@joyous25

I help writers get published. Depending which hat I’m wearing (I love hats), I’m a book and magazine editor, ghostwriter, journalist and copywriter.

 Bristol, England
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Joined April 2009
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Book bloggers and reviewers, we’d love to hear from you. We have some exciting new releases coming and we’d love you to be the first to get a sneak peak! #BookTwitter #BookReviews #bookbloggers
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Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize with 'tour de force' novel The Promise bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…

Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize with 'gripping' South Africa novel The Promise

Damon Galgut wins the prestigious literary award at the third attempt with his novel The Promise.

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Historic England: Jane Austen's house among heritage sites sharing £35m cash boost bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…

Historic England: Jane Austen's house among heritage sites sharing £35m cash boost

The government funding aims to help some of England's most popular historic places with repairs.

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A nonfiction author with a Big Five publisher lays bare everything she's earned on her book (thus far), and everything she's spent: buff.ly/3oZr3N8 by @CatBaabMuguira
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‘It was so gripping I read it in two sittings’: 11 books to pull you out of a reading rut theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

‘It was so gripping I read it in two sittings’: 11 books to pull you out of a reading rut

For many people, reading has been difficult this last year - but a breakthrough is always possible. Guardian readers describe the books that drew them in

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Today, as @UKLaureate, I have written an open letter to the govt @10DowningStreet calling on them to put primary school libraries at the heart of our pandemic response, with £100m yearly investment. Read here; please share with #lifechanginglibraries booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fe…
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Exciting book post! Tigers In The Tower was was a gem of a book, so I am very excited to get my hands on an advanced copy of @jgoldingauthor's next book ahead of publication at the end of April. Thank you @LionHudson and @ReviewsBluebird
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Some wonderful donations by some local authors!! @PhilbyWrites Come and grab them while they're hot!
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The world's most misunderstood novel bbc.com/culture/article/2021… via @BBC_Culture

'No one had the slightest idea what the book was about': Why The Great Gatsby is the world's most...

F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is synonymous with glitz and glamour but this is just one of many myths that have surrounded the book since its first publication in April 1925.

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Bernardine Evaristo: the forgotten black British novels everyone should read theguardian.com/books/2021/j… via @guardianreview

Bernardine Evaristo: the forgotten black British novels everyone should read

The Booker-winning novelist is relaunching a series of neglected novels by black British writers. She explains why they deserve a new readership

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Bhanu Kapil wins TS Eliot poetry prize for 'radical' How to Wash a Heart theguardian.com/books/2021/j…

Bhanu Kapil wins TS Eliot poetry prize for 'radical' How to Wash a Heart

Judges praise the British-Indian poet’s ‘formidable’ collection, exploring the dynamic between an immigrant and her white, middle-class host

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Marcus Rashford launches book club so every child can experience 'escapism' theguardian.com/football/202…

Marcus Rashford launches book club so every child can experience 'escapism'

Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford is launching a book club so that all children can experience the escapism of reading

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Congratulations @radiyawrites
The Bookseller
@thebookseller12 Nov 2020
.@MacmillanKidsUK has acquired two illustrated middle-grade fiction titles by debut author Radiya Hafiza, starting with the "funny and empowering" Rumaysa: A Fairytale. Find out more here: bit.ly/36IOPnZ
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