@alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social
Historical crime fiction author. Creator of offbeat characters. Fact magpie. Cymraes. Rucksack obsessive. A Ceredigion farm kid at heart but also a 3 times CWA Historical Dagger shortlisted author. Agent: @friccar at Kate Nash.
Many congratulations to all those who have been working so hard behind the scenes to make this happen.
BBC News - Aberystwyth named Unesco City of Literature
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Aberystwyth named Unesco City of Literature
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Aberystwyth named Wales' first Unesco City of Literature
The town and Ceredigion county was chosen due to its "rich literary scene".
www.bbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Many congratulations to all those who have been working so hard behind the scenes to make this happen.
BBC News - Aberystwyth named Unesco City of Literature
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Aberystwyth named Unesco City of Literature
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unknown creatures spotted lounging on the top of a pillar box in Ledbury yesterday.
I was in town to appear with @claremackwrites.bsky.social at Ledburied, run by Lindsay Jackson of Ledbury Books & Maps and lovely crime writer @sarahhilary.bsky.social.
Many thanks to them all for a great evening!
I was in town to appear with @claremackwrites.bsky.social at Ledburied, run by Lindsay Jackson of Ledbury Books & Maps and lovely crime writer @sarahhilary.bsky.social.
Many thanks to them all for a great evening!
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Unknown creatures spotted lounging on the top of a pillar box in Ledbury yesterday.
I was in town to appear with @claremackwrites.bsky.social at Ledburied, run by Lindsay Jackson of Ledbury Books & Maps and lovely crime writer @sarahhilary.bsky.social.
Many thanks to them all for a great evening!
I was in town to appear with @claremackwrites.bsky.social at Ledburied, run by Lindsay Jackson of Ledbury Books & Maps and lovely crime writer @sarahhilary.bsky.social.
Many thanks to them all for a great evening!
Coming up tomorrow - Neath Town Hall - 12.15 as part of Neath Arts Festival. It's going to be fun!
October 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Coming up tomorrow - Neath Town Hall - 12.15 as part of Neath Arts Festival. It's going to be fun!
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Sorry to have missed two of my best pals in conversation. Congratulations @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social on “The Hunters Club”!
Happiest of publication days to my friend @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social. The Hunters Club is out today, and it's brilliant!!! 🎉🥂📚
Join us in Aberystwyth this evening for the launch.
Join us in Aberystwyth this evening for the launch.
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sorry to have missed two of my best pals in conversation. Congratulations @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social on “The Hunters Club”!
Delighted that this has now escaped into the world! Many thanks to my lovely agent, Francesca, for posting this 😊
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Delighted that this has now escaped into the world! Many thanks to my lovely agent, Francesca, for posting this 😊
I am SO looking forward to appearing at Neath Arts Festival with some other lovely Crime Cymru authors. It's going to be a lot of fun!
Thrilled to be taking part in Neath Arts Festival!
I'll be on a crime writers panel next Sunday with fellow Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social Morgan Greene and @gjwilliams92.bsky.social discussing all things crime fiction.
More info here: www.neathartsfestival.cymru#sun4
I'll be on a crime writers panel next Sunday with fellow Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social Morgan Greene and @gjwilliams92.bsky.social discussing all things crime fiction.
More info here: www.neathartsfestival.cymru#sun4
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I am SO looking forward to appearing at Neath Arts Festival with some other lovely Crime Cymru authors. It's going to be a lot of fun!
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Having a lovely time at Ty Newydd, Literature Wales's writing centre in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd. Lovely tutees, lovely fellow tutor @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social & beautiful surroundings. This is the path down to the most important part of the whole centre - the kitchen and hall where everything happens!
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Having a lovely time at Ty Newydd, Literature Wales's writing centre in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd. Lovely tutees, lovely fellow tutor @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social & beautiful surroundings. This is the path down to the most important part of the whole centre - the kitchen and hall where everything happens!
Great time in Bath @mrbsemporium.bsky.social yesterday when I dropped in with a proof of The Hunters Club and was asked to contribute to their display of authors' pens hanging from the ceiling. If you're in Bath, do pay Mr B's a visit - the booksellers are friendly and incredibly knowledgeable!
August 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Great time in Bath @mrbsemporium.bsky.social yesterday when I dropped in with a proof of The Hunters Club and was asked to contribute to their display of authors' pens hanging from the ceiling. If you're in Bath, do pay Mr B's a visit - the booksellers are friendly and incredibly knowledgeable!
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In-between the review books, I've been reading @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social first Oxford mystery.
A most intriguing story with fascinating characters that kept me guessing until the end.
I've really enjoyed it and now must get my skates on as book three comes out in October! 📚
#histbookchat
A most intriguing story with fascinating characters that kept me guessing until the end.
I've really enjoyed it and now must get my skates on as book three comes out in October! 📚
#histbookchat
August 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In-between the review books, I've been reading @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social first Oxford mystery.
A most intriguing story with fascinating characters that kept me guessing until the end.
I've really enjoyed it and now must get my skates on as book three comes out in October! 📚
#histbookchat
A most intriguing story with fascinating characters that kept me guessing until the end.
I've really enjoyed it and now must get my skates on as book three comes out in October! 📚
#histbookchat
Had a great time at Criminally Good Books in York when I popped in recently to drop in a proof copy of The Hunters Club - many thanks to Cat and Isla for such a warm welcome!
August 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Had a great time at Criminally Good Books in York when I popped in recently to drop in a proof copy of The Hunters Club - many thanks to Cat and Isla for such a warm welcome!
Can I interest you in my new book? You have my others... Lovely visit to Waterstones in Newcastle to drop off a proof copy of The Hunters Club. Thanks to all the staff for being ultra friendly 😘
August 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can I interest you in my new book? You have my others... Lovely visit to Waterstones in Newcastle to drop off a proof copy of The Hunters Club. Thanks to all the staff for being ultra friendly 😘
Had a lovely time in Alnwick on Monday visiting @forumbookscorbridge's sister shop, The Accidental Bookshop - such a lovely shop with a great backstory. (You'll have to visit and ask...)
And while I was there, it would have been rude not to offer Helen a proof copy of The Hunters Club, wouldn't it?
And while I was there, it would have been rude not to offer Helen a proof copy of The Hunters Club, wouldn't it?
August 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Had a lovely time in Alnwick on Monday visiting @forumbookscorbridge's sister shop, The Accidental Bookshop - such a lovely shop with a great backstory. (You'll have to visit and ask...)
And while I was there, it would have been rude not to offer Helen a proof copy of The Hunters Club, wouldn't it?
And while I was there, it would have been rude not to offer Helen a proof copy of The Hunters Club, wouldn't it?
I had a great time talking to the lovely Robert Kirkwood for the the audiobook show Read On. We talked about about writing, my visually impaired protagonist in the Teifi Valley Coroner books, the Skeleton Army vs. the Salvation Army in 1882 Oxford, my writing method, and three very important books.
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB
A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios.
audioboom.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I had a great time talking to the lovely Robert Kirkwood for the the audiobook show Read On. We talked about about writing, my visually impaired protagonist in the Teifi Valley Coroner books, the Skeleton Army vs. the Salvation Army in 1882 Oxford, my writing method, and three very important books.
Exciting news! The Hunters Club has been chosen by Waterstones as one of their summer offers! You can now get 25% off the cover price if you preorder before the end of July.
I'd be really grateful for any pre-orders - they make all the difference to authors!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hun...
I'd be really grateful for any pre-orders - they make all the difference to authors!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hun...
July 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Exciting news! The Hunters Club has been chosen by Waterstones as one of their summer offers! You can now get 25% off the cover price if you preorder before the end of July.
I'd be really grateful for any pre-orders - they make all the difference to authors!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hun...
I'd be really grateful for any pre-orders - they make all the difference to authors!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hun...
100% this!
July 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
100% this!
At a recent event with my Crime Cymru pal and fellow historical crime author @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social we were asked whether it's ok to get in touch with a writer to tell them you've enjoyed their book or whether it's a pain because then you have to reply.
Easy answer PLEASE BE IN TOUCH!!
Easy answer PLEASE BE IN TOUCH!!
July 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
At a recent event with my Crime Cymru pal and fellow historical crime author @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social we were asked whether it's ok to get in touch with a writer to tell them you've enjoyed their book or whether it's a pain because then you have to reply.
Easy answer PLEASE BE IN TOUCH!!
Easy answer PLEASE BE IN TOUCH!!
Very much looking forward to chatting to my friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social on Friday in Cowbridge 😃
Second event is on Friday 27 June, when I'll be chatting with my Crime Cymru friend @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social at Cowbridge Library at 2.30pm, looking at historical crime fiction.
It's a free event; you just need to call the library on 01446 773941 to book.
It's a free event; you just need to call the library on 01446 773941 to book.
June 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Very much looking forward to chatting to my friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social on Friday in Cowbridge 😃
Having a bar running down the middle of a bookshop would, surely, make it the ideal space to hang out? Now ever so slightly wishing I lived in Balham...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/inde...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/inde...
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Backstory
Our Bookshop of the Month for June is Backstory, a bookshop and bar in Balham, south London founded by ex-journalist Tom Rowley.
www.faber.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Having a bar running down the middle of a bookshop would, surely, make it the ideal space to hang out? Now ever so slightly wishing I lived in Balham...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/inde...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/inde...
Glorious time chairing an event with @fflurdafydd.bsky.social and Caryl Lewis last night at Bookish bookshop in Crickhowell. The House of Water and Bitter Honey are two of the most beautiful, emotionally charged and page-turning books you're likely to read this year.
June 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Glorious time chairing an event with @fflurdafydd.bsky.social and Caryl Lewis last night at Bookish bookshop in Crickhowell. The House of Water and Bitter Honey are two of the most beautiful, emotionally charged and page-turning books you're likely to read this year.
Very much looking forward to chatting to @gbwilliams.bsky.social next Thursday!
Huge thanks to Gloucestershire Libraries for working together with Crime Cymru to put on these events in the Forest of Dean for National Crime Reading Month.
Huge thanks to Gloucestershire Libraries for working together with Crime Cymru to put on these events in the Forest of Dean for National Crime Reading Month.
It's National Crime Reading Month and I'm really looking forward to this event in Coleford Library 6pm on the 17th with the wonderful @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social. So in you are in the vicinity, why don't you join us? It would be lovely to see some friendly faces on my first foray out in months.
June 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Very much looking forward to chatting to @gbwilliams.bsky.social next Thursday!
Huge thanks to Gloucestershire Libraries for working together with Crime Cymru to put on these events in the Forest of Dean for National Crime Reading Month.
Huge thanks to Gloucestershire Libraries for working together with Crime Cymru to put on these events in the Forest of Dean for National Crime Reading Month.
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@rhianejones.bsky.social is inciting this meeting to rebellion and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social is helping her with some gusto!
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
June 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@rhianejones.bsky.social is inciting this meeting to rebellion and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social is helping her with some gusto!
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
Music to an author's ears! Hope you enjoy it, Cavan (and I hope you're feeling better really soon).
Feeling a little under the weather so settling in for an afternoon reading with this as my soundtrack.
There will be tea!
🎧 Doctor Who: Ghost Light - Music by @markayresrws.bsky.social
📚 The Skeleton Army by @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social
There will be tea!
🎧 Doctor Who: Ghost Light - Music by @markayresrws.bsky.social
📚 The Skeleton Army by @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Music to an author's ears! Hope you enjoy it, Cavan (and I hope you're feeling better really soon).
I had such a lovely time discussing time, place and character with my great friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social at Lisvane Book Festival yesterday! Thanks to fellow Crime Cymru author Laura Shepherd for this post (read her The Trials of Lila Dalton - it's fab!)
Wonderful chat on time and place in crime fiction by @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social today at Lisvane Book Festival
June 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I had such a lovely time discussing time, place and character with my great friend and fellow historical crime writer @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social at Lisvane Book Festival yesterday! Thanks to fellow Crime Cymru author Laura Shepherd for this post (read her The Trials of Lila Dalton - it's fab!)
Lovely time at Monty Lit Fest yesterday. It really is the most wonderful festival 🥰
@rhianejones.bsky.social is inciting this meeting to rebellion and @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social is helping her with some gusto!
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
You'll hear us coming out of the darkness, just like the Rebecca Rioters.
Thank you for a stirring session, both - and to Harrisons Solicitors for sponsoring.
June 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Lovely time at Monty Lit Fest yesterday. It really is the most wonderful festival 🥰