Autumn, Season of New Books
In Marian Keyes's early novel, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, the heroine reflects on Autumn as the 'season of new boots.' Agreed, but...
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sophiablackwell4
- May 31
- 5 min
10 Hot Reads for Summer 2023
This Summer, treat yourselves to some of the hottest books around. Whether you fancy lighter-than-air romance, meaningful memoirs,...
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sophiablackwell4
- May 2
- 8 min
Queer Life, Queer Love 2 publishes this week! And I'm in it!
#lgbtpublishing #lgbtq #muswellpress #newwriting #fiction #poetry #memoir Hope you enjoy this edited extract from my interview with...
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sophiablackwell4
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Books for Valentine's Day
Five brand-new book recommendations for a day dedicated to love in all its forms! I read some beautiful books this January! Not all of...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
100 Books in 2022
Highlights of my reading world in 2022... I’m glad to have reached my reading target this year, but I won’t be setting one in 2023. One...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 28, 2022
- 4 min
Best Books of 2023 - so far!
Recommendations for the New Year... Hope you all had some book-shaped parcels this Christmas! I know I’ve got a new TBR pile to attack -...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 11, 2022
- 5 min
My Top 20 Books of 2022
Stuck for gift inspiration? These literary and page-turning treats will be the perfect presents for the loved ones in your lives - or for...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Twelve Books of Christmas
Recommendations for a cosy holiday season. The Twelve Books of Christmas The other day I put the fear of God into my wife by showing her...
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sophiablackwell4
- Oct 8, 2022
- 5 min
The Best Books for Autumn 2022
Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood behind the Counter (Angela Hui, Trapeze, out now) Full of mouth-watering recipes and back-breaking...
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sophiablackwell4
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
It's Publication Day!
Poetry, Performance and Publishing: Ten or so Things I Know for Sure Today, my first non-fiction book with Bloomsbury is published. The...
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sophiablackwell4
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Wife Material - One wedding, five shows and a lot of Prosecco!
‘You’ve got to hand it to Sophia and Heleana Blackwell,’ says the Broadway Baby website. ‘Performing a comedy show on your own is...
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sophiablackwell4
- Jul 15, 2022
- 5 min
Some Hot Books - in many ways!
I’ve chosen these books to showcase this month because they’re all a bit special - quirky, original, unique. Half of them are by LGBT+...
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sophiablackwell4
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
My 10 Top Books of Summer 2022
Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane (HarperCollins, April 2022) Harriet's destructive, gaslighting ex Scott, Madchester wannabe and...
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sophiablackwell4
- Jun 4, 2022
- 2 min
New 5* Reviews for my Editing Services
I was very pleased to receive some lovely new comments from the fiction and non-fiction authors I'd worked with recently, on editing...
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sophiablackwell4
- Apr 17, 2022
- 4 min
Smart Women: The Best New Books of Spring 2022
Some great books published since January 2022, which you may have missed- or maybe you need a little prod to get around to them? I’d...
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sophiablackwell4
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
100 Books in 2021
I limited myself to 100, but went up to 115. Oops! Got to work on more writing of my own. I've taken off the extra 15 from this list so...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Ten Top Page-Turners for 2022
Romances, thrillers and quick-paced literary fiction for the coming year. Image credit: Kozzzlova, 123rf. Purchased image 30.12.21 That...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
Top Literary Novels for 2022
Literary fiction with a twist by some very smart women. My favourite books for 2022 have fallen neatly into two lists. I enjoyed them...
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sophiablackwell4
- Dec 21, 2021
- 5 min
My Top 21 Books of 2021
I’ve read over 100 books this year, and I’ve just read the Best of 2021 book roundups from the papers. While I know a lot of work goes...
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Sophia Blackwell
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Women at the End of the World
The new wave of female-fronted apocalypse novels Recently, I’ve enjoyed seeking out new writing by women, often written pre-pandemic,...
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