Paula Greenlees

The Garden with a Bomb Shelter On memory, resilience, and the quiet stories that shape us

I'm over on substack and writing about the themes and inspiration behind my work, why I like storytelling and a few teasers. You can follow me here: pjg2.substack.com/publish/post... #memory #WII #family #heritage #gardens #storytelling, #resilience

Three Kevin Costner follow requests today. Poor chap, must be desperate!

Please spread the word to any aspiring crime-writers out there. The competition will be judged by award-winning authors. Might be a kickstart to someone's career.

Me too!

Wow!

The Women Kristen Hannah

Definitely getting this for myself as well as Christmas stockings! Can’t wait to read it @andreinacordani.bsky.social #christmas

My book, Murder at the Christmas Emporium in the snow

You know what's a really nice thing to do when it's snowing? Stay in and read Christmas books. Just a thought 😁

I loved this book but seems so many don’t x

Thank you!

I’ve always loved the Stuarts.

Hi book lovers, I’ve just created a starter pack for book bloggers and reviewers. Feel free to share and let me know if you want to join

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UnBound: A fantastic new collection of short stories from the D20 Authors (The D20 Charity Anthology Series) eBook : East, Philippa, Alpsten, Ellen, Batchelor, Penny, Benjamin, Tom, Cordani, Andreina, Dowd, Victoria, Ewins, Tim, Greenlees, Paula, Jefferson, Anna, Walker, Cat: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store UnBound: A fantastic new collection of short stories from the D20 Authors (The D20 Charity Anthology Series) eBook : East, Philippa, Alpsten, Ellen, Batchelor, Penny, Benjamin, Tom, Cordani, Andreina, Dowd, Victoria, Ewins, Tim, Greenlees, Paula, Jefferson, Anna, Walker, Cat: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

It’s release day for this beautiful anthology. I’m so excited to have a short story alongside these amazing authors.

The D20s are a group of authors who all debuted during lockdown. We have stuck together through ups and downs.

Thank you @phillipaeast

#Unbound

www.amazon.co.uk/UnBound-fant...

My author interview today for the D20 short story anthology #UnBound is with @thescoopbycatwalker
All proceeds to @readeasyuk
UnBound will be released TODAY!!!
You can read all about the UnBound anthology on my blog, where to buy it, and more about Cat below:
www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter...

A pile of copies of Unbound, a blue book featuring a photo of a railway line going off into the horizon, white lettering and a label saying all profits to read easy

I've been talking inspiration and motivation (mainly mine but also my characters) over on @paulagreenlees.bsky.social blog. It's to celebrate the release of our short story anthology UnBound. Do check it out!
www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter...

My author interview today for the short story #UnBound is with @andreinacordani UnBound will be released on 20/11 & is available for preorder now - a wonderful Christmas pressie!

You can read all about the UnBound anthology, where to buy it, & more here www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter...

The guy in the post office in front of me just now had 47 parcels to post. FORTY-SEVEN !!! 📦📦📦

Cold but beautiful

My desk this morning…surprisingly it says quite a lot about me! (However, I’m usually tidy🤣)

An Interview With Tim Ewins — Paula Greenlees Tim has enjoyed an eight-year stand-up career alongside his accidental career in finance. He has previously written for DNA Mumbai, had two short stories highly commended and published in Michael Ter...

My author interview today from the D20 short story #UnBound is with Tim Ewins
UnBound will be released on 20th Nov& is available for preorder now.
You can read all about the UnBound anthology on my blog, where to buy it, and more about Tim.
www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter...

Sundays are for… #sundays

The last of this year’s roses. Pruned back yesterday. It’s been a glorious year 💐

My author interview today from the D20 short story #UnBound is with @annasianjeffersonauthor
UnBound will be released on 20th Nov & is available for preorder. It will make a wonderful Christmas pressie!
You can read all the UnBound anthology and more about Anna here!
paulagreenlees.com/autho…

@tombenjamin.bsky.social

An Interview With Tom Benjamin — Paula Greenlees Tom Benjamin grew up in the suburbs of north London and began his working life as a journalist before becoming a spokesman for Scotland Yard. He later moved into public health, where he developed Brit...

My D20 author interview today is with Tom Benjamin. You can read more about Tom & UnBound, our charity anthology here www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter... The perfect Xmas pressie! @tombenjamin.bsky.social @philippaeast.bsky.social

an extract from the blog: “An Interview With Phillippa East Have you always wanted to be a writer and what inspired you to write? Looking back, I think it’s obvious that writing was the perfect path for me, but I didn’t realise that for a long time. As a child (and now), I read copiously and always wanted to be around books. I used to do quite a bit of creative writing at school, but that fell off my radar when I began to pursue a career in clinical psychology. I didn’t return to writing until I was 30, when I had a week off in between changing NHS jobs. I got the first line of a story in my head… and decided to write a novel (as one does). That novel is consigned to the “drawer” (bin), but working on it gave me the passion for writing fiction. When I later began to get short stories published and placed in competitions, I realised that maybe I could do this seriously. Is there anyone In particular that helped to shape your dream of becoming a writer? Maybe I’d have to blame my parents! I grew up without a TV until the age of about 11, and this was in the 80s when basically every family had a telly. For some reason my parents just never thought we needed one! I’ve been left with weird holes in my pop-culture knowledge as a result, but the huge positive benefit is that I read all the time as a child, and haven’t stopped since. I feel as though I absorbed books and stories straight into my DNA, and I think becoming a writer has ultimately been born out of that. Since I began writing seriously, I have to thank my lovely Writing East Midlands mentor Judith Allnatt, my brilliant agent Sarah Hornsley and – of course – the D20 authors!”

A picture on the short story collection UnBound plus a second extract from the blog: “What made you decide to put together a short story collection with the D20 Authors? In 2020, our cohort of debut authors published our very first books during a global pandemic – a terrible time to release a debut! The silver lining was that we banded together to support and encourage each other and over the next few months and years, each other and develop a number of group projects. Eventually, we hit on the idea of a short story anthology to share our collective talents. That became our first short story anthology, UnLocked, and we were overwhelmed by the response, with glowing reviews, fantastic sales and a CWA Dagger shortlisting for one of the pieces. As a result, despite the blood, sweat and tears of producing an anthology, we decided to create this second collection, UnBound, and we are delighted to now release this to the world.”

Thank you so much to @paulagreenlees.bsky.social for sharing this interview with me on her blog — all about my writing process AND about our new short story collection #UnBound (which will make a great xmas present for the readers in your life).
Full blog here: www.paulagreenlees.com/author-inter...

Very rare situation where email inbox is empty - and we're pretty much up to date on orders!

SO, order today by 3pm and I'll send it out tomorrow - maybe even today if we've got stock!

Brilliant! Thank you.

Looks good!

Online Art Appreciation Course: On the Move: The Journeys of Artists and Artworks, 1650 - 1950 | Nat... Book now: An 8-week online course exploring trace the journeys of artists and the artworks they created in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Going to put a couple of dates on here, for general info! An exciting week ahead as my new online course for the National Gallery of Ireland starts tomorrow! There’s still time to sign up: www.nationalgallery.ie/whats-on/onl...