Candace Robb
@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
Slips between medieval York & the Pacific NW without warning. Writer. Owen Archer & Kate Clifford mysteries. Rep'd by @JVNLA Owned by The Maggie. Talks to trees. Reveres crows & owls. Seattle Insight Meditation she/her www.candacerobbbooks.com
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A Lion's Ransom
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Owen Archer 16, A Lion's Ransom, is up on Netgalley, ready for review!
Who stole the king's coronation gift? How many will die before Owen catches the thief & recovers the gold lion?
🔎💀📚 #historicalfiction #mystery
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Who stole the king's coronation gift? How many will die before Owen catches the thief & recovers the gold lion?
🔎💀📚 #historicalfiction #mystery
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Reposted by Candace Robb
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
Hm...
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hm...
Way to go, wolves! 🐺😉
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Way to go, wolves! 🐺😉
Fabulous!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Fabulous!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Watched the first episode & found it chillingly significant in this moment & the 2 hours slipped by so quickly. Kudos to Ken Burns & Co. Highly recommend. #KenBurns #PBS #history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is true for me. Keeps the wip in my subconscious.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 42:
No one *needs* to work every day. But doing so - even for only a few minutes - ensures that you *think* about your work every day; solving problems away from your desk; keeping the plates spinning.
No one *needs* to work every day. But doing so - even for only a few minutes - ensures that you *think* about your work every day; solving problems away from your desk; keeping the plates spinning.
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is true for me. Keeps the wip in my subconscious.
"I can find no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines till the 1500s.
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
I've turned 2 discussion threads into one article a bit chaotic but interesting nevertheless.
A work in progress;
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
Read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/o...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/when-did-w...
A work in progress;
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
Read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/o...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/when-did-w...
When did we start hanging laundry across streets and using clothes pegs?
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. I’m currently obse…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"I can find no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines till the 1500s.
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
... no evidence of people hanging their clothes on lines across streets till the 1800s.
...no evidence of people using clothes pegs till the 1800s.
...if you find...new sources, let me know & I’ll update the article."🗃️
It might be chilly & damp outside, but her nest of socks & sweats still warm from the clothes dryer makes The Maggie happy on this #caturday.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It might be chilly & damp outside, but her nest of socks & sweats still warm from the clothes dryer makes The Maggie happy on this #caturday.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Snoozing while her staff writes about mayhem & murder.
Going back to reshape the beginning of the book around a discovered body. Yes, dear reader, I had not dropped a body in the first 10k words and, as my long ago editor LD advised, a death makes the book come alive. 😱 Much better now.
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Going back to reshape the beginning of the book around a discovered body. Yes, dear reader, I had not dropped a body in the first 10k words and, as my long ago editor LD advised, a death makes the book come alive. 😱 Much better now.
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
What a rum business, eh? #mysteries
Reposted by Candace Robb
Thank you so much! 😍😭🤩 I so appreciate this. Delighted and relieved to hear that HUMANS clarifies timely things. My take on monsters - to see 'monster' as just a *label* that tells us about the monster-makers who craft those stories - isn't what folks might expect. A #StarTrek essay, ICYMI:
“Resistance is futile.” Why Star Trek: TNG’s Borg Collective Is the Perfect Monster for Our Time - Reactor
35 years on, what can we learn from the Borg and "The Best of Both Worlds"?
reactormag.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Thank you so much! 😍😭🤩 I so appreciate this. Delighted and relieved to hear that HUMANS clarifies timely things. My take on monsters - to see 'monster' as just a *label* that tells us about the monster-makers who craft those stories - isn't what folks might expect. A #StarTrek essay, ICYMI:
Highly recommend Humans: A Monstrous History. I loved the later chapters on machines, AI, aliens, considering what is a human. Dr Davies uses loads of my favorite science fiction--books, films, TV (lots of Star Trek) to make her points. It's brilliant & frames our current AI mess. 💙📚 #books #history
And if you're gift-shopping in the coming weeks, know that the hardback is GORGEOUS!
4/4
4/4
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Highly recommend Humans: A Monstrous History. I loved the later chapters on machines, AI, aliens, considering what is a human. Dr Davies uses loads of my favorite science fiction--books, films, TV (lots of Star Trek) to make her points. It's brilliant & frames our current AI mess. 💙📚 #books #history
"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
Mayor Katie Wilson! Yes! 🥳🎉
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mayor Katie Wilson! Yes! 🥳🎉
My latest blog post, with publication updates and an appreciation of Bess Merchet, proprietor of the York Tavern. Enjoy!
Publication Dates and Bess Merchet
I'm delighted to announce that the publication date for A Lion's Ransom has been advanced from early February to 6 January 2025--less than two months away! You can preorder at this link. I will be talking to Barbara Peters at Poisoned Pen Press about A Lion's Ransom on 7 January, online, at 5:00 pm PST. And for those in the Seattle area I'll be taking part in the Mystery and Crime Author Night on Monday evening 9 February, 7:00 pm, at Third Place Books/Lake Forest Park.
candacerobbbooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My latest blog post, with publication updates and an appreciation of Bess Merchet, proprietor of the York Tavern. Enjoy!
Highly recommend Death by Lightning.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Most horrific death you could imagine’: the truth behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning
The streamer’s new historical drama looks back on the often forgotten story of US president James Garfield whose progressive political career was cut horribly short
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Highly recommend Death by Lightning.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I found the red leaves in my own garden and hurried to snap this photo before my spouse raked up the jewel-colored leaves.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I found the red leaves in my own garden and hurried to snap this photo before my spouse raked up the jewel-colored leaves.
I love this. Everything about it. Way to go, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux! (and he loves Poirot--but of course!)
“His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist — and regularly takes her son to exhibits.”
And he dresses to match his Resistance hero. Perfection.
apnews.com/article/louv...
And he dresses to match his Resistance hero. Perfection.
apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I love this. Everything about it. Way to go, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux! (and he loves Poirot--but of course!)
Is there anything more uplifting than autumn colors in sunlight?! This morning's walk found most of the red leaves fallen in the storms, but the golds are gloriously hanging on.
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Is there anything more uplifting than autumn colors in sunlight?! This morning's walk found most of the red leaves fallen in the storms, but the golds are gloriously hanging on.
Reposted by Candace Robb
Thanks to Kerra for this write up on the Plague maqama article. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Myths about rapid spread of the Black Death influenced by single “literary tale”, experts show
Myths about how the Black Death travelled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found. Modern portrayals of the plague qui...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks to Kerra for this write up on the Plague maqama article. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
I just had the immense pleasure of talking to an 8th grade class about Buddhism--they are learning about a wide variety of religions--and how the practice has informed my writing. They had excellent questions and were so engaged. I am optimistic about their generation. I had so much fun!
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I just had the immense pleasure of talking to an 8th grade class about Buddhism--they are learning about a wide variety of religions--and how the practice has informed my writing. They had excellent questions and were so engaged. I am optimistic about their generation. I had so much fun!
RIP Pauline Collins. ❤️
My fave was Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
My fave was Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
RIP Pauline Collins. ❤️
My fave was Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
My fave was Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Wow is right! 🗃️
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wow is right! 🗃️
Well done, everyone! 💙
The Maggie asks, Have you voted? If not, get going!
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Well done, everyone! 💙
The Maggie asks, Have you voted? If not, get going!
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Maggie asks, Have you voted? If not, get going!
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
(For people in the US, of course. She says good morning to the rest of the world, and could someone please turn off the fog?) #electionday #cats
What e readers are good for library borrowing (Libby), reading ARCs as pdfs, and buying ebooks on bookshop?
My old tablet is dying. 😢 But a light e reader might be fun!
Though I mostly still read physical books, I need it occasionally.
My old tablet is dying. 😢 But a light e reader might be fun!
Though I mostly still read physical books, I need it occasionally.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What e readers are good for library borrowing (Libby), reading ARCs as pdfs, and buying ebooks on bookshop?
My old tablet is dying. 😢 But a light e reader might be fun!
Though I mostly still read physical books, I need it occasionally.
My old tablet is dying. 😢 But a light e reader might be fun!
Though I mostly still read physical books, I need it occasionally.