Elliot Sweeney
@elliotfsweeney
Writer & mental health nurse/AMHP. London Writers Awardee. Shamus Finalist. Morrissey fan. Rep’d by @gordonwise.
Three book drops done for publication day of We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy. My loyal assistant can be seen here promoting the book with unabashed flair. More to come …. #MentalHealth #memoir



Some more book signing with my loyal assistant this time at Waterstones Harrogate - staff are still buoyant from the crime writing festival #waterstones #mentalhealth #harrogate

My novel's love scene: 'Would you like a cup of tea?' 'That would be lovely.' ✨️Fade to black✨️ British romance at its finest.
New—and packed!—column is up at @CrimeReads! This time, I talk about novels by Michael Farris Smith, Alex North, Carl Hiaasen, @KairaRouda, Katia Lief, and Rob Hart. crimereads.com/gabino-iglesia…
We're incredibly lucky to be a part of @MancLibraries & couldn't be more grateful for everything that the team does for Crime Central 💜 Not only the busiest library in the UK but the #BritishBookAwards library of the year as well 🏆
I spent a lot of my childhood reading in my local library and so seeing not one, not two, but three copies of my fiction in a library yesterday was a happy surprise. #lancashirelibrary #crimefiction

It was a pleasure and a privilege to see @doctor_benji at the Lowry tonight. Such a funny set loaded with pathos and punch. Thank you Dr W. #psychiatry #salfordlowry #comedy
NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian & Sunday Times best-selling author @doctor_benji is heading out on his first book tour next month 📚 Get tickets 👉 livenation.uk/G50r50VyZep
I ventured to Manchester today to sign more copies of We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy and chat to booksellers. Deansgate Waterstones had a nice copy in the hardback section. Arndale Waterstones had apparently run out! #mentalhealth #memoir

Happy publication day to me! - Death on Wolf Fell, the new Jess Raker novel - 'Vintage Oldham, with stomach-churning violence, blood and guts, and high-wire tension-- "Booklist" tinyurl.com/3tmbkh7d
More book spots of We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy - the first at The Wellcome Collection’s wonderful bookshop, the second at Highgate Bookshop up the road from the mental health unit where I trained. #highgatebookshop #wellcometrust #mentalhealth


I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Selina yesterday about my professional confessional book on frontline mental health care - out now through Bonnier #radio #MentalHealth
On @MacKenzieSelina's 'Lifestyles' from 14.00CET, @elliotfsweeney's 'We Don't Use Words like Crazy', and Zoe Parsons on 'Self love after abuse'
One week of publication woohoo #memoir #MentalHealth
"Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing..." Have a read of this extract from @elliotfsweeney's funny and frank memoir from the frontline of our mental health services. We Don’t Use Words Like 'Crazy' is out now with @BlinkPublishing bonnierbooks.co.uk/news-and-media…
Another day, another book drop, this time to Simon at The Book Case in Hebden Bridge. We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy. Out now in print, digital, and audio. #MentalHealth #memoir


📖#Giveaway📖 🎉 Happy publication day to @elliotfsweeney for #WeDontUseWordsLikeCrazy! 🎉 Win one of three copies in #TheBookload on Facebook! Closes tonight (Thursday 24 April) at 11pm. UK addresses only. Enter here: facebook.com/share/p/16Agv5…
Another day, another stack of brilliant new books out today 🎉 💭 We Don't Use Words Like Crazy from @elliotfsweeney 🌈 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer paperback from @wadeywade 🌿 The Natural History of Crime paperback from @PEJWiltshire
A week and a few days till publication day. We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy. Woohoo #memoir #MentalHealth #mentalhealthnurse
Thank you @FloraWillis_ for sending me a copy of We Don’t Use Words Like ‘Crazy’, a very important sounding memoir from @elliotfsweeney. It’s out on 24 April from @bonnierbooks_uk (link below ⬇️)
Dammit. The bard of Galway has gone. Rest easy, maestro.
Sad to hear of the passing of Ken Bruen - he made Galway a stage for his Jack Taylor novels. Always willing to help new writers. Sympathies to Phil and Grace. #Legend @galwayad