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Spotted: Holly in the Metro!

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Joanna Olney - Journal

Everyone loves HOLLY BOURNE!

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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.

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.

Hello! I’m Rashmi (@rashmiwriting) and I’m so

Hello! I’m Rashmi (@rashmiwriting) and I’m so grateful to Holly, BookTrust, and Cressida Cowell, the Children’s Laureate, for letting me be part of the #PassThePen Instagram takeover. I’m a British Indian writer and I write funny, hopeful, and uplifting picture books and illustrated non-fiction books for children. My superpower: taking big ideas and making them fun and accessible for young readers.

SWIPE to see a few of my books plus some artwork from Never Show a T-Rex a Book (a love letter to libraries, illustrated by the amazing @creativedewen) & Dosh (which is illustrated by @mrahayes and is all about money!). I’ve also slipped in a supremely sneaky peek of How To Change the World (illustrated by the wonderful @annabel.tempest)! That one’s out in January and I’ve got another big, bright, and hope-filled book out in June - it’s with #AdamHayes again and it’s called Good News: Why The World Isn’t As Bad As You Think.

I’m so lucky to be able to work with the best teams (hello @wrenandrookbook & @puffinbooks), making some really exciting books. I hope they make a difference to young readers everywhere.

#passthepen #underrepresentedwriters #southasianwriters #childrensauthor #kidlit #picturebook #weneeddiversebooks #representationmatters

Calling all Spinster Club alumni!! Did the series

Calling all Spinster Club alumni!! Did the series make you a feminist? Did you start your own Spinster Club or FemSoc at school? Have you been inspired to fight for change after reading the books? If so, me and @usborneya WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!

We’re bringing together fans for a Spinster Club Alumni group. There will be Holly Bourne swag, early sneak peeks at my latest novel #TheYearbook & an exclusive chance to be part of the #HollyBourne10 anniversary year! I cannot WAIT to hear your stories, how you've grown up, and to reward and celebrate you for being such amazing readers!

Email publicity@usborne.co.uk to take part. Tell them how the books affected you & where you’ve ended up. Spinster Clubs unite!

Feeling incredibly grateful to the 10,000 people f

Feeling incredibly grateful to the 10,000 people fighting to have #endometriosis taken more seriously. The all-party parliamentary group found it takes, on average, EIGHT YEARS for women to get a diagnosis, with over 10 trips to the GP. This has got to change. This is a debilitating, excruciating and invisible disease for millions in this country. We must fight for better awareness, understanding, research, funding, waiting times, and treatment. I'm two week's post-surgery and am AMAZED at how wonderful it feels to not be in constant pain. It's like I've got a new personality! Still early days, and lots of doctor's appointments to go, but at least I finally know what the problem is, and finally have a doctor who is taking it seriously. Link to this moving video in my stories. And, as always, check out @endometriosis.uk for more information and support about the condition.

Absolutely thrilled to announce I've contributed a

Absolutely thrilled to announce I've contributed a piece to this STUNNING charity anthology, Notes On Love. Joining an insane list of contributors including: Alain de Botton, Elizabeth Day, Candice Braithwaite, Pandora Sykes...the list goes on. This book highlights love which does not 'conform' and 100% of profits go to charity. When @fentonandco got in touch, asking me to write a satirical fairytale exploring the wedding industrial complex, I was IN. I can't wait for you to read it. Link to buy now is in my stories, and profits go towards my beloved @womens_aid alongside @blackmindsmatter.uk @beanstalkreads @ikwro and the Albert Kennedy Trust. It's the perfect Christmas present, for other, or even just yourself. Go go go! #NotesOnLove

I still can't believe The Yearbook is my TENTH boo

I still can't believe The Yearbook is my TENTH book I've written with @usborneya. To celebrate, follow #HollyBourne10 for all the competitions and giveaways they're doing in the leadup to publication. Right now, you can #win a copy of The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting. More details on my stories xxx

Last week, the German edition of How Do You Like M

Last week, the German edition of How Do You Like Me Now? was published, and we celebrated with a bloggers girls night in on Zoom. It was so wonderful to chat to these articulate women, and to hear how the book's themes still resonated in a different country. We drank wine and chatted about turning 30, friendships, motherhood and attending countless weddings. xx

For those who missed the video yesterday, here's a

Jean Louise got spayed yesterday and the vet offer

Jean Louise got spayed yesterday and the vet offered us a choice between a 'cone of shame' or a 'comfortable babygrow'. They did NOT mention it was a nineties camo babygrow of shame. My poor baby N Sync darling 😍😭

Here it is!!! The cover of my new YA novel 'THE YE

Here it is!!! The cover of my new YA novel 'THE YEARBOOK'. A mash-up of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower meets Mean Girls, The Yearbook explores fake news, high school legacy, and finding your voice (and your people) from the margins. Available to pre-order NOW! Link in the bio. And see below for the book's blurb. I'M SO EXCITED!!! Are you? Out May 2021.
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"Most likely to...be forgotten
Working on the school newspaper, Paige is used to dealing with fake stories. How popular girl Grace is a such an amazing person (lie). How Laura steals people's boyfriends (lie). How her own family are so perfect (lie).

Now Grace and friends have picked their "best" high-school moments for Paige to put in the all-important Yearbook. And they're not just fake. They're poison.

But Paige has had enough of all the lies in her life. And with the help of Elijah - the only boy who could ever understand her - she's going to reveal the truth."

#yearbook #yafiction #highschool #secondaryschool #hollybourne

As @tanyabyrne puts it, Jean Louise and I are just

As @tanyabyrne puts it, Jean Louise and I are just casually going to cycle around the village and solve crimes.

Where we off to then?

Where we off to then?

Absolutely glorious to see so many faces IN REAL L

Absolutely glorious to see so many faces IN REAL LIFE from the children's book world yesterday. Happy birthday @kwebberwanders for being the human sunbeam that brought us all together x

Face of a gal who's finished writing her very firs

Face of a gal who's finished writing her very first screenplay

When the cat becomes an optical illusion...

When the cat becomes an optical illusion...

This is your public service announcement that some

This is your public service announcement that some pretty sweet London hotels are doing afternoon tea as Eat Out To Help Out. And even sit you a good distance away from each other. I am full of joy. And sugar. So very much sugar.

Socializing is still way too exciting

Socializing is still way too exciting

Several years ago, I read a brilliant YA novel tha

Several years ago, I read a brilliant YA novel that I couldn't stop banging on about. Our Chemical Hearts by @km_sutherland was a quirky but determined deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dreamgirl trope, and how women's trauma is often fetishized by a certain type of guy who believes loving a complicated and damaged girl makes him more interesting. So, like any normal fan girl, when Krystal moved to London, I befriended her and of course she was as smart, brilliant, and quirky as her book. Last night, Chemical Hearts, premiered on Amazon Prime and I couldn't be more freakin' proud to know Krystal. Due to Covid, she couldn't get all the glitzy premieres she deserves, but we did have a socially-distanced silent disco viewing on a rooftop which was pure magic. Do watch #ChemicalHearts on Amazon, or, better still, READ THE BOOK. Congratulations to my dear friend who deserves all the good things xxx

Dudes, the moment is here... My new YA book is cal

Dudes, the moment is here... My new YA book is called THE YEARBOOK and it's published on May 13th 2021. I'm so excited for you to read this novel. It's about secondary school, and loneliness, and legacy, and marginalia - and that's probably already giving too much away!! As this is my TENTH book with @usborneya we are planning a LOT of fun stuff in the run up to publication. Follow the #HollyBourne10 hashtag so you don't miss out.

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