ND writer | SL Caledonia Novel Award '23 | SL Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize '22; SL Emerging Writer Award '20 @moniackmhor
Ampthill, England
Joined July 2012
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Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
#ThroughHerEyes
The murder of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei at the hands of her boyfriend, got a single line on the news this morning.
Let's make more of it here. Another beautiful and talented woman's life snuffed out by violence.
#VAWG
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Audiobook announcement! 📚🎧
Calling all Greco-Roman myth girlies! Delighted to reveal my debut short story collection, out 1st August with @bolindaaudio and read by the amazing Sofia Engstrand.
Dark Harvest is a new and twisty retelling of Ovid's Heroides.
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
10 years ago I was still stuck in the query trenches (lost & confused). Here’s a few things I’ve learned about writing/publishing in the past decade 🧵
1. Resilience. Rejection is part of the job. It gets easier. It’s not that your work isn’t good it’s that it isn’t a good fit.
ALT An old battered copy of Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2010 (red cover). Wood table backdrop.
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
We're very excited to share Life of a Book: a series of free online events designed to clarify the journey and processes of writing and publishing a book ✍️ 📚 ✨
It will run over five days, 13th–17th May, covering a variety of topics.
More ℹ️ here: buff.ly/4aWmWYG
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
So thrilled and humbled to be on this longlist. Congrats to all the other longlisted authors. Thanks so much to Lucy Cavendish College for this opportunity.
📢 Exciting news! Lucy Cavendish College's 2024 #FictionPrize longlist is here! 📚
16 brilliant debut #novels – could your next favourite read be on the list?
Congratulations to the authors! Find out more ⬇️
lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/fiction-…
@PFDAgents
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
As we await for the longlist for the Lucy Cavendish #fiction prize, which will be released on the 17th of April, why not give one of our previous winners a read from the past five years!
Available in all bookstores near you!
📚🏆😀👀
#BookTwitter #cambridgeuniversity #BooksWorthReading
ALT Available to buy here: https://megandavis.co.uk/
ALT Available to preoder now: https://thecleevebookshop.co.uk/products/9781399607537?_pos=1&_sid=b51fd27bf&_ss=r
ALT Available to buy here: https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/aoife-fitzpatrick/the-red-bird-sings/9780349016665/
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Virginia Woolf took her own life 83 years ago on this day. Here is the beautiful final letter she left for her husband, my great-uncle Leonard Woolf 💜
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
A gentle reminder that my novel, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain, about the medieval mystics Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, will be read on Radio 4 this Saturday afternoon 2.45-4pm! 💙
#MedievalTwitter #MargeryKempe #JulianofNorwich
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xwp…
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Congratulations to @rachelle_ata who is the new Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow, based at @StirUni for 2024 🥳📚⭐️
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Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
I'm thrilled to announce I'll be working with the wonderful @_victoriahaslam @AmazonPub to publish my debut novel, THE SURFACING, in July 2025. Huge thanks to my fantastic agent @SarahHornsley (as well as @LucyCavColl, @BathNovelAward, @Mslexia, @cbcreative) for getting me here!
Claire Ackroyd is making her debut at Lake Union at @AmazonPub in The Surfacing, 'a breathlessly pacey and brilliantly written tale of family tensions and long-buried secrets coming to a head'
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
- Unhappiest kids in Europe
- Fewer children than ever reading for pleasure
- School buildings crumbling
- less than half the target of teacher trainees
- Biggest retention crisis
- Morale in the profession the lowest ever
- Ofsted…
The list goes on.
They’re delusional
📈 89% of schools are rated good or outstanding, up from 68% under Labour.
📚 Our primary school children are now the best readers in the western world.
⬆️ Our secondary school children have risen from 27th to 11th in maths & 25th to 13th in reading.
Well said @RishiSunak 👏
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
#Writers! I'm opening up my books for 2024, taking on new mentees wanting to develop their short fiction, novels or poetry. I work with complete beginners, more experienced writers, those wanting to take first steps in writing, and those polishing near final drafts. 🧵1/4
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Here’s to dear Benjamin Zephaniah❤️💚🌹 inews.co.uk/culture/arts/ben…
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
This week we will be looking at illustrations from Lucy and Tom at Christmas starting with them stirring the enormous Christmas pudding mixture.
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
So delighted to see this short story by @caledoniaaward 2023 shortlistee @NatabakeWriter published in @TheLondonMag!! Off to read it right now 📖☕️
New fiction by @NatabakeWriter, Pig in the Sky.
Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/fictio…
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Delighted to be running this online short story writing course in the autumn. If you'd like to join us for a fun, relaxed reading and writing experience, let me know by DM or via my website. Pay by 31st Aug for an Early Bird discount! More details in this🧵⬇️
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Utterly delighted to have made it on to the 2023 @BathNovelAward longlist, and congratulations to all of those who have made the shortlist - I can't wait to read your books...
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
Short story writers! I am running an 8-week online course, 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. Tuesdays, 6.30-8.30pm, from 4th Jul-22nd Aug. 📚🥰
Natalie Claire Baker retweeted
We are delighted to announce that Sarah Harman is the 2023 #FictionPrize winner with her #novel The Dirtbag Detective. 🎉
lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/sarah-ha…
Congratulations to Sarah, and to all those selected for the shortlist!
Thank you to our judges & @PFDAgents for making it all happen.
