They should make Hamnet into a franchise. In every film Shakespeare has an experience that inspires a play. A bad holiday in Scotland leads to Macbeth. A family argument over cutting a pie into thirds leads to King Lear. An attempt by one of his kids to tame a shrew leads t

SIR GAWAIN, sitting up bolt upright at three in the morning years later. “oh my God they were *swingers*”

Crawling out of finishing book 3 like

Pretty devastating from @j_amesmarriott

Feels like our cultural landscape is in decline? It was amazing to have my book The Dictator's Wife featured on #BetweenTheCovers a couple of years ago but it reminded me how rare it is to see books on TV. Seems it's about to get rarer

Very authory day yesterday, giving a talk at the @OpenUniversity symposium on writing place in fiction at the v imposing Senate House. Then off to @Hatchards summer party where I completely failed to take any photos but did nearly spill champagne on William Dalrymple and wore

I have idly wondered this about once a week for about 15 years and NOW I KNOW

Can’t wait to get stuck into this one @StonexEmma! ☀️🧡☀️🧡☀️

This ought to be very special from the superb @seanlusk1

I'm speaking at the Open University! Please join me and the wonderful Priscilla Morris, author of the very moving Black Butterflies, as we talk about creating worlds in fiction. Part of a whole day's cultural symposium for just £25 NB: I once took an @OpenUniv course in marine

Ten Great Novels set in the GOLDEN AGE of Detective Fiction https://t.co/YO4Ni6CvJ0 Including @medwardsbooks @TomMeadAuthor @FionaVeitchSmit @CLMillerAuthor @FreyaBBooks

Well this just sounds excellent @thebobpalmer

“The key difference between us? He had the internet to read at night whereas I had Terry Pratchett and Judy Blume.” We have to ban phones for children now - no ifs or buts or weasel equivocations. We are ruining young lives by failing to act.

Turns out gene editing is a lot like book editing https://t.co/NOMWdk3wYV

We think MPs should listen to what's gone wrong in Canada's assisted dying. Donna Duncan's story must be heard - told by her brave daughter Alicia. It's one of somersaulting horror - and state and professional failure of a fiercely independent woman.

Lecteur, l’homme que j’aime cherche à me tuer…Très heureux que mon livre sorte en français aujourd’hui! My schoolgirl French really helped me with writing the translation of Le Bibliothèque aux Oiseaux, aka The Birdcage Library. Just joking - the translation is courtesy of Anouk

The Guardian is cancelling my contract after 19 years continuous employment with no pay-off so totes happy to go to the Indie to continue my investigation into Evgeny’s dad, the ex-KGB spy. The UK media: so many fine choices. https://t.co/bqifjUzuJW

This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.

After the incredible events in #Syria this last week, I was so honoured to be invited onto @LBC to discuss the fall of Asma al Assad, a key inspiration for my novel The Dictator’s Wife. I find her and women like her completely fascinating. Do they soften these men, or whitewash