Welcome to The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth. A secret world that whispers stories of creation & destruction, of magic & mystery, of beauty & power. The keepers of such extraordinary tales are the rocks around us. Out 4th Sept 2025, pre-order: tinyurl.com/3m3vnzex #naturewriting #geology - ThreadSky

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Welcome to The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth. A secret world that whispers stories of creation & destruction, of magic & mystery, of beauty & power. The keepers of such extraordinary tales are the rocks around us. Out 4th Sept 2025, pre-order: https://tinyurl.com/3m3vnzex
#naturewriting #geology

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alanrew.bsky.social•14 days ago

Is the book illustrated? I only ask because publishers nowadays seem to omit diagrams from popular earth science books, which makes it harder for the layperson to follow the narrative.

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

Budgets restrict colour photos and illustrations 😞 It has diagrams at the start and then greyscale photos peppered throughout. But the writing does the heavy work for you - feeding your imagination to think & feel the rocks.

alanrew.bsky.social•14 days ago

Thanks for taking time to reply. Just having diagrams puts your book ahead of most popular earth science books, which have flashy covers & nothing but solid text inside. Greyscale photos are a definite bonus :-)

alanrew.bsky.social•14 days ago

The worst culprit was a popular paleontology book which didn't contain a reference diagram of the eras, periods, eons etc. mentioned which meant I continually had to look them up online to understand what the author was talking about. Expecting too much for layperson to know all that terminology!

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

That is a huge oversight! Thankfully I have a timeline, a plate tectonic map and a rock cycle diagram to help readers 🙏🏾😊

alanrew.bsky.social•14 days ago

Wow! That's excellent!

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

Thank you Alan! Of course I would love colour plates, sprayed edges - the works. But I am realistic about budgets and thankful for the amazing work I have created 🧡😊

alanrew.bsky.social•14 days ago

I've made a note of the publication date. Added to my "books to buy" list.

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•13 days ago

🙏🏾😊

strettongal.bsky.social•14 days ago

I d love to pre order this but am in some sort of loop-link where I just keep getting the same as above - how do I pre order please 🙏

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oh goodness me, I am so sorry!
How about this https://www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing

A huge thank you for the support 😊🙏🏾

devroc.bsky.social•14 days ago

Do you know if it will be released in the US?

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

The release for the US edition is 14th October and it has an equally beautiful cover!
https://www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing

clareosel.bsky.social•14 days ago

Looks great 😊

barrowmember.bsky.social•14 days ago

Beautiful title. Beautiful cover. So excited about this book (and already got it earmarked as a gift for my dad too).

rockwatch.bsky.social•13 days ago

Looking forward to this Anjana - is this aimed at adults or might our older Rockwatchers be able to embrace it too?

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's a non fiction book aimed at grown ups, so ideally aged 16 and over. Depending on the response - we could be looking at a middle grade version! Ideal for Rock watchers!

rockwatch.bsky.social•12 days ago

Good stuff! A junior edition would be very welcome I’m sure!

calmerfuture.bsky.social•14 days ago

beautiful cover

anjanakhatwa.bsky.social•14 days ago

Thank you Anand, and for the support over the years!

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