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Publishing Director @hutchheinemann Formerly @picadorbooks & @grantabooks . Publishing the best new writing ❤️‍🔥

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This is the second of my videos about proof that I’ve been sent and so here are four more coming from Kate Collins, Suzie Miller, Eleanor Davies, and Rebecca Winterich-Knox.

Thanks to all the publishers, publicists, and editors who have sent me these proofs.

Which ones sound most interesting to you and might you pre-order?

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A Thread of Light is out in paperback today!

A few thank yous from me. Firstly, all the people who've bought and read my novels, it means the world to hear that a reader has enjoyed my writing. Thank you also to the writing community, the best there is, who have cheered me on from the beginning. A special thank you to my wonderful writing group VWG!

Big, big thank you to editors Rosie Shackles and Anne Meadows at Picador, both truly wonderful people who understood my vision and helped me bring it to life. Thanks also to wider team at Picador, from design to distribution. What a publisher!

And last but most certainly not least, thank you to Shouma Khan, who has tirelessly supported me in writing my 'difficult second book'. As I said in my acknowledgements, the ultimate main character. I love you with all my heart.

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London, 1941.

As the city thrums with Blitz bombers, lonely air raid warden Ruby is drawn into the unfamiliar world of the India Forum, where a group of Londoners are working tirelessly to free India from British rule.

Ruby has her own secret motives for joining the fight, but when she meets Satyajit, charming, aloof, and potentially dangerous, she finds herself torn between head and heart.

Lawyer Kitty is helping Indian men in Britain challenge conscription. Having left her family behind in Bombay to marry the man she loves, now she risks losing him as well.

As Kitty and Ruby’s lives collide, the threat of violence closes in. Just how far are they willing to go for the people they love?

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'Thrilling... A love story of intellect and passion.'
The brilliant Stephanie Sy-Quia is one of the eight 'Best Debut Novelists 2026' as chosen by The Observer. This annual feature unfailingly identifies, celebrates and shares outstanding talent and this year is is no exception, and it is wonderful to see Stephanie part of this exciting group with her novel A PRIVATE MAN.

Out from @picadorbooks on 19th Feb, A PRIVATE MAN has already garnered fantastic support from fellow writers:

‘Truly outstanding: clever, passionate and as clean as a bone’ Melissa Harrison

‘A rich, elegant and textured novel full of quiet, beautiful revolutions, which sparks with erotic friction. A Private Man is a brilliant debut about secrets and belief, about the collision of lives, and about the liberation of being remade’ Seán Hewitt

'Sy-Quia writes beautifully and energetically about faith and food and clothes and sex. Her prose embraces beauty and her characters are complex and compelling. It’s a rare pleasure to read this novel' Sarah Moss

'A luminous, deeply thoughtful and moving love story. Breathtakingly honest and true on sex, on art, on the analogy between religious and corporeal pleasure, A Private Man is also a meditation on care, faith, doubt and loss. A beautiful and wise novel'
Luke Kennard

‘A warm, tender novel, written with such beauty and precision that it frequently stopped me in my tracks. I read it slowly, carefully, marvelling at an image, savouring each glint and turn’ Alex Hyde

‘Stephanie Sy-Quia's novel takes the truly singular story of a truly singular soul and makes it into something approachable, understandable and familiar. This is a novel brimming with empathy, tenderness and wisdom’
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce

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Harris House was packed for the third annual Literature in Time (LiT) Conference! Students in Dr. Katie Fleishman’s honors senior English class organized, hosted, and moderated the four-hour event on Sunday. They selected 12 student essays on authors like Zora Neale Hurston, T.S. Eliot, and Mary Shelley to read during panels on facade, form, and friction. Keynote speaker Anne Meadows, publishing director at Picador Books, addressed the crowd to end the evening and focused on the three major steps of publishing: acquisition, editing, and release.

The LiT Conference is graciously supported by the Class of 1963 English Endowment and the Richard P. Towne ’17 Lecture Fund.

📸 Jami Huang ’25
🔗 Read more through the School News link in our bio

#literature #conference #englishclass #authors

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𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝑨𝒏𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔

❄️ 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔!

Can you believe we're already passed another weekend?

Time flies, doesn't it? With the forecast calling for rain on weekend, it's the perfect excuse to cozy up with a good books.

Speaking of which, I've got a review for you today on an amazing book that truly captured my heart.

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙮 @annmeadows_author

🖼️ - 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒎! From the moment I started reading, I was hooked. The multi-dimensional storyline had me completely captivated.

The Book, with its full-cast narration, added an extra layer of depth to the characters' perspectives. I especially loved how the story unfolded through three distinct points of view, each revealing secrets and unraveling mysteries in their way.

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜!

💬: What are your plans for the next weekend? And if you're into this Amazing Guide, this one is a must-read Book for all of you!

𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔" 𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔, ✨

𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏! 📖

𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆✨📖

#HiddenPrincess #MustRead #author #fictionbooks #bookstagram #booklover

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Screaming bc my debut novel SEA CHANGE and my story collection GREEN FROG will be published in the UK & commonwealth by @picadorbooks!!!! Endless thanks to @anniemedz and @marissaconstantinou for giving my books such a perfect home and Rachel Clements my agent in the UK!! It is so surreal and incredible to know that my books will be available to so many readers all over the world. Feeling very very many big feelings. 🥹

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We are incredibly excited to share this!

'Brick Lane Bookshop New Short Stories 2022' will be published on November 7th.

📚But you can pre-order your copy right now!📚

Twelve stories selected from 775 entries to the 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. A showcase of some of the boldest new voices in short fiction.

In turn tender, brutal, surreal, gentle, loving, desperate, catastrophic and hilarious. Every story in this anthology explores what it is to be human, and each one will stay with you long after reading. They feature a shaved horse, an Irish commune, runaways, a first sexual encounter, stranded sprats, a celebrity stalker, a European flirtation, a modern-day factory, extreme heat, a rugby-ball-shaped rock, Icelandic foxes, and a life in fast-forward.

Featuring:

Shazia J. Altaf, Avril Caprani, Imogen Fox, Emily Gaywood-James, Giovanna Iozzi, Bonnie Lander Johnson, Miki Lentin, Max Lury, Rosaleen Lynch, Yvette Naden, Hannah Retallick, and Martha Sprackland

Foreword by bookshop owner Denise Jones

Introduction by project manager Kate Ellis

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Congratulations to the 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize Shortlistees!

Imogen Fox, Emily Gaywood-James, Giovanna Iozzi, Bonnie Lander Johnson, Max Lury, & Martha Sprackland.

Many thanks to our judges Anne Meadows, Huma Qureshi and Chris Wellbelove, the decision making process was incredibly tough.

Here's what the judges said about the entire longlist:

‘The BLB SSP longlist is testament to the breadth and imagination of a new generation of writers, and the elasticity of the short-story form. We read stories that were funny, sexy, deeply sad, and very strange. We read them not knowing a thing about their authors, finding ourselves amazed again and again by the talent on display. It’s a wonderful list.’ Anne Meadows

‘Exceptional stories, each so startlingly different, yet all stay with you. A true celebration of the short-story form.’
Huma Qureshi

‘The stories on this longlist showcase the range and excitement of the form – read them for their invention and imagination, and for their abilities to move, surprise and amuse.’ Chris Wellbelove

The winners will be announced at the book launch, late Oct/early Nov, date TBC.

#shortstories #writingcommunity #independentbooksellers

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📢2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize Longlist📢

We're super excited to announce the twelve longlisted stories! Due to the high quality of entries, and especially that of the long-longlisted stories, the reading and judging process has been enjoyable but very difficult. Thank you once again to every writer who submitted a story to the competition.

Congratulations to the 2022 longlistees!
We can't wait to share your work in our forthcoming anthology - out in October.

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Huge thanks to all of our readers for their hard work.
And of course to our judges!

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📝One day to go!📝

The 2022 Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize deadline for entries is tomorrow: 19th April, 5pm.

Head to our website for details.

Submit a story for a chance to:
- be published in our next anthology
- be read by our fantastic judges
- win £1000!

#shortstories
#amwriting
#independentbooksellers

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We asked a few of our Short Story Prize alumni about their experience of the competition and what it felt like to be published by us.

Here are their answers/many good reasons to submit a story!

Details about the 2022 prize are on our website.

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#shortstories
#independentbooksellers
#independentpublishing

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📢 Calling all short story writers!
Our 2022 Short Story Prize is open for submissions until April 19th.

Get writing, editing, re-editing!

Enter for a chance to win £1000, be read by judges Anne Meadows, Huma Qureshi and Chris Wellbelove, and be published in a real life book.

Details on our website.

#shortstories
#bookshops
#independentpublishing

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