Ajay Close

Reformed journalist. Author of 7 novels, including What Doesn't Kill Us, What We Did in the Dark, The Daughter of Lady Macbeth, A Petrol Scented Spring & Trust.

[FFS - Alloa Women @ff_scotland]

A first for #AlloaWomenFestival something for the evening
@AjayClose 'reformed journalist and author of 7 books' will be discussing her Award winning book
"What doesn't kill us"

#WomensHistoryMonth

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

https://t.co/nCc1SMGiWx

[Graeme Macrae Burnet @GMacraeBurnet]

Big congrats to @AjayClose and @SarabandBooks 🥂 I read this last year and it's superb - a well-deserved @SaltireBook awards winner!

[CrimeFictionLover @CriFiLover]

What Doesn’t Kill Us by Ajay Close https://t.co/9v4lA8No7e
Here's an excellent read, and a new take on events surrounding the Yorkshire Ripper case in late-70s Leeds

[SaltireBookAwards @SaltireBook]

Announcing the #SaltireBookAwards Fiction Shortlist 2024, featuring five titles. Learn more about them and what the judges said on our website at https://t.co/EbxLyOXg4I 🔗

Congratulations to authors on the Fiction shortlist:
#LiteraryAwards #booktok #TheSaltireSociety

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

delighted to be longlisted for Scottish fiction book of the year

[Saraband Books @SarabandBooks]

We're thrilled to see @AjayClose on the @SaltireBook Awards Fiction Longlist for What Doesn't Kill Us 🎉

Congratulations to everyone on the longlist!

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

Looking forward to this on Saturday September 14th in Trinity Church, Stirling. Sharing a platform with Tove Alsterdal, Araminta Hall and our fab chair Zoe Venditozzi

[Donna Moore @BadsvilleBroad]

Nervously waiting in the lovely Green Room at the #pbf2024 with the fabulous women @ajayclose and @writerkcampbell

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

Paisley pals - I'm at the town hall, 10.30am, a week today. See you there? #PBF24 #ImagineDifferent https://t.co/fvu2OYQ6cJ

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

@mslisahighton great to be aboard!

[Saraband Books @SarabandBooks]

As this year's #WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, the audiobook of #WhatDoesntKillUs by @AjayClose is now available.

Listen to a sample here:
https://t.co/UZTMF3HZsQ https://t.co/VRGMS7uGEz

[Leeds Animation @leedsanimation]

Leeds Feminist book launch: “What Doesn’t Kill Us” tells the story of Reclaim the Night & the Women’s Movement in 1970s Leeds, showing what’s changed, & what hasn’t. Author Ajay Close researched her new novel in the city. Wed 13 Mar 6.30-7.30 Leeds Central Library Rm 700 PAYF

[Leeds Animation @leedsanimation]

Ajay will be in conversation with Diana Muir, who was a junior reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post in 1978. Copies of the book will be available on the night.

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

lovely review from the always perceptive Susan Mansfield @wordsmansfield in today's @scotonsunday

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

Signing books at the excellent @FurtherFrom - plenty of the madding crowd on Linlithgow High Street today

[Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison]

@SarabandBooks @ScotsWhayHae @AjayClose Congratulations Ajay - and what a fine novel this is. So full of life and authenticity and humour.

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

thanks to Jen Bowden for hosting me on her excellent Northern Voices podcast, in which I explain why I talk like a softy southerner. https://t.co/LKKjxkLtEC

[Ajay Close @AjayClose]

confessions of a (sort of) crime writer who can't stand the sight of blood https://t.co/XNLez666JP