One week of publication for Unapologetic Love Story!

Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Paris!!

Cambridge and Birmingham next week!

“It's hard to believe that she has only been in the industry for 6 years”

Super @bookbrunch.bsky.social interview with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
on her journey from children’s books to adult. Elle is one of our top #littkerebelsaward shortlistees!

#KidLitUK

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

“It's hard to believe that she has only been in the industry for 6 years”

Enjoyed this @bookbrunch.bsky.social interview with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
on her journey from children’s books to adult-and her ref to A Kind of Spark as The Autism Book😆➡️

#KidLitUK

www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Unapologetic Love Story is launched!

My first adult novel, Unapologetic Love Story, will be published tomorrow and launched at Waterstones Piccadilly. The Scottish launch was extraordinary. I'm so grateful to all who joined us.

I'm very nervous for what tomorrow may bring but last night was special. And I'll never forget it.

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Officially oot and aboot.

Signed copies out early in Waterstones Edinburgh West End and The Edinburgh Bookshop in Bruntsfield!

Next stop: Toppings!

tour

preorders

ULS cover at the BBC

Another press day for Unapologetic Love Story! Today it's back at Broadcasting House to talk to Access All!!

It feels fitting to be here as this is where Tom Branimir, the MMC, spends a lot of his time.

Unlike him, I'm always on my very best behaviour at the BBC 😇

Unapologetic is out next week!!

Signed peeorders of Unapologetic Love Story with West End Lane Books

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Two weeks to go!

Signed & personalised preorders from West End Lane Books will ship globally!

I am. I don't think we should be apologetic over a condition so many wilfully try to misunderstand.

So I wrote a novel about that public dance we have to do.

But also about an autistic woman choosing herself. And the things she needs.

I hope I'm not alone when I go home.

"Can you have sex? Or is that too overstimulating"

"Do you feel heartbreak or would you say the lack of empathy makes ending a union much easier. You just close a door on it, so to speak."

"Do you want children? Is that something you think about?"

"You're quite unapologetic."

About being an autistic woman in the public eye. Answering questions from press, hoping that will be the end of it. Only to realise that answering their questions is like fighting the hydra. Each answered question spawns another head, & another othering question.

The things I've heard, good lord.

Childhood is a faraway memory. When I write about those years, there's a wall that keeps my current self out of it all. The wall keeps out cynicism and grownup pondering. It keeps things pure.

Unapologetic Love Story is a romance novel, yes, but it's also a novel about being an autistic woman.

As an autistic writer, you're always used to the fear. The fear that a bunch of allistic people will gather around your work and laugh and point and say, "Isn't it an odd creature". That was my autistic childhood, after all.

"Is the freak really trying to write a love story?"

Yeah. I am.

I know nobody sees these posts so it feels a bit like writing in a diary.

I've always had adults at my events. Not just parents, carers and teachers. But neurodivergent adults who feel seen by my work.

Presenting a book about autistic love is a lot. The inside of your heart in glorious hardback.

I'm going back to Portobello Bookshop (a brilliant indy bookshop in Edinburgh) to launch Unapologetic Love Story on the 31st of March.

As a Scottish author, I'm excited to bring my adult debut home.

I'm also very afraid. I've never done an event for an adult novel. This is all new and strange.

thanks, you guys! I got the news about KO a couple of hours before coming to your latest award show. being with so many great people made the blow a lot easier. thank you for all you've done and will continue to do! x

Raina Character art

Tom character art

22 days to go I feel sick!!

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

I hate to do this, but it's 1 month until UNAPOLOGETIC LOVE STORY is published and so I'm contractually obligated to share some of the nice things reviewers have been saying.

If you'd like to read yourself before anyone else, I'm doing special personalised pre-orders via West End Lane Books!!

Amazing!! Thank you, Paddy!

Threads post from an entity that calls itself @sabbbrwna: what do y'all use instead of ChatGPT?

My brain.

🫶

Elle McNicoll joins Pan Macmillan in eight-book deal

ICYMI: Bestselling author Elle McNicoll has joined Pan Macmillan in an eight-book deal 👇 #BookSky

Yep, should be. Also doing signed and personalised orders with West End Lane Books and Portobello Bookshop.

And yay! That's awesome! Hope they enjoy it, I'm always around if they have any questions xx

This is going on my MUST buy list! ⬇️ #BookSky

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Taking my anti-fascist love story on tour.

Events will include fun, laughter, slight naughtiness and defiant joy in the face of whatever each of us is going through.

I know no one sees this on here, and I have no idea how this app works, but links will be in the second part of the thread.

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