Blood Sacrifice by Douglas Jackson another 5* slice of Historical crime fiction set in Poland during WWII a richly atmospheric read, my review @dougwriter.bsky.social @canelobooks.bsky.social #BloodSacrifice #BookReview #BookSky

'This is art which is true to life at its worst but also at its most heroic.' The Scotsman's literary critic Allan Massie has chosen my novel Blood Sacrifice as one of his Books of the Year among a fabulous list. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

A Christmas cracker from the Crime Time gang, and Blood Sacrifice gets an honourable mention about eight m minutes from the end. 'I think it [The Warsaw Quartet] has the potential to be absolutely wonderful.' High praise indeed, from Maxim Jakubowski. podfollow.com/1556906895/e...

Work done, time to read, another favourite author is Doug Jackson, Blood Sacrifice is out now @dougwriter.bsky.social @canelobooks.bsky.social

My Top 10 reads of the year is prepped, incoming soon, one of the hardest years to choose from, I’ve read plenty of amazing books this year

Not every day your book appears between cracking reads by @sophiehannah.bsky.social and Chris Whitaker! My Ngaio Marsh Award-winning historical thriller RITUAL OF FIRE is just 99p during December: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

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Day 4 of Book Advent featuring some of my standout reads of the year @dougwriter.bsky.social #BookAdvent #BookSky

LIke many arts/culture freelancers on tenterhooks waiting to hear how funding decisions made by the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland affect our futures, I am available for work. Festival/event programming, writing, editing, interviews, etc. Get in touch if I can be of use, please!

Written 20 years ago, by Philip Pullman, if you're an ardent book person you probably read it at the time, and if not, worth reading now: BOOKS ARE NOT EGGS aka 'literary units' www.theguardian.com/books/2004/m...

'This is historical ‘noir’ at its most potent and a series that you will never forget, blood, torture and all.' A fabulous review of Blood Roses by Maxim Jakubowski on Crime Time. www.crimetime.co.uk/to-the-max-n...

The Scotsman's fantastic review of Blood Sacrifice. 'A novel of rare intelligence and ambition'.

Who knew my books would become a prime investment opportunity? If anyone's prepared to pay this much for a paperback, I have a box of them in the garage. I'll even sign them and call the £11.70 the delivery charge. 🤣 💰💰💰

Always special to come home to Goldsboro Books post, today it’s Douglas Jackson and Blood Sacrifice, looking forward to reading. One of today’s finest writers of historical fiction @goldsborobooks.bsky.social @dougwriter.bsky.social

Published tomorrow in the USA! 'Battle Song' in paperback. This is the first book in my Medieval England trilogy, set amid the turmoil of the Second Barons' War. The subsequent two books should get a US paperback release over the coming year!

I'm quite humbled by this fantastic review of Blood Sacrifice by Allan Massie in TheScotsman newspaper. 'One can confidently say that these first two novels [of the Warsaw Quartet] display an intelligence and ambition rare in Scottish fiction today.' www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Scotland’s ‘newest’ medieval bridge, Ancrum Old Bridge - now precisely dated using dendro-isotopes in collab with Swansea Uni. Discovered 2018 by local community group ADHS. I’ll reveal the date at ELBAC tomorrow, talks to be recorded. Can’t wait that long? See link in thread below #ScotDendro

Welcome to the lifeboat party! I'm D. V. Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. Love books, reading, and helping other writers. In my Copious Spare Time™ I write comics, lead three creative writing programmes, and am trying to finish a PhD. My fave film?

Happy publication day to me. I'll add the traditional embellishment to the trophy cabinet a bit later. Blood Roses is Book 2 of The Warsaw Quartet. Be fascinated to discover what everyone thinks of it.

This is such sad news. He was instrumental in kicking off my writing career when he intoned ‘And the Emperor Claudius rode in triumph on his elephant at Colchester’ on Simon Schama’s History of Britain. Such a lovely man. RIP, sir.

Anyone got a favourite book blogger / book reviewer who's active on Bluesky? Give them a shout out and we can get a Starter Pack going for this as well

I write about the circumstances of creating new work can imprint themselves on your perception of that work in my free author newsletter this week: dvbishop.substack.com/p/reality-vs... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Dunstanburgh Castle stands on an earlier IronAge promontory fort. #HillfortsWednesday

It’s R.L. Stevenson’s birthday, you Wyrdlings, so we give you: "Dualities and Doppelgängers" As your #WyrdWednesday topic! Gives us tales of Jekylls, Prague students, simulacra and all the other double lore you can find! Use the hashtag to appear in the feed 👻 🎨 by Steven Butler

If you enjoy reading historical fiction, you might like to give my acclaimed Valerius series a try. Nine books, seven emperors, countless enemies, one hero. Ancient Rome brought to life in all its bloody glory. pbs.twimg.com/media/GBT7U2...

Hi, I'm an author of historical novels, crime fiction and mystery thrillers. I've just moved here to shamelessly plug my books, be awed by nature and disappointed at politicians. If you use 'woke' as an insult don't bother following me. Otherwise, all welcome. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Dougl...