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Ruth Newton

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Writer/Producer/Mother | Repped by Bergstrom Studios | Debut novel out in 2026 with Transworld

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Ruth Newton @ruthnewton.bsky.social · Mar 14

And here it is! The Carriers official announcement in @thebookseller.com 🎉

www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...

Transworld acquires Ruth Newton’s high-concept thriller The Carriers

Transworld has acquired Ruth Newton’s debut novel The Carriers, a high-concept thriller that asks: would you offload your negative emotions if it meant someone else had to feel them for you?

www.thebookseller.com

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Ruth Newton @ruthnewton.bsky.social · Dec 31

and the person who doesn’t respond to a work of art is perhaps missing the love of the thing which the artist is pointing to, lovingly.”

I love this quote from Sheila Heti's Alphabetical diaries, and I'm welcoming more art, and love, in 2025 X

Ruth Newton @ruthnewton.bsky.social · Dec 31

“Art is not essential, but love is essential, and maybe that is why people make art, to express their love of something—that tree, humans, the world, language, intensity of thought—

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Ruth Newton @ruthnewton.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi BlueSky 👋

Hoping this is a great place to meet fellow writers/readers while I edit my debut novel. Orrrr a great place to distract me from editing my debut novel.

Also on instagram @ruth.e.newton ✌️

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