A complete delight, from start to finish. These essays are smartly conceived, brilliantly written, and always engaging and surprising. There’s real beauty in their honesty and vulnerability. Oh, and they’re funny as hell. I will be handselling this to the moon and back.

Last night I spoke with @_katherine_may_ about walking the coast of south west England to autism diagnoses and who they are for to wild mushrooms to why Americans don’t like Marmite to why it’s OK to admit that, sometimes, parenting can be a bit crappy. youtu.be/q9Did0QUDZM

Some news about the 2022 @UnboundBookFest.

OK, so I am in actual hell. #old #rave

Don't know who needs to hear this this morning, but it helped me. (Plus, you know: Christian McBride and Jason Rebello.) Sting - Brand new day - Live in Italy youtu.be/INBJLB5NDfM via @YouTube

Unsettling, ferocious, complicated, engrossing, inscrutable. Yelena Moskovich writes like nobody else. Stunning stuff. @TwoDollarRadio @yelenamoskovich

Oh, this book! A terminal cancer diagnosis has Sinead, the narrator, marooned in a hospital ward in Galway. Reluctant to admit her own truths to anyone, her fellow patients give her a lifeline back to what matters most. Painful, hilarious, and unforgettable. Coming in October.

@Flatironbooks made this awesome map of #Paris with a helpful guide to the various places featured in #TheParisHours!

7:00 EST on Friday, I'll be celebrating the end of my Whole 30 diet, sorry, the publication of the paperback of THE PARIS HOURS, with a cocktail and very-refined-I'm-sure conversation with @Jenna_Blum! @MaryCOMalley will be causing havoc backstage. Cheers, @AMIGHTYBLAZE!

This Saturday is #IndependentBookstoreDay and we have a lot of celebrating to do at @SkylarkBookshop. mailchi.mp/fa5163d96be6/satu…