Read on Twitter
The prawn skewers have defrosted on the window sill overnight and so its time for #twitterbooklaunch, our celebration of authors who've missed out on events. Please scroll, share and check previous threads too. So many great books out this week that it's a 2-parter, starting with
How do writers DO it? Followers of the estimable @Joannechocolat will know about her wise, funny Ten Things About Writing threads and now they've all been gathered together by great indie @septemberbooks. Available for download, or pre-order the hbk here - https://www.septemberpublishing.org/product/ten-things-about-writing/
Like A House on Fire by @carolinehulse has a brilliant premise - the murder-mystery party from hell - and has already won praise from @OLearyBeth @harriet_tyce @Lecv @claremackint0sh @KateEberlen Fleabag meets Agatha Christie, find it here - @orionbooks https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/caroline-hulse/like-a-house-on-fire/9781409178378/
- and congratulations to no. 1 bestselling @adeleparks for her new thriller 'Just My Luck'. 'Gripping, shocking, an absolute joy' says @JaneFallon and here's more from @pussmilligan. Congratulations, Adele - https://twitter.com/pussmilligan/status/1260115892823904256
'What's My Teenager Thinking?' One of the universe's great questions and also the title of @TanithCarey's new book of practical psychology for modern parents. Taking in over 100 everyday scenarios, you can read more here - https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9781465492326-whats-my-teenager-thinking/
Congratulations, too, to Jane Ryan @RyanerWriter , for her new Detective Garda Bridget Harney thriller, Two Kinds of Blood. 'Narcos' meets 'The Wire', it's here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Kinds-Blood-Jane-Ryan-ebook/dp/B086D6NJS7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jane+ryan&qid=1589363137&sr=8-1
- and to Olivia Lara @olilara_writes, whose debut 'Someday in Paris' is 'a magical love story for hopeless romantics'. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Someday-Paris-magical-hopeless-romantics-ebook/dp/B07ZWFLBB7/
- and to @EllenCroshain, who's publishing 'Unbound', the third book in her 'Cruelty' series, a dark urban fantasy deeply rooted in Irish myth. Published by @grimboldbooks, winners of Best Small Press at the British Fantasy Awards, you can find it here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0856142BM
Congratulations to @judewarnewriter, who has written the definitive account of the 70s folk rock band in 'America, the Band: An Authorised Biography'. 'Meticulious and entertaining', here's Jude interviewing the band themselves - https://twitter.com/judewarnewriter/status/1253722557552955392
-and to 10 year-old Sophia Fox who, with mum @carriefox and illustrator Nichole Wong Fortissimos has written 'Adventures in Kindness'; 52 ideas on how to improve the world around you. Find out more here - https://www.adventuresinkindness.com
Finally today, Philip Womack @WomackPhilip has written a thrilling children's adventure, 'The Arrow of Apollo', that draws deeply on classical mythology. 'A writer of great talent', read the rave review in @Lit_Review here - https://twitter.com/WomackPhilip/status/1256116825269600256
- and you can support Philip and publishers @unbounders here - https://unbound.com/books/the-arrow-of-apollo/
Finally, if you missed @bigbookweekend, it turns out you've not missed it at all. Maggie O'Farrell, @Damian_Barr, @arobertwebb, @BernardineEvari @neilhimself @MarianKeyes, exciting new voices, they're all available to watch on http://myvlf.com . https://bigbookweekend.com/programme
That's all for today. In the meantime, congratulations to all authors. Please check previous #twitterbooklaunch threads, buy books if you can and support your local bookshop, and my DMs remain for new books in May/June. Part two tomorrow. We're having salmon.
