@RachelSargeant3 @niccicloke @harvillbooks @dianefjeffrey @baileyseybolt @h_critchlow @WhatKatieBWrote Thank you Rachel - I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, and honoured to be on this list with so many other great authors/books!
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Claire Ackroyd
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Claire Ackroyd
@ClaireABooks
Author of domestic/ psychological thriller THE SURFACING Published 1 June 2025 by Lake Union @AmazonPub Agent @SarahHornsley @PFDAgents
Bedfordshire, UK Katılım Nisan 2023
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I’ve had a brilliant year of reading. Here are my favourite books of 2025. #RaveReads2025 #amreading rachelsargeant.co.uk/blog/pu8tia5qv… @niccicloke @harvillbooks @dianefjeffrey @baileyseybolt @h_critchlow @WhatKatieBWrote @ClaireABooks
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Until 14 Sept, #TheSurfacing is only £1 in the UK and $2 in Australia! One for people who like dysfunctional families, awful weddings and dark secrets...
Buy here (UK): amazon.co.uk/b?node=5348874…
Or here (Australia): amazon.com.au/b?node=4159950…
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The secrets you bury don’t disappear. They rot…
Read my review for The Surfacing by @ClaireABooks and published by #LakeUnionPublishing on 1st June 2025
stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/2025/08/review…
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Claire Ackroyd retweetledi
So sad to see that
#BetweenTheCovers has been taken off air.
A wonderful show that shone a light on new writers and brought readers to their stories.
And it made a huge sales difference too.
When Rónán's book was chosen
It propelled Sales by 1620%
Thank you Cactus TV.
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Claire Ackroyd retweetledi
📚✨ Longlist Event Highlights (Part 1)
This summer, our longlist had an inspiring Q&A with editor, ghostwriter & former Prize judge, @gillybethstern — on humanising the unlikable, nailing twists, and fixing that something’s off feeling.
Highlights ⬇️
substack.com/inbox/post/163…
@WMEBooksUK
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Know a young person who’s moving up to secondary school in September? These awesome books might provide a little reassurance and encourage some summer reading. #transition #movingup librarygirlandbookboy.com/2025/07/18/mov…
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From 8-10 August, join a glittering host of crime writing stars, including Anna Mazzola, Diamond Dagger winner Mick Herron, Ruth Ware, Louise Welsh, Val McDermid, and more, for a weekend of criminal fun at St. Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend! st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-cr…
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For the month of August, US readers can get #TheSurfacing on Kindle for just $2.49...
amazon.com/Surfacing-Clai…
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Congratulations @amydelaforce - looks incredible
Peters Fraser+Dunlop@PFDAgents
Happy publication day to @amydelaforce for her sizzling, action-packed #romantasy, A Kiss of Hammer and Flame! This is the first instalment of the Fated for Hael series, perfect for fans of #ThroneofGlass, #TheBookofAzrael and #TheNorthWind! ‘I couldn’t put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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My new book, THE ART OF A LIE, is out in the UK next week! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & Georgian London's first 'iced cream' parlour. I can't wait for you to meet Hannah & William, my two favourite characters of any of my books 💚🍍🍦
PRE-ORDER LINK BELOW...
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Congratulations to Helen Bain, shortlisted for the 2023 @LCFictionPrize Wonderful news! I loved this novel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The Bookseller@thebookseller
ICYMI: @BloomsburyBooks has pre-empted Helen Bain’s debut, The Daffodil Days. The Daffodil Days depicts a pivotal year in the marriage of 20th-century literature’s most infamous couple, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes 👇 ebx.sh/HCaL6M
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My latest book reviews are for 5 thriller/mystery gems by Claire Ackroyd @ClaireABooks, Beth Morrey, Deborah O'Connor @deboc77, Lisa Gray @lisagraywriter & Sinéad Nolan. #NetGalley #amreading #CrimeFiction #Thriller #MYSTERY rachelsargeant.co.uk/blog/my-book-r…
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Very excited to be featured on the @cbcreative blog today!
Curtis Brown Creative@cbcreative
Claire Ackroyd: 'Seed hints of the drama to come from the start of your book' 🌱 We caught up with CBC alumna @ClaireABooks to discuss her debut novel #TheSurfacing, out now from Lake Union (@AmazonPub). curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/claire-ac…
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My very kind friends threw me a (beautifully themed) celebration for my new book...
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Claire Ackroyd retweetledi
.@oldbarnbooks has announced the publication of On the Edge, a YA/crossover novel by Nicola Garrard (@nmgarrard)
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)
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🎉 To celebrate 15 years of the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize - & 60 years of the College - we have created a special Prize Anthology! 📚
Explore the Prize's impact, and hear from authors & judges at lucy.cam.ac.uk/fiction-prize-…
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Until 28 June, US readers can enter to win one of 100 digital copies of my new book, #TheSurfacing!
Enter here: goodreads.com/giveaway/show/…
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It's publication day for my debut novel, #TheSurfacing, a tale of a watery death, a nightmare wedding and dark family secrets...
Thank you @_victoriahaslam and the rest of the Amazon team for this lovely celebration hamper!
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Look what arrived today😍 If you fancy winning a signed copy just head over to jolyonsauthor.com 🎉📚💝
'This was completely and utterly hilarious and is the sort of book that should be read on everyone's summer holidays.'
Goodreads
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
mybook.to/GirlsJustWantt…
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Claire Ackroyd retweetledi
The lovely @clairhumphries on her winning entry, MRS PEACOCK'S PAVLOVA 🌼📝
We just loved Clair's speech and wanted to share it with all of you ☺️
Another huge congratulations to our shortlist, longlist and anyone who applied to the Fiction Prize this year ✨
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