Elaborate
Ela LeeWriting, style, books, and culture reflections from Ela Lee, author of Jaded and Minbak
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How to be a good literary citizen
dispatches from HMP Thameside
I was a judge for a literary prize that last week announced its winner. Past winners and shortlistees include Gail Honeyman (of Elinor Oliphant fame), Sara Collins, Sarah Harman and so on. I was blown away by...
All the books I've read in 2026 so far
And what's on my summer TBR
It’s halfway through Q2 and it’s time to share my book stack so far. It’s also approaching summer, and while others might be getting beach ready in other ways, I’m putting together my annual list of recs for sun...
the limits of language
and an identity crisis
London friends, a quick note before today’s post. I’m speaking to the wonderful Isabella Silvers of Mixed Messages this Thursday 7 May at Daunt Books Notting Hill. I’ve no doubt our conversation will touch on the top...
Bobs that are getting me through my first draft
basically an extended 'treat yourself'
It’s that time again, I’m drafting. It never gets easier, it still feels horrendous staring at a blank page each morning. Doing literally anything else (taxes! consolidating my pension!) would be more...
how I write my novels (part 4) - the line edit
Hello!
Hello! Apologies for the radio silence over here. Publication month for MINBAK has been a flurry of activity, mixed with the ongoing pilgrimage into my third book draft, I’ve been a busy beaver (ending each night with non-verbal tim...
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Author of the novels Jaded and Minbak, Forbes 30 under 30, dog ma, South London.
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