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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

US readers: #TheLostDaughter is on an #ebookdeal for this week only. One of my favorites of my novels, it's about famine, the siege of Leningrad during WW2, domestic abuse, Stalin's purges, and the beautiful, glittering Romanov palaces. Hope you like! #bargain #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy publication day to the wonderful @tracyreesbooks – THE GOLDEN FEATHER is out today. It's a beautiful, magical, completely addictive novel about storytelling. Don't miss out! #Newrelease #Outnow #Bookstagram #magic

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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“Back then, although everyone was talking about sexual liberation, when a woman dared to write about sex, it caused moral outrage.” @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c942... via @financialtimes.com

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The prescience of Valley of the Dolls

Sixty years after it was published, the pulp fiction classic is embedded in pop culture and the fashion imagination

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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“‘Chick lit,’ ‘bonkbuster’, ‘romance’ and ‘romantasy’ are often bandied about as derogatory terms by traditional literary critics, but these genres sell huge volumes of books to avid readers” @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c942... via @financialtimes.com

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The prescience of Valley of the Dolls

Sixty years after it was published, the pulp fiction classic is embedded in pop culture and the fashion imagination

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It's US publication day for these two beauties, which have had wonderful reviews across the board. Congratulations to @louisefein.bsky.social and @katequinn1.bsky.social – hope you are both celebrating today. #newrelease #booksbooksbooks #booksaboutbooks #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A very happy pub day to @essie_fox_author and congratulations on her magnificent retelling of #WutheringHeights from Cathy's point of view. It's beautifully written, haunting and emotional. Don't miss out! #wutheringheights #newrelease #bookstagram #booksworthreading @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Here are the authors I read for the first time in 2025 and loved so much I'll be diving into their backlists/waiting eagerly for their next creations. All highly recommended! #bookrecommendations #BooksOfTheYear #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Who wants an ARC of CATHERINE, one of the most exciting novels of 2026? @essiefox has retold #WUTHERINGHEIGHTS from the point of view of Cathy – and has totally pulled it off. Like this post and comment for a chance of winning. Have you read WH? #bookstagram #tragiclovestory @orendabooks

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A new novel by #StephDray and #LauraKamoie is always a big event in the publishing calendar. I can't wait to read their next one, A FOUNDING MOTHER about the amazing Abigail Adams, coming May 5, 2026. Isn't the cover gorgeous? Available for preorder now. #coverreveal #america250

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This very cute children's book about #rabbits and #guineapigs and #magic is currently number 2 in #free #Christmas books on @AmazonUK as part of a #BlackFridaySale ... Can you help get it to number 1? @calico_gifts www.amazon.co.uk/Cuddle-Chris...

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A very happy UK pub day to my fabulous friend Hazel Gaynor. #BeforeDorothy, her ingenious retelling of the story of Aunt Em in the #wizardofoz, is out in paperback today. It's full of heart, tender and immersive. Not to be missed! #historicalfiction #retelling #newrelease #booksworthreading

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A friend is crowdfunding to make a short film about the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus in 897. Any author friends want to contribute? You never know – if she becomes a famous filmmaker, she might make movies of our novels one day! #TrialofaPope #crowdfunding www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/trial-of-a...

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Trial of a Pope

Desperate to prevent the exposure of his illegitimate child, Pope Stephen is persuaded to order the exhumation and trial of his predecessor.

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Happy publication day to @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social – #TheBruegelBoy is out today. It's a beautifully written dual narrative, rich with atmosphere, that paints a vivid picture of an artist and his muse at a complex turning point in European history. #historicalfiction #newrelease #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Happy Bookshop Day to booksellers everywhere. We readers and writers would be lost without you. #bookshopday #Primrosehillbooks @booksaremybag.bsky.social

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A very happy publication day to my friend @LorBingham. Her charming, beautifully illustrated #Christmas story for young animal lovers is out today in ebook and paperback. #rabbit #guineapig #christmasgifts #childrensbooks #magical www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1036933296

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

September's reading was pretty varied: I loved James but wasn't mad keen on Butter, was shocked by Ask Not and moved by @ElizaKnight's new novel (out June 26). #JayMcInerney's druggy tale was a reread and #MaeveBrennan was a real find. What did you read last month? #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Got a haircut yesterday. And possibly a little bit of colour too. Why not? It's autumn… #haircut #haircolor #autumnvibes

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Today is the last chance to sign up for September's #newsletter, which is about my imposter syndrome when writing a book for the US market about their iconic widow; and promoting a book during lockdown; includes an international #giveaway. Signup here: bit.ly/3V1ZyDz

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thrilled to hear that #maggieofarrell has a new #historical novel coming in June 2026: LAND is a story of a father and son mapping the Irish landscape for Ordnance Survey in 1865, straight after the Great Hunger. Can't wait! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tinde...

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Tinder Press to publish Maggie O'Farrell's 10th and 'most ambitious' novel in June 2026

Tinder Press will publish Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th and "most ambitious novel”, Land, in June 2026.

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Why did #PrincessDiana visit Wallis Simpson's Paris house just hours before her death? Find out in Another Woman's Husband, currently on an #ebook #deal in the US. It was an @USATODAY bestseller and Diana's biographer Andrew Morton called it "Clever". Enjoy! #booksworthreading

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This book by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social is the perfect distillation of what I love in a book: publishing history, mid-century, writers, and feminism! Highly recommend!

A screenshot of the audiobook flatscreen for the book Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann by Gill Paul. It is a bright pink book with white text and a martini glass full of blue liquid and a red cherry.

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Here's my haul – all good in different ways. What did you read in July? #Bookstagram #booksread #writerslife

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

An amazing reading month. I can't recommend these highly enough. Three of them made me cry (see if you can guess which ones), and I don't cry easily. Thank you #AlanHollinghurst @marnieriches.bsky.social #elizabethstrout #colmtoibin #robertseethaler #jessicaanyablau #booksworthreading #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

UK readers, looking for a weekend read? Four of my books are on 99p #deals for a limited time only. If there are any you haven't read, now's the time… #historicalfiction #bargain #Ebook

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Charlie Place @charlieplace.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I'm happy to announce two more Author's Afterword Live events in June and July. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/authors-af... (with #Booksky authors @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social @kateweston.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social)

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Two of my May reads – by @LouiseFein and @RowanColeman – I strongly recommend you preorder. The other three were hugely enjoyable and are available now. What did you read this last month? #historicalfiction #booksworthreading

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Katherine Mezzacappa @katmezzacappa.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Want to present at the 2026 @histnovsoc.bsky.social conference in #Maynooth #Ireland? Here's how: hns2026.com/call-for-par... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity please repost

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Happy publication day to @rebeccarosenbergnovelist. Silver Echoes is out today – a twisty atmospheric tale set in the 20s/30s, based partly on a real movie star. Enjoy! #newrelease #biographicalfiction #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Tube poster in Belsize Park for @TracyChevalier's glorious novel about Murano glassblowing. A perfect gift for #mothersday. #BooksWorthReading #historicalfiction

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Lots of great reads last month. Sinners by @lizfremantle.bsky.social is my book of the year so far - out on June 3rd. I also loved @ArielLawhon's Frozen River – great #historicalfiction. Bandit Queens is a terrific read if you want to kill your husband. #BooksWorthReading #Bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My next newsletter will be about the #gossip and #scandals when I was writing my 4th novel, #TheAffair. It's set in Rome in 1962, when #ElizabethTaylor and #RichardBurton fell in love. I got unique insights and snaps from a pal of Burton's. For the inside story, sign up here: bit.ly/3x9ZQf3

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Authors consider Goodreads a scary place because readers leave very honest (sometimes brutal) reviews there. So it's especially gratifying when one of my novels reaches 1000 ratings with an average score over 4 out of 5. Huge thanks to all who have read and reviewed or rated. #review #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Congratulations to @MissLuluTaylor @AtkinsDani @JeanFullerton and all the other authors shortlisted for @RNAtweets awards this year. Good luck! 🍾🎉🥳https://www.thebookseller.com/news/romantic-novel-of-the-year-awards-shortlist-announced

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

So good I accidentally bought it twice. Do you have any 'doubles' on your bookshelves? #Bookstagram #ArundhatiRoy #Booksworthreading

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A very happy publication day to #EliseHooper – The Library of Lost Dollhouses is out today and it's already getting brilliant reviews that call it 'spellbinding' and 'heartwarming' and 'an absolute gem'. Can't wait to grab a copy! #HistoricalFiction #NewRelease 🥳🎉🍾

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

My March reads had settings ranging from 17th-century Puritan Boston to 1930s Dustbowl Kansas, 1920s/30s Salzburg to 1970s/80s Dorset, 1990s London and contemporary France and UK. I thought all of them were fabulous. #bookrecommendations #historicalfiction What did you read?

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Happy paperback publication day to #LouisaTreger - the wonderful The Paris Muse is out today. It's the story of Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and inspiration for his 'Weeping Women' portraits. Of course, he's the one who made her weep… Highly recommended! #historicalfiction #newrelease #Bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great start to a Wednesday – @HazelGaynor sent me sweeties! They're for breakfast, right? #BeforeDorothy #BooksWorthReading

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Charlie Place @charlieplace.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In which @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social discusses with me Jacqueline Susann, Jackie Collins, and the publishing industry of the 1960s and 1970s #booksky

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The most exciting book post EVER! I genuinely could not be more excited. Thank you so much @lizfremantle.bsky.social and @MichaelJosephBooks. Out 3rd July. #newrelease #bookstagram

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Gill Paul @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Congrats to @HazelGaynor for writing one of the exhibits in the @saatchi_gallery multimedia Flowers exhibition. Both book and exhibition are highly recommended. #BooksWorthReading

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