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“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is available to buy now! https://linktr.ee/ThisMightSurpriseYou Rep: Julia Silk at Greyhound Literary. insta: HayleyGullen www.hayleygullen.com

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 18d

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is out now.

It’s a graphic memoir: comics can do things that no other medium can. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible while also making you laugh. I’ll break your heart while giving you a hug.

Buy it here:

linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

#cansky

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 8h

Better crack on and finish the final 40 pages of Book 3.

#proust

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 10h

The only thing missing is anything Pictish. But it’s hard to find Pictish events in South London.

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 10h

I’m looking forward to a busy weekend:

- Proust book club
- Cancer in Common fundraiser
- Zine fair

That’s basically all of my interests

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 20h

I am getting messages pretty much every day from people who have been moved by my book - thank you so much! This fills my heart ❤️

You can buy my book here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

And thanks again to @iandunt.bsky.social for the endorsement!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 14h

Thank you so much. And all the best to your friend.

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 20h

And if you have been moved by my book and felt able to leave an Amazon review I would hugely appreciate it! Thank you!

www.amazon.co.uk/This-Might-S...

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 20h

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

I read a lot of books that aren’t good. (I read a lot so this is a statistical probability).

I finish most of them because I like having strong opinions about the culture. Also sunk cost fallacy.

Once a widely praised literary work made me so cross I threw it across the room. I still finished it.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

And there should be additional coverage for graphic novels

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

That’s fabulous to hear!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

That IS good news! Thank you so much for gifting it, and for telling me!

I hope your consultant also tells all their colleagues!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

If this is what people are hoping to get from me… I will disappoint

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 1d

I am DELIGHTED to say that Noisy Valley has found a home with the graphic novel publishers @selfmadehero.bsky.social 🎉 - it will be out on May 14 next year. But here’s the important part: you can pre-order it now at www.waterstones.com/book/noisy-v...

SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 1d

Stories true and fantastical, new and old - take a look at our Spring 2026 lineup!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

Oh I’m so pleased to hear this! I remember seeing your WIP at the south London zine fair a couple of years ago and thinking it looked great. Congratulations!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

People just love a freebie.

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

That seems likely, yes. I also feel sometimes as if I’m seen as an easy person to manipulate, being a nice young(ish) lady. I do take some satisfaction in dispelling this impression.

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

(This is not my actual pitch for my book, which I’m pretty proud of. You can buy it here!)

linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

Also isn’t it less effort just to buy a book for 15 quid than enter into a potentially weird and awkward conversation?

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

Yes, it’s about not undervaluing yourself.

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

There are obviously legit reasons to give some copies to e.g. press or influencers. But there is a line of reasonableness that is being crossed more often than I expected!

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

On a similar note: it is honestly blowing my mind how many people and organisations have been asking for free copies of my book.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 1d

just been asked to host another event – for free.

i am freelance and I have bills to pay.

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

You never hear it from people who are living in dire straits right now. That kind of despair is a luxury.

Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

I hope so! Do tell me what you think when you’ve read it!

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

Ah thank you Rose! Yes, I think the comics medium is ideal for showing how my appearance changed at different stages of cancer treatment. It was funny to go from looking basically the same for the previous 15 or so years to multiple wild transformations within months 😵‍💫

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 1d

Post you from a different era…

I wasn’t at my best back in 2022…

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