Harriett de Mesquita
@autieharriett.bsky.social
Novelist, proud to be Jewish and Autistic, obsessed with my Frenchie.
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Join Evie as she leaves behind everything she knows to set herself up as a friendly village witch in 1980s Yorkshire, navigating the reappearance of her first love, her own autism, and the friendly ghost of her Aunt Mim materialising to give advice at inopportune moments...
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Join Evie as she leaves behind everything she knows to set herself up as a friendly village witch in 1980s Yorkshire, navigating the reappearance of her first love, her own autism, and the friendly ghost of her Aunt Mim materialising to give advice at inopportune moments...
#newnovel
A human,
A Frenchie,
A cuddly gargoyle with specs.
The perfect book club is born! We are reading and loving Elsa Morante...
A Frenchie,
A cuddly gargoyle with specs.
The perfect book club is born! We are reading and loving Elsa Morante...
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
A human,
A Frenchie,
A cuddly gargoyle with specs.
The perfect book club is born! We are reading and loving Elsa Morante...
A Frenchie,
A cuddly gargoyle with specs.
The perfect book club is born! We are reading and loving Elsa Morante...
A trio of festive looks from Loretta as the festive season continues...
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A trio of festive looks from Loretta as the festive season continues...
My thoughts were with the Bondi Beach attack victims as I lit my first candle of Chanukah this year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My thoughts were with the Bondi Beach attack victims as I lit my first candle of Chanukah this year.
Writing Jewish jokes to go into my crackers right now....
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Writing Jewish jokes to go into my crackers right now....
My episode of Write Club Podcast is now live! Chatting about the impact of a late autism diagnosis on my work, misunderstood protagonists, and there's a book recommendation from me too! Listen here: writersonline.substack.com/p/writing-as...
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My episode of Write Club Podcast is now live! Chatting about the impact of a late autism diagnosis on my work, misunderstood protagonists, and there's a book recommendation from me too! Listen here: writersonline.substack.com/p/writing-as...
How are Loretta the Frenchie and I spending our Sunday evening? In the best way: chatting to online book club Bookscape Books about witchy things, autistic things...all things Evie. Join the club at www.bookscapebooks.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
How are Loretta the Frenchie and I spending our Sunday evening? In the best way: chatting to online book club Bookscape Books about witchy things, autistic things...all things Evie. Join the club at www.bookscapebooks.org
I had an amazing experience at Maggie Hambling's War Requiem at the Snape Maltings today...unsettling and powerful and beautiful all at the same time.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I had an amazing experience at Maggie Hambling's War Requiem at the Snape Maltings today...unsettling and powerful and beautiful all at the same time.
When your Frenchie loves coffee-shop life more than you ever could...
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When your Frenchie loves coffee-shop life more than you ever could...
There are worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon...
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There are worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon...
From an autistic point of view, so many of us struggle to find and keep a job. For any group who face discrimination and face hurdles to employment, diversity and inclusion is a chance, not a "woke agenda".
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
From an autistic point of view, so many of us struggle to find and keep a job. For any group who face discrimination and face hurdles to employment, diversity and inclusion is a chance, not a "woke agenda".
Just an autistic girl house sitting, then realising that she left her earphones behind, because despite the silence indoors, it is a different type of silence to the one she is used to...
October 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Just an autistic girl house sitting, then realising that she left her earphones behind, because despite the silence indoors, it is a different type of silence to the one she is used to...
If anybody asks me whether I had a good time in Paris, this is what flashes through my mind. I mean, there were walks and museums and shopping and a concert, but, this....
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If anybody asks me whether I had a good time in Paris, this is what flashes through my mind. I mean, there were walks and museums and shopping and a concert, but, this....
A poem for Shabbat from my Great Great Aunt, Nina Salaman.
October 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A poem for Shabbat from my Great Great Aunt, Nina Salaman.
As an English Jewish woman, whose family have lived in England for generations and loved living here, I am spending Yom Kippur - our holiest day - watching the news of a terrorist attack in a Manchester Synagogue unfold with absolute horror.
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
As an English Jewish woman, whose family have lived in England for generations and loved living here, I am spending Yom Kippur - our holiest day - watching the news of a terrorist attack in a Manchester Synagogue unfold with absolute horror.
Lovely to see my article in the Sylvia Townsend Warner newsletter...from Lolly Willowes to Evie Edelman, talking about female outsiders.
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Lovely to see my article in the Sylvia Townsend Warner newsletter...from Lolly Willowes to Evie Edelman, talking about female outsiders.
All the problems in the world that the US administration could and should solve...yet they choose to spread misinformation about "cures" for a vulnerable group of people. I think that Autistic people deserve better.
September 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
All the problems in the world that the US administration could and should solve...yet they choose to spread misinformation about "cures" for a vulnerable group of people. I think that Autistic people deserve better.
The electrics tripped in my kitchen and sitting room today. So I just took my shortbread-making operation upstairs to my bedroom. Nothing gets between me and biscuits!
September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The electrics tripped in my kitchen and sitting room today. So I just took my shortbread-making operation upstairs to my bedroom. Nothing gets between me and biscuits!
My favourite birthday gifts: some novel cover art related jewellery!
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My favourite birthday gifts: some novel cover art related jewellery!
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Couldn't agree more with The National Autistic Society on this. Fear mongering, false claims and blatant disrespect towards autistic people should not be tolerated.
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Couldn't agree more with The National Autistic Society on this. Fear mongering, false claims and blatant disrespect towards autistic people should not be tolerated.
Lovely homemade mulberry jam, plus the weird "scum pot" full of random stuff skimmed off the top. For every jam batch, there is a scum pot. There's a metaphor in there somewhere....😂
August 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lovely homemade mulberry jam, plus the weird "scum pot" full of random stuff skimmed off the top. For every jam batch, there is a scum pot. There's a metaphor in there somewhere....😂
I am heading to FolkEast this Friday: find me on the sofa in the Lit Tent at 1pm, in conversation with Ruth Leigh and Abbie Clements! Signings after.
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I am heading to FolkEast this Friday: find me on the sofa in the Lit Tent at 1pm, in conversation with Ruth Leigh and Abbie Clements! Signings after.
Thanks for having me on The Northern Connection Podcast! Link to listen to my chat about my novel, northern literature and female autism. Link below:
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July 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Thanks for having me on The Northern Connection Podcast! Link to listen to my chat about my novel, northern literature and female autism. Link below:
linktr.ee/thenorthernc...
linktr.ee/thenorthernc...
I had a great time on my panel at the Northern Literary Festival this weekend, discussing witchcraft, neurodivergence and feminine power. Thanks to all who came! 💝
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I had a great time on my panel at the Northern Literary Festival this weekend, discussing witchcraft, neurodivergence and feminine power. Thanks to all who came! 💝