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Writer, broadcaster, creator of The Shift with Sam Baker podcast. https://t.co/ELO46q9Pnx or @theothersambaker on Insta, bluesky & threads

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@SamBaker
Sam Baker
1 year
Moon Unit Zappa. What a woman. This makes hilarious and heartbreaking listening https://t.co/D4sXorlkhr
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@Waterstones
Waterstones
1 year
Just announced! Samantha Harvey wins the #BookerPrize2024 for Orbital, her deeply human saga of six astronauts in space, which combines an urgent message about the state of our planet with luminous hope and a refusal to sink into despair: https://t.co/g6ay9IK84f
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@taffyakner
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
1 year
Look, Ma! I went to church! (Please nobody tell my mother I went to church.) Thank you to @ToppingsEdin and the wonderful @SamBaker for a really great kickoff of my UK tour!
@EllaSGordon
Ella Gordon
1 year
Kicking off @taffyakner’s UK book tour in Edinburgh at the beautiful Pilrig St Paul’s Church, hosted by @ToppingsEdin and chaired by @SamBaker ♥️
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@EllaSGordon
Ella Gordon
1 year
Kicking off @taffyakner’s UK book tour in Edinburgh at the beautiful Pilrig St Paul’s Church, hosted by @ToppingsEdin and chaired by @SamBaker ♥️
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@BookBrunch
BookBrunch
1 year
.@standrewsbkfest has announced its inaugural programme, including @reallorraine, @AnnCleeves and @Beathhigh https://t.co/arIiJFr3mF (£)
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standrewsbkfest
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If you are a fan of Shetland or Vera on the TV then come and see their creator @AnnCleeves in conversation next month in London. Saturday 30th Nov. Tix here: https://t.co/lYJOWTSYVr
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@standrewsbkfest
standrewsbkfest
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Find out the secrets of writing success from two great authors at The St Andrew’s Book Festival next month. Sam Baker asks what it takes to make it in the world of fiction. Tix: https://t.co/lYJOWTSYVr
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@standrewsbkfest
standrewsbkfest
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Save the dates! From 25Nov to 1Dec - the St Andrew’s Book Festival in London. Alexander McCall Smith @McCallSmith Ian Rankin @Beathhigh @AnnCleeves @JudyMurray Lorraine Kelly @reallorraine @Damian_Barr @ScribePedersen @cbrookmyre Liz Lochead, @naughtiej and so many more!
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@AoifeDatta
Aoife Datta
1 year
So exciting to be at @cheltfestivals today to see debut class of ‘25 @lucyrosecreates, @Nussaibah, and Florence Knapp discuss their upcoming novels with @SamBaker. Three very different but extraordinary debuts. 2025 is shaping up to be an excellent year for books!
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@NickSwiftWrites
Nick Swift
1 year
Superb @CheltLitFest event today with @Beathhigh on great form chatting with @SamBaker ... #crimewriting #rebus #cheltlitfest
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@Damian_Barr
Damian Barr
1 year
Pals, I will be talking Maggie & Me (not Boris & I) in London soon. Interviewed by the great @SamBaker at new festivals @standrewsbkfest Join us:
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@timesculture
Times Culture
1 year
@CitySamuel 📚 Rebus is back as the king of crime fiction @Beathhigh joins @SamBaker to discuss Midnight Blue, his new thriller, at the Town Hall at 1.30pm
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@timesculture
Times Culture
1 year
@CitySamuel @Beathhigh @SamBaker @SarahJossel @sammcknight1 @DrMaryamZamani 📚 @AnnCleeves, the creator of Vera and actor @BrendaBlethyn, who brings her to life, talk with @janegarvey and @fifiglover for a live recording of their Times Radio show at The Times and Sunday Times Forum at 3.30pm
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@timesculture
Times Culture
1 year
@CitySamuel @Beathhigh @SamBaker @SarahJossel @sammcknight1 @DrMaryamZamani @AnnCleeves @BrendaBlethyn @janegarvey @fifiglover 📚 @RebeccaTheJones speaks to @RoseBoyt about her complicated relationship with her father, Lucian Freud, one of Britain's greatest and most controversial artists in the Attivo Garden Theatre at 6pm
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@timesculture
Times Culture
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@CitySamuel @Beathhigh @SamBaker @SarahJossel @sammcknight1 @DrMaryamZamani @AnnCleeves @BrendaBlethyn @janegarvey @fifiglover @RebeccaTheJones @RoseBoyt 📚 @carolvorders discusses her unlikely pivot from daytime televisions queen of mental arithmetic to one of the country’s most fearless political activists with @MatthewStadlen at 6pm in the Town Hall
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@timesculture
Times Culture
1 year
@CitySamuel @Beathhigh @SamBaker @SarahJossel @sammcknight1 @DrMaryamZamani @AnnCleeves @BrendaBlethyn @janegarvey @fifiglover @RebeccaTheJones @RoseBoyt @carolvorders @MatthewStadlen 📚 @Fearnecotton talks to @poornabell about her debut novel, Scripted, which follows one woman’s empowering journey to reclaim her voice and rewrite her destiny. 6.15pm in The Times and Sunday Times Forum
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@timesculture
Times Culture
1 year
@arianebankes @philosofemme @RebeccaTheJones @tomparkerbowles @DrAnnieGray 📚 @lorraine Kelly has been charming readers all summer long with her debut novel, The Island Swimmer. Join her as she talks to @SamBaker about her tale, set on Orkney, in the Cheltenham Town Hall at 5.30pm
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@alisonbarrow
Alison Barrow
1 year
And @MarianKeyes has spoken! Thank you Marian for sharing your love and admiration for #TheBlueHour the brilliant new novel from global bestseller Paula Hawkins. Out 10 October. 💙🩵 Preorder here: https://t.co/iBJAc67IFG
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@Ageing_Better
Ageing Better
1 year
We are thrilled to share the latest work from our @AgeWithoutLimit campaign. The team gathered a panel of brilliant women from across the media to discuss the realities of ageism. Each are either trailblazers who have smashed stereotypes in their careers both as women and as
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@WomensPrize
Women's Prize
1 year
Interested in entering the #Discoveries2025 programme? Here’s everything you need to know... https://t.co/mcIDeL9oWp @audibleuk, @CBGBooks, @cbcreative
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