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My March 2025 TBR halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/book-musings...

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My second set of sunsets at Knowlton

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Muffins are so important because they're the very best way to eat a piece of cake for breakfast without everybody asking you if you're okay

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SIGNED BOOK NEWS! I'm gonna be getting SIGNED copies of "Stone and Sky" the new "Rivers of London" novel by the awesome @benaaronovitch.bsky.social 'This isn’t London. The rules are different up here.' Published in July. Blurb in ALT. Order a copy HERE! biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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My March 2025 TBR halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/book-musings...

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My second set of sunsets at Knowlton

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Hello Scotland! This is happening in Edinburgh next week. Tickets still available - will be an excellent event. (Please RT so people get to hear about it...) www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

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I loved this group biography of five amazing women doing fabulous things in nature and it's my last read this month for #ReadIndies Sarah Lonsdale's Wildly Different librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/b... @manchesterup.bsky.social 📚💙

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My thoughts on Cornish Horrors by Joan Passey and published by @britishlibrary.bsky.social Publishing, Thank you to @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/corni...

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My latest read from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social . Much food for thought on a subject all of those of us who read will have our views about. Very good on the uniqueness of every reader.

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Waterstone's are running an amazing pre-order offer this weekend on some of our great travel books! Use the code PREORDER25 on the Waterstones website or app to get 25% off of Enchanted Islands, C'est La Vie, Slow Trains Around Britain or Slow Trains to Istanbul #WPreorder

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My thoughts on Cornish Horrors by Joan Passey and published by @britishlibrary.bsky.social Publishing, Thank you to @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/corni...

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Today I’m sharing my review of one from the backlist - #Coasting by #elisedowning @summersdalebooks.bsky.social TBH I don’t know why I left it so long, it’s a great read and very inspiring! Full review on insta ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.instagram.com/p/DGhsUFFAOn...

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MOVING MOUNTAINS: Writing Nature Through Illness & Disability launches in paperback on 6th March 2025! You can preorder now from the usual places & do ask your local bookshop/library for a copy too. Available as an ebook/hardback now. 📚💚 #NatureWriting #Disability uk.bookshop.org/p/books/movi...

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Canford. Colour or black and white. Which do you prefer?

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#Poetry #opp THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 - Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort. Deadline 1st April 2025. #PlaceWriting #naturewriting www.therialto.co.uk/pages/nature...

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I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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A misty Swyre Head this morning

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A misty Swyre Head this morning

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Wall chart of tree buds The hi-res file is a free download, or you can buy a print. Also a poster of tree leaves, and tree bark and check out the rest of my shop - canvases , prints, t-shirts, mugs, cards microcosmic.shop

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This is exciting, a new book from Neil Ansell ⬇️⬇️⬇️ birlinn.co.uk/product/the-...

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Today on the blog, a rather singular book for #readindies by John Cowper Powys from @mikewalmer.bsky.social - it really is like nothing else I've read! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/s...

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This Sunday, Faversham Literary Festival, Wild Twin in conversation with Horatio Clare. Come! @favlit.org @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @horatioclare.bsky.social www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20... Details:

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My thoughts on The Heart Of The Woods by Wyl Menmuir and published by Aurum Books. Thank you to Jasmine for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-h...

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Only a few tickets left for my talk about writing history and Venice at the Fishbourne Literary Festival on April 5. And don't forget you can schedule in a visit to the stunning Fishbourne Roman villa nearby too. fishbourneliteraryfestival.co.uk

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The neat thing about “move fast and break things” is it’s a great motto for people who have no discernible skills and no idea what they’re doing, because it has a way of rephrasing their total ineptitude as genius on the move.

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New small press directory post up on Indie Publishers website this morning The Novel Hovel PRess, a poetry press #BookSky 💙📚 #Poetry www.indiepublishers.co.uk/2025/02/20/t...

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Immensely excited to be speaking about my book Groundbreakers and all things #WildBoar on 20 March at the nature writing Mecca that is @foldedorset.bsky.social - info/tickets here: www.foldedorset.com/events

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Girl on a space hopper, 1971, Byker series, Newwcastle, UK , by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling

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My thoughts on The Heart Of The Woods by Wyl Menmuir and published by Aurum Books. Thank you to Jasmine for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-h...

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