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📚 Independent Publisher of creative non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction
📖 Beautiful, insightful and informative books
📕 Catalogue: https://bit.ly/4p1KnYt
From cat drive-bys to which way a dog’s tail wags & rabbit ‘sploots’ – Amelia Thomas writes for @thesun.co.uk on what your pet is really trying to tell you:
www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/374...

Amelia's book #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather is out now!
#Pets #Animals #AnimalScience #Cat #DogLovers
From cat drive-bys to rabbit 'sploots' - what your pet is trying to tell you
HAVE you ever stared at your cat or dog in despair, sure it’s trying to tell you something but clueless as to what? Author Amelia Thomas may have the answer. She’s spent years quizzing animal behav…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🎉Time to celebrate! #ThreeRivers by Robert Winder and #BloodSweatAndAsparagusSpears by @andrewturvil.bsky.social have both been selected for the @financialtimes.com list of the 'Best Books of 2025'!

www.ft.com/content/8419...
#BooksOfTheYear #NonFiction #BooksOf2025
Best books of 2025: Food, Drink and Travel
Harriet Fitch Little and Tom Robbins select their must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle.

Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.

Out 26 March
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather by Amelia Thomas is 'thought-provoking ... if we spent less time talking at them and more time listening to them and observing them, we could communicate far more effectively with the animals who share our lives.' @dailymail.co.uk

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
My horse told me it wanted to die... here's how to listen to your pets
Time to decode the meaning behind the subtle signals your pets might give
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🎧 Ep 258 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out:

🤩 @charliecreed.bsky.social talks about career & book The Cats Tales, about feline folklore & fairy tales!

🦠 Faith Douglas has A-Z of Plants & it’s M for Moss

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November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'An incredibly thrilling slice of maritime history, To The Edge of the World tells the true story of Mary Ann Patten who after her captain husband fell sick steered a clipper ship ... through the most treacherous waters in the world.' @waterstones.bsky.social

Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4penvnV
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:

🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
In search of a twisty psychological thriller to read during the long, dark evenings ahead?

Clémence Michallon speaks to Charlie on the Author's Afterword podcast about her latest book, #OurLastResort:
open.spotify.com/episode/6a95...

#Thriller #CrimeFiction #Fiction
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"I’m a Wiccan and my witchcraft classes sell out"

Wiccan high priestess @rebeccambeattie.bsky.social speaks to the @telegraph.co.uk about the realities of modern #witchcraft. Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/...

Rebecca's book #TheWheelOfTheYear is out now!
#Witches #witch #Wicca #Wiccan
I’m a Wiccan and my witchcraft classes sell out
Dr Rebecca Beattie loves Hallowe’en – or Samhain, as she calls it – but for altogether more spiritually uplifting reasons than many think
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Newly out in paperback, @pollyrowena.bsky.social's 'The Company of Owls' (@eandtbooks.bsky.social) demonstrates how we can be better neighbours to the nonhuman, writes Abi Andrews 🦉 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/the-...
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Introducing… #MembersBehavingBadly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues! From 1603 to 1945, @debbiekilroyauthor.bsky.social tells the outrageous stories of 52 MPs who made history for all the wrong reasons...

‘A riot of malfeasance and misbehaviour’ Roger Moorehouse
bit.ly/49SM4Cu
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
💛 We have the perfect read for #WorldKindnessDay.

🌿 Warm, funny and deeply inspiring, #ConversationsOnKindness is a beautiful reminder that kindness, especially when life feels hardest, has the power to bring us back to ourselves and each other.

Order @waterstones.bsky.social bit.ly/3Jxxwh5
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'An excellent gift book for any animal lover'

David Freeman, host of The Author Archive podcast, interviews author Amelia Thomas about her new book on animal communication, #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather:
bit.ly/47EAZDN

What Sheep Think About the Weather is published today! #animals #zoology #pets
Ameila Thomas : What Sheep Think About the Weather.
Podcast Episode · The Author Archive Podcast · 11/11/2025 · 22m
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🐑 #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather by Amelia Thomas is out today!

Are animals trying to talk to us? And can we learn to listen?

Filled with warm wit & surprising science, this book is a call to listen – not only to the animals we love but to the untamed world around us.
bit.ly/48dio1G #Pets #Animals
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The home of poet and author of #TheCompanyOfOwls @pollyrowena.bsky.social is surrounded by #TawnyOwls. On BBC Radio 4's #TweetOfTheDay, Polly describes hearing their first call in autumn, echoing around the lake at Grasmere:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🦉The Company of Owls is out now in paperback
Tweet of the Day - Polly Atkin on the Tawny Owl - BBC Sounds
For writer Polly Atkin the nighttime calls of tawny owls mean company and community.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A brilliant new review of #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather by Amelia Thomas!

‘A thought-provoking and very readable book’ The Mail on Sunday

Learn to communicate more effectively with the animals around you with this fascinating new book, publishing on Thursday 🐎
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Thank you to @dauntbooks.bsky.social for including The Cat's Tales on their list of Christmas Gift Ideas

dauntbooks.co.uk/our-picks/ch...

#books #bookshop #cats @eandtbooks.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
'What could have been a straightforward ghost story turns into something more meditative and quizzical, and is all the more engaging for that.'

Thanks to Esquire for this review of Matt Blake's book of #paranormal investigation, #HearthOfDarkness!

www.esquire.com/uk/culture/b...
#TrueCrime #Ghosts
From 'Empire of AI' to 'Murderland', the 12 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2025
There's still time to get some proper reading done before the year is through
www.esquire.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📢Cover reveal! #FarewellToRussia: A Journey Through the Former USSR by Joe Luc Barnes is a darkly comic portrait of a region the West still misunderstands – & a warning of what happens when empires break but the habits of empire refuse to die...

Pre-order @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/3JmV73Z
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
'It’s not about the food' - @jayrayner1.bsky.social on the secret of a great restaurant, plus he reviews a selection of great foodie memoirs, including Andrew Turvil's #BloodSweatAndAsparagusSpears...

www.ft.com/content/d75a...
#Food #Foodie #Restaurant #NonFiction #YesChef #Chef
It’s not about the food — Jay Rayner on the secret of a great restaurant
Is entrepreneurship plus celebrity a recipe for success? Our critic savours a clutch of memoirs by restaurateurs, from The Ivy’s Jeremy King to Drew Nieporent’s venture with Robert De Niro
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Britain’s digital delinquents - organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online.

@joetidy.bsky.social chats to Oliver Pickup at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Read more:
www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...

Joe's new book #CtrlAltChaos is out now!
Britain’s digital delinquents
Organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online
www.newstatesman.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#TheFiresOfGallipoli by Barney Campbell is included in @thetimes.com list of 'The best historical fiction books of 2025'!

'A wonderful, unsentimental novel about male friendship in wartime'

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
#Fiction #WW1 #WWI #HistoricalFiction #GiftsForDad #Novel #Gallipoli
The best historical fiction books of 2025
Jack Anderson resurrects the 19th-century’s most charismatic supervillain. Plus adventures with shipwrecks and sea cows
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#HappyHalloween! Matt Blake, author of #HearthOfDarkness, writes for Time Out on 'The 15 most haunted places in the UK' - perfect spooky inspiration for your weekend!

Wrap up well, as your spine is about to shiver...
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...

Hearth of Darkness is out now! #Halloween #horror
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I taught myself to understand what animals are saying (and you can too)"

Amelia Thomas, author of #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather, writes for @telegraphnews.bsky.social about how taking the time to listen has transformed her relationship with her animals.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Matt Blake, author of chilling new book #HearthOfDarkness, tells @thesun.co.uk the story of how he found out his new house was once the home of a murderer - the #E17 Night Stalker.

Read more: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3716720...
#Halloween #TrueCrime #Haunted #Paranormal #Ghost #Memoir #NonFiction
My house's ‘ghost’ turns shower on & spins coins at 5am… is evil past to blame?
WHEN I bought a new home in 2020 after a painful divorce, I thought I’d found the perfect place for a fresh start. It was a small Victorian terrace in Walthamstow, north-east London, on a street th…
www.thesun.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM