Lily Canter
@lilycanter
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Journalist @RunnersWorldUK 💻 Author: Ultra Women https://t.co/0wZ8JpP2TR📘 UK Athletics coach 🎽 Award-winning podcaster @freelancingfor🎙
East Midlands, England
Joined February 2009
📢PERSONAL NEWS! @Emmajourno and I are publishing a book with @CanburyPress investigating extraordinary female endurance athletes. It's packed full of history, science and psychology plus the stories of amazing women across the world. Pre-order now: https://t.co/DuaYO5UMTg
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Wow! Ultra Women made The Guardian's sports books of the year! Thanks @jonathanliew - really appreciate you taking the time to read and highlight a book from a small independent publisher @GuardianBooks @guardian_sport @lilycanter @Emmajourno
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Well this has made my day!!! Thanks so much @jonathanliew @GuardianBooks @guardian_sport @CanburyPress @Emmajourno
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From the trauma and triumphs of Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins to the secret life of a match fixer
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What a day! Fantastic time at @BookiePrize awards yesterday with @Emmajourno @CanburyPress celebrating the power of women in sport and sports writing 💪🏻
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And that's a wrap. 🎬 We had a blast hosting the 2025 @WilliamHill Sports Book of the Year Awards today! Congratulations again to our winners @pippa_york and @DavidWalshST for the magnificent, The Escape. 👏
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@lilycanter and I had a great time at the @BookiePrize yesterday. We were very much the outsiders amongst some legendary sports journalists and so proud to be on the shortlist. Congrats to David Walsh and Pippa York on their win!
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📕 | MEET THE AUTHORS "Something is stopping them from really exploring their potential". @lilycanter explains how the book started to come along after realising there weren’t many women in the field. ⤵️
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📕 | MEET THE AUTHORS Authors @Emmajourno and @lilycanter sat down with us to discuss their #SBOTY25 Shortlisted Book, ‘Ultra Women’. Emma shares her gratitude that female stories in sport are finally being acknowledged. ⤵️
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Why are women such great performers at ultra endurance events ? This and more in todays podcast episode #runningbooks @CanburyPress @lilycanter @Emmajourno
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Lot's of extra interest in Ultra Women after the @BookiePrize shortlisting. You can get it anywhere there's books, including Amazon, @Waterstones, Hive, etc. Or ask your local bookshop to order. Our publisher also has 20% off to celebrate https://t.co/pXIdlgKDxs
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📚 | 2025 Shortlist @lilycanter and @Emmajourno: Ultra Women "Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." — WHSBOTY 2025 Reading Panel Check out our full shortlist here ⬇️ https://t.co/WqY0HAAF6P
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Here's to all the women who never give in! @lilycanter and I are blooming delighted to be on this list🥂
A year’s worth of sports books narrowed down to seven… Your 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist is here!
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So thrilled to be representing all the badass women out there with this shortlist nomination with @Emmajourno
The Shortlist in full: Finding the Edge by @jimmy9 Ultra Women by @lilycanter and @Emmajourno States of Play by @MiguelDelaney The Last Bell by @donaldgmcrae Engulfed by @JamesPiotr Test Cricket by @TimWig The Escape by @pippa_york and @DavidWalshST Congratulations to all
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Well that’s a surprise @lilycanter and I made it on to the @BookiePrize shortlist for Ultra Women!!! Absolutely blooming delighted!!! @CanburyPress
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It was lovely chatting to Stephanie Case about pregnancy, postpartum running and podium positions for Running Matters this week. She was ambitious, relaxed, diplomatic and forthright all in equal measure
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Find out why Hannah Cox is running 100 marathons in 100 days across India despite only taking up running last year 💪 https://t.co/ludALB3CZX
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📚 | 2025 LONGLIST "Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." — Reading Panel. @Emmajourno and @lilycanter joined forces to uncover the history behind sexism in sports in their longlisted book Ultra
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📕 Your Longlist for the 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year: - The Last Bell by @donaldgmcrae –– @simonschuster - Engulfed by @JamesPiotr — @BlinkPublishing - More Than a Shirt by @josephmdurso — @SevenDialsBooks - The Power and the Glory by @jonawils –– @AbacusBooks
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Ultra Women: The Trailblazers Defying Sexism in Sport is on the longlist for sports books of the year! Congrats to @Emmajourno and @lilycanter! And thanks @BookiePrize
Another year, another exceptional longlist. 🏆 Has your favourite title been narrowed down for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award?
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@lilycanter and I are so thrilled that Ultra Women has been selected for the @BookiePrize longlist 🙌 It was a labour of love and these stories of ultra endurance women deserved to be told 🥳
Another year, another exceptional longlist. 🏆 Has your favourite title been narrowed down for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award?
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