Reformed journalist. Author of 7 novels, including What Doesn't Kill Us, What We Did in the Dark, The Daughter of Lady Macbeth, A Petrol Scented Spring & Trust.
Perth Scotland
Joined July 2013
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A first for #AlloaWomenFestival something for the evening
@AjayClose 'reformed journalist and author of 7 books' will be discussing her Award winning book
"What doesn't kill us"
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Big congrats to @AjayClose and @SarabandBooks 🥂 I read this last year and it's superb - a well-deserved @SaltireBook awards winner!
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What Doesn’t Kill Us by Ajay Close crimefictionlover.com/2024/1…
Here's an excellent read, and a new take on events surrounding the Yorkshire Ripper case in late-70s Leeds
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Announcing the #SaltireBookAwards Fiction Shortlist 2024, featuring five titles. Learn more about them and what the judges said on our website at saltiresociety.org.uk 🔗
Congratulations to authors on the Fiction shortlist:
#LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety
ALT Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close Clear by Carys Davies Lost People by Margaret Elphinstone Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam
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We're thrilled to see @AjayClose on the @SaltireBook Awards Fiction Longlist for What Doesn't Kill Us 🎉
Congratulations to everyone on the longlist!
Discover the #SaltireBookAwards Fiction Longlist 2024. There are ten titles on the list, and you can learn more about these and all this year's longlists at bit.ly/SBAll24🔗Congratulations to authors on the Fiction longlist:
#LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety
ALT Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close Beethoven's Assassins by Andrew Crumey Clear by Carys Davies Lost People by Margaret Elphinstone Deliver Me by Elle Nash Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam The Secrets of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan Catch the Moments as they Fly by Zoë Strachan
Looking forward to this on Saturday September 14th in Trinity Church, Stirling. Sharing a platform with Tove Alsterdal, Araminta Hall and our fab chair Zoe Venditozzi
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Nervously waiting in the lovely Green Room at the #pbf2024 with the fabulous women @ajayclose and @writerkcampbell
Paisley pals - I'm at the town hall, 10.30am, a week today. See you there? #PBF24 #ImagineDifferent paisleybookfest.com/programm…
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As this year's #WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, the audiobook of #WhatDoesntKillUs by @AjayClose is now available.
Listen to a sample here:
youtu.be/DWoMHsX9yYY?feature… xitter.cf/SarabandBooks/status/1…
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Leeds Feminist book launch: “What Doesn’t Kill Us” tells the story of Reclaim the Night & the Women’s Movement in 1970s Leeds, showing what’s changed, & what hasn’t. Author Ajay Close researched her new novel in the city. Wed 13 Mar 6.30-7.30 Leeds Central Library Rm 700 PAYF
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Ajay will be in conversation with Diana Muir, who was a junior reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post in 1978. Copies of the book will be available on the night.
lovely review from the always perceptive Susan Mansfield @wordsmansfield in today's @scotonsunday
Signing books at the excellent @FurtherFrom - plenty of the madding crowd on Linlithgow High Street today
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Congratulations Ajay - and what a fine novel this is. So full of life and authenticity and humour.
thanks to Jen Bowden for hosting me on her excellent Northern Voices podcast, in which I explain why I talk like a softy southerner. soundcloud.com/northern_voic…
confessions of a (sort of) crime writer who can't stand the sight of blood crimetime.co.uk/ajay-close-o…
not sure I'm noir - more of a dark charcoal - but looking forward to this. @GraniteNoirFest aberdeenperformingarts.com/w…