Jim Martin
@jimspim.bsky.social
Publishing Director, Bloomsbury. Pop-science, natural history. Gonzo editor; zoo-LOL-ogist; supplier of bookish news, animal facts, regular swearing. Views my own.
I've tried to like this. I really have. The subject is something I'm really interested in. But the author is just too boasty-humble braggy, and I've had to knock it on the head. His editors haven't done him any favours here.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I've tried to like this. I really have. The subject is something I'm really interested in. But the author is just too boasty-humble braggy, and I've had to knock it on the head. His editors haven't done him any favours here.
I am on my second Yakult of the day. #NewScientistLive doing its bit for gut health. Currently learning about witness mis-remembering with @ciaragreene.bsky.social and @gillian-murphy.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I am on my second Yakult of the day. #NewScientistLive doing its bit for gut health. Currently learning about witness mis-remembering with @ciaragreene.bsky.social and @gillian-murphy.bsky.social
Back at New Scientist Live this morning. @helenczerski.bsky.social on earth energetics is a good way to start the day.
October 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Back at New Scientist Live this morning. @helenczerski.bsky.social on earth energetics is a good way to start the day.
Busy at #NewScientistLive. Gravitational waves first thing, and now it's the gut/brain connection. Yakult is sponsoring. Lots of free Yakult. I am expecting a first-class gut lining by teatime.
October 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Busy at #NewScientistLive. Gravitational waves first thing, and now it's the gut/brain connection. Yakult is sponsoring. Lots of free Yakult. I am expecting a first-class gut lining by teatime.
This has inexplicably made it into paperback. 70th on the Sunday Times hardback list now constitutes a 'best-seller'. Intriguing.
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This has inexplicably made it into paperback. 70th on the Sunday Times hardback list now constitutes a 'best-seller'. Intriguing.
Today I'm at Moneyfields v Horndean in the Isthmian League. Moneyfields is a suburb of Portsmouth. A lot of England flags and Union Jacks on lamp-posts. Not, I suspect, in a good way.
October 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today I'm at Moneyfields v Horndean in the Isthmian League. Moneyfields is a suburb of Portsmouth. A lot of England flags and Union Jacks on lamp-posts. Not, I suspect, in a good way.
I may not know much, but that this subtitle somehow got approved is troubling.
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I may not know much, but that this subtitle somehow got approved is troubling.
Hats off to staff at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social for this pleasingly subversive piece of book placement.
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hats off to staff at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social for this pleasingly subversive piece of book placement.
@timsmedley.bsky.social yeah OK. (I am in Foyles BTW)
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@timsmedley.bsky.social yeah OK. (I am in Foyles BTW)
There's a mind-blowing Jimi Hendrix concert on BBC4 iPlayer at the moment. Atlanta Festival 1970. Heard bits of it but never seen it before.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
There's a mind-blowing Jimi Hendrix concert on BBC4 iPlayer at the moment. Atlanta Festival 1970. Heard bits of it but never seen it before.
Brogen Murphy wins the Children's Fiction award for Wildlands. Which does sound very very good. #wainwrightprize
September 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Brogen Murphy wins the Children's Fiction award for Wildlands. Which does sound very very good. #wainwrightprize
Ben Hoare triumphs in the Jim Martin derby. Big win for Benj. Bees FTW.
September 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ben Hoare triumphs in the Jim Martin derby. Big win for Benj. Bees FTW.
The big one. @benhoare.bsky.social v @juleshoward.bsky.social (among others). Heavyweight children's non-fiction action. Jess French adjudicates. #wainwrightprize
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The big one. @benhoare.bsky.social v @juleshoward.bsky.social (among others). Heavyweight children's non-fiction action. Jess French adjudicates. #wainwrightprize
Nature writing book of the year is Raising Hare by @chloedalton.bsky.social. Bravo. A very worthy winner. #wainwrightprize
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nature writing book of the year is Raising Hare by @chloedalton.bsky.social. Bravo. A very worthy winner. #wainwrightprize
Children's book legend @isabelthomas.co.uk on the picture book panel - a seriously strong selection of titles, to my eye. Her book is Frog. #wainwrightprize
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Children's book legend @isabelthomas.co.uk on the picture book panel - a seriously strong selection of titles, to my eye. Her book is Frog. #wainwrightprize
First panel covers the Illustrated Books. Our author Carry Akroyd with Melissa Harrison. Good luck to them both! Richard Shimell & Peter Kuper round off the quintet.
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
First panel covers the Illustrated Books. Our author Carry Akroyd with Melissa Harrison. Good luck to them both! Richard Shimell & Peter Kuper round off the quintet.
TV's Adam Henson compères. His farm is about 10 minutes up the road. He arrived on horseback.
September 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
TV's Adam Henson compères. His farm is about 10 minutes up the road. He arrived on horseback.
The #WainwrightPrize ceremony has begun. And we are IN IT TO WIN IT.
September 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The #WainwrightPrize ceremony has begun. And we are IN IT TO WIN IT.
A new season starts at Bedfont Sports v @kingstoniansc.bsky.social and it's CUP FEVER. FA Cup extra-preliminary action, directly under the Heathrow flight path. Plastic pitch, no programme. Meat or nothing in the food kiosk. Bleak.
August 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A new season starts at Bedfont Sports v @kingstoniansc.bsky.social and it's CUP FEVER. FA Cup extra-preliminary action, directly under the Heathrow flight path. Plastic pitch, no programme. Meat or nothing in the food kiosk. Bleak.
JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
I mean. God Almighty.
I mean. God Almighty.
August 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
I mean. God Almighty.
I mean. God Almighty.
@tetzoo.bsky.social from this month's Cotinga. I felt you should be informed.
August 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@tetzoo.bsky.social from this month's Cotinga. I felt you should be informed.
Been to see @heatherdevey.bsky.social on the Wild Intrigue stand. This piece of wood has beautiful nibble-marks along it - MADE BY AN ENGLISH BEAVER. I remained composed but I was mushed with wonder inside. #birdfair
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Been to see @heatherdevey.bsky.social on the Wild Intrigue stand. This piece of wood has beautiful nibble-marks along it - MADE BY AN ENGLISH BEAVER. I remained composed but I was mushed with wonder inside. #birdfair
