Penny Batchelor - Author

Love books? Loads of brilliant authors have donated signed books to bid for and raise money for #BBCChildrenInNeed. It's a great way to stock up early on your Christmas shopping + raise money for a good cause. Lot 311 is my #PsychologicalThriller #TheWomanNextDoor. Hurry! @emblabooks.bsky.social

Take a moment with Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung and Natasha Carthew, chaired by Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social in our masterclass, Changing the Canon this #ConsciousWritingMonth

Photo of the four panelists and the interviewer after a panel session at the Bronte Festival of Women's Writing 2025.

Thanks to The #BronteParsonageMuseum
for sending me this lovely photo taken after the Bronte Festival of Women's Writing panel I took part in last month. Rocking it in my lilac DM boots!! ;-)
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We need this in England too! @societyofauthors.bsky.social

We need it in England too!

Great evening at the world premiere of Andrew Davies’ stage adaptation of #Emma. Kudos to the local actors for putting on a great show. I even spotted the man himself in the bar afterwards! #JaneAusten #TalismanTheatre

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I'm really excited about this forthcoming exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social !

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Hand knit Claudia Winkleman's look from BBC The Traitors - Knitwear St – Black Sheep Wools If like us, you have been watching every episode of BBC The Traitors series 2 on tenterhooks, not just for the gripping TV show (obviously), but with added anticipation of what knitwear Claudia Winkle...

Who is looking forward to Celebrity Traitors? I don't know if I'm more excited about the celebs or @claudiawinklewoman.bsky.social's knitwear 😆 #BBC @thetraitors.bsky.social
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Here's proof of what I got up to on Sunday!! Thanks to @ruthannereads.bsky.social for posting the photo.

I had a fabulous time speaking at the Brontë Women's Writing Festival and also watching two other events. I also got to explore the Bronte Parsonage and see its new treasures. Will post pictures soon!

The Brontë Parsonage Museum | The Brontë Parsonage Museum Friday 26 – Sunday 28 SeptemberThe Brontë Women’s Writing Festival is back for its fifteenth year, celebrating women writers across fiction, non-fiction an

Not long to go until I have the honour of speaking at the Brontë Women's Writing Festival about my love for Yorkshire, books & the novels of the Brontë sisters. There are still a few tickets available for events - hurry! www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/cat... @emblabooks #WritersLife #Haworth

I'm delighted to be part of #ConsciousWritingMonth with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social ! I'll be part of Changing the Canon 13th Nov thinking about how to create & curate without burning out. Grab a ticket or buy a VIP Pass for the entire series: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/event/consci...

My latest reading, recommended by #AnnieGarthwaite at a recent talk she gave and also by @nathenamin.bsky.social. Loving it so far, wasn’t expecting the humour! #ThePretender #JoHarkin

If you're after a twisty, unputdownable #thriller to keep you entertained this bank holiday weekend then you're in luck: The Woman Next Door is on a #99p @amazonkindle.bsky.social deal Fri 22nd Aug in the UK! #crime
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The Brontë Parsonage Museum | The Brontë Parsonage Museum Friday 26 – Sunday 28 SeptemberThe Brontë Women’s Writing Festival is back for its fifteenth year, celebrating women writers across fiction, non-fiction an

I'm speaking at the Brontë Society's Festival of Women's Writing in September. There are lots of amazing women speaking there - I'll be in the audience for other events - why not join us? www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/cat...
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Following on from #TooMuch with its innate acceptance of character, past, hang ups and body shape in a sexy love affair will someone PLEASE write a rom com with a female physically #disabled protagonist - do I have to do it myself?? 👩‍🦽‍➡️🙋‍♀️💕 @emblabooks.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Happy Yorkshire Day to one and all! #YorkshireDay

Fabulous to meet Orlando Murrin tonight in person at Leamington Waterstones along with the brilliant Jane Corry. A very entertaining evening. #crime #thriller #mustread

Fascinating Kenilworth Books talk tonight with @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social & Elizabeth Fremantle. Great discussion about ‘dangerous women’ in history and why it’s so important their stories are told.

Yep, very odd! I suspect it’s more to protect their own backs - they want to wait and see if this dies down or not.

Penguin has postponed the launch of Sally/Raynor’s next book which had been due to be published in Oct to hit the Christmas market.

Signed some copies of #TheWomanNextDoor at Waterstones Leamington Spa today and hid a promotional bookmark inside each copy as a surprise treat. Hurry to buy yours! @emblabooks.bsky.social #booklovers #CrimeReaders #PsychologicalThriller ##CrimeFiction #DomesticNoir @waterstones.bsky.social

“Let the era of misery or triumph over tragedy narratives, in-person-only events,the mindset that books with disabled characters are niche & that 1 author is enough to represent the whole community be banished to dusty, bygone relics of the past” @pennyauthor.bsky.social
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The Woman Next Door: A gripping and addictive psychological thriller with a shocking twist! Pre-order now:

Thanks to @vikkipatis.bsky.social for including #TheWomanNextDoor in her roundup of novels to read for #DisabilityPride month 😀 @emblabooks.bsky.social geni.us/TheWomanNextDoor

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‘We all need to be proactive disability allies’

"We still have a long way to go for disabled authors and staff to achieve parity with their non-disabled colleagues." Penny Batchelor and Cat Mitchell discuss what you can do to become a disibility ally in this week's disability focus 👇 #BookSky

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So chuffed that @emblabooks.bsky.social said that a forthcoming book by ML Hattersley, #TheEx, is perfect for fans of Penny Batchelor. 😀 Next step is for Lisa Jewell, Adele Parks and @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social's next novels to be advertised as perfect for my readers too!!

Very true. In an ideal world I'd be stocked in every Waterstones but it's incredibly difficult for publishers to get their stock in there. As much as I champion indie booksellers I rely heavily on Amazon for my sales as does my publisher.

So proud of @catmitchell17.bsky.social and @pennyauthor.bsky.social for making a #Disability focus issue of @thebookseller.com happen after 3 years hiatus. So heartening to see such brilliant books by disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent writers being published across genres, as in my preview. #BookSky

Tomorrow is the #DisabilityTakeover edition of TheBookseller co-edited by me & Cat CatMitchell with previews from award-winning poet Polly Atkin. Please retweet, read the edition & support #disabled authors, booksellers & publishing staff. thebookseller.com @Embla books