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Cover of Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by John Grindrod

As it’s LGBTQ+ History Month I thought I’d share some bits from my new book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains (out in mid March) just to give a flavour of what was going on beyond the privet…

Wingate Literary Prize awarded to Amor Tibon

The £4,000 Wingate Literary Prize has been awarded to Amor Tibon for The Gates of Gaza (Scribe, 2025) 👇 #BookSky

October 7 survivor Amir Tibon scoops 2026 Wingate Prize for ‘The Gates of Gaza’ - The Jewish Chronicle The prize is awarded annually to the book deemed to best communicate ‘the idea of Jewishness to the general reader’

October 7 survivor Amir Tibon scoops 2026 Wingate Prize for ‘The Gates of Gaza’

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Winner of the Wingate Prize 2026 - The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon

We were thrilled with our shortlist this year, but in the end one book was our unanimous choice. Amir Tibon's The Gates of Gaza is a remarkable accomplishment. To write about the devastating events in Israel and Palestine with such humanity, such knowledge of history and such balance would be extraordinary under any circumstances; given the author's situation  — he was himself caught up in the attack of October 7 — it is even more stunning. Tibon's style is lucid and compelling, and one could not hope for a better guide to these challenging and painful times.’

We are delighted to announce the winner of this year's Wingate Prize - Amir Tibon for his remarkable *The Gates of Gaza*
Congratulations to Amir and his publishers @scribepub.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social and thank you to our partners @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk

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Hi Adrian, Might you be interested in seeing a review copy of Chronic by Gillian Best? It takes CAR-T therapy as a starting point to investigate chronic pain. It's being published by Icon in March. Drop me a line at anna at ampliterary.co.uk if you'd like more info.

I read somewhere that the biggest fear a writer has is a blank page. I'm surprised that with their supposed fertile imaginations they couldn't come up with something more scary than a bit of paper. What about being attacked by a polar bear or perhaps galling down a really deep well full of giant, man-eating frogs? I'm no Jeffrey Archer but even I could come up with that one. Georg Rucksack, Poole

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Image of listing for Wingate Prize event at Jewish Book week

Tickets are now on sale for our event - What’s Next for Jewish Books? at Jewish Book Week on 8 March. Author and Wingate Trustee @ekasriel.bsky.social will be joined by our judges @ericawgnr.bsky.social Xiaolu Guo, Kate Weinberg and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet alongside this year’s winner.

Outrage Paperback Launch Join author Ellen Jones in conversation with Tazmyn-Mei Gebbett followed by a party, with mus. by DJ Areola Grande LatteLikes

My pal @ellenjones.bsky.social is having a launch of the paperback of her brilliant book - Outrage. I advise you to go

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

You explain why that was your first choice of word

The Einstein of Sex by @brookfiles.bsky.social Chopping Onions on my Heart by @samanthaellis.bsky.social City of Laughter by @temim.bsky.social Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornberg Letters by Oliver Sacks, edited by Kate Edgar The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon

We are delighted to reveal this year’s shortlist.

And a big thank you to our judges - @ericawgnr.bsky.social Kate Weinberg, Xiaolu Guo and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet. And thanks also to our partners @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk

The Einstein of Sex by Daniel Brook (WW Norton) Chopping Onions on my Heart by Samantha Ellis (Chatto and Windus) Chutzpah! A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality and Daring to Stay by Yehudis Fletcher (Transworld) City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter (Dialogue Books) Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornberg (Astra House) Fear No Pharaoh by Richard Kreitner (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Nothing Vast by Moshe Zvi Marvit (Acre Books) Ripeness by Sarah Moss (Picador) Letters by Oliver Sacks, edited by Kate Edgar (Picador) Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (Atlantic) Family Romance by Jean Strouse (Farrar, Strous & Giroux) The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon (Little Brown)

We're delighted to announce the longlist for this year's prize. Congratulations to all of the authors and their publishers

News story from @thebookseller - Icon snaps up Gillian Best's fascinating book on chronic pain

Very pleased the news is out! Coming from Icon Books in March 2026.

Only a few days to go until we announce our longlist... Keep your eyes peeled

Scholastic UK signs Mangan siblings' middle-grade adventure in two-book deal

Scholastic UK has snapped up Welcome to Weird Street from author-illustrator, brother-sister duo Stephen and Anita Mangan. Welcome to Weird Street will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky

Get the blue cover for A Level and the green cover for GCSEs.

Really happy to have signed with @annapallai.bsky.social. Hopefully exciting projects ahead
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Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …

As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.

We are delighted to announce this year's judging panel

photos of Xiaolu Guo, Kate Weinberg, Erica Wagner and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet

We are delighted to announce this year's judging panel... Author and editor Erica Wagner is to chair and will be joined by the novelists Xiaolu Guo and Kate Weinberg and rabbi and the Director of Strategy for Masorti Judaism in the UK, Adam Zagoria-Moffet.
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Very moving piece by @nichihodgson.bsky.social on her experiences with severe psychosis, in today's @thetimes.com

If you want a sense of the type of books I like, have a look at www.ampliterary.co.uk
Don't worry if you don't know how to write a traditional proposal. Just send me what you've got to Submissions@ampliterary.co.uk

My submissions window will be open from
Mon 26th to Fri 30th May.
I specialise in women’s adult non-fiction and like campaigning books, untold stories, stories that change conversations. Self-help, wellness and cookery not really my thing.

2025 Global Jewish Literary Alliance Conversation: How to Tell a Jewish Story with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari Join the Global Jewish Literary Alliance for a conversation with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari on being storytellers, their journeys into the writing world, what inspires them, and how their a

Free tickets now available for How to Tell a Jew­ish Sto­ry with winner of this year's prize, Manya Wilkin­son and Ayelet Tsabari - moderated by @ekasriel.bsky.social and hosted by the Global Jewish Literary Alliance www.jewishbookcouncil.org/events/2025-...

I gave up alcohol — but then became a miserable workaholic After quitting booze, Sam Delaney, 50, went through ‘sober burnout’. It’s not unusual, he’s discovered

Today’s times. Unfair headline really. But the gist is that in the early days of sobriety I burned out a bit. 10 years sober next month and much better now.

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Happy publication day to @stephenmangan.bsky.social & Anita Mangan for the planet-hopping, spaceship-shaking, utterly hilarious adventure The Fart that Saved the Universe. Spent today at Tunbridge Wells Lit Fest watching 100s of kids raise the roof with glee! So special! @scholasticuk.bsky.social

Sign the Petition Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

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Real Deal: Ideas to help you Pitch your Non-Fiction - Byte The Book If you want your non-fiction book to be traditionally published, at some point you will need to pitch it to an agent. But, what is the best way to do that? What do agents look for in non-fiction? At w...

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Join us on April 1st at 1pm for an online event with literary agent Anna Pallai and author John Grindrod as they share insights on:

✅ What agents look for in non-fiction
✅ When to pitch your book
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