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VERY excited to be introducing a new Raven Books author to the team this afternoon. I haven't bought a novel from a new author so far this year (!) I don't think so this is an exciting moment.

Well today is clearly a day (week? year?) for comfort reading. Time to unearth all of my Terry Pratchetts perhaps, or Cold Comfort Farm. Solidarity to all who campaigned.

I mean, I can't disagree with this

On the gloomy Scottish coast, legend has it that if one hears the howling of a spectral hound nearby, their death will quickly follow... Get ready to dive into #TheUnrecovered, the eerie new novel from Richard Strachan, out February 2025!

Sad to reveal that fireworks did not go down well with my 3 year old. 'Mummy, they are TOO LOUD'. I look forward to revisiting this in many years time.

Since the winner of the Booker Prize will be announced tonight, a reminder that Muriel Spark helped spread a rumour during the 1994 ceremony that Iris Murdoch’s husband was stealing potatoes from guests' plates 🥔

Huge congratulations to Samantha Harvey and the whole @jonathancape team for last night's Booker triumph. This was the first book from the longlist I bought and the bookseller at Waterstones was so passionate about it when I picked it up. Booksellers, they know what's good...

Was so happy to bump into our Head of Indie Bookshops at Bloomsbury yesterday and hear how much booksellers are falling for Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village and then to see it for myself happily sitting by Hatchard's tills (next to George Orwell).

Just more reasons why Katherine Rundell is a very special author theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

I saw Small Things Like These last night; the film makers and especially Cillian Murphy as the lead, do an incredible job of translating Claire Keegan's masterpiece for the cinema. I thoroughly recommend for a very not festive yet Christmas set film.

Excited to have spent my lunchtime moving all my clothes into carrier bags and doing an express emergency order of killer moth repellent and storage bags. Turns out that sometimes the nice natural way of doing things is not so successful. RIP most of my jumpers & my fancy gloves.

In our office today for a meeting, and the building is almost empty. I'm pretty sure it's currently me, our receptionist, one of our facilities team tending to the plants in our little courtyard and the mice. I'm going to pretend I am CEO and make some big decisions.

Book people - those who haven't fled - do you have any good recommendations for picture books about Christmas that don't show snow? My 3 year old currently believes that Christmas Day will bring snow automatically and every picture book we have does show snowy Christmasses.

Have, like so many of you migrated to Bluesky after setting up an account many many moons ago just in case, so please do come and say hello if you are on there. So nice to see so many familiar faces on there! I feel like links get downplayed here but I am under Alison.Hennessey