Jess Kidd's Blog
April 21, 2025
Faber announces ‘Murder at Gulls Nest’
February 2025 – Faber announces ‘Murder at Gulls Nest’:
February 20, 2022
Feb 2022 – The Night Ship
Lovely to see the cover reveal and news of The Night Ship release date in The Bookseller:
https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/...
Canongate dives in for Kidd’s maritime epic in two-book dealRIGHTSOCT 7, 2021BY RUTH COMERFORD [image error] [image error] [image error]Canongate has acquired Jess Kidd’s The Night Ship, a tale of “heart and salt and tears”, in a two-book deal.
Publishing director Francis Bickmore acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the novel and a second book ...
November 11, 2019
Dublin Literary Award 2020, long list.
Oh nice surprise to see The Hoarder on the long list for for the Dublin Literary Award 2020, in some great company there with some recent favourites including Tim Winton’s The Shepherd’s Hut and David Park’s Travelling in a Strange Land.
November 10, 2019
2 Jan, paperback release of Things in Jars and new designs for Hoarder and Himself.
Delighted to see Things in Jars is coming out in paperback on 2 January 2020. Wilkie never misses a photo opp:
Wilkie Collins modelling the new cover designs
My publishers Canongate have given Himself and The Hoarder gorgeous new covers.
September 11, 2019
US release of Things in Jars
Great news that the US edition of Things in Jars is coming out 4 February 2020 and it looks gorgeous. I adore how the cover art, fluvial and magical, wraps around the book – such thrill to see my work interpreted so beautifully.
Here’s the link for the Simon & Schuster page about the release.
April 27, 2019
Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealed
I’m delighted to feature on the shortlist for this year’s Kerry Gold Irish novel of the year, a thrill to be in such talented company. Looking forward to the trip to Listowel
April 6, 2019
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
January 4, 2019
End of 2018 lists
It has been lovely to seen 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:
Sunday Express (attached), Best Books for 2019
Bloomin Brilliant Books, http://www.bloominbrilliantbooks.com/...
Irish Independent, Fiction highlights of 2019 https://www.independent.ie/entertainm......
August 24, 2018
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 as “a novel that breaks the mould entirely”, promising “a very noisy publication” for...
April 29, 2018
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/p062...
