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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 1d

Gleefully delighted that several of the reviews on Amazon for @spookypurcell.bsky.social's House of Splinters have said it's even creepier than The Silent Companions, mwahahaha 👻👻

You can still buy the gorgeous @waterstones.bsky.social special edition here www.waterstones.com/book/house-o...

House of Splinters by Laura Purcell | Waterstones

Buy House of Splinters by Laura Purcell from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 2d

The happiest of book birthdays to the wonderful @spookypurcell.bsky.social! Her SIXTH novel with us, the brilliant House of Splinters is out today and is absolutely the kind of fun horror (ie lots of great scares, will not make you scared to go out in the dark) this season is calling out for 👻

Raven Books @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social · 10d

'An enormous treat . . . beautifully vivid, claustrophobic and macabre . . . a masterful page-turner' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding

House of Splinters will soon be haunting shelves near you.

Pre-order here: https://t.co/qvI9PXgETJ

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 3d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 9d

I really wish Jess McDonald's memoir, No Comment, about the toxic culture inside the Met Police didn't continue to be so screamingly relevant www.waterstones.com/book/no-comm...

No Comment by Jess McDonald | Waterstones

Buy No Comment by Jess McDonald from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 10d

Yaaaaay! My beloved dark, unsettling, mad and truly wonderful The Unrecovered by @richardstrachan.bsky.social is the Scottish Book of the Month for @waterstones.bsky.social!

Thank you so so much booksellers for championing such a brilliant book.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 11d

Honestly quite disappointed that Nigel Slater hasn't written 'A Thousand Ferrets' as my blurry sleep deprived eyes just read. 100% would buy.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 12d

Wondering how much time of my life I could save if I didn't have to constantly check Amazon to make sure they haven't randomly removed one of our authors' editions for no good reason.

Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 16d

My twenty something publishing self, stuffing endless envelopes with bound proofs while sat on the floor of a office would probably have their mind blown if they knew this.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 16d

Today I am enormously grateful for the joys/privileges of my job: I'm currently going through the new draft of a fantastic debut novel I am publishing next summer and then this evening I'm going to a special screening of The Woman in Cabin 10, one of the most fun books I've published.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 29d

Richard is also up for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize announced TODAY so I basically have all of my fingers and toes crossed for at least one of these two exceptional prizes.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 29d

Absolutely delighted for Richard Strachan, his exceptional novel The Unrecovered has been longlisted for the Scottish National Book Award for Fiction! www.thesaltires.org.uk

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Sigh: 'The cache of files suggest that between October 2022 and May 2024, Johnson was paid approximately £5.1m for 34 speeches.'

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 9

Call to halt Boris Johnson’s £115,000 allowance after Boris Files revelations

Senior politicians want taxpayer-funded support for former PM suspended, as watchdog opens investigation

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very sad to have lost one of South London's bookselling greats www.thebookseller.com/news/iconic-... I have bought a lot of books from that shop and seen them support a lot of my authors

The Bookseller Crow owner Jonathan Main dies

Jonathan Main, co-owner of The Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace, has died following a short illness.

www.thebookseller.com

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 3

My colleague is publishing a historical Arctic horror novel next year, and she just pitched it to everyone as 'Michelle Paver meets Sarah Waters' and I am SOLD.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 2

I also have become slightly obsessed with Long Story Short on Netflix. It's so funny! And also melancholy, and moving, and just really brilliant. Thoroughly recommended for anyone looking for some smart new tv.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 2

I also read some great books while I was off for a few days - Selfish Girls (excellent on tangled sibling relationships); the new novel by Hayley Scrivenor, Girl Falling, and Abigail Dean's The Death of Us, which was very tough to read at times but incredibly moving.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very much enjoying the Back to School vibes of September at Raven HQ - the leaves are falling, good clothes are on the horizon & we have some cracking books publishing this Autumn including a folk horror anthology, the new novel from @spookypurcell.bsky.social + Joey Batey's debut, It's Not a Cult.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 20

(Oh and writing complaint emails about the fact a courier company left my brand new bike in a box outside my house in full view of everyone - didn't even close our gate - and unsurprisingly, it was stolen immediately. Thanks guys)

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Spending my last day before a holiday finishing the edit of a FANTASTIC debut publishing next year, reveling in some lovely news about one of my 2025 debuts and replying to excited emails from colleagues about the new book from one of my existing authors who has just smashed it out the park.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 18

He is 4 and a half and I am hoping this will be a lovely way to get to school when he starts next month, but am slightly worried I will now be too unfit to cycle with his added weight. Ah, for the days I cycled into work every day and was actually fit and healthy...

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've spent a good part of today's tea breaks scouring the internet for reviews of child bike seats after finally ordering a new bike after mine was stolen. I have never cycled with my small person on a bike with me so if anyone has any top tips I am here for them!

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 14

I try but it honestly never stays in my brain.

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Why am I an editor with over twenty years experience in publishing and I still find myself having to google which is a metaphor and which a simile?

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Richard Strachan @richardstrachan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Coming up this evening, 7pm!

Richard Strachan @richardstrachan.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Looking forward to doing this event with Lucy Ribchester at @argonautbooks.bsky.social on the 14th!

Murder Ballad + The Unrecovered // Lucy Ribchester & Richard Strachan – Thurs. 14th August @ 7pm

Three women. A deadly score to settle. EDINBURGH, 1791. Isobel Duguid and her friend, the famous castrato Clessidro, are stars of the Edinburgh Musical Society. Despite her cavalier attitude toward…

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · Aug 14

I went to see Born with Teeth last night, which was enormous fun. Edward Bluemel is great in it but oh my, Ncuti Gatwa has such CHARISMA. An unbelievably hot, sexy, arrogant Marlowe - just as you'd want. Also loved that Shakespeare is played as a nerd who just wants to work.

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