Thanks to my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social for stocking trade supplier Gardners with copies of my latest #book. It will now be back in #bookshops across the UK.

I guess we're never too old to start something new @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...

I always wondered why grandfather wore suit, waistcoat and time when sitting on the beach at Walton on the Naze. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

The pennies are dropping @wiltonsquare.bsky.social as the thrust of my next book becomes clear open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Order your copy of the paperback of my latest book before midnight & enjoy a 25% discount. That's a great deal for a book that says so much about our rural past & what lies ahead @wiltonsquare.bsky.social: shorturl.at/2ByiE

Here's a challenge for a Thursday afternoon @wiltonsquare.bsky.social @troopersnooks.bsky.social - How far can this brilliant offer from @waterstones.bsky.social s for a must read book about rural life go if everyone who sees it, shares it? shorturl.at/2ByiE

Seeing the play Akenfield at the weekend, reminded me of something George Ewart Evans wrote, after meeting retired Suffolk farmer James Seeley. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

So much news, about climate change denial & extracting more, not less oil and gas, can be depressing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. But pre-order a copy of my book from @waterstones.bsky.social, get 25% off & discover why I'm so positive about the futurel shorturl.at/2ByiE

Did you have these when you were at school? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

As winter nears, let's prepare for spring with this @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlisted exploration of social change in rural #Suffolk. Order from @waterstones.bsky.social today, get a discount & your copy will arrive when the daffs are in bloom! shorturl.at/2ByiE @wiltonsquare.bsky.social

Look what my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has arranged with @waterstones.bsky.social. The chance to pre-order the paperback edition of my latest book for less than a tenner! Order here: shorturl.at/2ByiE

Research for my next book is now under steam @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & promises to be anything but boring! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

An autumn Saturday is a time for reflection, putting me in the right mood to hear Simon Barnes speak in Aldeburgh this morning open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

We were chuffed that Hilary Taylor took the runner-up award at last week’s New Angle Prize, and that four of the six shortlisted books – by @robertashton.bsky.social, @katharineq.bsky.social & Amanda Addison – are now published by us or our sister company @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. Full story ⤵️

Brilliant to pop into @shuckhappens.bsky.social l at #Minories #Colchester today @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & be told that they loved my latest book; they even remembered my name! #ProudAuthorMoment #ColchesterBookEvent?

After a period of creative constipation, when a new book begins to emerge, you have to go with it, so today I am writing in a rather nice hotel at #Lavenham

There's more to Leiston than meets the eye! See what I discovered last night here: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Tonight's New Angle Prize dinner has prompted me to reflect on my relationship with #Suffolk, the place I call my home. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Still celebrating the marvellous Leiston Book Festival on Saturday and the insights into nature, our landscape and writers before now who have captured our imaginations. Thank you for asking me to host. I absolutely loved it. @robertashton.bsky.social #leiston

I wonder what's the furthest someone's travelled to attend a #literaryfestival? We had a couple who'd come over from #California to attend ours yesterday! robertashton.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...

I'm expecting to visit @shoemakersmuseum.bsky.social as I dig deeper into what made early Quaker firms so successful open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Looking forward to this weekend and the #Leiston Book Festival which has now SOLD OUT! www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk

I have a soft spot for Tiptree jam. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

If you want a ticket for Leiston’s Book Festival, you need to be quick as we’ve nearly sold out open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Do you like exploring graveyards? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I've always taken my knees for granted - and then they got be banned from entering a church! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I think I came to @quaker.org.uk by a process of long term, gradual exposure! robertashton.substack.com/p/bankers-fa...

Wind can make me unpopular, but for a cow it can be fatal as two early 20th century Suffolk writers explained: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Reading the 1926 History of Barclays Bank, I learn that it's @quaker.org.uk roots run deep, as do it's connection to the black spread eagle open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

What do a concert pianist & a parlour maid have in common? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Why do we keep some things for decades, but throw other stuff away? robertashton.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...

Generosity is good, to too generous and people won't learn how to do things for themselves, as John Middleton-Murray discovered in the 1940s open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Been reflecting this morning on wearing shorts and choosing when to die. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

There are just 38 tickets left for this year's Leiston Book Festival, so if you're thinking of coming along on 20th September, please sign up quickly or risk disappointment: www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk

Living with a diabetic has done nothing to change my dislike of needles! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

This book has been patiently waiting on my bookshelf for 40+ years @chuckdalldorf.bsky.social. A chance comment by my new publisher & the penny dropped. Now my next book can take shape.

Been thinking about phone boxes open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Next time you learn a cow’s name, ask how it came to have. Reading my late father-in-law’s milk record book, I had a surprise! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Rules are those lines on a page you're meant to follow. I don't! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I wonder if adding more pictures will boost readership? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I've learnt a new word open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I've been re-reading my grandmothers school exercise book, into which she copied poems she had to learn and recite. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I needed to scan an old photo for something @longshop.bsky.social, which prompted me to write this: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Sometimes, it feels right to share something deeply personal open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Since Sunday, my head has been filled with thoughts about a possible #OralHistory project! Any advice? robertashton.substack.com/p/recording-...

It's always nice to find your name in the front of a book! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Most Sundays start with a 20 mile bike ride, leaving at six & pausing as I leave #Aldeburgh to think about #aspiration, #creativity & #power. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Fascinating to see how the shed where once I mucked out pigs, is how a desirable holiday cottage. Is that progress? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I'm a pioneer, so not someone with the skills or patience for the long haul. Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Several familiar names pop up in Rider Haggard's account of the state of farming in 1901 open.substack.com/pub/robertas...