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Just a quick note to say that The Last Beginning and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe are both eligible for nomination in the Hugo awards this year, as they were published for the first time in the US in 2018. If you’re coming to the Dublin WorldCon in August, you’re eligible to vote, andContinue reading “Hugo Award eligibility + pins”

From 23rd March I am going to be running a monthly Writers HQ writing retreat group in Coventry at Holy Trinity Church near the cathedral. You can find out more here and buy tickets (which are very limited). The group doesn’t involve any teaching, just all of us writing together for a day, with food and drinksContinue reading “Writing group & book shimmy award”

I’m thrilled that The Loneliest Girl in the Universe has been shortlisted for a second award! This is a brand new prize that supports fiction about science, something that is obviously ENTIRELY MY JAM. I was super excited just to hear about the creation of the award, so to be shortlisted is the best newsContinue reading “Shortlisted for the STEAM book prize!”

If you pre-order my new book (thank you!) you can enter to win a set of swag including a lil robot pin,  postcards, a bookmark & some art prints. You have until March 7th to email your entry to laurenjamesauthor@gmail.com. Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Waterstones | Foyles | Wordery  eBook providers | Preorder a signed copy on my Etsy (every copy then comes withContinue reading “Preorder campaign for The Quiet at the End of the World”

In case you didn’t know, I have an etsy shop where I sell book-ish merch. It started off as an experiment. but it gets a lot of positive feedback, so it’s definitely something I’m going to keep running. I have about 20 enamel pins left. Once these are gone, they’re gone, but I am goingContinue reading “A couple of Etsy shop updates!”

Final copies of The Quiet at the End of the World have been printed! Look at this beauty: And a little video to show off the foil AND spot UV gloss: Thank you so much to everyone at @WalkerBooksUK for helping make this so beautiful! It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen. @_AJGrainger @annavrobinette @cmlwilsonContinue reading “NEW BOOK! NEW BOOK!”