Editor at John Murray. Book lover, food devourer, half-Turkish delight. 'A doll' Miriam Margolyes. She/Her. More likely found on insta @abiscrubyedits
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Get ready for the most addictive love story of 2025🍃
We're incredibly excited to share with you all the stunning trailer for Broken Country by @ClareEmpson2 🕊️
Pre-order now: brnw.ch/21wOZad
Read now on NetGalley: brnw.ch/21wOZae
Thoroughly enjoyed being a reader for @HachettePride's Grow Your Story initiative, congrats to all the winning authors!
.@HachettePride has revealed its 10-strong cohort for the Grow Your Story initiative following 235 submissions 👇 thebookseller.com/news/hache…
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It is such a true privilege to be read as deeply, searchingly and patiently as this; it means a huge amount to me and to everyone connected to this book. Thank you infinitely to @GuardianBooks and @akblakemore:
theguardian.com/books/articl…
Thrilled for @RachelCDawson and NEON ROSES which has been longlisted for this year's Polari First Book Prize! @johnmurrays 🎆🥳
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10-year anniversary celebration for @J_M_Originals / @JohnMurrays Originals and launch of Portraits at @LRBbookshop this week with so many excellent people. Here's to risk-taking writing and reading always 🔥🔥
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In London for a few days. Went to a lovely party at @LRBbookshop to celebrate ten years of @J_M_Originals and to launch @Han_Smiff - here’s a photo of the back of some people’s heads.
...we booked onto the next flight out which was this morning at 7.30am. However we had to hang around with no information about our luggage for another hour until finally we were informed that it would remain in the airport overnight. We reached our hotel at midnight 2/
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It's publication day for PORTRAITS AT THE PALACE OF CREATIVITY & WRECKING!
I wrote this to think about silences, almostness, poetry, distortions of history, more.
Thanks SO much to @johnmurrays @AbiScruby @EveWhiteAgency and all who have supported it!
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Wow!Left reeling by this one. It's a slow reveal as tension mounts.Portraits At The Palace of Creativity & Wrecking by @Han_Smiff is set in Post Soviet #Russia where people are living with consequences of silence &oppression.Incredible writing.Original & powerful. Brilliant #Book
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It's #indiebookshopweek so here are some of the absolute best places to be celebrating!
@BrickLaneBooks
@TheCommonPress
@gaystheword
@BurleyFisher
@LRBbookshop
@CollectedDurham
@pagesofhackney
@CroftonBooks
And who knows - Portraits may already be lurking...
Good luck to all the @waltscottprize shortlistees at the winner's ceremony tonight, but best luck of all to the wonderfully talented Kai Thomas and his extraordinary debut #InTheUpperCountry 🤞🤞 @johnmurrays
Have you read #WalterScottPrize shortlisted IN THE UPPER COUNTRY (@penguinrandomca / @JohnMurrays ), the debut novel by Kai Thomas? Read his full interview about the origins of the story: bit.ly/WSPslthomas
#KaiThomas #InTheUpperCountry #HistoricalFiction #booktok
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'A singular and thrilling debut' @AMcMillanPoet
'Strange, intriguing... exhilarating' - Camilla Grudova
'Arrests and intrigues... an extraordinary achievement' @AdamZmith
Huge, huge thanks for these great endorsements for Portraits - out next week!
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I am obsessed with my Gender Theory bracelet - the perfect gift for a book that is all about all-consuming, messy, glorious female friendship😍
I may be biased because two of my (amazing, talented, brilliant) authors are on here, but this lineup looks INCREDIBLE 🔥 Not one to miss 👀 @Han_Smiff @johnmurrays
Another year, another fantastic line up for Pride in Writing at @WaterstonesPicc and @SocialRefugeMCR! Follow the link our bio to celebrate our 5th year of PiW 🎉
Happy publication day to this powerhouse of a novel: EXILE by @thereadparts - congratulations, Aimée!
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Next month PORTRAITS will exist in the world! And dressed in this extraordinary cover too...
Thanks to @johnmurrays @AbiScruby @HachetteUK @EveWhiteAgency @STWevents
You can pre-order and support independent bookshops at:
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Over the moooon to see Kai Thomas's IN THE UPPER COUNTRY on this stellar shortlist! @johnmurrays
Discover the six novels going forward for the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction. "The judging criteria - originality, innovation, ambition, durability and quality of writing - are beautifully showcased in our 2024 shortlist," judges said. bit.ly/WSPsl24
ALT THE NEW LIFE by Tom Crewe (Chatto & Windus) HUNGRY GHOSTS by Kevin Jared Hosein (Bloomsbury) MY FATHER’S HOUSE by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill Secker) IN THE UPPER COUNTRY by Kai Thomas (Viking Canada/John Murray) ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER by Rose Tremain (Chatto & Windus) THE HOUSE OF DOORS by Tan Twan Eng (Canongate)
Happy publication day to #Committed by @suzzannescanlon - a powerful, unflinching and revelatory memoir about institutionalisation, mental illness and literature. One of the bravest and most illuminating memoirs I've read in a long time... @johnmurrays
ALT Book with a white cover and a painting on it, positioned on a table
If you want a flavour of @suzzannescanlon's writing, just read this incredible piece in the @guardian today: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
