Gill Paul
@gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
Author of bestselling novels, winter swimmer, party thrower, history junkie. Latest novel, Scandalous Women, is set in the misogynist world of 1960s publishing and features Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann. Rep'd by @GaiaBanks
A very happy UK pub day to my fabulous friend Hazel Gaynor. #BeforeDorothy, her ingenious retelling of the story of Aunt Em in the #wizardofoz, is out in paperback today. It's full of heart, tender and immersive. Not to be missed! #historicalfiction #retelling #newrelease #booksworthreading
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A very happy UK pub day to my fabulous friend Hazel Gaynor. #BeforeDorothy, her ingenious retelling of the story of Aunt Em in the #wizardofoz, is out in paperback today. It's full of heart, tender and immersive. Not to be missed! #historicalfiction #retelling #newrelease #booksworthreading
A friend is crowdfunding to make a short film about the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus in 897. Any author friends want to contribute? You never know – if she becomes a famous filmmaker, she might make movies of our novels one day! #TrialofaPope #crowdfunding www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/trial-of-a...
Trial of a Pope
Desperate to prevent the exposure of his illegitimate child, Pope Stephen is persuaded to order the exhumation and trial of his predecessor.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A friend is crowdfunding to make a short film about the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus in 897. Any author friends want to contribute? You never know – if she becomes a famous filmmaker, she might make movies of our novels one day! #TrialofaPope #crowdfunding www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/trial-of-a...
Happy publication day to @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social – #TheBruegelBoy is out today. It's a beautifully written dual narrative, rich with atmosphere, that paints a vivid picture of an artist and his muse at a complex turning point in European history. #historicalfiction #newrelease #bookstagram
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Happy publication day to @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social – #TheBruegelBoy is out today. It's a beautifully written dual narrative, rich with atmosphere, that paints a vivid picture of an artist and his muse at a complex turning point in European history. #historicalfiction #newrelease #bookstagram
Happy Bookshop Day to booksellers everywhere. We readers and writers would be lost without you. #bookshopday #Primrosehillbooks
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Bookshop Day to booksellers everywhere. We readers and writers would be lost without you. #bookshopday #Primrosehillbooks
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
A very happy publication day to my friend @LorBingham. Her charming, beautifully illustrated #Christmas story for young animal lovers is out today in ebook and paperback. #rabbit #guineapig #christmasgifts #childrensbooks #magical www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1036933296
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A very happy publication day to my friend @LorBingham. Her charming, beautifully illustrated #Christmas story for young animal lovers is out today in ebook and paperback. #rabbit #guineapig #christmasgifts #childrensbooks #magical www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1036933296
September's reading was pretty varied: I loved James but wasn't mad keen on Butter, was shocked by Ask Not and moved by @ElizaKnight's new novel (out June 26). #JayMcInerney's druggy tale was a reread and #MaeveBrennan was a real find. What did you read last month? #bookstagram
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
September's reading was pretty varied: I loved James but wasn't mad keen on Butter, was shocked by Ask Not and moved by @ElizaKnight's new novel (out June 26). #JayMcInerney's druggy tale was a reread and #MaeveBrennan was a real find. What did you read last month? #bookstagram
Got a haircut yesterday. And possibly a little bit of colour too. Why not? It's autumn… #haircut #haircolor #autumnvibes
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Got a haircut yesterday. And possibly a little bit of colour too. Why not? It's autumn… #haircut #haircolor #autumnvibes
Today is the last chance to sign up for September's #newsletter, which is about my imposter syndrome when writing a book for the US market about their iconic widow; and promoting a book during lockdown; includes an international #giveaway. Signup here: bit.ly/3V1ZyDz
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today is the last chance to sign up for September's #newsletter, which is about my imposter syndrome when writing a book for the US market about their iconic widow; and promoting a book during lockdown; includes an international #giveaway. Signup here: bit.ly/3V1ZyDz
Thrilled to hear that #maggieofarrell has a new #historical novel coming in June 2026: LAND is a story of a father and son mapping the Irish landscape for Ordnance Survey in 1865, straight after the Great Hunger. Can't wait! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tinde...
Tinder Press to publish Maggie O'Farrell's 10th and 'most ambitious' novel in June 2026
Tinder Press will publish Maggie O’Farrell’s 10th and "most ambitious novel”, Land, in June 2026.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Thrilled to hear that #maggieofarrell has a new #historical novel coming in June 2026: LAND is a story of a father and son mapping the Irish landscape for Ordnance Survey in 1865, straight after the Great Hunger. Can't wait! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tinde...
Why did #PrincessDiana visit Wallis Simpson's Paris house just hours before her death? Find out in Another Woman's Husband, currently on an #ebook #deal in the US. It was an @USATODAY bestseller and Diana's biographer Andrew Morton called it "Clever". Enjoy! #booksworthreading
August 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Why did #PrincessDiana visit Wallis Simpson's Paris house just hours before her death? Find out in Another Woman's Husband, currently on an #ebook #deal in the US. It was an @USATODAY bestseller and Diana's biographer Andrew Morton called it "Clever". Enjoy! #booksworthreading
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This book by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social is the perfect distillation of what I love in a book: publishing history, mid-century, writers, and feminism! Highly recommend!
July 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This book by @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social is the perfect distillation of what I love in a book: publishing history, mid-century, writers, and feminism! Highly recommend!
Here's my haul – all good in different ways. What did you read in July? #Bookstagram #booksread #writerslife
August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here's my haul – all good in different ways. What did you read in July? #Bookstagram #booksread #writerslife
An amazing reading month. I can't recommend these highly enough. Three of them made me cry (see if you can guess which ones), and I don't cry easily. Thank you #AlanHollinghurst @marnieriches.bsky.social #elizabethstrout #colmtoibin #robertseethaler #jessicaanyablau #booksworthreading #bookstagram
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An amazing reading month. I can't recommend these highly enough. Three of them made me cry (see if you can guess which ones), and I don't cry easily. Thank you #AlanHollinghurst @marnieriches.bsky.social #elizabethstrout #colmtoibin #robertseethaler #jessicaanyablau #booksworthreading #bookstagram
UK readers, looking for a weekend read? Four of my books are on 99p #deals for a limited time only. If there are any you haven't read, now's the time… #historicalfiction #bargain #Ebook
June 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
UK readers, looking for a weekend read? Four of my books are on 99p #deals for a limited time only. If there are any you haven't read, now's the time… #historicalfiction #bargain #Ebook
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I'm happy to announce two more Author's Afterword Live events in June and July. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/authors-af... (with #Booksky authors @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social @kateweston.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social)
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm happy to announce two more Author's Afterword Live events in June and July. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/authors-af... (with #Booksky authors @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social @kateweston.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social)
Two of my May reads – by @LouiseFein and @RowanColeman – I strongly recommend you preorder. The other three were hugely enjoyable and are available now. What did you read this last month? #historicalfiction #booksworthreading
May 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two of my May reads – by @LouiseFein and @RowanColeman – I strongly recommend you preorder. The other three were hugely enjoyable and are available now. What did you read this last month? #historicalfiction #booksworthreading
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Want to present at the 2026 @histnovsoc.bsky.social conference in #Maynooth #Ireland? Here's how: hns2026.com/call-for-par... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity please repost
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Want to present at the 2026 @histnovsoc.bsky.social conference in #Maynooth #Ireland? Here's how: hns2026.com/call-for-par... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity please repost
Happy publication day to @rebeccarosenbergnovelist. Silver Echoes is out today – a twisty atmospheric tale set in the 20s/30s, based partly on a real movie star. Enjoy! #newrelease #biographicalfiction #bookstagram
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Happy publication day to @rebeccarosenbergnovelist. Silver Echoes is out today – a twisty atmospheric tale set in the 20s/30s, based partly on a real movie star. Enjoy! #newrelease #biographicalfiction #bookstagram
Tube poster in Belsize Park for @TracyChevalier's glorious novel about Murano glassblowing. A perfect gift for #mothersday. #BooksWorthReading #historicalfiction
May 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tube poster in Belsize Park for @TracyChevalier's glorious novel about Murano glassblowing. A perfect gift for #mothersday. #BooksWorthReading #historicalfiction
Lots of great reads last month. Sinners by @lizfremantle.bsky.social is my book of the year so far - out on June 3rd. I also loved @ArielLawhon's Frozen River – great #historicalfiction. Bandit Queens is a terrific read if you want to kill your husband. #BooksWorthReading #Bookstagram
May 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lots of great reads last month. Sinners by @lizfremantle.bsky.social is my book of the year so far - out on June 3rd. I also loved @ArielLawhon's Frozen River – great #historicalfiction. Bandit Queens is a terrific read if you want to kill your husband. #BooksWorthReading #Bookstagram
My latest @GoodReads review: "If I could write just one book as good as this, I would die happy."
Gill Paul's review of A Town Called Solace
5/5: I'm a fan of all four of Mary Lawson's novels and live in hope that she will write more (please, please!). Each one is a masterclass in intimate storytelling that reveals depths of character and ...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My latest @GoodReads review: "If I could write just one book as good as this, I would die happy."
My next newsletter will be about the #gossip and #scandals when I was writing my 4th novel, #TheAffair. It's set in Rome in 1962, when #ElizabethTaylor and #RichardBurton fell in love. I got unique insights and snaps from a pal of Burton's. For the inside story, sign up here: bit.ly/3x9ZQf3
April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My next newsletter will be about the #gossip and #scandals when I was writing my 4th novel, #TheAffair. It's set in Rome in 1962, when #ElizabethTaylor and #RichardBurton fell in love. I got unique insights and snaps from a pal of Burton's. For the inside story, sign up here: bit.ly/3x9ZQf3
Authors consider Goodreads a scary place because readers leave very honest (sometimes brutal) reviews there. So it's especially gratifying when one of my novels reaches 1000 ratings with an average score over 4 out of 5. Huge thanks to all who have read and reviewed or rated. #review #bookstagram
April 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Authors consider Goodreads a scary place because readers leave very honest (sometimes brutal) reviews there. So it's especially gratifying when one of my novels reaches 1000 ratings with an average score over 4 out of 5. Huge thanks to all who have read and reviewed or rated. #review #bookstagram
Congratulations to @MissLuluTaylor @AtkinsDani @JeanFullerton and all the other authors shortlisted for @RNAtweets awards this year. Good luck! 🍾🎉🥳https://www.thebookseller.com/news/romantic-novel-of-the-year-awards-shortlist-announced
April 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Congratulations to @MissLuluTaylor @AtkinsDani @JeanFullerton and all the other authors shortlisted for @RNAtweets awards this year. Good luck! 🍾🎉🥳https://www.thebookseller.com/news/romantic-novel-of-the-year-awards-shortlist-announced
So good I accidentally bought it twice. Do you have any 'doubles' on your bookshelves? #Bookstagram #ArundhatiRoy #Booksworthreading
April 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So good I accidentally bought it twice. Do you have any 'doubles' on your bookshelves? #Bookstagram #ArundhatiRoy #Booksworthreading