Emma Garman

My debut novel, THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, is coming out in 2026!💃Huge thanks to @caitlinlanduyt at @ViragoBooks, Jade Hui at @Summit_Books, and Cara Lee Simpson at @SLALondon for making this dream happen✨

The first newspaper review of The Kindness of Strangers is here—it's a lovely one by The Times' @HackettLaura, who says the novel is "powered by such a wonderfully dry wit." Hands down the best compliment of my life! (Gift link in next tweet 🔽) cc: @ViragoBooks

How did an anonymous mother come to write one of America's most controversial books? It's a story I've been wanting to tell for 26 years @VanityFair

'Her outrage, in the act of expression, seems to feed on itself. If a point is conceded, she finds another hair to split, by return of post.' Gwendoline Riley on Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive #Echobox=1756990602" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/lives/biograph…

With Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein out soon, I consider the immortality of Goth Mother Mary Shelley's book, via Frankenfictions from Scotland + Iraq: Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things + Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad — part four of my found documents series, @myHNN (🔗⬇️)

@valerie_reads @unherd Fantastic, Valerie!

Big news! I am joining @unherd as Senior Editor, US, where I will "commission, edit, and write at the intersection of politics, culture, and lifestyle — and help elevate our New York headquarters into a premier space for intellectual life in the city," in the words of @SohrabAhmari , UnHerd's US Editor. Beyond thrilled.

Summit picks up a classic murder mystery, David Leavitt takes his latest to Bloomsbury, Norton readies a contemporary Icelandic saga, and more in this week’s book deals. buff.ly/T7GOSkG

@AbbottKahler @caitlinlanduyt @ViragoBooks @Summit_Books @SLALondon Thank you!!!😘

@emmagarman @caitlinlanduyt @ViragoBooks @Summit_Books @SLALondon Yes! Can't wait for this fabulous book to be out in the world!

My debut novel, THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, is coming out in 2026!💃Huge thanks to @caitlinlanduyt at @ViragoBooks, Jade Hui at @Summit_Books, and Cara Lee Simpson at @SLALondon for making this dream happen✨

.@ViragoBooks has pre-empted critic and journalist @emmagarman’s debut novel, The Kindness of Strangers, a “tautly plotted tale of perilous self-invention, complicated love and righteous revenge” 👇 #Echobox=1746105044" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thebookseller.com/rights/virago-…

The cat’s out of the bag! 🐈‍⬛ LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my weird, slippery biography of Muriel Spark, will be out in April next year. A huge thank you to the team at Sceptre for helping me bring it to life. Please tell your libraries and favourite bookshops!

@james_j_bailey The best news! I'll so look forward to reading.

The 3rd in my series on found documents in fiction, @myHNN, looks at arguably the genre's GOAT: Vladimir Nabokov's PALE FIRE, which in his words "is supposed to be the production, without any editorial interference" of a madman who purloins a dead poet's final work (🔗in reply).

@willyblackmore @ppolitics @itsflaminghydra Yup, even in this economy!!

@emmagarman @ppolitics @itsflaminghydra Carrie and Balk in one tweet??

Listen to Alex Balk, support excellent writing co-operative @itsflaminghydra, and get swag such as your own edition of "The Awl: An Anthology of Writing From the Internet's Best Publication," edited by Carrie Frye and forthcoming from Flaming Hydra🔥🔥🔥kickstarter.com/projects/thebr…