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It's #TwitterBookLaunch, where we celebrate authors published during lockdown. The crisps are soft and the wine is mulled (left by the radiator) but please browse, share and buy if you can. There are so many fine books that today's thread comes in two parts, starting with -
Luster, the debut novel from @RavenLeilani. I've read and loved this, a sharp, funny, original take on sex, race, marriage and modern anxieties. Here's a great review from @Holly_bops - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/17/luster-raven-leilani-review
- and you can hear Raven in conversation with Bolu Babalola @beebabs this evening, courtesy of @waterstones and @picadorbooks
A very happy publication day to @sarramanning for 'Rescue Me', a romantic comedy that's 'absolutely gorgeous' ( @MarianKeyes) and 'a total joy' ( @MhairiMcF). Two lonely people, one good dog, it's from @HodderBooks and you can read even more praise here - https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/sarra-manning-3/rescue-me/9781529336566/
- and much-loved @JillMansell has a new one too. #AndNowYoureBack is a heartwarming, feel-good love story about second chances, Venice and finding your way home. From @headlinepg, hear Jill in conversation with @Czaroline and @Lecv at 7pm tonight. https://twitter.com/headlinepg/status/1351854496515846145
There's much excitement about #GirlA, @abigailsdean debut about survival, horror and redemption, shot through with hope. 'An astonishing achievement' (Jessie Burton), 'I loved it' (Paula Hawkins), 'Gripping, beautifully written' @sophiehannahCB1. https://www.waterstones.com/book/girl-a/abigail-dean/2928377050276
And more acclaimed debuts; congratulations to Hafsa Zayyan for #WeAreAllBirdsofUganda. From @MerkyBooks, it's a multi-generational family saga about a South-Asian family in Amin's Uganda. 'Remarkably accomplished' says @malorieblackman. Interview - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hafsa-zayyan-tells-the-untold-tcjfqkprh
And double congratulations to husband-and-wife writing team @ElleryLloyd for debut thriller #PeopleLikeHer. 'Breathlessly fast, brilliantly original' @claremackint0sh, it's a twisty, satirical take on influencer culture, and there's more praise here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/people-like-her/ellery-lloyd/9781529039382
Here's debut thriller 'Shiver' by @authorallieR. 'It started as a reunion, it ended with murder'. Ice cold tension, thrills and drama, it's from @headlinepg and you can read more here - https://uk.bookshop.org/books/shiver-who-is-guilty-and-who-is-innocent-in-the-most-gripping-thriller-of-the-year/9781472270245
- and there are more thrills in #TheBurningGirls by @CJTudor. Creepy and spine-chilling, you can hear CJ in conversation with @willrdean as part of the excellent @homewith4indies series on 27th. Two great thriller writers, details here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-night-two-authors-cj-tudor-and-will-dean-tickets-135492352273?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
And from Welsh Women's Press @honno, here's #Advent, the debut historical novel from Jane Fraser @jfraserwriter. Themes of womanhood, power, emigration and identity in Gower, 1904, you can find out more and support Honno here -
https://www.honno.co.uk/catalogue/fiction/novels/advent/
https://www.honno.co.uk/catalogue/fiction/novels/advent/
Non-fiction now and congratulations to @Tom_H_Oliver for The Self Delusion - the surprising science of our connection to each other and the natural world. Individuality is an illusion and you can find out more in this piece by @KerridgeRichard https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/18/the-self-delusion-tom-oliver-review
Many congratulations to @MirandaWardC for Adrift, a memoir about swimming, bodies, fertility and uncertainty. It's 'a thoughtful, funny, brave and honest' account of almost-motherhood ( @NellFrizzell) and you can find much more praise here @wnbooks https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/miranda-ward/adrift/9781474614177/
That's all for part 1 - I'm off to sprinkle salt on the wine stains - but please browse, RT and buy books if you can. Part 2 in an hour or so.
