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POSTED ON 14/09/15

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THIS IS WHAT NORMAL LOOKS LIKE! Happy launch day @hollybourneya! #AmINormalYet #100daysofnormal

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Had such a great time at @nyalitfest today. Thank

Had such a great time at @nyalitfest today. Thank you to everyone who came along to hear me chat about healthy love and toxic romance tropes. I've got some more exciting online stuff coming up, so keep your eyes peeled xxx Thanks to @lisawilliamsonauthor for being a great chair

I miss touring and meeting my readers so much!! So

I miss touring and meeting my readers so much!! So I'm delighted to have some online events coming up. The first is my 'What Love Is And What Love Isn't' event at the @nyalitfest tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm with @lisawilliamsonauthor. We'll be chatting about The Places I've Cried In Public, my fave romances, my work with @womens_aid, and ruining Bridgerton for you. Tickets are FREE. You just need to register on the festival's website. I'll post a link in my stories. Can't wait to hopefully see you there xxx

She currently likes to taunt me by sitting right i

She currently likes to taunt me by sitting right in front of the cat tree, rather than ever ON it.
(Cat content is all I have for the foreseeable guys)

Jean Louise is shook that we've now got Folklore o

Jean Louise is shook that we've now got Folklore on vinyl 😍

It's back to work day!! Starting 2021 by approving

It's back to work day!! Starting 2021 by approving the copy edit of The Yearbook. Out in May dudes xxx

Circular walks to get your Tier 4 kicks

Circular walks to get your Tier 4 kicks

Here's to vaccinations

Here's to vaccinations

A very strange #Top9 to round off a very strange y

A very strange #Top9 to round off a very strange year. I certainly was not a lockdown-productive person, unless you count growing a giant endo cyst as an achievement? But I managed to release Pretending into a pandemic, and April's story managed to find its readers despite all the bookshops being shut (Thank you, wonderful readers). I managed to finish The Yearbook, ready for it to be released next May for my tenth YA book celebrations. And I managed to get said cyst removed THANKFULLY before the second wave hit. And I just about managed to stay sane and find pockets of joy thanks to Folklore, Whatsapp group chats, cherishing loved people in my life, getting the cutest cat known to man, Love Is Blind, Selling Sunset, and mainlining Princess Diana content. I think 2020 was the year of 'managing despite' for lots of us, rather than writing the next King Lear through lockdown, while also getting super ripped, and becoming fluent in Latin. Hopefully next year, with this glorious vaccine on the horizon, we can thrive rather than manage. Let's stay safe in the meantime, and keep just-about managing a little while longer xxx

If you didn't get it for Christmas, stop crying un

If you didn't get it for Christmas, stop crying uncontrollably. It's going to be OK. Because How Do You Like Me Now? is only 99p on the kindle #12daysofchristmas #deal

Merry Christmas everyone. What a time it's been. S

Merry Christmas everyone. What a time it's been. Sending peace and good will to all of you there missing people, grieving people, worrying about people, worrying about yourself, and worrying about the state of the world (so everyone, basically). Thank you to all of my wonderful readers who have supported me this year. I wish you the truly merriest of Christmasses - the gift of you is truly priceless. I hope wherever you are tomorrow, whatever you're doing, you manage to find some peace and joy. Love, Holly xxx

Out of sheer pandemic boredom (and listening to a

Out of sheer pandemic boredom (and listening to a LOT of Folklore), I've matched each of my books with a Taylor Swift song. Hopefully this will help you decide which one to buy someone (or yourself) as a Christmas present. Check out my Insta highlights. Not going to lie, this may be my best work guys.

TW: Domestic Violence. It was my absolute honour t

TW: Domestic Violence. It was my absolute honour to co-host this episode of the @britishlibrary's Unfinished Business series, entitled 'A Scar In Our Society'. We explored the prevalence of domestic abuse in this country, the Domestic Abuse bill, and how our understanding of coercive control is changing. It was a career highlight for me getting to interview Pragna Patel, director of @southallblacksisters, about her incredible work supporting BAME victims of violence. Please do take the time to listen to it, and learn about this issue, and learn about how much more work needs to be done. Also, the Unfinished Business podcast is part of an amazing exhibition at the British Library, exploring the fight for women's rights. Do check out the exhibition if it's safe for you to do so. #unfinishedbusiness #domesticviolence #coersivecontrol #womensaid @womens_aid

Absolutely overwhelmed by her first christmas tree

Absolutely overwhelmed by her first christmas tree

Checking out the neighbourhoods

Checking out the neighbourhoods

When you wait ten years for a US publication deal

When you wait ten years for a US publication deal and then two come along at once...DELIGHTED that It Only Happens In The Movies is published in America today by HMH books!! Kirkus Reviews says it "sings with witty banter, electric heat, and feverish emotion." And that "Audrey's journey to self-discovery leaves readers with a fresh, realistic look at first love." Happiest of days!!!!

Who says lipstick can't be feminist? As you Spinst

Who says lipstick can't be feminist? As you Spinster Club readers will know, I am very partial to the defiant war-cry of a red lip. That's why I want to alert you to this perfect shade of red by Avon, launched as the #SpeakOutSilenceHurts campaign. Half of all proceeds go towards @refugecharity and @womens_aid, and you can buy a campaign face mask as well. Violence against woman has surged this year, and these services need all the help they can get.

Goodbye, London! I promise not to write a twattish

Goodbye, London! I promise not to write a twattish 'why I left London' think-piece, as long as all the amazing friends I'm leaving behind keep inviting me to things. Still only a train ride away, but I will miss living in this crazy, beautiful, unaffordable drug of a city so much xxx

This is uncomfortable, but we need to look at the

This is uncomfortable, but we need to look at the faces of these women today. Because these women all died in the last year at the hands of men. And this is only some of them. Since 2020, 95 women have been killed, and rates of domestic homicide doubled in the first two weeks of lockdown. I hate confronting this. You likely hate confronting this. We must confront this. On average, a woman in England and Wales is killed every four days by a current or former partner. The pandemic has only made things worse. This #internationaldayagainstviolenceonwomen please head over to @countingdeadwomen and spend some time with these women, and vow to do whatever you can to make this number lower next year. And please donate to @womens_aid ns_aid if you can, to help keep more women safe.

TW: Sexual violence. According to today's Guardian

TW: Sexual violence. According to today's Guardian, our new equalities commissioner, Jessica Butcher, has attacked 'modern feminism' for it's 'victimhood narrative' and criticised the #MeToo movement. I'm not sure where to begin with my fear and outrage that someone with these opinions has been given such an important role...but I will say this. 20% of women have experienced sexual assault from the age of 16, and 85,000 women are raped a year in this country. It's a crime where successful prosecution is so low that sexual violence is effectively decriminalized in the UK. Millions upon millions of women therefore get up every day and try their best in life despite suffering from trauma - trauma without justice. Trauma manifests in physiological symptoms, in mental health issues such as PTSD, anxiety, OCD, disordered eating, dissociation, panic attacks...the list goes on. These can therefore impact a woman's academic achievements, relationships, and job opportunities...every part of our lives. It shows the insane STRENGTH of women, not victimhood, that so many of us fight to heal, fight for justice, fight for a 'normal life' and fight to just live, despite how many are traumatised by what someone did to them. In short, never, ever tell someone living with trauma how they should deal with it, especially if you're fucking in charge of trying to keep women safe!! Don't judge what is deemed traumatic or untraumatic. That is not for you to decide. One of the true achievements of modern feminism is this fight against violence, and fear of violence. Unfortunately there will always be kickback, and, sadly, we all know women are brilliant at doing the patriarchy's work too. But, please, today, dont minimise trauma, sexual violence, or an incredible movement that's helped so many. And don't allow others to either. Love and solidarity to any survivors who are struggling today. Take care of yourselves, and know you are still believed, and people will always fight for you. xxx

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