The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

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Emily Henry doesn't sit in a chair to write

21 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.
My book tour dates for Table For One

1 day 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 .
#77 A Slow Sunday Scroll ☕️

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.
10 favourite books on (chosen) solitude

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.
You're invited to my Substack dinner party

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

This year, for me, is all about connection and community over and above everything else. I’ve decided, instead of a traditional launch party, to host a special dinner for my Substack readers to celebrate my new novel Table For One!I’ve partnered with the brilliant brains behind HER TABLE: a community event series founded by two friends of 20+ years, Emily and Ella, who bonded over their love of food, hosting and bringing people together.
#76 A Slow Sunday Scroll ☕️

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

My new novel Table For One is out in three weeks (in the UK)! You can order a special signed copy from Phlox books here. This week I met a friend for dinner, and while standing outside in the queue (it was a popular restaurant), a man with a clipboard was taking names for the waitlist:“It’s a 20 minute wait, I’m afraid. Can I take your name?”I gave my name, said I’m happy to wait. “Celebrating anything special tonight?” he asked, his pen hovering over the tick-box question on his clipboard.
My book tour dates for Table For One

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

๐๏ธ 13th May, Second Home, Londonwith Francesca Specter 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 about Table For One. Tickets (ยฃ8.80) here. ๐๏ธ 19th May, Bath Festivalin the Mission Theatre. Tickets (ยฃ20 with book) here.
Clemmie

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

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On owning your work

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

I work with a lawyer who is eagle-eyed when it comes to artists owning their IP. She scans my contracts and says, ‘HA! NICE TRY. Absolutely not,’ while striking out sneaky clauses with a red pen. When I was younger, I nearly signed a contract (with a major TV network) that basically wanted me to give away my IP for peanuts—and I feel a bit sorry for my twenty-something self who didn’t know anything. Luckily, I didn’t sign it.
That time I read 70+ books in a few months

4 weeks ago | thehyphen.substack.com | Neneh Cherry |Chloe Dalton |Helen Scales |Emma Gannon

I follow the Women’s Prize with great interest and enthusiasm every year, setting my alarm for the announcements across fiction and non-fiction, and then filling up my Bookshop.org shopping basket with some fantastic new reads. So when Claire, the brilliant executive director of the Women’s Prize Trust, invited me to be a judge for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025, I felt like pinching myself. “I am so excited,” I said.