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Holly Bourne

@hollybourne.bsky.social
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Times bestselling author. I write books for teens and books for adults. Ambassador for Women's Aid.

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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thank you so much x
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
:)
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Vikki Patis @vikkipatis.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
On the surface, So Thrilled For You by @hollybourne.bsky.social is a tense tale about four friends navigating their 30s — marriage, sexuality, friendships, and everything else — but underneath, it's an unflinching, visceral take on motherhood and womanhood. A true horror story. Out in January.
Book cover for SO THRILLED FOR YOU by Holly Bourne
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Locky Loves Books @lockylovesbooks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
* #BookTour * @hollybourne.bsky.social’s new book, #SoThrilledForYou, is published in hardback (and eBook) on 16 January 2025 and there’s a book tour (in partnership with The Mum Club) in January. Buy your tickets here: linktr.ee/sothrilledfo... @hodderfiction.bsky.social
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Went to get some acupuncture for stress and the lady literally struggled to get the needles in. They kept popping out like Pop Up Pirate cos I'm so tense. I'm sure it's fine
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The sheer elation of realising you missed your advent calendar yesterday so you get two chocolates today
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Crouching right with you my friend! It's also so hard looking at an edit note and then having to think for about TWO DAYS about how to implement it
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The confronting of one's inadequacy on every page is so...CONFRONTING
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Present Tense Me is really pissed off with Past Tense Me for writing such a shitty first draft. Why is editing SO HARD? Why are first drafts SO BAD?
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M. G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
98% of parents believe it's important for a child to own their own book. But for some, books are a luxury they can't afford. Your donation to @BookTrust will bring children the comfort of books to cherish for years to come. Donate now: www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas​
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Oh thank you so, so, much xxx
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LittleWolfsBooks @littlewolfsbks.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Another absolutely brilliant and eye opening read from @hollybourne.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social . #ThrilledForYou is about the back breaking exhaustion of early motherhood, pregnancy and the anxiety of choosing to stay child free when everyone around you is moving on. Spectacular work
The cover of Holly Bourne’s book Thrilled for You showing a woman in a party hat lying down behind a piece of chocolate cake. She looks sad and/ or thoughtful and/ or tired
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Thank you so much xx
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Leila / Pacos_book_club_ @leilajones.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
So Thrilled For You - @hollybourne.bsky.social - out 30th Jan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lots of hype around this and rightfully so 👏 Raw, impactful tale of the pressures of motherhood, and toxic friendships - very relatable and masterfully written! Absolutely loved this ARC - thank you @hodderfiction.bsky.social
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I'm so tempted to get a pair, heard lots of good things
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Oh no! DIY the worst but hopefully at least not permanent. We're swapping retired couple for a mum with two young boys and she's already warned us about their noise - help!
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Is there anything more anxiety-inducing in a noise-phobic person than new neighbours moving in next door? I'm basically convulsing and googling 'soundproofing' and they're not even here yet
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Bronagh McAteer @handwrittengirl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
‘So Thrilled For You’ by @hodderfiction.bsky.social author @hollybourne.bsky.social pulls you in from the very first page and explores the female mind, the brutality of motherhood, friendships and the pressures of society. #BookReview #BookSky handwrittengirl.com/book-reviews...
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thank you so much xx
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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I think woman from their twenties up will recognise and identify with at least one of the characters in #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social. Set over the course of an intense baby shower during a heatwave, the book rotates through four points of view.
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Phoebe Morgan @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So much love coming through for this one… #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social - out Jan 2025! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I hope you enjoy it Joanna xx
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Joanna Park @joannalouisepar.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
So excited to receive a copy of So Thrilled For You by @hollybourne.bsky.social . Thanks so much for sending @francescamain.bsky.social I can't wait to read it!
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Oh thank you so so much x
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KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social · 24/11/2024
Another excellent novel by @hollybourne.bsky.social Actual tears were cried.
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
oh christ
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Yep. And I forgot how long that section is, only the first bit is quoted and all of it is actual gold
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I've been re-reading Gone Girl and, holy moly, is that book good. Achingly brilliant. The way Flynn plays on nightmarish gender royals in heterosexual relationships is beyond a chef's kiss.
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Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thanks all. So far, the lists of school visit authors are: Primary go.bsky.app/5u2ArqX Secondary go.bsky.app/EDt42ua I will keep adding to them :)
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Many women, like myself, have laparoscopy surgeries to check for endometriosis and the surgeons claim they can't find any. But these sufferers DO have endo, the surgeries just haven't been performed by experts who know how to spot it
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The NICE guidelines state that every general gynaecology department should have a gynaecologist with a special interest in endometriosis, and yet only 20% of sufferers get to be treated by these experts.
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I must start doing more royal-pleasing stuff. It is a life ambition to try and tiny royal sandwich
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Now Florence Pugh has been diagnosed with endometriosis, the Times asked me to write about the two decades it took me to get care, and why it's so vital endometriosis EXPERTS treat women whenever possible, not just general gynaes. www.thetimes.com/life-style/c....
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Like Florence Pugh, my endometriosis went undiagnosed for years
The actress froze her eggs to save her fertility — Holly Bourne’s only hope was surgery
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Please let me know what the food is like. I wonder about this daily!
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A worm regularly drives an apple car too
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
they distract you with the whimsy so they can eat their own unnoticed
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Have you tried eating yourself with a pickle?
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This piglet just casually in the supermarket trolly, staring at the flesh of his mates and thinking "cool job"
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Here are all the different ways to prepare and showcase our own flesh for consumption?
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Am I the only parent who can't handle the casual cannibalism in Richard Scarry books? Just casually cutting up a sausage of my own kind's flesh...
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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hey babe, let’s watch that Christmas film the Holiday. That Christmas film where Christmas straight up doesn’t happen. Like, everyone in the film ignores it.
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Daisy Buchanan @notrollergirl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
YOU SHOULD COME! (You should especially come to Bath on the 14th because I’m chairing that one)
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm going on tour in January with So Thrilled For You, and I am so thrilled about it! Tickets on sale here: linktr.ee/sothrilledfo...
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
OMG I'm so jealous. Jean Louise is still punishing me for trying to give her a cat treat for her birthday she deemed unacceptable. I might read her horoscope to check when she'll be into me again
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
And don't get me started on the FUR COAT meet cute?!
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Also pissing myself at your metaphor
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"I can't understand why all these women are being rude to me while I'm CoolGirling the hell out of myself, buying their husbands whisky shots, and fucking their best-friend's ex-fiance only weeks after he broke her heart. What bitches."
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Niche things I'd love to connect about: - How much I'm genuinely enjoying Rings Of Power - How Adam Brody's acute sexiness distracts from the fact 'Nobody Wants This' is pretty problematic and not fab - Do you slow blink to your cat to test if it loves you and let that determine your self-worth?
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Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Amazing idea. I do secondary talks x
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