Helen Gordon
@helenlpgordon.bsky.social
New book THE METEORITES forthcoming from @profilebooks.bsky.social, Feb 6. Author of Notes from Deep Time, Being a Writer and Landfall.
Website: helengordon.net
Agent: Lisa Baker, Alexander Aitken
Website: helengordon.net
Agent: Lisa Baker, Alexander Aitken
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An exclusive extract from The Meteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social has landed on our blog today! Have a little read and don't forget to get your tickets to our event with Helen next Thursday!
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Helen Gordon: An extract from The Meteorites - Stanfords Bristol
Meteorites are stones or rocks from space that have entered our atmosphere. Most were once part of asteroids – the rocky, airless remnants left over from the formation of our solar system around 4.6 b...
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February 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An exclusive extract from The Meteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social has landed on our blog today! Have a little read and don't forget to get your tickets to our event with Helen next Thursday!
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Excited to be talking all things meteorite @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social this evening!
February 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excited to be talking all things meteorite @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social this evening!
I wrote this for Apollo mag
Rock star – Helen Gordon (@helenlpgordon.bsky.social) charts the fall and cultural rise of the Ensisheim meteorite of 1492
The meteorite that fired up Dürer’s imagination | Apollo Magazine
Helen Gordon charts the fall and cultural rise of the Ensisheim meteorite of 1492
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February 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I wrote this for Apollo mag
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'From the stone’s perspective my lifetime was a flicker; less than a flicker ... I stretched out my hand, conscious that this would be the oldest object I would ever touch.'
'The Meteorites' author @helenlpgordon.bsky.social on her fascination with ancient, extra-terrestrial rocks: buff.ly/4hO5IAw
'The Meteorites' author @helenlpgordon.bsky.social on her fascination with ancient, extra-terrestrial rocks: buff.ly/4hO5IAw
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
'From the stone’s perspective my lifetime was a flicker; less than a flicker ... I stretched out my hand, conscious that this would be the oldest object I would ever touch.'
'The Meteorites' author @helenlpgordon.bsky.social on her fascination with ancient, extra-terrestrial rocks: buff.ly/4hO5IAw
'The Meteorites' author @helenlpgordon.bsky.social on her fascination with ancient, extra-terrestrial rocks: buff.ly/4hO5IAw
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'It is a book in which there is an infinite amount to explore but it’s Gordon’s eye for these human tales that keeps The Meteorites in focus'
#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon reviewed in the FT 🪐
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#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon reviewed in the FT 🪐
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The Meteorites by Helen Gordon — to catch a falling star
An irreverent tour of the science and folklore behind the space debris that makes it to Earth and the people for whom these rare finds are almost a religion
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January 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
'It is a book in which there is an infinite amount to explore but it’s Gordon’s eye for these human tales that keeps The Meteorites in focus'
#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon reviewed in the FT 🪐
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#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon reviewed in the FT 🪐
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“That a 4.6 billion-year-old rock can travel for several hundred million miles to land outside a house in suburban Gloucestershire is a reminder that anywhere can be animated by magic.” I reviewed @helenlpgordon.bsky.social’s fascinating The Meteorites for the @thetimes.com: tinyurl.com/bde95ak3
The Meteorites by Helen Gordon review — secrets of space rocks
Tens of thousands of meteorites, some billions of years old, fall to Earth every year. Each one gives us a clue about how the planets came into being
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February 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“That a 4.6 billion-year-old rock can travel for several hundred million miles to land outside a house in suburban Gloucestershire is a reminder that anywhere can be animated by magic.” I reviewed @helenlpgordon.bsky.social’s fascinating The Meteorites for the @thetimes.com: tinyurl.com/bde95ak3
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Check out this gorgeous little piece from @helenlpgordon.bsky.social in the Guardian and get your tickets to our event for The Meteorites on 27/02!
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February 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Check out this gorgeous little piece from @helenlpgordon.bsky.social in the Guardian and get your tickets to our event for The Meteorites on 27/02!
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Really enjoyed reviewing #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social . So what if all the tech bros use one as a million dollar paperweight? You can find your own micrometeorite on the roof of your local Tesco with a magnet and a sandwich bag... www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi...
A piece of Mars to toy with
Since reading Helen Gordon’s The Meteorites, I keep catching myself in imaginary conversation with an Essex thatcher called Frederick Pratt. On 9 March 1923, he was working in a wheat field at Ashdon ...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Really enjoyed reviewing #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social . So what if all the tech bros use one as a million dollar paperweight? You can find your own micrometeorite on the roof of your local Tesco with a magnet and a sandwich bag... www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi...
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Read about #TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon in The Spectator – the fascinating story of fallen celestial objects and the lives they've touched ☄️
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
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A piece of Mars to toy with
Since reading Helen Gordon’s The Meteorites, I keep catching myself in imaginary conversation with an Essex thatcher called Frederick Pratt. On 9 March 1923, he was working in a wheat field at Ashdon ...
www.spectator.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Read about #TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon in The Spectator – the fascinating story of fallen celestial objects and the lives they've touched ☄️
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
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#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon publishes today 🪐
'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud ✨
'Dazzling' Financial Times ✨
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' Sunday Times ✨
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'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud ✨
'Dazzling' Financial Times ✨
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' Sunday Times ✨
profilebooks.com/work/the-met...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon publishes today 🪐
'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud ✨
'Dazzling' Financial Times ✨
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' Sunday Times ✨
profilebooks.com/work/the-met...
@helenlpgordon.bsky.social
'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud ✨
'Dazzling' Financial Times ✨
'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' Sunday Times ✨
profilebooks.com/work/the-met...
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Today’s #FirstLinesFriday is #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social
An absolutely fascinating and addictive read!
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An absolutely fascinating and addictive read!
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January 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Today’s #FirstLinesFriday is #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social
An absolutely fascinating and addictive read!
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An absolutely fascinating and addictive read!
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Extract from the The Meteorites running in the @theguardian.com today: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
It came from outer space: the meterorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac
Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find ...
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February 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Extract from the The Meteorites running in the @theguardian.com today: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
The Meteorites! New book landing Feb 6th.
February 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Meteorites! New book landing Feb 6th.