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Samantha Ellis

@samanthaellis.bsky.social

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Writer of books (How to be a Heroine, Take Courage & Chopping Onions on my Heart) & plays (How to Date a Feminist) www.samanthaellis.me.uk 🧿 https://open.substack.com/pub/samanthaellis1?r=53sh&utm_medium=ios

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Sarra Manning @sarramanning.bsky.social · 7d

This has only ever happened once before but my first grown up novel, the now iconic* Unsticky is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4pQV4O7 (*Other people have said this, it's not just me tooting my own horn.)

Unsticky

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 2d

First proper post on my substack - free by the way. Thank you everyone who subscribed.

Let’s talk about Beowulf

(And also about Iraqi Jews)

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 6d

'It is amazing to read a young writer loudly, exultingly, exploring her ideas on the page.'

Samantha Ellis on the precocious poetry of Charlotte Brontë

Printed by herself

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 5d

Samantha Ellis: Rewriting welcome at Britain's threshold

Heart-swelling headlines

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 3d

I also reviewed for @thetls.bsky.social Horatio Clare’s call to reframe the story around migrants in small boats.

Heart-swelling headlines

This slim book begins at “Britain’s threshold”, a processing facility for migrants arriving on small boats. Later it will be attacked by petrol bombs, but

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 3d

Two reviews from me for @thetls.bsky.social this week. The first is Charlotte Brontë’s messy, misspelled, gorgeous teenage poetry.

Printed by herself

Although the Brontë sisters’ lives have been thoroughly pawed over by biographers and scholars, new discoveries are still being made. It feels extraordinary to be reviewing now, in 2025, a new book of...

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 15d

Shana tova!

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Extremely late to substack…

Samantha Ellis's substack

Hello! I’m Samantha.

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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 18d

As #Shabbat ends, Jews around the world prepare for Rosh Hashanah, there is a LOT we are all hoping for in the year ahead. Above all, Peace.

Join @samanthaellis.bsky.social reflecting on a community that survived an existential threat, and on preserving culture.

Listen now - link in bio
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WhoJewThinkYouAre Podcast @whojewthinkur.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to say that, ahead of #RoshHashanah, our new episode is with author @samanthaellis.bsky.social - talking about Judeo Arabic and Amba

Check your podcatcher to listen now, or subscribe to join us in our exploration of the Jewniverse.

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Endangered, Not Erased - Samantha Ellis | Who Jew Think You Are

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 26d

⭐️ Kirkus starred review!

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ALWAYS CARRY SALT | Kirkus Reviews

An immigrant daughter retraces her family’s origins in a sometimes pensive, sometimes humorous memoir.

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Tim Kiely @timkiely1.bsky.social · 27d

🙏 it has been a soul-warning experience reading @samanthaellis.bsky.social’s account of her ongoing relationship with her language and culture as an Iraqi Jew.

👏 For such a brisk read it covers enough ground in such rich detail that you will feel, as I did, deepened and delightfully surprised.

Man holding a copy of ‘Chopping Onions on my Heart’ by Samantha Ellis

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you - what a lovely thing to say. I’m so glad you enjoyed the book.

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 27d

Phew! X

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 27d

Oh no. Hope you’re OK! X

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 28d

Saturday! RSL BookSlam with me & five (five!) other authors: Sabrina Mahfouz, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Karrie Fransman, Felicity Ward & Theon Cross. The theme is Reanimate. It’s free. Come along!

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Can’t stop thinking about this haunting piece by @ericawgnr.bsky.social.

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · Sep 6

St Paul’s Pool on Pitcairn Island. I wrote about my strange visit there for @theobserveruk.bsky.social — observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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A dramatic rock pool on Pitcairn Island, bright blue water, sharp volcanic walls

Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · Sep 3

US readers! My new book is available for preorder now & if you do it in the next 3 days it’s 25% off at @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25 so please do!

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