Mark Cooper-Jones
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Why doesn't England have an East / West divide? Or doesn't it not? Or does it? Let's find out. New video featuring the rarely blinking but palatable
@jayforeman.bsky.social
youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
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The English divide nobody talks about
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
https://youtu.be/DQzqmV7t6_0
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Big thanks to Audible for naming 'This Way Up' one of their audio books of 2025! Sound on for a little preview... And you can click below to buy in audio / print form in UK, US, CA, AU, NZ, DE, FR, NL, IT... What a good gift.
lnk.to/mapmen
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about 1 month ago
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Are you a Liverpool local? A Nottingham nearby?
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I are on our way to the Waterstones of both, tonight and tomorrow, in that order, (the days and the places) to discuss our book about maps that went wrong. Handful of tickets left
mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
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THIS WAY UP BOOK TOUR
Go to THIS WAY UP BOOK TOUR.
https://mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
about 1 month ago
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This was enormous fun
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about 1 month ago
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Liverpool! Nottingham! In that order!
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I will be visiting to say hello, answer questions, and sign some books at your local Waterstones on 2nd and 3rd December two thousand and twenty five. Be lovely to see you there.
mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
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THIS WAY UP BOOK TOUR
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https://mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
about 2 months ago
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Fans of maps, mugs, map mugs, our mugs on a map mug, and other bits (map bookmarks/stickers). If you buy - or have bought - a copy of our book, This Way Up, you have a chance to WIN such glorious paraphernalia by providing proof of purchase here by 5th December...
gleam.io/upMuX/harper...
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HarperNonFiction_Win an exclusive Map Men merch pack!
Win one of twenty exclusive This Way Up merch packs! π Celebrate with us the launch of the Map Men's debut book, This Way Up. Grab a copy of the book for your chance to win an exclusive limited editio...
https://gleam.io/upMuX/harpernonfictionwin-an-exclusive-map-men-merch-pack
about 2 months ago
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PUBLICATION DAY FOR NORTH AMERICA! The Bestselling Map Men Book - This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong - is now available in the below three countries. We can only apologise for chapter 12...
lnk.to/mapmen
@jayforeman.bsky.social
@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Sunday Times Bestseller! Well this is just lovely news. Thank you to everyone who has bought This Way Up. You're all the best. Here's us holding the book in front of some globes for no reason.
@jayforeman.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
2 months ago
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At lunchtime tomorrow,
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I will be in Vinegar Yard, London Bridge, with some maps for you to label. All will be revealed. See you there.
2 months ago
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Almost choked on a comma.
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2 months ago
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πππPUBLICATION DAY!πππ Look out for the orange and blue thing about MAPS in the BOOKSHOPS! Huge thanks to everyone who helped
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I put the book together, and to everyone who's bought it so far. We are VERY excited for you to read it.
Lnk.to/mapmen
2 months ago
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NEW MAP MEN: How the Dutch Deleted the Sea. Featuring: -
@jayforeman.bsky.social
in swimming trunks - A terrifying monk - A book-mop Here it is then...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-k...
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This country is 17% fake
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-kgUpd-5E
3 months ago
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Document open. Ctrl F at the ready. GO!
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3 months ago
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Still a handful of tickets left for the This Way Up book tour, featuring an October date each in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester (almost), Bristol, and London. Come along and we can wave to each other.
mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
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THIS WAY UP BOOK TOUR
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https://mapmen.lnk.to/BOOKTOUR
3 months ago
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By popular demand, here is my debut map, made with blood, sweat and tears, when I should have been looking for my missing father, apparently. From the latest Map Men episode - about Twin Towns... By all means have a play but feel free not to point out the mistakes.
bit.ly/3K3jq6V
4 months ago
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Twin Towns... Why? New Map Men, in which I made my first ever map
youtu.be/zte_vg0D8Z4?...
4 months ago
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My view for the next 4 days.
@jayforeman.bsky.social
lnk.to/MapMen
4 months ago
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Hugely unsatisfying, but I've only just realised you can't get beyond 85 degrees +/- the equator on Google maps app. So much sad, lonely, left off latitude...
5 months ago
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Games are fun, so
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I are running one with @waterstones. It goes like this: Buy a book, win a prize. (Maybe). FUN! Order Map Men's debut book 'This Way Up' to be in with a chance. Top prize is rather special. Take a peek here.
www.waterstones.com/competition/...
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This Way Up Prize Draw | Waterstones
Discover our full range of books, gifts, toys, stationery and audiobooks at Waterstones.com. Click & Collect within 2 hours or buy online with Free UK Delivery on Orders Over Β£25.
https://www.waterstones.com/competition/this-way-up-prize-draw/key/9a190b5d9e85505d6764503ac8249ba86d15b22cf6c6619c9cb989c931701596
5 months ago
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Hurrah! Maps now officially count as entertainment
@jayforeman.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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Ask Us Anything. Tomorrow. 8pm. Not even necessarily book related. We just have to hold the book all the time now. Get used to it.
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5 months ago
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I did mine first
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5 months ago
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What's not to love about Top Draw Map Data?
@jayforeman.bsky.social
and I go behind the scenes at Ordnance Survey and make a little portrait video stanning them.
www.youtube.com/shorts/QeXK2...
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We met Britain's best map makers
YouTube video by Jay Foreman
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QeXK2jXtwfQ
6 months ago
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Right that's lunch
8 months ago
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