06/09/2022: Thank yo uta all the lovely people who got in touch/read the book/have become social media pals since the Michael Ball show! STAUNCH is now up to 99 reviews on Amazon – does anyone want to be the lucky 100th???
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03/07/2022: OMG! Catch me, Nan and Bananarama on the BBC Radio 2 Michael Ball show – what a lovely man he is; we had THE most wonderful time. Listen on catch-up here.
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27/05/2022: In the I-paper today talking about my favourite people to party with (guess who?)… Have a read here.
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20/05/2021: I’m hosting a workshop on ‘Creative Non-Fiction: The art of the personal essay’ as part of the Jericho Summer Festival of Writing. Would be lovely to see you if you fancy it. You can check out the full line-up here.
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15/07/2020: The STAUNCH Podcast is also now available on Apple podcasts: here! If you’ve listened to the podcast or read/listened to the book, please do consider leaving a short review – it really helps! Ideally, buy the book from an independent bookshop and then review on Amazon. I’ve heard that magic things happen when you get to 50 reviews (they push it right up the algorithm) and we’re currently not TOO far off, so I would be eternally grateful! x
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14/04/2020: The STAUNCH Podcast is here! Luckily, it’s not me doing most of the talking – I interview people older and wiser than me about their stories and life advice. If I do say so myself, it is very comforting (and sometimes hilarious) listening at this time. You can listen to all the current episodes in all the usual places, and here on Spotify.
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12/04/2020: What a weird time to have a book out! Still, STAUNCH has had some lovely reviews. Cosmo called it ‘a fun and uplifting memoir’ and I wrote a long-read for Stylist magazine about long-term break-ups. You might have heard me on Badass Women’s Hour on Talk Radio or on the Letters From Quarantine podcast. STAUNCH is available to buy in all the usual places as a hardback, ebook or audiobook. If you would like to support a small business at this time, please consider buying it from my friends at The Feminist Bookshop in Brighton, who are still delivering (by bicycle and free, if you happen to live in Brighton – via post if not).
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06/03/2020: STAUNCH in the Telegraph! Read the article here.
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02/03/2020: I’ve got a really nice piece in April’s issue of Red magazine (the ‘family’ issue) about my trip to India with my grandmother and great-aunts. Such a lovely magazine with great writers – you can buy a copy now!
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22/02/2020: Absolute dream come true this morning, as I was a guest on Radio 4’s Saturday Live, being interviewed by the wonderful Reverend Richard Coles about STAUNCH! If you missed it, you can listen on catch up here! This week I have been doing a lot of talking: I also recorded the audiobook, which is currently available to preorder here.
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03/02/2020: I am very delighted that STAUNCH has been selected as one of the 10 best non-fiction books of 2020 by Red magazine – see the full list here!
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03/02/2020: And another diary date: I will be speaking at the Essex Book Festival and tickets are now available!
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24/01/2020: Date for your diary! STAUNCH x The Feminist Bookshop
I will be hosting a launch party for STAUNCH at The Feminist Bookshop in Brighton, which is basically the greatest place on earth. Thursday 19th March, 6:30-8:30pm. There will be drinks and (vegan) cake. And books. It’s free and you can just turn up: hope you can come!
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21/08/2019: The news is out! ‘HQ signs Eleanor Wood’s first non-fiction title’
My memoir STAUNCH will be published in March 2020 – read more about it here (it’s more fun/funnier than it sounds here, promise!)
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19/07/2018: In celebration of the new collaborative novel FLOORED, I will be at YALC this year! (The Young Adult Literary Convention, part of London Film and Comic Con).
More info on the schedule and other brilliant authors and stuff going on here.
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12/07/2018: FLOORED is out today! It’s a collaborative YA novel by Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and ME!
You can buy it at all the usual places, such as here.
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07/03/2018: Win a copy of MY SECRET ROCKSTAR BOYFRIEND! Soap and Glory are running an International Women’s Day competition – enter by Friday 9th March to win a bundle of excellent female-authored books: http://www.soapandglory.com/blog/blog/who-run-the-literary-world-girls/
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06/03/2018: The official FLOORED* cover is being revealed today! Check out My Kinda Book on Twitter for more info!
(* exciting new collaborative novel by Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and me – out on 12th July 2018.)
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23/02/2018: I am very excited about teaching a special fanzine workshop for International Women’s Day at St Marylebone School on 5th March. Harriet Reuter Hapgood and I will be chatting about inspirational women and DIY culture, and creating a fanzine in a day – for more details on our fanzine and workshops, check out the Fanzine and Events pages!
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01/09/2017: Happy autumn! BECOMING BETTY is Soap and Glory’s #HappyEverLather Book Club pick for September! Check out S&G’s Insta for competition swag, more fun book stuff, etc!
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01/09/2017: Very delighted to see both BECOMING BETTY *and* MY SECRET ROCKSTAR BOYFRIEND on Maximum Pop’s list of the best music-related books (SO many other books I LOVE on this list, so it’s a real honour)! Read the article here.
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01/09/2017: EXCITING NEWS! Harriet Reuter Hapgood (author of THE SQUARE ROOT OF SUMMER, co-creator of I AM NOT ASHAMED zine) and I will be hosting a very special afternoon of zine-making, DIY culture and cake on Saturday 14th October. Tickets are £15 and available here
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01/08/2017: I’m going on tour! The #StagetoPage tour will be talking books and bands, quite possibly in a town near you. Check the ‘Events’ page for more deets as they are announced…