Nick Quantrill
@nickquantrill.bsky.social
Writer of crime novels and does Hull Noir. Will also contain football and moaning. #MDANT
"Cast No Shadow" out now via Black Spring Press.
"Cast No Shadow" out now via Black Spring Press.
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Here we go! Here's the cover for 'Cast No Shadow', published by Black Spring Crime Series and edited by @lucaveste.bsky.social. It's the first in a new series and it's published at the end of the month.
More information and details of the launch event to follow (you're all invited...) 📚
More information and details of the launch event to follow (you're all invited...) 📚
Recommend the Kenny Dalglish documentary streaming via Prime... some player, but even better person... ⚽️
Kenny Dalglish review: Asif Kapadia documentary is a fitting tribute to a Liverpool FC legend
Asif Kapadia traces the history of the Liverpool FC great legend in a documentary. Read the Empire review.
www.empireonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Recommend the Kenny Dalglish documentary streaming via Prime... some player, but even better person... ⚽️
#Bookpost - huge thanks to Richard Lusmore for having this sent to me, and for the kind words 😀
Rich launches the book, 12th November at The Stags Head Inn, Lelley ⚽️
Rich launches the book, 12th November at The Stags Head Inn, Lelley ⚽️
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#Bookpost - huge thanks to Richard Lusmore for having this sent to me, and for the kind words 😀
Rich launches the book, 12th November at The Stags Head Inn, Lelley ⚽️
Rich launches the book, 12th November at The Stags Head Inn, Lelley ⚽️
From 'ageing Britpopper' to 'boy band aficionado' in the blink of an eye... back out with @curiosityhull.bsky.social to discover what happened when Take That played Hull...
How Was Hull Responsible For Take That?
So, apparently it was all our fault. Writer and boy band aficionado @nickquantrill.bsky.social outlines where and why this travesty took place.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/n9mer5va
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
So, apparently it was all our fault. Writer and boy band aficionado @nickquantrill.bsky.social outlines where and why this travesty took place.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/n9mer5va
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
From 'ageing Britpopper' to 'boy band aficionado' in the blink of an eye... back out with @curiosityhull.bsky.social to discover what happened when Take That played Hull...
@beatlesbookspod.bsky.social Only just published, but has this one crossed your desk? Potentially interesting... www.amazon.co.uk/Capitol-Gain...
Capitol Gains: Exposing the Conflict Between The Beatles and the Record Label that Made Them
Capitol Gains: Exposing the Conflict Between The Beatles and the Record Label that Made Them : Cook, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@beatlesbookspod.bsky.social Only just published, but has this one crossed your desk? Potentially interesting... www.amazon.co.uk/Capitol-Gain...
Out to The New Adelphi Club, Hull, and it's @joe-solo.bsky.social in his natural habitat...
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Out to The New Adelphi Club, Hull, and it's @joe-solo.bsky.social in his natural habitat...
Looking forward to this next Friday evening! Do join us #Hull.
HULL: I’m going to be chatting all things crime and thriller with Opt Indie Books and fellow authors Louise Swanson and @nickquantrill.bsky.social at Union Mash Up 7th November
Who’s coming? Please help spread the word! Ticket link in replies
Who’s coming? Please help spread the word! Ticket link in replies
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Looking forward to this next Friday evening! Do join us #Hull.
This is an excellent development to perk up a rainy afternoon...
Katie & Allison Crutchfield surprise-release debut album as Snocaps w/ MJ Lenderman & Brad Cook
Surprise! Katie & Allison Crutchfield have a new band, and their debut album -- which finds them backed by MJ Lenderman & Brad Cook -- is out now.
www.brooklynvegan.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is an excellent development to perk up a rainy afternoon...
#bookpost - I initially joined the crowdfunder for this one a couple of years back. Great to see it come to fruition, and a story that should be told loudly and beyond the city of Hull...
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#bookpost - I initially joined the crowdfunder for this one a couple of years back. Great to see it come to fruition, and a story that should be told loudly and beyond the city of Hull...
It's only Idlewild playing all the greatest hits off their new LP in Leeds last night...
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It's only Idlewild playing all the greatest hits off their new LP in Leeds last night...
Wonderful #bookpost... it's the new one from @harriettyce.bsky.social. Hitting the shops Feb '26... sounds excellent!
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Wonderful #bookpost... it's the new one from @harriettyce.bsky.social. Hitting the shops Feb '26... sounds excellent!
Wonderful to chat all things 'Layer Cake' with JJ Connolly 👇
Thanks to all who joined us @hulllibraries.bsky.social to hear from the brilliant JJ Connolly and then watch his equally-brilliant film, 'Layer Cake'. Film night returns January '26 🎥
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wonderful to chat all things 'Layer Cake' with JJ Connolly 👇
No photos from the stage, but an absolute treat to go deep into the 'Layer Cake' world with JJ Connolly last night at @hulllibraries.bsky.social. The film still crackles and pops on screen 😎
October 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
No photos from the stage, but an absolute treat to go deep into the 'Layer Cake' world with JJ Connolly last night at @hulllibraries.bsky.social. The film still crackles and pops on screen 😎
Two of these entered the house today... one for a middle-aged man, the other for a teenage girl...
With music from Taylor Swift, Richard Ashcroft, Idlewild, Kettama, Dodie and Leon Vynehall 🎧
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/6-albu...
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/6-albu...
6 albums you need to hear this week
The albums you need to hear this week, including Taylor Swift, Richard Ashcroft, Idlewild, Kettama, Dodie and Leon Vynehall.
www.rollingstone.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Two of these entered the house today... one for a middle-aged man, the other for a teenage girl...
Been out and about making some more short music films about #hull with @curiosityhull.bsky.social 👇
Which Punk Anthem Was Written On A Bench On Cottingham Road?
Author and aging Britpopper @nickquantrill.bsky.social goes the Whole Wide World to end up on a (probably) different bench to Eric Goulden.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/bdd5jesw
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@hullnoir.bsky.social
Author and aging Britpopper @nickquantrill.bsky.social goes the Whole Wide World to end up on a (probably) different bench to Eric Goulden.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/bdd5jesw
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@hullnoir.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Been out and about making some more short music films about #hull with @curiosityhull.bsky.social 👇
A great day with East Riding Libraries talking all things crime with @mwcraven.bsky.social & Zoe Sharpe and then @simonmccleave.bsky.social & @carahunterbooks.bsky.social. Read them all!📚
September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A great day with East Riding Libraries talking all things crime with @mwcraven.bsky.social & Zoe Sharpe and then @simonmccleave.bsky.social & @carahunterbooks.bsky.social. Read them all!📚
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Re the new Reform pledge, a sports writer has already got to the heart of the matter better than the politics commentators www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Re the new Reform pledge, a sports writer has already got to the heart of the matter better than the politics commentators www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's how we're looking for October to December!
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's how we're looking for October to December!
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Unfortunately, Neil Broadfoot can no longer join us this Wednesday evening. However, our @nickquantrill.bsky.social and @nicktriplow.bsky.social will present 'Three Book Wednesday'. We hope you can still join us for what will be a lively evening of book chat at @hulllibraries.bsky.social 📚
September 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Unfortunately, Neil Broadfoot can no longer join us this Wednesday evening. However, our @nickquantrill.bsky.social and @nicktriplow.bsky.social will present 'Three Book Wednesday'. We hope you can still join us for what will be a lively evening of book chat at @hulllibraries.bsky.social 📚
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We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm.
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
August 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm.
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
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NEXT WEEK! 📚
Here's our next Hull Noir event : thrilled @nlbro.bsky.social is joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 17th September.
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
September 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
NEXT WEEK! 📚
Absolutely the last knockings of the school holidays... cheap train tickets to York... more trains, shops and and an unbelievable sandwich via Shambles Kitchen...
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely the last knockings of the school holidays... cheap train tickets to York... more trains, shops and and an unbelievable sandwich via Shambles Kitchen...
Chuffed to have the opportunity to do this 👇
We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm.
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.
Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
August 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Chuffed to have the opportunity to do this 👇
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If you live in Hull, enjoy a bit of crime fiction, and love hearing writers talk about their work I would absolutely recommend going to a Hull Noir evening.
Here's our next Hull Noir event : thrilled @nlbro.bsky.social is joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 17th September.
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
August 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you live in Hull, enjoy a bit of crime fiction, and love hearing writers talk about their work I would absolutely recommend going to a Hull Noir evening.
Reposted by Nick Quantrill
Here's our next Hull Noir event : thrilled @nlbro.bsky.social is joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 17th September.
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
August 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's our next Hull Noir event : thrilled @nlbro.bsky.social is joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 17th September.
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!
