… but firstly I just had to post this:

Actual Gail Tilsley (she'll always be Tilsley to me, despite the 89 subsequent husbands). From Coronation Street. Reading Me Before You. Yes REALLY.

It was broadcast while I was on holiday, so I woke up one morning to an endless stream of tweets going: OMG GAIL IS READING YOUR BOOK ON TELLY. As I said to someone this evening, this is it. I can go no higher. (Unless, that is, I can get a copy of my next one into the hands of Tim Riggins before the Friday Night Lights playoffs…)