Laura Hackett

A wonderful review of SISTERS IN YELLOW by @HackettLaura has just been published. I’m deeply moved by its thoughtful and attentive reading, and so happy to see Tommy Cat (ニャー兄) mentioned💫🥰 "─This is not the Japan you find in novels about cats, cafés and bookshops. Kawakami draws back this cosy façade to reveal the grimy reality underneath — and she does it with consummate style. With Sisters in Yellow, she proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today." #Echobox=1773882367" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/culture/books/…

‘A big, bustling novel about love, friendship, money, ambition and the 21st century, packed with humour and intelligent observations … I finished it tear-stained' @HackettLaura @thetimes Read the full review of #DraytonandMackenzie by @StarrittAlex 🌊 shorturl.at/KAmZT

@chloelashby career goals met if that happens

“Gunk is a warm, often funny novel about an unconventional partnership — imagine Ratty and Mole if they had a baby together in 21st-century Brighton.” @HackettLaura – keeping everything crossed the second half of this sentence makes it onto the paperback thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Feel very honoured to be a judge -- and in such classy company

I reviewed Eimear McBride’s new novel - a moving follow-up to The Lesser Bohemians with plenty of nods to Joyce thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Delighted that our illustrator has given me this chic dress - here’s our new fortnightly glimpse into the private reading lives of the Times books team… thetimes.com/culture/books/…

@susannahbutter @RobbieTimes @TheTimesBooks Don’t worry, the Hokas are laced up

@RobbieTimes @TheTimesBooks Make sure you wear your supportive trainers. Don’t want you pulling a muscle with all that gangnam style

This is how @TheTimesBooks team starts the morning every day

So sad to hear about the death of the great poet, Michael Longley. Years ago, I wrote a piece about him for a student magazine - he sent me this beautiful Christmas card with a poem inside

Romantasy is hotter than dragon's breath at the moment. . . and here's @HackettLaura's review of Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm. Enjoy thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Sat up half the night reading the new Rebecca Yarros book Onyx Storm - here’s my take on the romantasy phenomenon and the novel you’re about to see everywhere thetimes.com/culture/books/…

David Lodge died this week aged 89. But his great novels live on. @john_self has written a terrific tribute and guide to five of his best novels thetimes.com/culture/books/…

woop woop! it’s books of the year thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Hello publishers 🙋🏻‍♀️ We’re putting together our end-of-year “literary non-fiction” list, the category for book lovers. What author memoirs, literary biographies or literary studies have you published this year that we should be thinking about? Thank you!

And I’ll be speaking to Mark and a whole host of Freud experts tomorrow at the Cheltenham Literature Festival - tickets still available! cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/freud-s…

Is Sigmund Freud a relic of the past or a vital part of contemporary culture? I spoke to @Mark_Solms - who has spent 30 years revising and translating the complete works of Freud thetimes.com/culture/books/…

I reviewed Jon Sopel’s dismal new book about “Britishness” for @thetimes thetimes.com/culture/books/…

@iamiq Thank you so much - I’m picking it up today!

come for Yoda, stay for the literary criticism

Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo is out now! 📚 What did The Times and The Sunday Times' Deputy Literary Editor think? Listen to the full review now on The Story ⬇️ 🎙️The Story podcast 🗣️@LukeJones | @HackettLaura #Echobox=1727175861" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">open.spotify.com/episode/6YdyeR…