First books bought this year Harrogate Festivals - by Will Dean and Joseph Knox Both shortlisted for the crime novel of the year - didn’t get the trophy, but absolute winners and all round gents! 🙏 #crime #Harrogate #books

Day 2 Harrogate Festivals coming to a close. Was amazing to meet Paula Hawkins and Michael Connelly amongst others! The pup has landed however, so any quiet reading time is about to be flipped into “belly rubs time”! #harrogate #books #TheakstonsCrime #Dachshunds

A year on due to Covid…but it was nice to finally meet Luca Veste And I cannot wait to jump into all of these from Luca and Catherine Ryan Howard 🙌🙌 Heard such amazing things 🙏 #books #TheakstonsCrime #HarrogateCrime

Me and Ashley Garthwaite weren’t lucky enough to find the hidden proofs around Harrogate Festivals…but we did get to chat to the amazing C. J. Tudor 🙏🙏 And a “teaser” to boot, which is a pretty good consolation prize! #books #TheakstonsCrime #HarrogateCrime

And loved the indie Imagined Things Bookshop bookshop! Didn’t really need any more after the many book events…but you can never have too many books, right! #books #Harrogate

Amazing weekend with Ashley Garthwaite and our pup for Harrogate Festivals Haul this year includes books (so many books!) from Waterstones Harrogate and Imagined Things Bookshop May be time to start reading them like… #books #TheakstonsCrime #HarrogateCrime #Dachshund

Unexpected benefit of a trip to Norway and Denmark with Ashley Garthwaite - a tan!! Very expected benefits - being in Norway and Denmark (…and trolls!) #norway #oslo #denmark #trolls

Getting on with the parents’ new dog like a house on fire…! #dogs #Dachshunds #cavalier

The signed book covers are finally back on the wall, in the new office 🤩🤩 Mainly signed Harrogate Festivals - Ian Rankin, Harlan Coben and Ragnar Jonasson covers 😎 #books #harrogate #theakstonscrime

Ace time last night Waterstones Harrogate with Ashley Garthwaite listening to Antti Tuomainen and Johana Gustawsson talking about their new books, research and durable socks! And a bonus masterclass on translating crime fiction (and more) from @givemeawave Loved it #books Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧

Really enjoyed hosting Rob Baker of Tailored Thinking tonight with Lisa Kelly for the first ever Muckle LLP HR book club! Fascinating talk on job crafting and the little changes you can make at work. Rob’s book is well worth reading! #HR #employmentlaw

Incredible pre-Christmas meal with the family Roots York 🙌🙌 Such an incredible day! Amazing to see the lines for the Christmas market stalls too! #York #christmas2022

Got to a couple of brilliant Newcastle Noir panels with Ashley Garthwaite! Highlights meeting Heidi Amsinck and Oskar Gudmundsson for some Nordic noir! Thanks for another amazing event Dr Jacky Collins (Dr Noir)🕷 #NMPM #StillEuropean 👏 #books #CrimeFiction #newcastle

Very successful stop after work 😍 Cannot WAIT to sink into this brand new beaut - “The Drift” by C. J. Tudor And a throwback to Harrogate Festivals in the summer for good measure! Let’s begin… #books

Really enjoyed this event Newcastle Helix celebrating Newcastle and the North East, and the wonderful talent that’s here! #businessgrowth #NorthEast

From a wet market in China, to London Heathrow, to Amersham…Bruno has found his safe space on a sofa in Durham All thanks to the magic of Dog Meat Trade Dachshund Rescue & Support Group in bringing him over! Hopefully he’s going to like it here with me, Ashley Garthwaite (and Versace the dachshund!) #dachshund #dogs

So, a full week since little Bruno made it all the way from a wet market in China to his HOME in Durham. Safe to say, he seems to be settling in… Thanks again Dog Meat Trade Dachshund Rescue & Support Group - an amazing charity! #Dachshunds Ashley Garthwaite

Really enjoyed this Durham Business Club Club event tonight! Great talk on de-stressing business distress! Looking forward to the next event… #business #durham

For such a spooky and haunting book about witchcraft and the occult, it’s…odd (creepy?!) to finish it this evening and note the date of the acknowledgments… Loved it though 👻☠️ (Ps. Signed at the “lock in” at Harrogate 🙌🙏 Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 Johana Gustawsson @givemeawave ) #books

Easter in Geneva was one of my better ideas…! What an incredible city! #Travel #Switzerland