The reviews are in

The reviews are in from The Times and the Irish Times, so far, so good, phew. Keep waiting for ‘but…’ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c51d317a-57ac-11e9-b872-7488e2315159 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/things-in-jars-review-a-wonderful-portrait-of-victorian-london-1.3835412#.XKhp8D-BiRs.twitter

End of 2018 lists

It has been lovely to see The Hoarder and Himself featuring in best of the year lists from the papers and bloggers, thanks everyone. Here are a few of the features, many more on my twitter and The Bookseller looking forward to Things… in April: Bloomin Brilliant Books Irish Independent, Fiction highlights of 2019 Bookmunch, Books we’re looking forward to …

Kidd’s ‘mould-breaking’ Victorian thriller to Canongate

So reads the headline in The Bookseller this week, see Heloise Wood’s full report here and below: Canongate will publish Costa Award-winning author Jess Kidd’s third novel, “an enchanting Victorian detective story”, as a lead fiction title next year. The company’s publishing director Francis Bickmore acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Susan Armstrong at C+W. Bickmore described the London-based mystery …

BBC Radio London – 11 March

Jess appeared on the Robert Elms show today to discuss hoarding and her characters Maud and Mr Flood from The Hoarder. Jump to 1hr 8min: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p062btlc

US TOUR – 29 April – 6 May

I’m delighted to be embarking on a US book tour to introduce Mr Flood’s Last Resort to new readers in Canada and the US. I’ll be visiting Toronto, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. See the Events section of the site and check out my twitter for updates: @jesskiddherself