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This is what LitHub's Bookmarks site excerpted from my Shelf Awareness review of Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld. I mean ... yes, I did write that, but could they really not find anything else to quote?! (Full text here: shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?iss…)

The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist 15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation. Learn more: buff.ly/WKzfvRj

Big thanks to ElizabethAllen and Phoenix Books for a copy of BREASTS: A RELATIVELY BRIEF RELATIONSHIP by Jean Hannah Edelstein, one of my most anticipated books of the year. Out on 3 April. #bookpost

I'm going to make more of a concerted effort to switch over to 🦋 soon, in preparation for deleting this account. Please connect with me there and/or on Instagram. I'm loath to lose the following I built here, but also want to make a stand. (Same handle everywhere.)

Huzzah for Sigrid Nunez, one of my favourite authors! I've also read multiple books by Capildeo and Enright.

Fingers crossed for Seán Hewitt, a very talented author in multiple genres.

Many thanks to Charlotte Bush Hutchinson Heinemann for a proof copy of CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED by Jessica Stanley, coming out on 8 May. Looks like great fun! #ConsiderYourselfKissed #bookpost

📚 Buy ANY book 18-21 April, and you could win a £250 Bookshop.org digital gift card! Every sale supports independent bookshops uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-25…

On the blog today: three books from the Women's Prize for Fiction/The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlists/shortlists drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/lov… #amreading #fiction #BookTwitter #womensprize #shieldsprize #loveyourlibrary

We are in Chicago! Who will be the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Winner? Find out on May 1. carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com

It's been an honour and a pleasure to be involved in judging the McKitterick Prize again this year!

Some very last-minute thoughts on two of the The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction finalists. Different as they are, they share themes of women’s achievements, creativity and desire. bookishbeck.com/2025/05/01/car…

Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin is the Winner of The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press). The $150,000USD award is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-winner

“Beautifully written, with an even more beautiful message, about human connection that’s so needed in the world right now.” We’re delighted to award Clear by Carys Davies the 2025 Ondaatje Prize, recognising the best literary work which evokes the spirit of a place.

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted authors for The Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) Prize, sponsored by Arts Council England, ALCS, Professional Writing Academy and Drusilla Harvey Memorial Fund 🧵

Amazing to see Peggy Seeger's farewell tour. She's one of my heroes, still sharp as a tack at 89. Traditionals, classics ("I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"), lots from latest album. Also a bawdy anti-Trump ditty! Her new version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" had me in tears.

'The crab-hacker barnacle tricks crabs by masquerading as a brood of eggs.' Rebecca Foster (Rebecca Foster): Climate change threatens the delicate bonds between species the-tls.co.uk/science-techno…

Announcing the Society of Authors’ Awards 2025 winners! ‘Spanning genres, showing outstanding depths’ Read the full list here societyofauthors.org/2025/06/18/ann… #SoAwards

Shiny 'Scorchio' Tuesday: Rebecca Foster reviews The Ministery of Time by Kaliane Bradley, now in paperback. shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-ministry-o…