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Jacky Collins
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This is always a really fun festival - had the most severe hangover of my life at NN! - so if you haven’t been yet make this the year
jackycnoir64.bsky.social Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Oct 20
***#NN2025 ticket update***

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who bought weekend passes to the festival 🖤

Today we were able to release a few more. So if you haven't got yours yet, don't worry, more tickets available here:
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025

We look forward to sharing #newcastlenoir with you 🕵‍♀️💀🪦📓✨️
Newcastle Noir 2025
Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival at Newcastle City Library
www.tiny.cc
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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nordiclighthouse.blog/2025/10/23/w... @eurocrime.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social @ravencrime.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social
Winner of Petrona Award 2025
It is so exciting to annonce the winner of the Petrona Award 2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year: THE CLUES IN THE FJORD by Satu Rämö translated from the Finnish by Kristian Lond…
nordiclighthouse.blog
October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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onefootiniceland.bsky.social
Our AirBnB in Aberdeen in Feb'20 when I went up for my first ever Noir fest - #GraniteNoir with @jackycnoir64.bsky.social! I'm at the top & my pal, whose daughter lived in Abs at the time, hence our visit, is downstairs. Met Sólveig & Óskar from @corylusbooks.bsky.social! #SaturdayStairs #BookSky 🇮🇸
A squared off spiral staircase with knobbly black wrought iron balusters and a wooden handrail. The risers are uncarpeted, brown in the middle and grey at each edge. A woman in a cream winter coat stands at the bottom looking up, and a pair of jean clad legs with black boots are visible at the top on the left hand side
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
jackycnoir64.bsky.social
***#NN2025 ticket update***

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who bought weekend passes to the festival 🖤

Today we were able to release a few more. So if you haven't got yours yet, don't worry, more tickets available here:
www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025

We look forward to sharing #newcastlenoir with you 🕵‍♀️💀🪦📓✨️
Newcastle Noir 2025
Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival at Newcastle City Library
www.tiny.cc
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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ewashe.bsky.social
@westwords.bsky.social @ravencrime.bsky.social @eurocrime.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social @scandiandy.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social @angryalgonquin.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @nordicwatchlist.bsky.social @pearceglen.bsky.social @kathall.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
jackycnoir64.bsky.social
So grateful for the opportunity to present my developing research project on the costuming of Spanish actor #JoseCoronado at this conference #academiclife #researchjoy @litandlangstirling.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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'Dressing, Undressing and Redressing: Costuming Identities in Fernando León de Aranoa’s El buen patrón (2021)', by Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social‬ (Uni. Stirling) & Sarah Gilligan (Northumbria Uni.)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Julio (Javier Bardem) and his employees at the entrance to the Básculas Blanco factory. Film still from El buen patrón ( Fernando León de Aranoa, 2021).
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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ewashe.bsky.social
Do you have any plans this weekend? Well, whatever you do @corylusbooks.bsky.social’s Senior Manager (Edits) recommends that you chill with
Jón Atli Jónasson’s #Broken tr. by @graskeggur.bsky.social #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Caturday 🐈‍⬛ @marinasofia.bsky.social @davidhheadley.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
jackycnoir64.bsky.social
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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onefootiniceland.bsky.social
Hands up (see what I did there!) who can see the woman's profile, facing left, that the handprint also suggests on the lovely @solveigpals.bsky.social's excellent book 'Harm'?! (tr. @graskeggur.bsky.social, publ @corylusbooks.bsky.social) Hmm, @pareidolia.bsky.social, what do you think?
Paperback of the book Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, with á cover image of a handprint/shadow in snow/against icy glass. The outstretched fingertips also, possibly unintentionally, also suggest the eye, nose, mouth and chin of a woman in profile, looking to the left
April 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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@gwylcrimefest.bsky.social in #Aberystwyth April 25-27. Among the great events a session with best-selling authors Mari Hannah & @claremackwrites.bsky.social interviewed by the lovely @jackycnoir64.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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pgjonesvenice.bsky.social
Expect lots of laughs, lots of weirdness and - yes- lots of wonderfulness with three weird and wonderful writers in conversation with the brilliant @jackycnoir64.bsky.social ! This isn't one to be missed! @gwylcrimefest.bsky.social @jamesoswald.scot
March 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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corylusbooks.bsky.social
Incidentally, the most picked up book (hence, the cover that attracted most people) at Alternative Book Fair yesterday was Skin Deep by Antonia Lassa, transl. @jackycnoir64.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Just love Wales! I’m going to @gwylcrimefest.bsky.social in Aberystwyth. Looking forward to appearing with @claremackwrites.bsky.social on April 26th, chaired by Dr Noir, aka @jackycnoir64.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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onefootiniceland.bsky.social
Very interesting fact from the 'Lost In Translation' panel at #GraniteNoir: @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social revealed #FictionInTranslation in the UK is just 3% of books, but elsewhere in Europe 70% 😲 @jackycnoir64.bsky.social affirmed the importance of experiencing other cultures thru our reading 💙📚
Jacky Collins, aka Dr Noir, in brilliant conversation with Catalan author and translator Teresa Solana. The Lost in Translation panel obviously struck a chord with its totally engaged audience, as sales of the 3 authors present's books were the greatest of any event at that venue this year! It was also great to meet @vikingporridge.bsky.social, thanks to a shared appreciation of Dr Noir's skillful aplomb in her role of chair!
February 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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onefootiniceland.bsky.social
Bit late posting about #GraniteNoir but I'm home now so there's time! Brilliant 'Lost In Translation' panel Sun chaired by the fab @jackycnoir64.bsky.social, with @graskeggur.bsky.social, @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social & @orendabooks.bsky.social's Ørjan Karlsson. If the vid available, watch it! 💙📚
4 panel collage showing Jackie Collins ('Dr Noir') interviewing, brilliantly, author and Icelandic translator Quentin Bates (Gunnhildur series, Bk1=Frozen Out), @corylusbooks.bsky.social's Teresa Solana, author (Black Storms, check out this fab cover!) & Catalan translator, and Ørjan Karlsson, Norwegian author (Into Thin Air), translated into several other languages, including, thankfully for us, English!
February 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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@marinasofia.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social @corylusbooks.bsky.social 😊
rosece.bsky.social rosece.bsky.social @rosece.bsky.social · Jan 21
Intricate and well told story. I hope to read more about these characters.
January 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
jackycnoir64.bsky.social
Call for Proposals:

Fashion, Costume and Visual Cultures 2025: Fashioning Ageing, Emotion, and Memory in Film, Fashion Media, and Clothing.

Proposal deadline: 15 March 2025

For more information click here: ow.ly/Q1OY50UPmlY
January 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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zaffrebooks.bsky.social
Don't walk, run! Everyone's favourite detective, Scott Jericho, is back in paperback 🎡 Are you ready to return to the fairground? @whusseyauthor.bsky.social loom.ly/Djhq7RU
January 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social
I'm doing a 75-mile sponsored walk/bookshop tour to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK and thanks to your incredible support I've had to increase my original target. Can't thank you enough. Any reposts much appreciated! #dementia #Alzheimers www.justgiving.com/page/trevor-...
Trevor's fundraiser for Alzheimer's Research UK
Help Trevor Wood raise money to support Alzheimer's Research UK
www.justgiving.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social
Watch out for this brilliant new thriller, out from Eve Smith in April. Perfect for the strange times we live in and I can’t wait to read The Cure. 💙🩵💉💉💉💉
evesmithauthor.bsky.social Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jan 16
I am so excited to share the cover for my new thriller #THECURE, out 10th April. Huge thanks to Orenda Books!

The accidental discovery of a cure for ageing is hijacked by ruthless obsessives who hunger for immortality, with catastrophic consequences.

Find out more & preorder here:
bit.ly/3WJKgof
January 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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samhollandbooks.bsky.social
Three weeks until Memorial Park is out in the world! The finished books arrived this week and they look fantastic (I’ll do something with those soon!)
Preorder here: geni.us/MemorialPark
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?

👀 👎
January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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kenlussey.bsky.social
A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. This tin cottage on the island of Hoy has an important part to play in the book.
Available in paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....
This modern image shows a tin cottage on the island of Hoy in Orkney. We are looking slightly downhill towards it over long grass. The cottage has green corrugated walls on a main section on the right with two white windows and a porch, and a smaller section on the left with two windows. The building is weatherbeaten, especially its red corrugated roof. There is water in the background and land in the distance. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
January 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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January 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM