Emma Gannon

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Flora Tsapovsky |Emma Gannon

From spending time by yourself to making the most of being single, flying solo can be fulfilling – a philosophy championed by a new wave of books. In Wim Wenders' recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and reading.

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

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

On May 16th, 2014, I was sitting at my desk in central London, working at the now-defunct magazine The Debrief, when an email landed in my inbox. It was from a press officer named Elizabeth Morris at Simon & Schuster. I was 24, with only a handful of 500-word think pieces to my name—barely published, still figuring things out. A few years earlier, I had worked in PR, and during a short in-house stint at Unilever, I used to pass a sign for Little, Brown Book Group in the same building.

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

I’m a bit tired now. I dedicated the entire month of May to promoting my new novel,Table For One. I said yes to a lot—keen to celebrate properly and give the book the launch it deserved. I wanted to be able to look back and say: OK, I gave that a good go. Highlights include: hosting a Substack dinner party for 40 readers, attending seaside literary festivals and supporting independent bookstores across the UK. Something people often ask me is: how long do you promote a book for?

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

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