Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer
@imogenrobertson.bsky.social
Many words. Westerman & Crowther, Paris Winter, The Russian Doll as Marina Palmer. Liberation w Darby Kealey, The House w Tom Watson. Chair HWA. Ghost.
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Congratulations to @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social and Simon Goldhill, whose books, 'Silence of the Gods' and 'Queer Cambridge', have been selected by @thetls.bsky.social as Books of the Year 2025 🥳
Read more 🔗 (paywall): https://cup.org/4r9BMnA
Read more 🔗 (paywall): https://cup.org/4r9BMnA
Books of the Year 2025
David Abulafia In Silence of the Gods (CUP), Francis Young fills a gaping hole in knowledge about the religious beliefs of peoples living beyond the bounds of Christendom in medieval and early modern ...
www.the-tls.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations to @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social and Simon Goldhill, whose books, 'Silence of the Gods' and 'Queer Cambridge', have been selected by @thetls.bsky.social as Books of the Year 2025 🥳
Read more 🔗 (paywall): https://cup.org/4r9BMnA
Read more 🔗 (paywall): https://cup.org/4r9BMnA
woah, google's AI overview having a moment there... Please supply your AI and false witness jokes below....
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
woah, google's AI overview having a moment there... Please supply your AI and false witness jokes below....
Ooh, this looks fascinating...
The Book of Kells by Victoria Whitworth - Out Today!
The Book of Kells is probably the most famous manuscript in the world – and Victoria Whitworth's masterly treatment offers something new.
Get your copy here! - https://bit.ly/48HEVnQ
The Book of Kells is probably the most famous manuscript in the world – and Victoria Whitworth's masterly treatment offers something new.
Get your copy here! - https://bit.ly/48HEVnQ
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ooh, this looks fascinating...
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🚨 Only one day left to submit your entry to the Bloomsbury Fiction Mentorship Programme! 🚨
Find out more: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/bloomsbury-mentorship-programme-2025/?utm_content=1760007375&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Find out more: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/bloomsbury-mentorship-programme-2025/?utm_content=1760007375&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚨 Only one day left to submit your entry to the Bloomsbury Fiction Mentorship Programme! 🚨
Find out more: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/bloomsbury-mentorship-programme-2025/?utm_content=1760007375&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Find out more: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/bloomsbury-mentorship-programme-2025/?utm_content=1760007375&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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I can’t tell you how excited I am to be at #Clivedenlitfest2025 this weekend and in conversation with Ian Rankin and Anthony Horowitz. Please join us!
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be at #Clivedenlitfest2025 this weekend and in conversation with Ian Rankin and Anthony Horowitz. Please join us!
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Really pleased we could make this happen.
We are delighted to announce that we will publish @sachacoward.bsky.social’s Queer as Folklore in paperback and ebook editions in December 2025.
Initially published by Unbound, it was longlisted for the 2025 Polari Prize and has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society awards. #booksky
Initially published by Unbound, it was longlisted for the 2025 Polari Prize and has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society awards. #booksky
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Really pleased we could make this happen.
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So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏
So delighted to see these fantastic longlists for the HWA Crown Awards. Debuts, fiction and non-fiction to transport and inspire. A feast for curious minds...
historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...
historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
So delighted to see these fantastic longlists for the HWA Crown Awards. Debuts, fiction and non-fiction to transport and inspire. A feast for curious minds...
historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...
historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...
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Oh what a great day this is! The Maiden of Florence has made the last 12 on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown award #longlist! #historicalfiction #renaissance #Firenze @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Oh what a great day this is! The Maiden of Florence has made the last 12 on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown award #longlist! #historicalfiction #renaissance #Firenze @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
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New! A Triumvirate of English Earls
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I discuss the 3 great Anglo-Saxons earls of 11th century England: Godwin, Leofric and Siward. How influential were they?
#podcast #kingandconqueror
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social
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@derekbirks.bsky.social and I discuss the 3 great Anglo-Saxons earls of 11th century England: Godwin, Leofric and Siward. How influential were they?
#podcast #kingandconqueror
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social
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A Triumvirate of English Earls | A Slice of Medieval #74
Historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical author, Derek Birks discuss the three powerful English Earls of the Eleventh Century, established by King Cnut: Godwin of Wessex, Leofric of Mercia an
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August 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New! A Triumvirate of English Earls
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I discuss the 3 great Anglo-Saxons earls of 11th century England: Godwin, Leofric and Siward. How influential were they?
#podcast #kingandconqueror
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/user-1425259...
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I discuss the 3 great Anglo-Saxons earls of 11th century England: Godwin, Leofric and Siward. How influential were they?
#podcast #kingandconqueror
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/user-1425259...
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Really loved writing this - The Seeker of Lost Paintings, out now!
New in Historia!
Sarah Freethy reveals the extraordinary story of Syndrome K, the supposedly deadly disease that saved lives in German-occupied Rome in 1943.
It helped inspire her new book, The. Seeker of Lost Paintings
Find out more at historiamag.com/syndrome-k
@sarahfreethy.bsky.social
Sarah Freethy reveals the extraordinary story of Syndrome K, the supposedly deadly disease that saved lives in German-occupied Rome in 1943.
It helped inspire her new book, The. Seeker of Lost Paintings
Find out more at historiamag.com/syndrome-k
@sarahfreethy.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Really loved writing this - The Seeker of Lost Paintings, out now!
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This month's Cheese of the Month: Single Gloucester: bit.ly/SingleGloucester
September 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This month's Cheese of the Month: Single Gloucester: bit.ly/SingleGloucester
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The Pinch of Salt Path
July 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Pinch of Salt Path
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In my new novel, THE ART OF A LIE, Hannah Cole is struggling to run her confectionery shop in 18th C London after her husband's murder, and she believes an Italian delicacy called 'iced cream' might be the answer to her problems. So yesterday I made ice cream the Georgian way!🍦A thread...
June 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
In my new novel, THE ART OF A LIE, Hannah Cole is struggling to run her confectionery shop in 18th C London after her husband's murder, and she believes an Italian delicacy called 'iced cream' might be the answer to her problems. So yesterday I made ice cream the Georgian way!🍦A thread...
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I am finally reunited on a podcast with @rostaylor.bsky.social, where I basically just gibber away about what it's like to get stoned and lose decades of your life
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/cann...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/cann...
Cannabis
Cannabis. It’s illegal in the UK without a prescription – and despite decriminalisation abroad, it’s likely to stay that way. When did people start smoking...
morejamtomorrow.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I am finally reunited on a podcast with @rostaylor.bsky.social, where I basically just gibber away about what it's like to get stoned and lose decades of your life
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/cann...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/cann...
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I'll be interviewing two of the finest and funniest writers in the business - Cally Taylor and Mark Billingham - about their new books, in Wantage on Fri 20th June. Come along if you're in the area. Scan the QR code or call the number below for tickets. It's going to be great!
June 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I'll be interviewing two of the finest and funniest writers in the business - Cally Taylor and Mark Billingham - about their new books, in Wantage on Fri 20th June. Come along if you're in the area. Scan the QR code or call the number below for tickets. It's going to be great!
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Writers from around the world can submit scripts for BBC Audio Drama with cash prize, and attendance at an award ceremony in the UK to participate in the recording of their dramas for a world premiere. Flight and accommodation expenses are covered by the BBC.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
BBC World Service - BBC World Drama - The International Audio Drama Competition 2026: How to enter
How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Writers from around the world can submit scripts for BBC Audio Drama with cash prize, and attendance at an award ceremony in the UK to participate in the recording of their dramas for a world premiere. Flight and accommodation expenses are covered by the BBC.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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Darth Vader: And now the Death Star is complete. It cannot be stopped
Imperial officer: Yeah, pretty much
Darth Vader: Why did you say pretty much
Imperial officer: It's like so crazy unlikely that it's really not worth mentioning
Darth Vader: Now I'm angry. You're making me angry
Imperial officer: Yeah, pretty much
Darth Vader: Why did you say pretty much
Imperial officer: It's like so crazy unlikely that it's really not worth mentioning
Darth Vader: Now I'm angry. You're making me angry
May 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Darth Vader: And now the Death Star is complete. It cannot be stopped
Imperial officer: Yeah, pretty much
Darth Vader: Why did you say pretty much
Imperial officer: It's like so crazy unlikely that it's really not worth mentioning
Darth Vader: Now I'm angry. You're making me angry
Imperial officer: Yeah, pretty much
Darth Vader: Why did you say pretty much
Imperial officer: It's like so crazy unlikely that it's really not worth mentioning
Darth Vader: Now I'm angry. You're making me angry
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Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :)
spyonstage.com
spyonstage.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :)
spyonstage.com
spyonstage.com
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planning a child's birthday party for *next* saturday? this man's never done an ounce of domestic labor in his life and is already dreaming of how to outsource it
May 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
planning a child's birthday party for *next* saturday? this man's never done an ounce of domestic labor in his life and is already dreaming of how to outsource it
....aaaand I've now reached the age when the popes have started looking younger.
May 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
....aaaand I've now reached the age when the popes have started looking younger.