Spoke to fellow #nonfiction champion @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social for today's @thetimes.com but I think I'm done commenting on The Salt Path now. We need #nonfiction now more than ever and one unreliable book doesn't change that

Today on my Substack

Today's #nonfiction Substack

Looking forward to chairing this discussion with Naomi Alderman and @mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social at @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social on November 8. stroudbookfestival.org.uk/events/good-...

Coming up next week at Cheltenham Literature Festival on 13th Oct, authors @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their own experience, and reflect on how memoirists are reinventing the form in bold ways:

Tickets for #CheltLitFest 2025 are on sale now! Don't miss: 13/10 Into Being: Writing Memoir with @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/into-... 14/10 The Spectre of Russia with Andrew Monaghan www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s... #booksky

Two weeks left to book for @indexers.bsky.social #SIConf25. With: @carosanderson.bsky.social @djbduncan.bsky.social @tanyaizzard.bsky.social on AI @closereadingie.bsky.social peer-review panel @annkingdom.bsky.social and me on humour plus more. Join us! #IndexSky www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2...

Peasants -anticipation of misfortune #indexoftheweek @indexers.bsky.social

No doubt in my mind about the most important books story in yesterday's @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Beyond The Salt Path. Essentially my response is to recommend more #nonfiction 📚

Delighted to have this week's @thebookseller cover for my interview with BBC Chief International Correspondent, the estimable Lyse Doucet

This week's What to Read New @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

It's publication day! From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this book into being, and to the booksellers who are getting behind it now @unboundsocials.bsky.social

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

A bit of self-promotion...for a change 😅

We finish #SIConf25 Saturday with a panel discussion on working with authors, with panellists including authors and index enthusiasts @djbduncan.bsky.social and @carosanderson.bsky.social, followed by a series of lightning talks. Book at the earlybird rate until Mon 7 July at

Big thanks to @toppingsbath.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my book "Jane Austen: Life of a Literary Titan" last night. Lovely appreciative audience too.

Three weeks to publication day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this quote from the wonderful @keggiec.bsky.social

"Kynance Cove". #IndexoftheWeek @indexers.bsky.social

This week's What to Read New on my Substack

Delighted to have a piece in the new issue of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social about one of my all-time favourite memoirs, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller

This week's What to Read New is this marvel by @adamweymouth.bsky.social

Amid the September proof deluge I am much looking forward to reading this by @annmorgan.bsky.social @renardpress.com

This week's Substack

This week's What to Read New

A total pleasure to interview @jennashworth.bsky.social for this week's @thebookseller.com about her forthcoming "The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North" @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

We're celebrating the incredible talent of the book trade, from publishers to booksellers, agents to librarians ✨ Before we kick off at 6pm, take a moment to celebrate our amazing shortlistees 👉 www.thebookseller.com/the-b... #Nibbies

My @thebookseller.com #nonfiction Book of the Month for August is this marvellous blend of memoir and cultural history by Raymond Antrobus @wnbooks.bsky.social

What to Read New #nonfiction

Captivating Saturday morning reading from Anna Bailey @doubledayuk.bsky.social

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A pleasure to be re-reading this marvellous memoir by Ben Masters @grantabooks.bsky.social ahead of our event @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social next Wednesday

This week's What to Read New

This afternoon, almost every publisher in the UK is sending me details of almost every #nonfiction title they are publishing this September and even I am not sure we need this many books in the world

New #bankholiday Substack

What to Read New #nonfiction

My 10 #nonfiction titles not to miss for July @thebookseller.com are by @shahnazahsan.bsky.social @arifa.bsky.social Alayo Akinkugbe, Nick Dawson, Sasha Debevec- McKenney, Tim Franks, Mandy Haggith, Chris Newens, Tim Pugh, Slutty Chef

Easter #indexoftheweek @indexers.bsky.social

My @thebookseller.com #nonfiction Book of the Month by July is this marvellous multi-layered north country odyssey by @jennashworth.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

This week's Substack 🌱

This week's What to Read New #nonfiction

Home grown anemones in Teign Valley glass

Loved the many layers of this northern odyssey by @jennashworth.bsky.social. Out in July @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

All the words #DoTheWriteThing

Trevor Lock - respect for #indexoftheweek @indexers.bsky.social

This week's What to Read New #nonfiction

Happy Friday! We’ve added three new videos to our SBF Player. From Guy Shrubsole to Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent to Rachel Joyce and Emily Howes. £10 buys you access to all content from previous festivals. The proceeds will go towards our 2025 festival.📚

And that's it for #IndexDay 2025! Find the right indexer via buff.ly/g7EHjwM, learn to index via buff.ly/3xDdwXa, and keep up with our blog at buff.ly/T12bgZr. And don't forget to follow us here for regular news and updates about indexing.

Out today...my short biography of a short but Titanic life #JaneAusten250