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Lauren Steele

@shteeeley

📚 Penguin Michael Joseph Sales Account Manager 📔 'The Book Magician' 🎓 MA, The Warburg Institute💻 lozlit ▪️she/her (views my own)

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🎉The Indie List is LIVE 🎉I'm so delighted with the final website and want to thank everyone who contributed😊You can find a number of amazing indie publishers in the UK and Ireland. Explore the site: lozlit.wordpress.com/theindi… @samatlounge it would be amazing to have this boosted!
LozLit: The Indie List

LozLit: The Indie List

Welcome to The Indie List! At the start of 2021, I compiled a list of bookshops that were still open during lockdown for all sorts of shopping, events and general uplifting spirit. I consciously le…

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Inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-nominee, Louise Kennedy is back with Stations, which follows Róisín and Red, two teenage friends, as they move from Ireland to London. We spoke with her about escape, the '80s and the tricky nature of friendship: waterstones.com/blog/the-wat…
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I don't know about you, but I could do with cheering up... so here's a little Puffin going for a little walk. 🥰 Always makes me smile! 😁🐦
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A wildly imaginative novel that is nigh on uncategorisable, Will Maclean's SOLACE HOUSE sees a group of students discover the possibility of another realm lying parallel to our own after clearing out a reclusive hoarder's former residence. SIGNED EDITION: waterstones.com/book/solace-…
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Elephant Iran, probably Nishapur, 10th century (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
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Out Perfect Storm tote bags are here✨
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One of the best bookshops I've ever visited at the gradel I listed former Wool Exchange, Bradford - Built in the spirit of the great Flemish cloth halls — architecture not merely as utility, but as something capable of raising the human spirit.
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A 2026 Update - I'm back on the blog! lozlit.wordpress.com/2026/05…
A 2026 Update

A 2026 Update

My plans to resume writing reviews, having read 21 of 52 books this year, with recommendations and anticipated reads shared for future posts.

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Yesterday evening's chill spot in Seville
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At Waterstones Crouch End this week! 12th March! 7pm! ✨ We're delighted to be hosting author Emma Van Straaten to discuss her debut novel This Immaculate Body. Emma will be in conversation with author, podcaster and former bookseller Alice Slater. waterstones.com/events/emma-…
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From Fiction to Non-Fiction, Children's Novels to Debuts, all our nominated authors produced stunning works, worthy of awards. Join us on the 5th March to see who will take home the Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year 2024 📚
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Before we dive head-first into International Booker Prize season, we'd like to share the Booker Prize 2025 dates for your diary – and a reminder of the International Booker dates too.
A graphic with a black background and gold and white text, headed 'Dates for your diary', which lists the Booker Prize 2025 announcement dates. The text reads, 'Longlist: Tuesday 29 July. Shortlist: Tuesday 23 September. Ceremony: Monday 10 November.'

ALT A graphic with a black background and gold and white text, headed 'Dates for your diary', which lists the Booker Prize 2025 announcement dates. The text reads, 'Longlist: Tuesday 29 July. Shortlist: Tuesday 23 September. Ceremony: Monday 10 November.'

A graphic with a black background and gold and white text, headed 'Dates for your diary', which lists the International Booker Prize 2025 announcement dates. The text reads, 'Longlist: Tuesday 25 February. Shortlist: Tuesday 8 April. Ceremony: Tuesday 20 May.'

ALT A graphic with a black background and gold and white text, headed 'Dates for your diary', which lists the International Booker Prize 2025 announcement dates. The text reads, 'Longlist: Tuesday 25 February. Shortlist: Tuesday 8 April. Ceremony: Tuesday 20 May.'

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Seán Hayes@seanghayes29 Dec 2024
Great to see @katiekitamura’s AUDITION (April) included as a novel to watch out for in 2025! Can’t say it much better than Alex here: ‘I’m not sure there’s anyone better writing in America today.’ 🥂
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Novels to look forward to in 2025. Fruit of my November fiction fest. Some wonderful books here. Love writing this for ⁦@ObsNewReview⁩ and ⁦@UrsulaKenny⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/d…
Fiction to look out for in 2025

Fiction to look out for in 2025

An epic family saga, new novels from Natasha Brown and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus a David Szalay masterpiece… the coming year looks good

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Tom Gauld@tomgauld29 Dec 2024
My cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks
Image: a huge pile of crumpled gift wrap in the corner of a room. Caption: By concealing herself within a cocoon of discarded wrapping paper and surviving on a diet of surplus festive chocolates and liqueurs, Emily hopes to read undisturbed as far into January as possible.

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Okay people. I am making a list. What are the books you are looking forward to the most in 2025? Thanks
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😉 'Well hellooo there' Our new open-access resource, 'Unlocking the English Portrait Miniature', lets you zoom in on over 80 of these miniature portraits from the 1500-1700s. Who knows what you'll discover... 🔗 Explore more: bit.ly/4g1JMB4 🎞️ @TomfooleryLtd
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Next week we have our inaugural open mic night! Join us on Thursday 28th of November Come in store or email us and sign up to read, or simply sit back, relax, and enjoy a wonderful evening of poetry readings. All are welcome 🤗 waterstones.com/events/open-…
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I done did it! #HiddenBooksgame This year is infuriating but try your luck here: hiddenbooks.nationalbooktoke…
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