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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Cheltenham Literature Festival is RACING towards us now and I'm told this event is nearly sold out. Get your tickets soon to be there with former GCHQ Director Sir David Omand, the two authors of the MI5 Archive, and… me. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/decla...

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can't remember a time when I've seen more articles like this in the UK press. It's necessary, but quite chilling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?

The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Smooth, MI5. Very, very smooth. "From innocuous benches that could stop a transit van in its tracks to public art installations designed to withstand the impact of a seven-tonne truck, London’s anti-terror infrastructure is hiding in plain sight. " www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

thetimes.com

MI5 helps replace anti-terror bollards with more artful designs

After a series of attacks in public spaces where vehicles were used as weapons, the latest safety upgrades range from seating to sculptures

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Sal Cap0ne @salimotxo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Had another loan successfully paid off today (Zambian women's co-op). I cannot tell you how good it feels when they pull it off. Try it.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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TheBookTrail @thebooktrail.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The lady has spoken. And she is wise so best to do what she suggests.....

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hello! I'm once again on the road, and if you are in the UK I will most likely be stalking you in your town shortly. So, please make it easier for me by coming to one of my events! I'll be talking books, politics, and spies with some brilliant people, and you are welcome to join us.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am genuinely delighted to tell you I'll be at Cheltenham Literature Festival in October, talking all things espionage and a bit of government hijinks. It's a knockout lineup this year, so I really hope I'll see you there. @cheltenhamfestival.bsky.social

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hello! The Hiding Season is now out in PAPERBACK in the UK. It's the twistiest, most unpredictable book I've written in years. And a lot of it takes place during a hot July in Austin, Texas, where Maya Landry's life and plans have just gone all to hell.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That was great! See you all in 2090 for the next one?

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The rose bush made a thousand eclipses.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

UK/Europe: It's 6:08pm. You've got 10 minutes to get your Caractacus Potts eclipse contraptions made and get outside. See you on the hill.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Protect your eyes during the eclipse by reading a book instead

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This summer has been a profound example of 'be careful what you wish for' in England. I'm not sure I'll ever hope for a hot summer again. Just a normal summer will do, thanks.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There's bramble growing in the conifer hedge, and I've been meaning to get the hedge cutter out to chop it back, but today my husband watched a tiny mouse, no bigger than a thumb, climb out of the hedge onto the bramble, pluck a blackberry, and dash off with it. So now the bramble stays.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Going to be up early on Saturday? Hang out with me by turning on the BBC World Service. I'll be on The World Today from 6:30 to 9am, along with @drg.bsky.social. We will brighten your weekend! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

bbc.co.uk

BBC World Service - The World Today Weekend

Julian Worricker or Rebecca Kesby is joined by two distinguished guests.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

bbc.co.uk

BBC World Service - The World Today Weekend

Julian Worricker or Rebecca Kesby is joined by two distinguished guests.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm just here to tell you about good books you need to be reading and this is one of them. @janecasey.bsky.social knows how to twist a tale. Take this to the pool with you – you won't be sorry.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm delighted to be included on this list, along with basically all of my favourite espionage authors. If you're looking for a book to read next, this article is a good place to find it. Thanks so much, @davegoodman.bsky.social!

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Literally the most informative article I've read today.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hello! Please do listen to @annamazz.bsky.social and me duelling authors: Tana French vs Diane Setterfield. Which is the BEST? It's a battle of the most literary kind. And by that I mean it's gentle. With coffee. And we are both right. @ohdobookoff.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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Ava Glass and Anna Mazzola

Podcast Episode · Book Off! · 5 June · 48min

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The episode in which @annamazz.bsky.social and I nearly came to blows! JOKING. Or am I? You better listen to the podcast to be sure. 😎

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Alex Younger is exactly the person I think of when inventing my spies. He was a spy's spy. His first job for MI6 was to infiltrate a Balkan militant group intent on genocide in the early 1990s – possibly the most dangerous job in the world at that time. He was in his 20s. Trial by fire.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

On a very rainy day in London a few weeks ago, I spent 45 minutes talking about spies, billionaires, and murder with Story Radio. You can listen to our conversation here. player.captivate.fm/episode/0d51...

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Ava Glass talks about her spy novel The Hiding Season

Quickly and easily listen to Story Radio Podcast for free!

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

London, this event on writing about real and fictional female spies is nearly sold out, but if you're quick you can grab one of the remaining tickets. I think it's going to be fascinating. There's a link to buy tickets in my bio!

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

www.radiotimes.com/books/ava-gl... "It was not Ava Glass's job to count the dead children. Her job was to hold ministers and intelligence services to account for the toxic cloud drifting from the burning factory towards the village, and the armed terrorists on the run." Now THAT'S a lede.

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I thought I'd made a friend – then I found out she was a spy. Here's what I learned about real-world espionage

"For two or three weeks, she was my office friend, and we chatted. She asked a lot of questions about my past, my background, how I ended up in England, just the kind of questions that people ask all ...

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Independent review of The Hiding Season: 'A tense sexy whirlwind of a thriller.' ❤️ Out now in the US, and next week in the UK!

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Due to a scheduling mishap, when BBC Cambridge called this afternoon for an interview I thought was happening tomorrow, I was miles from home. I ducked down an alleyway by the bins to try and get a clearer signal. The GLAMOUR of being an author, my friends. It never stops.

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traveling light @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Here we go! Excited to dive into this new book by @avaglassbooks.bsky.social. I’ve been waiting on this adventure. Now, if we could only have an Alias Emma tv series. 😀

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Hiding Season is out in the US at last! Here's what it's all about.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's US publication day for the most beautiful book to ever have one of my names on it. The Hiding Season is a twisty tale about what it's like to disappear. It's a story I've been dying to tell and I can't wait for you to read it. The Hiding Season publishes today in America, next week in the UK.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

When he was 11, Len Deighton watched police arrest his neighbour for spying, and that moment impacted the course of his life. He wrote tough, smart, working-class spies, very different from Fleming's Etonian crew, and made them seem real. One of the greats. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

thetimes.com

Len Deighton obituary: writer who redefined spy thrillers dies aged 97

The creator of Harry Palmer brought anti-establishment edge to the Sixties while mastering everything from military history to ‘gastrosexual’ cookery

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I'm heading north, into the shadow of the Brontë sisters, to one of my absolute favourite bookshops in the world. Come see me 1 April at Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth. I have a feeling this is going to be a really good one.

thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Author, described as 'The new Queen of Spy Fiction', to visit Haworth bookshop

Spy thriller author Ava Glass visits Haworth’s Wave of Nostalgia on 1 April to promote The Hiding Season. Hear MI5-inspired insights and book…

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

London ! Come see me at The Frontline Club on 23 March! www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/local-events...

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The marketing for the Dracula ballet at Sadlers Wells in London is so good. Every time this image come up I find myself staring at it, entranced.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

On the day bombs started falling on Iran, a man’s voice began broadcasting an eerie message in Farsi on a shortwave radio frequency. “Tavajjoh! Tavajjoh!” (Attention! Attention!) followed by a string of numbers. Numbers stations are back, friends. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

theatlantic.com

A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?

The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

London! Come see me and Daria Santini talking espionage – real life vs fiction – with Pete Hanington at The Frontline Club, 23 March. This event kicks off my UK tour for The Hiding Season, and I'd love to see you there. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

If you need a break from war and chaos, have I got a book for you. In The Hiding Season's very first review, Prima Magazine calls it 'the epitome of a page turner.' Out 17 March in the US, and 26 March in the UK. Pick up a copy and allow it to help you escape from all this craziness for a while.

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Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This interview with the podcast OMG Stories explains how I became a writer of espionage fiction better than I ever thought possible. In short, it all began with All The Presidents' Men. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZrG...