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Here's a public holiday offer for you. Just 99c/p will give you a weekend's worth of boaty tales to capture your imagination of a life afloat. On #KindleCountdown for five days. If you enjoy travel and boat life, maybe these will be for you! #Sale #booksale #specialoffer mybook.to/BoatyardView...

New blog post up after far too long away. jodiebeckford.com/micro-advent...

Thursday - A Little Personal - Tempeste Learns Something johnwhowell.com/2026/05/14/t... @johnhowellauthor.bsky.social

In a month's time I'm heading for Shetland. My 70th birthday present delayed because of the heart op. I'll visit @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social of course & if @judithjesch.bsky.social will be there, message me. Photos, soul time, otters, seascapes, Vikings & serendipitous happenstance are the plan!

I had been avoiding Jakarta for years, having spent so much time there decades ago. We found plenty to fill two days and would have ventured out to do some day trips outside of the city if we'd had more time. We loved it! #jakarta #travel #indonesia ingasadventures.com/2026/05/04/2...

Just 99p/c for five days A unique memoir about rebuilding both a life and a barge in a special Dutch community. “The key story told here is that of loving restoration.” www.amazon.com/dp/B00II55G26 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00II55G26 #welovememoirs #boatlife #livinga

My thanks to the wonderful Cindy Georgakas for her amazing feature for Tales from the Irish Garden The Missing Pieces.. and for the wonderful images. uniquelyfitblog.com/2026/05/08/f...

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It’s been out for 18 months and is predictably a best seller!

Always great WLM reads!

Delighted to finally have 100 ratings on my Skipper’s Child! It’s only taken a year or ten. 😂 Thank you so much to @zeamee1.bsky.social for giving it the important bump up! amazon.com/Skippers-Child… Still just 99c, just because I felt like leaving it that way#histfici#adventurere

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up - May 4th-10th 2026 Big Band Era, Chart Toppers 1970s, Aging Tips, Cuisine Nepal, Doggy Influence, Book Reviews, Bloggers. smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/s... @marshaingrao.bsky.social @jksikes-author.bsky.social @dlfinnauthor.bsky.social

My back has taken great exception to my rose-wrestling endeavours. Need to find out when my physio can fit me in. Meanwhile I'm glued to my hot water bottle!

Our latest contribution to the Writers Open House is another fabulous story from loyal supporter of our blog and talented author, Ronald Mackay. You can read Gerald's Piglets here: www.fd81.net/freds-blog/g... #welovememoirs #shortstory #amwriting #writingcommunity #iartg

A bumblebee enjoying my blueberry blossoms. Not sure if it’s an ‘early’ or ‘tree’ species but most welcome 🐝 #isleofwight #bumblebee #naturephotography

Come with me to the Caribbean, thirty years an expat 🏝️🐠🐬 High and Dry in the BVI amzn.to/3sSDfAP Treefrogs Can't Sing amzn.to/390O7Vb Don't Drop the Dolphin amzn.to/3Q6KsJl The Volcano, Montserrat and Me amzn.to/35IMZ6v

A beautiful morning for your first tightrope walk, go baby squirrel you got this 😂 #redsquirrel #isleofwight #naturephotography #mygarden

After several years of mechanical problems, unexpected setbacks and huge costs, we finally fared forth to France on our lovely little Dutch barge. But why the Shoe? Read on and find out by joining us on the first of many magical trips! amazon.co.uk/Faring-France-…#welovememoirsr#Memoirsr#Booksks

Happy Birthday David Attenborough! #art #drawing

One woman's quest to turn an empty hull into a home: Harbour Ways by Valerie Poore amazon.co.uk/dp/B00II55G26 #welovememoirs #BookMarkThis #Travel #BooksWorthReading

What happens if you throw caution to the winds, move continents and exchange a safe corporate job for life as a freelance teacher living on a rusty old barge? Join me on my life-changing adventure! Book 1 is just 99c amazon.com/dp/B0957DPKHW #welovememoirs #travel #lifeafloat

Two Old Fools Fair Dinkum from @victoriatwead.bsky.social is available on Amazon. bit.ly/OldFools-Fai... 💙📚 We can't believe it's so long since the last Old Fools book! #iloveaustralia #lovecentralcoast #OldFools #books #welovememoirs

Award-winning memoir from @fd81.bsky.social : Summer of '77: Beaches, bars and boogie nights in Ibiza 5* Easy to read, honest, and strangely addictive #welovememoirs #iartg #bynr #ibiza #travel #kindleunlimited

From popular WLM author, Beth Haslam: “We searched for a home in rural France. We accidentally found a domaine... And herds of indoor wildlife. Join my Fat Dogs and me to find out what happens. This story has barely begun!” 🐾 🇫🇷 #BooksWorthReading #BookBoost #ReadingNook bit.ly/FatDogs1

Lucky Jack is a memoir written by his granddaughter from a collection of newspaper column articles about this remarkable man. www.amazon.com/Lucky-Jack-1...

I suppose if this pre-order thing isn’t going to suck, I ought to badger some of you into pre-ordering the thing that you’re supposed to pre-order, only that isn’t really my way and it probably will just suck

This is independent Bookstore Day, for those who celebrate.

Yesterday’s bookstore crawl haul + indie bookstore day haul + Raven Kitty

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🚨 PRE-ORDER NOW! HIDE AND SEEK, the new SF action-adventure, out 28 April A sequel to Special Delivery – Book 2 in the 'Star Runners' series – Hide and Seek features a renegade crew on the run. It’s star-crew SciFi with pace, heart, & blasts of weapons-grade humour ➡️ mybook.to/HideSeek 💙📚🪐 #BookSky

Making my froffee coffee at the campsite.

Perfect spring reads!

These #travel and #boating books will introduce you to my special world of living aboard and cruising Europe’s canals. Come and join the adventure! Find them and my other memoirs here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D77WTCYP #Travel #BooksWorthReading #welovememoirs

A lovely book that combines beautiful scenic photography and sharp, witty poetry. Well done @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social!

A great offer from the gifted @bjornlarssen.com!

Always worth reading @sallycronin.bsky.social’s round up blogs!

Can’t wait to read this latest memoir from @peter-the-writer.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Health 2026 – Project 101 – Resilience – The importance of a healthy gut (part two) #Candida by Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/s...

I’m now out of Africa, but Africa will always be in me. 🐆🐘🦒 These are my memories of 20 wonderful years between 1981 and 2001.☺️🇿🇦 amazon.com/dp/B095BQ9FXN #welovememoirs #travel #SouthAfrica

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine - The Cookery Column with Carol Taylor - Cooking with Mince smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/s... @carolcookstwo.bsky.social

My review of @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social’s great new book! www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟

Another book I’ve loved so Much I’ve bought the paperback. Very highly recommended. It’s Just gorgeous!

Cruising canals is much more than romantic sunsets sipping drinks and sitting on deck. It can be quite exciting, albeit at a snail’s pace. 😆 For just 99c/p per book until the 10th March you can join us vicariously! #welovememoirs amzn.eu/d/05AwpNn9 amzn.eu/d/04XgCdVf amzn.eu/d/0dOuJdqm

These #travel and #boating books will introduce you to my special world of living aboard and cruising Europe’s canals. Come and join the adventure! Find them and my other memoirs here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0D77WTCYP #Travel #BooksWorthReading #welovememoirs

Sunday Book Review - Fragile: Epic #Fantasy World of the Five Kingdoms by Deborah Jay dgkayewriter.com/2026/04/11/s... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social