender look at queer love in all of its messy, sparkling forms — thanks for sending
@mowen_b
🍑
luvvvvvved the new
@csittenfeld
novel, Romantic Comedy — strong concept, smart dialogue and real, believable characters. strong recc for all summer holidays this year. out April 2023🎥
thanks for sending
@izzieghaffari
!
nobody asked, but here are my top 5 reads of the year - they either made me feel better about the shocker of a world we live in (thx Human Kind) or took me so far away from it that I momentarily forgot that everything is on fire
immaculate. no notes. perfect summer read.
didn’t want The Rachel Incident to end — i’ve never read (or realised i needed to) a book about being young and messy in the midst of the 2009 financial crash but my god does it work perfectly
bravo
@ViragoBooks
,
@sarahsavitt
We have something VERY exciting (and yellow) starting to land tomorrow for a lucky few people 👀 Any ideas what it might be?
Keep your eyes peeled for the biggest debut of 2023…
OVERJOYED to see
@AnnabelMonaghan
’s escapist and joyful new novel, Same Time Next Summer as Heat magazine’s book of the week (on publication day, no less!!)
publishing girlies rise, this is your summer read☀️📚
a beautiful day wandering about edinburgh dropping off finished copies of the iconic Tiepolo Blue with
@JamesCahill
(aka the blue head book) — grateful for brilliant booksellers supporting brilliant books💙
accidentally left my phone at home this morning and had arguably the most productive day of my career, but also realised that i cannot live without sending unhinged commentary texts about any and all minor inconveniences
not sure i’ve ever looked happier than when i walked into last night’s
@swiftogeddon
for 5 hours of deep cuts - and ten minutes of sobbing in the club to all too well (10 minutes version)
this is an open invitation to the insecure white, bald heterosexual that just visibly took the piss out of me and my boyfriend - would you like to come to pride and dance to
@arianagrande
with me? 💁🏻♀️ xxx
LOVELY to come into the office and see this
@thetimes
interview with Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow about her road to Booker-longlisting success and more!
thanks to
@iamliamkelly
for a thoughtful piece, and helping to spread word about All The Little Bird-Hearts🦅
Spent a lazy, caffeinated morning finishing up
#expectationbook
and can’t rave about it enough, it’s exceptional - really beautiful writing about life and friendship, filled with deep and fully realised characters
go 👏🏻 read 👏🏻 it 👏🏻
cannot wait to see proofs of
@NatalieLewisPR
's riotous debut - Don't Believe The Hype - start to land over the next few weeks💥
it's a super fun debut set in the world of fashion PR; think The Devil Wears Prada meets Call My Agent, Ab Fab meets The Bold Type
in awe of
@CecilekvPin
’s debut, Wandering Souls — charting the journey of three siblings fleeing Vietnam and making a life in Thatcher’s Britain — an experimental novel about hidden histories, family in extremis and inherited trauma
out in March from
@4thEstateBooks
hi gay! making a
#midnights
support group, because how dare taylor swift come out here batting with the lyrics ‘it’s me, hi, I’m the problem it’s me’ to a melodrama baseline aND EXPECT ME TO BE OK
astonished by Daniel Mason’s new novel, North Woods; the freshest, most exciting thing i’ve read in ages — it tells the story of a cabin in the woods over 400 years through its inhabitants. completely unique, incredibly fun and quietly revolutionary
out 14/09 from
@johnmurrays
hello
@TfL
i’ve just been just been verbally abused for my sexuality on the 35 to Shoreditch (I got on at Loughborough Junction) — can you please point me in the right direction of reporting this as a hate crime? thanks
Spent my Sunday morning polishing off
#TheDevilAndTheDarkWater
by
@stu_turton
, and loved it a lot. Super fun, whacky mystery set at sea - perfect for drowning out the mess of 2020🌊⚓️
read
@robdelaney
’s devastating account of the loss of his son, Henry, last night — beautiful, painful, haunting, but most importantly, full of so much love. a very special book that’ll stay with me forever and help countless numbers of people.
out on thurs from
@CoronetBooks
had THEE most stunning evening at
@WaterstonesPicc
for
@HachettePride
’s annual Pride in Writing event examining New Masculinities and Chosen Family🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
entirely blown away by
#TOMORROWX3
; an incredibly special book. the characters, plot and language have so much depth and complexity without ever giving into cliche. it made my 8-bit, nerdy heart sing and i want to read it all over again
thanks
@AnnaLRedman
for an early copy👾
Tonight has been one of those nights where I just can’t believe I get to do my job. I got to put on the best event with Sally Rooney and
@libertylobsters
in celebration of Normal People, a book I’ve not shut up about for mOnTHs and it’s been so GREAT ugh books you have my heart
the happiest of publication days to bryan moriarty’s charming debut, sounds like fun — queer book of my dreams!!!! endlessly proud to have championed this story out into the world🎈
((also pls marvel at the lino cut bryan made of the book cover))
insightful and captivating morning at the national gallery with
@JamesCahill
talking booksellers and media through the paintings and ideas behind his debut novel, Tiepolo Blue — hype is a goooooo