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Elliott & Thompson
@eandtbooks.bsky.social
📚 Independent Publisher of creative non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction
📖 Beautiful, insightful and informative books
📕 Catalogue: https://bit.ly/4p1KnYt
'I don't believe in ghosts, says MATT BLAKE... but read my story before you judge...'

Author of #HearthOfDarkness Matt Blake writes for @dailymail.co.uk about the dark history of his #Walthamstow home:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

#E17 #E17NightStalker #Murder #Paranormal #TrueCrime
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🎁 #Christmas Giveaway 🎁

Win these two brilliant books to keep or to gift someone special this Christmas!

Visit our Instagram page to enter:
www.instagram.com/p/DRzBPdqDEze/

Books included: #PrisonersOfGeography and Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book by Tim Marshall.

Closes midnight on 8 Dec
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
'I loved this book, and it reminded me of how much I loved the 1980s. Beautifully put together. Much like the decade, I rattled through at great speed, and was sorry when it was over.' GIDEON COE @gidcoe.bsky.social

#IntoTheGroove by @whenisbirths.bsky.social is out now:
bit.ly/3XzeJoT
#80sMusic
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Where is your hibernaculum? Is it where you love to croodle during a stepmother’s breath, when the ground is chibbly beneath your feet?

From #AWinterDictionary by @paulanthjones.bsky.social, the perfect Christmas companion📖

Which of these cozy winter words is your favorite? ❄️
bit.ly/48Crcxk
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#PrisonersOfGeography author Tim Marshall speaks with @matthewstadlen.bsky.social about the role #geography plays in conflicts around the world. Plus, he answers Matt's 20 Questions:
🎧https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/20-questions-with-tim-marshall/id1652022625?i=1000738346319
#geopolitics
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🎄 A controversial question… when do your put up your #ChristmasTree?

The baubles are hung, the lights are twinkling… and the first present we’re wrapping?

🎁 #TheCatsTales by @charliecreed.bsky.social, a purr-fect gift for the cat lover in your life. 😺
#Christmas #ChristmasGifts #CatLover #Cats
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
‘If you love galivanting around the globe from the comfort of your home, then a new book could be right up your street.’ @thesun.co.uk

#PrisonersOfGeography: The Quiz Book by Tim Marshall is just 99p in Kindle - for a limited time only! bit.ly/4oWux0U

#geopolitics #QuizBook #Quiz #ChristmasQuiz
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Introducing... #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, a captivating retelling of the water cycle.

Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources in the upland moors; saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries; spectacular lochs and crystal-clear chalk streams.

Out 26 March
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'An incredibly thrilling slice of maritime history, To The Edge of the World tells the true story of Mary Ann Patten who after her captain husband fell sick steered a clipper ship ... through the most treacherous waters in the world.' @waterstones.bsky.social

Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4penvnV
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In search of a twisty psychological thriller to read during the long, dark evenings ahead?

Clémence Michallon speaks to Charlie on the Author's Afterword podcast about her latest book, #OurLastResort:
open.spotify.com/episode/6a95...

#Thriller #CrimeFiction #Fiction
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Introducing… #MembersBehavingBadly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues! From 1603 to 1945, @debbiekilroyauthor.bsky.social tells the outrageous stories of 52 MPs who made history for all the wrong reasons...

‘A riot of malfeasance and misbehaviour’ Roger Moorehouse
bit.ly/49SM4Cu
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
💛 We have the perfect read for #WorldKindnessDay.

🌿 Warm, funny and deeply inspiring, #ConversationsOnKindness is a beautiful reminder that kindness, especially when life feels hardest, has the power to bring us back to ourselves and each other.

Order @waterstones.bsky.social bit.ly/3Jxxwh5
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🐑 #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather by Amelia Thomas is out today!

Are animals trying to talk to us? And can we learn to listen?

Filled with warm wit & surprising science, this book is a call to listen – not only to the animals we love but to the untamed world around us.
bit.ly/48dio1G #Pets #Animals
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A brilliant new review of #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather by Amelia Thomas!

‘A thought-provoking and very readable book’ The Mail on Sunday

Learn to communicate more effectively with the animals around you with this fascinating new book, publishing on Thursday 🐎
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📢Cover reveal! #FarewellToRussia: A Journey Through the Former USSR by Joe Luc Barnes is a darkly comic portrait of a region the West still misunderstands – & a warning of what happens when empires break but the habits of empire refuse to die...

Pre-order @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/3JmV73Z
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#HappyHalloween! Matt Blake, author of #HearthOfDarkness, writes for Time Out on 'The 15 most haunted places in the UK' - perfect spooky inspiration for your weekend!

Wrap up well, as your spine is about to shiver...
www.timeout.com/uk/things-to...

Hearth of Darkness is out now! #Halloween #horror
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I taught myself to understand what animals are saying (and you can too)"

Amelia Thomas, author of #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather, writes for @telegraphnews.bsky.social about how taking the time to listen has transformed her relationship with her animals.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"A murderer used to live in my house. His energy haunts it still..."

Buying a Victorian terrace should have represented a fresh start for Matt Blake, but instead it became a living nightmare. Read more @telegraphnews.bsky.social:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...

#HearthOfDarkness is out today!
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy publication day to Matt Blake, author of #haunting memoir #HearthOfDarkness!

Here's a brilliant photo of Matt at his local Waterstones in #Walthamstow, with a spooky table display of his books!

Order now @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/3WvRYBQ
#paranormal #TrueCrime #Ghosts #Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#HearthOfDarkness is OUT THIS WEEK!

‘Captivating. What begins as a modern horror story slowly reveals itself as something more ambiguous and, ultimately, heartening. Blake is a very winning narrator.’ –Julie Myerson, author of HOME

Embrace spooky season & preorder here: bit.ly/4huQOAg
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🐈Today we wish a PAWfect publication day to #TheCatsTales by @charliecreed.bsky.social!

'From Dick Whittington to witches' familiars, this beautifully presented compendium of feline folktales collects evocative stories about cats from around the world.' @waterstones.bsky.social

bit.ly/47qn0QA
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This week, @charliecreed.bsky.social visited The Haunted Bookshop in Bristol for a special pre-publication event! Here he is with event host Suki Broad, and copies of #TheCatsTales: Feline Fairy Tales and Folklore - published tomorrow!
thehauntedbookshop.co.uk/products/Boo...
#cats #cat #feline
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Congratulations to @andrewturvil.bsky.social, whose new book #BloodSweatAndAsparagusSpears received a glowing review in The Mail on Sunday yesterday!

'Mouthwatering... Turvil has compiled a fascinating foray into our country's restaurants.' @dailymail.co.uk

Order your copy: bit.ly/42NIGVl
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Don't miss John Suchet's Cirencester History Festival event on 1 November, where he will share his lifelong passion for the #music of #Beethoven.

🎟️ Tickets: cirencesterhistoryfestival.org/event/john-s...

His book #inSearchOfBeethoven is out now!
#LudwigVanBeethoven #ClassicalMusic
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🐑 Have you ever made friends with a sheep?

Here are a few tips on how to earn their trust from Amelia Thomas, author of #WhatSheepThinkAboutTheWeather.

📅 Out 13 November - the perfect book for anyone curious about what animals are trying to say and how we can listen.

#NonFiction #Animals
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM