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Book News

Last week, The Bookseller announced that my book, Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside will be out in June. I have been totally blown away by all the messages and retweets about it. I can’t wait for it to be out in the world now. You can pre-order it already. Here is a linkContinue reading “Book News”

Posted byRebecca2 Feb 20232 Feb 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Book News

News

The last year ran away with me but rather a lot did happen… My book was bought by William Collins last summer and I have been finishing the first draft of that. Estate: The Lives of the Rural Working-Class should be out Spring 2023! This is both incredibly exciting and very daunting. I graduated fromContinue reading “News”

Posted byRebecca25 Jul 202225 Jul 2022Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on News

Restlessness

Every September I suffer from a kind of insomnia, a restlessness. I think it’s the change of seasons. As I lay in bed wide awake last night I remembered this piece I wrote for BBC’s Out of Doors. It was recorded as an audio essay and still feels appropriate now. Maybe it’ll help some ofContinue reading “Restlessness”

Posted byRebecca8 Sep 20218 Sep 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Restlessness

Repped

Delighted to tell the world I have an agent now! Jenny Brown and I have been working on my debut non-fiction novel about the rural working class for a few months. Jenny is such a great agent and represents some of the authors I admire hugely, including Malachy Tallack, Chitra Ramaswamy and Esther Rutter. I’veContinue reading “Repped”

Posted byRebecca30 Jun 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Repped

Big News

I am very excited to announce some news over the coming months but will be holding onto it for a little while yet… For now I have been reading and writing, chairing online books events and reviewing live on air. And most of all, counting the days to warmer Spring when I can travel downContinue reading “Big News”

Posted byRebecca16 Jan 202118 Mar 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Big News

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