Austin, Emily – The Bell Bookshop

Interesting facts about space

Emma — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Readers love Interesting Facts About Space…’Loved it. For as long as Emily Austin is writing books I’m reading them”Emily Austin, I’m going to politely ask you to stop writing characters I relate to so viscerally”I will never get over this book. Ever”This book made me feel incredibly seen”So full of heart and kindness and honesty”To all the Enids out there, this is for us, and I hope it brings you comfort like it did me”Will remain imprinted on my brain forever’–Enid is many things: anxious, serial dater, space obsessive.As she fumbles her way through her first serious relationship, she starts to worry someone is following her. As her paranoia spirals out of control, Enid must contend with her mounting suspicion that something is seriously wrong with her…Full of charm, humour and heart, Interesting Facts About Space explores the strange ways we try to connect with others, and the power of sharing our secret selves with the people we love.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Emma — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

‘Funny about death, real about anxiety, witty about the things that worry us the most’ Emma Gannon, author of Olive ‘So fundamentally kind that you can feel the warmth coming off each page’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days Gilda cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It’s not the most obvious job – she’s queer and an atheist for starters – and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace’s death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence. A blend of warmth, deadpan humour, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration – and the expiration of those you love – is the only certainty.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Emma — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

‘Funny about death, real about anxiety, witty about the things that worry us the most’ Emma Gannon, author of Olive ‘So fundamentally kind that you can feel the warmth coming off each page’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It’s not the most obvious job – she’s queer and an atheist for starters – and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace’s death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence. A blend of warmth, deadpan humour, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration – and the expiration of those you love – is the only certainty.