Carrie Hughes

BOOK CLUB!
#AbsolutelyFabulous

Instagram post by Maggie North to promote a book giveaway of Rules for Second Chances and You, with a View.

I have basically never won any raffle, lottery, drawing, etc. in my life. Do I keep entering EVERY book giveaway by my favorite authors? 100% yes. 📚💙

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Thanks for sharing, Carrie!

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The Woman from Bookclub is out now in the UK, Australia and NZ in paperback, ebook and on Audible. It's published next year in the US and Canada. It's a book for book lovers and for anyone in a book club.

Love this fab review of The Woman from Bookclub by @bookshortie.bsky.social 😍

Meet Elvis, my non-virtual author assistant …

The Woman from Bookclub is 25% off at Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/the-wom... from now until Thursday.

Okay. I'll start limbering up.

Hello, I'm the very clever detective in the kind of police show that doesn't have gun battles or car chases. Once I've worked out the fiendishly complex case, I'll pop round to the murderer's house and explain my evidence-free conclusion to him.
My conviction rate is 0.0%

I always call this direct self-explanation and my favourite example's from the Lyttle Lytton contest:

“Mom,” I asked my mom. “What’s for breakfast?”
“You know I haven’t made breakfast since your father died in a mysterious car crash a year ago on your birthday,” she said sadly. “You have his eyes.”

'The Woman from Book Club' is coming out this year with Hera Books and I'm over the moon ✨ #BookDeal @jadekavagent.bsky.social

Bert’s Blackboard: Never underestimate the power of a girl with a book. Ruth Bader Ginsberg

The sun being out makes getting up so much easier.

Ten small comic panels: 1. The writer, anxiously hunched over his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 2. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration. 3. The agent says "It's great! I have a few notes." 4. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 5. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration. 6. The editor says "It's great! I have a few suggestions." 7. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 8. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration 9. The readers says "It's great! We need a sequel." 10. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

The Women's Prize for Fiction has revealed its 2025 longlist - there are sixteen titles in the running including books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Elizabeth Strout

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Panel One: A man is cooking in a kitchen. Behind him, his partner unpacks books from a cardboard box and puts them on shelves. He says to here “Your library can't spread in here as well! The books will get damaged by oils and steam from my cooking.” “Good point.” She replies. Panel Two: The woman now sits at the kitchen counter reading. Her books fill every shelf and cupboard in the kitchen. Through the window we can see that outside, in the rain, the man is attempting to cook on a barbecue.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Though if like me you’re feeling about as romantic as a wet rag then IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU is the perfect anti-romance and currently only 99p on kindle

Photo of four books side by side on a dark blue woven rug: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al., and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King.

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule:

Feb 2025: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
March 2025: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
April 2025: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al.
May 2025: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

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Yes! The scariest thing isn’t seeing the monster.
It’s seeing the *inexplicable*…
How is my bedroom door standing open when I know I locked it before I went to sleep?
How did that TV turn on by itself?
How is my spouse sitting in the living room when I just got off the phone to him at his work?
😱😱😱

I’m tired, sad and cold but there is still much to celebrate. Today is #HellsBells paperback publication day, so I shall celebrate with a lovely hot cup of Earl Grey tea to wake me up, cheer me up and warm me up 🥳 Hell’s Bells is available now in high street and independent bookshops everywhere!

OTD: Pride & Prejudice was published in 1813! 📖📚💕 #Austen

My first book launch of 2025 last night! Celebrating the launch of The Blackbirds of St Giles by Kate Griffin and Marcia Hutchinson, a.k.a Lila Cain. And lovely to see author friends again, felt like a little reunion! Here's me and @annamazz.bsky.social who was making me laugh which I needed. X

Panel 1. A quote in a starry sky: “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde” Below, people are lying in the gutter. One is looking through a telescope. Panel 2. “Guys, astronomy is amazing.” Says the figure with a telescope ”You should all give it a try.” To which others reply “Sure. Why not?”. Panel 3. Now the quote reads: “We are all in the gutter but we are looking at the stars.” All the people are looking through telescopes. Panel 4. “This is great! Apart from being in the gutter.” Says one of the people. Another replies ”Let’s go to the observatory!” and leads the way. Panel 5. The quote now reads: “We are all looking at the stars but some of us are in the gutter.” Everyone is in the observatory except two figures who lie in the gutter looking up through their telescopes. Panel 6. The original telescope bearer leans out of the window and asks “Why are you guys still in the gutter?” and they reply “We don’t like too much change”.

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.bsky.social

Title: The Writer's Dog A writer commands his obedient dog to undertake some tricks: Sit! Shake hands! Play dead! Give feedback on my latest draft, and be brutally, honest, unless you hate it, in which case, be diplomatic!

‘The Writer’s Dog’ - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

The beautiful cover of my new novel THE ART OF A LIE 💚🍍🍦
Abir Mukherjee
@radiomukhers.bsky.social: 'A breathtaking, tension-filled, kaleidoscopic whirl . . . This book has it all. Masterful'
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A writer leans back on her chair, scrolling on her phone with a cat in her lap and her feet on her desk. A message has popped up on her laptop “How’s that new draft coming along” The writer thinks “Every time I slack off, I get an email from my editor. How does she know that I'm not working?” Behind the writer is a window with long curtains. We can see a pair of woman’s feet protruding from the bottom of the left hand curtain.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Asterisks are ****ing great. I swear by them.