Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES

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I loved her. It circled in the air that I loved her. She would scream at me, my beautiful little bee. Screaming Bee. A teenage mother, carrying everything alone. 🎧 Helen and the Grandbees: amazon.co.uk/dp/178955991X #Audiobook #AmReading #BookTwitter

When I first heard the audiobook, I was startled by the tone.I had thought of the character as someone seeking optimism — but something darker came through. It made me realise how much of a novel sits outside the writer’s control. #WritingLife" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">alexmorrall.substack.com/p/are-my-stori… #AmWriting

Not dramatic unhappiness— just a persistent sense that something isn’t settled. alexmorrall.substack.com/p/living-with-… #books #adhd

“They took her away from me for good after three weeks” - extract from Helen and the Granbees

“The press called it uplifting. The narrator said she relished the darker tone.” I’m still not sure which is more accurate. alexmorrall.substack.com/p/are-my-stori… #LiteraryFiction #audiobooks

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The sunflower of the book cover wept with fallen petals. But on the furthest corner the petals were bright and vital. It took me a while to realise the sunflower was Helen. alexmorrall.substack.com/p/please-judge… #books #writing #amreading

Judge my cover, judge my book. When I was emailed the cover for Helen and the Grandbees, I readied myself for disappointment... alexmorrall.substack.com/p/please-judge… #books #amreading #bookcovers #adpotion

Helen and the Grandbees is now available as an audiobook. 20yrs Helen is forced to give up her baby. Now there’s a knock at the door — and Lily is standing there. “Uplifting and engaging.” — Daily Mail You can listen free here: audible.co.uk/pd/B0GRBXGHQR/…

Is the place you grew up somewhere you understand — or somewhere you only learn to see years later? “I persisted in believing that there was a picture in the seeming emptiness of the land.” substack.com/home/post/p-18… #blackcountry #literaryfiction #readingcommunity

“There were three people in the relationship now. Each breath, each pause, each intonation brings implication.” #Audiobooks #Literature

At what point does listening stop being reading? And what changes when a third voice enters the relationship between reader and writer? #Reading #Audiobooks #Literature alexmorrall.substack.com/p/there-are-th…

How do we know a book is ours before we’ve really read it? Covers&blurbs promise certainty — but the books that stay rarely announce themselves so clearly. A few thoughts on reading, trust, and choosing books slowly. open.substack.com/pub/alexmorral… #Reading #Books #LiteraryCulture

What makes a book stay with us after we’ve passed “the end”? Plot? Prose? Or characters we quietly live alongside? I wrote about immersive reading — and why the blurb never answers this question ↓ @alexmorrall/note/p-183452707?r=2q9p70&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@alexmorrall/n… #amreading #literarytwitter

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My Review of "Beware of Pity" by @StefanZweig - "Every beat of the novel hits an entirely credible note in human nature and I was astonished to find that the novel has not dated poorly at all." Read more of my reviews over on goodreads.com #bookreview #amreading #book