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davidhheadley.bsky.social
M.D. DHH Literary Agency, Goldsboro Books & Capital Crime. Literary agent, award-winning bookseller & festival founder.
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Happy Independent Bookshop Week! Show your love and support for local indy bookshops like @goldsborobooks.bsky.social. These small businesses are crucial for celebrating diversity in literature and fostering community. Let's keep them thriving! #IndieBookshopWeek #SupportIndieBookstores 📚

Why are the Dutch so tall?? I loved chatting to @lexnoteboom.bsky.social about his brilliant debut thriller, The Man With A Thousand Faces. Published 10 July by @orionbooks.bsky.social Confessions of a Book Collector podcast episode coming soon.

I talk to @davidhheadley.bsky.social about @capitalcrime.bsky.social and what makes that festival unique. Who is going? Less than two weeks, so we all need to get our tickets pronto!

This book by @bethlewis.bsky.social is incredible and packaged most beautifully. The gold foil is hard to see, and this picture doesn’t do it justice! Published by @viperbooks.bsky.social in June - order your copy now!

‘While women in their 50s are dismissed as hags, bags or crones, men get to be silver foxes. Suddenly I realised why women try so hard to fend off signs of ageing.’ Brilliant piece from the inimitable Kathy Lette www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A warm welcome to Elliott Grover, who joins @davidhheadley.bsky.social’s list. Elliott is the culinary director at the hotel, 45 Park Lane, overseeing the culinary vision at the famed restaurant CUT. He is also the first British chef to ever cook at the Oscars! tinyurl.com/2szh5j9m

Goldsboro Books PREM1ER Book Club: Celebrating 20 years. A Testament to Excellent Storytelling. goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...

📚 We're hiring! Our London bookshop is looking for: ✨ A Bookshop Manager & 📖 A Bookseller Come and work with the best bookselling team in the U.K.* Apply now or tag someone who should! #BookJobs #LondonJobs #IndieBookshop goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/gol… *Yes, I am biased.

Twenty years ago, I launched the Goldsboro Books Book of the Month club, the first of its kind, a signed first-edition book club. It is the world's largest signed first-edition book club and has a worldwide membership. 1/2

Really enjoyed the latest episode of @davidhheadley.bsky.social's podcast, #ConfessionsOfABookCollector with @robertrutherford.bsky.social. Now I'm even more excited to pick up my copy of #TheMissingHour from @goldsborobooks.bsky.social soon! open.spotify.com/episode/3INy... #BookSky 📚💙

I’m very excited to attend Quais du Polar in Lyon, France, the largest international crime writing festival. I’m also honoured to have been invited to appear on a panel with other publishing professionals.

🚨The Capital Crime 2025 programme is revealed. Can you afford to miss it? It would be criminal. 💥 Tickets here: www.capitalcrime.org

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

Crime fiction addicts, this one’s for you! I’m revealing the most highly anticipated crime novels of 2025. books that will dominate the bestseller lists, keep you glued to your seat & completely destroy your sleep schedule… Listen now buzzsprout.com/1922897 #confessionsofabookcollector

🎉 COVER REVEAL 🎉 for the god tier of series 🎉 THE FINAL VOW BY @mwcraven.bsky.social Just look at it 😍😍😍 I cannot wait to read the next #PoeAndTilly book Get this bad boy pre ordered IMMEDIATELY 💨 #TheFinalVow #TillyAndPoe #MWCraven #CrimeAuthor

A glass of something chilled and a book. It isn’t just any book; it is the brilliant Adele Parks's 25th novel. I can't wait to chat about everything writing with Adele and talk to her about 25 years of being consistently brilliant—because she is—at @CapitalCrime1. Don’t miss it!

Gorgeous Arthur.

🚨 ICYMI, a new episode of Confessions of a Book Collector is available. In it, I talk to the New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling author Clare Leslie Hall about Broken Country. 🎙️📚

It’s become a tradition for me to reveal our @dhhlitagency.bsky.social rights guide. Here it is for #LBF2025 And all it leaves me to say is: ‘We are ready!’

NEW episode now live!🎙️ @davidhheadley.bsky.social chats with Clare Leslie Hall about Broken Country - hailed as the year's most addictive love story They dive into its unforgettable characters, intense love triangle & the journey of bringing it to life Listen now: buzzsprout.com/1922897

Look at this beauty by @robertrutherford.bsky.social. It’s also brilliant on the inside. The Missing Hour will be published on April 10, 2025. Don't miss it!

Happy World Book Day. #worldbookday

What a time to be alive... What a shit show.

Celebrating Gene Hackman and watching a favourite film. Guess which one?

Happy paperback publication day, @davidfennell.bsky.social

The Capital Crime board will finalise the @capitalcrime.bsky.social 2025 festival program this evening, and I am so excited about this year. It will be the best year yet! Grab your tickets here: capicalcrime.org

A new episode of Confessions of a Book Collector is available. This week, I talked to @nnedi.bsky.social about her brilliant new novel, Death of the Author and much more. I enjoyed our chat. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

I had a wonderful chat with @nnedi.bsky.social, who is a complete joy. Look out for a new episode of @goldsborobooks.bsky.social podcast, Confessions of a Book Collector, this weekend.

Delighted that @goldsborobooks.bsky.social has been shortlisted for best Independent Book Shop regional and country finalist London. We are grateful to our brilliant customers and the amazing authors and publishers who continue to support us. We appreciate it. #britishbookawards #Nibbies

Congratulations to Roisín O'Donnell on her No.6 Sunday Times Bestseller. Have you got your copy yet? I hope to see it on award listings soon. It really is terrific.

One good thing about being early for everything is that you have time to dash to the right station when you arrive at the wrong train station to catch a train. 😝

A joy to be interviewed by @davidhheadley.bsky.social for his brilliant podcast, Confessions of a Book Collector. We talk about so much - writing, reading, inspirations, favourite books ... and my latest novel, Dangerous, out this coming April. www.buzzsprout.com/1922897/epis...

A new podcast episode is available. Essie Fox is an author who weaves rich, gothic tales inspired by the Victorian era. Her novels are brimming with history, mystery and just the right touch of the macabre. Join us in our latest episode, Confessions of a Book Collector. shorturl.at/G9dpK

What a hugely exciting first episode of Virdee. Congratulations A A Dhand. And what an honour to be in Bradford for the premiere. Don't forget to watch on BBC1 next week. Absolutely brilliant.

Happy publication day to @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social - THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE is out now! A hidden history of queer women and a vital exploration of lesbian identity. tinyurl.com/y2v9yaaw

This April, we celebrate 20 years of the Book of the Month club at @goldsborobooks.bsky.social - now called PREM1ER. It is the original signed first edition book club. We are delighted to have NESTING by Roisin O'Donnell as our February choice. Don't miss it! Find out more here: shorturl.at/K7U8R

The Silent Man by @davidfennell.bsky.social is 99p today as Kindle Daily Deal. Don't miss it.