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Rebecca Carter

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Rebecca Carter Literary, an independent literary agency. (she/her) No professional enquiries to this account please. See submission guidelines on website. rebeccacarterliterary.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/11/2025
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
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Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
RCL author Ferdia Lennon wins the 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, which celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40! www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/ferdia-lennon-wins-2025-rooney-prize-for-irish-literature
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Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature — Rebecca Carter Literary
The prize celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I’m looking forward to developing a book on the theme of this TED talk (over the coming year): VIBRANT EARTH
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Olivia Laing's THE SILVER BOOK and Charlie Porter's NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE on Blackwell's and Foyles ‘Books of the Year’ shortlists www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/olivia-...
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Olivia Laing and Charlie Porter novels on Blackwells and Foyles ‘Books of the Year’ shortlists — Rebecca Carter Literary
The Silver Book (published this week) and Nova Scotia House receive further acclaim
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
‘How to measure the planet’s heartbeat’ introduces themes of new RCL client @ymalhi.bsky.social's debut book VIBRANT EARTH www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/ted-talk-by-new-client-yadvinder-malhi
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A very interesting run of events coming up for author Terry Stiastny, centring around her book Believable Lies: The Misfits Who Fought Churchill's Secret Propaganda War. Imperial War Museum | 25 September iwm.org.uk/events/my-iw... Lucky Hare Books | 9 October eventbrite.com/e/believable...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A brilliant review of Olivia Laing's THE SILVER BOOK by Kirkus! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In Olivia’s words, ‘The Silver Book is a novel in love with cinema’ - and therefore it makes perfect sense for it to be launched with a series of three events at the Barbican Centre, Cinema 1. www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/the-sil...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We're coming up to halfway through the Edinburgh International Book Festival (9 to 24 August) and it's a good moment to catch up with what's been going on for RCL authors and what's to come! Read on the RCL website: www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/rcl-aut...
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RCL authors at the Edinburgh Festival — Rebecca Carter Literary
Still to come, appearances by Elly Griffiths and Xiaolu Guo
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
UK Kindle edition of HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON is cheap today!
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Nell Stevens' The Original was launched in the UK (by Scribner) on 19 June, and in the US (by Norton) on 1 July. The UK launch was accompanied by a very special ‘in conversation’ between Nell and Olivia Laing at the LRB Bookshop.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Highly recommend Rebecca Stott’s new radio series starting on Monday. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott, Episode 1: Daydreaming
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
On the day that The Frozen People is published in the US, @ellygriffiths.bsky.social is awarded Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award! www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/big-day...
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Big Day for Elly Griffiths — Rebecca Carter Literary
On the day that The Frozen People is published in the US, Elly is awarded Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award
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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the ideological brain in our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime now. Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Calling all Spanish language publishers ...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thank you for this wonderful piece and it's call for a Spanish-language publisher to come forward and publish Dom Phillip's important book HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON, published in the English language and in Brazilian Portuguese this week!
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I thought @leorzmigrod.bsky.social was brilliant at encapsulating her research into brain flexibility and dogmatism on the Today programme on Tuesday 3 June. You can listen at 2 hours 20 mins into the programme.
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Suhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · 04/06/2025
Mit nur 29 Jahren begründet @leorzmigrod.bsky.social ein neues Forschungsfeld: die politische Neurobiologie. In ihrem neuen Buch zeigt die preisgekrönte Wissenschaftlerin, wie Denkmuster unsere politische Haltung formen und wer für extreme Positionen anfällig ist: shrk.vg/Ideologische...
Das Buch »Das ideologische Gehirn« liegt auf rotem Hintergrund.
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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I bring you amazing news of the Duck-Rabbit which went viral after being drawn in 1892. (From a new book by Leor Zmigrod) @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🧠 🧪 How does our #brain influence our political stance - and vice versa? Neuroresearcher @leorzmigrod.bsky.social presents her #book "Das ideologische Gehirn" on June 10 | 6 pm at Campus Westend, Cas. 1.801. Event on EN. | 🔗 www.suhrkamp.de/buchpraesent...
Plakat zur Buchvorstellung und Diskussion mit Dr. Leor Zmigrod. Links ist ein Porträtfoto von Dr. Zmigrod zu sehen, daneben das Buchcover ihres Buches „Das ideologische Gehirn – Wie politische Überzeugungen wirklich entstehen“. Rechts stehen die Veranstaltungsinformationen: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2025, 18 Uhr, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend, Casino-Gebäude, Renate von Metzler-Saal, Cas. 1.801. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Martin Saar. Unten sind die Logos des Suhrkamp Verlags und der Goethe-Universität abgebildet.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I spy below @timcoulson.bsky.social who on 9 May did a brilliant presentation for us covering 13 billion years in 45 minutes! He said he’d enjoyed himself enormously so thank you, Tim 👍
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Professor @timcoulson.bsky.social’s The Universal History of Us is now out in paperback from Penguin under a new title – A Little History of Everything: From the Big Bang to You. www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/the-uni...
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Happy paperback publication day to Tim Coulson — Rebecca Carter Literary
To mark publication, Tim has just appeared on Radio 4’s ‘The Life Scientific’, and has started a podcast
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
UK publication of @nellstevens.bsky.social's second novel THE ORIGINAL is on the horizon (Scribner, 19 June), as witnessed by this signing of 400 copies for independent publishers. www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens
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Tiago Rogero @tiagorogero.com · 27/05/2025
‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Friends and colleagues of Phillips, killed in the Amazon in 2022, completed his book, which coincides with launch of investigative Guardian podcast www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Friends and colleagues of Phillips, killed in the Amazon in 2022, completed his book, which coincides with launch of investigative Guardian podcast
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Happy Publication Day Dom 💚
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Andrew Fishman @andrew.intercept.com.br · 24/05/2025
'Como salvara a Amazônia', livro de Dom Phillips, será lançado em 27/5 e já está disponível em pré-venda portaldosjornalistas.com.br/livro-de-dom... via @portaljornalistas.bsky.social
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Livro de Dom Phillips será lançado em 27/5 - Portal dos Jornalistas
Será lançado na próxima terça-feira (27) o livro Como salvar a Amazônia - Uma busca mortal por respostas, do jornalista britânico Dom Phillips.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Brilliant conversation @hayfestival.bsky.social today between @leorzmigrod.bsky.social and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about her book THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN. Thanks to @ftweekend.com for sponsoring :)
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I have several authors appearing @hayfestival.bsky.social this week starting with Kathy Willis author of GOOD NATURE at 7pm this evening and then @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on Sunday at 10am, then more …
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I'm really looking forward to hearing reading responses to Terry Stiasny's Believable Lies when it is published by Ebury on 12 June. Read more on the RCL website: www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/believa...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Congratulations to Andrew Harding for being shortlisted for the 2025 Orwell Prize in the Journalism category. www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/andrew-...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It’s brilliant to see @ellygriffiths.bsky.social's THE LAST WORD on the longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025, in excellent company! It’s Elly’s tenth time on the longlist, but she’s never won… and you could help make it happen by voting for the shortlist.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The London launch for Dom Phillips's HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON will be @foylesforbooks.bsky.social on 5 June, the third anniversary of Dom's murder, and that of Bruno Pereira. Swift booking advised.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
There's a really fantastic first review of Dom Phillips's HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON by Patrick Wilcken in The Literary Review. literaryreview.co.uk/river-of-no-...
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Patrick Wilcken - River of No Return
Patrick Wilcken: River of No Return - How to Save the Amazon: A Journalist’s Deadly Quest for Answers by Dom Phillips
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Murdered journalist Dom Phillips's book, completed by his friends and colleagues, is about to be published, with a series of launch events. Read more on the RCL website: www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/how-to-...
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Really looking forward to interviewing @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on Saturday 11am about the Ideological Brain @blackwelloxford.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...
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PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Leor Zmigrod and Nigel Warburton
The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day. The Ideological Brain is essential reading in today's polarized and polarizing world.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Charlie Porter’s debut novel has been embraced by booksellers and readers, and now has a US publisher, Nightboat. www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/nova-sc...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Tickets available here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/going... @leorzmigrod.bsky.social
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Love this NYT interview with @leorzmigrod.bsky.social about her book THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
There is a great and thoughtful review of @leorzmigrod.bsky.social THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN by @tomcalver.bsky.social in the Sunday Times
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Happy US Publication day to @leorzmigrod.bsky.social whose THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN is out from the wonderful team @henryholtbooks.bsky.social today 💫
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Publication Day Desk! (The desk at the Paris residency where @leorzmigrod.bsky.social finished writing THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN.) Many happy returns of the day, Leor! rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/publica... @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Publication Day Desk! Many happy returns of the day to Xiaolu Guo. rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/publica... @penguinukbooks.bsky.social
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I'm pleased to have placed Benjamin Teitelbaum's new book with Leo Hollis @versobooks.bsky.social for publication, hopefully, in 2026 if it can be written and edited fast enough. As with WAR FOR ETERNITY, Ben is determined to hone in on the heart of the matter.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Wonderful to see copies out in the wild! Looking forward to publication day on Thursday @leorzmigrod.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Charlie Porter's NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE in Hatchards Piccadilly's Best New Books Coming Soon!
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
So great to read that Nicholas Clee of BookBrunch and Lauren Brown of The Bookseller have realised how brilliant Nell Stevens' THE ORIGINAL is. I love Luke Bird's UK cover for the Scribner UK edition but the Norton cover is also a delight. Finished copies arrived today 📚
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Leor Zmigrod @leorzmigrod.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🎞️ New short film just released about my research on what makes a mind susceptible to rigid and extreme ideologies by @uniofcam.bsky.social! 🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBI...
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Uncovered: Psychological 'signature' of the extreme mind
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Just under two weeks until @leorzmigrod.bsky.social’s brilliant THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN is published by @penguinukbooks.bsky.social in the UK and Holt in the US.
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Thanks to Anthony Cummins for this great interview in @guardian with Xiaolu Guo. CALL ME ISHMAELLE is published by Chatto on 20 March. Pre-ordering it would be appreciated!
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Waterstones Piccadilly was in full bloom yesterday for the paperback publication of Olivia Laing's THE GARDEN AGAINST TIME 💐
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