Ever get the feeling you're being watched? Publication day for the Illustrated Otherlands - get your own copy at all bookshops, or get your local library to order one and borrow it!

Would you look at that? Only three days to go until the UK release. And if you don't have a local bookshop you can use, why not support a small independent by ordering your books at this link? uk.bookshop.org/p/books/othe...

Please share!! 🙏🏼 Want to see where the science of geology began? Then help us build the Deep Time Trail!

One week to go until this beauty is out in the world! Pre-order now or go to your nearest bookshop, where if they don't have it, they'll order one in. www.penguin.co.uk/books/453616...

I've spent the last couple of days in Reykjavik at the Umhverfisthing (Environmental Assembly). Lots of visions of climatic and Environmental hope, great engagement with the community. From the architecture to the food to the people, Iceland has quickly become one of my favourite countries.

Attendees of #SVP2025 #2025SVP: registration now open for two special events: Friday night authors’ event & book signing with @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social @endofthepier.bsky.social & @tjdhalliday.bsky.social chaired by Tom Holland! Spaces limited - check your email for how to register! (2/2)

Anyone in the Brighton area should come and watch some of the Golf Croquet World Team Championships (Tier 2). 5th-10th of August, Sussex County Croquet Club. Fierce competition between 12 countries to get promotion to the top tier in four years time - and Scotland are in with an outside shot! 🔵🔴⚫🟡

🚨Exciting news🚨 The illustrated version of Otherlands has appeared through my letterbox! The art by Gavin Scott is just beautiful, with more than 100 pages of scenes, stories, and guides to bring the past to life. Perfect for readers aged 7-11, but also for anyone who just wanted more pictures!

Not going to name any names, but I've just turned down the chance to be a talking head on a prospective palaeo show because it turned out that they wanted to have *all* the CGI reconstructions be done by AI. I'm lost for words at the laziness...

It was an absolute pleasure reading this and all the other submissions to the Nine Dots Prize. Very much looking forward to seeing the finished product once Grace's book is published.

The latest translation of Otherlands is now out - in Brazilian Portuguese. If that appeals to you or your Brazilian friends, you can get it here and elsewhere. www.planetadelivros.com.br/livro-outros...

Delighted to find out I've been shortlisted for a science poetry prize (thanks to @toriherridge.bsky.social for alerting me to the competition some time ago). Prizes announced next week, but I'd be surprised if I get anything... www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/inspiration-2

For my current book project, I'm looking for an illustrator who can in particular make evocative palaeomaps. They will have to be black and white for printing, and cover a variety of scales from global to local - I'd obviously give direction on that front. Can anyone recommend someone to contact?