I had to say yes.. they’re a bunch of brilliant, refreshing and discerning readers and podcasters from the island of Ireland.. and just look at the perfect use of the apostrophe. Lots of people wouldn’t bother for neat design purposes.
Grammatical kudos to the team at Bookies’ Favourite podcast 💚
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Aaron and the gang at Bookies’ Fav podcast invited me on their latest episode - discussing The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker. I tell them why I loved this novel and if I think you should put your ££ on it to win at the Bookies…
Photo shows a book which is the collection of the five shortlisted stories for the 2025 BBC short story award
Tonight! It's the annual BBC National Short Story Award ceremony and how great that 2025 is the 20th year anniversary of this prestigious and important prize which celebrates the power of short form prose. Live on Front Row, BBC Radio 4 1915
Five real contenders for the Booker Shortlist - Love Forms, Universality, Seascraper, Audition, Endling. Announcement this Tuesday evening lads!
Photo of four novels being published in September
🍁 It’s here! The September Edition!
Terrific novels out this month, these four are only a small sample.. we are going to be fine this autumn with these lovely books
William Boyd – The Predicament
Olga Tokarczuk – House of Day, House of Night
Nathan Harris - Amity
Elizabeth Day – One of Us
Yes!
Photo of the novel Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
The latest Book at Bedtime from Pier Productions, on Radio 4, find it on BBC Sounds. An eerily prescient novel about the rise of fascism from 1934 that’s been a runaway success this year. Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, pub Persephone books. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
TOP FIVE new July books - real prize listers these
Arifa Akbar - Wolf Moon
Benjamin Wood – Seascraper
Jackie Thomas-Kennedy – The Other Wife
Esther Freud - My Sister and Other Lovers
Maria Reva – Endling
🙏 Bloomsbury, Sceptre and Penguin Viking for the copies. Appreciate it! #booksky
Off to order ! Thank you
Cadaqués ❤️💛
Photo shows cover of the novel Albion by Anna Hope
Now on BBC Sounds - for free - Anna Hope reads her latest novel ALBION, a riveting story of a toxic father, family dynamics, and the land. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#booksky #audiobook
Photo of novel Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami with a sun hat and towel on a beach
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami - a gentle, slow, sad read and genuinely life-affirming with great gags. Absolutely perfect for a summer holiday, but you will immediately want to book a flight to Japan 😎
Three books in a stack with yellow roses Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer Claire Adam – Love Forms Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
June is busting out all over! These three novels have to be on your radar this month – all out this Thursday 19 June
Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer
Claire Adam – Love Forms
Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
#booksky thanks to Sceptre, Faber and Phoenix Books for the copies
Two very good reads have just been awarded Women’s Prizes tonight - the twisty The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden and the life-affirming The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke. Congratulations ! 🎉 #booksky @womensprize.bsky.social
Novel called Good Girl by Aria Aber
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This novel is a revelation! Set in the underbelly of Berlin, I couldn’t be less interested in clubbing but there’s SO much more to it.. it is a stunning read. Full review on my IG
Photo shows cover of the novel The Artist by Lucy Steeds, in front of a painting of the village of Ceret by Raoul Dufy
Currently available on BBC Sounds for just one more week, for free, a lovely adaptation of The Artist by Lucy Steeds. Set in 1920s Provence it’s a perfect summer / read listen ☀️ #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A copy of the novel Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
This weekend I came to the late realisation that Elizabeth Strout is a genius. That is all #booksky
I’d agree with you.
A pile of six novels being released in May.
More May releases in my Tower of Literary Power! Terrific reads, all. 💙 #booksky #books
Four novels by Anne Tyler and one by Penelope Lively laid on a tiled floor with a bunch of peonies
In praise of the Local Free Library! Thanks to the anonymous donor.. thrilled with this book haul - I have read the Accidental Tourist, which Tyler shall I read next? #booksky
A pile of four new novels by Maggie Nelson, Edward St Aubyn, Sarah Moss and Anna Hope, published in the UK in May. Alongside is a small Lily of the Valley flower.
🌻Mayday! Just four of a big pile of books which are published this month: these are leading authors at the top of their game. Thanks to the publishers for the review copies. (Lily-of-the-valley is gifted in France on 1 May - to bring renewal and happiness. It smells divine.) #booksky #books
The cover of novel Old Filth by Jane Gardam
Author Jane Gardam has died, aged 96. A great age, but still sad. She was renowned for her sharp but delicate portraits of twentieth century English life, full of wit and wry understanding about class, vanity and frailty. If you don’t know her, start with Old Filth. #booksky #books
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... BEAUTIFUL adaptation of this important classic - now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social #booksky #books
Moomins.. Soothing 💚
A stack of six novels bring published in April 2025
🌼🌹Wowsers! Such great titles coming out this month! Happy April reading.. highly recommend each of these, and thanks to the publishers for the review copies.
Asparagus season in the village! #southoffrance #lesuddefrance
It was love at first sight.
The first time Mrs Dalloway saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
The @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction Shortlist has been announced!
Terrific, all-compassing list. Every one a corker!
- boys in A&E with saucepans stuck on their heads
Photo shows the cover of the novel The Paris Express in front of a station timetable
Out today, The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue, a propulsive read based on the infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station which went down in history thanks to a set of surreal photographs. Really good read 👏👏 #booksky