Much enjoyed this candid and sensitive account of her journey to becoming an adoptive parent by Carol Atherton. Out from Fig Tree in July
Caroline Sanderson
@carosanderson.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Honorary President @indexers.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
From our lovely President @carosanderson.bsky.social so follow us for all things indexing on #IndexDay
Caroline Sanderson@carosanderson.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt's #IndexDay so time to celebrate the human ingenuity that goes into creating the indexes that helps us find what we need to know. This one is from "Index, a History of the" by @djbduncan.bsky.social. Index by @baindex.org @indexers.bsky.social
Indexer on penultimate train of March 2026. Off to London for National Indexing Day workshop tomorrow. Look forward to presenting with rest of @indexers.bsky.social team – @carosanderson.bsky.social, @tanyaizzard.bsky.social and Rachel Gee – and to fruitful chats with publishers on #IndexDay.
It's #IndexDay so time to celebrate the human ingenuity that goes into creating the indexes that helps us find what we need to know. This one is from "Index, a History of the" by @djbduncan.bsky.social. Index by @baindex.org @indexers.bsky.social
Thank you so much, @carosanderson.bsky.social, for this interview in @thebookseller.com about 'This is Also a Love Story' (my very first interview about the book!): www.thebookseller.com/author-inter... More info about preorders etc. here: sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t...
Foreign correspondent and author Sally Hayden on finding light in the dark
The journalist talks to Caroline Sanderson about writing her second book, This Is Also a Love Story, and the importance of reading to foster an understanding of our "shared humanity".
thebookseller.com
For World Book Day, enjoy our President @carosanderson.bsky.social's celebration of the human art of indexing. Every non-fiction book needs an expert, professionally produced index. buff.ly/bfZfDw4
The human art of indexing
Book indexes might seem the perfect candidate for AI automation. They're not.
thebookseller.com
Spoke to fellow #nonfiction champion @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social for today's @thetimes.com but I think I'm done commenting on The Salt Path now. We need #nonfiction now more than ever and one unreliable book doesn't change that
Looking forward to chairing this discussion with Naomi Alderman and @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social at @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social on November 8. stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events/good-...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Stroud Book Festival
The internet has flooded us with more knowledge, opinions, ideas and opportunities – as well as verbal attacks and misinformation – than ever before. It lets us learn more quickly and also spread fals...
stroudbookfestival.org.uk
Coming up next week at Cheltenham Literature Festival on 13th Oct, authors @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their own experience, and reflect on how memoirists are reinventing the form in bold ways:
Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals
Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i
cheltenhamfestivals.org
Tickets for #CheltLitFest 2025 are on sale now! Don't miss: 13/10 Into Being: Writing Memoir with @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/into-... 14/10 The Spectre of Russia with Andrew Monaghan www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s... #booksky
Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals
Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i
cheltenhamfestivals.org
Two weeks left to book for @indexers.bsky.social #SIConf25. With: @carosanderson.bsky.social @djbduncan.bsky.social @tanyaizzard.bsky.social on AI @closereadingie.bsky.social peer-review panel @annkingdom.bsky.social and me on humour plus more. Join us! #IndexSky www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2...
Conference 2025: ‘The Heart and Mind of Indexing’
The Society of Indexers 2025 conference will be an in-person residential conference at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre at the University of Birmingham from Friday 19 September to Sunday 21 ...
indexers.org.uk
Beyond The Salt Path. Essentially my response is to recommend more #nonfiction 📚
BEYOND THE SALT PATH
Five Other Walks of Recovery & Redemption
open.substack.com
Delighted to have this week's @thebookseller cover for my interview with BBC Chief International Correspondent, the estimable Lyse Doucet
It's publication day! From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this book into being, and to the booksellers who are getting behind it now @unboundsocials.bsky.social
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
uk.bookshop.org
We finish #SIConf25 Saturday with a panel discussion on working with authors, with panellists including authors and index enthusiasts @djbduncan.bsky.social and @carosanderson.bsky.social, followed by a series of lightning talks. Book at the earlybird rate until Mon 7 July at
Conference 2025: ‘The Heart and Mind of Indexing’
The Society of Indexers 2025 conference will be an in-person residential conference at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre at the University of Birmingham from Friday 19 September to Sunday 21…
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Big thanks to @toppingsbath.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my book "Jane Austen: Life of a Literary Titan" last night. Lovely appreciative audience too.
Three weeks to publication day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this quote from the wonderful @keggiec.bsky.social
This week's What to Read New on my Substack
WHAT TO READ NEW
"How Animals Heal Us" by Jay Griffiths
open.substack.com
Delighted to have a piece in the new issue of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social about one of my all-time favourite memoirs, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller
This week's What to Read New is this marvel by @adamweymouth.bsky.social
WHAT TO READ NEW
"Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe" by Adam Weymouth
open.substack.com
Amid the September proof deluge I am much looking forward to reading this by @annmorgan.bsky.social @renardpress.com
