Conrad Bower
@conradbower.com
Writer who loves music, mountains, and motorcycles. He's also fond of many things that don't start with M.
www.conradbower.com
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Ordinary people. Extraordinary courage. Stories of struggle, solidarity, and survival
Echoes of Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Eight grassroots rebels dare to rise against the entrenched inequities of power.
#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance #protest
Echoes of Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Eight grassroots rebels dare to rise against the entrenched inequities of power.
#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance #protest
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ordinary people. Extraordinary courage. Stories of struggle, solidarity, and survival
Echoes of Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Eight grassroots rebels dare to rise against the entrenched inequities of power.
#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance #protest
Echoes of Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Eight grassroots rebels dare to rise against the entrenched inequities of power.
#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance #protest
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hey, all you beautiful #booksky people.
I'm after some feedback on this little promo vid ad, before I put some money behind it.
Any suggestions for improvements?
I'm having one final push at promoting this book, before I write my novel, which includes characters from this collection.
I'm after some feedback on this little promo vid ad, before I put some money behind it.
Any suggestions for improvements?
I'm having one final push at promoting this book, before I write my novel, which includes characters from this collection.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hey, all you beautiful #booksky people.
I'm after some feedback on this little promo vid ad, before I put some money behind it.
Any suggestions for improvements?
I'm having one final push at promoting this book, before I write my novel, which includes characters from this collection.
I'm after some feedback on this little promo vid ad, before I put some money behind it.
Any suggestions for improvements?
I'm having one final push at promoting this book, before I write my novel, which includes characters from this collection.
The Parco Delle Madonie was also lovely to ride around, which includes the Targa Florio race circuit. I also hiked up the tastiest mountain ever - Pizzo Carbonara.
Viva Italia!
Viva Honda!
(Full disclosure - my other bike is a VFR800) 5/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
Viva Italia!
Viva Honda!
(Full disclosure - my other bike is a VFR800) 5/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Parco Delle Madonie was also lovely to ride around, which includes the Targa Florio race circuit. I also hiked up the tastiest mountain ever - Pizzo Carbonara.
Viva Italia!
Viva Honda!
(Full disclosure - my other bike is a VFR800) 5/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
Viva Italia!
Viva Honda!
(Full disclosure - my other bike is a VFR800) 5/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
You hear lots of horror stories about terrible driving in Sicily, but I found it fine. There was one scary moment when a hot hatchback came squealing out of nowhere round a tight mountain bend, but we managed to avoid each other. Mostly good tarmac, with little traffic. 4/
#Motorcycle #Sicly
#Motorcycle #Sicly
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You hear lots of horror stories about terrible driving in Sicily, but I found it fine. There was one scary moment when a hot hatchback came squealing out of nowhere round a tight mountain bend, but we managed to avoid each other. Mostly good tarmac, with little traffic. 4/
#Motorcycle #Sicly
#Motorcycle #Sicly
The coast road from Oliveri to Cefalu, with the magnificent Med to the right and majestic mountains to the left, is sublime. The Honda was happier in the mountains though, managed to coax 177 kph out of it, but it wasn't happy there. 3/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
#Motorcycle #Sicily
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The coast road from Oliveri to Cefalu, with the magnificent Med to the right and majestic mountains to the left, is sublime. The Honda was happier in the mountains though, managed to coax 177 kph out of it, but it wasn't happy there. 3/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
#Motorcycle #Sicily
The Honda is superbly suited for carving up Sicily's many magnificent mountain roads. The SS185 from near Castiglione to the north coast is a heavenly moto road, with a good chance of sending you there because it's difficult to tear your eyes away from the stunning views. 2/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
#Motorcycle #Sicily
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Honda is superbly suited for carving up Sicily's many magnificent mountain roads. The SS185 from near Castiglione to the north coast is a heavenly moto road, with a good chance of sending you there because it's difficult to tear your eyes away from the stunning views. 2/
#Motorcycle #Sicily
#Motorcycle #Sicily
Man, motorcycle, and mountain. Magic!
Took a splendid tour round Sicily on a rented Honda CB500X. Rode up Mt Etna in dryish condtions, rode down it in torrential rain with the road like a river, with water upto the footpegs. The Honda took it all in its stride 1/
#Motorcycle #Sicily #nature #Honda
Took a splendid tour round Sicily on a rented Honda CB500X. Rode up Mt Etna in dryish condtions, rode down it in torrential rain with the road like a river, with water upto the footpegs. The Honda took it all in its stride 1/
#Motorcycle #Sicily #nature #Honda
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Man, motorcycle, and mountain. Magic!
Took a splendid tour round Sicily on a rented Honda CB500X. Rode up Mt Etna in dryish condtions, rode down it in torrential rain with the road like a river, with water upto the footpegs. The Honda took it all in its stride 1/
#Motorcycle #Sicily #nature #Honda
Took a splendid tour round Sicily on a rented Honda CB500X. Rode up Mt Etna in dryish condtions, rode down it in torrential rain with the road like a river, with water upto the footpegs. The Honda took it all in its stride 1/
#Motorcycle #Sicily #nature #Honda
Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano
Its about the international cocaine trade, and I'm reading it to provide a bit of background for a drug smuggling character in the political/crime thriller novel I have just outlined.
Its about the international cocaine trade, and I'm reading it to provide a bit of background for a drug smuggling character in the political/crime thriller novel I have just outlined.
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano
Its about the international cocaine trade, and I'm reading it to provide a bit of background for a drug smuggling character in the political/crime thriller novel I have just outlined.
Its about the international cocaine trade, and I'm reading it to provide a bit of background for a drug smuggling character in the political/crime thriller novel I have just outlined.
Take a wild grassroots political thriller ride from Bolton in 1896 to Manchester in 2050
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
8 rebels dare 2 demand justice from power
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
#booksky #resistance #writingcommunity
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
8 rebels dare 2 demand justice from power
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
#booksky #resistance #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Take a wild grassroots political thriller ride from Bolton in 1896 to Manchester in 2050
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
8 rebels dare 2 demand justice from power
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
#booksky #resistance #writingcommunity
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
8 rebels dare 2 demand justice from power
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
#booksky #resistance #writingcommunity
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Etymological by Mark Forsythia.
I learnt that gorm means understanding, and elaborated on that to work out a meaning for Cairngorm:
The high rocky hill of understanding.
I learnt that gorm means understanding, and elaborated on that to work out a meaning for Cairngorm:
The high rocky hill of understanding.
August 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Etymological by Mark Forsythia.
I learnt that gorm means understanding, and elaborated on that to work out a meaning for Cairngorm:
The high rocky hill of understanding.
I learnt that gorm means understanding, and elaborated on that to work out a meaning for Cairngorm:
The high rocky hill of understanding.
The Three Billy Goats Griff.
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Three Billy Goats Griff.
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
Five copies of my book 'Echoes of Resistance' are winging their way to:
National Library of Scotland
The Bodleian Library Oxford University
National Library of Wales
Cambridge University Library
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
How cool is that?
#Booksky #Resistance
National Library of Scotland
The Bodleian Library Oxford University
National Library of Wales
Cambridge University Library
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
How cool is that?
#Booksky #Resistance
July 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Five copies of my book 'Echoes of Resistance' are winging their way to:
National Library of Scotland
The Bodleian Library Oxford University
National Library of Wales
Cambridge University Library
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
How cool is that?
#Booksky #Resistance
National Library of Scotland
The Bodleian Library Oxford University
National Library of Wales
Cambridge University Library
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
How cool is that?
#Booksky #Resistance
I've just Repair Shopped the fuck out of this fan.
Which I think makes me a shoe in for an MBE in Charlie's next round of awards.
Right, thats the environment sorted, for the rest of the day, I will be tackling world peace. Hold all my calls. This could be a tricky one.
Which I think makes me a shoe in for an MBE in Charlie's next round of awards.
Right, thats the environment sorted, for the rest of the day, I will be tackling world peace. Hold all my calls. This could be a tricky one.
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I've just Repair Shopped the fuck out of this fan.
Which I think makes me a shoe in for an MBE in Charlie's next round of awards.
Right, thats the environment sorted, for the rest of the day, I will be tackling world peace. Hold all my calls. This could be a tricky one.
Which I think makes me a shoe in for an MBE in Charlie's next round of awards.
Right, thats the environment sorted, for the rest of the day, I will be tackling world peace. Hold all my calls. This could be a tricky one.
My Honda VFR800 Blues Buster, enhancing a splendid view during my hiker/biker tour through the Alps and Pyreneese.
Motorcycles and mountains are a magical mix, made magnificent by the music of a V4 engine played through a Yoshimura pipe.
A slice of heaven.
#motosky #motorcycle
Motorcycles and mountains are a magical mix, made magnificent by the music of a V4 engine played through a Yoshimura pipe.
A slice of heaven.
#motosky #motorcycle
May 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My Honda VFR800 Blues Buster, enhancing a splendid view during my hiker/biker tour through the Alps and Pyreneese.
Motorcycles and mountains are a magical mix, made magnificent by the music of a V4 engine played through a Yoshimura pipe.
A slice of heaven.
#motosky #motorcycle
Motorcycles and mountains are a magical mix, made magnificent by the music of a V4 engine played through a Yoshimura pipe.
A slice of heaven.
#motosky #motorcycle
Transnational repression of Chinese exiles living in the UK is news - AGAIN.
In the short story 'Big Brother in Little China' a Uyghur & Hongkonger feel the weight of Uncle Xi's coercive hand on their shoulder.
25% off till Wed.
#booksky #writingcommunity #books
www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Resis...
In the short story 'Big Brother in Little China' a Uyghur & Hongkonger feel the weight of Uncle Xi's coercive hand on their shoulder.
25% off till Wed.
#booksky #writingcommunity #books
www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Resis...
April 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Transnational repression of Chinese exiles living in the UK is news - AGAIN.
In the short story 'Big Brother in Little China' a Uyghur & Hongkonger feel the weight of Uncle Xi's coercive hand on their shoulder.
25% off till Wed.
#booksky #writingcommunity #books
www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Resis...
In the short story 'Big Brother in Little China' a Uyghur & Hongkonger feel the weight of Uncle Xi's coercive hand on their shoulder.
25% off till Wed.
#booksky #writingcommunity #books
www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Resis...
Does anyone else see the resemblance of Darwen Tower to Thunderbird 3 ?
If piloting either I would 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcfg...
#scifi #PinkFloyd
If piloting either I would 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcfg...
#scifi #PinkFloyd
April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Does anyone else see the resemblance of Darwen Tower to Thunderbird 3 ?
If piloting either I would 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcfg...
#scifi #PinkFloyd
If piloting either I would 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcfg...
#scifi #PinkFloyd
It was my pleasure to drop off a copy of 'Echoes of #Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines' at the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social in #Salford, to add to their collection.
They have an excellent exhibition on the miners strike, check it out: wcml.org.uk/event/the-co...
#writingcommunity #booksky
They have an excellent exhibition on the miners strike, check it out: wcml.org.uk/event/the-co...
#writingcommunity #booksky
February 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was my pleasure to drop off a copy of 'Echoes of #Resistance: Stories from the Frontlines' at the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social in #Salford, to add to their collection.
They have an excellent exhibition on the miners strike, check it out: wcml.org.uk/event/the-co...
#writingcommunity #booksky
They have an excellent exhibition on the miners strike, check it out: wcml.org.uk/event/the-co...
#writingcommunity #booksky
The ultimate importance of freedom of expression to democracy is a theme running through my collection of short stories.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Trump, Musk & their global far-right allies will claim that #resistance is futile and that their way is the only way.
Resist, resist, #resist !
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Trump, Musk & their global far-right allies will claim that #resistance is futile and that their way is the only way.
Resist, resist, #resist !
February 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The ultimate importance of freedom of expression to democracy is a theme running through my collection of short stories.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Trump, Musk & their global far-right allies will claim that #resistance is futile and that their way is the only way.
Resist, resist, #resist !
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836541430
Trump, Musk & their global far-right allies will claim that #resistance is futile and that their way is the only way.
Resist, resist, #resist !
Take a grassroots political thriller ride from #Bolton in 1869 to #Manchester in 2050.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
Free eBook to #kdpselect members until 3 May 2025
#booksky #writingcommunity
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLBSS9V9
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
Free eBook to #kdpselect members until 3 May 2025
#booksky #writingcommunity
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLBSS9V9
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Take a grassroots political thriller ride from #Bolton in 1869 to #Manchester in 2050.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
Free eBook to #kdpselect members until 3 May 2025
#booksky #writingcommunity
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLBSS9V9
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass
Free eBook to #kdpselect members until 3 May 2025
#booksky #writingcommunity
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLBSS9V9