Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026elenalappin.substack.comA new episode with Stephanie Sy QuiaOn her debut novel A PRIVATE MAN 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026elenalappin.substack.comNew Episode with ELI ZUZOVSKYExploring Identity and Conflict in Eli Zuzovsky’s debut novel MAZELTOV 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It’s starting - the endless instagramming of very boring images of the eclipse through holes in cardboard boxes or sieves. Just shadows and it’s over now. As you were. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Writing? Check out my Writers Surgery. writers-surgery.com/writers-surg... 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025New story on my Substack elenalappin.substack.com 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025My husband thinks I’m having an affair with a guy called Harvey Nichols, because he sends me so many emails. I told him it’s just a seasonal thing, will slow down after Christmas. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025‘Here lies our beloved aunt Francine Jessica Smith-Anthill (1939-2010). She reached level 826 in Bubble Pop and kept her plants and pets well alive.’ #odetoprocrastination 000
Reposted by Elena LappinAnn Morgan @annmorgan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Very grateful to @elenalappin.bsky.social for having me on the latest episode of Shop Talk With Writers. You can read about the show and have a listen here: elenalappin.substack.com/p/reading-as...elenalappin.substack.comReading as Un-Knowing: Ann Morgan's Bookish AdventureA new podcast episode with a writer who has travelled the entire world (in books) 064
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025New episode with COLM TÓIBÍN! now also on YouTube Read more: elenaappin.substack.comyoutu.beEp 13 COLM TÓIBÍNYouTube video by SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS PODCAST 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025You can’t miss this amazing episode with Colm Tóibín - on Long Island, his writing life, Irish literature and on America today. Enjoy!open.spotify.comEp.13: COLM TÓIBÍN 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I’m reading THIS and, honestly, the world can disappear. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Who names storms? I wouldn’t mind having a say. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025#AndreAciman on my podcast #shoptalkwithwriters Full episode : open.spotify.com/episode/2mYt... 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025substack.com/@penandpenci...substack.comElena Lappin (@penandpencil)I spoke to André Aciman about his new book ROOM ON THE SEA, about longing and belonging, and what it means not to have a home. Link to podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mYt1FwjhOHXNoHt2Hb0Y... 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 28/06/2025WRITING AND GRIEVING open.substack.com/pub/elenalap...open.substack.comArchie Went for a WalkOr did he? 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This pod with #MeganHunter was such fun to record. Her novel DAYS OF LIGHT is a masterpiece of controlled, almost musical storytelling. Megan paints on large canvases with light brushstrokes, on the page as well as in conversation. Have a listen. @picadorbooks open.spotify.com/episode/7h6p...open.spotify.comMEGAN HUNTER ON WRITING 'DAYS OF LIGHT'SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS · Episode 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Clip from Shop Talk with Writers podcast featuring novelist Megan Hunter. Full episode on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7h6p... 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025open.substack.com/pub/elenalap...open.substack.comMy ‘creative collaboration’ with AII often have ideas for cartoons but I can’t draw. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025New episode with Dublin novelist Fíona Scarlett, on her second novel MAY ALL YOUR SKIES BE BLUE #fionascarlett @faberbooks.bsky.social 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025 Guest: Man Booker-winning novelist John Banville Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6xHE... 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025A clip from SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS : JOHN BANVILLE 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025lithub.com/what-russias...lithub.comWhat Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on UkraineUnless We Stop It Now, It Will Never End My great-aunt was not born mute. At the beginning of the second Soviet occupation of Estonia, she, only a child, was taken from her home for a night of inte… 162
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Shop Talk with Writers on Diane Olive #neighbors 010
Reposted by Elena LappinTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Decent people thank Ukraine. 220142832215
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I’m not looking at any planets in alignment tonight, rare as that sight may be, because THIS planet is depressing enough. Maybe next time around. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I would like to send Elon Musk an email asking him to list five useful and productive things he’s done last week, and if he can’t or won’t, he’s fired. #yay 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Relevant again today, re: Putin-Trump Actopen.substack.comThe Putin-Stalin Pact, 1939/2023The textbooks of history 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025New story.open.substack.comNO LUGGAGEA short story by Elena Lappin 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I’d like to see an Instagram selfie video of F. Scott Fitzgerald unboxing The Great Gatsby, his dog sniffing the publisher’s glue. 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025When will it be openly stated that ‘diversity purge’ equals institutionalised racism? 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025We live in times so bad they are reaching mythic proportions. Writing and all arts help, but reading even more so. Not social media, but deep thoughts on how mankind responded to similar crises. We don’t need superheroes, just the power of truth. Oppressive regimes were always built on lies. Tips? 3111
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/elenalap...open.substack.comWhat Does a Father Know?Tom Lamont's debut novel GOING HOME is a tender revelation 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/elena-...linkedin.comElena Lappin on LinkedIn: Journalist and novelist Tom Lamont is the guest of our January podcast…Journalist and novelist Tom Lamont is the guest of our January podcast episode of SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS, talking about his deeply moving debut novel GOING… 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Has predictive typing on iPhone gotten worse?? I find it’s introducing mistakes AFTER THE FACT and is just basically dumb. More AI less intelligence? 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024substack.com/@penandpenci...substack.comElena Lappin on SubstackI started this book podcast on my Substack and synced it to Spotify and more. Have a listen, and read the features about the authors. Such a fun way to link Substack with other platforms. 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024My scale said Happy Birthday to me this morning!! This relationship has gone too far. 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Podcast conversation with #TessaHadley on her novella #TheParty.open.substack.comTessa Hadley: The Magic of Her Realism'You have to find your own home in writing' 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Me to my husband: - I wrote a story about a husband but I don’t want you to think it’s you. My husband: -OK. After reading the story in which the husband leaves something unsaid towards the end: - But what did I say?? Me: - YOU didn’t say anything. It’s fiction. My husband: -Oh. #fictionopen.substack.comThe Day I Stopped LyingA short story by Elena Lappin 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024New story on my Substack. Blatantly untrue. elenalappin.substack.com 010
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024SHOP TALK WITH WRITERS: my book podcast, new and growing! On Spotify and Apple. Enjoy, listen, follow, talk to us. Share. Coming up in December: Tessa Hadley, Tom Lamont, Joshua Cohen.open.spotify.comSHOP TALK WITH WRITERS 070
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024We all know what happened to Citizen Kane #citizenmusk 000
Elena Lappin @elenalappin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I’m new here so 2 followers is just perfect. #nopressure 210
