⚰️ DEAD LUCKY has a cover! ⚰️

& quotes🍻: ‘moving, shocking and profoundly poetic.’ - Mike Leigh ‘real and raw with a refreshing but scarily accurate relatability.’ - Ashley Hickson-Lovence ‘a gambling novel for our age.’ - Michael Deagler ‘a stunningly realistic portrayal of gambling addiction.’ - Ben Halls

Come zoom with me!

It's the final day of the Bad Betty Press fundraiser. They are a sensational and essential independent poetry publisher by whom I've had the great privilege of being published. They're currently at 85% of their target. Please help them over the line. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-betty

Dead Lucky by Connor Hutchinson is a debut dark comedy novel about the secrets of addiction alongside the eccentric realities of the funeral industry. A comic rollercoaster of joy and despair, friendship and love, life and death. Out 10th July: brnw.ch/21wRIkQ

We’re getting stuck into “The 392” this month! 📕 As a TfL loyalist, this is a bit of me! Grab your copy and join us to grab a meal and discuss this phenomenal read with the author, Ashley Hickson-Lovence! 📆 6.30pm Thurs 17th April 📍 Stratford 🎟️: lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-details/…

Congratulations to Ashley Hickson-Lovence and his editor Katie Sinfield, shortlisted for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward with Wild East Penguin Books UK. This verse novel convinces from the first page. Powerful and memorable say the judges. 👏👏branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2025/

2 months to go!👏

It's a great honour to be shortlisted alongside so many writers I admire - it doesn't feel real to be honest.

on Mon 18th August, I'll be chatting about DEAD LUCKY at Serenity Bookshop in Stockport if anyone can make it! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/stock…

"Verse give you space to breathe. I love how it invites the reader to lean in, to feel the rhythm of a thought, a memory, a decision." NEW #BranfordBoase Q&A author Ashley Hickson-Lovence & editor Katie Sinfield on WILD EAST #writing #editing #poetry branfordboaseaward.org.uk/interview-wild…

Tickets are selling fast for The 392 play. Catch it if you can… 📆: 9th - 12th July 📍: Brixton House Theatre 🎟️: brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/the-392/…

finished copies!! thank you Corsair Books ❤️

Congratulations Marc Millon for scooping the Drinks Writer Award 2025! #thegfw #thegfwawards2025

'[A] wild ride...thunderingly exciting' thank you Suzi Feay for giving DEAD LUCKY a shout out in this week’s Financial Times 👏 ft.com/content/7c3628…

beyond thrilled to announce DEAD LUCKY Corsair Books has been chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club!!! Watch this space for my natter with fellow northerner sara cox💙, and huge congrats to the other authors selected!

The W&A Working-Class Writers’ Prize has unveiled @ahicksonlovence as the 2025 judge, and the Open University and the Ruppin Agency as new Prize partners bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

Happy publication day to Connor Hutchinson and his brilliant debut DEAD LUCKY - a darkly funny novel set in Manchester that explores themes of class, addiction and masculinity. Connor will be joining us in Stockport on 18th Aug and we cannot wait to discuss his work with him. 🎫👇🏻

It’s a BIG DAY!

.Writers & Artists is excited to announce the return of the Working-Class Writers’ Prize with acclaimed author Ashley Hickson-Lovence as judge, and The Open University and the Ruppin Agency as new Prize partners. The prize will open for entries on 1st November. 🔗 bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/lat…