Samantha Ellis

Thank you! Just felt it didn’t get said enough.

Unsticky Unsticky

This has only ever happened once before but my first grown up novel, the now iconic* Unsticky is currently 99p for Kindle. amzn.to/4pQV4O7 (*Other people have said this, it's not just me tooting my own horn.)

Let’s talk about Beowulf (And also about Iraqi Jews)

First proper post on my substack - free by the way. Thank you everyone who subscribed.

Printed by herself

'It is amazing to read a young writer loudly, exultingly, exploring her ideas on the page.'

Samantha Ellis on the precocious poetry of Charlotte Brontë

Heart-swelling headlines

Samantha Ellis: Rewriting welcome at Britain's threshold

Heart-swelling headlines This slim book begins at “Britain’s threshold”, a processing facility for migrants arriving on small boats. Later it will be attacked by petrol bombs, but

I also reviewed for @thetls.bsky.social Horatio Clare’s call to reframe the story around migrants in small boats.

Printed by herself Although the Brontë sisters’ lives have been thoroughly pawed over by biographers and scholars, new discoveries are still being made. It feels extraordinary to be reviewing now, in 2025, a new book of...

Two reviews from me for @thetls.bsky.social this week. The first is Charlotte Brontë’s messy, misspelled, gorgeous teenage poetry.

Shana tova!

Samantha Ellis's substack Hello! I’m Samantha.

Extremely late to substack…

As #Shabbat ends, Jews around the world prepare for Rosh Hashanah, there is a LOT we are all hoping for in the year ahead. Above all, Peace.

Join @samanthaellis.bsky.social reflecting on a community that survived an existential threat, and on preserving culture.

Listen now - link in bio
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Endangered, Not Erased - Samantha Ellis | Who Jew Think You Are

Excited to say that, ahead of #RoshHashanah, our new episode is with author @samanthaellis.bsky.social - talking about Judeo Arabic and Amba

Check your podcatcher to listen now, or subscribe to join us in our exploration of the Jewniverse.

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Thank you!

ALWAYS CARRY SALT | Kirkus Reviews An immigrant daughter retraces her family’s origins in a sometimes pensive, sometimes humorous memoir.

⭐️ Kirkus starred review!

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Man holding a copy of ‘Chopping Onions on my Heart’ by Samantha Ellis

🙏 it has been a soul-warning experience reading @samanthaellis.bsky.social’s account of her ongoing relationship with her language and culture as an Iraqi Jew.

👏 For such a brisk read it covers enough ground in such rich detail that you will feel, as I did, deepened and delightfully surprised.

Thank you - what a lovely thing to say. I’m so glad you enjoyed the book.

Phew! X

Oh no. Hope you’re OK! X

Pictures of six authors

Saturday! RSL BookSlam with me & five (five!) other authors: Sabrina Mahfouz, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Karrie Fransman, Felicity Ward & Theon Cross. The theme is Reanimate. It’s free. Come along!

Can’t stop thinking about this haunting piece by @ericawgnr.bsky.social.

Picture of the book Always Carry Salt out in the US on Jan 6th 2026

US readers! My new book is available for preorder now & if you do it in the next 3 days it’s 25% off at @barnesandnoble.com with the code PREORDER25 so please do!

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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it if you do.

Oh thank you! That is very nice to hear.

Thank you so much for having me & for the wonderful conversation!

Aaaaand it made Pick of the Week! Thank you @nikkibedi.bsky.social & thank you to everyone who’s listened & everyone who’s written to me about it.

Not enough media about Judeo-Arabic imo

Ooooh.
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Thank you!

That’s a great idea!

Do it!!!