Fiona Forsyth
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Historical fiction author and Rome geek, SoA, CWA, HWA
https://substack.com/@fionaforsyth1
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A trilogy for the price of that cup of coffee that keeps being used for comparison!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R4VTKG9
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Lucius Sestius Mysteries
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A round up of crime books from the year - maybe some Christmas present ideas there?
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Aspects of Crime - Favourites of 2025 - Aspects of Crime
Some reads are simply unforgettable, and I guess we all have particular favourites, the kind of books that stay with us. Every year I add a handful of titles to my, now long list, living rent free in ...
https://aspectsofcrime.com/aspects-of-crime-favourites-of-2025/
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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
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A trilogy for the price of that cup of coffee that keeps being used for comparison!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R4VTKG9
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Lucius Sestius Mysteries
Visit Amazon's Lucius Sestius Mysteries page and shop for all Lucius Sestius Mysteries books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of Lucius Sestius Mysteries
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09R4VTKG9?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1765113050&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tkin
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Writing Community
10 days ago
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
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Always nice to get a present…
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An early Saturnalia present
io Saturnalia!
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/an-early-saturnalia-present
13 days ago
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Some lovely news overnight: a silver medal from The Coffee Pot Book Club!
16 days ago
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It’s here! Yay,
@nationalbooktokens.bsky.social
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Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
https://hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx?competition=22#
21 days ago
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Had a lovely evening going through my Geoffrey Trease collection. Favourite children’s author, anyone?
22 days ago
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A useful guide to gifts for
#histfic
fans
@thatphoenicia.bsky.social
@elizabethrandersen.bsky.social
@alexgoughauthor.bsky.social
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"I have enough books"
said nobody ever.
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/i-have-enough-books
30 days ago
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Sailing into Istanbul this morning
about 1 month ago
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Troy!
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Far on the ringing plains…
Obligatory wooden horse pic:
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/far-on-the-ringing-plains
about 1 month ago
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Greg Woolf
about 1 month ago
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology
@cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
will be Open Access
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Cambridge University Press
https://view.updates.cambridge.org/?qs=85c24bbd776519df7adcf1c84aaf68478d3876649501f02c2683472bbca2eb0ca5dee3568f630d241e5251dd1657f8c369cbba24d7c087e4bfd63f0f205accbb0690033ad7502b025d1bb88b8b62a04c&fbclid=IwY2xjawOBqPJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeDDoHfV3KzdQuAiV3rOV0U-_dlZYN02_c8RLA36ghvoHBxwErgUzVPWPEGAE_aem_ePyxWS1St-0A1EXh-MqyxA
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Cats. Lots of cats.
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Ephesus
and cats
https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaforsyth/p/ephesus?r=17skcw&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Day 3: Rhodes
Sailing into harbor as the sun rose was a beautiful introduction to Rhodes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaforsyth/p/day-3-rhodes?r=17skcw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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Storm over Samos
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about 1 month ago
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I did not expect this in Rhodes!
about 1 month ago
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More photos on my Substack:
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Day 2: Heraklion
A gorgeous sunrise as we came into Heraklion was the reward for insomnia.
https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaforsyth/p/day-2-heraklion?r=17skcw&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Crete was beautiful
about 1 month ago
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A visit to Athens’ National Archaeological Museum. It is packed with amazing treasures - I saw the Antikythera Mechanism for the first time.
about 1 month ago
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Early morning Piraeus
about 1 month ago
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Time for a cosy
#Roman
#murdermystery
that also happens to be on offer!
mybook.to/nWepGI
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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
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For all those getting fed up with
#editing
:
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Notes from my past self…
Or: editing is not working
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/notes-from-my-past-self
about 2 months ago
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Diane Youngblood
about 2 months ago
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
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Still feeling the loss of NaNoWriMo? Other groups have taken up the challenge to make November work for writers.
www.virtualwriters.org/moxie-madnes...
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Moxie Madness 2025
We're thrilled to announce the return of our super-charged writing challenge, Moxie Madness!
https://www.virtualwriters.org/moxie-madness-2025/
about 2 months ago
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Jonathan Maberry
about 2 months ago
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
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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/return-of-the-nigerian-prince-redux-beware-book-club-and-book-review-scams/
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Gary Kruse
about 2 months ago
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
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I love
shepherd.com
! A lovely peaceful corner of online that is all about books.
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about 2 months ago
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Read my interview with Natalie Haynes by subscribing to
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about 2 months ago
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MechaniChris
about 2 months ago
I could definitely use the help!
www.christianakins.com/grimportents
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Grim Portents — Christian Akins
https://www.christianakins.com/grimportents
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Text from a friend: “why don’t you put Poetic Justice in for the new Booker Prize for Children?” I’m bemused.
about 2 months ago
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I finish off the Hortencia Substack with a dramatized version of her speech:
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Hortensia's speech
This follows on from Wednesday’s Substack post.
https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaforsyth/p/hortensias-speech?r=17skcw&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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A new Substack
#amazingwomen
#Romanhistory
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Daffers meets Hortensia
When I was twenty, at my women-only, left-wing feminist college I was surrounded by confident and brilliant women.
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/daffers-meets-hortensia?r=17skcw
about 2 months ago
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A beautiful relief in the National Museum in Edinburgh - near the Millenium Clock which is fun.
#reliefWednesday
about 2 months ago
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Derek Birks
about 2 months ago
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
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Persiflage
about 2 months ago
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!
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Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre
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!
https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/thurrock-council-stop-google-data-centre/
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
about 2 months ago
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...
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The Sussex Archaeological Society Conference - Sūþseaxna: New Research from the Early Medieval Record - Sussex Past
The Sussex Archaeological Society's Annual Conference: Sūþseaxna: New Research from the Early Medieval Record on Saturday 8 November at University of Sussex.
https://sussexpast.co.uk/event/the-sussex-archaeological-society-conference-suthseaxna-new-research-from-the-early-medieval-record/
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Persiflage
about 2 months ago
Heads up
#BookSky
💙📚! If you haven't read Caroline's story, you're missing out. It's incredible!
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Lovely ceramic doll from Ancient Greece at the Edinburgh Museum
about 2 months ago
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Kate Sheehan-Finn
about 2 months ago
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.
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Tony Riches
2 months ago
⚔️ 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
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Judith Arnopp
2 months ago
"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
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Brook Allen
2 months ago
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
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Maxwell Graf
2 months ago
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.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this interview - it made me think about what it is about crime fiction that appeals.
#crimefiction
#ancientrome
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2 months ago
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#Writers
of
#Warrington
! A free event on Saturday:
2 months ago
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Doughnut drama
2 months ago
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
2 months ago
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
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Livia is looking grim in my latest Substack
#Romanwomen
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Old women
Over the years, I have noted several Roman women who lived to a great age.
https://fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/old-women
2 months ago
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Welcome another week with
#MosaicMonday
2 months ago
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