As the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close there were food riots. Opposition, meanwhile, was growing against the introduction of industrial technologies. It is in this world of extremes that Katherine Quarmby has set her novel. The Low Road is a captivating tale that is inspired by real history 👇

⭐ Every eve is special when you read them a #bedtimestory ⭐ YOKKI AND THE PARNO GRY by Richard O'Neill and @katharineq.bsky.social, magical book illustrated by Marieke Nelissen, a tale about hope and the joy of storytelling. 🎁 More: www.childs-play.com/products/978... #KidLitUK

It’s publication day for The Low Road with @eyebooks.bsky.social, a story about love, friendship and redemption. Based on a true story, it moves from East Anglia, to London to colonial Australia. Available in all good bookshops and libraries. #sapphicbooks #historicalfiction #empire #TheLowRoad

My agent is @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social so if you are an editor of an imprint thinking “I wish romantasy was queerer / more m/m and also had incredible, immersive worldbuilding that brought a medieval era viscerally to life” HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, also I have plans for 2 more similar books

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Are you interested in advancing peace and disarmament through the UN? Are you based in Geneva or open to re-locating to work there? @quakerunoffice.bsky.social are hiring a Peace and Disarmament Representative. Find out more at quno.org/opportunities and apply before 13:00 CET Monday 3 November.

Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue? @katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️

Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses. But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'? We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social. Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends

As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/ #flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism

This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Very happy to have written this and another feature for The Ferret, looking at the impact of flooding - and how communities are at the heart of recovery. In this, I look at one village which was flooded - and decided that they would rally to protect themselves from flooding in the future. #flooding

This long-read in @prospectmagazine.co.uk asks how we are coping now with flooding and coastal erosion - and what we need to do as climate change upends forecasts. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social for editing, to interviewees and to IJ4EU for funding: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

As part of a European journalism team I reported @theferret.scot, funded by IJ4EU, on how eastern Scotland is grappling with flooding and coastal erosion, two years after #StormBabet in two articles: theferret.scot/communities-... 1/ #flooding #stormbabet #coastalerosion #environmentaljournalism

In Brechin, Storm Babet brought the worst flooding residents could remember. Nearly two years on, many are still struggling to recover. Our latest: theferret.scot/commu...

The UK’s east coast is one of the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned, writes Katharine Quarmby.

I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts

I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts

In southern Ukraine, Russian landmines look like butterflies, attractive to children. @jenstout.bsky.social reports on the race to make Ukraine safe.

There shouldn't be anything controversial in saying that nobody should be gunned down in cold blood for stating their political views - and debating them. Free speech is for everybody - within the legal limits of course. Gloating over the death of another human debases public discourse. #CharlieKirk

Our paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s gripping historical novel The Low Road is back from the printers. It’s out on 6 November and before that it’s a finalist for the New Angle Prize, whose winner is announced on 25 September. We’re so proud to have it on our list shorturl.at/NCTgM

Just finished this winter warmer by my dear friend @tomshakespeare.bsky.social - if you like Arctic weather, polar bears, great characters and chaos on a cruise, this one is for you! And don't forget to read the first in the series, The Haha, as well....#TheEnds #Comicfiction #Jeeves

Oh the irony. The four seats held by Reform MPs suffer from high exposure to heatwaves, according to Friends of the Earth data. Just look at the map of Clacton 👇🏻 Farage denies basic climate science and has claimed it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant.

Inquiry raises questions about MoD failure to stop soldiers exploiting women after it told openDemocracy it issued no sanctions, @sianushka.bsky.social reports. Find out more here ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...

Announcing: broadcaster Matthew Sweet, journalist Sian Norris, & magician Paul Zenon We are delighted to announce three additions to the line-up for the final QED: writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, author and far-right researcher Sian Norris, and magician Paul Zenon qedcon.org/news/2025/ma...

More on the Unbound/Boundless mess. This was a community of authors and readers who believed in a different way of doing things. My heart goes out to my fellow authors who are left with so much uncertainty and the loss of what we worked so hard to build. observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Oh also of course my book and its follow-up (a similar medieval queer romance/thriller) are also looking for a new home. This book’s sales INCREASED every year purely on word of mouth. Imagine what could be done with marketing. Captive Prince x Song of Achilles:

I’m going to pound the table one more time for The Lights of Shantinagar, a book I really think could be massive as South Asian magical realism is gaining popularity with UK/North American audiences. Read the blurb, you want to read the book now, don’t you?

Are you an agent or a publisher looking to add to your list? There are FANTASTIC authors left in the lurch by Unbound who need homes for their existing bools and for sequels / new books. A thread, grouped by genre. Please reskeet! Here’s YA spec fic & fantasy:

Interesting to see how senior figures in Unbound and Boundless blame each other for the collapse of both publishers in #PublishersWeekly. Little empathy for the authors, readers and other creditors who are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds. #Unbound www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... 1/

Some lovely official news about No One Talks About This Stuff – now a Robinson/Little Brown acquisition www.thebookseller.com/rights/robin...

Interesting to see how senior figures in Unbound and Boundless blame each other for the collapse of both publishers in #PublishersWeekly. Little empathy for the authors, readers and other creditors who are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds. #Unbound www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... 1/

My book is out in paperback in a fortnight. It's set in a dilapidated country house just after the war, a house first built in the 16th century, but to which a new bit was added whenever the family happened to have any money. While researching, I found a cache of old... 1/4

UK-France migration deal comes into force today [1/3] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed as the next Chair of the EHRC. This is an excellent appointment. Dr Stephenson's significant experience and leadership in equality and human rights is *exactly* what the EHRC needs right now @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...

I am very happy to have moved my ex Unbound book, The Low Road, to the Eye Books group - available as an e-book and coming out in paperback in November eye-books.com/books/the-lo...

An important, intensively researched and beautifully written book ... I hope that anyone in a position to make positive change will read it and consider how we can move a little closer towards accepting that every human life is equal in value and every person has the right to be happy. Jane Asher

This is really cool, they’ve turned visually-based lego instructions into text-based ones so adaptive devices / screen readers can be used—and the instructions are free to download on their site

After yesterday’s amazing news of being longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards, today the flip side. The publisher Boundless, who took over from Unbound, has folded. As disappointing as this is to me and their other authors, nothing can take away from the joy that was - and is - “Northern Boy”.

Unbound/Boundless is now insolvent. No more publisher in either form. But the books still exist. We authors still exist. As part of my reversion of rights, I have 100 of these available. DM me for info, but a copy can be yours for the price of postage. No catch. Just tell everyone how good it is!

Thanks Alex! Today's the last day to order with 25% off so I'm boosting for one last time:)

Next month we publish I’m Fine, @richardhwrote.bsky.social’s moving memoir of the year in his childhood when he fled anti-gay bullies only to end up in the hands of a ruthless predator. Pre-order it online from Waterstones using the code SUMMER25 and you get 25% off shorturl.at/rAfK7

Delighted to be reading this wonderful new novel by @tomshakespeare.bsky.social - witty, clever and delightful

So excited that my novel, Broken Horses, will be published on September 17th by Linen Press. Thanks to Django Pinter for this beautiful cover #historicalfiction #patagonia

Great article by @johnharris1969.bsky.social on @stephenunwin.bsky.social book on the history of people with learning disabilities. As they say we have not left the eugenic legacy behind us and in fact the rate of institutionalisation has not really reduced www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is such a moving novel, and this is a huge bargain...

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

Having been lucky enough to have read a draft of this, I am so excited to see this nearing publication. It's a beautiful, urgent book!

In November we publish the paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s powerful historical novel The Low Road, currently on the shortlist for the New Angle Prize. Pre-order it online from Waterstones using the code SUMMER25 and you get 25% off shorturl.at/zUUyu