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Isabel Ashdown

@isabelashdown.com

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Author, mother, dog hugger, friend. Writing coach & Royal Literary Fund Fellow. "Ingenious" (Sunday Times) 📚 "Fiendishly Clever" (Red Mag) 📚 "Delivery was late" (Amazon reviewer) Publisher: @orionbooks Agent: @agentkateshaw www.isabelashdown.com

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · 7d

An Autumn night at the castle! Join us for ‘Sparkles, Stories & Soul’ - an evening of music, stories, fizz and canapés inside Arundel Castle’s stunning (& rarely open to public!) library. Supporting local families via Home-start Arun, Worthing & Adur ✨ Tickets: home-startawa.org.uk/sparkle-stor...

Flyer advertising Sparkle, Stories and Soul event at Arundel Castle

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Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks to Issie for this photo from Waterstone’s Bridport. I really enjoyed chatting about Beast. Some lovely questions - the sort that open new views onto your own work. Thanks to all involved.
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Me in Waterstone’s holding two copies of beast with a comment from poster Isabel Ashdown :”Such a great event tonight hearing lulu allison talk about her new book - so great I bought two copies
• Look at that gorgeous cover!”

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Aug 27

Lovely to see you Lulu - thanks for a fascinating evening! Can’t wait to read Beast x

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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our Memoir Award is open for entries until 30 September! You could win a share of our £2,700 prize pot, as well as a mentoring package. Find out more about our writing competition at bit.ly/bp-memoir-award 🌎📝

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Aug 5

We have created "Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors" to help you navigate a complex industry and empower you in your relationships, as well as find ways to support your own wellbeing.

Download your copy from our website
societyofauthors.org/resource/aut...

#AuthorCare

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Apr 26

'Will I ever write again? Family illness, heartbreak and other distractions ...' My Spring Newsletter is out now: tinyurl.com/IsabelAshdow...

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Apr 3

I’ll be asking META to #DoTheWriteThing on Thursday 3 April ✍️ To help spread the word and protect writers of every kind, please join us in flooding social media with this important message! @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Mar 22

It’s gorgeous!

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Mar 21

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.

But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Mar 11

I’m spreading the word on #ProstateCancer awareness after my husband was diagnosed this January. Folks, pls encourage your loved ones: If in doubt, check it out! Find info & advice at @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social & @cancerresearchuk.org 💙 #cancer #CancerAwareness www.instagram.com/p/DG_RFggAkY...

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Feb 19

Oh, such parallel paths! 🙌 So encouraging for anyone who didn’t fit the one-size-fits-all constraints of early education.

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Feb 19

Updated pic to showcase my books 2009-2024 📚 15 years, 2 great publishers, 1 amazing agent, many sleepless nights … 10 books! 4/4 (a thread)

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Feb 19

… by 39 I had graduated with a first class degree, signed with an agent and published my first book. Fifteen-year-old me could never have dreamed it. I repeat: NEVER GIVE UP! 3/4 (a thread)

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Feb 19

… I loved reading and I loved writing, but where would that ever get me? In my mid-30s, after twenty years of hard graft, and with two small kids, I enrolled at university to study English and Creative Writing … 2/4 (a thread)

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Jan 17

What a beautiful picture 🥰

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Jan 14

It really is. My father was in the system from 7, battled lifelong demons and was dead by 50. This book was enlightening and all too familiar.

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Jan 14

Same John - we’ll miss you in April! Our paths will coincide again, I’m sure 🙌

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Jan 14

Great news John - can’t wait to hear more ✨

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Jan 1

Easily one of my favourite books of all time 🙌

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Dec 30

Yes! We must check in as we go along, to celebrate our creative successes 🙌

Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Dec 24

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Isabel Ashdown @isabelashdown.com · Dec 21

What a lovely review, Sarah, thank you 🙏🥰📚

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