David Gladwin
@dlgladwin.bsky.social
My novella Coldwell is published by Road Song - https://roadsongbooks.com/product/coldwell/
Environmental modernism:
Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/
Further exploring:
Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
Environmental modernism:
Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/
Further exploring:
Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
And the hotel is still taking bookings, i.e. you can still buy the book from @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
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Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
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Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
And the hotel is still taking bookings, i.e. you can still buy the book from @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
The next title from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social, coming next month and available to pre-order right now!
EXCITING NEWS!!!
Pre-orders for INTO MY ARMS by ESTELLE PHILLIPS are now live through the website.
/shop-books
£9.99 plus p&p
Delivery will be on or around the 16 Feb 2026.
Pre-orders for INTO MY ARMS by ESTELLE PHILLIPS are now live through the website.
/shop-books
£9.99 plus p&p
Delivery will be on or around the 16 Feb 2026.
January 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The next title from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social, coming next month and available to pre-order right now!
Nice review of Coldwell from @iancritchley.bsky.social on Goodreads. Thank you!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Nice review of Coldwell from @iancritchley.bsky.social on Goodreads. Thank you!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
Page 42 is blank.
Page 42 is blank.
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
Page 42 is blank.
Page 42 is blank.
Misty morning, spectral evening.
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Misty morning, spectral evening.
Proud to be part of the @roadsongbooks.bsky.social story, as told in these images. Coldwell was the first, but there's much more to come, from both Road Song and me.
@estellephillips.bsky.social
@estellephillips.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Proud to be part of the @roadsongbooks.bsky.social story, as told in these images. Coldwell was the first, but there's much more to come, from both Road Song and me.
@estellephillips.bsky.social
@estellephillips.bsky.social
An afternoon at Gladwin Towers.
January 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
An afternoon at Gladwin Towers.
Sell me a coat that’s red or gold.
08.01.1947
10.01.2016
08.01.1947
10.01.2016
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Sell me a coat that’s red or gold.
08.01.1947
10.01.2016
08.01.1947
10.01.2016
Two lovely posts about Coldwell from today. Thanks to @iancritchley.bsky.social and Hestia Books of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
If you're not in Derbyshire, you can pick up a copy directly from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
roadsongbooks.com/product/cold...
If you're not in Derbyshire, you can pick up a copy directly from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
roadsongbooks.com/product/cold...
January 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Two lovely posts about Coldwell from today. Thanks to @iancritchley.bsky.social and Hestia Books of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
If you're not in Derbyshire, you can pick up a copy directly from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
roadsongbooks.com/product/cold...
If you're not in Derbyshire, you can pick up a copy directly from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
roadsongbooks.com/product/cold...
This morning in Beverley.
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This morning in Beverley.
Coldwell is still finding new readers. Thank you to @iancritchley.bsky.social for this review.
Just read this excellent novella by @dlgladwin.bsky.social - set in Eyam and Chatsworth during the 1666 Great Plague, it draws on history and folklore and has a brilliantly distinctive narrative voice @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Coldwell is still finding new readers. Thank you to @iancritchley.bsky.social for this review.
We do love a good fire.
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We do love a good fire.
Coldwell - Related Works 8: The Plague Reconsidered (Local Population Studies, 1977) was an excellent resource when writing Coldwell and is recommended to anyone whose interest is piqued by my novella.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 8: The Plague Reconsidered (Local Population Studies, 1977) was an excellent resource when writing Coldwell and is recommended to anyone whose interest is piqued by my novella.
In 2025, my novella Coldwell escaped into the world, courtesy of @roadsongbooks.bsky.social Big thanks to Ed and the Road Song Team, and to all who offered such kind words.
December 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In 2025, my novella Coldwell escaped into the world, courtesy of @roadsongbooks.bsky.social Big thanks to Ed and the Road Song Team, and to all who offered such kind words.
Proud to see Coldwell in good company amongst the cultural highlights of 2025 for @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social!
December 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Proud to see Coldwell in good company amongst the cultural highlights of 2025 for @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social!
The view from my writing window as afternoon faded.
Continuing downstairs.
#mondaynightsalrightforwriting
Continuing downstairs.
#mondaynightsalrightforwriting
December 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The view from my writing window as afternoon faded.
Continuing downstairs.
#mondaynightsalrightforwriting
Continuing downstairs.
#mondaynightsalrightforwriting
1. Coldwell in good company at the Beverley Bookshop, next to Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson. Isolated communities and supernatural influences.
2. Work in progress.
#sundaynightsalrightforwriting
2. Work in progress.
#sundaynightsalrightforwriting
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
1. Coldwell in good company at the Beverley Bookshop, next to Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson. Isolated communities and supernatural influences.
2. Work in progress.
#sundaynightsalrightforwriting
2. Work in progress.
#sundaynightsalrightforwriting
Work in progress.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
December 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Work in progress.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
Blows his pipe of smoulders…
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Blows his pipe of smoulders…
OK, so I pick up paper clips, but I have never started a new novel on Boxing Day.
Today’s work is a novel in progress.
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
Today’s work is a novel in progress.
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
OK, so I pick up paper clips, but I have never started a new novel on Boxing Day.
Today’s work is a novel in progress.
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
Today’s work is a novel in progress.
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
Gladwin Towers cooking soundtrack.
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gladwin Towers cooking soundtrack.
Solstice-gathered holly.
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Solstice-gathered holly.
Coldwell - Related Works 7: Witch Wood by John Buchan (1927). Religious conflict and pagan rituals in the Black Wood, with dialogue which challenges before engaging.
Coldwell does this in a lead-mining village surrounded by a moorland ritual landscape.
Ancient vs Modern has been happening forever.
Coldwell does this in a lead-mining village surrounded by a moorland ritual landscape.
Ancient vs Modern has been happening forever.
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 7: Witch Wood by John Buchan (1927). Religious conflict and pagan rituals in the Black Wood, with dialogue which challenges before engaging.
Coldwell does this in a lead-mining village surrounded by a moorland ritual landscape.
Ancient vs Modern has been happening forever.
Coldwell does this in a lead-mining village surrounded by a moorland ritual landscape.
Ancient vs Modern has been happening forever.
Coldwell is in stock at Hestia Books in Wirksworth, where the whole display looks great. And perfectly placed beside Folk Tales of the Peak!
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Coldwell is in stock at Hestia Books in Wirksworth, where the whole display looks great. And perfectly placed beside Folk Tales of the Peak!
Coldwell - Related Works 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Late 14th Century CE).
I walked up to Lud's Church to see the Green Knight.
I'm a writer, I told him. I follow Gawain, but was sent after him by Ted Hughes.
Who's Ted? he asked me.
He's dead, I explained.
Serves him right, said the Knight.
I walked up to Lud's Church to see the Green Knight.
I'm a writer, I told him. I follow Gawain, but was sent after him by Ted Hughes.
Who's Ted? he asked me.
He's dead, I explained.
Serves him right, said the Knight.
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Late 14th Century CE).
I walked up to Lud's Church to see the Green Knight.
I'm a writer, I told him. I follow Gawain, but was sent after him by Ted Hughes.
Who's Ted? he asked me.
He's dead, I explained.
Serves him right, said the Knight.
I walked up to Lud's Church to see the Green Knight.
I'm a writer, I told him. I follow Gawain, but was sent after him by Ted Hughes.
Who's Ted? he asked me.
He's dead, I explained.
Serves him right, said the Knight.