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Eye Books rescues award winning historical novel
Will Atkinson's first acquisition for the indie publisher is Katharine Quarmby's The Low Road
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Hugely chuffed, grateful (and relieved) to share the news that my novel, The Low Road, will be published as a paperback and e-book by @eyebooks.bsky.social this year, following the collapse of my former publisher, Unbound. I love the new cover too! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
#EyeBooks
#EyeBooks
It’s publication day for The Low Road with @eyebooks.bsky.social, a story about love, friendship and redemption. Based on a true story, it moves from East Anglia, to London to colonial Australia. Available in all good bookshops and libraries.
#sapphicbooks #historicalfiction #empire #TheLowRoad
#sapphicbooks #historicalfiction #empire #TheLowRoad
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It’s publication day for The Low Road with @eyebooks.bsky.social, a story about love, friendship and redemption. Based on a true story, it moves from East Anglia, to London to colonial Australia. Available in all good bookshops and libraries.
#sapphicbooks #historicalfiction #empire #TheLowRoad
#sapphicbooks #historicalfiction #empire #TheLowRoad
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My agent is @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social so if you are an editor of an imprint thinking “I wish romantasy was queerer / more m/m and also had incredible, immersive worldbuilding that brought a medieval era viscerally to life” HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, also I have plans for 2 more similar books
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My agent is @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social so if you are an editor of an imprint thinking “I wish romantasy was queerer / more m/m and also had incredible, immersive worldbuilding that brought a medieval era viscerally to life” HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, also I have plans for 2 more similar books
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Are you interested in advancing peace and disarmament through the UN? Are you based in Geneva or open to re-locating to work there? @quakerunoffice.bsky.social are hiring a Peace and Disarmament Representative. Find out more at quno.org/opportunities and apply before 13:00 CET Monday 3 November.
Opportunities | QUNO
Employment Opportunities QUNO (Geneva) Representative, Peace & Disarmament QUNO Geneva is hiring a Peace & Disarmament Representative. This position is one of four programme leads in Geneva and focu...
quno.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Are you interested in advancing peace and disarmament through the UN? Are you based in Geneva or open to re-locating to work there? @quakerunoffice.bsky.social are hiring a Peace and Disarmament Representative. Find out more at quno.org/opportunities and apply before 13:00 CET Monday 3 November.
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Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue?
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
‘People are going to be flooded’: Could the UK’s top natural disaster sink Labour’s housing ambitions?
Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue? As part of a Europe-wide investigation, Katharine Quarmby interv...
www.endsreport.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue?
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
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Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses.
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses.
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
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As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
How communities are struggling to recover after flooding and coastal erosion – The Ferret
theferret.scot
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
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This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
The hell of high water
The UK’s east coast is the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Very happy to have written this and another feature for The Ferret, looking at the impact of flooding - and how communities are at the heart of recovery. In this, I look at one village which was flooded - and decided that they would rally to protect themselves from flooding in the future. #flooding
When Angus Council said Edzell’s 2012 flood caused “minimal” damage, locals disagreed. They formed a flood group, pulled their own figures, and got organised. Here’s what happened next: theferret.scot/new-a...
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Very happy to have written this and another feature for The Ferret, looking at the impact of flooding - and how communities are at the heart of recovery. In this, I look at one village which was flooded - and decided that they would rally to protect themselves from flooding in the future. #flooding
This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
The hell of high water
The UK’s east coast is the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
How communities are struggling to recover after flooding and coastal erosion – The Ferret
theferret.scot
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
#flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism
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In Brechin, Storm Babet brought the worst flooding residents could remember. Nearly two years on, many are still struggling to recover.
Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...
Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In Brechin, Storm Babet brought the worst flooding residents could remember. Nearly two years on, many are still struggling to recover.
Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...
Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...
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The UK’s east coast is one of the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned, writes Katharine Quarmby.
The hell of high water
The UK’s east coast is the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The UK’s east coast is one of the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned, writes Katharine Quarmby.
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I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts
I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts
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In southern Ukraine, Russian landmines look like butterflies, attractive to children. @jenstout.bsky.social reports on the race to make Ukraine safe.
The Ukrainians clearing Russian mines
Kyiv backed a life-saving landmine ban in 1999. Now, with Russian mines endangering fighters, farmers and children across liberated Ukraine, it wants ...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In southern Ukraine, Russian landmines look like butterflies, attractive to children. @jenstout.bsky.social reports on the race to make Ukraine safe.
There shouldn't be anything controversial in saying that nobody should be gunned down in cold blood for stating their political views - and debating them. Free speech is for everybody - within the legal limits of course. Gloating over the death of another human debases public discourse. #CharlieKirk
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
There shouldn't be anything controversial in saying that nobody should be gunned down in cold blood for stating their political views - and debating them. Free speech is for everybody - within the legal limits of course. Gloating over the death of another human debases public discourse. #CharlieKirk
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Our paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s gripping historical novel The Low Road is back from the printers. It’s out on 6 November and before that it’s a finalist for the New Angle Prize, whose winner is announced on 25 September. We’re so proud to have it on our list shorturl.at/NCTgM
September 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s gripping historical novel The Low Road is back from the printers. It’s out on 6 November and before that it’s a finalist for the New Angle Prize, whose winner is announced on 25 September. We’re so proud to have it on our list shorturl.at/NCTgM
Just finished this winter warmer by my dear friend @tomshakespeare.bsky.social - if you like Arctic weather, polar bears, great characters and chaos on a cruise, this one is for you! And don't forget to read the first in the series, The Haha, as well....#TheEnds #Comicfiction #Jeeves
September 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just finished this winter warmer by my dear friend @tomshakespeare.bsky.social - if you like Arctic weather, polar bears, great characters and chaos on a cruise, this one is for you! And don't forget to read the first in the series, The Haha, as well....#TheEnds #Comicfiction #Jeeves
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Oh the irony.
The four seats held by Reform MPs suffer from high exposure to heatwaves, according to Friends of the Earth data.
Just look at the map of Clacton 👇🏻
Farage denies basic climate science and has claimed it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant.
The four seats held by Reform MPs suffer from high exposure to heatwaves, according to Friends of the Earth data.
Just look at the map of Clacton 👇🏻
Farage denies basic climate science and has claimed it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant.
August 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Oh the irony.
The four seats held by Reform MPs suffer from high exposure to heatwaves, according to Friends of the Earth data.
Just look at the map of Clacton 👇🏻
Farage denies basic climate science and has claimed it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant.
The four seats held by Reform MPs suffer from high exposure to heatwaves, according to Friends of the Earth data.
Just look at the map of Clacton 👇🏻
Farage denies basic climate science and has claimed it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant.
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Inquiry raises questions about MoD failure to stop soldiers exploiting women after it told openDemocracy it issued no sanctions, @sianushka.bsky.social reports.
Find out more here ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
Find out more here ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
August 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Inquiry raises questions about MoD failure to stop soldiers exploiting women after it told openDemocracy it issued no sanctions, @sianushka.bsky.social reports.
Find out more here ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
Find out more here ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
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Announcing: broadcaster Matthew Sweet, journalist Sian Norris, & magician Paul Zenon
We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Announcing: broadcaster Matthew Sweet, journalist Sian Norris, & magician Paul Zenon
We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon
qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...
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More on the Unbound/Boundless mess. This was a community of authors and readers who believed in a different way of doing things. My heart goes out to my fellow authors who are left with so much uncertainty and the loss of what we worked so hard to build.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
observer.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
More on the Unbound/Boundless mess. This was a community of authors and readers who believed in a different way of doing things. My heart goes out to my fellow authors who are left with so much uncertainty and the loss of what we worked so hard to build.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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Oh also of course my book and its follow-up (a similar medieval queer romance/thriller) are also looking for a new home. This book’s sales INCREASED every year purely on word of mouth. Imagine what could be done with marketing. Captive Prince x Song of Achilles:
August 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh also of course my book and its follow-up (a similar medieval queer romance/thriller) are also looking for a new home. This book’s sales INCREASED every year purely on word of mouth. Imagine what could be done with marketing. Captive Prince x Song of Achilles:
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I’m going to pound the table one more time for The Lights of Shantinagar, a book I really think could be massive as South Asian magical realism is gaining popularity with UK/North American audiences. Read the blurb, you want to read the book now, don’t you?
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m going to pound the table one more time for The Lights of Shantinagar, a book I really think could be massive as South Asian magical realism is gaining popularity with UK/North American audiences. Read the blurb, you want to read the book now, don’t you?