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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Massive thanks to Nicola Gill for sending me a proof of #IdentityCrisis which I’ve heard great things about. It’s out in September. @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I love the sound of #TheFutureSaints. Band? Tick. Love story? Tick. I’m in. Biggest thanks to @headofzeus.bsky.social for the early proof. Out in January!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

How lucky am I? @kirstydunseath.bsky.social was kind enough to send me both #WhentheCranesFlySouth and #Wreck, both of which I want to read immediately. Huge thanks! @doubledayuk.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I’m so excited to read #GettingAway by @katesawyer.bsky.social, having loved her first two books. Big thanks to @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for sending a finished copy my way. Out now!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Feeling very lucky to have an early proof of #NextTimewillbeourTurn. I do love a second-chance love story. Big thanks to @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. Out in November.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

#PartyofLiars looks like such a brilliant thriller and I’m so excited to have it in my hands. Huge thanks to @hodderfiction.bsky.social. Out now!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

#WellThisisAwkward looks like it might have similarities to #SwimmingforBeginners and I’m excited to get stuck in. Big thanks for my proof copy, @emmafinniganpr.bsky.social and @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Out in September.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thank you, @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social, for this finished copy of #TellittotheBees by @zoerichards.bsky.social. What a stunning cover. Out in August.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Big thanks to @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social for this beautiful hardback copy of #TheOtherWife. I can’t resist a what if. Out in July.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my finished copy of #WeLiveHereNow by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social and sinister accompanying note!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I love a story about female friendship and I’m so excited to read #IsabellasNotDead! Big thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social for my finished copy. Out now.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#WhenSleepingWomenWake is a story of female resistance and untold bravery, and would you look at that cover. Thanks to @bethwright26.bsky.social and @quercusbooks.bsky.social for my finished copy. It’s out now.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Huge thanks to @penguinbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous finished copy of #TheHounding, which sounds very mysterious indeed. Out tomorrow!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Any fans of the Illustrated Mum? Ready to meet the adult Dolphin? Thanks to @penguinbooks.bsky.social for this proof of #PictureImperfect. Out in August.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Thanks so much to Corvus Books for this proof of #ThePsychiatrist by @emmacurtisauthor.bsky.social. It looks like such a pageturner. Out in October.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The Book of Guilt, Consider Yourself Kissed, The Death of Us, The Names, Atmosphere, May all your Skies be Blue

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

From there it escalates to places I never would have expected or guessed. I honestly couldn’t put it down. And get this, if you join @thebookload.bsky.social on Facebook you can find out how to get 50% off the hardback if you preorder this month at Waterstones. @hqstories.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Connie, mum of three girls, is at the centre of things, just as she was in Parks’ first novel, Playing Away. The novel is built around a shock pregnancy announcement from Connie’s eldest daughter, Fran, who is 21 and home from university for Christmas with her new boyfriend.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#OurBeautifulMess is Adele Parks’ 25th novel in 25 years and shockingly the first one I’ve read. I took it on holiday with me and it couldn’t have made for more perfect sunlounger reading, with shock after shock after shock.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s tense and taut and really makes you think about what and who matters the most. I think this will be huge next year, and deservedly so. Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s an extreme wrong place at the wrong time scenario, because both Kate and James are happily married to other people. They meet every few months for sex. It’s also the story of Kate and Vic, the husband she’s betraying in a bid to keep hold of herself.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

There’s a lot of hype around #Room706 by @ellielevenson.bsky.social, despite it not coming out until early next year, and I was desperate to get my hands on it. It tells the story of Kate and James, who are trapped in a hotel room when the building is taken under siege by a terrorist group.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Overall, it captures all the vulnerabilities and worries of being in your early twenties and out of your depth. I loved it. Huge thanks to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my proof copy. #BitterSweet

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

There are strong power issues at play, and Williams delves into the murky waters of sexual relationships that feel morally wrong despite being legal and consensual. The prose is beautiful, and it’s thought-provoking and compelling in the way all the best novels are.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#BitterSweet by Hattie Williams has a coming-of-age vibe, and I’m a sucker for that. It’s about a young female publicity assistant at a publishing house and her relationship with a much older, married male novelist.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This novel highlights brilliantly some of the ways in which society has changed for the better in the past 30 years. Thanks so much to Borough Press for my copy. #Slags

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Both of Sarah’s voices felt authentic, and the past shines light on the present in terms of the way Sarah has lived her life. It all builds to a confrontation and series of revelations that were deeply moving.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is a dual timeline novel. In the present, Sarah is spending a few days away with her sister Juliette to celebrate Juliette’s 40th birthday. In the past, 26 years before, Sarah is 15 and obsessed with her teacher, Mr Keaveney.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I was drawn to #Slags because I thought it would be funny (it is) and nostalgic for a person who was a teenage girl in the 90s (it is) and because it’s called Slags, which is a pretty ballsy title. What I wasn’t expecting was for it to rip me apart emotionally.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Just booked a blood test and a smear test back to back to avoid two trips to the GP and it feels like a win, albeit a pretty rubbish one.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Me: What did you and F play at school? 9yo: Well, I spent most of break trying to get my foot out of the railings. Me: And did F help with that? 9yo: Yes. And I summoned quite a crowd.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

So thrilled to receive proofs of #TheTwoRoberts and #HearttheLover from @annaframe.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk. They’re out in September and October. Thank you!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

#ThePodCouple by Adam Leigh is about a pair of exes who host a podcast together. What could possibly go wrong? Thanks to @lauralees14.bsky.social for sending me a proof.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Big thanks to @penguinbooks.bsky.social for this finished copy of #TheMissingHalf, which is about two girls whose sisters have been missing for years. It’s out now.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Thanks to @quercusbooks.bsky.social for this beautiful proof of #Havoc, about a mysterious illness sweeping across a girls’ boarding school. It’s out in July.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

…she had a (friendly working) relationship with him. I enjoyed the exploration of motherhood and femininity. This one provides a lot of food for thought.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Interestingly, the story’s told by another journalist, Sophie, who is staying with Alex for the duration of the festival. This seemed like a strange choice at first but worked really well, because Sophie was aligned with Hayley because of her gender but with Alex because…

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In #BringtheHouseDown by Charlotte Runcie, theatre critic Alex gives comedian Hayley’s Edinburgh festival show a one-star review and then sleeps with her, resulting in her changing her entire act in an attempt to bring him down.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#BookBoyfriend is such an enjoyable and funny novel, featuring two very different twins and potential love interests ranging from a moody librarian to a lovely housemate to a semi-famous actor. I loved trying to work out which direction it would go. @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Having read all four now, I’d like to go back and read them back to back to really appreciate all the connections. The characters are brilliantly realised and the subject matter, while dark, is handled sensitively. @doubledayuk.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#Air by John Boyne is the final instalment of the Elements quartet. I have loved these interlinked novellas, each of which picks up on the story of a minor character from the previous one.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

From there, it goes to places I didn’t imagine, and it’s packed with secrets. The book takes place over a hot summer, and tension sizzles in the background of all the relationships. @transworldbooks.bsky.social #CatFight

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#CatFight by @kitconwayauthor.bsky.social is such an original take on the psychological thriller. Set in an exclusive housing development in Sevenoaks, Kent, it centres around three couples and kicks off with an alleged sighting of a wild cat on the bonnet of a car.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

My 8yo just told me that she’s been working on a project ‘for several years’ to work out whether she naturally stands with legs straight or slightly bent, but whenever she thinks about it she automatically straightens them. I miss being a child.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I can’t tell you a lot about my September book yet, but I can tell you it all takes place on 5 June.

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