Matt Casbourne
@mattcasbourne.bsky.social
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Matt Casbourne
@mattcasbourne.bsky.social
· Jan 28
EXTREMELY HEARTENING PUBLISHING NEWS: for the first time, the Indie Alliance (an alliance of some of the best UK Independent publishers of which we're a founding member) has landed fourth in the top 5 publishers of 2024 @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
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Duckworth Books joined the Indie Alliance at a good time! I love working with them.
An indie friendly promo. The signed exclusive edition available to the first 100 orders!
The brilliant bookshop.org are doing a promo where can now get the Fall of Civs book at 15% discount when checking out using promo code FALL15.
If you don't know them, they share their revenue with local bookshops. Bezos seething!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fall...
If you don't know them, they share their revenue with local bookshops. Bezos seething!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fall...
April 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An indie friendly promo. The signed exclusive edition available to the first 100 orders!
An incredible campaign resulting in a Sunday Times bestseller. Go team @duckworthbooks.bsky.social !!!
Really proud that Fall of Civilizations came in at number 6 on the Sunday Times bestseller list today!
Thank you so much to everyone who pre-ordered and helped spread the word.
Thank you so much to everyone who pre-ordered and helped spread the word.
April 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
An incredible campaign resulting in a Sunday Times bestseller. Go team @duckworthbooks.bsky.social !!!
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Please pre-order. "Exit, pursued by a polar bear" - I've even written the headline for your review. Hope you like the book, which comes out nexr month.
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Please pre-order. "Exit, pursued by a polar bear" - I've even written the headline for your review. Hope you like the book, which comes out nexr month.
We had a ball signing copies in over a dozen London bookshops. So many happy booksellers! I expect they won't last much beyond this weekend, so what better reason to pop into a @waterstones.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social or @foylesforbooks.bsky.social this weekend? Happy reading history lovers!
Today is release day of the Fall of Civilizations paperback!
I was in London today signing copies in Daunts, Foyles and Waterstones around the city.
I was in London today signing copies in Daunts, Foyles and Waterstones around the city.
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We had a ball signing copies in over a dozen London bookshops. So many happy booksellers! I expect they won't last much beyond this weekend, so what better reason to pop into a @waterstones.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social or @foylesforbooks.bsky.social this weekend? Happy reading history lovers!
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April 7th is the last day that custom dedications will be available, so don't miss out!
Great for birthdays, Christmas etc for the Fall of Civs fan in your life...
Great for birthdays, Christmas etc for the Fall of Civs fan in your life...
April 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
April 7th is the last day that custom dedications will be available, so don't miss out!
Great for birthdays, Christmas etc for the Fall of Civs fan in your life...
Great for birthdays, Christmas etc for the Fall of Civs fan in your life...
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I'll be doing events at Blackwell's around the country over this month, in Edinburgh today and Oxford on 22nd April.
Come join me! web.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fall-of-civi...
Come join me! web.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fall-of-civi...
Fall of Civilizations events
Events with Paul Cooper, author of FALL OF CIVILIZATIONS, at Blackwell's and Hatchards.
web.duckworthbooks.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'll be doing events at Blackwell's around the country over this month, in Edinburgh today and Oxford on 22nd April.
Come join me! web.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fall-of-civi...
Come join me! web.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fall-of-civi...
I’ve been sitting on this secret for weeks! (I’m a terrible secret keeper). So proud to see Paul’s book is a Blackwells Book of the Month! And saw a nice mention in the @waterstones.bsky.social newsletter. Lots of exciting things happening during publication week! @duckworthbooks.bsky.social
Very excited to announce that Fall of Civilizations has been named a "Book of the month" by Blackwell's bookshop.
Just a short thank you video to everyone who has helped make this possible.
Pre-order your copy if you haven't already: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Just a short thank you video to everyone who has helped make this possible.
Pre-order your copy if you haven't already: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
April 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’ve been sitting on this secret for weeks! (I’m a terrible secret keeper). So proud to see Paul’s book is a Blackwells Book of the Month! And saw a nice mention in the @waterstones.bsky.social newsletter. Lots of exciting things happening during publication week! @duckworthbooks.bsky.social
The first official event for Fall of Civilizations paperback! Signed copies will also be available from Toppings Edinburgh from 2 April. @toppingsbath.bsky.social
I'm going to be in Edinburgh talking about the release of my book, Fall of Civilizations next week. Come and join me!
Paul Cooper: Fall of Civilizations
Join Paul Cooper as he talks about his new book, Fall of Civilizations
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The first official event for Fall of Civilizations paperback! Signed copies will also be available from Toppings Edinburgh from 2 April. @toppingsbath.bsky.social
Go and order up one of these bad boys from my local bookshop at West End Lane bookshop. This is the limited edition independent bookshop exclusive with sprayed edges. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! So grab yours this weekend.
There's still time to get one of these limited edition signed copies of the Fall of Civilizations paperback, with exclusive printed page-end designs!
We've also partnered with this beautiful independent bookshop that does international deliveries everywhere
Link: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
We've also partnered with this beautiful independent bookshop that does international deliveries everywhere
Link: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...
March 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Go and order up one of these bad boys from my local bookshop at West End Lane bookshop. This is the limited edition independent bookshop exclusive with sprayed edges. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! So grab yours this weekend.
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If you want to pre-order one of these limited edition paperbacks, the best place is from West End Lane Books, a lovely independent shop in London. Help support an indie today!
(International delivery for a small fee)
(International delivery for a small fee)
Fall of Civilizations by Paul Cooper — West End Lane Books
Signed and dedicated pre order Paperback Orders will be shipped after 10th April Based on the hit podcast with over 180 million streams. The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome...
www.welbooks.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you want to pre-order one of these limited edition paperbacks, the best place is from West End Lane Books, a lovely independent shop in London. Help support an indie today!
(International delivery for a small fee)
(International delivery for a small fee)
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I've just been to Clays book printers to sign a thousand of these special edition paperbacks of my book Fall of Civilizations. These are very limited edition!
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I've just been to Clays book printers to sign a thousand of these special edition paperbacks of my book Fall of Civilizations. These are very limited edition!
In Lyon for the weekend and preparing for a little aperitif.
February 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In Lyon for the weekend and preparing for a little aperitif.
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Lovely piece by Abi Millar in this month's @womanandhome.bsky.social - tied in to publication of *The Spirituality Gap* @clarerbullock.bsky.social @mattcasbourne.bsky.social @angelampr.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Lovely piece by Abi Millar in this month's @womanandhome.bsky.social - tied in to publication of *The Spirituality Gap* @clarerbullock.bsky.social @mattcasbourne.bsky.social @angelampr.bsky.social
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First look at Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2025, Netflix).
This movie better fix my entire life I swear to god.
#filmsky
This movie better fix my entire life I swear to god.
#filmsky
January 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
First look at Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2025, Netflix).
This movie better fix my entire life I swear to god.
#filmsky
This movie better fix my entire life I swear to god.
#filmsky
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Do you have a National Book Token? Did you know if you spend them at an indie at the moment you could win £500?!
That includes spending them at Bert's!
Head to @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social website here for more details, then go to ours and buy a book.
www.nationalbooktokens.com/spend-and-win
That includes spending them at Bert's!
Head to @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social website here for more details, then go to ours and buy a book.
www.nationalbooktokens.com/spend-and-win
Spend your National Book Tokens in your local bookshop for the chance to win £500/€500!
If you were lucky enough to receive National Book Tokens for Christmas (or any other occasion), you can now experience the joy of choosing a new book... and the chance to win a big cash prize! Just sp...
www.nationalbooktokens.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Do you have a National Book Token? Did you know if you spend them at an indie at the moment you could win £500?!
That includes spending them at Bert's!
Head to @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social website here for more details, then go to ours and buy a book.
www.nationalbooktokens.com/spend-and-win
That includes spending them at Bert's!
Head to @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social website here for more details, then go to ours and buy a book.
www.nationalbooktokens.com/spend-and-win
If you don't know what a puddle enema is, it's what happens when you speed through a deep puddle on your bike and your tires shoot gross water up your man business. Bracing. 💦🚲
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you don't know what a puddle enema is, it's what happens when you speed through a deep puddle on your bike and your tires shoot gross water up your man business. Bracing. 💦🚲
Duckworth Books joined the Indie Alliance at a good time! I love working with them.
EXTREMELY HEARTENING PUBLISHING NEWS: for the first time, the Indie Alliance (an alliance of some of the best UK Independent publishers of which we're a founding member) has landed fourth in the top 5 publishers of 2024 @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
January 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Duckworth Books joined the Indie Alliance at a good time! I love working with them.
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My thoughts on The Possibility of Life by Jamie Green and published by Duckworth. Thanks to @mattcasbourne.bsky.social for sending me a copy
halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-p...
halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-p...
January 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
My thoughts on The Possibility of Life by Jamie Green and published by Duckworth. Thanks to @mattcasbourne.bsky.social for sending me a copy
halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-p...
halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-p...
Doing my part to stock the communal library in the Kilburn tube station 📚
January 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Doing my part to stock the communal library in the Kilburn tube station 📚
Time to put together my London Book Fair schedule. Any booksellers attending who want to meet up while they're in London? Hit me up!
January 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Time to put together my London Book Fair schedule. Any booksellers attending who want to meet up while they're in London? Hit me up!
Librarians are saints, offering access to literature and culture to community and social services. I would consider a career in libraries but the pay is so awful I don’t know how anyone can live off the salary. Support your local libraries! And while you’re there, slip your librarian a fiver.
Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚
December 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Librarians are saints, offering access to literature and culture to community and social services. I would consider a career in libraries but the pay is so awful I don’t know how anyone can live off the salary. Support your local libraries! And while you’re there, slip your librarian a fiver.
A little dessert with a wee coffee.
December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
A little dessert with a wee coffee.
We had a lovely time at the shortlisting party last night hosted by @stanfordstravel.bsky.social. Super happy for Aube whose book River East, River West is in very good company 🥳
December 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM
We had a lovely time at the shortlisting party last night hosted by @stanfordstravel.bsky.social. Super happy for Aube whose book River East, River West is in very good company 🥳
Lavender gray buttercream studded with gold and silver edible beads on a vegan chocolate cupcake base. And now to the eating.
December 1, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Lavender gray buttercream studded with gold and silver edible beads on a vegan chocolate cupcake base. And now to the eating.
One of those days when you carefully prepare a nice afternoon coffee, then knock your elbow on the doorknob and karate chop the air with your coffee mug.
a man in a suit is drinking from a cup that says ' mrs. pepper ' on it
ALT: a man in a suit is drinking from a cup that says ' mrs. pepper ' on it
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November 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM
One of those days when you carefully prepare a nice afternoon coffee, then knock your elbow on the doorknob and karate chop the air with your coffee mug.