We invite you to the Red Wheelbarrow bookshop in Paris at 2 PM on Wednesday 7th of June 2023 where award-winning author Rebecca Watson will be participating in a reading of her novel, little scratch. The reading will be followed by a Q&A and an experimental writing workshop designed for emerging writers.

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An interview with Emma Jones about Nottingham Forest and Watford.

Based on the true story of an unsolved mystery, Sophie Mackintosh’s new novel, Cursed Bread (Hamish Hamilton), centres on a small village community upturned by the arrival of a glamourous couple. Jo Hamya calls the book‘sensuous and haunted, like Madame Bovary reworked as a ghost story’.

Mackintosh will be in conversation with Rebecca Watson, author of Little Scratch (Faber).

Tickets here.

Launching on 6 October 2022, Art on the Underground and Kerber Verlag present a new publication on the work of Alexandre da Cunha at Battersea Power Station, to celebrate one year on from the station’s opening. Alexandre da Cunha will be in conversation with Lisa Blackmore, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. Writer Rebecca Watson will read from her creative prose work, ‘That Pink’, which features in the book.

In conversation with acclaimed theatre director Katie Mitchell, these powerful contemporary voices explore the promise and the limitations of #MeToo and the potential of new writing to inspire change.

Join authors Claire-Louise Bennett (Checkout-19) and Rebecca Watson (little scratch) in conversation, on Zoom. (Free) tickets here.

These two brilliant experimental debuts break apart the form of the novel itself to invite fresh perspectives on tough themes of sexual violence, systemic racial abuse and class oppression. Natasha Brown’s Assembly  and Rebecca Watson’s little scratch may be slight in page count, yet contain multitudes to unpack about the contemporary lives of women. Tickets here.

Three of the best debut novelists of recent years, each shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2021: Eley Williams (The Liar’s Dictionary, Penguin), Rebecca Watson (little scratch, Faber) and A.K. Blakemore (The Manningtree Witches, Granta) will discuss their experiences building their careers, developing their first manuscripts, finding an agent, and negotiating the world of publishing as debut novelists. Tickets here.

Debut novelists Lianne Dillsworth, Rebecca Watson and Keiran Goddard talk about their first works and their approaches to writing, under the chairmanship of FT critic Suzi Feay.

Writer Rebecca Watson takes a 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness for Radio 4. Listen here.

Join one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021, Rebecca Watson, in conversation with Fiona Lindsay, for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback publication of little scratch.

The six writers shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2021 reading from and discussing their novels. With readings from Claire-Louise Bennett, Natasha Brown, Keith Ridgway, Leone Ross, Isabel Waidner and Rebecca Watson.

A virtual event with Rebecca Watson, author of little scratch, and Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins. You can watch back the conversation here.

10@10: New writers – little scratch

Rebecca Watson's book traces a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics, clock-watching and WhatsApp communication. Underneath this monotony, at every minute along the way, ideas about sex, violence, survival and comedy intertwine. Fearless and playful, the book explores how our minds function in – and survive – the darkest moments.

Thea Lenarduzzi is a commissioning editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Tickets here.

It can often take years for authors to become acclaimed literary figures. And yet sometimes a newcomer’s first book hits the mark perfectly. One of the Observer’s Top 10 debut novelist and author of little scratch, Rebecca Watson and the multi-awarded author of A Respectable Occupation, Julia Kerninon discuss how young women authors can bring a different voice to the literary world. A conversation chaired by writer Lauren Elkin and interspersed with readings by Olivia Ross. Tickets available here.

Karen McLeod interviewed the two writers about their books. The event is available to watch here.

Rebecca Watson and Helen Charman were in conversation via Instagram Live. The event is available to watch back here.

A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself by Peter Ho Davies and little scratch by Rebecca Watson are two new books which explore different traumas using different forms. They discuss why using experimental narratives, fractured texts and blurred definitions of genre are often the best ways to tackle difficult topics. Listen back to the episode here

Meet three of the most exciting new voices published this autumn. Book an online ticket here.

Sign up here for this special opportunity to hear work from some of the most exciting voices in contemporary fiction from this year and next. Ingrid Persaud will read from Love After Love; DBC Pierre will read from Meanwhile in Dopamine City; Una Mannion will read from A Crooked Tree (January 2021); Rebecca Watson will read from little scratch (January 2021); Sam Byers will read from Come Join our Disease (March 2021) and Leone Ross will read from This One Sky Day (April 2021). The event will be chaired by Joy Francis, Executive Director at Words of Colour.

Two of the seasons most anticipated releases explore the inner lives of women, and the realities we too-often try to ignore. Resentment and resilience, rage and regret: There is turbulence under the surface, unacknowledged causes and effects that reverberate through lives. You can listen to the event here.

Rebecca Watson joins Mitzi Rapkin to discuss her book, little scratch, out now from Doubleday. You can listen to their conversation here.