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  • 14 hours 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.

  • 1 day ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

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

  • 4 days ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Emma Gannon

    I. My new novel comes out in four days—and underneath all the excitement of publication day, organising my book tour and the sold-out Substack dinner!!—another feeling has been bubbling way quietly. I feel a weird sadness that my book is not going to be mine anymore. Creative grief.Saying goodbye to a project that has kept me company over the past few years. It was my constant thing, keeping me busy, allowing me to escape.

  • 1 week ago | natashap.substack.com | Natasha Poliszczuk |Emma Gannon

    What have you been reading lately? Anything I should add to my list? And how did you decide what to pick up. I ask because I’ve been reading in a very piecemeal fashion over the last couple of weeks. There’s been no system to what I’ve picked up - not even a whim has dictated. I’ve simply reached mindlessly for the next book on the towering piles that surround my desk and bedside table.

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

    I love recommending books. I am reading a lot at the moment, mainly because I recently read 70+ books in a few months as a judge for the Women’s Prize (wipes brow), and I’ve somehow managed to carry that momentum into my personal reading. I also bought a dedicated reading chair recently (as regular readers will know). I refuse to have brain rot.

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Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon @emmagannon
18 Apr 25

RT @BBCWomansHour: ❓How do you feel about going out for dinner alone? Author @emmagannon enjoys it so much that her new novel is called Ta…

Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon @emmagannon
2 Apr 25

My piece for @guardian on the joy and stigma of dining alone. The New York Times recently wrote about how solo dining might be making people unhappier. I wrote about how that might not be completely true. https://t.co/aWj97MryCF

Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon @emmagannon
31 Mar 25

RT @BathLitFest: Judge for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and award-winning author @emmagannon comes to Bath to share her new novel…