The Lady Novelist Writes

Publishing girly

A trip down memory lane (actually 27 Wrights Lane)

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February 2026

I wrote this book all by myself

and today only it's 99p and I am furious. (not about that). A quick inbetween newsletter not generated by anything other than me

Feb 23 • Harriet Evans

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Withering Heights

How much do people hate teenage girls and their fantasies? Answer: a lot.

Feb 11 • Harriet Evans

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January 2026

In real life, one tries not to cry

Real life vs Hamnet and my favourite book of the month

Jan 27 • Harriet Evans

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December 2025

Six wonderful books for winter

including the best memoir I have ever read. And how I'm doing December this year.

Dec 8, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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September 2025

What I read in September

apples apples apples how's about them apples

Sep 30, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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I ardently love and admire you

featuring: my new bookclub, and the greatest subject of the lady novelist: the obligatory 'me and Jane Austen' piece. (With added criminal activity.)

Sep 19, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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August 2025

No Rules in Breakable Heaven

what do writers do on holiday / summer the way i want it... so far

Aug 8, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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July 2025

The Campaign for International Madonna Day starts here

Madonna, Rizzo, the gatekeepers & the girl bosses we had in the 80s and me

Jul 15, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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Like a Moth (& Raynor) to a flame

The Salt Path, brass neck and the blame game. And a genuinely brilliant and moving alternative to the Salt Path which you should read instead.

Jul 8, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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June 2025

My summer reads: 2025 edition

Trust me, I'm a super successful glamorous novelist but was also a nerdy teenager with a fear of enjoying herself who spent summers indoors with the…

Jun 19, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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April 2025

Good books I read in April (and March)

I like big books and I cannot lie / but this spring some slender books also caught my eye

Apr 30, 2025 • Harriet Evans

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