A round up of crime books from the year - maybe some Christmas present ideas there? aspectsofcrime.com/aspects-of-c...

In all the hospital chaos, I completely forgot that this is on Free Promo this week! 😂😂😂 Anyway, dive in and enjoy! 😎🤙🏻 🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨ #booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor #horrorsky

A trilogy for the price of that cup of coffee that keeps being used for comparison! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R4VTKG9?

Hey #WritingCommunity! Your holiday shopping isn't finished until you check out the books by these authors. @lindawatkins.bsky.social @johnfleonard.bsky.social @lawrencemoore.bsky.social @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social @pmosbornewriter.bsky.social @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social

Always nice to get a present… fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/an-early-s...

Some lovely news overnight: a silver medal from The Coffee Pot Book Club!

It’s here! Yay, @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx...

Had a lovely evening going through my Geoffrey Trease collection. Favourite children’s author, anyone?

A useful guide to gifts for #histfic fans @thatphoenicia.bsky.social @elizabethrandersen.bsky.social @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/i-have-eno...

Sailing into Istanbul this morning

Troy! fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/far-on-the...

Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...

Cats. Lots of cats. open.substack.com/pub/fionafor...

Storm over Samos

I did not expect this in Rhodes!

More photos on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/fionafor...

Crete was beautiful

A visit to Athens’ National Archaeological Museum. It is packed with amazing treasures - I saw the Antikythera Mechanism for the first time.

Early morning Piraeus

Time for a cosy #Roman #murdermystery that also happens to be on offer! mybook.to/nWepGI

Start the new week with a new book! And if you love a good #mystery laced with the #supernatural, I have just the thing… mybook.to/Ruins £1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU 🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨ #booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor

For all those getting fed up with #editing: fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/notes-from...

Day 30 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Yes, I think the Pythiai in my Oracle of Delphi series WIP are brave. They lived in a time when they had little freedom - yet more than most women - and had less power than the lowest man. Yet they were highly valued for speaking truths. #WritingCommunity

Still feeling the loss of NaNoWriMo? Other groups have taken up the challenge to make November work for writers. www.virtualwriters.org/moxie-madnes...

For my writer friends... Writer Beware did an article on the recent spate of fake book clubs trying to scam writers out of cash. Read this...it's quite enlightening. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r... #writers #writingcommunity #writing

Morning #skywriters! We’re into the pre-release phase for my spooky mystery, Ruins. The MS is uploaded. The files are locked down. No more changes possible before release. Three days to go! Check it out here: mybook.to/Ruins 🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨ #booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor

I love shepherd.com! A lovely peaceful corner of online that is all about books.

Read my interview with Natalie Haynes by subscribing to aspectsofhistory.com/wp-content/u...

I could definitely use the help! www.christianakins.com/grimportents

Text from a friend: “why don’t you put Poetic Justice in for the new Booker Prize for Children?” I’m bemused.

I finish off the Hortencia Substack with a dramatized version of her speech: open.substack.com/pub/fionafor...

A new Substack #amazingwomen #Romanhistory fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/daffers-me...

A beautiful relief in the National Museum in Edinburgh - near the Millenium Clock which is fun. #reliefWednesday

New out today! The latest episode of the Slice of Medieval #podcast in which @thehistorybits.bsky.social and I talk to Sara Cockerill about Edward I's queen, Eleanor of Castile. #History #medieval bit.ly/47nr4kt

Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!

We're doing a conference on the Early Medieval Period and demand that you buy tickets and then share this post immediately. sussexpast.co.uk/event/the-su...

Heads up #BookSky 💙📚! If you haven't read Caroline's story, you're missing out. It's incredible!

Lovely ceramic doll from Ancient Greece at the Edinburgh Museum

To celebrate #InternationalArchaeologyDay I’ve explored the incredible ruins of the Baths of Caracalla not far from ancient Rome’s Circus Maximus. Caracalla’s mega complex included exercise areas, a 50M long swimming pool, a temple to Mithras, and a space where 6,000 Romans could relax. 📸 my own.

⚔️ Spies, secrets, and survival against the odds in the dangerous world of Elizabethan England. “Tony Riches brings history to life in his gripping Elizabethan Series.” mybook.to/TheElizabeth... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

"One of the best books I have ever read! Almost the whole of English history, told through the eyes of generations and generations of the same family." Review http://mybook.to/tboh ##HistoricalFiction ##medieval ##Vikings ##wotr ##kindle ##KU

KINDLE SALE!! ONLY .99!!! The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark. amzn.to/48KZn3N #BlueSkyReaders #BooksToRead #ReadMoreBooks #Amreading #Mustread #Ebook #Kindle #KindleUnlimited

After 43 years of professional art, something that always bothered me is that creativity/artistic skill are "non-quantifiable." Most clients and especially corporate execs have no idea how I do what I do. They cannot understand why what takes me 1 day on this project may take me a week on another.

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview - it made me think about what it is about crime fiction that appeals. #crimefiction #ancientrome aspectsofcrime.com/author_inter...

#Writers of #Warrington! A free event on Saturday:

Doughnut drama

At Xitter and Facebook, scammers claiming to offer “marketing services” to writers are rampant – and like vermin sneaking aboard a ship they're following us here. Let’s stop ‘em with this handy moderation list! #authorsky bsky.app/profile/inventingrea...

Livia is looking grim in my latest Substack #Romanwomen fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/old-women

Welcome another week with #MosaicMonday