News from Sarah Painter

  • Steampunk crochet bunny slippers

    Steampunk crochet bunny slippers. Best. Header. Ever. Just when I think I couldn’t love Jennifer Crusie any more, she starts brainstorming for a new series of books (which sound amazing – meep!) with steampunk crochet. Steampunk crochet, people. Go check out her wonderful creations here and, if you’re inspired to…

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  • Tired and emotional

    Yesterday was a very emotional day; It was my daughter’s leavers’ assembly at primary school and I spent the entire day crying on and off. I actually cried myself to sleep last night and I woke up today with a tension headache and the bulbous eyes of an alien.* So…

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  • Book News: The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman

    Hello! I’m up to my eyebrows in rewrites and this post might not be coherent so I’ll keep it short. If you want to feel a bit happier, but talk of goal-setting and thinking positively just makes you feel more neurotic, lethargic and anxiety-ridden, Oliver Burkeman’s new book might of…

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