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Publishing non-fiction as Eye and fiction as Lightning. Midlands winner of Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022
‘George Harrison admits that the unnamed team in his book Season is a fictionalised version of @canaries.co.uk. The 29-year-old said the novel - shortlisted for the Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction - was born out of his own experiences of supporting the Canaries’ (full story ⤵️)
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‘George Harrison admits that the unnamed team in his book Season is a fictionalised version of @canaries.co.uk. The 29-year-old said the novel - shortlisted for the Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction - was born out of his own experiences of supporting the Canaries’ (full story ⤵️)
Massive congratulations to George Harrison, whose debut novel Season is shortlisted today for the #nerobookawards. It’s a warm, gentle tale about fandom and unlikely friendship in the stands of a Premier League football stadium. We’re overjoyed that it’s getting this recognition
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Massive congratulations to George Harrison, whose debut novel Season is shortlisted today for the #nerobookawards. It’s a warm, gentle tale about fandom and unlikely friendship in the stands of a Premier League football stadium. We’re overjoyed that it’s getting this recognition
The Low Road, @katharineq.bsky.social’s prize-listed historical novel about two impoverished female lovers transported to Australia for petty crimes, is a bargain price this week on ebook. Link in next post ⤵️
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Low Road, @katharineq.bsky.social’s prize-listed historical novel about two impoverished female lovers transported to Australia for petty crimes, is a bargain price this week on ebook. Link in next post ⤵️
Here’s the Daily Mail’s full review of All God’s Creatures
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here’s the Daily Mail’s full review of All God’s Creatures
‘This amiable satire has been described as a war on woke, but it’s actually more Waugh, with a posh old-fashioned vibe and beautifully written. The plot’s quite complex but Gardner is wonderful at milieu. Great fun’ The Daily Mail on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s ALL GOD’S CREATURES
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
‘This amiable satire has been described as a war on woke, but it’s actually more Waugh, with a posh old-fashioned vibe and beautifully written. The plot’s quite complex but Gardner is wonderful at milieu. Great fun’ The Daily Mail on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s ALL GOD’S CREATURES
‘RowanMcCabe is the first and only door-to-door poet. His new memoir, peppered throughout with his warm and delightful poetry, displays the best of human connection and compassion.’ A lovely review from the Poetry Book Society
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘RowanMcCabe is the first and only door-to-door poet. His new memoir, peppered throughout with his warm and delightful poetry, displays the best of human connection and compassion.’ A lovely review from the Poetry Book Society
School counsellor @francesmckendrick.bsky.social turned her experience of talking to troubled teenagers into a gripping novel with a compelling mystery at its core. It’s a major achievement to be so relevant and so entertaining at the same time, as @neilmackay.bsky.social noted in the Herald y’day
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
School counsellor @francesmckendrick.bsky.social turned her experience of talking to troubled teenagers into a gripping novel with a compelling mystery at its core. It’s a major achievement to be so relevant and so entertaining at the same time, as @neilmackay.bsky.social noted in the Herald y’day
And here are more details about Frances’ stunning novel Words Fail Me, highly praised by both Val McDermid and Ian Rankin www.eye-books.com/products/wor...
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And here are more details about Frances’ stunning novel Words Fail Me, highly praised by both Val McDermid and Ian Rankin www.eye-books.com/products/wor...
Here’s @neilmackay.bsky.social’s full interview with @francesmckendrick.bsky.social archive.ph/5ifA3
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here’s @neilmackay.bsky.social’s full interview with @francesmckendrick.bsky.social archive.ph/5ifA3
‘Words Fail Me is essential reading for every parent and anyone who cares about the mental health crisis affecting young people today. It’s not only socially important, it’s a damn good read’ Ace coverage for @francesmckendrick.bsky.social & her debut novel from @neilmackay.bsky.social in the Herald
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘Words Fail Me is essential reading for every parent and anyone who cares about the mental health crisis affecting young people today. It’s not only socially important, it’s a damn good read’ Ace coverage for @francesmckendrick.bsky.social & her debut novel from @neilmackay.bsky.social in the Herald
What was life like for the poor and powerless in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars? In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, @KatharineQ, author of The Low Road, talks about poverty, power and punishment in Georgian Britain podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What was life like for the poor and powerless in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars? In this episode of the Explaining History podcast, @KatharineQ, author of The Low Road, talks about poverty, power and punishment in Georgian Britain podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Happy publication day to @katharineq.bsky.social, whose novel The Low Road, about two young female lovers transported to Australia for trivial crimes in Georgian times, is out in paperback today. Shortlisted for the New Angle Prize, it’s all the more moving because it’s based on a true story
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Happy publication day to @katharineq.bsky.social, whose novel The Low Road, about two young female lovers transported to Australia for trivial crimes in Georgian times, is out in paperback today. Shortlisted for the New Angle Prize, it’s all the more moving because it’s based on a true story
‘This arresting novel takes pot-shots at pandering politicians, vacuous academics and zealous activists policing a new orthodoxy of supposed tolerance through violent threats. The main strands are brought together with a very clever flourish’ The Tablet on ALL GOD’S CREATURES
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
‘This arresting novel takes pot-shots at pandering politicians, vacuous academics and zealous activists policing a new orthodoxy of supposed tolerance through violent threats. The main strands are brought together with a very clever flourish’ The Tablet on ALL GOD’S CREATURES
Or if you’d like to support a small independent publisher, you can buy it directly from us. (UK p&p is free if you spend £20, so why not buy TWO copies, one for you and one for someone you love?) www.eye-books.com/products/all...
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Or if you’d like to support a small independent publisher, you can buy it directly from us. (UK p&p is free if you spend £20, so why not buy TWO copies, one for you and one for someone you love?) www.eye-books.com/products/all...
And of course it’s also available from physical bookshops such as @dauntbooks.bsky.social, which hosted a magnificent launch party for us earlier this week
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
And of course it’s also available from physical bookshops such as @dauntbooks.bsky.social, which hosted a magnificent launch party for us earlier this week
All God’s Creatures by @anthonygardnera.bsky.social, which we publish today, is a joyous satirical caper. Among the things it lampoons is the growth of AI. But it’s almost as if our new AI overlords have taken this personally. If you search the Amazon page on Google, here’s what you get:
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
All God’s Creatures by @anthonygardnera.bsky.social, which we publish today, is a joyous satirical caper. Among the things it lampoons is the growth of AI. But it’s almost as if our new AI overlords have taken this personally. If you search the Amazon page on Google, here’s what you get:
We had a wonderful time launching @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s clever, funny, hugely readable satire All God’s Creatures at a jam-packed @dauntbooks.bsky.social last night. The novel is officially out tomorrow. Obviously we’re biased but we highly recommend it
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We had a wonderful time launching @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s clever, funny, hugely readable satire All God’s Creatures at a jam-packed @dauntbooks.bsky.social last night. The novel is officially out tomorrow. Obviously we’re biased but we highly recommend it
Religious zealots, art fraudsters, Russian spies and animals at the communion rail. @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s madcap satirical caper All God’s Creatures, poking subtle fun at the real world in crazy times, is out this week
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Religious zealots, art fraudsters, Russian spies and animals at the communion rail. @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s madcap satirical caper All God’s Creatures, poking subtle fun at the real world in crazy times, is out this week
‘An uplifting, hilarious, smart and edgy dissection of our bizarre capacity to imagine passing fashions as cornerstone philosophies to live by. A wonderfully enjoyable tonic.’
@irishexaminer.bsky.social on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s All God’s Creatures, out this week
@irishexaminer.bsky.social on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s All God’s Creatures, out this week
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
‘An uplifting, hilarious, smart and edgy dissection of our bizarre capacity to imagine passing fashions as cornerstone philosophies to live by. A wonderfully enjoyable tonic.’
@irishexaminer.bsky.social on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s All God’s Creatures, out this week
@irishexaminer.bsky.social on @anthonygardnera.bsky.social’s All God’s Creatures, out this week
‘In the early 1980s, a household of lesbian feminists establish a women-only commune in an ancient Californian redwood forest. Of course there is conflict, but there’s also warmth and a sincere desire to overcome the patriarchy.’ Gaia Media on @lindarosewood.bsky.social’s novel A Circle Outside
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
‘In the early 1980s, a household of lesbian feminists establish a women-only commune in an ancient Californian redwood forest. Of course there is conflict, but there’s also warmth and a sincere desire to overcome the patriarchy.’ Gaia Media on @lindarosewood.bsky.social’s novel A Circle Outside
‘Balances a madcap sense of intrigue with added satirical laughs galore. There are plenty of narrative plates to keep spinning here but @anthonygardnera.bsky.social pulls it off with aplomb’ A lovely first review for All God’s Creatures, from @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
‘Balances a madcap sense of intrigue with added satirical laughs galore. There are plenty of narrative plates to keep spinning here but @anthonygardnera.bsky.social pulls it off with aplomb’ A lovely first review for All God’s Creatures, from @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social
Congratulations also to Jim Cockin, whose story Ghost Tide, a stirring spine-chiller set on a remote part of the Suffolk coast, is shortlisted in the children’s book category of the East Anglian Book Awards @writerscentre.bsky.social #EABA
October 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Congratulations also to Jim Cockin, whose story Ghost Tide, a stirring spine-chiller set on a remote part of the Suffolk coast, is shortlisted in the children’s book category of the East Anglian Book Awards @writerscentre.bsky.social #EABA
Congratulations to George Harrison, whose novel Season – a heartfelt portrait of male bonding in the football stands – is shortlisted in the debut novel category of the East Anglian Book Awards @writerscentre.bsky.social #EABA
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Congratulations to George Harrison, whose novel Season – a heartfelt portrait of male bonding in the football stands – is shortlisted in the debut novel category of the East Anglian Book Awards @writerscentre.bsky.social #EABA
To get 25% off Happy Land, use the code OCTOBER25 on the following link. NB the book isn’t published till January so it’ll be a nice post-Christmas surprise when it arrives shorturl.at/u0j3k
October 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
To get 25% off Happy Land, use the code OCTOBER25 on the following link. NB the book isn’t published till January so it’ll be a nice post-Christmas surprise when it arrives shorturl.at/u0j3k
In January we publish Happy Land, in which longtime Helsinki resident Tim Bird looks at why Finland keeps getting named as the happiest country in the world. It’s a very entertaining read and you can pre-order now from Waterstones to get 25% off (link ⤵️)
October 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In January we publish Happy Land, in which longtime Helsinki resident Tim Bird looks at why Finland keeps getting named as the happiest country in the world. It’s a very entertaining read and you can pre-order now from Waterstones to get 25% off (link ⤵️)