Books, camping, festivals and Cardiff City Football Club obsessed agent. If a story's worth telling, tell it to me.
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11 Apr 2025
It appears I’m the victim of a rather elaborate phishing exercise using an email address that is not mine - cathrynsummerhayes@outlook.com advertising self publishing services connected to Curtis Brown. Please disregard entirely. Thanks Elon.
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14 Mar 2025
So the book I teased about earlier is the absolutely brilliant Saltwater Mansions by @d_whitehouse Now I am not a non fiction reader but this lured me in and I read it in four sittings. Yes it’s a narrative non fiction about a woman who seemed to vanish but it’s about SO MUCH
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2 Oct 2024
It's October, and you know what that means – #31DaysOfDark is back! Every day I'll share a spooky/strange book by a woman or NB writer.
Day 1: Things We Say in the Dark, with its matching siblings, translated in Spanish and Catalan, and currently being developed for film
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25 Sep 2024
Superstar event alert! The wonderful @lucyfoleytweets will be interviewing the legend that is @1pcornwell for @FaneProductions on 7th October. You do not want to miss this interview to tie in with publication of Patricia’s 28th Kay Scarpetta thriller #IdentityUnknown. Mark your calendars! Link: fane.co.uk/patricia-cornwell
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21 Sep 2024
So happy to see The Unfamiliar longlisted for the nonfiction prize!
19 Sep 2024
What excellent longlists! Congrats to all the authors and publishers nominated - have yourselves some trumpet tootles!🎺🎺🎺
The Saltire Society Literary Awards 2024 Longlist saltiresociety.org.uk/the-sa…
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23 Aug 2024
I’m so happy to be supporting @starlight_uk and @MediCinema with live events for patients and donating mini-libraries to hospitals. Both charities are wonderful, as any parent or child who has benefited from their crucial work will know.
23 Aug 2024
We're THRILLED to announce that bestselling author and doctor @amateuradam will be partnering with @MediCinema and Starlight for his new book Dexter Procter The 10-Year-Old Doctor!
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23 Jul 2024
It’s my first ever Sunday Times Bestseller!! I love you @orionbooks @Taffyagent @CBGBooks and thank you to everyone who has supported this story. I’m a Sunday Times bestselling author!!
23 Jul 2024
Very good news for a very special book: ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK is an instant bestseller and will be No.6 in the Sunday Times this weekend! Huge congrats @WhittyAuthor and THANK YOU to everyone who has bought or sold a copy or helped spread the word about this masterpiece 💜
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17 Jul 2024
'... it's still wide open. You can be anyone you want to be.'
@WhittyAuthor shares how writing offered a chance for him to write his own narrative rather than let past trauma define him. A fascinating conversation about a wonderful book; watch here: exyu.short.gy/iI7RSV
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16 Jul 2024
IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! Thank you to everyone who has waited patiently for me, who has supported me, who has helped me tell this story, and especially to @orionbooks who took a chance, and have worked tirelessly ever since. We did it ❤️
Signed copies: geni.us/AllTheColoursOfTheDa…
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11 Jul 2024
Let's lead with the good news and bury the bad – tonight, I will be in conversation with the glorious Eley Williams at Daunt Marylebone at 7pm. (Bad news: Monica Heisey has covid 😢). Thanks for stepping in @GiantRatSumatra.
Tickets for @Dauntbooks here: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events…
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12 Jul 2024
Very much looking forward to having you back at Bookmark Festival this year! Delighted that your new book is being so well received (also on our shortlist for 2024 Book of the Year) - see you in October!
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11 Jul 2024
I’m going to be on TV! Thank you so much to @amandacactus and the Between The Covers team, @Taffyagent @orionbooks @CBGBooks and everyone who has supported this book. I’m so incredibly grateful ❤️
11 Jul 2024
.@BBCTwo’s books programme "Between the Covers" has revealed Chris Whitaker’s All the Colours of the Dark (@orionbooks) as the first book for its autumn series, with five more yet to be announced.
Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/news/chris…
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7 Jul 2024
Well that was incredible! I bought Rebecca Watson’s Little Scratch ages ago but was slightly intimidated by the format and never got round to reading it. Kicking myself now because I WILL CRASH is written in a similar style and is one of the best things I’ve read this year…
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8 Jul 2024
Magical
8 Jul 2024
Jesus christ, this review in The @ObserverUK . . . 'A one-of-a-kind storyteller gifted with a winningly refreshing mix of traits: unorthodox in form yet compulsively readable, playful and mischievous in spirit while seriously thoughtful' theguardian.com/books/articl…
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20 Jun 2024
I couldn’t be more excited that All The Colours Of The Dark is the Read with Jenna book pick for July! Thank you so much to everyone involved. Can’t quite believe they’re talking about my book! @CrownPublishing @Taffyagent @orionbooks
20 Jun 2024
Read with Jenna's July book pick is “All the Colors of the Dark” by Chris Whitaker @WhittyAuthor — and her production company Thousand Voices will have a hand in turning the book into a TV series in partnership with NBCUniversal Studio Group and Dinner Party Productions!
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16 Jun 2024
Brilliant people. I have one afternoon and evening in San Francisco on my own and would love to know what to see, where to eat and drink please. Going Friday xx
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25 Apr 2024
We Were Girls Once is out in the world today!
Pure, undiluted joy as i get to hold these beautiful copies in my hands.
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered.Thank you to @ScribnerUK @Taffyagent for making this possible.
Link in bio to grab a copy for yourself and your friends❤️
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