I left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.
Read @alexpavesi.bsky.social's "Ink Ribbon Red". Really liked "Eight Detectives" when it came out, so I got this when it was released, but for some unaccountable reason took over a year to get around to it. As someone who reads a lot of this kind of thing, I found it as gripping (and clever) 1/2
Oh, thank you so much! And I'd recommend any of Shirley Jackson's books to be honest.
Q&A with Alex Pavesi about his new novel, INK RIBBON RED.
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NBCC member Robert Allen Papinchak interviewed @alexpavesi.bsky.social ("Ink Ribbon Red") for@publisherswkly.bsky.social:
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “Phoebe had never seen bullets up close before; to her, they looked like fetal mushrooms, or primitive chess pieces.”
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “After hanging up the phone, Marcin stamped on the accelerator. But he couldn't escape everyone else's bad driving, no matter how fast he went.”
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. ‘"Grief," said Anatol, with a surge of enthusiasm. "Grief is an awkward portmanteau of guilt, regret and disbelief. Because those are its three main ingredients."’
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “A heavy, late-morning mist lay on the landscape. Every blade of grass looked haunted.”
Ink Ribbon Red, my second novel, is now out in paperback in the UK. Here are some of my favourite lines (quote cards made by my wonderful US publisher - the book is out in the US next month):
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “Phoebe had never seen bullets up close before; to her, they looked like fetal mushrooms, or primitive chess pieces.”
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “After hanging up the phone, Marcin stamped on the accelerator. But he couldn't escape everyone else's bad driving, no matter how fast he went.”
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. ‘"Grief," said Anatol, with a surge of enthusiasm. "Grief is an awkward portmanteau of guilt, regret and disbelief. Because those are its three main ingredients."’
A quote from the novel Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi. “A heavy, late-morning mist lay on the landscape. Every blade of grass looked haunted.”
Ink Ribbon Red, my second novel, is now out in paperback in the UK. Here are some of my favourite lines (quote cards made by my wonderful US publisher - the book is out in the US next month):
Again: Britain (not just this government but all of the recent ones) has a problem with knowledge work. Fishing, steel are manly proper jobs with a Victorian sense of place and history. Creative industries & HE are treated as secondary; derided or ignored.
Absolutely adore Alex’s deft, brilliantly intricate novels (treat yourself to Eight Detectives or Ink Ribbon Red if you haven’t already) so this has made my Monday.
Thanks Chris! I look forward to seeing DatWH on TV! 🙏
I've just finished Death at the White Hart, by @chrischibnall.bsky.social, a top-tier murder mystery that is equal parts creepy and compulsive. Out in the UK later this week!
For any US-based neygalley users, Ink Ribbon Red is now available to request (and featured on the homepage!) www.netgalley.com
Ink Ribbon Red is only 99p today, if you want to read a country house thriller that's a little different... amzn.eu/d/9M1RajV
it genuinely sucks that basically nothing on the internet works well anymore. search? barely works. social media? filled with garbage engagement-bait designed to game the algorithm. news websites? pages that refresh at random or so covered in video ads that it’s impossible to read stories
A display header that says ‘The Intriguing Actions of Unusual Name’
A small selection of books on display with titles like The Infernal Riddle of Thomas Peach and The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Amused myself with this today (I am easily amused, as we know)
Ah, glad you found it interesting! Thanks for reading
Thanks for reading, Doug! Leo looks very sweet 🐈⬛
A stack of ten books on a table.
Well here they are. My top 10 books of 2024! ✨️
What a year. Can't wait to do it all again in 2025 🥰📚
#BookSky
So chuffed to be part of this excellent collection.
24 books wrapped up and positioned on Bert's bookshelves.
I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are.
So we're gonna do a mega-thread!
These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
All of these books are, of course, available to order at bertsbooks.co.uk
We accept National Book Tokens (should you get any in the next couple of days) and you'll get free delivery across the UK.
Exciting.
What a fantastic list to be included in ❤️
Ink Ribbon Red held in front of Bert's bookshelves
Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social is another cleverly constructed murder mystery from the author of Eight Detectives.
Don't take my word for it, though, Michael, our resident crime aficionado also loved it.
Email from publisher. Anyone think this is okay ? No, it’s not okay. I’ve spent more money on promo than they’ve sent me royalties. Whereas, the audiobook rights are mine and have paid me way more. This is such a c%nt email.
Thank you, Karen!
Set up my Bookstagram reviews on Saturday and forgot to share this earlier today🤦♀️.
Thoroughly enjoyed reading Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social thank to Michael Joseph Books : www.instagram.com/p/DDrBGWSgGh...
An interview I did with Suffolk libraries, talking about my career: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/meet-the-aut...
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I would say The Sound and The Fury but it's definitely the less accessible of the two.
Only 377 days till next Christmas! 😅 can't wait to read it over the coming fortnight 🎄
