The Louie Stowell Newsletter

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Stories are about change, and this is especially true of Loki. His goal is to change himself from a “bad god” into a good one. He still has a lot to learn about what that means, but its at the heart of every book. I’m writing Book Four at the moment – A Bad God’s Guide to Making Enemies – and Loki is once again taking a stab at what it means to be good and missing more times than he hits. But I like to think in this story he does get a little closer to a better version of himself. Sort of. Maybe.

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Surprise! I’m doing one last signing this year - at Waterstones Piccadilly on Thursday 7th December from 6pm. I’ll be there with a whole host of other writers and celebrities, pen in hand and ready to scrawl. I’ll be back with a full newsletter before I go away for christmas, but I wanted to let you all know ASAP about the signing. Hope to see some of you there! And I don’t like mince pies so you’re welcome to my share. Not a subscriber?

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WHY WRITING A BOOK IS LIKE READING PIRANESI Over the past few days I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Piranesi. If you’ve not read it and you like audio, I highly recommend it. They brought out the big guns and got Chiwetel Ejiofor to read it.

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It’s party conference season, so it feels fitting to share a speech in this newsletter. I delivered it at the Bookseller Children’s Conference as part of a panel on World Book Day and it’s an impassioned defence of reading for pleasure but also a Milton and good omens crossover fanfic. Thanks for reading The Louie Stowell Newsletter! If you’re reading this online, subscribe here to get it every month.

I spent three weeks at a writer’s residency this summer, redrafting an adult novel and spending time with an handful of women and non-binary writers on an island off the coast of Seattle. It was a gift of an experience, one I highly recommend applying for.

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