Emma Gannon

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#79 A Slow Sunday Scroll ☕️

1 week ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

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Book tour: week two

2 weeks ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

Hi friends. Leg two of my book tour: done. I’m learning how to manage my energy in a new way—I keep getting the Magician tarot card in readings. It does feel like a new magic power has been discovered! Granted, I’m sitting here writing this under a blanket with a sore shoulder and a croaky voice but I feel energised (in my soul?) My dear friend has just released a new journal called Time to Thrive, all about our different energy zones. It’s helping me work out which ‘zone’ I need to energise.
An introvert goes on a book tour

3 weeks ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

It’s been a good week. A colleague said she spotted three different people reading my new novel Table For One on the tube. Above all else, this excites me the most.
#78 A Slow Sunday Scroll ☕️

3 weeks ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

This post might be too long for email—if it cuts off, you can open it in the app or on the web. I’m writing to you from Villa Lena—a lovely hidden gem and artist residence in the Tuscan countryside (with excellent views, even from the bathroom).
Most of my friends are not my age

1 month ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

I’ve always gravitated towards people older than me. I’m nearly 36, and recently I’ve noticed that most of the people I spend time with—or send voice notes to—are either older or younger than me, but rarely my own age. Apart from a handful of friends from school and university, I’m surrounded by intergenerational friendships—a theme that also appears in my most recent novel. Last Summer I met up with a friend in NYC who is 60. I went to stay with a friend last year who is 62.
Solo activities

1 month ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

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I published a novel. What now?

1 month ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

Table For One, my new novel, is out now—in all good book stores. Here is a little three-day diary in case you are curious as to what my publication week has looked like. <3 My recommended retailer is Bookshop.org. 23rd April 2025The day before publication day, I felt jittery and strange. I felt this enormous sense of ‘what have I done??’ and not in a good way. I had just spent four years of my life (on and off) making something that had absolutely zero guaranteed outcome.
A love letter to solitude: eating alone is good for us, says author Emma Gannon

1 month ago | cntraveller.com | Emma Gannon

I believe that when we write fiction, we are dancing with our subconscious. I never know what I’m writing about until I’ve written it. I don’t plan my novels, so I’m often left with a messy first draft that needs a lot of editing. Sometimes, I still don’t know what I’ve written about until the reviews come in, and one recently said that my latest Table For One reads as “a love letter to solitude”. Yes, that’s exactly it. I utter these three words most weeks because I love to eat alone in restaurants.
Emily Henry doesn't sit in a chair to write

1 month ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO ME AND EMILY HENRY! To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to publish a conversation between us. Table For One and Great Big Beautiful Lifeare out today. Emily Henry is a phenomenon in the publishing world.
My book tour dates for Table For One

1 month ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

๐๏ธ 13th May, Second Home, Londonwith discussing creativity & solitude. Tickets (free) here. ๐๏ธ 14th May, Fleet Street Festival of Words, LondonTickets coming soon!๐๏ธ 17th May, Bude Literary Festival, Cornwallwith journalist Natasha Harding. Tickets (ยฃ8.80) here. ๐๏ธ 19th May, Bath Festivalin the Mission Theatre. Tickets (ยฃ20 with book) here. ๐๏ธ 21st May, Salted Books, LisbonNo ticket needed, just swing by!๐๏ธ 27th May, INK82 Bookshop, Londonwith .