Barrister @tonykentwrites.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Vine about writing Revenge Of Odessa with Frederick Forsyth and his Dempsey/Devlin crime series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC44... Discover Tony's books: bit.ly/4vCcAb9 #KillerIntent #MarkedForDeath #PowerPlay #TheShadowNetwork #CrimeFiction

Gramophone looks back at some of Wigmore Hall’s rich history, celebrating 125 years at the heart of London’s musical life: www.gramophone.co.uk/content/feat... #ThereIsSweetMusicHere: The World of Wigmore Hall by Julia Boyd is out now! #ClassicalMusic #WigmoreHall #Music #piano #violin

👀 Spotted at the @hayfestival.bsky.social bookshop - @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social with a copy of her book #AnywhereButHere: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain

Inspired by #RaceAcrossTheWorld? Try this central Asian rail trip from Almaty across the steppe to the ‘Kazakh Riviera’, as travelled by #FarewellToRussia author @joelucbarnes.bsky.social: www.thetimes.com/travel/desti... Farewell to Russia: A Journey Through the Former USSR - out now! #travel

To mark the 125 year anniversary of @wigmore-hall.org.uk in London, @thetimes.com asked some of today’s leading pianists to name their personal GOATs: www.thetimes.com/culture/clas... #ThereIsSweetMusicHere: The World of #WigmoreHall by Julia Boyd is out now: bit.ly/4x0bDeb #ClassicalMusic

On the #ScotlandOutdoors podcast, @steverutt.bsky.social discusses the journey of a single raindrop through Britain's diverse waterscapes: from upland moors and spectacular lochs to saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Stephen Rutt's #TheWaterlands is out now!

For 125 years, @wigmore-hall.org.uk has been an acoustic marvel. Artistic director John Gilhooly speaks to @theobserveruk.bsky.social about surviving against the odds, and his bold gen Z scheme: observer.co.uk/music/classi... Julia Boyd's history of Wigmore Hall, #ThereIsSweetMusicHere, is out now!

🌴 It was the perfect holiday… until a woman is found dead. Taut, gripping, and intense, Clémence Michallon’s #OurLastResort is a nailbiter that keeps you guessing until the final page... 📆 Our Last Resort, out 11 June in paperback: bit.ly/4ulSqlb #BeachRead #CrimeFiction #Thriller #BeachReads

Inspired by #RaceAcrossTheWorld? Try this central Asian rail trip. Researching his new book #FarewellToRussia, author @joelucbarnes.bsky.social travelled on this inexpensive 54-hour sleeper train journey from Almaty across the steppe to the ‘Kazakh Riviera’: www.thetimes.com/travel/desti... #travel

🎵 Happy publication day to #ThereIsSweetMusicHere by Julia Boyd! This is an exceptional history celebrating 125 years of @wigmore-hall.org.uk, ‘London’s most sumptuous temple of music’. 🗓 Out now! bit.ly/4uYGQMG #WigmoreHall #ClassicalMusic #MusicHall #Music #Wigmore

Dive into the hidden world of water with author of #TheWaterlands @steverutt.bsky.social. From chalk streams to peat bogs, in this episode of Roots and All Stephen Rutt explores the watery landscapes we so often overlook: bit.ly/4uZibYy #WaterCycle #Nature #Water #Wetlands #NonFiction #NatureWriting

#Historian @debbiekilroyauthor.bsky.social discusses historical cases of MPs' misconduct and the relationship between politics and bad behaviour with Aspects of History: aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter... Debbie's book, #MembersBehavingBadly, is out now!

‘An illuminating and often scary book’ Daily Telegraph ‘This book doesn’t just tell a story. It grabs you, pulls you in, and doesn’t let go.’ Jack Rhysider, Darknet Diaries podcast @joetidy.bsky.social's exposé into the global rise of teen #hackers - out in paperback 18 June: bit.ly/4wFZGu0 #scams

Did you listen to BBC Radio 4's adaptation of #ToTheEdgeOfTheWorld by Tilar J. Mazzeo, dramatised for #BookOfTheWeek? This is the true story of a captain’s wife forced to take the helm in the most perilous seas... Listen back here: bit.ly/4wAyYmd #History #Maritime #MaritimeHistory #NonFiction

A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER. A DARK PAST SHE CAN’T FORGET. From the bestselling author of #TheQuietTenant comes a compulsive new psychological thriller – the perfect summer read. #OurLastResort, out in paperback 11 June: bit.ly/49w85pK #SummerReading #HolidayReads #CrimeFiction #BeachRead

In this extract from #TheWaterlands, @steverutt.bsky.social reflects on an incident that left him unable to swim, yet deeply drawn to water throughout his life: booksfromscotland.com/2026/04/the-...

Happy paperback publication day to @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social, author of #Pathfinding: One Mother's Journey from Wilderness to Freedom! Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2025 ‘An invitation that will leave you desperate to step outside’ Resurgence & Ecologist bit.ly/3Ro8vbs #walking #hiking

#TheApothecaryByTheSea author @beewyld.bsky.social speaks to Sarah Wilson on the @rootsandall.bsky.social podcast about her decades-long love affair with the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney: rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/root... #gardening #garden #apothecary #Scotland #biodiversity #wildflowers

There are some fantastic Elliott & Thompson books currently on offer @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social! Support local bookshops AND get 20% off by pre-ordering before 17 May. Use code PREORDER20 at checkout: bit.ly/49hwIGP #AllTheFeels #MoonSnowBlossom #Shiver #TheLastEmperorOfChina

‘All The Feels is a brilliant field-guide for all of us trying to make sense of the weird and even wonderful ways our love of technology is transforming our emotional lives. I urge you to read it!’ @tiffwattsmith.bsky.social Pre-order #AllTheFeels here: bit.ly/48RA9Uq #technology #AI #doomscrolling

🌙 Introducing #MoonSnowBlossom by Erica Hesketh & Laura Sampson. From wondrous creation myths to mischievous mountain spirits & eerie fox fires, #MoonSnowBlossom weaves together poems, legends & lore in this wonderful collection of wintry #FolkTales from across #Japan. 📚 Cover design by Jo Walker

‘Heller and Oborne tell cricket’s history with great skill … Cricket cannot avoid today’s vast and relentless social changes, but it needs to learn from other sports that have successfully adapted without losing their fundamental principles.’ @newstatesman1913.bsky.social bit.ly/4u5cWGF

Did you catch BBC Radio 4’s #StartTheWeek this morning? #ThereIsSweetMusicHere author Julia Boyd discusses @wigmore-hall.org.uk's WWII programme, including German and Austrian Jewish musicians playing Beethoven among a wide range of recitals: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #WigmoreHall #Music

It's #NationalWildflowerWeek & we're planning our gardening to-do list for the weekend! The wonderful people at Kent Wildflower Seeds have created this Orkney-inspired seed mix to celebrate the release of #TheApothecaryByTheSea by @beewyld.bsky.social. Buy your packet from the Kent Seeds website!

🪶Have you spotted your first #swift of the year? Read this @theguardian.com piece to learn 10 ways you can help @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social in her quest to save swifts from extinction: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Hannah's book #NatureNeedsYou is out in paperback today! #SaveOurSwifts

Happy paperback publication day to #NatureNeedsYou by @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social! This is the compelling story of how Hannah set out to save #swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission? To make #SwiftBricks mandatory so the birds who nest in our walls will have a future home in Britain.

This week (4-10 May) is #MaternalMentalHealthWeek, a crucial campaign to raise awareness of the prevalence and dangers of maternal mental ill health and a topic that is woven through this wonderful book - #Pathfinding by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social. 🗓 Out in paperback 14 May bit.ly/49yGzYD

Swimming the Seas of Orkney - A discussion on ritual & belonging with #TheApothecaryByTheSea author @beewyld.bsky.social. Listen to the Badii Talk podcast here: badiitalk.substack.com/p/swimming-t... #apothecary #gardening #garden #Orkney #nature #WildSwimming #SeaSwimming

We’re thrilled to be supporting the @scotwildlife.bsky.social #WordsOfTheWild nature writing competition! Enter your writing on ‘Changing seasons’ for a chance to win some brilliant prizes, including Melissa Harrison’s Seasons anthologies. Enter here: scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/wordsofthewi...

Did you catch Emmy award-winning documentary wildlife cameraman and author of #GoshawkSummer James Aldred on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions on Sunday? He recalls some of his treetop adventures and picks music by Borodin, Wagner, Mahler, Bach and John Barry. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Cricket's first superstar WG Grace turned #cricket into a national #sport in England, but could he have transformed it even more if he hadn't chosen to play as an amateur? Read an extract from #FullCircle by Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on @espn.com: www.espn.co.uk/cricket/stor... #NonFiction

Harry Wallop at @thetimes.com speaks to #JustFingSayIt author and #SpeechCoach Susie Ashfield about swearing at work - can using profanities in the boardroom make you appear more 'authentic'? www.thetimes.com/business/com... Just F**king Say It is out now: bit.ly/49nVPrc #PublicSpeaking #Careers

Tune in NOW to BBC Radio 4 to hear the next instalment of Tilar J. Mazzeo's #ToTheEdgeOfTheWorld, R4's #BookOfTheWeek! This is the astonishing true story of Mary Ann Patten, who did all that she could to survive the most treacherous waters in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Happy publication day to #TheApothecaryByTheSea by @beewyld.bsky.social, 'an enchanting story centred on the herbal delights of Orkney’ (James Canton, author of Renaturing)! Order your signed copy from The Orcadian Bookshop: bit.ly/3R9SGoC #Orkney #gardening #Scotland #memoir #apothecary #herbal

'What better place to turn to for spiritual connection to nature than Orkney ... Bennett is the real deal – skilled in making balms, tinctures and brews. In the ebb and flow of nature-writing as a genre, garden memoirs abound but few are like this.' Gutter mag www.guttermag.co.uk/reviews/the-...

Follow a raindrop from source to sea in @steverutt.bsky.social's latest book, #TheWaterlands... 'A poignant testament to how we can find peace in the rhythms of the natural world.' The Times 🎧Why not read #TheWaterlands while listening to Stephen's watery playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/1ib...

We're loving BBC Radio 4's #BookOfTheWeek adaptation of Tilar J Mazzeo's #ToTheEdgeOfTheWorld! Have you listened to it yet? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... ‘What a breathtaking journey!' Marie Benedict, author of The Queens of Crime 🌊Download the #audiobook here: bit.ly/48rgOJm #Maritime #History

Step into the otherworldly splendour of the Forbidden City, its red walls & golden rooftops shimmering at the heart of Peking… In #TheLastEmperorOfChina, historian Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social brings the strange, fraught last years of dynastic China to new, startling life. bit.ly/4n5qVtp

Author of #TheApothecaryByTheSea @beewyld.bsky.social speaks to Phoebe Smith on the Wander Woman podcast. Listen to the episode to learn more about Victoria's move from Cumbria to tend an #apothecary #garden by the sea on the Scottish archipelago of #Orkney: www.buzzsprout.com/290348/episo...

🌸 @beewyld.bsky.social left Cumbria for the remote Scottish archipelago of #Orkney, where she learned to go with the ebb and flow of life... Read her interview @theguardian.com where she talks about the magic of Orkney and her new #memoir #TheApothecaryByTheSea: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

LISTEN LIVE NOW to BBC Radio 4's #BookOfTheWeek to hear the true story of Mary Ann Patten, a sea captain's wife who had to take command of their ship around Cape Horn in perilous storms: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Read the full story in Tilar J Mazzeo’s #ToTheEdgeOfTheWorld! bit.ly/4ebTUtg

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! ***THE SWIFTS ARE BACK!!!*** WELCOME HOMMMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you seen any? #uglycrying #birds #swifts #theyreback #BreakingNews BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR! BEST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!

The Fires of Gallipoli is a heartbreaking, sweeping portrayal of friendship and its fragility at the very limits of humanity. Now just 99p in ebook - for a limited time only! bit.ly/3OBhm8T ‘Compelling ... vivid storytelling’ History with Jackson

NEXT WEEK – Tilar J Mazzeo’s inspiring maritime adventure, #ToTheEdgeOfTheWorld, will be BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week! Listen along weekdays from 11:45am: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Maritime #History #NonFiction #Adventure #MaritimeHistory #BookOfTheWeek

Congratulations to @julianhoffman.bsky.social - his memoir #Lifelines has been shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2026! View the full shortlist here: www.anglohellenicleague.org/news/1q3q33h... #TravelWriting #Greece #Travel #Conservation #Environment #Nature #wildlife

OUT IN PAPERBACK TODAY! The Fires of Gallipoli by Barney Campbell is a ‘wonderful, unsentimental novel about male friendship in wartime’ (The Times), set in the Gallipoli trenches. 'Visceral, intensely moving and illuminating’ Country Life bit.ly/4tYQ8YB #History #WWI #WarNovel #Fiction

🏏OUT TODAY - #FullCircle: A History of Cricket! Drawing on their own experiences as cricketing historians, commentators & players, Peter Oborne & Richard Heller have written a riveting account of cricket’s evolution & the challenges it faces today. Order @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/41P9vHS

Join @joelucbarnes.bsky.social and Howard Amos at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social in Edinburgh on 3 June for an event to discuss their latest books, #FarewellToRussia: A Journey Through the Former USSR and #RussiaStartsHere. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4eB27XW #TravelWriting #Russia #SovietUnion #Travel

We are so pleased to share that #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social has been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize! Congratulations to Julian and the other longlisted authors! 🎉

Discover the mystery and wonder of British waterways in @steverutt.bsky.social's new book, #TheWaterlands... ‘This deeply felt book meanders rather like one of Rutt’s beloved rivers ... compelling.' @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.com/home/books/a...