Opportunities to meet The King's Mother coming up this month and next. Join us? Details of all events at www.anniegarthwaite.com/events.

It may be September, but the summer of reading carries on. #Cecily just 99p on Kindle all month. Buy here tinyurl.com/juk3sdfa then tell your friends! #ThekingsMother #Historicalfiction #warsoftheroses #richardiii

Calling all London friends of #Cecily and #TheKingsMother. Join us at Waterstones Trafalgar Square at 7pm on 18 September. We'd love to see you there. Tickets and details at tickets at: tinyurl.com/bdatrazp #Cecily #TheKingsMother

CALLING LONDON! The King's Mother comes to her capital. Join us at Waterstones Trafalgar Square. 7pm, 18 Sept. Details and tickets at: tinyurl.com/bdatrazp #Cecily #TheKingsMother

#OTD1485 at #Bosworth, the death of #RichardIII and the birth of the #Tudor dynasty. For #Cecily, matriarch of York, it was the final defeat. A defeat masterminded by #HenryTudor's mother #MargaretBeaufort. Henry defeated Richard. Margaret brought down the House of York. Oh, these fierce women!

Thanks to allwho came to see #TheKingsMother and me at #StTorneysChurch, Cornwall last week. This great church (with links to Ed IV's daughter, Catherine) was packed to the gunwales and a great time was had. For details of events for rest of the year anniegarthwaite.com/events

JUST ONE WEEK TO GO! The King's Mother is just 99p on Kindle until 31 July. Perfect to read in bed or on holiday. Or in bed on holiday!

Fantastic time at Harvington Hall History Festival yesterday with the ever-dynamic @nicolatallis.bsky.social. Fabulous festival expertly mc'd by @joannadurrant.bsky.social. Thanks to all at Harvington - and to the wonderful audience! @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social @harvingtonhall.bsky.social

Full room for @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social and @nicolatallis.bsky.social talking about Mothers-in-War: the women about the Wars of the Roses @harvingtonhall.bsky.social

What a brilliant first day back hosting @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival! So lovely to share a stage with Dr Helen Castor @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social @nicolatallis.bsky.social @nathenamin.bsky.social @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social AND meet Little Humph @harvingtoncats.bsky.social

Hello Penny! Lovely to see you there last night! I had a great time and hope you did too! x

A great conversation with Carol Ann. Listen in as we chat about powerful women in the 15th century. @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

Do not miss this one! I've liked Jennifer Saint's books from the start and Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits is one of my Hist Fic Top Ten of all time! They're on at @burylitfest.bsky.social on the same day as me. Make a day of it!

I'm thrilled to be appearing at this year's Bury St Edmunds Lit Fest. Have you seen the programme? It looks great - and gloriously expansive! Take a look at www.burylitfest.co.uk. See you there? @burylitfest.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

#GettingAway, the much anticipated 3rd novel by Costa-shortlisted author @katesawyer.bsky.social is out 3 July. It's so good. This guest blog explains her inspirations for a novel about holidays that you'll want to put straight in your suitcase. Read at www.anniegarthwaite.com/blog/katesawyer

2025 #bookreview 12/n 💙📚 Cecily by @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social Wars of the Roses as a lethal game of chess, played by fierce Cecily, wife/advisor to Duke of York, who builds alliances, wrong-foots enemies, uses daughters as pawns, trains sons as knights & future kings amid 15thC cold, mud & gore.

July's almost here and #TheKingsMother will be visiting some great locations on her royal progress. Join us if you can. Details of all these events and more at www.anniegarthwaite.com/events

Thrilled to partner with Elizabeth Fremantle to talk about Dangerous Women - those who did far more than expected, over-stepped the rules or threatened the power of men. My favourite subject! Join us in Kenilworth. Details at tinyurl.com/ydtey9mj

How lovely when readers get in touch! x

It's King's Mother Day! Why not pop out to your favourite bookshop this morning for your audience with this great lady? This evening will find me celebrating at Wallingford Books. Join me? For details of this and all events on The Kings Mother Tour, go to www.anniegarthwaite.com/events.

#OTD 1456: Birth of Anne Neville, youngest daughter of the Warwick the Kingmaker, wife to Richard III. Crowned alongside him in 1483. Died March 1485, less than a year after the death of her only son and 5 months before Richard's defeat at Bosworth. #AnneNeville #RichardIII #ThjeKingsMother

Just two days until #TheKingsMother makes her appearance in paperback. The launch day event will be at the wonderful Wallingford Bookshop on 12 June. Details at tinyurl.com/52xz4jpt. Or, for details of the full summer tour, go to anniegarthwaite.com/events.

Which one are you??? @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social throws down the gauntlet and asks what you would do to get your son onto the throne? "The King's Mother" - This is the one battlefield Wars of the Roses that you really need to know about

On the eve of #TheKingsMother's paperback publication, I'll be bringing her back to her 15th-century home - Ludlow. Join us in the Castle Bookshop's Secret Garden - there'll be wine and early copies of the book will be on sale. See you there! Tickets at castlebookshopludlow.co.uk/events-2025....

NEW DATES ADDED!!! Join The King's Mother and me on this summer's tour. North, south, east, west. See you... somewhere! Details of all events at www.anniegarthwaite.com/events

Canterbury Cathedral The royal family in a window commissioned by Edward IV, in 1480. Badly damaged in 1643, and rearranged and restored late 18th century. #StainedGlassSunday

#OTD 31 May 1443, birth of #MargaretBeaufort, mother of #HenryVII. #OTD 1495, death of #CecilyNeville, mother of #EdwardIV and #RichardIII. Read the story of these remarkable women, bound together by friendship and betrayal, in #TheKingsMother. Pre-order at linktr.ee/thekingsmother

Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival Box Office is now open for supporters! Become a supporter to access our biggest programme of events with a 20% Early Bird discount now! www.burylitfest.co.uk or sign-up to our newsletter to get early access in June!: burystedmundsliteraturefestival.eo.page/8ssx2

Big night at the @hatchards.bsky.social Authors of the Year event. Great to catch up with super-talented @floracarr.bsky.social (read The Tower if you haven't already) and to meet @emilyhowes.bsky.social for the first time - my copy of The Painter's Daughters is on order! Much talent in the room!

Three weeks until #TheKingsMother appears in paperback. Get ready by reading my reflections on the careers of the four powerful mothers at the heart of the story - each prepared to do anything to secure the throne for their sons. Read at tinyurl.com/ycxuenan

#TheKingsMother is out in paperback next month. We're going on tour to celebrate! Join us at one of these fabulous summer events. Details of these and more at www.anniegarthwite.com/events. See you there!

On 12 June - publication day for #TheKingsMother in paperback - I'll be at Wallingford bookshop in Oxfordshire - a town steeped in history. Come join us! Details and tickets here tinyurl.com/yd2php9d

#TheKingsMother makes her appearance in paperback 4 weeks from today! Time to catch up with Cecily in the end game of the #WarsoftheRoses. Pre-order at linkt.ee/thekingsmother. And, if you haven't read Casati's #Baylonia - about Assyria's 1st queen - it's out in paperback already!

The #KingsMother will be out on 12 June - just in time to be tucked into your summer holiday suitcase! Perfect for the beach, the pool, or to make that long haul flight whizz by. Pre-order your copy to be sure at linktr.ee/thekingsmother You'll find my summer events there too!

#OTD 1471 The Battle of Tewkesbury, where #EdwardIV's army clashed with #MargueriteofAnjou. Edward regained his crown, and Marguerite's son, Edouard, lost his life. #TheKingMother

#OTD 1415: Birth of #CecilyNeville, matriarch of the #HouseofYork. She would live 80 years and survive the #WarsoftheRoses. #OTD 1446: Birth of Cecily's daughter, Margaret, who became Duchess of Burgundy and saved the duchy from French invasion after the death of her husband.

So looking forward to Monty Lit Fest. Where better to launch The Kings Mother in paperback?!

#OTD 1465. The crowing of #ElizabethWoodville as #EdwardIV's queen. The marriage that brought her to queenship would later be declared bigamous and her children bastards. A teetering pinnacle indeed. #TheKingsMother #Cecily

#OTD 1442: Birth of Edward IV. In 1461 he would become England's first Yorkist king.

Saltblood - the most enjoyable historical fiction I've read in a while. Nuanced, character-driven and far more than the swashbuckling adventure story you might expect. Nuanced, character-driven and beautifully written. Now out in paperback - pop to the shops and buy one!

#OTD 1471: Cecily awaits news of the #BattleofBarnet in which her sons - Edward, George and Richard - fight. They survive. Her nephews the Earl of Warwick and his brother John, who fought against them, do not. As ever in these brutal wars, families are tragically divided.

Many of you know I'm a big supporter of the work Arvon does - especially providing writing opps & retreats for underprivileged kids. Funds are urgently needed to restore one of Arvon's teaching centres. Help if you can - it really matters! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lumbbank @arvonfoundation

What a line up! Proud to be part of it!

Montgomery Literature Festival is the UK's most perfectly located book event. Come to this perfect little town with its castle, bookshop, tearooms and Michelin Star restaurant. I'd make a weekend of it if I were you! I'll be there Sunday morning, 8 June! montylitfest.com?page_id=7611

What an honour! Last night I gave a talk about the women who shaped Richard III's life and legacy at Leicester Cathedral. All part of the celebrations to mark 10 years sin e Ri hard's reburial. Thank you to the cathedral for inviting me and to everyone who came along. I'll never forget it!

So pleased to say that my lovely friends at @kibworthbooks.bsky.social will be handling book sales at this wonderful event at Leicester Cathedral. Tickets are selling fast so hurry to book, and to buy signed copies of #Cecily and #TheKingsMother tinyurl.com/yjy6rw7s

Words To Live By Number 199

ICYMI: Kit de Waal will headline a new literary festival taking place in East and West Sussex, spotlighting the work of female writers over the age of 50 👇

Happy #InternationalWomensDay. On 0/3 my talk in Leicester l will turn history on its head by looking at #RichardIII's life & legacy through the eyes of the women who shaped them. Not the men, and certainly not Shakespeare. Discover Richard's Women. tinyurl.com/yjy6rw7s

Tim was my tutor on the Warwick MA - his own books are pretty damn good too! x