Congrats to: #RupertDastur, #ChristinaFonthes, @connorhutchinson.bsky.social, #RoweIrvin #GurnaikJohal, @juliakellywriter.bsky.social, #Sanam Mahloudji, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, #ThomasPeermohamedLambert, #XenobePurvis, @anthonyshapland.bsky.social & #LucySteeds

Lucy Popescu@lucyjpop.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Delighted to reveal the longlist for the AuthorsClub Best First Novel Award #BFNA2026, now in its 72nd year.

one week to go & last chance to pre-order: www.waterstones.com/book/dead-lu... 🥳🥳🥳

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Great to see @laurasrobinson.bsky.social, @connorhutchinson.bsky.social and @damianbarr.bsky.social among the picks for @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social’s Book Club with Sara Cox. Even better - we have events with all three! Join in the chat and come along - details and tickets in link below👇🏻 #BookSky 📚💜

finished copies!! ❤️

2 months to go!👏

so looking forward to working on the @picadorbooks reissue of the lost Scottish cult classic shortlisted for the first ever @TheBookerPrizes - FROM SCENES LIKE THESE by Gordon M Williams(publishing in May with a new introduction by James Robertson) 🐄🚜🍺 www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Looks fascinating. Dead Lucky, debut novel by @connorhutchinson.bsky.social. Set in Openshaw, Manchester, dark comedy about horrors of gambling addiction. Due out in July from Corsair Books.