Iole Dexter

writer / gold standard NCTJ qualified ‘24 / ex book publicist / also teach Pilates

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@Adamzx Just emailed you 2 pitches Adam! Look out for dogs and mummy’s boys in your inbox

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@evelynrichards_ Pilates Instructor and freelance journo here! Just pitched you a couple ideas.

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

Tickets only £5! Come and celebrate publication of @EllaFrears incisive and hilarious GOODLORD: An Email. Chaired by the wonderful @keirangoddard1 whose heart-wrenchingly beautiful paperback, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is also out on 6th! Go go go🎟️🔑 🔑

[Corsair Books @CorsairBooks]

We're kicking the year off with a cracker of an event 💥

@EllaFrears joins @KeiranGoddard1 in conversation to celebrate the paperback release of GOODLORD

📅 Thursday 6th February 🎟️ £5 📌 @BurleyFisher Books, Haggerston

Get your ticket: https://t.co/azuCSca54e

[Corsair Books @CorsairBooks]

Introducing @EllaFrears' Goodlord: An Email now in pocketable paperback, out 6th February.

A fierce and funny novel told in one long email to an estate agent, Goodlord explores what it means to live in a world where everything comes with a price tag.

https://t.co/5MYYPJNbqp

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Update:
The authorities in Iran are now claiming that a young woman, who courageously removed her clothes in protest against harassment by the morality, police at her university, suffers from psychological illness and has been admitted to a mental health hospital.

This accusation of mental instability is a familiar tactic by the Islamic Republic.

In 2014, when I launched the My Stealthy Freedom campaign against compulsory hijab, the regime used similar lies against me, claiming I had a mental breakdown, undressed myself on the London subway and was raped by three men.

This is how they attempt to undermine those who resist their oppression.

One student who witnessed the entire incident says:
“On Saturday, November 2, we saw the university’s security and Basij forces trying to forcibly drag a female student into the security room, under the pretext of her not wearing a proper hijab. She resisted, and in the struggle, her hoodie was pulled off, leaving her with only her undergarments underneath. Shocked, the security officers let her go, after which, in a moment of rage, she removed her pants and threw them at the officers.”

This eyewitness account directly contradicts the regime’s narrative and shows the extent of brutality Iranian women face for the most basic acts of defiance.

This woman has been forcibly hospitalized under psychiatric supervision—marking the start of torture and, soon after, the cycle of forced confessions.

I believe her life is now in serious danger. I urge international media, human rights organizations, and the international community to support her before is too late.

Let’s be her voice.

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

Cover story by me 📝 interview with the wonderful Kit de Waal

[Pen to Print @Pen_to_Print]

🗣️ OUT NOW 🗣️Issue 20 of Write On! Magazine

This edition themed ‘Beginnings & Endings’ features:
*An exclusive interview with award-winning author Kit de Waal, by Iole Dexter

Read Write On! Magazine for free: https://t.co/supWB89fKH

This issue is sponsored by Hay Festival

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@FernPress_ @vintagebooks @GraywolfPress Yessss please!!!

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@JasonAChristian Bonsai Alejandro Zambra published by fitzcarraldo only 74 pages

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

reading natalia ginzburg’s sagittarius in the sun by the seine

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

So lovely meeting @octaviabright_ today - my favourite podcast host ever and huge inspiration (to us all) 💚
Signed copies of her new book will be available @WaterstonesPicc on Monday!

[Waterstones Piccadilly, London @WaterstonesPicc]

The accessory of the season has JUST arrived.
Yellowface tote bags, free when you buy your copy in our shop. Nowhere near London? Selected Waterstones shops around the UK have these too.

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

Bellies undoubtably top 3 books of 2023 thus far 🍑🍑

[Penguin Huddle @PenguinHuddleUK]

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[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@VintageHuddle I met Tom when he came to deliver a proof to our head office at Waterstones! I’d love a proof delivered to Waterstones Piccadilly shop 279 (iole dexter)

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

@PenguinHuddleUK I’m on annual leave! Send it over PLEASE

[Jonathan Robins @robinshistory]

The greatest academic acknowledgement I've seen in a while

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

Finally a clothbound Breakfast at Tiffany’s can grace my shelf and I can die happy

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

Drum roll please... Here is the first look at the @PenguinUKBooks Little Clothbound Classics Winter Collection, designed by @CBickfordSmith - coming soon! ❄️

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

When you're an Autumn person waiting for summer to end:

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

If I miss out on this because I was working I will shed tears

[Penguin Huddle @PenguinHuddleUK]

Booksellers remember when we caused a stir with these? 👀 I've got five left.....

Want one?

All you've got to do is be one of the first FIVE Booksellers to send me a DM.

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

This is hilarious. In a very sad way.

[Moniza Hossain @moniza_hossain]

Apparently both men and women find a “sense of humour” attractive in romantic partners, but they define it very differently. Women think someone has a sense of humour when the person can make them laugh, men define a sense of humour as someone who laughs at their jokes

[Iole Dexter @ioledexterpr]

Thank you for coming in and for putting me onto my first crime read!! Truly gripping, strong female lead and in parts v v relatable indeed @VictoriaSelman

[Victoria Selman @VictoriaSelman]

So lovely to meet you @WaterstonesPicc @iolsiols 😊Really hope you enjoy #TrulyDarklyDeeply 🥀📕I promise, it’s dark but not bloody!!