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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My latest, MARIANNE: A SENSE AND SENSIBILITY SEQUEL, is free till Monday... Grab it for nothing NOW!!!! Nine gold medals since its launch last October... the S&S sequel you never knew you were missing! books2read.com/u/mB91zA #JaneAusten #booksky #freeebook

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've been enjoying re-reading Austen's letters so much I thought I'd share a few. Happy Wednesday to those who celebrate it, lol. #JaneAusten #regencyfiction (Of course, not the ones Cassandra burned...)

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

To celebrate my golden MARIANNE's latest success - thank you, STORYTRADE AWARDS!!!! - my dystopian, Kirkus-starred thriller, LAST STAR STANDING, is free till the weekend. It's funny and quite steamy so I used my two middle names, Spaulding Taylor. books2read.com/u/mlzMXY Happy reading!!! 😊 XXAlice

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

paid a fortune to use this masterpiece on my cover for MARIANNE. Currently loaned to the Courtauld, where S. and I loved the Barbara Hepworth exhibition... BUT... HAD to visit MARIANNE too...(Sorry about the visor, 35 degrees, eek). 😍 #iamwriting #JaneAusten #regencyfiction #SenseandSensibility

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Escape from 2026!!! My bestselling DARCY is free this week!!! Link to swipe it for nothing! 😍 books2read.com/u/baK5Zy (9 gold medals, etc. etc. KIRKUS: "McVeigh displays a brilliant, spot-on command of Austen's diction and tone.") #freeebooks #histfic #JaneAusten

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thrilled that SUSAN (prequel to Austen's LADY SUSAN has a tenth gold medal!!) If you'd like to check out my writing for free, I have this perma-free short story taster: dl.bookfunnel.com/3g9r4q9fln. If you'd like to have a look at SUSAN: books2read.com/u/mBBnzp #histfic #JaneAusten #iamwriting

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Forgot all about this promotion, but loads of fantastic offers here for your sunshiney summer sitting-in-the-garden-or-by-a-beach reads!!!! - All historical BUT not JUST historical... Historical mysteries, whodunnits, romance etc..#freeebooks #histfic #iamwriting Link: storyoriginapp.com/to/KQonr2U

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Travel Back in Time with Historical Ficiton

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

For a limited time only!!! Grab PRIDE AND PERJURY (finalist for UK Selfies) and HARRIET (hon. mention for FOREWORD INDIES' 'Book of the Year') to celebrate my IPPY silver award in Book Series (fiction). 😍 Links if interested: books2read.com/u/mdaw1l and books2read.com/u/3kjOPR

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#booksky #iamwriting Well, I WAS writing and then... boing... off goes the electricity. I mean, this is London. We haven't had a power cut since around blinking 1989. Reminded me of Wodehouse: "They didn't flicker. They just went out. The hall was in complete darkness.

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thrilled that the audiobook of MARIANNE is now on sale/on NetGalley, and priced at about half-price for the launch, so check it out!! 😍 Read by the lovely Elizabeth Grace, and not Amazon-exclusive. NetGalley link: netgal.ly/YnrC65#histfic #audiobooks #bookstagrammer #JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

To celebrate my series' big win (IPPY silver medal in book series, all genres, last week) SUSAN is free! Winner of 8 gold medals it imagines a young and still unspoiled LADY SUSAN of just sixteen. (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “echoes the master herself”)😍 #JaneAusten #freeebook books2read.com/u/mBBnzp

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Just crazy happy to find out that my Jane Austen series has won Silver in the famous IPPY book awards (fiction book series)!!!!! Check them out on www.alicemcveigh.com OR snap up a new audiobook of MARIANNE, narrated by Elizabeth Grace, 1/2 price for the launch!!! #janeausten #sense&sensibility

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last few days... Not only MARIANNE but also my boxset (first three novels in what PW called, "McVeigh's celebrated series") are FREE!!! #freeebooks 😍Links: books2read.com/u/mB91zA & books2read.com/u/m2aYVd

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“Here, Mary – the plainest sister – takes on a role that sees her equal to the rest. Yet it is Darcy who claims this novel as his own…" – INDIEREADER ***Finalist (in the last seven novels) for the UK SELFIES Book Awards 2024*** #booksky #JaneAusten #TOBS #MrDarcy link: books2read.com/u/baK5Zy

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Missing my grandfather today - General Maxwell D. Taylor, who led the 101st Airborne into Normandy on D-Day by parachute on D-Day (later, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). XXAlice #ww2 #iamwriting #DDay

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Anyway, in common with so many of my friends, after a few years of playing cello in London orchestras, I got bored, like Sylvia Plath who wrote, 'I decided to write a novel. That would fix a lot of people’(!!)... Just one reason so many orchestral musicians paint, sculpt, make pottery etc. (cont.)

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

As of this week, MARIANNE's now shortlisted for THREE awards - the mega FOREWORD INDIES, the American Writing Award's Hawthorne Prize and the (new) Ink Book Prize. Am about to release Elizabeth Grace's audiobook. Go, MARIANNE!!! #JaneAusten #bookawards #regencynovel #newaudiobook

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Escape to a saner world!!! Just two days left to grab the multi-award-winning HARRIET (as MARIANNE has run out of free days!!!) HARRIET's a clever take on Austen's EMMA with a surprisingly clued-up Harriet Smith and a twist at the end. 😊#booksta #JaneAusten #freeebook Link: books2read.com/u/3kjOPR

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I resisted a free reader magnet... until now. Meet the Austenesque reader magnet you never knew you were missing!!! Remember the supercilious Lady Catherine de Bourgh? In P&P she dominated her daughter Anne quite remorselessly. But…worms can turn! Check it out FOR FREE here: bookhip.com/BXWSXSS

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Reader magnet for Alice McVeigh's award-winning Austen-inspired series

Pride and Perjury is the only short story collection in "McVeigh's celebrated series" (Publishers Weekly). The others are full-length novels, including: 1) Susan, a prequel to Austen's only novella, L...

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A prequel to Austen's LADY SUSAN, Quarterfinalist for the BookLife 2021 and starred "Editor's pick" on Publishers Weekly, McVeigh's Susan won the Global, eLit, Pencraft awards. Grab your escape while it's FREE!!!!❤️ books2read.com/u/mBBnzp #booksky #JaneAusten #histfic #MrDarcy #freeebook

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Today and tomorrow only!!! Rated in the top seven novels of 2024 in the 2025 UK Selfies Book Awards… “I have very little hope,” said Mr Bennet, “of disposing of even one of my daughters much before luncheon.” (from McVeigh’s PRIDE AND PERJURY).Link: books2read.com/u/311Ynl #JaneAusten #MrDarcy

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Rated in the top seven novels of all genres for the 2025 UK Selfies Book Awards…“I have very little hope,” said Mr Bennet, “of disposing of even one of my daughters much before luncheon.” Fall in love with your favourite Austen characters again! #JaneAusten #MrDarcy books2read.com/u/311Ynl

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This was my novelistic debut, courtesy of Orion/Hachette. FREE for the next few days!😊"A very enjoyable novel" (The Sunday Telegraph). “It sings with lyrical intensity and eloquent feeling” (Publishers Weekly) Link: books2read.com/u/bOdpnA #Booksky #Orchestra #Mahler #cello #freeebook

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Thrilled to come back from visiting Prague to learn that MARIANNE won gold (historical romance) in the The BookFest!!! #lucky #TheBookFestSpring2026 #TheBookFest #LiteraryEvent #Bookish #BookFestAwards #BookConectUs #JaneAusten #historicalfiction #booksta #Austenesque #bookstagrammer

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My second novel - originally published by Hachette- GHOST MUSIC - is FREE for a brief time. Swipe yours today!!! link: books2read.com/u/3y5LEZ The Secret Life of a symphony orchestra. #classicalmusic #orchestra #Mahler

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Since everybody's talking about Janice Hadlow's excellent novel about Mary Bennet (the BBC have just put out an adaptation on the box), here's an article I wrote for HISTORIA MAGAZINE about 'the curious allure of Mary Bennet'. historiamag.com/allure-of-ma... #JaneAusten #historicalfiction

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The curious allure of Miss Mary Bennet – Historia Magazine

Alice McVeigh looks at the many reimaginings of Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, which demonstrate the curious allure she holds for many of us

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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The curious allure of Miss Mary Bennet – Historia Magazine

Alice McVeigh looks at the many reimaginings of Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, which demonstrate the curious allure she holds for many of us

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Free March 16-19th!!! #freebook #historicalfiction #JaneAusten #MrDarcy Gold medallist in the Literary Global, HIstorical Fiction Company, PenCraft and American Writing Awards (historical romance). Fifth in what PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called, "McVeigh's celebrated series". Grab yours from Monday!!!😍

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

FREE for a few days only! Third in standalone series ('McVeigh's celebrated series' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY) was Finalist in the UK Selfies, Gold medallist in Incipere, PenCraft,Global book awards. Grab yours today! #booksky #historicalfiction

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

On World Book Day, celebrating JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD's lovely review (Joceline Bury) #happybunny #janeausten "Alice McVeigh knows Austen's characters inside out, never striking a false note. MARIANNE is a deeply touching love story, as well as an assured comedy of Regency manners." XXAlice

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

www.forewordreviews.com/articles/art... Check out my answer to, "Is it ever intimidating to add your own spin to already beloved characters like Jane Churchill?" Me: "Yes!!!!" #SenseandSensibility #Austen #historicalfictionbooks

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheMonth: 🌟Marianne – A Sense and Sensibility Sequel – by Alice McVeigh🌟 Discover a compelling tale – and not only for fans of Jane Austen! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/02/book... #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction @alicemcveigh.bsky.social

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

SUSAN: A JANE AUSTEN PREQUEL is FREE today for a limited time only, so... if you haven't swiped her... link is below! “This Austen-inspired novel echoes the master herself." (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, rated 10 out of 10) Link to get SUSAN for zero, zilch and nothing: books2read.com/u/mBBnzp

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheMonth: 🌟Marianne – A Sense and Sensibility Sequel – by Alice McVeigh🌟 Discover an exquisite, authentic must-read for fans of Jane Austen! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/02/book... #LiteraryFiction #HistoricalFiction @alicemcveigh.bsky.social

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Check out my latest monthly newsletter here!!! newsletters.alicemcveigh.com/civicrm/mail... Sign up to be one of over 15,000 receivers here: www.alicemcveigh.com/newsletter/ PS Certainly not MORE than monthly. Have to admit, I CAN forget to do one, lol!!!

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

HARRIET is FREE!!! Grab yours today!!! EMMA from the points of view of the enigmatic musical beauty (Jane Fairfax) and of a Harriet Smith smart enough to pretend to be stupid, in hopes that Emma will lift her higher in Surrey society. Link to grab for FREE: books2read.com/u/3kjOPR

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I’m celebrating a book B-day with a freebie!!! 🙂 My PRIDE AND PERJURY – finalist in the 2025 UK Selfies Book Awards – is free until the end of Jan 22nd. Grab your copy today!!! Nine short stories inspired by Austen's P&P - and three by an even BETTER novel - EMMA! Link: books2read.com/u/mdaw1l

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

To celebrate my one-and-only, pen-name-written, scifi action/adventure B-day, it's briefly FREE! The Kirkus-starred LAST STAR STANDING is, well, me.☺️ I wanted to explore writing as a guy. Specifically, a rebel guy in 2094. Aiden is part of the resistance. Funny and moving! books2read.com/u/mlzMXY

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

If interested, the first THREE in my standalone series are FREE for the few days remaining in 2025!! 😀 XXAlice books2read.com/u/m2aYVd SUSAN features a very young Lady Susan entrancing Lady Catherine de Bourgh... HARRIET is EMMA with two amazing twists... DARCY gives us Darcy's point of view...

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Alice McVeigh @alicemcveigh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Feeling relieved to have – almost – got to the end of a tough year but Simon is cancer-free and MARIANNE just won Gold in ‘romance’ in the Literary Global Book Awards, so could have been worse! Here’s wishing you all a happy Christmas and a healthy and peaceful 2026!!! #janeausten250

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