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

Welcome another week with #MosaicMonday

Awesome!

There’s a new David Wishart out! How did I not know this? www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Water-D...

Hey #BookSky 💙📚, have you seen this??!!

My article on the detective in Ancient Rome is now live on Aspects of Crime. Are you a Falco fan? A Gordianus groupie? aspectsofcrime.com/the-ancient-...

My one-act play 'Whose Crime Is It Anyway?' is published by StageScripts Ltd. Imminently suitable for amateur dramatics groups, and high schools. Performed worldwide (Thanks Wisconsin!) #theatre #playwright #murdermystery #amateurdramatics #drama www.stagescripts.com/products/who...

This is a wonderful series! Thoroughly recommended to anyone who enjoys #histfic

It's been a great week with you all, @womenwritersnet.bsky.social community! Here’s @valeriavescina.bsky.social in Switzerland signing out and handing over to @annehamilton.bsky.social in Scotland!

I just love this Roman copper alloy whatever-it-is. Decorations for the tack of a beloved cavalry horse ? Or alien life form that was caught in the metal?

#WorldTourismDay ✈️ Exploring Western Crete's Archaeological Treasures www.worldhistory.org/article/1391...

The Latin word for dad joke is laughterfamilias.

"the writing is just magical and carries you away right into the period. Every single detail and word feels perfect." #Review http://mybook.to/tkoc2##Review ##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##AnneBoleyn ##KU ##BooksWorthReading ##WomensHistory

On Saturday, 27 September, join Heather Darwent and Rupa Mahadevan for Nail Biters: Celebrating the Women in and Behind Modern thrillers! This is part of the Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival. Tickets are £10-£13, and you can purchase yours at:

Great to hear Thea Gilmore talking about Jake Thackray here: youtu.be/mG5TAjpY80o?...

Exciting! Hope it all goes well.

#BookReview of #WildSwans: Three Daughter of China by Jung Chang www.swirlandthread.com/wild-swans-j... via @maireadhearne.bsky.social

Look at the fascinating strings of shadows cast by this copper alloy chicken in Corinium Museum, Cirencester. #RomanBritain

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ September 25, 2025 – rogueclassicism rogueclassicism.com/2025/09/25/r...

Ah! Beast is a take on the Faust myth, via the Thomas Mann novel. It came from my question: what if the musician who went to the crossroads to make a deal with the devil (Robert Johnson, Paganini, Leverkuhn) wasn’t seeking fame, but simply wanted to reach into the divine in service of their music?

Visited Mum and Dad, got sent home with childhood treasure!

Lots of lovely mosaics at Corinium Museum, Cirencester!

At Corinium Museum, a Roman candlestick tries in vain to creep away before I can photograph it

A new interview published on the “Aspects of Crime”website: aspectsofcrime.com/author_inter...

The best thing about being a teacher was running the school bookshop

❀༻ Books Worth Reading༺❀ •´¸.•*´¨)✯ ¸.•*¨) ✮ ( ¸.•´✶ Yellow Bird’s Song By Heather Miller *´¨✫) maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/09/yell... #HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #bookoftheday 💙📚 @histficcompany.bsky.social

It's time for a new Bradecote and Catchpoll historical mystery. I'm reviewing Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood #historicalmystery #bookreview @AllisonandBusby

Oh what a great day this is! The Maiden of Florence has made the last 12 on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown award #longlist! #historicalfiction #renaissance #Firenze @fairlightbooks.bsky.social

I know it’s rubbish - but I love Monte Testaccio in Rome. Look at all those broken amphorae! I walked to the top once, in 1986.

Vesuvius from a Pompeian street in 2000

Ancient Ostian garage - owner still hopeful that “it’ll come in handy some day”.

Bug on an apple I picked from the garden this morning

Honestly, some of the best views in Rome are from the Palatine Hill.

#authorsky #LiteraryArt #writerscommunity #writerslife #amwritingfantasy

20 years ago

Happy 20th Anniversary #Supernatural! What a ride!

Today is Supernatural Day.

On a marathon read of Patricia Cornwell and am now at the stage where I want to go out and drop litter just to annoy Scarpetta

I’ve just rescued these from the loft. Now I need to find my Walkman…

Ghostly autumnal moon slightly spoiled by the bird feeder photo bombing.

This looks really interesting - congratulations!

Another newsletter has just gone out full of interesting snippets - crabapple jelly, a Roman sunhat and Ben Bergonzi’s debut novel - sign up at fionaforsythauthor.co.uk

Frannie doing her thing

All that jam-making and it’s going fast… the crabapple jelly is decidedly firm but cracking on toast

Before the rain arrived my courgette flowered a last hooray.

Mallery & Hobbs Murder Case # 1 is currently just 99p on Kindle! Set in France, it’s highly addictive! mybook.to/Isobel

If you are able to visit Bolton this weekend, not only does the museum have a Roman sunhat, there is also a Food festival.

I'd like to thank author Gemma Lawrence @glawrence.bsky.social for interviewing me on 'The Write Stuff': lawrenceg.substack.com/p/the-write-... #bookcommunity #books #histfic #HistoricalFiction #authors #authorinterview #Booksky 💙📚

Just backed the wonderfully droll and delightful Space Captain: Captain of Space by @chrisbaldie.bsky.social on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/chr...