Yeah this is one of those reads that’s quite lovely to read out loud

#BookSky 💙📚 Book Dude Book of the Day @danzep.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

For anyone who missed the recent series of curated events by Jean Sprackland, you can watch back on the Manchester Poetry Library's YouTube site. Find Helen McGhie and Dan Richards here: @danzep.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=idoT...

Another wonderful evening of image, sound & writing from Manchester's Poetry Library last night, with Jean Sprackland's final event in her curated series Night Vision. A fantastic presentation of Helen McGhie's work & conversation & readings from @danzep.bsky.social - hosted by Andrew McMillan.

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In the last event of the series, Jean Sprackland is joined by @danzep.bsky.social and Helen McGhie to discuss all things darkness and night time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/night-visi... #BookSky

Thursday at Manchester Poetry Library - online link Join Jean Sprackland for the third in her curated series of events at the Poetry Library for Night Vision. This week she is joined by the brilliant @danzep.bsky.social & Helen McGhie to talk all things darkness & night www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Tom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future? #booksky

Spent today writing Christmas cards. A ritual I very much enjoy.

Next week at Manchester Poetry Library & Online - the wonderful Dan Richards & Helen McGhie are in conversation with Jean Sprackland. In celebration of the night & all things darkness. The 3rd in Jean's specially curated series for Night Vision. #BookSky @danzep.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social

in-person tickets at Manchester Poetry Library: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

The upcoming third of three curated events by Jean Sprackland to celebrate the launch of her new non-fiction book Night Vision, is on 4th December. In conversation with @danzep.bsky.social & Helen McGhie, to discuss all things night & darkness. Online tickets: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

We need your help. @waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith. Please read on for more information www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908... (1/2)

A piece about @railway200.bsky.social, Vintage Trains and my grandfather’s service on the TPO night mails ran with the Observer yesterday observer.co.uk/style/travel...

My essay about the joy of the night train is up on The Winding Trail, a long read for a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning, dreaming about adventures past and journeys to come… the-winding-trail.com/2025/07/25/t...

We have three copies of Jean Sprackland's 'Night Vision' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @jonathancape.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!

in person tickets for Jean Sprackland's book launch, with Karen Solie: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

Join Nicholas JR White and I at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social - 12:45, Tuesday 18th November - for a talk about how we're aiming to follow in the wake of Alfred Buckham's aerial photography (available to attend in-person & online) www.nationalgalleries.org/event/two-me...

If you are tall enough to see over the paywall, my story 'Bee Box' is up on the @irishtimes.com now, after coming second in @themothmagazine.bsky.social The Moth Short Story Prize. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Little piece on darkness by Sprackland mère, ahead of the publication of her new book, Night Vision. www.penguin.co.uk/books/453167... @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Recorded at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Read On this week features Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social on Overnight and Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis. Plus books in RNIB Library by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8792883 @danzep.bsky.social

Don't miss author, journalist & researcher @dominicmhinde.bsky.social in conversation with Dan Richards about his new book, 'Drifting north' at @portybooks.bsky.social #Edinburgh on the 4th Nov. In-person & livestream tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/domin... #booksky

Be sure to check out @danzep.bsky.social brilliant books too - Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark is Dan Richards latest book, a celebration of all things nocturnal, of those who labour while the rest of us sleep...Find out more at this link www.stanfords.co.uk/overnight-jo...

You can still book tickets for @danzep.bsky.social 's talk at the UK's friendliest literary festival, Gladfest, for just £15! 📖 Saturday 6 Sept 11.30am-12.30pm 📖 Dan's new book 'Overnight: Journeys, Conversations & Stories After Dark' will change the way you think about the hours after dark. 1/2

There are certain pieces I'll always go and hear if they're played at the Proms. Mostly, it's Beethoven's 9th and The Rite of Spring, but there was a rarer treat today: Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. I've loved it since I took a punt on a 2nd hand copy 35 years ago.

We're taking a closer look at some of the fantastic events happening at Gladfest 2025! On Saturday 6th September, join us for a talk on 'Overnight' by Dan Richards! 1/4

Save the date! Join us on September 3rd with Travel Writers Monisha Rajesh and Dan Richards for a not-to-missed event celebrating Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train , Monisha Rajesh's highly anticipated new book about the magic of night trains 🚂 www.stanfords.co.uk/event-moonli...

Two very different takes on long nights: Sarah Ward’s Quiet Bones, a thriller steeped in tension, and Dan Richards’ Overnight, an interesting journey through life lived after dark ✍️ Desmond Clifford

Thanks to David Robinson at @scotsman.com for this lovely review of my conversation with the Reverend Richard Coles at @edbookfest.bsky.social yesterday.

The new Observer keeps commissioning features I actually want to read (and somewhat wish I’d written), eg @danzep.bsky.social on the joy of aerial photography and flying in a Tiger Moth over the beautiful Northumberland coast observer.co.uk/style/travel...

I’ve written about flying above Northumberland in today’s Observer Magazine observer.co.uk/style/travel...

Dan Richards' Overnight www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Overnight by Dan Richards

I’m speaking about Overnight at Blackwells in Manchester tonight at 6:30. 📖 More details below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overnight-...

The lives of those who work after dark explored with affection and curiosity - a lovely review of Overnight by @danzep.bsky.social, published by @canongate.co.uk, in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Recently published by @canongate.co.uk‬, ‪@danzep.bsky.social‬'s 'Overnight' is an immersive hybrid of investigative journalism, personal memoir and nocturnal psychogeography, writes Andy Childs 🌛 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/over...

Si vous êtes a Paris jeudi, allez voir mon ami Dan. Son nouveau livre "Overnight" est *magnifique*. Et Shakespeare and Company! ❤️

May reading 🧵 Starting the month with this wonderful book about what goes on when most of us are asleep. From bakers to bats, air search & rescue to night mail trains and much else besides, the author writes of the people who keep it all running out there through the night. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💙📚 #booksky #books

The friendliest festival returns! After an unexpected pause last year, we’re thrilled at the return of Gladfest! Reimagined, renewed, and more personal than ever, this year we’re going small, but not quiet. 1/3

Overnight: a celebration of the nocturnal, those who labour while the rest of us sleep: the bakers, health workers, sailors, couriers, broadcasters, emergency services...& a hymn to nighttime wildlife, dreams & art. @danzep.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overnight-...

Over the moon to reveal that @edbookfest.bsky.social have invited me to speak & chair 5 events this August including 2 for Overnight @canongate.co.uk 🌓👍 www.edbookfest.co.uk 1. Hattie Crissell & Roland Allen - 11:30 Tuesday 12th August 2. Caroline Eden & Monisha Rajesh - 16:00 Tuesday 12 August

A thousand followers! Thank you all 📚👍

Yesterday, over 380 writers published an open letter demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire and end to the genocide. It's a letter we believe everyone should read, and one we support wholeheartedly: canongate.co.uk/news/writers...

This is his only biography now

Thank you @hayfestival.bsky.social – I had the most wonderful few days. Highlights included sharing a stage with Meg Clothier to talk about Overnight @canongate.co.uk and The Shipping Forecast, speaking with Joycelyn Longdon about her Natural Connection book, and cheering on the all-star Authors CC.