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clairefayers.bsky.social
I'm very much looking forward to this event, next Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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fireflypress.bsky.social
So, who's going to win???

The Faithful or #TheTraitors?

Comment your guess on this post before 9pm tonight, 6/11/25, and we'll pick a random winner from those correct to win #LieorDie and #LieorDieBloodMoon by #AJClack

UK only.

@bouncemarketing.bsky.social
#CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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parthianbooks.bsky.social
Join Carys Shannon on her debut book tour with events and signings held throughout the month.

"Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social
Book tour poster for Carys Shannon and her debut novel Truth Like Water. For full events details please visit the Parthian Books events page.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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calonbooks.bsky.social
Join author Gosia Buzzanca at @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social this Saturday!

Gosia will be speaking about her debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' 📚

🕡 6:30pm
📅 Saturday 1st November
📍 Bookspace, Cardiff

Buy your ticket here: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/the...
There She Goes My Beautiful World ticket
Join us for an evening in conversation with Gosia Buzzanca, hosted by Sophie Calon, to celebrate her new book There She Goes, My Beautiful World! When: 1/11/25 18:30 start (doors 18:15) Where: 26a Crw...
www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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thebookseller.com
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky
The Booker Prize Foundation launches Children’s Booker Prize
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October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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societyofauthors.bsky.social
We are delighted to reveal that @onewomanwalks is the winner of the inaugural #TheIlseSchwepckePrize for her book, ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE.

A huge congratulations to Ursula, and to all shortlisted authors

@theilseschwepckeprize #literaryprize #womentravellers #travelwriting #bookstagram
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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theisprize.bsky.social
Stephanie Yeboah said: ‘...The author takes readers on a journey not just across landscapes but into the heart of perseverance and self-discovery, with warmth and honesty shining through every page.’

Read more about the 2025 shortlist through the link in our bio.
October 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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theisprize.bsky.social
Arabella Friesen said: ‘Martin’s five and a half thousand mile walk across Europe is a feat by any measure: for sheer guts, determination, courage both physical and mental, dauntlessness and good humour. She is a marvel … The world seems wider after reading this book.’
October 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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theisprize.bsky.social
A huge congratulations to Ursula, and to our shortlisted authors.
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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theisprize.bsky.social
ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE is Ursula’s 5,500 mile trek across Europe – a raw and inspiring journey of wild camping, resilience, and self-discovery. Battling fear and isolation she finds strength in solitude, connection in nature, and a deeper understanding of home and belonging.
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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theisprize.bsky.social
We are delighted to reveal that Ursula Martin is the winner of the inaugural #TheIlseSchwepckePrize for her book, ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE (@honnopress.bsky.social).

This is what she said about winning the Prize ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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thebookseller.com
Firefly Press has signed an English adaptation of Megan Angharad Hunter’s Wales Book of the Year-winning novel, Behind the Sky, with publication scheduled for September 2026 👇 #BookSky
Firefly Press signs English adaptation of Megan Angharad Hunter’s award-winning novel
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October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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fireflypress.bsky.social
⭐️Kindle Deal Alert⭐️
Joining #Grimstink in the #UKKindleDeals this month:

#Wilde by Eloise Williams
#TheDollTwin by Janine Beacham
and
#BlackfinSky @katelliswrites.bsky.social

Perfect for Halloween. Deal runs until the end of the month. Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=firefly+...
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.

- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman sitting sideways on a patterned armchair dressed in a dark jacket and skirt and with her hand raised to her face
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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barringtonstoke.bsky.social
"Black History is all our history. It’s an integral part of the wonderful, fascinating, outrageous, incredible history of this country." Thank you @catwrote.bsky.social for this fantastic blog on the importance of teaching Black History. #BlackHistoryMonth
Full blog: bit.ly/3W4Vkvd
October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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carceralabolition.bsky.social
How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...
How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment
Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.
www.cnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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rspb.bsky.social
Ready for some perfect Sunday night telly? 😍

The first episode of Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles airs tonight on BBC One at 6.15pm!

Booming bitterns at Minsmere, badgers in the bluebells, Nightingales in song...

We can’t wait! Who'll be tuning in?
October 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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chrislloydauthor.bsky.social
In Carmarthen next Saturday?
Enjoy crime fiction?
Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me.
Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.
October 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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jonnybid.bsky.social
Happy Bookshop Day! There are over 200 independent children's bookshops on my map so do pay your local one a visit. It's regularly updated but please let me know of any more I could add. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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thebookseller.com
More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses” as they face an “existential crisis” 👇
Indie presses in ‘existential crisis’ call for trade support
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October 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Wars, tariffs , paper, production costs and the battle to get our books seen means there is a crisis in publishing.

Indies do most of the heavy lifting in finding great new stories that the risk averse conglomerates shy away from.

Support Indies!

www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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stninianslib.bsky.social
Just finished this incredible book. I knew a little bit about Josephine Baker but Dance of Resistance does an incredible job of packing in the life story of a woman we can only wonder at. Catherine Johnson does it again! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @catwrote.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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judithbarrowauthor.bsky.social
Trust and Secrets
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Trust and Secrets
The two things in families that make or break the familial bond.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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parthianbooks.bsky.social
Carys Shannon will be joining her editor Carly Holmes at Goldstone Books Carmarthen to discuss her atmospheric debut novel Truth Like Water.

Wednesday October 15th at 7pm. Free entry!
Carys Shannon in conversation with her editor Carly Holmes. Wednesday 15th of October, 7pm at Goldstone Books in Carmarthen. Free entry 'As atmospheric and evocative as the scent of the salt marsh itself ... quietly devastating.' - Emma Darwin 'Welsh Noir at its best. Sparkling prose, complex characters, and an intimate plot that shimmers with honesty.' - Philippa Holloway
September 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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samjordison.bsky.social
An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.

open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...

(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
What does it cost to produce a book?
Why small presses in the UK are struggling - and what can be done about it.
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM