We loved meeting Siân Hughes when she joined us to talk about her amazing debut novel, Pearl. So, we’re delighted to welcome her back to talk about her latest, No Such Thing as Monday.

Her new book introduces us to Steffi, haunted by what happened to her sister when they were children, and stuck in a loop of self-destruction, defiance, and shame. When her violent, bullying father dies, it sparks a reckoning that cracks open her past.

What follows is an extraordinary portrayal of life lived on the edge and the redemptive journey of a woman trying to piece herself together in a world that failed to make space for her.

Siân Hughes a writer who grew up in a small village in Cheshire. Her first collection of poetry The Missing (Salt, 2009) was a Poetry Society Recommendation, longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, shortlisted for the Felix Dennis and the Aldeburgh prizes, and won the Seamus Heaney Award. Siân’s first novel, Pearl, was longlisted for The Booker Prize in 2023 and shortlisted for The Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2024. Her latest book is No Such Thing as Monday, published in April 2026. Siân lives in Cheshire with her son, where she owns and runs the independent bookshop Magpie Books. 
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