Insider's Choice: 'These are the best Scottish literary debuts of 2025' Books industry insider Vikki Reilly names her favourite Scottish debuts of 2025

Thank you @scotsman.com for naming The Show Woman one of the best Scottish literary debuts of 2025 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

For a limited time The Show Woman is just 99p on Kindle!

I really hope you enjoy! 🎪

THE SHOW WOMAN: Debut novelist Emma Cowing "My great-grandmother couldn’t read or write, so the fact that I’ve written a book inspired by their lives would probably astonish them."

🎉She's here! Happy THE SHOW WOMAN publication day to BNA listee @emmacowing.bsky.social.

The Show Woman is a dazzling slice of Edwardian-set fiction about four unconventional women who form an all-female circus act.

Read about Emma's path-to-publication here👇 bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-show-wom...

Thank you so much, Chris!

Thank you so much!

A copy of The Show Woman book held up in front of a circus big top

Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today

I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings

Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio

Thank you so much, @sarahbrooks.bsky.social ❤️🩷

The Show Woman is available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social - and if you leave a review you could be in with a chance to win a finished hardback copy!

What a bargain! This weekend (until midnight Monday) The Show Woman is available to preorder at Waterstones.com with an extra 25% off. Use the code 'PREORDER25' at checkout to get 25% off the RRP, on the Waterstones website or the Waterstones app www.waterstones.com/book/the-sho...

Thank you so much, @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social!

📮📮BOOK POST📮📮

I was thrilled to have been offered a proof copy of #TheShowWomen by @emmacowing.bsky.social thank you so much Emily @hodderbooks.bsky.social

I’ve had my eye on this and just check out the personalised bookmark.

Published 1st May

Such lovely words about The Show Woman from the brilliant @seanluskauthor.bsky.social

10 debut fiction books to read in 2025 Including a love story about a sentient blob and a ghost story set amid London’s rental crisis.

Thrilled to see The Show Woman included in this list of debuts by women to read in 2025! www.stylist.co.uk/books/debut-...

Great to hear this, Susie - buckle up for that ending! I’m currently reading The Book of Witching by @cjcookebooks.bsky.social - so good.

🎪 Well, I must say #TheShowWoman by @emmacowing.bsky.social was superb!
🩷 I picked it up, and finished it within 24 hours! 🩷
Joyous, tender, mesmerising, vulnerable, inspiring. Need I say more?! Bravo, Emma!
Publishing May by @hodderbooks.bsky.social

The Show Woman by Emma Cowing

Huge thanks to @thatvickypalmer.bsky.social for sending me a copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social 🎪

I’m so excited to read it and just look at that brilliant bookmark 🤩

It’s out in May and you can pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

🎪 SHE IS STUNNING! 🎪
💖 A huge thank you to @thatvickypalmer.bsky.social for this beautiful proof of #TheShowWoman by @emmacowing.bsky.social which sounds incredible! Just look at her! 💖
✨ She’s beautiful! ✨
This marvellous book publishes May by @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#Booksky #Books

I'm so thrilled to receive a copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social

I've been impatient for this one since I first heard about it. A tale of a group of showwomen performing across Edwardian Scotland - yes please!

It's out May 1st and there's a link to pre-order in my bio

#booksky

The Show Woman by Emma Cowing

The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social who’s originally from Helensburgh will be out in March! Huge thanks to @hodderfiction.bsky.social for sending us a copy, can’t wait to read it! 📚💙

You can find out more and pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Thank you so much, Susie! 🩷🎪

The Show Woman by Emma Cowing | Waterstones Buy The Show Woman by Emma Cowing from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

Hi Brian, hope you’re well! If it fits the bill, my debut novel The Show Woman, set in Scotland’s Edwardian fairgrounds about four women who start an all-female circus act, publishes May 2025 with Hodder. More details here, and just shout if you need any info! www.waterstones.com/book/the-sho...

Thank you so much!

I’m creating a 2025 debut authors starter pack, let me know who I should be adding! Shares appreciated 💙📚

go.bsky.app/RYHeizd

Fantastic! Let me know if you’d like a proof.

Thank you so much!

Hi Vikki! I’m a Glasgow-based author and my debut novel THE SHOW WOMAN, set in Edwardian Scotland about the first all-female circus act, publishes 01.05.25 with @hodderfiction.bsky.social. Here’s the cover reveal! 🎪

Me too, Stephanie, it really pops! ❤️🩷 x

The ✨spectacular✨ cover reveal for THE SHOW WOMAN, my debut novel about the first all-female circus act. Set in Edwardian Scotland it’s a story about unconventional women and family secrets, for fans of The Whalebone Theatre & The Greatest Showman. Available for preorder, and to request on NetGalley

Love this, Jennie!