Alice Jolly

Signing 1,300 copies for the wonderful @GoldsboroBooks 'The Matchbox Girl' @BloomsburyBooks is out from 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger and what happened to the Curative Education Ward at the Vienna Children's Hospital when the Nazis annexed the city.

Thank you so much!

Gotta hand it to Granta, they actually found a way to make this worse

Will be speaking about #shortstoy Leeds Central Library on Sat 6 June 1-3 pm. With @NaomiBooth and Nicholas Royle, event chaired by Stu Hennigan. Tickets below. Hope to see you there. ticketsource.com/leedslibraryev…

Carole Tonkinson was one of my chief persecutors in Macmillan. She advocated for my book to be pulped on moral grounds. But look who she was signing up. How publishers go mad. link 👇

I am reading this right now and am thoroughly captivated! Original, funny with particularly strong women characters ......

Reminder: Tomorrow in the Painswick Centre 7.30. #stroud #cotswolds #Gloucestershire#stroud #cotswolds firstthursdaypainswick.co.uk/event-details-…

Survival of the shameless.

The Borders Book Festival has launched its official 2026 programme! We will announce the winner of the Walter Scott Prize at the Book Festival and also have our two Young Walter Scott Prize winners set to receive their awards there 📚 bordersbookfestival.org

@MollyConisbee @Bloomsbury @SwindonLitFest @waltscottprize Thank you - and send her my thanks as well. I am writing for the tough!

@JollyAlice @Bloomsbury @SwindonLitFest @waltscottprize My mum loved your book. And she is a tough crowd! Looking forward to reading it myself.

Will be speaking about my novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @bloomsbury books with Lucy Mangan (author of Bookish) @SwindonLitFest on Saturday 9th May. Also teaching! Link here. @waltscottprize trafalgartickets.com/swindon-arts-c…

Strikes at Cambridge University over pay Vice Chancellor is the most highly paid in UK, the 'Golden Fifty' have seen seen huge increases in pay Everyone else had real term pay cuts No excuse as Cambridge Uni has more resources than many countries 😉 cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge…

Treats galore for historical fiction fans on the Walter Scott Prize 2026 shortlist #books #historicalfiction #bookreviews #walterscottprize @waltscottprize whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026/04/16/the… via @Cathy_A_J

Sally will be accompanied by award winning actress Elisabeth Gray who will perform uniquely dramatised extracts from Sally’s novel. Free to book, reserve your spot now. eventbrite.co.uk/e/sally-bayley…

@MirandaFrance1 @painswickFTP @BloomsburyBooks @waltscottprize Thank you. Very kind. Hope we will meet in person soon.

@JollyAlice @painswickFTP @BloomsburyBooks @waltscottprize Warm congratulations on your shortlisting!

Will be talking about my novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @painswickFTP on 7th May 7.30-9.30. Novel is about Dr Asperger, the story of the first #autism diagnosis and the rise of fascism in 1930s Vienna. @BloomsburyBooks @waltscottprize firstthursdaypainswick.co.uk/event-details-…

Very pleased that my novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @BloomsburyBooks is on the shortlist for the £25,000 @waltscottprize for historical fiction.

Announcing the Shortlist for the #WalterScottPrize 2026 from Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott and the Prize. walterscottprize.co.uk/abbotsford-ann…   @BordersBookFest @AbbotsfordScott #bordersbookfestival #Shortlist #HistoricalFiction #Bookstagram

Sheffield Hallam University need £26.6m cost savings It bet big on London with satellite campus in Brent's Cross -- now enormous & costly white elephant Another vanity project, another (just departed) VC driven by hubris Jobs are being cut in Sheffield bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Talked to Ken Barrett of the Brainland podcast about my novel 'The Matchbox Girl' @Bloomsbury_News Brilliant to talk to someone so knowledgeable and sympathetic! The episode before mine is legendary Dame Uta Frith (first translator of Asperger's work). open.spotify.com/episode/1FbUKZ…

Talking about 'The Matchbox Girl' @BloomsburyBooks with @GoldRosie at Austrian Cultural Forum in Rutland Gate, London. Free but you need to book. Hope to see you there! Book is on @waltscottprize longlist. #autism #histfic #amwriting acflondon.org/events/the-mat…