
Allegra Le Fanu
@allegralefanu
Editorial Director @BloomsburyBooks
Bookseller Rising Star 2023
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05-02-2013 22:52:47
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When I first read this exquisite manuscript by @HConstable I wrote to her acknowledging that she’d brought to life one of the most important pieces of undiscovered history…I am so excited that Anna Maria will finally get the recognition she deserves ✨✨🎻Bloomsbury Books UK


Such a brilliant episode and The Instrumentalist is out now Bloomsbury Books UK !


Just announced, the 2024 The Booker Prizes shortlist! 🎉 From a breathtakingly accomplished retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to a tragi-comic tour de force centring on a gang of radical eco-activists, discover the nominees here: exyu.short.gy/Wfkn7v


We Bloomsbury Books UK are so immensely proud of @annemichaels_ and the extraordinary #Held, on this year’s Booker Prize shortlist. ‘An extraordinary reading experience – it seems to transport you to another state of consciousness’ Guardian Books


So very happy to be publishing Lauren J Joseph's glamorous, sinister, daring LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT in 2026 Bloomsbury Books UK thebookseller.com/rights/bloomsb…

The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Abdulrazak Gurnah describes Theft. A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa. Order the signed copy from Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/theft/abd…





The Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist is here, reflecting again the incredible diversity of women’s fiction writing in English! From reinvention to creative awakening, multi-stranded narratives to genre-bending sci-fi-romance, find out more here: waterstones.com/category/cultu…


So immensely proud that the @AriaAber's wild, electric, beautiful #GoodGirl has been longlisted for this year's Women's Prize Bloomsbury Books UK 🩷💚🩷💚 Congratulations Aria!

🎉 Huge congratulations to Laila Lalami (The Dream Hotel) and Aria Aber (Good Girl) on being longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction! Such an exciting stack of books!

Just announced, the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist! From an ethereal debut set in early-60s rural Netherlands to a razor-sharp comedy about a very serious subject, discover this year's incredible nominees here: waterstones.com/category/cultu…


Immensely proud and excited to have the genius Aria Aber's #GoodGirl shortlisted for this year's #WomensPrize Bloomsbury Books UK This book and this author will blow your hair back with their brilliance 💚🩷💚🩷

Reviews are in and The Pretender is a smash hit! 👑The Times and The Sunday Times: 'frontrunner for historical fiction book of the year' 🌹The Guardian: 'a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue' ⚔️ The Spectator: 'the most enjoyable historical novel I’ve read in years' theguardian.com/books/2025/may…